Guide to the Papers of Charles and John Ulm

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MS 9923 et al

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Created: 2007

Collection Summary

Creator
Ulm, Charles, 1898-1934
Ulm, John Anthony
Title
Papers of Charles and John Ulm
Date Range
1803 - 2015
Collection Number
MS 9923 et al
Extent
2.97 metres (8 boxes + 2 folio boxes + 1 folio packet + 3 folders + 1 packet)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Content

MS 9923 comprises papers collected by Charles Ulm as well as those collected by his son, John. The papers comprise newspaper cuttings, stamps, commemorative envelopes, correspondence, brochures, research notes, articles, reviews, certificates, talks, handwritten notes, photocopies of government records, business papers, photographs, maps and ephemera. The largest series in the collection is the commemorative and philatelic material, comprising stamps, commemorative envelopes, tribute albums, newspaper cuttings, articles and reviews relating to the 50th anniversary of the first trans-Pacific flight. The 1928 flight saw Charles Ulm fly with Charles Kingsford-Smith on the Southern Cross from Oakland, California to Brisbane, Australia (8 boxes, 1 fol. box).

The Acc09.124 instalment comprises a draft cable written by Charles Ulm on 8 June 1928 from Fiji. The cable is written on the letterhead of HMCS Pioneer, addressed to Q.S.T. Sunflight Sydney (possibly the finance and support team financed by Sun newspapers). It tells them that they (Charles Kingsford-Smith and Ulm) are on their way from Fiji to Brisbane, with plans to depart the day after for Sydney, but would return to Brisbane for a public tour within two weeks. The text includes: "In 19 or 20 hours will be in dear Aussie again... Our landing in Brisbane will be the culmination of 10 months hard work the realization of Smithy's and my ambitions to be first to really cross the Pacific by air". John Ulm notes that the draft was on the HMCS Pioneer letterhead because while Smithy flew the empty plane from Suva to Naselai Beach for their departure from Fiji after refueling, Ulm and others travelled courtesy of the colonial governor on his launch, Pioneer (1 fol. packet).

The Acc10.077 instalment comprises a group of miscellaneous papers relating to Charles and John Ulm. Included is a typescript of John Ulm's address at the 27th Annual Arthur Butler Memorial Lecture, Powerhouse Museum, 2009, titled "Places, planes and politics", biographical information about John Ulm and reminiscences of his father, photocopies of National Archives of Australia documents and extracts from publications and articles that relate to Charles Ulm, and a copy of the Ulm family tree (2 folders).

The Acc12.060 instalment comprises three wallets of broad ranging material including press identification, US military currency, and papers and articles discussing the Korean War. It also includes a speech and recollections of John Ulm on his service in the Second World War (1 packet).

The Acc13.204 instalment comprises photographs, documents and other ephemera mostly relating to Charles Ulm's trans-pacific flight with Charles Kingsford Smith. Included are bound illuminated addresses from the Municipalities of Mascot and Marrickville, a bound presentation book signed by young fans from Burwood, Einfield and Strathfield; a framed memorandum from the New Zealand Military Forces notifying Ulm of his appointment as a Captain to the New Zealand Air Force; framed certificate of Membership to the Adventurers' of the World Club. Most items are captioned with notes made by John Ulm during his research of his father's flying career (1 folio box).

The Acc16.061 instalment comprises papers dating from 1928 to 2015, featuring correspondence, including discussions with Dick Smith AM regarding his request to the Prime Minister's office to confer a posthumous knighthood upon Charles Ulm; newspaper clippings; handwritten notes; material drafted by John Ulm for various publications; photocopied report on the QANTAS Bangkok accident on 23 September 1999 (1 folder).

Access

Available for reference.

Copying and Publishing

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Charles and John Ulm, National Library of Australia [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The collection has dual provenance. It consists of papers collected by Charles Ulm, and also items collected about Ulm by his son, John, which have been kept together because of the interrelated nature of their creation. The original instalment was donated to the Library by John Ulm in June 2003 in conjunction with an exhibition held at the National Library of Australia to mark the 75th Anniversary of his father's 1928 Trans-Pacific flight.

Also held in the Manuscript Collection is a separate grouping of Ulm papers (MS 215), which were donated to the Library in 1951. In addition, there are collections pertaining to individuals who flew with Ulm, such as the papers of Charles Kingsford Smith (MS 209), George 'Scotty' Allan (MS 4911) and P G Taylor (MS 2594). E A Crome's, 'Collection relating to Aviation in Australia, 1914-2005' (MS 1925) and the Papers of Austin Byrne (MS 3736) also contain relevant material.

In the Oral History Collection there are sound recordings made of Charles Kingsford Smith and Ulm on their trans-Pacific flight 1928 (ORAL TRC 39/2). There are also interviews with George 'Scotty' Allan, pioneer pilot with Australian National Airways, about Charles Ulm (ORAL TRC 575/7) and Nell Rogers, former secretary to Ulm and Kingsford Smith (ORAL TRC 575/6).

A biography cuttings file on Ulm is held at the Library which may be accessed via the Newspaper Reading Room.

The Library also holds a number of published works by or about Ulm including: Boulton, Bob. Aviators of the Charles Ulm and Kingsford Smith era, 1993.

Kingsford Smith, C E and Ulm, C T P. The Flight of the Southern Cross, 1929.

Pickering, John. The routes of the Valkyries : a brief joint biography of Air Commodore Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, KBE, MC, AFC, and Flt Lt Charles Thomas Phillippe Ulm, 1977.

Rogers, Ellen. Faith in Australia : Charles Ulm and Australian Aviation, 1987.

Arrangement

The papers d were received in a semi-ordered state. Many of the papers were filed in manila files and envelopes and formed logical sequences. Other papers were not in any discernable order and have been arranged by Library staff, with loose material interfiled as appropriate.

Where possible, many of the file titles have been retained. For titles that may not be obvious to researchers, Library staff have amended these to reflect the contents of the files. Many of the files received have Ulm's initials CTP (Charles Thomas Phillippe) written on them and these too have been retained. Library staff have given names to files with no titles.

Biographical Note

Charles Thomas Phillippe Ulm was born on 18 October 1898 at Middle Park, Melbourne, to Emile Gustave Ulm (a Parisian-born artist) and his wife Ada Emma, née Greenland. He was educated in Melbourne then in Sydney, where he worked as a clerk in a stockbroking office. On 16 September 1914, at the age of sixteen, Ulm enlisted in the 1st Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force, under the name of 'Charles Jackson', stating he was 20 years of age. Ulm was amongst the first troops to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1925, but not long afterwards was wounded in action. He returned to Australia and was discharged from the AIF. In January 1917 he re-enlisted under his own name and served with the 45th Infantry Battalion on the Western Front. In July 1918 he was badly wounded and evacuated to Britain, before being demobilised in March 1919.

Ulm married Isabel Amy Winter on 20 November 1919. In 1921 his first and only child, John, was born. In 1927 Charles and Isabel were divorced and Ulm re-married on 29 June 1927 to Mary Josephine Callaghan.

In 1927 Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith circumnavigated Australia in a Bristol Tourer in 10 days and five hours, more than halving the existing record. The pair then planned the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States of America to Australia. On 31 May 1928 with two American crewmen, they flew the Southern Cross from Oakland, California and reached Brisbane on 9 June after 83 hours and 19 minutes flying time. In September of that year, the pair made the first trans-Tasman flight, from Sydney to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 14 hours.

In December 1928 Ulm and Kingsford Smith formed Australian National Airways (ANA) to operate unsubsidised passenger, mail and freight services. In March 1929 the pair decided to fly to London to buy aircraft and were lost for 13 days after the Southern Cross was forced to land near the north-west coast of Australia. At the time, there were rumours that the two planned the disappearance for a publicity stunt. Whilst the pair did resume their flight to England on 25 June, Ulm continued to primarily devote himself to managing ANA. Due to the Depression, the company went into liquidation in February 1933. Ulm bought one of the remaining aeroplanes and called it Faith in Australia.

Flying the Faith in Australia, Ulm took part in a number of important expeditions. In 1933 he flew to England with 'Scotty' Allan and Sir Gordon Taylor as part of an around the world trip. The trip was aborted and the three returned to Australia creating a new world record of six days, 17 hours and 56 minutes. In April 1934 Ulm flew the first official mail from Australia to New Zealand, and in August he carried the first official airmail from Australia to New Guinea and back.

In September 1934 Ulm formed Great Pacific Airways Limited, in the hope of establishing an air service between Australia, Canada and the United States. He bought an Airspeed Envoy, Stella Australis, and on 3 December 1934, with a crew of two, Ulm flew from Oakland to Hawaii. Stella Australis failed to arrive. Despite an extensive sea search, no trace of the plane or the crew was ever found.

John Ulm

John Ulm was born in June 1921, the only child of Charles Ulm and his first wife, Isabel. He was only 13 years old when his father's plane, the Stella Australis, went down in the Pacific Ocean.

John's interest in aviation saw him have a long career at Qantas, including roles such as the Chief Press and Information Officer in the 1960s.

Throughout his life, John has been active in researching and commemorating his late father.

John lives in Sydney.

Biographical Reference(s)

Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12, Australian National University. p.302-303. Also available online http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120337b.htm.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 9923. Original consignment - Box numbering unclear (MS 9923), Box 1-8 (ms boxes) (MS 9923), Folio-Box 1 (MS 9923), Map-Folio 3/2; 5/6; (map folios) (MS 9923)

Comprises papers collected by Charles Ulm as well as those collected by his son, John. The papers comprise newspaper cuttings, stamps, commemorative envelopes, correspondence, brochures, research notes, articles, reviews, certificates, talks, handwritten notes, photocopies of government records, business papers, photographs, maps and ephemera. The largest series in the collection is the commemorative and philatelic material, comprising stamps, commemorative envelopes, tribute albums, newspaper cuttings, articles and reviews relating to the 50th anniversary of the first trans-Pacific flight. The 1928 flight saw Charles Ulm fly with Charles Kingsford-Smith on the Southern Cross from Oakland, California to Brisbane, Australia.

Contained in 8 boxes, 1 folio box.

Series 1. Personal and family documents, c. 1920-1934, 1960, 1998

This series comprises personal and family documents of Ulm and his family including correspondence, photographs, photocopies of birth certificates, obituaries and family history information.

The series also contains ephemera in the form of menus from tributes given in honour of Ulm in 1928 and 1929. The 1928 also honours Kingsford Smith and both men have autographed the back of the menu.

'Charles Thomas Phillippe (CTP) Ulm his words': includes correspondence, articles, obituaries and a typescript copy of a book written by Ulm, 1920-1934, 1960 (File 1)
Photograph of Charles Ulm flying, c. 1920-1921 (File 2)
Copy of 'Motor Traffic Act', two menus and copies of Ulm's letterhead, 1922-1929 (File 3)
'Charles Thomas Phillippe (CTP) Ulm birth certificate, obits': includes a photograph and notebook of Ulm's wife, Mary Josephine, 1927-1934, 1998 (File 4)

Series 2. World War I documents, c. 1913-1919

When World War I broke out in 1914, Ulm was keen to enlist. Although he was too young to enlist at the age of sixteen, he did so under the name of Charles Jackson. He saw service in the Dardanelles but was wounded in action and returned to Australia. In 1917 he re-enlisted under his own name but was badly wounded and returned home in 1919.

The series includes Ulm's original discharge certificates and service record book. The last two files contain photocopies of documents, including correspondence between Ulm's family and the Department of Defence, medical records and other war service records.

Discharge certificates and record of service book, 1913-1917 (File 1)
Discharge certificates and record of service book, 1913-1917 (File 1)
Photocopy of Ulm's personal dossier for the AIF, 1914-1919 (File 2)
Photocopies of other service records, 1914-1917 (File 3)

Series 3. Percival Moodie, 1919-1934

Percival Moodie, a friend of Ulm, was a chemist from Bathurst, New South Wales who shared Ulm's interest in aviation. Moodie was at one time Chairman and Managing Director of the Western Aero Company Limited and a Director of Western and Southern Provincial (WASP) Airlines.

Both Moodie and Ulm appear to have flown together as early as 1919 (a photograph is included in this series) and flew from Melbourne to Bathurst in 1921 (a map tracing the flight is also filed here). This series primarily consists of business papers relating to the Western Aero Company Limited and WASP, such as memoranda, agenda of meetings, and applications for shares, prospectuses and reports.

Western Aero Company Limited, 1919-1934 (File 1)

Series 4. Australian National Airways (ANA), c. 1928-1934, 1962-1964, 1981, 1990

Charles Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith formed the Australian National Airways (ANA) in 1928. The airline was established to operate passenger, mail and freight services. The company went into liquidation in February 1933.

This series includes contracts, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, photographs, various company prospectuses brochures, a map, memoranda, as well as later articles and research relating to ANA.

File 1 includes a 1931 memorandum between Ulm and Kingsford Smith as well as other papers relating to the company. File 6 relates to Macarthur Job's research for a proposed book, 'Into Oblivion', which was to include information on the history of ANA.

This series includes material relating to Series 5, the Southern Cross.

'Flt Lt Charles CTP Ulm, Joint Founder and Joint Managing Director Australian National Airways', 1928-1931 (File 1)
'ANA including original company prospectus', 1928-1931, 1962-1964, 1981 (File 2)
ANA brochures (File 3)
Proposals to Government, 1932-1934 (File 4)
Draft foreword and correspondence between John Ulm and Macarthur Job relating to Job's research for a proposed book 'Into Oblivion', 1990 (File 5)

Series 5. Southern Cross, 1927-1929, 1936, 1980-1985

In 1928 Charles Ulm accompanied Charles Kingsford Smith and two American crewmen aboard the Southern Cross to fly for the first time across the Pacific Ocean. The historic trans-Pacific flight flew from Oakland in California on 31 May 1928 and arrived in Brisbane on 9 June.

Ulm and Kingsford Smith flew the Southern Cross on a number of other historic journeys including the first trans-Tasman flight in 1928, flying from Sydney to Christchurch, New Zealand. In 1929 the pair flew to England and were lost for 13 days after the Southern Cross had to land in the north-west coast of Australia. A massive search was undertaken and the pair were found.

The series contains contracts, newspaper cuttings and articles, correspondence, photographs, a map and certificate. File 3 is an article written by Ralph Heintz who built the Southern Cross radio sets.

Series 4, Australian National Airways, also contains information relating to the Southern Cross.

Contract with Sun Newspapers, 1927 (File 1)
Newspaper cuttings and articles, 1928 (File 2)
How the Americans described the Southern Cross flight by Ralph M Heintz, 1928 (File 3)
Photocopies of messages exchanged on the flight, 1928 (File 4)
Photocopies of cablegram from Ulm about the flight, 1928 (File 5)
Map of New Caledonia used on the flight (File 6)
Certificate received by Ulm from the Motor Cycle Club of NSW (File 7)
Cancellation of Sydney Sun and Melbourne Herald contract, 1929 (File 8)
Other papers relating to the Southern Cross, including two photographs (undated), correspondence and two articles, 1936, 1980-1985 (File 9)

Series 6. Faith in Australia, c. 1933-1990

After Australian National Airways went into liquidation, Ulm bought one of the remaining planes and called it Faith in Australia. Ulm flew the Faith in Australia with Sir Gordon Taylor to England in 1933, returning to Australia in record-breaking time. In 1934 he flew the first official airmail flight to New Zealand and to Papua New Guinea.

This small series includes newspaper cuttings, articles, correspondence, a photograph of the aircraft, a book of tickets for the ANZAC memorial appeal passenger flight on the Faith in Australia, and an envelope commemorating the first official airmail from Australia to Papua New Guinea. Also filed here are articles written in the 1970s and 1980s commemorating Ulm and the Faith in Australia.

VH-UXX denotes the Australian registration of the aircraft.

'Faith in Australia - VH-UXX', c. 1933-1990 (File 1_2)

Series 7. Stella Australis, 1934, 1978-1987

On 3 December 1934 Ulm, together with two crew, flew from Oakland in California to Hawaii aboard the Stella Australis. The plane never reached its destination and, after an extensive search, the wreckage was never found.

The series consists of one file and contains newspaper cuttings, articles and correspondence. Some of the letters include 1987 correspondence of John Ulm regarding his research on the Stella Australis.

Stella Australis - VH-UXY', 1934, 1978-1987 (File 1)

Series 8. Commemorative and philatelic material, c. 1928-1998

Ever since Ulm's historic flights, there have been many events and commemorative material issued to remember his expeditions and life, including commemorative envelopes, stamps, memorials and films.

This series includes invitations, souvenir brochures, correspondence, newspaper articles, research notes and press releases, but most of the material consists of stamps and commemorative envelopes. Some of the envelopes are from inaugural flights - for example, the first all-Australian Air mail Service from Australia to England (1931), and the first flight made by a member of the royal family in Australia (1934) - and have been signed by Ulm and his crew. Many of the envelopes are addressed to Ulm himself. Most of the papers in this series relate to the 50th Anniversary of Ulm and Kingsford Smith's Trans-Pacific flight.

Commemorative envelopes and stamps, c. 1928-1993 (File 1_2)
Picture of Ulm and Kingsford Smith by William Dargie comemorating the unveiling of the painting at the Art Gallery of NSW by Prime Minister R G Menzies, 1958 (File 3)
Tribute album for memorial commemorating the first flight over the Pacific Ocean by Kingsford Smith and his companions (unveiled by R W Askin, Premier of NSW, erected by Bexley RSL), 1969 (File 4)
Letter to John Ulm from Reg Grundy Productions on proposed series on Kingsford Smith and Ulm, 1977 (File 5)
John Ulm correspondence with Michael Terry and Australia Post regarding research and articles commemorating Ulm, 1975-1977 (File 6)
Opening of Southern Cross Memorial Gardens: correspondence and, 1976 (File 7)
50th anniversary of first Trans-Pacific flight: newspaper cuttings and brochures, 1978 (File 8)
50th anniversary of first Trans-Pacific flight: commemorative envelopes and stamps, 1978 (File 9)
50th anniversary of first Trans-Pacific flight: articles and press releases, 1978 (File 10)
50th anniversary of first Trans-Pacific flight: draft article for Aircraft and research papers, 1978 (File 11)
Proposed film, 'Smithy', 1983 (File 12)
Charles Ulm Memorial Dinner brochures, 1984 (File 13)
100th anniversary of Charles Ulm's birthday, 1998 (File 14)
'Ulm movie, stamps and press clips', c. 1953, 1978-1984 (File 15)

Series 9. Papers of John Ulm, c. 1928-1994

This series consists of other papers maintained by John Ulm pertaining to his father It includes cards, invitations, articles, notes on talks, research papers, correspondence, and a photograph.

Files 4-5 include correspondence and other papers on the Charles Ulm Collection of Aviation Records located at the Mitchell Library in Sydney. These papers were arranged, listed and donated by John Ulm and Ellen Rogers, former private secretary to Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm. File 6 consists of papers of Ellen Rogers and includes correspondence between herself and the Mitchell Library.

File 7 includes an early photograph of Ulm.

'John Ulm's Memories of Charles Thomas Phillippe Ulm (CTP): includes autographed cards from the crew of the Southern Cross, an invitation to his father, typed notes by John Ulm on the Southern Cross and personal notes on his father, 1928-1929, 1994 (File 1)
Material on naming airports in honour of Charles Ulm, 1959-1990 (File 2)
Correspondence with organisations relating to Charles Ulm, 1964-1967 (File 3)
'Charles Thomas Phillippe Ulm (CTP) Collection Contents': includes correspondence and lists relating to the Charles Ulm Collection of Aviation Records at the Mitchell Library, Sydney, 1977-1978, 1990 (File 4_5)
Ellen Rogers, 1936, 1977-1985 (File 6)
Correspondence and research papers from Jim Donahue, 1987 (File 7)
John Ulm correspondence, 1985-1987: includes a photograph of Charles Ulm (File 8)
John Ulm's handwritten notes for an Australian Historical Society lecture, 1988 (File 9)
Photocopies of extracts from the 'Flying Doctor Service Histories' by John Behr (File 10)

Series 10. Ian Mackersey's Smithy: the life of Charles Kingsford-Smith, 1991-1999

This series contains correspondence, newspaper cuttings, reviews and research notes kept by John Ulm in response to Ian Mackersey's research for a biography of Kingsford Smith. The papers are a comprehensive source for research on Kingsford Smith and Ulm.

John Ulm responded to Mackersey's research requests by telephone, letters and by notes written on the original letters.

Mackersey's biography, Smithy: the life of Charles Kingsford Smith, was published by Little, Brown and Co, London, in 1998

Mackersey: correspondence, cuttings and research notes, 1991 (File 1)
Mackersey: correspondence, cuttings and research notes, 1992 (File 2)
Mackersey: correspondence, cuttings and research notes, 1992-1993 (File 3_4)
Mackersey: correspondence, cuttings and research notes, 1994-1995 (File 5)
Mackersey: correspondence, cuttings and research notes, 1995 (File 6)
Mackersey: correspondence, cuttings and research notes, 1996-1997 (File 7)
Mackersey: correspondence, cuttings and research notes, 1998-1999 (File 8)

Series 11. Newspaper cuttings, c. 1927-1996

This series contains newspaper cuttings and articles relating to Ulm. The cuttings cover Ulm's flight with Kingsford Smith on the first Trans-Pacific flight, Ulm's disappearance, anniversaries of flights, biographical information, obituaries, tributes, memorials and articles on people who worked or knew Ulm. While there are original cuttings and articles, there are also photocopies of cuttings, particularly from earlier publications.

Any unfiled newspaper cuttings were placed in preservation files by Library staff.

Newspaper cuttings, 1927 (File 1)
Newspaper cuttings, 1951-1984 (File 2)
'Charles Thomas Phillippe (CTP) Ulm': press references, 1932-1996 (File 3)

Series 12. Miscellaneous papers, 1803, 1908, 1978-1990

This series includes issues of early newspapers, photocopies of photographs, articles, souvenir booklets and other ephemera.

Issues of the Sydney Gazette and The Australian Star, 1803, 1908 (File 1)
Souvenir program of the Australian Flying Corps Association Memorial Air Meeting and Aviation Display, 1930; 'The first aeroplane voyage from England to Australia' booklet, by Sir Ross Smith; Atlantic Union Oil Company advertisement, 1958; Flyer for ABC radio's 'A social history of Australian aviation', 1990 (File 2)
Photocopies of articles from Aeroplane monthly, September- November, 1978; copy of Aircraft, 1985 (File 3)
Photocopies of photographs of Ulm and Kingsford Smith (File 4)

Class MS Acc09.124. Consignment added 2009 - Folio-Box 1 (Smalls), Piece (1 packet - MS Acc09.124)

Comprises a draft cable written by Charles Ulm on 8 June 1928 from Fiji. The cable is written on the letterhead of HMCS Pioneer, addressed to Q.S.T. Sunflight Sydney (possibly the finance and support team financed by Sun newspapers). It tells them that they (Charles Kingsford-Smith and Ulm) are on their way from Fiji to Brisbane, with plans to depart the day after for Sydney, but would return to Brisbane for a public tour within two weeks. The text includes: "In 19 or 20 hours will be in dear Aussie again... Our landing in Brisbane will be the culmination of 10 months hard work the realization of Smithy's and my ambitions to be first to really cross the Pacific by air". John Ulm notes that the draft was on the HMCS Pioneer letterhead because while Smithy flew the empty plane from Suva to Naselai Beach for their departure from Fiji after refueling, Ulm and others travelled courtesy of the colonial governor on his launch, Pioneer.

Contained in 1 folio packet.

Class MS Acc10.077. Consignment added 2010 - Piece 1-2 (MS Acc10.077) in Smalls Box

Comprises a group of miscellaneous papers relating to Charles and John Ulm. Included is a typescript of John Ulm's address at the 27th Annual Arthur Butler Memorial Lecture, Powerhouse Museum, 2009, titled "Places, planes and politics", biographical information about John Ulm and reminiscences of his father, photocopies of National Archives of Australia documents and extracts from publications and articles that relate to Charles Ulm, and a copy of the Ulm family tree.

Contained in 2 files.

Class MS Acc12.060. Consignment added 2012 - Box 1 (Smalls), Piece (1 packet - MS Acc12.060)

Comprises three wallets of broad ranging material including press identification, US military currency, and papers and articles discussing the Korean War. It also includes a speech and recollections of John Ulm on his service in the Second World War.

Contained in 1 packet.

Class MS Acc13.204. Consignment added 2013 - Folio-Box 1 (MS Acc13.204)

Comprises photographs, documents and other ephemera mostly relating to Charles Ulm's trans-pacific flight with Charles Kingsford Smith. Included are bound illuminated addresses from the Municipalities of Mascot and Marrickville, a bound presentation book signed by young fans from Burwood, Einfield and Strathfield; a framed memorandum from the New Zealand Military Forces notifying Ulm of his appointment as a Captain to the New Zealand Air Force; framed certificate of Membership to the Adventurers' of the World Club. Most items are captioned with notes made by John Ulm during his research of his father's flying career.

Contained in 1 folio box.

Class MS Acc16.061. Consignment added 2016 - Folder 1 (MS Acc16.061) in Smalls Box

This instalment comprises papers dating from 1928 to 2015, and features correspondence, including discussions with Dick Smith AM regarding his request to the Prime Minister's office to confer a posthumous knighthood upon Charles Ulm; newspaper clippings; handwritten notes; material drafted by John Ulm for various publications; photocopied report on the QANTAS Bangkok accident on 23 September 1999.

Contained in 1 folder.

Container List

Series File Box
1 1 1
1 2 Folio Box
1 3-4 1
2 1-3 1
3 1 1
3 2 Map Drawer
4 1-3 2
4 4 Folio Box
4 5 2
5 1-3 2
5 4 Folio Box
5 5 2
5 6 Map Drawer
5 7 Folio Box
5 8-9 3
6 1-2 3
7 1 3
8 1-3 3
8 4 Folio Box
8 5-13 4
8 14-16 5
9 1-4 5
9 5-10 6
10 1-3 6
10 4-8 7
11 1-3 7
11 4 Folio Box
12 1 7
12 2-4 8

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