Guide to the Papers of E A and V I Crome
MS 1925
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2009
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Crome, E. A. (Ernest Alfred)
- Title
- Papers of Ernest and Virtie Crome
- Date Range
- 1784-1987
- Collection Number
- MS 1925
- Extent
- 67.45 metres (166 boxes + 30 small folio boxes + 16 medium folio boxes + 22 large folio boxes + 1 large volume + 90 albums + 45 elephant folio items)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- NLA
- Sponsor
- This finding aid is published with the assistance of the E. A. Crome Trust. Digitisation of the aircraft and engine logs was made possible through the generous financial support of the Dick and Pip Smith Foundation.
Introduction
Scope and Content
The papers reflect Ernest Crome's long passion for aviation history and airmails. The collection comprises material collected by Crome, whether given to him directly by aviators or their families, or acquired commercially.
The main groups of aviation manuscripts consist of aircraft logs (1928–40), papers and memorabilia of early Australian aviators, and papers relating to Australian National Airways, Imperial Airways Ltd and other early airlines. Among the most important items are notes exchanged between the crew on the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928, the log kept by Charles Ulm on the flight of the Southern Cross from Richmond to Wyndham in 1929 (ending with a forced landing at 'Coffee Royal'), and the log of the Southern Cross on the first east–west crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in 1930. There are several logs of the Southern Cross (1928–34) and Faith in Australia (1933–34). Among the aviators whose flights are documented in the logs are G U Allan, Nancy Bird, Charles Kingsford Smith, Tommy Pethybridge, P G Taylor and Charles Ulm.
The personal documents of aviators mainly relate to Ross Smith, Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm and W H Shiers. They include letters, telegrams, licences, passports, certificates, receipts, newspaper cuttings, maps, badges and other memorabilia. There are also screenplays of the films Smithy and The Old Bus, together with biographical notes, articles and papers relating to memorials to early aviators. 'The Smithy Book', compiled by Crome over a period of 30 years, contains comments by many of the aviators and others who knew Kingsford Smith.
The aviation industry is also documented in the form of extensive ephemera including commemorative booklets, brochures, leaflets, circulars, airline magazines, receipt books, tickets, and baggage tags and stickers.
The most extraordinary component of the Crome Collection is the aero-philatelic items. They total 30 000 items and comprise flight covers, postcards, photographs, menus, vignettes and leaflets. There are about 1000 Australian and Papua New Guinea covers, dating from 1914 to 1969. They document inter alia the first Australian airmail (1914), the first England–Australia airmail (1919), the first regular service in Australia (1921), the first Australia–Papua airmail (1922), the first England–Australia round trip (1926), the first England–Australia solo flight (1928), the first flight around Australia by a woman (1932) and the first official Australia–New Zealand airmail (1934).
In addition to the Australian covers, the collection contains flight covers from New Zealand, Britain, Canada, Europe, the United States and other parts of the world. They include zeppelin flights, flights over the North Pole, rocket flights and space flights.
While aviation was Crome's most extensive collecting interest, the papers also reflect other other activities and interests. These included the armed forces (including war-time propaganda and publications), art, literature, theatre, music (especially the violin), and Rotary. The personal papers in the collection include correspondence, diaries and travel journals, family papers (also relating to Virtie Crome) and photographs.
Source
Graeme Powell, History of the National Library Collections (unpublished).
Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn742484).
Copying and Publishing
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. Copying for research purposes is permitted for material created by E A and V I Crome. Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is generally permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Written permission to publish unpublished manuscript material must be obtained from the copyright holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ernest and Virtie Crome, National Library of Australia, MS 1925, [series/file/item number]'.
Related Material
The National Library of Australia holds a substantial amount of material, mostly books and pictures, originally from the collection of E. A. Crome.
Locations of material can be identified by searching the Library's online catalogue.
Pictures
The Pictures collection contains 25 paintings by Crome, comprising depictions of the first balloon ascent in Sydney, the Southern Cross and Miss Southern Cross, William Willis in his yacht Little One, and landscapes in New South Wales and Queensland. Other paintings include portraits of Crome and his wife Virtie Crome by Lyall Trindall (1944), a portrait of his mother Lottie Crome by Perceval Norton (1931), and a portrait of Jack Lang by Fred Leist (c.1930).
The Crome collection of photographs on aviation contains 1145 photographs, mostly depicting early Australian aviators and planes. They include photographs of G.U. Allan, Keith Anderson, Jean Batten, Nancy Bird, Jim Broadbent, Alan Cobham, Hudson Fysh, Bert Hinkler, W.E. Hart, Amy Johnson, Charles Kingsford Smith, Guy Menzies, Jim Mollison, W.H. Shiers and Charles Ulm. There are also photographs of air crashes, early services of Qantas, airfields, parades, aircraft workshops, RAAF operations during World War II, and memorials to early aviators.
Most of these photographs were originally part of MS 1925, and photocopies have usually been retained in their original location and context in MS 1925.
Objects
The Pictures collection also holds a number of aviation-related objects from Crome. Crome did not make any distinction between library and museum materials and a large number of objects, mostly associated with early aviators, found their way into his collection. In his own listing of his collection, compasses had pride of place: the compass used by Kingsford Smith on the Southern Cross and the compass used by Ulm on Faith in Australia. Other artefacts include a radio receiver used on the 1928 trans-Pacific flight, the case used by P G Taylor to transfer oil from a failed engine on the Southern Cross as it crossed the Tasman Sea in 1935, and a pilot's jacket and RAAF uniform worn by Kingsford Smith.
Printed Materials
The original collection contained about 250 books and pamphlets, mostly on aviation history. Many of them are inscribed to Crome. The authors include Sir Ross Smith, Sir Gordon Taylor, Jim Mollison and Sir Hudson Fysh, and there are several works relating to Kingsford Smith. Within later consignments were books on Australian history, art, music, poetry, local history and other subjects, and some published music scores. Many of the books are signed or inscribed by the authors. One of the oldest works is a copy of Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield (1780), which belonged to Captain John Hunter.
Many books were transferred to the main printed collection. The books' provenance is often indicated on the catalogue record in the form of notes about inscriptions to Crome.
Manuscripts
The Manuscripts collection holds a manuscript by Crome about Donald Mackay (MS 8788). Correspondence with Crome can be found in manuscript collection of his contemporaries and friends, including the papers of George Urquhart 'Scotty' Allan (MS 4911). The Papers of Norman Ellison (MS 1882) contain one of Crome's scrapbooks.
Source
Graeme Powell, History of the National Library Collections (unpublished).
Provenance
The E A and V I Crome Collection was purchased by the Library in 1966. Ernest Crome made numerous donations to the Library in the next 20 years. Following his death in 1987, the Library received his remaining books, manuscripts and papers.
According to Mr Crome's wishes, the title of the collection reflects the contribution his wife Virtie Ivery Crome (nee Coffill) made to its development.
Arrangement
The papers were first arranged into six series and listed by Library staff in 1970.
Many additions were received after 1970, generally one to three boxes several times a year. Some additions were incorporated into the existing arrangement, but most were simply added to the end of the collection. Most additions comprised a mix of types of papers and subject areas, and foldered and loose papers with little discernible order.
The 1970 series arrangement has been retained for Series 1 (Aircraft and engine logs). The original series titles have retained for Series 2, 3 and 5; but the series have been partially changed or added to.
The arrangement and description of Series 5, Philately, was worked on in the late 1980s and 1990s by a contract and volunteer staff member. The focus of the project was Australian and Papua New Guinean airmail covers. Material was brought together from existing albums and from other parts of the manuscript collection. An extensive list was made of the Australian and Papua New Guinean airmail covers, most of which has now been transcribed and is available as a separate list.
All other series have been newly created. The collection has therefore been substantially rearranged, while keeping original folders intact unless otherwise indicated.
A substantial number of pictures, objects and printed materials have been transferred to other collection areas within the Library since the collection was received; see the Related Material note for more information.
The original 1970 list is available for reference upon request.
The container list for this collection, giving box locations for specific items, has been prepared as a separate document to this finding aid.
Separated Material
The Crome Collection in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney has 20,000 aero-philatelic items collected by Crome. In addition, there are music manuscripts, books and other material relating to music and his interest in violin-making.
Biographical Note
Ernest Alfred Crome (1902–1987) was born in Sydney and educated at Enmore Public School. In 1915 he was appointed office boy in the Newtown and Enmore No. 1 Starr-Bowkett Society, beginning an association with the Starr-Bowkett building societies that was to last for 56 years. He served on vessels of the Union Steamship Company in 1918 and from 1918 to 1922 he was a shipping clerk and wool sampler with Goldsborough Mort & Company. He returned to the Newtown and Enmore Building Cooperative Society, where he was employed as a cashier and clerk until 1942. From 1943 to 1945 he was on the staff of the De Haviland Aircraft Company, working on its Mosquito Project. After the War, he was employed by various firms before returning to the Newtown, Marrickville and General Cooperative Building Societies. He retired as secretary in 1971.
Crome became fascinated with aviation in 1919, when he witnessed the arrival in Sydney of the Vickers Vimy piloted by Ross and Keith Smith, at the end of the first flight from England to Australia. He began collecting aviation material, particularly flight covers and other aero-philatelic items, and continued to do so all his life. In 1928 he met Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm and his collecting was especially focused on the achievements of these two aviators. Ulm was the patron of the Air Mail Society of New South Wales, which Crome founded in 1932. Crome won medals for his philatelic collection at the Melbourne Centenary Exhibition in 1934, the South Australian Centenary Exhibition in 1936 and the Sydney 150th Anniversary Exhibition in 1938. By the post-War years he had assembled one of the finest collections of its kind in the world.
Crome, who was related to the English painter John Crome (1768–1821), studied painting at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. Many of his paintings were on aviation themes. His parents were musicians and as a boy he studied the violin. Although he did not pursue a musical career, he had a strong interest in music, especially violin-making, an interest which again was reflected in his collecting. He was the author of Qantas Aeriana (1955) and Footnotes to History and the First Ten Years of the Rotary Club of Newtown 1962–1972 (1972). He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1983.
Source
Graeme Powell, History of the National Library Collections (unpublished).
Item Descriptions
Series 1. Aircraft and engine logs, 1928-1939
Comprises 103 logs of flights made in the late 1920s and 1930s. Aviators represented include Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, P G Taylor, G U (Scotty) Allan, T Pethybridge.
Most are bound volumes, some logs comprise loose messages passed between crew.
Series 34 (Estrays), folder 9 contains related material (original location unknown): Five notes passed between crew, including Charles Kingsford Smith, probably on the trans-Pacific flight of the Southern Cross.
(103 items)
Log kept on Southern Cross flight during the 1st crossing of the Pacific, May/June 1928 - Kingsford Smith and crew. Comprises messages passed between crew and sent from aircraft. 114p. loose pages, handwritten, May-June 1928 (Item 1) - Box 1
Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, James Warner, Harry Lyon
Copy of Australian portion of a "4CM" (Brisbane) log of Southern Cross flight (KHAB) 'Frisco to Brisbane arriving 9 June 1928. Transmission on 33.5 metres. Signed Thomas B Elliott. 2 June - 9 June 1928. Typescript. 8p, 2 June-9 June 1928 (Item 2) - Box 1
Original log of Southern Cross kept by A H Williams on the first Trans-Tasman flight, New Zealand-Australia, 13-14 October 1928, 2pp handwritten, 13-14 October 1928 (Item 3) - Box 1
Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, A H Williams, H A Litchfield.
Log of Southern Cross kept by C T P Ulm on flight Richmond-Wyndham. April 1929. 48pp in exercise book, April 1929 (Item 4) - Box 1
Charles Kingsford Smith, C T P Ulm, H Litchfield.
Log of Southern Cross kept by C T P Ulm on flight Richmond-Wyndham. 26pp in shorthand reporter's book, April 1929 (Item 5) - Box 1
Charles Kingsford Smith, C T P Ulm, H Litchfield.
Copy of log of Southern Cross on search for Hitchcock and Anderson and their aircraft Kookaburra, 13 April 1929. Crew; Kingsford Smith, Ulm, McWilliams, Litchfield. 13p, 13 April 1929 (Item 6) - Box 1
Kingsford Smith, Ulm, McWilliams, Litchfield.
Log kept by C Kingsford Smith on Southern Cross flight East-West Trans-Atlantic, Dublin-New York, 23 June 1930. Take-off 4.25. 9pp loose, 23 June 1930 (Item 7) - Box 1
Kingsford Smith, Stannage.
Log kept on Southern Cross flight East-West Trans-Atlantic, Ireland-New York, 24 June [1930]. A large part comprises messages passed between the crew, sent from the aircraft and received on it. 117pp. loose. Photo of Rev J Ryan, St Joseph's, Malvern, Melbourne, August 1922 with log, 24-26 June 1930 (Item 8) - Box 1
C Kingsford Smith, Rev Fr J Ryan, Malvern, names of senders and recipients of messages recorded in log.
Radio log kept on Southern Cross on East-West Trans-Atlantic flight, [24 June 1930]-26 June 1930. 4.25 take-off from Erin; 12.00 over heart of New York; 12.30 landed.12pp+9pp that include list of radio spare parts, pencilled radio diagram and other brief logs and a number of blank pages (contained in shorthand reporter's note book), 24-26 June 1930 (Item 9) - Box 1
Translation of the radio log kept on Southern Cross on its East-West Trans-Atlantic flight, 24-26 June 1930. Signed John S W Stannage. 19pp. in exercise book. Also included are copies made by E A Crome of the messages written between John Stannage and the crew, 33pp, 24-26 June 1930, 25 June 1930 (Item 10) - Box 1
C Kingsford Smith, John Stannage.
Log of S.S. Transylvania Siemens Brothers Co. Limited call signal GLKS of messages to and from Southern Cross when its compass failed during its East-West Trans-Atlantic flight 25 June 1930. Signed Wallis D Davis and Wm Poultis, 7pp, 25 June 1930 (Item 11) - Box 1
Newspaper log sent from C Kingsford Smith on Southern Cross to New York Times after leaving New York on the last part of the East-West Trans-Atlantic flight, 25 June 1930. 5pp, 25 June 1930 (Item 12) - Box 1
C Kingsford Smith.
Newspaper log radioed from Southern Cross on flight Gerrigong NSW - New Plymouth, New Zealand, 11 January 1933. Sydney time 8.15am-4.10 about to land. Signed J Percival, 12p, 11 January 1933 (Item 13) - Box 1
Newspaper log sent from Southern Cross on flight [Australia]-New Plymouth, NZ. 11 January 1933. 15 pp loose, 11 January 1933 (Item 14) - Box 1
C Kingsford Smith, J Percival.
Log kept on Southern Cross by John Kingsford Smith when searching for the collier Christina Fraser. Crew: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Lt Cdr G A Hall of H.M.S Canberra, J W Stannage - wireless operator, J T Pethyridge - mechanic and relief pilot, N Corkhill, John Kingsford Smith, 2 July 1933 (Item 15) - Box 1
Charles and John Kingsford Smith, G A Hall, J W Stannage, J T Pethyridge, N Corkhill.
Official newspaper log of original messages radioed from Southern Cross on its Trans-Tasman flight Richmond-New Plymouth, 13 January 1934, 2.15 a.m. take-off Sydney...2 p.m. hoping to arrive New Plymouth 5.30 a.m. Signed J Percival. Crew: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, pilot; Capt P G Taylor, navigator; T Pethyridge, relief pilot; J Stannage, wireless operator; S E Nielson, Secretary of NZ Aero Club; J Percival, journalist. Typescript. 23pp, 13 January 1934 (Item 16) - Box 1
C Kingsford Smith, P G Taylor, T Pethyridge, J Stannage, S E Nielson, J Percival.
Official newspaper log of original messages radioed from Southern Cross on flight Ninety-Nine Mile Beach, NZ - Mascot, Sydney 29 March 1934. Take-off 3.50 a.m. (NZST)...3.45 p.m.(NZST). Expected to arrive 3.00p.m. Sydney time. Signed J Percival.1-24 of 29pp, 29 March 1934 (Item 17) - Box 1
C Kingsford Smith, J Percival.
Telephoned radio messages received from Southern Cross during the organisation of search (if needed) for Southern Cross, 15 May 1935. '12.20 port engine giving out, may not last hour. 12.36 Sunlight - still in the air. Bill hero [P G Taylor] climbed out and got oil from dud motor...centre motor going now.' Signed Jack Percival. 9pp, 15 May 1935 (Item 18) - Box 1
C Kingsford Smith, P G Taylor, J Percival.
Original wireless message received on Southern Cross VH-USU 15 May 1935 re dumping mail carried on Trans-Tasman Jubilee Mail Flight. 1p mounted on board under cellophane, 15 May 1935 (Item 19) - Box 1
C Kingsford Smith, P G Taylor, J Percival.
Navigation note 22.33 (GMT) from Capt Taylor received from Southern Cross during flight of crippled plane to get back to coast. Signed Jack Percival. 1p, 15 May 1935 (Item 20) - Box 1
C Kingsford Smith, P Taylor, J Percival,
Original radio message received 15 May 1935 on board Southern Cross VH-USU when fighting its way back to the [Australian] mainland (Jubilee Mail Flight), 15 May 1935 (Item 21) - Box 1
C Kingsford Smith, P Taylor, J Percival.
Log book of Avro X Monoplane, registration VH-UMF, 27 July 1929- 20 March 1931. Repairs, adjustments etc. signed by W Hamilton, July 1929-March 1931 (Item 22) - Box 2
C Kingsford Smith, G U Allan, T W Shortbridge, J S Sheppard.
Log book of Avro X Monoplane VH-UMF, 27 November 1929 - 9 February 1930, November 1929- 8 February 1930 (Item 23) - Box 2
C Kingsford Smith, T W Shortbridge, J S Sheppard, G U Allan.
Log book of Avro X Monoplane VH-UMF, 1 January 1930 - 30 January 1930, January 1930 (Item 24) - Box 2
C Kingsford Smith, (1/1/1930 on Mascot -Brisbane route - 14/1/1930); G U Allan, T W Shortbridge, C Ferguson.
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 11 June 1929; 28 March 1932 - 29 June 1933, 1929; 1932-1933 (Item 25) - Box 2
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 16 August 1929; 28 September 1930 - 27 March 1932, 1929-1932 (Item 26) - Box 2
P G Taylor.
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 30 June 1933 - 10 June 1934, 1933-1934 (Item 27) - Box 2
Miss N Bird, Miss Bradford, T Pethybridge, Miss Mulvay, Mrs Lee Brown, C Kingsford Smith.
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 16 June 1934 - 2 April 1935. Owner: Kingford Smith Air Service Ltd. Certificate of registration 1p. Covering letter 1p typescript, 1934-1935 (Item 28) - Box 2
C Kingsford Smith, T Pethybridge, Miss N Bird, P Taylor.
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 2 April 1935 - 21 Februaury 1936, 1935-1936 (Item 29) - Box 3
T Pethybridge, Miss Bradford.
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 21 February 1936 - 20 October 1936. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, February-October 1936 (Item 30) - Box 3
Miss Barrett.
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 20 October 1936 - 29 July 1937. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1936-1937 (Item 31) - Box 3
Miss Barrett.
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 30 July 1937 - 21 October 1938. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1937-1938 (Item 32) - Box 3
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 27 October 1938 - 6 August 1939. Owner; Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1928-1939 (Item 33) - Box 3
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 6 August 1939 - 11 December 1939. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, August-December 1939 (Item 34) - Box 3
Miss White.
Log book of DH-60M, registration VH-UOZ, 11 December 1939 - 6 April 1940, December 1939-April 1940 (Item 35) - Box 3
Miss Thornburn.
Log book of Avro X Monoplane, registration VH-UHM, 30 August 1929 - 2 April 1934. Owner: Australian National Airways Ltd, August 1929-April 1934 (Item 36) - Box 3
Sheppard, T W Shortbridge, C Kingsford Smith, G Allan, Taylor.
Log book of Avro X Monoplane, registration VH-UHM, 3 April 1934 - 28 November 1935. Owner: New England Airways Ltd, 1934-1935 (Item 37) - Box 3
K Virtue, J N Weir, T Young, Moody, J Hazzard, A Cameron, R Boyden.
Log book of Avro X Monoplane, registration VH-UMI, 2 October 1929 - 7 July 1932, 1929-1932 (Item 38) - Box 3
C Kingsford Smith, Shortbridge, Taylor, Allan.
Log book of Avro X Monoplane, registration VH-UMI, 28 January 1930 - 23 February 1930, January-February 1930 (Item 39) - Box 4
J S Sheppard, G U Allan, Pethyridge.
Log book of Avro Monoplane, registration VH-UNJ, 7 November 1929 - 16 March 1934. Owner: Queensland Air Navigation Co. Ltd, 1929-1934 (Item 40) - Box 4
K Frewin, G McCausland, Beresford, D P Davidson, J Weir, T R Young, K A Virtue.
Log book of Avro Avian, registration VH-UOE, 4 December 1929 - 22 November 1931, 1929-1931 (Item 41) - Box 4
C T P Ulm, Shortbridge, Allan.
Log book of Ryan Monoplane, registration VH-UIZ, 24 March 1930 - 25 April 1930, March-April 1930 (Item 42) - Box 4
David A B Smith; W H Shiers (engineer).
Hand-written log of flight from Mascot to Wyndham; forced down 140 miles from Wyndham and rescued by police and Aboriginals. 23pp loose, 24 March - 2 April 1930 (Item 43) - Box 4
C Kingsford Smith, Wally [Shiers].
Report to Air Accidents Investigation Committee of flight of Ryan Monoplane, Mascot-Wyndham, April 1930 (Item 44) - Box 4
C Kingsford Smith.
Telegram from Air Accidents Investigation Committee to [D] A B Smith, Wyndham, 4 April 1930, requesting complete report of forced landing at Ord River, 4 April 1930 (Item 45) - Box 4
Telegram from Aviation, Melbourne, to D A B Smith, Wyndham, asking for details of food availability on forced landing at Ord River and reason for shortage, 3 April 1930 (Item 46) - Box 4
Log book of Avro X Monoplane, registration VH-UPI, 30 October 1930 - 25 September 1934. Owner: Queensland Air Navigation, 1930-1934 (Item 47) - Box 4
K Virtue, T Young, E J Stephens, J Weir.
Log book of DH 60M registration VH-UOP, 16 December 1930 - 18 April 1934, 1930-1934 (Item 48) - Box 4
T Pethybridge, C Kingsford Smith, Mrs Lee Brown, Miss Bird, Mrs Chambers, Miss Bradford, Miss Mulvay.
Log book of DH 60M registration VH-UOP, 18 April 1934 - 27 June 1935. Owner: T Pethybridge, 1934-1935 (Item 49) - Box 4
T Pethybridge, P G Taylor, C Kingsford Smith, C T P Ulm.
Log book of DH 60M registration VH-UOP, 28 June 1935 - 15 September 1936. Owner: T Pethybridge, 1935-1936 (Item 50) - Box 4
T Pethybridge.
Log book of Avro X, registration VH-UMG, 7 January 1932 - 21 November 1936. Owner: Australian National Airways Ltd. Includes Southampton-Darwin flight 7-19 January 1932, 1932-1936 (Item 51) - Box 5
C Kingsford Smith, G U Allan. Engineers: Taylor and Boulton.
Log book of DH 80A, registration VH-UPO, 3 March 1933 - 12 September 1938. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1933-1938 (Item 52) - Box 5
R W Reid, F Higginson.
Log book of DH 80A, registration VH-UPO, 12 September 1938 - 5 November 1939. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1938-1939 (Item 53) - Box 5
Log book of Percival Gull, registration G-ACAT (British), 21 May 1933 - 27 July 1933. Owner: Edgar Wikner Percival, 1933 (Item 54) - Box 5
F Neale.
Log kept by C Kingsford Smith on Miss Southern Cross Percival Gull during his solo record making flight England-Wyndham (Australia), 4 - 11 October 1933. 20pp.+ note, transcript 1p. Note by E A Crome 1p, 4-11 October 1933 (Item 55) - Box 5
C Kingsford Smith.
Log book of Percival Gull, registration G-ACJV (British), 4-28 October 1933. Log is endorsed by Kingsford Smith. Broke record, 4-28 October 1933 (Item 56) - Box 5
C Kingsford Smith.
Log book of Faith in Australia formerly Southern Moon, registration VH-UXX 30 November 1933 - 5 February 1939. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd. Includes Australia-New Zealand return flight over period [33] November 1933- 17 February 1934, 1933-1939 (Item 57) - Box 5
C T P Ulm, G U Allan, Pat Hall, R N (or R A) Boulton, P G Taylor, T Pethybridge.
Log of Faith in Australia on flight Australia-New Zealand. First official air mail flight, Australia to New Zealand, 11-12 April 1934, 19pp loose, 11-12 April 1934 (Item 58) - Box 5
C T P Ulm, Commander; G U Allan, radio navigator and co-pilot; R A Boulton, flight engineer.
Navigator's log kept by G U (Scotty) Allan for various routes, 1933. Some entries: NZ-Sydney in Faith in Australia VH-UXX, call sign VMZAH. p.1: 1 December 1933 - longitude and latitude figures; p.2: 24 November- 3 December (London). Auckland longitude and latitude figures 15-20 February. General information on projected flight to Suva. Courses; Suva-90 Mile Beach. 37pp contained in Royal Air Force Message Book, 1933 (Item 59) - Box 5
G U Allan, navigator.
Log kept on Faith in Australia of flight Derby-Alice Springs (no date). 'Depart Derby 5.08 Derby time...dust storm for past two hours...3.30 landed(Alice Springs?)', 1p with messages passed on flight, 12pp loose, n.d. (Item 60) - Box 5
Bill, Jock and Charles.
Log kept by Ulm on Richmond-Derby(WA?) flight, (1933?). 'Left Richmond 11.30...now approaching Singleton...20.20 (GMT) arrived at Coast Course...now 2330 in daylight should see Derby soon. Most uneventful trip.' Signed Ulm (Faith in Australia? 1933?). 7 pp. Loose, n.d. (Item 61) - Box 5
Bill (Taylor?), Scottie (sic) (Allan?).
Log of flight of Faith in Australia kept by Ulm, Sydney-New Plymouth. 'Take-off 5.25 p.m. Sydney. 2nd day - 2.15, 5.50 land on Point Bow...sighted Mount Egmont...ETA 7.55 a.m. land Port Plymouth-7.48 a.m. Sydney time.' No date. 5pp, n.d. (Item 62) - Box 5
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 12 February 1934 - 5 August 1935. Owner. Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1934-1935 (Item 63) - Box 5
C Kingsford Smith, Miss Mulvay, Mrs Lee Brown, T Pethybridge, Miss Bird, P Taylor.
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 5 August - 31 December 1934. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1934 (Item 64) - Box 6
T Pethybridge, W Hancock, C Kingsford Smith, Miss N Bird.
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 31 December 1934 - 24 March 1935. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1934-1935 (Item 65) - Box 6
T Pethybridge, C Kingsford Smith.
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 13 April - 18 August 1935. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1935 (Item 66) - Box 6
T Pethybridge, C Kingsford Smith.
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 18 August 1935. Owner; Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 18 August 1935 (Item 67) - Box 6
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 27 February - 20 June 1936. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1936 (Item 68) - Box 6
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 20 June 1936 - 5 January 1937. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1936-1937 (Item 69) - Box 6
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 10x16 cm, 26 July - 4 March 1937. Log in name of Thomas Gregory Kelly, 1937 (Item 71) - Box 6
Thomas Gregory Kelly.
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 14 June 1937 - 28 January 1938. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1937-1938 (Item 72) - Box 6
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 23 November 1938 - 20 August 1939, 1938-1939 (Item 74) - Box 7
Log book of DH 60G, registration VH-UAH, 25 November 1939 - 27 March 1940, November 1939-March 1940 (Item 75) - Box 7
Log book of St. 11 (British), registration VH-USN, 4 January - 1 February 1935. Owner: Eastern Air Transport Ltd, 1935 (Item 76) - Box 7
D F Collins from Croydon, London-Mascot: passenger,D S Wylie.
Log book of Monospar ST.12, registration VH-UTZ, 15 May - 6 September 1935, 1935 (Item 77) - Box 7
Chapman, M Mather.
Log Book of Monospar ST12, Registration VH-UTZ, London, 22 May 1935. No entries. Owner: Robert Bryce Co. Ltd, 22 May 1935 (Item 78) - Box 7
Log book of DH.60M, registration VH-UQT, 21 June 1935 - 12 February 1936, 1935-1936 (Item 79) - Box 8
T Pethybridge (test pilot).
Log book of Monospar ST.11, registration VH-USN, 30 November 1935 - 21 October 1937. Owner: Kingford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1935-1937 (Item 80) - Box 8
D Collins.
Log book of DH60G, registration VH-UJN, 16 March - 4 September 1938. Owner : T G Kelly, 1938 (Item 81) - Box 8
Log book of DH60G, registration VH-UJN, 5 September 1938 - 2 April 1939. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1938-1939 (Item 82) - Box 8
Log book of DH60G, registration VH-UJN, 2 April - 6 October 1939. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1939 (Item 83) - Box 8
Affleck, Menzies.
Log book of DH60G, registration VH-UJI, 29 April - 15 September 1939. Owner: Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, 1939 (Item 84) - Box 8
Pilots include Menzies.
Log book of engine: Gypsy 44 in aircraft registration GAUIH; VH-UIH, 25 October 1928 - 8 September 1935. Owners included P G Taylor, 1928-1935 (Item 85) - Box 8
Log book of engine: Lynx AS 3258 in aircraft registration GAADM; VH-UMF. This aircraft was bought by C T P Ulm and renamed Faith in Australia: VH-UMI, VH-UMG; VH-UHM, 27 July 1929 - 20 March 1931, 1929-1931 (Item 86) - Box 8
Log book of engine: Gipsy 674 in aircraft registration VH-VOZ, 16 August 1929 - 20 August 1932, 1929-1932 (Item 87) - Box 9
Log book of Engine; Gipsy 674 in aircraft registration VH-UOZ, 21 August 1932 - 4 December 1935, 1932-1935 (Item 88) - Box 9
Log book of engine: Gipsy 674 in aircraft VH-UOZ, 5 January 1935 - 27 August 1936, 1935-1936 (Item 89) - Box 9
Log book of engine: Gipsy 674 in aircraft VH-UOZ, VH-UJI, 29 August 1936 - 12 September 1939, 1936-1939 (Item 90) - Box 9
Log book of engine: Lynx AS 3260 in aircraft registration VH-UMG, VH-UMI, VH-UMH, VH-UNA: 21 August 1929 - 30 August 1932, 1929-1932 (Item 91) - Box 9
Log book of engine: Gipsy 593 in aircraft VH-ULM, VH-UMR, VH-UGX, VH-UIG, VH-UOZ, VH-UOP: 29 August 1929 - 27 December 1933, 1929-1933 (Item 92) - Box 9
Log book of engine: Gipsy 593 in aircraft registration VH-UOP; VH-UAH; 28 December 1933 - 5 August 1934, 1933-1934 (Item 93) - Box 9
Log book of engine: Gipsy 593 in aircraft registration VH-UAH, 5 August 1934 - 13 December 1935, 1934-1935 (Item 94) - Box 9
Log book of engine: Gipsy 593 in aircraft registration VH-UQT; VH-UAH; VH-UOZ; VH-UJN: 21 June 1935 - 5 January 1939, 1935-1939 (Item 95) - Box 10
Log book of engine: Lynx AS 3280 in aircraft registration VH-UMG; VH-UMI; VH-UMF: 14 February 1930 - 20 March 1931, 1930-1931 (Item 96) - Box 10
Log book of engine: Lynx AS 3286 in aircraft registration VH-UMH; VH-UMF: 5 May 1930 - 20 March 1931, 1930-1931 (Item 97) - Box 10
Log book of engine: Lynx AS 3382 in aircraft registration VH-UNJ; VH-UNK; VH-UPI: 11 May 1930 - 6 December 1935, 1930-1935 (Item 98) - Box 10
Log book of engine; Lynx AS 3371, MK 4B in aircraft registration VH-UNA; VH-UMI; VH-UMG; VH-UMH; VH-UXX; 29 May 1930 - 15 July 1937, 1930-1937 (Item 99) - Box 10
Log book of engine: Gipsy 2160 series 2, 773 in aircraft VH-VOP: 31 May 1933 - 30 December 1934, 1933-1934 (Item 100) - Box 10
Log book of engine: Lynx AS3256 in aircraft VH-UMG: 5 July 1933 - 21 November 1936, 1933-1936 (Item 101) - Box 11
Series 2. Aviators and aviation history, 1784-1986
A mix of material created by Crome, given to him by aviators and families of aviators, or acquired from dealers. Much of the material relates to Charles Kingsford Smith, including some original correspondence. Many papers relate to the search for Kingsford Smith after his disappearance in 1935, and memorialising activities.
Australian aviators Charles Ulm, Walter Shiers, David Manwell, and G U 'Scotty' Allan are also represented.
Due to its size and the varied subjects and types of material, the series has been arranged using subseries. Following Crome's collecting priority and the 1970 list of the collection, Kingsford Smith is the first subseries, followed by Ulm, then other aviators (arranged alphabetically), early aviation history and maps. Within subseries or subject groupings, files are arranged chronologically.
Papers relating to the Southern Cross airplane and Coffee Royal incident are grouped with Kingsford Smith material, although they do also relate to Ulm. Papers relating to the Faith in Australia are grouped with Charles Ulm papers.
When the collection was first processed in 1970 this series was listed in some detail. Since 1970 the series expanded considerably and most of the papers were not described. The original folders have been left intact although given new folder numbers. References for the old folder numbers, and the original 1970 list are available upon request.
(157 folders/items)
Subseries 1. Charles Kingsford Smith, 1910-1980
Papers of and relating to Charles Kingsford Smith; includes RFC wings with certificate confirming space flight aboard the shuttle Discovery (1917, 2005), 1910-1958 (File 1) - box 12
Includes correspondence, RAF wings, and licenses. Notes indicate that some items were given to Crome by Eric Kingsford Smith and Winifred Kingsford Sealby.
Kingsford Smith's RFC wings are held in Folder 1a and held in secure storage (available on request).
Papers mostly relating to Charles Kingsford Smith, 1911-1975 (File 2) - box 12
Includes invitation to chorister Chas Smith to official service at St Andrew's Sydney for coronation day of King George and Queen Mary, 1911; Australian Aero Club dinner menu signed by Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Harry Lyon and James Warner, 1928; copy of certification by Major B J Moore, OC Flying Section listing machines flown by Charles Kingsford Smith; menu for dinner in honor of Kingsford Smith and Ulm, Hotel Australia, 1929; ticket for aerial joy ride with Kingsford Smith; program of flights of the Southern Cross piloted by Kingsford Smith during the week of the Sydney Harbour Bridge opening, 1932; and a letter from Austin E Byrne to the National Library of Australia, 1975.
Airspeed quote for three Douglas aircraft, c.1924-1934 (File 3) - box 12
The quote appears to be addressed to Charles Kingsford Smith. It is titled 'Airspeed - offer on three Douglas Aircraft equipped with Wright cyclone engines', 1934.
Also includes magazine Airships - US Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, c.1924.
Search for Charles Kingsford Smith, 1928-1970 (File 4) - box 12
Includes Crome's correspondence with Charles Kingsford Smith's sister Winifred Sealby, 1937 and 1959 including notes apparently made by a clairvoyant; letters and reports sent to Winifred Sealby and Eric Kingsford-Smith from the Australian government; typescript articles by Winifred Sealby 'Reminiscenses of Kingsford-Smith's childhood' by 'Queenslander', and 'The passing of Charles Kingsford Smith'.
Also includes letter to Crome from William Reece enlosing note signed by Captain Harry Lyon at Mascot, 1928; a brief letter from Charles Kingsford Smith to Commander Bennett, 1928; order of service for funeral of William Charles Kingsford Smith, 1930; inspection reports of VH-UMI, 1930; 'The old bus' poem by Charles Kingsford Smith, 1935; correspondence of Crome including with Isabel Carter; and papers relating to Sir Charles Kingsford Smith memorial and the film Smithy.
National Geographic with article about Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, autographed by Charles Ulm, October 1928 (File 5) - box 12
Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm and the Southern Cross airplane, 1928-c.1929 (File 6) - box 12
Includes papers relating to the registration of the VH-USU Southern Cross, and typescript of notes by Charles Ulm during the Coffee Royal incident, 1929.
Charles Kingsford Smith, c.1928-1933 (File 8) - box 12
Includes congratulatory letters and telegrams for completion of Kingsford Smith's round the world flight, 1930. Also includes notes about peculiar and unusual atmospheric conditions in operating radio equipment in aircraft, by the operator of the Canberra when it located the missing Southern Cross in 1928, presumed to be by John S W Stannage.
Copies of technical drawings of the Southern Cross Fokker FVII GIIIm, c.1928 (File 9) - Folio-Box 30
Southern Cross airplane, 1929 (File 10) - Folio-Box 29
Schedule with points to watch for Australia-England flight, customs clearances, and list of radio locations.
Charles Kingsford Smith, 1930 (File 11) - Box 13
Includes Senate and House of Representatives resolutions congratulating Kingsford Smith on flight from England to Australia in 1930.
Photograph of Charles Kingsford Smith and proposal for trans-Tasman airmail and passenger service, c.1930-1935 (File 12) - Box 13
Portrait of Kingsford Smith is annotated 'To Robert and Win with love from Chilla'.
The proposal is a bound document titled 'Rough copy of proposals for trans-Tasman airmail and passenger services submitted to Government of the Commonwealth of Australia. Trans-Tasman Air Service Development Company Ltd, 1935'. Crome has noted 'presented to me by Captain S C Middlemiss'.
'Smithy's Dad: a sketch of his life' by 'Queenslander', 1931 (File 13) - Box 13
Seven page typescript carbon copy. Author is probably Mrs Robert Sealby (Kingsford Smith's sister Winifred).
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (California) letter and technical information sent to Charles Kingsford Smith, 1932 (File 14) - Box 13
Technical information and drawings relate to the Orion 9D and Altair 8E.
Papers mostly relating to Charles Kingsford Smith, 1932-1970 (File 15) - Box 13
Includes reports and articles on the Southern Cross, Kingsford Smith and the accident that claimed his life; official letters to Kingsford Smith's siblings relating to the search for Kingsford Smith's plane; typescripts transcripts of Kingsford Smith's letters to his family 1915-1917; script for 'Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith - Part 1 - The formative years'.
Also includes personal and collecting correspondence of Crome.
Blueprints and service manuals of Lockheed aircraft, some or all relating to the Orion aircraft, c.1932 (File 16-20) - Box 14
Federation Aeronautique Internationale book no 2193, issued to Kingsford Smith, providing permit forms for landing at nominated Aero Club airports of the world, 1933 (File 22) - Box 14
Poster titled 'Smithy and the Old Bus survey the history of flight', annotated to Crome by Jack Percival, 1934 (File 23) - Elephant-Folio Series 2: Item 23
Chart used by Charles Kingsford Smith in flight from Australia to the United States, 1934 (File 24) - Elephant-Folio Series 2: Item 24
The chart is annotated by John S W Stannage and P G Taylor.
Stannage writes 'This is the original chart used in the front cockpit by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith on his flight from Brisbane to Oakland, California, Oct 22, 1934 in the "Altair" Lady Southern Cross, VH-USB. Captain P G Taylor navigator.'
Taylor writes 'Track of the Lockheed Altair VH-USB during night flight from Honolulu to Oakland as recorded by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith from navigation details passed to him over the intercom during flight.'
Papers of and relating to Charles Kingsford Smith, 1934 (File 25) - Box 14
Includes original waybill for Trans-Tasman mails carried on the Southern Cross, March 1934.
Rough copy of proposals for trans-Tasman air mail and passenger services submitted to government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Trans-Tasman Air Service Development Company Ltd, 10 July 1935 (File 26) - Box 14
Charles Kingsford Smith was governing director of the Trans-Tasman Air Service Development Company.
Papers of and relating to Charles Kingsford Smith, 1935 (File 27) - Box 15
Includes correspondence and papers organising flights.
Radio cable reporting the disappearance of Charles Kingsford Smith and J T Pethybridge while flying over the Bay of Bengal, 8 November 1935 (File 28) - Folio-Box 30
Airmail cover design for Kingsford Smith's fourth Australia to New Zealand return flight, 1935 (File 29) - Folio-Box 30
Papers of and relating to Charles Kingsford Smith, 1935-1939 (File 30) - Box 15
Most relate to the search for Charles Kingsford Smith 1935. Also includes receipts and letters transferring ownership of objects and letters of Kingsford Smith to Crome.
Certificate of airworthiness for the Southern Cross, and airmail way bill, 1935-1945 (File 31) - Box 15
The interim certificate and full certificate of airworthiness for the plane are dated 1945, with the owner the Commonwealth of Australia. The Postmaster-general's department airmail way bill is for the Australia - New Zealand Jubilee Air Mail per the Southern Cross and Faith in Australia, 1935.
Two notes about the Southern Cross airplane, c.1937 (File 32) - Box 15
Two loose typescript notes. One is by Bruce Cowan and describes fabric taken from the Southern Cross on its arrival in Australia by boat. The location of the fabric is unknown.
The second note is the second page of an account of the arrival of the Southern Cross in Sydney, possibly by Crome, n.d.
Papers relating to Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, c.1937-1980 (File 33) - Box 15
Copy of agreement as to disposal of Southern Cross between Kingsford-Smith and Ulm, 1930; talk by Hudson Fysh to the Australian-American Association on Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, 1948; airmail cover and commemorative publication for the 50th anniversary of crossing of the Pacific Ocean by the Southern Cross, 1978; newscutting with photograph of Charles Kingsford Smith, junior, 1937; and National Library of Australia brochure promoting the Crome collection 'Crossing the Pacific: the flight of the Southern Cross', 1978; colour illustration of badges and strips of Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm by John Pickering, 1983.
Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, 1940-1972 (File 34) - Box 15
Correspondence including relating to the Faith in Australia airplane; and letters relating to possessions of Charles Kingsford Smith including Wilfred Kingsford Smith's gift of two uniforms to Crome. Also includes cuttings and flyers relating to airmail.
Papers relating to the last will and testaments of Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm and Mary Josephine Ulm, 1941 (File 35) - Box 15
Papers relating to inaugural Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial Lecture by Captain Sir P G 'Bill' Taylor, 1941-1959 (File 36) - Box 15
Includes Crome's correspondence with Stokes & Sons relating to production of Kingsford Smith memorial medallions.
'Smithy' screenplay by John Chandler and Alex Coppel based on the adaptation by Ken G Hall and Max Afford, Columbia Pictures, c.1945 (File 37) - Box 15
Copy of Oakland City Council resolution to make 9 June 1958 Southern Cross Day in the city of Oakland, 1958 (File 38) - Folio-Box 30
Papers relating to Charles Kingsford Smith memorial and 30th anniversary of first Tasman air crossing by the Southern Cross, 1958 (File 39) - Box 15
'Smithy' tribute volume, c.1958 (File 41) - Folio-Box 30
Tribute volume to Charles Kingsford Smith compiled by Crome. Includes dedications from Kingsford Smith's family, other aviators, and other prominent people including Mary Gilmore and Frank Hurley; family history notes; photographs; New Zealand commemorative stamps (1958); and newspaper cuttings.
Includes a second volume photocopied from the original.
Papers and promotional material for film The Old Bus, c.1958 (File 42) - Box 16
There is also poster for The Old Bus in Series 28 folder 13.
Weekend magazine with article about Austin Byrne's memorial to Charles Kingsford Smith, 6 June 1959 (File 43) - Folio-Box 31
Notes and correspondence relating to Charles Kingsford Smith originally enclosed in the 'Smithy' book, c.1960-1966 (File 45) - Box 16
Includes notes by Crome 'as a brief biography of people who have contributed something to a better knowledge of a man known simply as 'Smithy' to his fellow Australians'.
Also includes cuttings, parking vouchers and a receipt from the National Library of Australia for the Smithy book.
Sixth Sir Charles Kingsford Smith memorial lecture given by Rollo Kingsford Smith, 'General aviation in Australia', 1964 (File 46) - Box 16
Papers mostly relating to Austin E Byrne's Southern Cross Memorial, 1964-1968 (File 47) - Box 16
Also includes Crome's collecting correspondence about airmails, Trans-air magazine, and Southern Cross lecture brochure.
Papers relating to the official opening of the Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial, including autographed brochures and photographs, 1968-1969 (File 48) - Box 16
Includes papers and cuttings relating to the unveiling of Austin E Byrne's memorial to Charles Kingsford Smith; and invitation to the 10th Charles Kingsford Smith memorial lecture.
Promotional material for the opening of Southern Cross Gardens, 1976 (File 50) - Box 16
Crome attended the opening of this apartment development in Neutral Bay, Sydney, named in honour of Charles Kingsford Smith.
Subseries 2. Charles Ulm, 1927-1960
Charles Ulm, 1927-1934 (File 53) - Box 17
Correspondence, including with Prime Minister Lyons, passport and license.
Papers on aviation history, mostly relating to Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, 1929-1960 (File 54) - Box 17
Miscellaneous aviation items, mostly relating to Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm. These items were originally estrays put in a folder between boxes.
Includes 23 page manuscript notes apparently by Ulm but probably transcribed by Crome, relating to the Coffee Royal incident; manuscript statement by Ulm relating to Coffee Royal 'QST Sun Newspapers Limited Sydney', 1929; typescript transcript of Ulm's diary during Coffee Royal; typescript 'An impression of the arrival at Sydney by Commander Bennett; one page typescript notes from logbooks of Southern Cross; letter in French from Journal de Rouen, Redaction, author possibly Pierre Villeny, subject and date unclear; envelope with calculations carried on flight Sydney to Narromine by T W Shortridge; Territory of New Guinea, Port of Lae crew list for Faith in Australia, 1934; invitation to Crome for the second Kingsford Smith memorial lecture; and aviation cuttings 1934-1935.
Ledger recording tickets sold for flights, some sketches and calculations relating to the Faith in Australia airplane VH UXX, 1932-1933 (File 55) - Box 17
Contains records of tickets sold and short flights (1932), sketches and some calculations.
Crome has written on the volume 'New Zealand tour and subsequent flight to England[return?] calculations. Crew C T P Ulm, G U Allan, R N Boulton. 3-4th December 1933'.
Customs clearances and airmail receipts for the Faith in Australia, most for Papua and New Guinea, 1933-1934 (File 56) - Box 17
Charles Ulm, 1933-1958 (File 57) - Box 17
Handwritten notes presumed to be by Ulm, including notes on London-Sydney flight; letters and telegrams to Ulm and Mrs Ulm 1933-1934; letter to Bil Purton, care of Ulm; and an engine manual.
Also includes Royal Aeronautical Society inaugural Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Memorial Lecture, delivered by Hudson Fysh, 1958; notes by Crome 'Famous flights of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith; petrol rationing coupons c.1945-1946; and invitations to R H Ellis.
Ticket books for Anzac Memorial appeal passenger flight in Faith in Australia, piloted by Charles Ulm and G U Allan, 1934 (File 58) - Box 17
Seventeen ticket books. Includes one ticket book for flights with Charles Kingsford Smith in the Southern Cross, n.d.
Papers relating to airplane VH-UXX Faith in Australia, 1934-1937 (File 59) - Box 18
Includes air mail schedule, certificate of safety, and 'Vote for Lyons' leaflet dropped from Faith in Australia and signed by Lyons. Also includes four ticket books for passenger flights on the Faith in Australia, c.1934.
Subseries 3. Other aviators, 1889-1982
Allan, G U 'Scotty': Papers mostly relating to Allan, 1933-1937 (File 60) - Box 18
Includes biographical note on Allan, author's note relating to 'The longest days', and two pocket diaries 1936-1937, possibly belonging to Allan.
Allan, G U 'Scotty': Map of Llanelly, Wales used by Allan in planning trans-Atlantic flight in 'Faith in Australia', c.1933-1972 (File 61) - Box 18
Hand annotated ordinance survey of Llanelly, used by G U 'Scotty' Allan.
Also includes script for 'The story of transport no. 6 Aircraft 11', ABN Channel 2, 1965; and correspondence and flight plans relating to the Concorde, 1972.
Allan, G U 'Scotty': Photocopies of two pilot log books of Allan, 1982 (File 62) - Box 18
One log book dates 1928-1931, the second 1931-1934. Both include copies of certificates such as certificates of competency.
Copies made by Crome 1982.
Anderson, Keith V: Large scale reproduction of portion of diary written by Anderson on rudder fabric of his plane 'Kookaburra' after forced landing in central Australia, 1929-c.1970 (File 63) - Elephant-Folio Series 2: Item 63
Includes two maps of Launceston and suburbs copied from the State Library of Tasmania. Context and date unknown.
Banks, E C: Baron Richthofen (the 'Red Baron') and Lieut E C Banks, 1918-c.1950 (File 64) - Box 18
Small rectangle of fabric described as being from Baron von Richthofen's triplane shot down in the Somme in April 1918. With it is a note by Lt E C Banks: 'Herewith a piece of fabric from the Fokker Triplane of Baron Richthofen the great Hun airman, in whose death I was instrumental on the 21st April 1918 near Corbie, Somme.'
Also includes copy of a three page typescript article by E C Banks 'Baron von Richthofen - France 1918'.
Beinhorn, Elly, 1932-1967 (File 65) - Box 18
Beinhorn was the first German woman to fly to Australia. Correspondence with Crome 1966-1967 and newspaper cuttings.
Some aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
Byrd, Richard E, 1931 (File 66) - Box 18
Folder appears to be compiled and captioned by Crome. It includes correspondence of two agents of Byrd's, Earl Polin and James B Pond; ephemera and a photograph.
Earhart, Amelia: Crome's research file on Earhart and Fred Noonan, c.1980 (File 67) - Box 18
Includes handwritten notes and photocopies of articles and photographs.
Johnson, Amy, 1930 (File 70) - Box 19
Includes bookplate, 'Johnny' souvenir illustrated by Charlie Hallett and tribute song 'Digger "Johnnie" Johnson' by Basil C W Dean.
Long, Marie and Elgen, 1971-1972 (File 71) - Box 19
Includes correspondence with Marie and Elgen Long and article about Elgen Long's around the world flight in 1971.
Manwell, David: Papers and medals of Manwell, 1914-1971 (File 72) - Box 19
Includes handwritten flight notebook, including first solo flight, n.d.; Federation Aeronautique Internationale British Empire Aviator's Certificate, 1914; RAAF identification card, 1914.
Also includes two medals which are not labelled but are assumed to have belonged to Manwell: Airforce association Fifty years of military flying 1914-1964; and Military Historical Society of Australia 50th anniversary of the RAAF, 1921-1971.
Manwell, David, c.1915 (File 73) - Box 19
Comprises letter from Royal Aero Club, London, to David Manwell, granting him an aviator's certificate, 1915; and conversion table for pounds sterling into Egyptian piastres for the Australian Imperial Force, originally belonging to Manwell.
Manwell, David: Papers, photographs and medals relating to Manwell and Walter Stanley Holmes, 1918-1973 (File 74) - Folio-Box 32
Binder compiled and captioned by Crome, including correspondence, telegrams, certificates, photographs, ephemera, airmail covers, most relating to David Manwell. Also includes 14 badges and decoration of David Manwell, and five medals and decorations of Walter Stanley Holmes, RAAF.
Most of the papers in the folder are assumed to have been given to Crome by David Manwell or Joan Manwell.
Manwell, David: Manwell's annotated copy of published tribute to Oswald Wall, 1921 (File 75) - Folio-Box 31
Neale, Frank: Various maps owned and used by Neale, 1925-1930 (File 76) - Folio-Box 29
Five maps, mostly cloth, used by Frank Neale in flights in central and regional Australia. Most are annotated and signed by Neale. They are:
'Map used in search for Captain Vigers lost for three days when flying to Fitzroy X to convey jockey killed there at races to Perth. Vigers discovered at Quambone with engine trouble. Corpse conveyed to Portheadland by Neale and thense to Perth by Eric Chaters. Neale 1925'
Map Cunnamulla to Bourke
Map Cootamundra to Cunnamulla. 'Used on trip to Camooweal to inaugurate Air Mail service Camooweal to Daly Waters. Neale 1930'
Map Broken Hill to Oodnadatta
Map Mildura to Cootamundra annotated 'Mail Route A.A.S. 1926'
Neale, Frank: Papers of and relating to Neale and the Mackay expeditions, 1928-1934 (File 77) - Box 19
Includes memoranda to Pilot Neale from Larkin Aircraft Supply Co and Australian Aerial Services; letters from Donald MacKay to Neale; organisational memoranda and correspondence relating to expeditions; telegrams from Charles Ulm to Neale; original annotated map used by Neale on the Mackay expedition, 1930; copy of contract with Mackay; agreement between Neale and W G Hutchins; commercial pilots licence and miners right for Neale; Great Britain Air Ministry certificate of airworthiness for a Percival Gull owned by Edgar Wikner Gull, 1933; and typescript transcripts 'extracts from diary MacRobertson Expedition'.
Provenance of the papers is unclear but it appears most or all would have originally been in the ownership of Neale.
Neale, Frank: Photocopies of transcribed extracts from diaries and letters of Donald MacKay in the Mitchell Library, transcribed by Crome, 1982-1983 (File 78) - Box 19
Shiers, Walter, 1889-1958 (File 79) - Box 19
Includes birth and marriage cetificates, soldiers pay books and invitations to commemorative aviation events.
Shiers, Walter: Illuminated address on silk from the people of Cloncurry, Queensland to Ross Smith, Keith Smith, J W Bennett and W H Shiers, congratulating them on their arrival from overseas, 1919 (File 80) - Folio-Box 33
Includes letter from Keith Smith to Wal Shiers giving him the address, 1950.
Shiers, Walter: Illuminated address from King and Empire Alliance, Queensland, to Shiers, congratulating him on flight from England to Australia, 1920 (File 81) - Folio-Box 31
Includes photograph of Keith Smith.
Taylor, Florence: 50 years of town planning with Florence M. Taylor, collected and annotated by J. M. Giles, c.1959 (File 83) - Folio-Box 33
Taylor, Florence: Album relating to Taylor compiled by Mrs Marsden, 1938-1945 (File 84) - Box 20
Contains correspondence and cuttings.
Taylor, P G: Photocopy of pilot logbook of Taylor, c.1982 (File 85) - Box 20
The logbook covers 1931-1933.
Wilkins, Hubert, c.1958 (File 87) - Box 20
Includes copy of letter written by Wilkins to Austin Byrne, 1936 relating to the Fokker airplane which he owned as Detroiter and became the Southern Cross.
Also includes eight page typescript notes on Wilkins which appear to be by Crome, and copies of pictures published in the book Sir Hubert Wilkins: his world of adventure.
Subseries 4. Early balloons, 1784-1981
Portrait of balloonist Vincent Lunardi, Esq by Francesco Bartolozzi after Richard Cosway, 1784 (File 88) - Box 20
Stipple engraving published by John Bell, the British Library, Oct. 5, 1784.
Papers relating to early balloons, c.1790-1859 (File 89) - Box 20
Includes printed verse 'An air balloon', c.1790; and handwritten notes 'Short account of an aerostatic voyage', c.1804; poster advertising the Journey of the Great Balloon as entertainment, 1837; letter from J J O Taylor to the NSW Surveyor General's Office proposing survey by balloon, 1837; letter of balloonist James Glaisher, 1867; file of biographical and bibliographical notes apparently on balloonists, in French and German.
Illustrations of early balloons, c.1800-1966 (File 90) - Folio-Box 29
Includes a colour print by James Gillray, depicting the newly appointed Chancellor of Oxford, Baron Grenville, in a balloon in papal costume. It includes a quote from John Milton's Paradise Lost.
Also includes three Vanity Fair colour illustrations on aviation themes: 'The Deutsch Prize', 901; 'In the clouds', 1904; 'Hastings and aviation', 1910; and four reproductions of early illustrations of balloons, from the Royal Aeronautical Society calendar of 1966.
Early print of balloons and copies of early aviation photographs taken at Geelong Airport, c.1818-1981 (File 91) - Box 20
The print shows six drawings of balloons: Lana's aeronautic machine, Charles and Roberts' balloon, Montgolfier's balloon, Blanchard's balloon, parachute open, and parachute closed. Based on its similarity to another print, it was probably drawn by Joseph Clement and engraved by A W Warren & J Davis, 1818.
Also included are four research photographs sent to Crome in 1981. They are captioned: Wright aero engine no 19 Geelong; plan of [Fryansford?] flying machine built by Lawrence Carroll 1906; Geelong Airport 1930 P J and C D Pratt; Balloon ascent at Geelong 1907 sponsored by the Lipton Tea Company. Austrian aeronaut Gahn Rianaldo came down by parachute.
Papers relating to early balloons and aviation, c.1886-c.1950 (File 93) - Box 20
Several early publications on balloons and early aviation including various articles from 'On the wing'; invitations to Nancy Bird's 1939 exhibition 'Wings the world over', David Jones; stamp collecting papers; and Qantas, TEAL and BOAC baggage tags.
Subseries 5. Aviation history, 1913-1986
Scrapbook containing letters, illustrations and photographs relating to an incident involving English aviators in World War I, 1914 (File 97) - Folio-Box 33
The context and provenance of the two page scrapbook is unclear. Items are in French, English and Italian, and captioned in French.
Includes two scraps of fabric, presumably from an aircraft, one with a bullet hole; pencil sketch captioned 'A moment of a narrow escape over Berchem...Friday the 11th of Sept 1914 when a British naval (Bristol type) tractor biplane piloted by Captain Courtney (observer Flight-Lieut C F Beevor) was nearly brought down...'; illustration in pen and ink by K Kreyer of the assassination of a baron; manuscript account apparently by Beevor; two letters, both to Baron de Vriere, one from George Ashton; photograph one of one man, the other of a group of men in front of a plane labelled 'Commandant Chambors'; and published photograph of four French aviators.
Papers by and relating to Crome, 1916-1960 (File 98) - Box 21
Includes Crome's Record of Service Book; draft and newspaper articles by Crome about aviation; and papers relating to philatelic exhibitions.
The Grahame-White Company souvenir of the visit to the Company's factory at the London Aerodrome on Tuesday December 4th 1917 of their Majesties the King and Queen, 1917 (File 99) - Box 21
Purchased by Crome from Francis J Field.
Plane News banner headline 'Hostilities Ceased', vol 11 no 51, 11 November 1918 (File 100) - Folio-Box 33
Papers and music relating to aviation, c.1918-1956 (File 101) - Box 21
Published photographs of Elly Beinhorn, c.1932; airmail notices; and aviation related music including 'Flight fantasy' by Donald Midgley.
The Hobart Mercury endorsed in large print 'Aeroplane delivery 27/10/1919', 1919 (File 102) - Box 21
Papers relating to aviation history, 1920-1957 (File 103) - Box 21
Article by Ian F McLaren 'Australian aviation: a bibliographical survey', and 'Carry on' by C Alma Baker.
Advertisement for Pals magazine 'A message from the clouds: Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the "Pals" aeroplane', c.1920 (File 104) - Folio-Box 31
Some people in the photograph of a plane and people used in the advertisement have been annotated, presumably by Crome 'Mr Carey, and Mrs Carey and daughter'. Mr Carey is probably Robert Graham Carey.
Papers relating to aviation, 1921-1960 (File 105) - Box 21
Includes notebook with notes made on a flight, author/s unclear, probably early 1930s; brochures including 'Air Crew Entry under the Empire Air Scheme', 1940; Airlines of Australia trip record book, 1939; notes by Crome; notebook 'Mrs Shiers' with notes by nurses on her condition made in hospital, 1950, and a gun licence for Walter Shiers, 1921.
Aviation ephemera and publications, c.1926-1944 (File 106) - Box 21
Includes small poster for New England Airways; Shell House journal, 1937; 'Practical Aviation' edited by Arthur S Ford, c.1925; and operating procedures and standard practices of the Subcontracts department, De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, 1944.
Aviation ephemera and publications, c.1927-1945 (File 107) - Box 22
Includes Interstate flying services flyer, c.1927; Qantas safety brochure, c.1940; extracts from the records of the Parliament relating to the death of Charles Kingsford Smith and John Thompson Pethybridge, 1935; and De Havilland Aircraft publications 1944-1945.
Papers and photographs relating to early aviation, 1928-1965 (File 108) - Box 22
Includes published annotated photographs of Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm and the Southern Cross airplane, and correspondence and ephemera relating to Charles Kingsford Smith including a flight to New Zealand; souvenir landscape photographs of New Zealand; correspondence and ephemera relating to William Dargie's portrait of Kingsford Smith and Ulm; copy of a letter John Stannage to 'Garnet', 1957.
Most photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
Department of Defence, Controller of Civil Aviation - Notices to airmen relating to landing grounds and aerodromes, including maps, 1928-1929 (File 109) - Box 22
Australian National Airways Limited brochures: map of Sydney-Brisbane route (part 1), c.1930 (File 110-111) - Box 22
Australian National Airways Limited brochures: map of Sydney-Brisbane route (part 2), c.1930 (File 112-113) - Box 23
Department of Defence, Controller of Civil Aviation - instructions to airmen, technical memoranda and modification notices, 1931 (File 114) - Box 23
Papers relating to early airmail, 1931-1952 (File 116) - Box 23
Includes Postmaster-General's Department schedules of airmail, early airmail catalogues and notes by Crome. Also includes brochure for Holden's Air Transport Services Limited.
Correspondence and ephemera mostly relating to aviation, c.1932-1971 (File 118) - Box 23
New England Airways brochure; photographs of Avro Soak and published photographs of Charles Kingsford Smith and the Southern Cross; Crome's correspondence with the Darwin Postmaster 1931; cuttings and ephemera relating to Elgen Long, 1971; copies of early newscutings and photographs relating to aviation and airmail; and regulations of the BP England to Australia commemorative air race.
Name tags and pennant, c.1933-1937 (File 119) - Box 23
Pennant apparently used on the first Junkers aircraft to come to Australia, named Lawrence Hargrave; name tag for Henry Roy Hancock (in wood); and metal identity tag from Warner Aircraft Corporation plane, inscribed 'From Ross Turner's Boeing'.
Various items relating to aviation, c.1933-1956 (File 120) - Box 24
Three items which were originally loose: Around the world, a new map in detail by H E C Robinson, Sydney; itinerary for Coral Sea week visit Lieut-General James H Doolittle and Mrs Doolittle, 1956; British airmail schedule and price list, 1933.
Papers relating to the International Centenary Air Race London-Melbourne, 1934 (File 122) - Box 24
Includes memos and publications, game and chart.
Centenary Air Race Game and Chart, published under the authority of the Centenary Celebrations Council, c.1934 (File 126) - Folio-Box 29
Certificates of safety of aircrafts - duplicates of certificates issued, 1934-1938 (File 127-128) - Box 25
Seven books of duplicates.
Papers and catalogues relating to aviation history, 1934-1957 (File 129) - Box 25
Includes Maggs Bros Paris catalogue; series of seven articles by Jack Percival Jnr on the history of flight; articles by H T Merrill and John S W Stannage; and speech by Crome to Institute of Transport, 1942,
Paper relating to aviation, 1934-c.1960 (File 130) - Box 25
Includes Australian Air League Aims and Constitution; and photocopy of Walter Stanley Holmes' RAF certificate of service and discharge, 1948.
Photographs of Hudson Fysh and John L Waddy have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
Papers relating to aviation history, c.1935-1972 (File 131) - Box 25
Promotional brochure for Douglas transport, c.1935; photocopy of 1920 cheque for $10,000 made out to Captain Ross Smith and signed by William Hughes; leaflet titled King Edward the IV's messenger and The air liner; and Royal Aero Club of NSW newsletter promoting a donation by Crome, 1972.
Tags originally from a Stinson airliner, c.1936 (File 132) - Box 25
Seven tags, including an inspection tag dated 1 February 1936, in Wayne, Michigan.
De Havilland Aircraft and Hudson Fysh, 1943-1968 (File 133) - Box 25
Includes envelopes (empty) for secret air despatches addressed to De Havilland Aircraft, Sydney; invitations to launches of Hudson Fysh's books; and aviation newspaper cuttings.
Some aviation have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
De Havilland aircraft publications and papers, c.1944 (File 134) - Box 26
Includes envelopes (empty) for secret air despatches addressed to De Havilland Aircraft, Sydney; and De Havilland magazine Airflow.
Some photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
Papers relating to the first flight of a commercial aircraft from Hobart to Launceston, c.1955 (File 136) - Box 26
Album compiled by Crome 'Trans-Australia. Wrigley Murphy', c.1960 (File 137) - Box 26
The album contains research copies of photographs. Many appear to have been transferred to the Pictures collection, probably in the 1970s, as some copies have been retained. It is unclear whether there were any original photographs or all were copies made by Crome. At least some photographs relate to Harry Hawker.
Text of third Ross and Keith Smith Memorial lecture delivered by W H Garling, 1962 (File 138) - Box 26
The lecture was titled 'The development of military aviation in Australia'. Cover letter from John Mills indicates the lecture was sent by him to Wal Shiers.
Aviation ephemera, c.1963-1970 (File 139) - Box 26
Fundraising flyer for Smithys air force, Newcastle; organisational information for Bankstown Anniversary air show; flyer for Chieftan flying school; flyer for the Aerostats Balloon Society of Australia; and Department of Civil Aviation Aeronautical Information Circular relating to Holsworthy restricted area.
Scripts and correspondence relating to the ABC's series 'The Story of Transport', 1965 (File 140) - Box 26
Qantas flights, 1966-1970 (File 141) - Box 26
Includes papers relating to 1966 overseas trip such as Qantas flight logs and bulletins.
Six articles on aviation history, c.1968 (File 142) - Box 27
Mostly photocopied articles on various themes. Includes an article by Norman Ellison on P G Taylor, 1968.
BP England-Australia Commemorative Air Race, 1969-1970 (File 143) - Box 27
Results, race cards and other ephemera and realia relating to the race. Includes program of visit to Australia by Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969.
BP England-Australia Commemorative Air Race correspondence and ephemera, 1969-1970 (File 144) - Box 27
Royal Aero Club of NSW ephemera and invitations relating ot the BP England-Australia commemorative air race, 1970 (File 145-146) - Box 27
Bound records of flights, labelled by Crome, c.1970 (File 147) - Box 27
Comprises bound forms recording details of flights including type of aircraft, pilots, routes, time, and additional notes. It appears that Crome completed these forms himself. All are labelled 'copy'.
Titles of the volumes as labelled by Crome are:
Kangaroo route - Qantas, 1947-1954
Far East route inaugural flights, 1947-1966
Wallaby route inaugural flights, 1948-1967
Southern Cross route inaugural flight, 1954-1968
Bound records of flights, labelled by Crome, c.1970 (File 148) - Box 28
Comprises bound forms recording details of flights including type of aircraft, pilots, routes, time, and additional notes. It appears that Crome completed these forms himself. All are labelled 'copy'.
Titles of the volumes as labelled by Crome are:
Qantas inaugural flights from 1922
Kangaroo Route inaugural flights, 1934-1946
New Guinea inaugural flights, 1942-1960
Tasman and Pacific routes inaugural flights, 1945-1962, 1966
Bound records of flights, labelled by Crome, c.1970 (File 149) - Box 28
Comprises bound forms recording details of flights including type of aircraft, pilots, routes, time, and additional notes. It appears that Crome completed these forms himself. All are labelled 'copy'.
Titles of the volumes as labelled by Crome are:
Kangaroo Route - Qantas, 1955-1962
Round the world inaugural flights, 1957-1968
Fiesta route inaugural flights, 1963-1967
Kangaroo route - Qantas, 1963-1971
Southern Cross route inaugural flights, 1966-1968
History of aviation promotional pack, including invitation to launch, 1971 (File 150) - Folio-Box 29
US Department of Transportation poster warning against aircraft hijacking, 1971 (File 151) - Folio-Box 33
Annotated to Crome by Gordon Fraser, Qantas security manager.
Painted replica of the fabric of the Fokker triplane belonging to Baron Richtofen, prepared for Crome by a conservator in the Australian War Memorial, 1974 (File 152) - Box 28
Research files compiled by Crome, c.1980-c.1985 (File 153) - Box 28
Individually bound research files, mostly comprising copies of published articles. Titles, as taken from Crome's labels are:
Charles T F Ulm. Notes put together on ship en route for England while preparing for his trans-Pacific flight - 1934
Ships and shipping disasters
Wagon trains in the sky by David Hall. The beginnings of civil aviation in Australia. E A Crome's manuscript copy of early flight - original given to David Hall. Tescha Productions 20th October, 6th December 1985
Research files compiled by Crome, c.1980-c.1985 (File 154) - Box 28
Individually bound research files, mostly comprising copies of published articles. Titles, as taken from Crome's labels are:
Aircraft - 1929 extracts - Captain Larkin's allegations against others - from Cyril McGorey for E A Crome
Australian aviation; governors etc
Papua New Guinea evacuation flights 1941-1942, official reports
From Bland to Bond: the airship in Australia by Ron J Gibson
Ray Whitehead and Rex Nicholls Faith in New Zealand VH 22 November 1934. Jack Treacy Queensland. W Lancaster - Chubbie Miller and the 'Red Rose'
Subseries 6. Maps, 1915-c.1961
Various published maps used in flights, 1915-1937 (File 156) - Elephant-Folio Series 2: Item 156
Comprises 15 maps:
Five maps of Middle East used by the RAF in World War I
Map of Palestine annotated by Hudson Fysh noting it was used by No 1 squadron, Australian Flying Corps during World War I
Map of Australia annotated by Frank Neale 'original map used on my first flight into Central Australia 1927 with Mr William Oliver, General Fred hughes, Don Mason as first commercial plane to Alice Springs also first letters carried Melbourne-Alice Springs...also used on the first Mackay Expedition...'
Map of Australia annotated by Frank Neale 'Mackay expedition July-August 1934'
Map of Australia annotated by Frank Neale 'original map used on Mackay Survey Expedition July + August 1937'
Map of Port Phillip and King Island annotated by Neale 'Inspectional tours by Cutty Sark for proposal air mail service Matthews Aviation. When two engines failed in the 'Saro Windhoven was in Bass Straight 2.30 mins before beaching at Sennett river, taxing on one engine'
Map of Port Phillip and King Island
Map of Indian Ocean. Annotated with flight path but author unclear
Map of North Island, New Zealand, 1933. Annotated, author unclear but possibly G U Allan
Map of North Island, New Zealand, 1934. Annotated, author unclear but possibly G U Allan
Shell general aviation map of Australia, unannotated
Maps of Australia, possibly used by Frank Neale, c.1927-c.1961 (File 157) - Elephant-Folio Series 2: Item 157
Three maps:
Map of the North Eastern Tourist District including New England Tableland and showing Principal fishing streams, New South Wales, c.1927. Provenance of the map is unknown, with no annotations, but it is assumed to have been used by an aviator as it is very worn.
Map of the South Eastern Tourist District, New South Wales, ninth edition, c.1961. Partial map with no annotations but very worn.
Map of Australia, c.1934, annotated by Frank Neale: 'Used on Herald Survey through Central Aust and NT, Queensland, Bathurst Island and Groote Island during the period of the murder of Cons McColl.'
Two strip maps of Brisbane-Sydney on rolls and 1941 British Air Almanac, c.1930-1941 (File 158) - Box 34
The maps are hand annotated printed maps published by the Department of Defence. Their provenance and date is unknown.
The almanac is annotated by P G Taylor.
Maps of Australia, the United States and the Pacific Ocean, c.1934-c.1940 (File 159) - Elephant-Folio Series 2: Item 159
Six maps:
Map of Centenary Air Race - MacRobertson International Air Races London to Melbourne, 1934. Unannotated.
National Geographic map of the United States of America, 1940. Unannotated.
Robinson's New Map of the Pacific Ocean with insets showing island groups in detail, c.1940.
Two partial and damaged copies of Craigie's Queensland Road Series maps, c.1935.
Melbourne-Sydney Australian National Airways (ANA) route map, c.1935.
Copy of hand-drawn map of Gulf of Carpentaria to Lake Torrens. Author, context and date unknown.
Series 3. Airlines, c.1910-c.1985
Comprises a wide range of papers, collected directly by Crome, given to him, and some presumably acquired from dealers. Papers includes original flight logs, ephemera such as baggage tags and stickers, and some research notes and correspondence.
The series reflects Crome's long running interest in the Australian aviation industry, starting from the earliest airlines.
There are related papers in Series 28 (Aviation and tourism serials and ephemera), although items in that series are looser and more published in nature.
Folders have been arranged alphabetically by airline or subject, and chronologically within subjects.
When the collection was processed in 1970 this series was listed in some detail. Since 1970 the series expanded and about half of the papers now in the series were not described. The original folders have been left intact although given new folder numbers. References for the old folder numbers, and the original 1970 list are available upon request.
(40 folders)
Ansett Airways: baggage tags and timetables, c.1935-c.1950 (File 2) - Box 34
Includes sketched map of Australia titled 'Australian air services'.
Ansett Airways: correspondence, publications and ephemera, 1946-1975 (File 3) - Box 34
Mostly correspondence relating to an article about Crome in the Ansett Panorama magazine, 1975.
Includes some non-Ansett papers, relating to airmail services, including correspondence and notices from Butler Air Transport, Australian National Airways, the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department, Postmaster general, and Qantas.
Ansett Airways: annotated issue of Panorama featuring Reginald Ansett and Crome, and quotation by Colvin Coolidge autographed by Ansett, c.1975-1981 (File 4) - Elephant-Folio Series 3: Item 4
Australian National Airways: copy of minute book and obituary notices for Sir Frederick Stewart, 1928-1961 (File 5) - Box 34
The minute book is a partial copy of the original and appears to be a transcript typed by Crome. It contains minutes and proceedings of directors' meetings together with annual and other meetings of the company, 1928-1934. The volume omits allotments of shares and their transfer and various amounts ratified for payment. Some notes have been inserted, including correspondence between Crome and ANA's accountancy firm regarding borrowing the volume, and notes by Crome.
Australian National Airways: operational manual originally belonging to G Cooke, with some loose receipts, 1945-1949 (File 8) - Box 35
Australian National Airways and Airlines of Australia: brochures, tickets, baggage tags, maps and customer feedback cards, c.1932-c.1940 (File 9) - Box 35
Includes Gordon's Australasian Air Guide, 1937.
Australian National Airways and Airlines of Australia: brochures, timetables, tickets, flight logs, air sickness bags, safety check forms, pilots rosters, staff time sheets and accident report forms, c.1935-c.1940 (File 10) - Box 35
Australian National Airways and Airlines of Australia: timetables, ticket books, baggage tags and stickers, and air sickness bags, c.1935-c.1940 (File 11) - Box 35
Australian National Airways and Airlines of Australia - Poster advertising flying by Douglas aircraft, c.1939 (Item 12) - Elephant-Folio Series 3: Item 12
Cathay Pacific: flight log, correspondence and flight covers, 1946-1970 (File 14) - Box 35
Includes the original log of VR-HDB Sydney-Hong Kong, September 1946; correspondence between Crome and various staff member of Cathay Pacific; and four flight covers for the first Cathay Pacific flights between Perth and Tokyo, and Perth and Hong Kong.
Imperial Airways Limited: first agency agreement between the company and New Zealand Airways Limited, 1935 (File 15) - Box 36
Signed by H M Mackay, Director and endorsed as the duplicate of the original agreement.
Pan American and Canadian Pacific Airlines: brochures, ticket and weather map, c.1940-1984 (File 16) - Box 36
The ticket and Pan Am weather map issued at Honolulu belonged to or are annotated by P G Taylor, 1941 and 1942.
Most papers date c.1940-c.1950, also includes 1984 brochure.
Qantas: postal covers and souvenirs of royal visits, 1914-1973 (File 17) - Box 36
Includes Qantas airmail covers for the opening of the Sydney Opera House, 1973, and souvenirs of royal visits 1966 and 1973. Contains some material not related to Qantas, including NASA airmail covers commemorating Apollo 17; covers for 'Le Rallye Aerien', 1914; and two envelopes with Australian stamps, 1946 and 1948, one addressed to William C Lewis in the United States.
Qantas: brochures and tourism poster, 1926-1953 (File 18) - Box 36
The poster is 'The short cut to the colourful East', by Harry Weston for Qantas, c.1939.
Also includes souvenir from a luncheon for Mr Alan J Cobham AFC on his return from his flight from England to Australia and back, 1926.
Qantas: news release, Crome's notes on services, logs, schedules for airmail services and biographical information on Qantas staff, 1939-1954 (File 21) - Box 37
Qantas: addresses by Hudson Fysh, correspondence and circulars and staff brochures, 1948-1979 (File 23) - Box 37
Most Qantas material appears to have been sent to Crome by Hudson Fysh. Most correspondence is between Crome and Fysh. Other correspondents include D W Colquhoun, Sidney Cotton and David R Taylor.
Qantas: tickets, ephemera, souvenir certificates and publications, and airmail stickers, 1953-1970 (File 24) - Box 37
Includes two certificates 'King Neptune order of equatorial Air Voyagers, 1966; and dossier of historical documents published as a souvenir of Qantas's 50th anniversary, 1970.
Qantas: typescript notes on routes and crew, 1955-1958 (File 25) - Box 37
Also includes aircraft delivery and disposal lists, 1953-1958. Author unclear but probably Crome.
Qantas: addresses and bulletins by Gordon S Fraser, Qantas security manager, 1964-1970 (File 26) - Box 37
Qantas: papers relating to Qantas bomb hoax, 1971 (File 28) - Box 38
Qantas staff newsletter and police bulletin relating to the bomb hoax. News banner headlines relating to incident have been transferred to Series 26.
Qantas: photocopies from National Archives of Australia (NSW) file SP1298/46 relating to Qantas airmail services covering 1946-1950, c.1980 (File 29) - Box 38
Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA): brochures, flight log, memoranda, maps, baggage tags, and tickets, 1933-1964 (File 31) - Box 38
Also includes tickets or stamps for Sydney Festival Week, 1933.
Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA): brochures, flight schedules, route maps, baggage tags and stickers, and flight log, c.1946-c.1950 (File 32) - Box 38
Various Australian airlines: Timetables, brochures and stationery for Holymans Airways, Kingsford Smith Air Services, and Intercity Airways, c.1933-c.1937 (File 33) - Box 39
Various Australian airlines: Brochures, timetables, baggage tags, handbooks, tickets for Butler Air Transport Co, Curtis Madsen Aircrafts, Carpenters Air Lines, Guinea Airways Limited and Aero Club of NSW, c.1933-c.1940 (File 34) - Box 39
Various Australian airlines: Transcontinental Airways Ltd, Airlines of Australia Limited, Kingsford Smith Air Service, and Beam Wireless Services, 1935 (File 35) - Box 39
Memorandum and articles of association of Airlines of Australia Ltd, 1935; prospectus of Australian Transcontinental Airways Ltd; copies of first semi official airmail stamp in NSW; tariff book for Beam Wireless Services, 1935; and Syllabus of Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd.
Various Australian airlines: Qantas, Ansett and Airlines of NSW: brochures, menus, maps, tickets, Christmas cards and information relating to the Qantas film library, c.1950-c.1969 (File 36) - Box 39
Also includes publications relating to the 50th anniversary of the first flight from England to Australia, 1969.
Various Australian and New Zealand airlines: brochures and timetables, c.1935-1958 (File 37) - Box 39
Brochures and timetables c.1935-c.1940 for WASP airlines, Tasman Empire Airways Ltd (TEAL), West Australian Airways, North Queensland Airways incorporating McDonald Service, New England Airways, Northern Airlines Ltd, and WRC Airlines. Also includes RAAF air training corps and air crew entry brochures, menu from Tasmanian Steamers, TEAL airmail cover 1958, TEAL air freight tags, and WASP Airlines prospectus.
Various Australian and overseas airlines: Airmail and baggage labels, c.1930-c.1960 (File 38) - Box 39
Includes WRC Airlines, Ansett, Australian National Airways, Australian Aerial Services Limited, Adastra Airways, Aer Lingus, Imperial, DNL, DDL, Polish Airlines, Pennsylvania Airlines, American Airlines and TWA.
Series 4. Astronautics, c.1958-1986
Space exploration was a natural extension of Crome's interest in aviation and in aerophilately. This series mostly comprises ephemera and publications collected by Crome. Most material is American (NASA), but there is some Soviet and Australian material. Some papers, including groups of technical publications such as flight plans, were given and annotated to Crome by people involved in NASA.
Most the papers in the series were originally loose, and have been arranged chronologically.
(32 folders/folio packets)
Publications relating to Soviet space exploration, c.1958-1974 (File 1) - Box 40
Comprises two booklets and five packets of postcards on space themes, and Moscow News, 1974, with an article on space.
Publications and notes by Crome relating to astronaut John H Glenn and the Friendship 7, 1962 (File 2) - Box 40
NASA publications and ephemera on space exploration, c.1967-c.1973 (File 6) - Box 41
Includes flight collectibles catalogue from Ed Sterne.
Publications relating to space exploration, 1967-c.1975 (File 7) - Box 41
Two issues of Readers Digest with articles about moon landings; Russian publication Walk into space; and Apollo Soyuz by Walter Froehuch.
Ephemera and publications relating to the visit of Apollo 11 astronauts to Australia, 1969 (File 10) - Box 41
Includes ephemera, programs, press badge, press release, and newsposter from The Sun 1 November 1969 with headline 'Moon Men Mobbed'.
Two NASA technical drawings of Orbiter and Orbiter configuration, and poster for Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station, 1969-1972 (File 11) - Elephant-Folio Series 4: Item 11
Publications relating to space exploration, c.1969-1970 (File 12) - Folio-Box 45
Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia) kit 'Ceduna, February 20 1970'; and United States Information Service publication 'Man on the Moon'.
Publications and ephemera relating to space exploration, mostly from NASA, 1969-1979 (File 13) - Box 42
Australian and New Zealand publications and ephemera relating to space and satellites, c.1969-c.1985 (File 14) - Box 42
Includes information on various space tracking stations and Australia's National Satellite System Aussat. Also includes papers and first day cover commemorating the 25th year of the OTC (Overseas Telecommunications Commission) Gemini XII spacecraft.
Various NASA mission flight plans including instrumentation support plans, spacecraft operational trajectories and timelines (part 1), c.1971-c.1972 (File 15-18) - Box 42
Most plans are signed by Arch Morrison and/or Peter Frost, for example: 'Apollo 15 ISP used at NASA TUOC, Sydney, Arch Morrison, P Frost'.
It is unclear whether all volumes were passed to Crome from Morrison or Frost.
Various NASA mission flight plans including instrumentation support plans, spacecraft operational trajectories and timelines (part 2), c.1971-c.1972 (File 19-23) - Box 43
Most plans are signed by Arch Morrison and/or Peter Frost, for example: 'Apollo 15 ISP used at NASA TUOC, Sydney, Arch Morrison, P Frost'.
It is unclear whether all volumes were passed to Crome from Morrison or Frost.
Various NASA mission flight plans including instrumentation support plans, spacecraft operational trajectories and timelines (part 3), c.1971-c.1972 (File 24-25) - Box 44
Most plans are signed by Arch Morrison and/or Peter Frost, for example: 'Apollo 15 ISP used at NASA TUOC, Sydney, Arch Morrison, P Frost'.
It is unclear whether all volumes were passed to Crome from Morrison or Frost.
Correspondence and ephemera relating to space exploration, 1971-1973 (File 26) - Box 44
Correspondence with Dulcie Schaller with enclosed space flight covers; correspondence and ephemera from Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station including stamped envelopes for Apollo flights; correspondence with Chaplain and Mrs Cecil Threadgill from New Orleans Naval Air Station, enclosing some ephemera from the USS New Orleans.
Includes note that some photographs have been transferred to the E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PICS 3394. Photocopies of the transferred photographs do not appear to have been made.
Publications and ephemera relating to Apollo missions 15 and 16, c.1972 (File 28) - Box 44
Also includes instructions for staff of the Postmaster General's Department for the NASCOM network; and a chart of Honeysuckle Creek, Williamsdale, Red Hill and Redfern stations.
Map of the moon with moon landing site marked and paper assembly kit for making model spacecraft, c.1972 (File 29) - Folio-Box 45
Photograph of Earth from space, with dedication to Crome by astronaut Alan Bean, 1975 (File 30) - Folio-Box 45
Series 5. Philately, 1811-c.1993
This series represents the focus of Crome's collecting activity and the core of his collection. It comprises aerophilatelic items such as stamped envelopes (airmail covers), as well as letters, ephemera and photographs.
Albums 1-50 are in security binders, having been sorted and rehoused from their original order by a contract and volunteer staff member, Tom Frommer, in the late 1980s and 1990s. Albums 51-85 are in their original albums.
Only the Australian and Papua and New Guinean airmail albums 1-19 and 26-27 have been described in detail. A hard copy catalogue was compiled in 1989 by Mr Frommer. The catalogue lists the album number of the item; the catalogue number in Nelson Eustis' Air mail catalogue; the type of item (such as cover, postcard, leaflet); airline; description of plane; pilot/s; number flown/rarity; and significance of flight.
This list has been partially transcribed (albums 1-19) to spreadsheet format and is available in the reading room or electronically on request. Mr Frommer's list is available in hard copy only, on request.
Albums 20-23 and 48-49 are empty. They were prepared during the project in the late 1980s and were not filled.
Albums 28-85, mostly overseas philatelic material, have not been described in detail.
Albums 86-90 are original large screw binders from which some items in the series were removed. The original items have been removed and reorganised in the main run of this series, but references to new numbers have been annotated in most cases. The original arrangement was subject-based, the new arrangement is similar but with a greater focus on flights.
Folders 91-127 were originally in six boxes which were identified as being part of the philatelic collection, but as duplicate or unsorted items. This material has been placed in folders and arranged chronologically.
(90 albums + 37 folders)
Australian aerophilately albums, 1910-1978 (File 1-19) - Album 1-19
Refer to the attached listing for details of each album's contents (linked under the 'Related Documentation' tab).
Papua and New Guinea aerophilately album, 1922-c.1945 (File 26-27) - Album 26-27
See hard copy list for details of contents.
Postal history album (non airmail), 1811-1898 (File 50) - Album 50
Contains letters from New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Great Britain, United States of America, Europe, Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand.
Album of airmail stickers, labels and vignettes, mostly Australia and New Zealand, n.d. (File 71) - Album 71
Album of World War II propaganda leaflets, c.1939-c.1945 (File 76) - Album 76
Includes pamphlets dropped by the Luftwaffe over Australian lines at El Alamein.
Album of philatelic items relating to US naval vessels and nuclear submarines, 1954-1973 (File 78) - Album 78
Album of vignettes, etiquettes and baggage labels - Australian and world wide, c.1930s-c.1960s (File 79) - Album 79
Album of baggage labels and other airline ephemera - Australian and worldwide, c.1930s-c.1980s (File 80) - Album 80
Album relating to 1936 Brisbane-Adelaide air race and 1938 Sydney-Moore air race, 1936-1938 (File 81) - Album 81
Album of vignettes, labels and photographs originally submitted for publication of Qantas Aeriana by Crome in 1955, 1929-1950s (File 82) - Album 82
Five original philately albums, now empty, but with original captions (part 1), c.1930s-c.1950s (File 86) - Folio-Box 46
Five large screw binder albums compiled and captioned by Crome. The original items contained in the albums have been removed and reorganised in the main run of this series, but in most cases new reference numbers have been annotated on the pages of the album.
Five original philately albums, now empty, but with original captions (part 2), c.1930s-c.1950s (File 87) - Folio-Box 47
Five large screw binder albums compiled and captioned by Crome. The original items contained in the albums have been removed and reorganised in the main run of this series, but in most cases new reference numbers have been annotated on the pages of the album.
Five original philately albums, now empty, but with original captions (part 3), c.1930s-c.1950s (File 88) - Folio-Box 48
Five large screw binder albums compiled and captioned by Crome. The original items contained in the albums have been removed and reorganised in the main run of this series, but in most cases new reference numbers have been annotated on the pages of the album.
Five original philately albums, now empty, but with original captions (part 4), c.1930s-c.1950s (File 89) - Folio-Box 49
Five large screw binder albums compiled and captioned by Crome. The original items contained in the albums have been removed and reorganised in the main run of this series, but in most cases new reference numbers have been annotated on the pages of the album.
Five original philately albums, now empty, but with original captions (part 5), c.1930s-c.1950s (File 90) - Folio-Box 50
Five large screw binder albums compiled and captioned by Crome. The original items contained in the albums have been removed and reorganised in the main run of this series, but in most cases new reference numbers have been annotated on the pages of the album.
Various philatelic items, 1850-1974 (File 91) - Box 51
Includes small notice on silk dropped as part of balloon post experiments by the British Admiralty, 1850; receipt for American Railway Express Company air express parcel, 1927; eight Australian covers, 1930-1931; Qantas brochures, 1931; collecting correspondence, 1934; menu for dinner for visiting philatelists, 1938; and covers for the Royal Airforce and the world gliding championships, 1972 and 1974.
Philatelic items arranged in album pages, c.1900-c.1946 (File 92) - Box 51
Airmail covers and related material arranged in sheets for albums. Includes sheets marked for album 28, New Zealand; album 38, United States; and album 50, Postal history.
Overseas postcards of airplanes, balloons and aviators, including Samuel Cody and Adolphe Pagoud, c.1905-c.1925 (File 93) - Box 51
Various philatelic items, c.1908-1973 (File 94) - Box 51
Includes airmail notices; stamps for Australian National Philatelic Exhibition and Centenary of Australia Postage Stamps, 1950; small bundle of non-philatelic letters to Crome, 1949-1950; small number of Falkland Islands covers 1953-1972; strip of New Zealand one penny stamps; Arctic postcards c.1908-1973; and covers from Siam, Netherland East Indies and India, 1934.
Various philatelic items, mostly Australian and Papua New Guinean airmail covers (part 1), 1922-1956 (File 98) - Box 51
Mostly Australian and Papua New Guinea covers (1931-1956) that have been identified as duplicates already represented in Series 5. Also includes air mail stickers; stamps for WASP Airlines; small Qantas flyers, 1931; other miscellaneous envelopes.
Various philatelic items, mostly Australian and Papua New Guinean airmail covers (part 2), 1922-1956 (File 99) - Box 52
Mostly Australian and Papua New Guinea covers (1931-1956) that have been identified as duplicates already represented in Series 5. Also includes air mail stickers; stamps for WASP Airlines; small Qantas flyers, 1931; other miscellaneous envelopes.
Philatelic items arranged in album pages, 1926-c.1939 (File 102) - Box 52
Airmail covers and related material arranged in sheets for albums. Includes pages relating to aviation realia in Crome's collection (mostly photographs); Australia's first aircraft carrier, the Albatross; the Cavalier flying boat crash, Bermuda, c.1939; overseas covers including Iraq, Canada and Lichtenstein, c.1926-1930s; awards for Melbourne centenary exhibition and South Australia centenary exbibition, 1934 and 1936; and aviation-related Christmas cards 1935-1936.
Australian covers and philatelic correspondence, 1929-1971 (File 104) - Box 52
Includes British Airways brochure.
Australian aerophilatelic material, including covers, airline brochures, and pigeongram stickers for Sydney Festival week, 1933, c.1929-1965 (File 105) - Box 52
Also includes Tongan covers, 1938; and Austrian Airlines tickets for balloon flights, 1965.
Various philatelic items and airline stickers, c.1930-c.1970 (File 109) - Box 53
Includes small group of airmail and Australian airline tickets, c.1930-c.1935; souvenir pigeongram from London International Air Post Exhibition, 1934; various Pacific island nation stamps, c.1935; Lebanese, Syrian and Turkish stamps, c.1935-c.1950; and loose stamps, c.1970.
Airmail covers and baggage tags, 1931-1956 (File 110) - Box 53
Mostly Qantas airmail covers, also Burma, Gibralter, Malaya, North Borneo, Netherlands East Indies, New Zealand and India. Includes baggage tags for Butler Air Transport and a Qantas international time selector.
Australian first day covers, invitations and ephemera relating to aerophilately, 1932-1947 (File 112) - Box 53
Various philatelic items, c.1933-1970 (File 114) - Box 53
Book of pigeongram stamps for Sydney Festival Week, 1933; proofs of stamps for WASP airlines; Australian and New Zealand airmail covers, 1958; and miscellaneous philatelic items, including stamps for the Captain Cook Bi-centenary Commemoration Committee, 1970.
Mostly Australian aerophilatelic material, including covers and airline ephemera, 1934-1968 (File 116) - Box 54
Most of the envelopes are for personal correspondence, rather than commemorative. Also includes WASP airlines timetable; Australian Air League brochure; and stamps and covers for the 21st anniversary of Qantas air service to Norfolk Island.
Envelopes with 54 different types of Melbourne Olympic postmarks, four with full sets, 1956 (File 122) - Box 55
White Nile hovercraft expedition - six covers and extracts from a personal letter from Sir Ranulph Fiennes explaining the disaster, 1969 (File 125) - Box 55
Captions and descriptions used in a display of items from the Papers of E A Crome, c.1980s (File 126) - Box 55
Research notes and lists used in processing Crome's philatelic collection, c.1989-c.1993 (File 127) - Box 56
These notes and photocopies were used by the National Library of Australia staff member who worked on the philatelic component of the Papers of E A Crome in the late 1980s and early 1980s.
Twenty-six volumes of bound photocopies of the original arrangement of Crome's aerophilatelic collection (part 1), c.1960 (File 128-133) - Box 57
The original material photocopied is in this series. Some items may be in the Powerhouse Museum. The volumes are labelled by Crome so are assumed to have been made by him. The arrangement is mostly chronological with some subject albums. It is unknown when the photocopies were made.
Twenty-six volumes of bound photocopies of the original arrangement of Crome's aerophilatelic collection (part 2), c. 1960 (File 134-139) - Box 58
The original material photocopied is in this series. Some items may be in the Powerhouse Museum. The volumes are labelled by Crome so are assumed to have been made by him. The arrangement is mostly chronological with some subject albums. It is unknown when the photocopies were made.
Twenty-six volumes of bound photocopies of the original arrangement of Crome's aerophilatelic collection (part 3), c. 1960 (File 140-146) - Box 59
The original material photocopied is in this series. Some items may be in the Powerhouse Museum. The volumes are labelled by Crome so are assumed to have been made by him. The arrangement is mostly chronological with some subject albums. It is unknown when the photocopies were made.
Twenty-six volumes of bound photocopies of the original arrangement of Crome's aerophilatelic collection (part 4), c. 1960 (File 147-153) - Box 60
The original material photocopied is in this series. Some items may be in the Powerhouse Museum. The volumes are labelled by Crome so are assumed to have been made by him. The arrangement is mostly chronological with some subject albums. It is unknown when the photocopies were made.
Series 6. Philately - secondary series, 1870-1984
This is a new series of airmail covers, information about airmails, collecting correspondence, postcards, and other aero-philatelic material. This material was identified as a separate series during the arrangement and description of the collection in 2009, rather than being added to Series 4 (for which the original arrangement by the Library in the late 1980s has been retained).
The series has been arranged chronologically.
(14 folders)
Letters, commemorative envelopes, airmail stickers and postcards, 1870-1970 (File 1) - Box 61
Includes an 1870 letter in French, stamped and sent by balloon, 1870; postcards from Ethiopia and France; airmail stickers in Greek and German; Austrian cover, 1963; Belgian Antarctic stamp covers, c.1970; Austrian balloon post commemorative cover, 1970; and a small signed print of Joseph Haydn, possibly designed for a postage stamp.
A French aviation poster originally in this folder has been rehoused to folder 3.
Approximately 120 postcards from New Caledonia, Tahiti, Sydney, Guadeloupe, New Zealand, New Hebrides and Martinique, c.1910-c.1960 (File 2) - Box 61
Most postcards are stamped. Some are written on.
French aviation poster featuring designs of four planes and the Zeppelin, c.1916 (File 3) - Folio-Box 45
Commemorative envelopes and correspondence and other papers, 1931-1958 (File 4) - Box 61
Includes receipt for covers, 1931; note by John Stannage about Charles Kingsford Smith's uniform, 1935; catalogue for Philippine Airmail Exhibition, 1938; correspondence, brochures and notes relating to trans-Tasman anniversary philatelic flight covers, 1958; and envelopes commemorating Southern Cross commemorative flight, 1958.
Receipt book and stamp album, 1933-c.1980 (File 5) - Box 61
Comprises receipt book for first pigeon post, 1933; album with reproductions of stamps, c.1935; and photographs of two envelopes, c.1980, the location of the original items is unknown.
Commemorative envelopes and correspondence and other papers relating to philately, 1934-1964 (File 6) - Box 61
Includes flyer advertising the first official airmail between Australia and New Guinea in Charles Ulm's Faith in Australia; commemorative stamped broadcast service for King George V's silver jubilee, 1935; receipt made out to Crome for two flying logbooks from Kingsford Smith Air Service; stamps (24) for the 30th anniversary of the first Tasman flight, 1958, signed by James E Lyle; philatelic collecting correspondence; and two envelopes stamped by the US ship Enterprise, 1964.
Commemorative envelopes, 1934-1984 (File 7) - Box 61
Mostly stamped commemorative envelopes. Includes: six stamped but unposted covers, c.1969; stamped brochure for Apollo exhibit, 1972; stamped envelope for Sydpex, 1980; two envelopes commemorating the 150th anniversary of Charles Sturt's explorations, 1980; envelope commemorating the centenary of the Salvation Army in Australia, 1980; envelope commemorating Guglielmo Marconi, 1980; seven covers commemorating various events including the US Space Shuttle Columbia, 1981; two TAA first day covers commemorating the first Australia-England air service, 1984; two Ansett covers commemorating trans-Pacific flight of Stella Australis, signed by various aviation figures including Nancy Bird Walton and Lorres Bonney, 1984; and two autographed covers commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first official air mail Australia-New Zealand and Australia-Papua New Guinea, 1984.
Also includes a certificate made out to Crome for exhibiting in the Victorian Centenary and Sixth Australasian Philatelic Exhibition, 1934; and a packet of postcards from PTT Museum, Bern, c.1983.
Letter to Mr E F Keys, Willoughby, from Spain with biographical notes on Goya, 1935; and stamp catalogues and Postmaster General's department notices, 1935-1971 (File 9) - Box 61
Volume titled 'Stamps of Spain', compiled by Edward F Keys, written by Leonard W P Keys, 1937 (File 10) - Box 62
Marked 'Exhibit no 322' and 'Highly commended'.
Qantas envelopes and application form for round the world first flight covers, 1957 (File 11) - Box 62
Lists, catalogues and notes relating to ship and space covers and stamps, 1967-1972 (File 12) - Box 62
Photocopies of BOAC, Malayan Airways and British European Airways airmail covers, 1953-1970, c.1980 (File 13) - Box 62
The envelopes have Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences registration numbers, indicating the original items are held there.
Commemorative envelopes, 1980-1982 (File 14) - Box 62
Envelopes include: autographed Western Samoa stamped envelope for Sydpex 80; two stamped envelopes for the 75th anniversary of Rotary International, 1980; envelope with a stamp featuring Wackett 1941, on first day of issue, 1980; envelope commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first flight of 'Clancy Sky Baby', 1981; and an envelope for the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Also includes prints of slides taken of two Ross Smith covers.
Series 7. Correspondence, c.1800-1987
Comprises a wide range of correspondence, including copies of much of Crome's outgoing correspondence. Most relates to Crome's collecting activities, such as correspondence with dealers, collectors, and collecting institutions, mostly the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum) and the National Library of Australia.
The series also contains letters that were collected by Crome, rather than written to or from him. These include a group of submissions to The Bulletin.
Most papers were already in folders or groups, but had little inherent order. The original groupings have been retained. Folders have been arranged chronologically.
Folders 102-130 (4 boxes) are not available for access until 2012. Most papers in folders 102-130 were originally loose within boxes, but do appear related chronologically.
(130 folders)
Correspondence and papers collected by Crome (part 1), c.1800-1980 (File 1-2) - Box 62
A range of papers mostly relating to overseas trips by the Cromes in 1974 and 1976.
Includes letters from Sir William Heseltine and J B Marriott, both of Buckingham Palace; employment references for Crome; letters of introduction from the Crome, including from Prime Minister Whitlam; correspondence with dealers including Gerald M Norman Gallery and Oscar Shapiro; itinerary of the Cromes' trip in 1974; airline brochures for audio programs; correspondence with Geoffrey Crome; and correspondence with libraries and archives for family history research.
Also includes correspondence with Deputy Prime Minister Doug Anthony, the US Embassy and the United States Information Agency relating to gifts Crome made to the USSR and to the Smithsonian Institution, and a TV news release for the gift to the Smithsonian.
Some material has been collected by Crome, presumable through a dealer or at auction. This includes a group of signatures and seals of early governors and other figures in early colonial life: Samuel Marsden, Richard Bourke, George Gipps, Lachlan Macquarie, John Oxley and Ralph Darling. There is also a safe conduct pass for Vietnamese and allies.
Correspondence and papers collected by Crome (part 2), c. 1800-1980 (File 3) - Box 63
A range of papers mostly relating to overseas trips by the Cromes in 1974 and 1976.
Includes letters from Sir William Heseltine and J B Marriott, both of Buckingham Palace; employment references for Crome; letters of introduction from the Crome, including from Prime Minister Whitlam; correspondence with dealers including Gerald M Norman Gallery and Oscar Shapiro; itinerary of the Cromes' trip in 1974; airline brochures for audio programs; correspondence with Geoffrey Crome; and correspondence with libraries and archives for family history research.
Also includes correspondence with Deputy Prime Minister Doug Anthony, the US Embassy and the United States Information Agency relating to gifts Crome made to the USSR and to the Smithsonian Institution, and a TV news release for the gift to the Smithsonian.
Some material has been collected by Crome, presumable through a dealer or at auction. This includes a group of signatures and seals of early governors and other figures in early colonial life: Samuel Marsden, Richard Bourke, George Gipps, Lachlan Macquarie, John Oxley and Ralph Darling. There is also a safe conduct pass for Vietnamese and allies.
Literary correspondence and poems, 1844-1931 (File 4) - Box 63
Comprises four main groups of papers: letters addressed to Crome; letters addressed to Henry Chamberlain Russell, Government Astronomer, Sydney Observatory; poems and stories addressed to the editor of The Bulletin; and letters addressed to Rubery Bennett, Artists Representation.
The letters to Crome date c.1931. Writers include artists Tom Garrett, Longstaff (probably Will), Jack Lang, R T Ball, and (Arthur Albert) Bayldon.
The letters to H C Russell date 1870-1895, and are from various writers, many from Government House. Also includes three certificates made out to the observatory from the Smithsonian Instition, the Florence observatory, and the French Association for the Advancement of Science.
Authors of the mainly manuscript poems, all assumed to have been submitted to The Bulletin, include Mary Gilmore, Jim Grahame, Zora Cross, Louis Esson, Gilrooney (R J Cassidy), Myra Morris, Arnold Wall, William H Ogilvie, Arthur Albert Bayldon, Wilmot, Furnley Maurice (Frank Leslie Thompson), Roderic Quinn, E J Brady, W M Whitney, C H Souter, Alice Gore Jones, Arthur H Adams, Ethel Turner, J H M Abbott, Gerardy (Edwin Field Gerard), and Oscar Walters. There is also a nine page manuscript story by Steele Rudd 'Dad as Grandpa'; and a 18 page prose pice by J H M Abbott 'The linotype's view'. The poems and stories date c.1915-c.1930.
The letters to Rubery Bennett date 1924-1931 and writers include (Governor) Beauchamp, Tom Garrett, Will Ashton, Harry McClelland, Gordon MacLeod, Alfred Coffey, Ray Lindsay.
There are several other items not in one of these categories. They include an envelope addressed to L King, St John's College Cambridge, on which a pencil annotation Sir W J Hooker, Botanist, postmarked 1844; a condolence letter written from South Africa to a man whose son has been killed in the Boer War, 1900; a letter from (Governor) Beauchamp to Mr Plummer, 1900; handwritten list of prices which appear to be for artworks by Hayley Lever, 1912; letters to 'Adolf', 1920, 1923; a letter from Lister Lister to 'MacDonald', 1929; and two letters adressed to J R Tyrell, the Globe office, c.1931; a pencil sketch, possibly of Crome; and a cutting of a newspaper article by Crome in the Herald 1921.
Correspondence and invitation to official events, and collected art, aviation and ship postcards, c.1906-1980 (File 5) - Box 63
Folder as arranged by Crome. Includes letter from Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, invitations to Sutherland Shire Council events, and correspondence with the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Commemoration Committee and the University of Sydney Library.
Mostly postcards, c.1906-c.1970, including aviation postcards, art postcards from various European museums, and (mostly) shipping and tourist postcards from the early 20th century. Some are written on by various people, and so appear to have been purchased second-hand by Crome.
Significant literary and aviation correspondence, c.1908-c.1946 (File 6-8) - Box 63
Now housed in one binder.
Letter from JS MacDonald to EA Crome, 6 June 1932 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Attachment to letter is an item on Arthur Streeton by Lionel Lindsay.
Letter from PS Garling to EA Crome, 23 March 1949 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Garling enclosed his pencil sketch of a friend's setter at close quarters with baby chicks.
Letter from PS Garling to EA Crome, 20 March 1950 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Garling congratulates Crome "on having made his first picture sale".
Letter from Harry Hanke to EA Crome, 28 December 1949 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Hanke includes a cartoon of Crome giving Lance Solomon's car a tow.
Pencil sketch "Kokoda Trail" by Lance Solomon of Crome working on his new property at Yowie Bay, NSW, 1947 (Item)
Letter from EA Archibald to EA Crome, 27 April 1945 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Archibald identifies a painting as his grandfather who fought with Wellington in the Peninsular Wars.
Letter from Albert and Ethel Sherman to EA Crome, 1949 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Sherman gave Crome a painting "Spring Flowers" for his new home at Yowie Bay.
Letter from L Bernard Hall to MacDonald, 30 October 1930 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Both letters are dated the same, one being a postscript to the first.
Letter from Julian Ashton to JS MacDonald, 15 June 1930 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
MacDonald was Director of National Art Gallery of NSW.
Letter from Arthur Streeton to E A Crome, 30 December 1929 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Streeton explain the background to the painting "The Empire".
Letter from Arthur Streeton to E A Crome, 17 May 1930 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Crome seeking Streeton's autograph on a book.
Newspaper clipping from "Daily Guardian", 24 April 1930 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Article by Colin Wills re banning in Victoria of Norman Lindsay's novel "Redheap".
Letter from Norman Lindsay to EA Crome. (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Lindsay provided Crome with publisher of "Redheap", but unable to send copy as has none.
Letter from Norman Lindsay to EA Crome, May 1930 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Lindsay explains background to depiction on a copper plate by him.
Text of "Caged - A Story with a Moral", n.d. (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Appears to be a take on Jean Rabalais; may be Jack Lindsay's hand writing.
Letter from G Pitt Morison to J S MacDonald, 19 September 1930 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Refernce to painting "Important People" by Lambert.
Letter from John Longstaff to Jim, [27 October 1930] (Item)
Physical Characteristics
The year is probably 1930 as it refers to recent death of George Coates, 1869-1930.
Letter from D Y Cameron to E A Crome, 19 May 1930 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
David Young Cameron was Assistant Engraver at Royal Academy.
Letter from Hal Missingham to E A Crome, 26 February 1946 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Re hanging of painting in Art Gallery of NSW
Letter from Sydney Ure Smith to E A Crome, 19 December 1929 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Re Smith's etching and dry-point called "The Blacksmith's Shop" which Smith considered one of his best.
Clipping from "Daily Guardian" re finding of painting 'The Kent Goes to its Doom' by J M W Turner, 12 February 1930 (Item)
Pencil study of his mother by E A Crome, c 1927 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
EA Crome notes on reverse his study is from original oil painting by Percival Norton, now in NLA.
AAP report of visit of J W Metcalfe, NSW Public Librarian, to USA and England, 29 December 1947 (Item)
Letter from Mitchell Librarian, Sherrie, to E A Crome, 12 January 1953 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Re donation of Art Exhibition Catalogues and Invitations.
Letter from Mitchell Librarian, Phyllis Mander Jones, to E A Crome, 25 November 1947 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Material relating to Combioned Sydney Philatelic Societies Patriotic Committee.
Certificate of Appreciation for donation from Australian Museam to E A Crome, 14 November 1945 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Bark-cloth dress from Fiji collected by late Rev. John Williams.
Certificate of Appreciation from Mitchell Library to E A Crome, 19 April 1948 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Portrait of a seaman contemporaneous with James Cook
Two photographs of paintings by J R Cozens (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Loaned to Art Gallery ofNSW
Original manuscript of "The Mother" by Dame Mary Gilmore with authenticating note by E A Crome, 23 October 1959 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
The date relates to the accompanying note by EA Crome.
Letters between Douglas Mawson and E A Crome, 30 September 1931 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
EA Crome requesting autograph of Douglas Mawson on letters he had sent from Antartica.
Letter from C Kingsford Smith to Hon. Secretary, Air Mail Society of NSW, 20 December 1932 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Accepting patronage of Society.
Letter from C Kingsford Smith to E A Crome, 21 December 1932 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Thanks for lino-cut.
Letter from A [Kersten] Kosmos Press and Translation Bureau to E A Crome, 22 November 1932 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Re stamped envelopes to be carried by Captain Bertram on flight from Europe.
Letter from K Hans Bertram to E A Crome, 3 December 1932 (Item)
Physical Characteristics
Bertram requests Crome to return One of his special air mail envelopes or pay for it.
Correspondence, mostly relating to philately, 1921-1963 (File 9) - Box 64
Includes covers addressed to L Pitman and letters from Len Pitman to Crome.
Other correspondents include George Myall, H C Snyder, W C Nixon, A H Rasmussin, Michael Parker (from HM Yacht Brittania), Harry Hanke, Verne Collins & Co, Rangoon Gazette Limited, the Mitchell Library and the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.
Correspondence, 1925-1965 (File 10) - Box 64
Correspondents include aerophilatelist William H Krinsky; Rudy Komon; Angus & Robertson; Australian War Memorial; Royal Aeronautical Society; 'Len'; Norman Hill; Jack Matthews; R? Symonds (Virtie Crome's brother), including two copies of Guinea Gold, 1942; Clune Galleries; Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences; Mitchell Library; the Assistant Director of Civil Aviation Burma (replying to Crome's request for information on the loss of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith); Hudson Fysh; University of Newcastle library; Southern Steamship Company; Airmail Society of New South Wales; Arthur Vogan; D Schaller; Nelson Eustis; and the National Library of Australia.
Also includes a circular for National Emergency Services, Petersham, 1943.
Correspondence relating to philately, 1932-1933 (File 11) - Box 64
Correspondents, most of whom are dealers, include J Litchfield, C J MacDonald, K Baker, G Norman Carlyle and A Davey.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting activities and the Air Mail Society of New Zealand (part 1), 1932-1937 (File 12A) - Box 64
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting activities and the Air Mail Society of New Zealand (part 2), 1933-1937 (File 12B) - Box 64
Correspondence relating to aviation, and Charles Kingsford Smith flight log, c.1933-1937 (File 15) - Box 65
Correspondents include Mr Oxford of Armidale Teachers' College and the Department of Education. A letter from D McVey, superintendent of mails, to Commander H T Bennett relating to official mail is assumed to be collected by Crome, as are receipts for mails despatched by train.
Notes from a flight to New Zealand appear to be written by Charles Kingsford Smith ('Chilla') and John Stannage, and possibly others. Further research and examination is required to identify the flight.
Aviation letters collected by Crome, 1933-1948 (File 16) - Box 65
Brief letters from Hubert Wilkins, E V Rickenbacker, Amelia Earhart and R E Byrd to Charles L Gaitur and Albert Deane of Paramount Pictures. Letters are assumed to have been acquired by Crome from Paramount Pictures, via a dealer or auction.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, including papers relating to Qantas (part 1), 1935-1971 (File 17A) - Box 65
Also includes an issue of Parade magazine, June 1961 with an article on Mary Gilmore.
A poster originally in this folder advertising travel on Douglas aircraft with Australian National Airways and Airlines of Australia, has been moved to Series 3, folder 12 (Airlines).
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, including papers relating to Qantas (part 2), 1933-1942 (File 14B) - Box 65
Also includes an issue of Parade magazine, June 1961 with an article on Mary Gilmore.
A poster originally in this folder advertising travel on Douglas aircraft with Australian National Airways and Airlines of Australia, has been moved to Series 3, folder 12 (Airlines).
Collecting correspondence, 1933-1964 (File 18) - Box 65
Correspondents, mostly relating to collecting air mail covers include R S Brannholz, Queensland Air Mail Society, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Testimonial Fund, Joseph Parkinson, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (including cover), and Adelaide, Mundubbera, Bega and Darwin postmasters. Also includes catalogues and correspondence for Barry Jones autographs and Nelson Eustis; one issue Dutch Australian Weekly; and press release for Austin E Byrne's Southern Cross Memorial.
Letter from H Shaw relating to airmail covers, notices about Australia-New Zealand first official air mail flight, and New Zealand Air mail society collectors club newsletters, 1934-c.1944 (File 19) - Folio-Box 77
Correspondence and journals relating to philately, 1934-1955 (File 20) - Box 66
Includes letter from Roy Votaw and a range of philately journals and catalogues including the Australian Airpost Collector, Jean Silombra, Airpost Journal, Austria-Philatelist, Australian Stamp Monthly, New Zealand Post Office Philatelic Bulletin, Australian Stamp Journal, Francis J Field, Joseph Lohr, Airmail Notice.
Correspondence, 1934-1986 (File 21) - Box 66
Correspondents include Gwen Lethbridge, Mitchell Library, Lores Bonney (enclosing a 1934 telegram to Mrs Bonney from the War Museum accepting a gift of a walking stick), Keith Wilson, Eric Donaldson (Qantas), Christie's, Marcel de Meirleir and Elgen Long (including signed photograph).
Correspondence and photographs, 1935-1971 (File 22) - Box 66
Correspondents include Joan Glennie, Nelson Eustis and Roy Votaw. There are also Christmas cards, and letters and catalogues from organisations including the Mercy Flight committee, Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia; Australian Air League; South Pacific Mail Bird Service; Scout and Guide Stamp Society of Australia; Darwin Post Office; and Harry Hayes.
Includes a bundle of photographs mostly depicting Australian soldiers in Bougainville in World War II. Their provenance is unclear.
With the photographs are several publications, news cuttings and items of ephemera relating to the end of World War II, including Guinea Gold.
Some aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
Correspondence, 1935-1975 (File 23) - Box 66
This material was originally loose and is eclectic and in little order. Most correspondence relates to gifts made by Crome or requests for airmail covers.
Correspondents include Airlines of Australia Limited, USS Coral Sea, Arthur Brittain, Joseph Lyons, WASP airlines, Roy Votaw, the American Consulate General, and the principal of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith School, Vancouver (with photographs of the school and opening). Also includes an air mail cover addressed to Crome and signed by Eleanor Roosevelt.
Correspondence relating to aviation and art, 1935-1981 (File 24) - Box 66
Correspondence with a wide range of collectors and dealers (including art dealers), airlines, and aviation and art figures. Correspondents include Nancy Bird, J V Fairbairn, Rubery and Vi Bennett, Howard Hinton, Captain Brett Hilders, Basil Challis, L E Lyndham, Eastern Airlines, Guinea Airways Limited, Victoria and interstate Airways Ltd, Royal Netherland Indies' Airway Ltd, Royal Aero Club NSW.
Also includes Crome's World War II identity card and receipt for consumer's licence for fuel and several employment references for Crome.
Correspondence and other papers relating to aviation and philately, 1936-1974 (File 25) - Box 66
Includes Wasp Airlines notices to shareholders, 1936; US airmail cover for National Aviation Day 1944; Swiss balloon mail adressed to Dr Robert Paganini, 1939; invitations; various envelopes from mail addressed to the ANZ bank Coolangatta and Mrs E Coffill, Tugun, with typed annotations that mail delivery was delayed by Queensland floods.
Some aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting activities (part 1), 1937-1967 (File 26) - Box 66
Includes Prospectus of Ansett Airways Limited and United Air Lines timetables.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting activities (part 2), 1937-1940 (File 26B) - Box 66
Includes Prospectus of Ansett Airways Limited and United Air Lines timetables.
Aviation and philately correspondence (part 1), 1938-1965 (File 27A) - Box 67
Correspondents include P G Taylor, E W Percival, Stan Cawood and philatelist Ben Krinsky. Includes letter from Kingsford Smith Air Sevice Ltd certifying that propellor no 176 was used on Faith in Australia.
Aviation and philately correspondence (part 2), 1938-1965 (File 27B) - Box 67
Correspondents include P G Taylor, E W Percival, Stan Cawood and philatelist Ben Krinsky. Includes letter from Kingsford Smith Air Sevice Ltd certifying that propellor no 176 was used on Faith in Australia.
Correspondence and World War II ephemera, 1937-1962 (File 28) - Box 67
Correspondents include Ansett Airlines, L Pitman, Commonwealth Archives, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences and the Mitchell Library.
Includes letter from Ida Isaacs (Qantas) forwarding two airmail covers labelled 'First through British air Mail England/Australia', addressed to Hudson Fysh.
Also includes World War II ephemera relating to the Japanese surrender, with an envelope addressed to Miss J Dalzell, Sydney. The items are: A lithographic copy of Instrument of Surrender; souvenir issued to the members of the Allied Forces at Morotai on the occasion of the surrender of the Second Japanese Army; published pamphlet with address delivered by Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces General Sir Thomas Blamey on the occasion of the Japanese surrender; and published photographs of the formal surrender, Morotai 9 September 1945.
Correspondence and stamps, 1937-1963 (File 29) - Box 67
Correspondents include Norman Lindsay; L Pitman (enclosing 2 RAF flyers dropped over Germany in World War II); Norman Hill (Sheffield Philatelic Society). Dealer catalogues and correspondents iinclude Angus and Robertson and Spurlings.
Includes several bundles of Australian and international stamps torn from envelopes.
Correspondence, 1937-1965 (File 30) - Box 67
Most material is 1930s to early 1940s. Correspondents include Hudson Fysh, Keith Smith, Colin Young, Saville Sheards, Allan Clements, A S Kenyon, Colin Kelman (with his log of flights), and various dealers and postmasters.
Also includes Pacific Flights brochure and airmail cover; 1937 government brochure 'Federal Referendum - The case for and against'; and New Zealand philatelic bulletins.
Correspondence, photographs, receipts and other papers, 1937-1967 (File 31) - Box 68
Mostly letters to Crome from other collectors, including Norman Hill, L Pitman, Nita M Wilson, J Wotherspoon, M Warner, Phil Collins and Francis J Field. Also includes receipts for violins and books, East West Airlines plane tickets, Central African Airways baggage label and a Nestle's Space Club brooch.
A bundle of small photos and negatives are mostly from Bougainville during World War II. The photographer is unknown.
Some aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
Correspondence, mostly relating to aviation, 1938-1967 (File 34-35) - Box 68
Includes correspondence with Nelson Eustis; Angus and Robertson; the National Library of Australia; Hudson Fysh; PG Taylor; Winifred Sealby (Charles Kingsford Smith's sister); Dorothy Webster and Wal Shiers, with family photographs; and Harold London.
Letters from Lady Anita Smith 1958-1965 are addressed to Wal Shiers. They are with a written statement by Shiers transferring ownership of some of his personal papers to Crome.
Also includes photographs of Crome on television in 1958 with Keith Walsh, and reproductions of first day covers used in the show; New Zealand philatelic bulletins; receipts for log books, paintings, furniture, books, sewing machines and violins.
Correspondence relating to collecting activities, 1939-1979 (File 37) - Box 68
Correspondence with other collectors, book dealers, people whom Crome asked to sign or carry aviation or philatelic material, and institutions to which Crome donated material. Correspondents include Mr F Moulen, Austen E Byrne, Doug Anthony, Austin E Byrne, Garnet and Phyllis Malley, Francis Chichester, Stephen Smith (of the Indian Airmail Society), Deutsches Reich Museum, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
Also includes the Act to restore Wagga Air Services, signed by J B Renshaw and John M McMahon, 1965; photocopy of five page autobiographical text by Skip Moody; and drawn map and notes 'Grants relating to Kingsford-Smith Aerodrome'.
Correspondence relating to the Australian National Philatelic Exhibition, 1949-1951 (File 38) - Box 68
Includes three page typescript article by Crome 'Stamps and Exhibitions'.
Correspondence mostly relating to art, 1950-1962 (File 39) - Box 69
Includes exhibition flyer and cuttings for artist John Bell, 1962; receipts for paintings and framing; and research notes by Crome on European exploration.
Collecting correspondence, 1955-1972 (File 40) - Box 69
Collecting correspondence including with Frank E Adams, Early Birds (including newsletters), T R D Keffell, Oliver and Joan Irwin, Peter Denholm (Darwin Aero Club), Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Commemmorative Committee, M Skelton, Marie Richardson, E Follett, and politicians, RAAF officers and postmasters whom Crome asked to sign or stamp covers. Also includes dealer catalogues and correspondence such as Maggs Bros and Francis J Field.
Correspondence relating to aviation and art, 1955-1958, 1985 (File 42) - Folio-Box 77
Correspondents include Harry Lyon, Jim Warner, W H Shiers, Jim Lyle, Tom Elliot, Hudson Fysh, Albert Sherman, Hal Missingham, Mitchell Library, Botany Council re Mascot airport, John T Lang.
Also includes five page manuscript by Crome, 'The conquest of the Pacific, Southern Cross', 1985.
Correspondence, photographs and newscuttings, c.1956-1965 (File 43) - Box 69
Colleting correspondence including with Roy Votaw and R W Rathbone (St George Historical Society).
Newspaper cuttings relate to the commencements of the Ansett-ANA service, the Smithy Memorial Lecture, the paintings of Albert Sherman, and the death of Richard Byrd.
Some aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
Correspondence with Austin E Byrne, 1958-1960 (File 44) - Box 69
Most correspondence relates to Byrne's Southern Cross memorial. Also includes poem presumed to be by Crome dedicated to Austin Byrne; postcards of planes addressed to Crome from various countries; small number of Icelandic first day covers; and newspaper cuttings.
Correspondence relating to aviation and art, 1958-1979 (File 45) - Box 69
Correspondents inlcude W Rubery Bennett; Sidney Cotton; Lionel Bowen; Geoffrey Wikner; the US Department of the Air Force; the University of Tasmania library; the High Flight Foundation; the Mitchell Library; the Art Gallery of New South Wales; the National Library of Australia; and various philatelic, art and book dealers.
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1958-1985 (File 46) - Box 69
These papers were originally loose in various locations in the collection. Correspondents include Roy Votaw and Percy Stewart.
Correspondence and stamps, 1960-1971 (File 47) - Box 69
Correspondents include George Bolton and the National Library of Australia.
Also includes sheets of aviation series of postage stamps, 1969 with several autographs including Hudson Fysh and Henry Wrigley; program for unveiling of Charles Kingsford Smith memorial 1969; Qantas flying scale model for paper plane; and airport parking ephemera.
Correspondence relating to space and astrophilately, 1961-1983 (File 48) - Box 70
Correspondents include National Air and Space Museum (US), Lyndon B Johnnson Space Center, Captain William H Peters (astro-philatelist), Captain Alan Bean (astronaut). Also includes a photograph of visting space personalities at the exhibition of the first space ship in Hyde Park, 1962, and a small number of NASA publications.
Correspondence with the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), Sydney, 1962-1981 (File 49) - Box 70
In Crome's original file and chronological order. Mostly correspondence with directors of the Powerhouse Museum relating to donations and transfers of parts of Crome's aviation and music collections to the Museum. Crome also facilitated donations for other people.
Includes related correspondence with Premier Neville Wran.
Correspondence relating to music, 1963-1965 (File 50) - Box 70
Correspondence with the University of Sydney, Government House (Canberra) and the National Library of Australia relating to works published by University of Sydney music publications. The works are Claudio Monteverdi 'Crucifixus et Resurrexit' and Eric Gross 'Two songs for female voices, Op 8'. Both are signed.
Also includes music for proposed national anthem 'Australia my homeland' by Clive Clayton and John Egginton.
List by Crome of his collection, c.1965 (File 51) - Box 70
Three page typescript and four page handwritten draft of 'Abridged summary of my collection relating to the history of aviation'.
Correspondence relating to Crome's collecting activities, 1965-1972 (File 52) - Box 70
Relates to gifts made by Crome to organisations, mostly of flight covers, including the University of Sydney, Parliament House, Bankstown Council, Sutherland Shire Council, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences and the National Library of Australia.
Individual correspondents includes Air Marshal Sir Richard Wiliams, and Gladys Sandford (first woman pilot in New Zealand).
Correspondence with Dulcie Schaller (part 1), 1965-1987 (File 53A) - Box 70
Miss Schaller was from Albany, California, and the West Coast Air Mail Society.
Correspondence with Dulcie Schaller (part 2), 1965-1987 (File 53B) - Box 71
Miss Schaller was from Albany, California, and the West Coast Air Mail Society.
List and correspondence relating to Crome's collection, 1966-1969 (File 54) - Box 71
Carbon book with 24 pages used for handwritten description of parts of Crome's collection transferred to the National Library of Australia. Enclosures within the book include correspondence with the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, and copies of letter from Charles Kingsford Smith certifying the authenticity of the Southern Cross compass.
Correspondence and research relating to the 'violinist seaman' on board Abel Tasman's voyage on the Zeehaen, 1967-1976 (File 56) - Box 71
Includes correspondence with the Department of Naval History, The Hague.
Papers relating to the opening of the National Library of Australia, and Christmas cards from violin makers, 1968-1969 (File 57) - Box 71
The National Library of Australia papers include invitations, brochures, dinner plans and menu, and accommodation and flight receipts and tickets.
Correspondence, 1968-1980 (File 58) - Box 71
Mostly with Dorothy Webster and Wal Shiers. Also includes some letters and forms to and relating to Wal Shiers. It is assumed these were given to Crome and/or he assisted Wal Shiers in his correspondence. Also includes correspondence with Arthur Robertson and Gwen and Owen Fleming (with a postcard of Sir Ross Smith in a Vickers Vimy plane, Katoomba 1920).
Correspondence with the National Library of Australia (part 1), 1968-1985 (File 59) - Box 71
Relates to the donation and transfer of parts of Crome's collections to the Library.
This material was originally in one large binder and has been rehoused to two folders.
Correspondence with the National Library of Australia (part 2), 1968-1985 (File 60) - Folio-Box 78
Relates to the donation and transfer of parts of Crome's collections to the Library.
This material was originally in one large binder and has been rehoused to two folders.
Christie's papers, 1973-1976 (File 61) - Box 71
Correspondence and lists of material, from Christie's auctioneers in Melbourne, Sydney and London. Mostly relates to the Cromes selling books and paintings through Christie's before moving to Queensland. Also contains list of books presented to the National Library of Australia.
Correspondence with Douglas Walker, Airmail Society of New Zealand, 1973-1982 (File 62) - Box 72
Includes some correspondence Bert Richie, Chairman of the Australian Tourist Commission; with the RAF Museum, Hendon, relating to Crome's permission to copy of his design of 1935 vignette and its use in 1978 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the trans-Pacific flight.
Collecting correspondence, mainly with Christie's Sydney and London, 1974-1983 (File 63) - Box 72
Includes receipts for paintings, antiques and manuscripts bought and sold through Christie's.
Television news release for Crome's presentation of Amelia Earhart letter to Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1976 (File 65) - Box 72
Correspondence, mostly with the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, 1976-1977 (File 66) - Box 72
Also includes correspondence with John and Desolie Hurley.
Correspondence with aviation personalities, 1976-1983 (File 67) - Box 72
Crome's index to the correspondents lists: Mrs Lores Harry Bonney MBE famous Australian aviatrix; William and Edna Hunt - cousin of Harry Lyon; Miss Helen Nell Rogers secretary to Smithy and Ulm; Nancy Bird Walton; Ansett: Ron Armstrong publications editor, Ross Alexander public relations, Stewart Macarthur Sunshine Publications Qld; Frank L Roberts pioneer airman flew Casino - Tenterfield Air service 26.6.1920; Elly Beinhorn first German girl to fly to Australia 1932; Sir Norman Brearley opened first air service in Australia inaugurated Perth WA 4 December 1921; Captain G U 'Scotty' Allan CBE famous pilot - contemporary Smithy and Ulm; Commdr H A Litchfield 'Hal' RAN navigator Smithy and Ulm; Gwen Caldwell nee Stark - WAAF; Helen Moody - wife of Skip Moody Qld; Maude Pentland wife of Jerry Pentland 'War birds'; Dr Robert Samuels Aerolineas Argentinas first air service to NZ over South Pole; John Hudson Fysh son of Sir Hudson Fysh; -1982 Rupert Northcote 'Bob' Boulton MBE; Tracking stations, USAF Darwin, National Air and Space Museum; Dick Smith.
Correspondence, cuttings and photographs, mostly relating to Crome's Order of Australia medal, 1976-1986 (File 68) - Box 73
Correspondence with Sir William Heseltine, Buckingham Palace. Includes congratulatory letters on Crome's Order of Australia, and some correspondence with Government House, Canberra.
Correspondence and cuttings relating to a proposed gift from Crome to Papua New Guinea, 1977-1981 (File 69) - Box 73
Crome has labelled 'Correspondence relating to a gift of material to Papua New Guinea that got nowhere'. Includes correspondence with the Australian High Commission in Papua New Guinea, and the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Correspondence relating to aviation and philately, 1978-1987 (File 70) - Box 73
Includes correspondence with Mary Kingsford Smith; Charles Kingsford Smith (junior); Ron Cuskelly; Don Pollock; Mary Tully; Keith Hawkins; Anne Affleck; Alex Marks from the Smithfield Stamp Collectors Club; the Minister for Home Affairs, R J Ellicott regarding a proposal for a Southern Cross memorial in Hawaii; and other collectors and dealers.
Correspondence relating to aviation, 1980-1983 (File 72) - Box 73
Crome's index lists: Nelson Eustis and Australian Air Mail Society Inc; John Pickering author RAF - Smithy - Ulm - story; Bruce Cowan old friend of original Australian National Airways Ltd. Charles Ulm - Smithy 1929-1931. Bruce in those days was an apprentice engineer.
Papers relating to Crome's collection in the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, c.1981 (File 73) - Box 73
Comprises media release and biography of Crome, and a typescript list of a collection, assumed to be Crome's collection in the Museum.
Correspondence, 1981-1984 (File 75) - Box 74
Correspondents include Nell Rogers, Hubert Opperman, Douglas and Grace Walker, Marion Gordon, G U 'Scotty' Allan, Bruce Cowan, B Skinner, Jack Pickering, Australia Post, Qantas, Post and Telecommunication Corporation Papua New Guinea. Includes some photographs.
Correspondence and invitations from the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), 1981-1984 (File 76) - Box 74
Correspondence, 1981-1985 (File 77) - Box 74
Correspondents include Joe and Marion Arlington (most), Colin Whitehead, Chris Buckman, Winifred A Myers, Diane Zeppel, Desolie Hurley, Tom Frommer, R Else-Mitchell, Mabel Smith, Oscar Shapiro and Stanley Gibbons.
This material was originally loose but appears to be related.
Correspondence and research notes relating to aviation history, 1981-1985 (File 78) - Box 74
Includes copies of cuttings and research notes lreating to Trans-Continental Airways Ltd. Correspondents include Bruce Cowan, and John and Anne Chapman. There are also photocopies of letters, photographs and other papers, most relating to Bruce Cowan's aviation career, and hand annotated by Cowan.
Correspondence and research file, mostly relating to Crome's book From ships to helicopters, and the Darling Harbour Heliport, 1981-1985 (File 79) - Box 74
Includes correspondence with Sir Hubert Opperman and Hal Litchfield; manuscript introduction to From ships to helicopters; research notes on ships; papers relating to the commemoration of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, including photocopies of airmail covers.
Correspondence, 1981-1985 (File 80) - Box 74
Correspondents include the Australian War Memorial, Alan W Bunn, Robert Benson, Early Birds Queensland branch, Qantas (including Barbara Thomas), Norman Brearley, William P Wreden, John and Desolie Hurley, Maggs Bros, and the Mitchell Library.
Papers relating to Crome's collection in the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, 1982-1984 (File 81) - Box 74
Comprises basic catalgoue of aerophilatelic items in the EA and VI Crome Collection, Museum of Applied Arts and Science; and orider of proceedings for an event at the museum, autographed by those present, with a handwritten foreword for Crome by G U 'Scotty' Allan, 1982.
Invitations to garden party at Buckingham Palace, 1983 (File 82) - Box 74
Also includes letter from Bill Heseltine.
Correspondents and personal papers, 1983-1984 (File 83) - Box 75
Correspondents include Marlene and Tugg Willson, Cronulla RSL Memorial Club, Norma and Jack Downes, Sydney Opera House Trust, Rotary Club Newtown, Mark Spycher, Arthur Bergen (Australian Air Mail Society), Vivienne I Groves, Oscar Shapiro, Pedr Davis, Doug Meadows, Macray Stamp sales. Also includes photographs of Crome with Doug Kewley (organiser of Great Australian Air Race 1983), Qantas in-flight menus and some financial papers.
This material was originally loose but does appear to have some original order.
Correspondence, 1983-1985 (File 84) - Box 75
Correspondents include Michael Jackson (philatelist), various space tracking stations, the Department of Science and Technology, H Baron, G U 'Scotty' Allan, Bruce Cowan, Elaine Graffy, Norma and Jack Downes, Tom Cooke, John Scott (Australian Air Mail Society) and Cecil Davis. Also includes some financial papers.
This material was originally loose but does appear to have some original order.
Correspondence and personal papers, 1983-1985 (File 85) - Box 75
Correspondents include Geoffrey Crome, Ken Mathews, Captain James Cook Museum, Mrs A D Barker, British Library, Sydney Opera House Trust, Loyal Cronulla Lodge, G U 'Scotty' Allan, Byron Dean, Clifford J Franzi, Malcolm Lacey, Ansett, Mint Museum, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Irish Export Board, Doug and Elaine Baglin, and various philatelic and other dealers. Also includes some financial papers.
This material was originally loose but does appear to have some original order.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1983-1985 (File 86) - Box 75
Correspondents include Henry Gorny, Tom Frommer, Doug Meadows, Maurice Porter, J A L Franks, E J Frazer, John Love, the Philatelic Society of NSW, Marlene and Tug, William and Vera Hunt, Pam Garland and Richard Davis.
This material was originally loose but does appear to have some original order.
Correspondence relating to collecting and the NSW Conservatorium of Music, 1984-1985 (File 88) - Box 75
Correspondents include Walt and Cathy Downes, Captain John Burgess, Stanley Gibbons Australia, Sir Norman Brearley, Captain G U 'Scotty' Allan, and Cecil [Setty?]. Correspondence with the NSW Conservatorium of Music relates to the Tribute to John Antill 80th birthday year committee.
Includes copies of autographed US one dollar bills.
Correspondence, 1984-1987 (File 90) - Box 75
Correspondents include Jack Pickering and family, Robin Occleshaw, Wynn Boulton, Norman Hayes and Stuart Campbell.
This material was originally loose.
Correspondence, 1985-1986 (File 91) - Box 75
Correspondents include Desolie Hurley, Royal Australian Air Force, Loyal Cronulla Lodge, Norman Lennon, Ron Armstrong (Ansett), A W Swanston, Richard Davis, Government House and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Includes some financial papers.
Correspondence, 1985-1986 (File 92) - Folio-Box 76
Correspondents include Neville Wran, Ian Auhl, Charlotte Barnard, John Marriott (Buckingham Palace), Marion Wilson, Henry Gorny, Hal Litchfield and the Central Australian Aviation Museum.
Correspondence, 1985-1987 (File 93) - Folio-Box 76
Correspondents include Ron Armstrong (Ansett), Joyce Bennison and Norman Brearley, John Ritchie, Desolie Hurley, Neville Wran, Royal Australian Airforce Townsville, Jenny Pickering, Ronald Lee, David Hall (Tesha Media Productions), the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, various postmasters and philatelic and other dealers.
Correspondence with the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, 1985-1987 (File 94) - Folio-Box 76
Also includes a small amount of correspondence with Robert M Frost, Swan Airships; Lores Bonney; and philately dealer Argull Etkin Ltd.
Correspondence, 1985-1987 (File 96) - Box 79
Correspondents include D Fulluch, G U 'Scotty' Allan, Tug and Marlene Willson, R C Tuxford, Winifred A Myers, Tom Frommer, Doug Meadows, Cronulla RSL, Gary Watson and Townsville Aero Club.
Correspondence, 1985-1987 (File 97) - Box 79
Correspondents include William Huston, G U 'Scotty' Allan, John Harrison, State Library of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia.
Correspondence, 1985-1987 (File 98) - Box 79
Correspondents include Lores Bonney, Elaine Graffy, Bruce Cowan, Cecil Davis, Norma and Jack Downes, Tom Frommer, Ron Lee, Kathy Savage, Richard Davis, Cyril McGorey, Jim Stapleton, Alan Tunnicliffe, Bevan Alexander, Bay Stamps and Historical Society Cairns.
This material was originally loose but appears related chronologically.
Correspondence with Stanley Gibbons Australia, 1986-1987 (File 99) - Box 79
Relates to philatelic material purchased and sold by Crome through Stanley Gibbons.
Collecting correspondence, mostly with philately dealers J and M Arlington, 1986-1987 (File 100) - Box 79
Also includes small amount of correspondence with Olive Carter.
Sympathy letters for the death of Crome's wife, Virtie Avery Crome, 1987 (File 101) - Box 79
Includes papers regarding funeral arrangements, and correspondence relating to donations made by Crome to Sutherland Area Health Service, International House and the State Library of New South Wales.
Correspondence and invitations, 1937-1982 (File 102) - Box 80
Mostly dates 1978-1982. Includes letters from Norma and Jack Downes, Francis Field, Christmas cards, and P&O tickets and an itinerary for a trip to Victoria and South Australia in 1962.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1939-1977 (File 103) - Box 80
Most material dates 1975-1977. Correspondents include William H Peter, Roy Votaw, Richard King, the Australian Society for Aero-historical Preservation, National Air and Space Museum (Washington), Bob Boulton, Maggs Bros, Lauris Franks and Seaby. Also includes a small poster about Darwin entry permits, 1975.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1939-1977 (File 104) - Box 80
Correspondents include David Deutsch, Dulcie Schaller, Captain William Peters, John Pickering and Elaine Graffy. Most date 1975-1977.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1939-1978 (File 105) - Box 80
Most correspondence dates 1975-1978. Correspondents include Elaine Graffy, Teddy Willis, Ed Sterne, Oxley Memorial Library of Queensland, National Air and Space Museum (Washington), Queensland Art Gallery, Michael Terry and Air New Zealand.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1941-1979 (File 106) - Box 80
Most papers date 1976-1979. Correspondents include Donald G Cox, Geoffrey Crome, RACQ, Teddy Willis, John Pickering, Dulcie Schaller, Tom Dermody, Reuben Waters, Eric Donaldson, Queensland Air Museum and Queensland Museum.
Collecting correspondence, mostly relating to space, 1942-1970 (File 107) - Box 80
Correspondents include various Australian space tracking stations, George Holman, Len Pitman, Elaine Graffy, Teddy Willis, Ed Sterne, Dulcie Schaller and Roy Votaw.
Correspondence, 1946, 1974-1976 (File 108) - Box 80
Mostly relating to collecting activities. Only one letter dates 1946, the rest date 1974-1976. The numerous correspondents include Nelson Eustis, Freddy and Pepu Scharf, Paul Henningham, Dulcie Schaller, Madeline Dermody, Millie Greig, K Savage, Stanley Brygi, Donald O Schultz, Elaine Graffy, Teddy Willism Tess Fireld, Dora Hamilton and the National Library of Australia.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collection, 1955-1976 (File 109) - Box 80
Most papers date 1972-1976. Correspondents include Dulcie Schaller, Marie Long, Anne Affleck, Elaine Graffy, Les Cauvin, Queensland Art Gallery and Queensland Museum.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1955-1982 (File 110) - Box 81
Most papers date 1977-1982. Correspondents include Winifred A Myers (Autographs), Elaine Graffy, Frank Warner, Spink & Son, Henry Macray, Gorny, Frank Glanville, Ed Sterne and the State Library of NSW. Also includes an Ansett holidays brochure, c.1955.
Collecting correspondence, 1966-1968 (File 111) - Box 81
Correspondence with dealers and other colletors, including Ed Sterne, Dulcie Schaller, Roy Votaw, Marion and Frank. There is institutional correspondence and acknowledgements from the University of Sydney and the National Library of Australia.
Collecting correspondence, 1969-1970 (File 112) - Box 81
Correspondents include Maggs Bros, the Department of Supply, George Bolton, HMS Whitby, Stanley Gibbons, Elaine Graffy, Col Leonard H Smith Jnr, Madeline Dermondy, USN Aircraft Carrier 'Hornet', and the National Library of Australia.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1969-1975 (File 113) - Box 81
Correspondents include Elaine Graffy, Howard Jenkins, Francis J Field, Harrison Schmitt, Jan Thomas, Peter Ford and NASA Canberra office.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1969-1976 (File 114) - Box 81
Correspondents include George Bolton, Bassendean International Communications Centre, various tracking stations, Frank E Adams, Nelson Eustis and Frank Brygi.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1972-1973 (File 115) - Box 81
Correspondents include Harry Purvis, Louise Hillary, the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Ted Knotts (NASA), Bay Stamps, Robert A Siegel, Mitchell Library, Roy Votaw, P J Downie, Colin Roderick, Teddy Willis, Frank E Adams, Woomera Post Master and Donald O Schultz.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1972-1981 (File 116) - Box 82
Correspondents include Francis J Field, Cecil and Betty Davis, John and Desolie Hurley, Ralph and Effie. Also includes music 'Smithy' by Marian Wilson.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1973-1974 (File 117) - Box 82
Correspondents include Joan Manwell, Teddy Willis, Les Cauvin, Elaine Graffy, Dulcie Schaller, Frank Brydi, Mitchell Library, Stan Edwards, Bruce Parks, Howard Jenkins, David Scutts and Queensland Museum.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1973-1981 (File 118) - Box 82
Correspondents include Michael Terry, Ed Sterne, Zonta International and Ansett Airlines.
Collecting correspondence, 1974-1977 (File 119) - Box 82
Correspondents include Christie's, Neil M Russell, Bernard Quaritch, Maggs Bros, and various Australian space tracking stations.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1974-1983 (File 120) - Box 82
Correspondents include William Reeves bookseller, Rotary Club Newtown, Harmers of Sydney, Richard Davis, Macray Stamps, ANZ bank, Seaby, Pat Corrisgan, Ed Sterne, Fred Morton, Howard Jenkins and Robson Lowe. Also includes letter from Crome to Russian cosmonaut Valentina V Tereshkova.
Crome's research notes on composers of violin, viola and cello concertos, c.1975 (File 121-122) - Box 82
Biographical notes, most in Crome's handwriting, and some on annotated typescript. The notes are arranged roughly alphabetically.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1975-1981 (File 124)
Correspondents include Sutherland Shire Council, Norma and Jack Downes, Seaby coins and medals, Elaine Graffy and Sir Richard Williams.
Correspondence with Stiess Philipp, 1975-1983 (File 125)
Includes small amount of correspondence with Ursula and Immanuel Stiess.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1976-1981 (File 126)
Correspondents include Elaine Graffy, Ed Stern, Cliff Tait, Winifred A Myers, PJ Downie, Ida Isaacs, John Creak, Don Thomas, Barbara Thomas, Norma and Jack Downes, Richard Davis and Mike Egan.
Correspondence, mostly relating to collecting, 1977-1979 (File 127)
Correspondents include Ed Sterne, Elaine Graffy, Bernard Quaritch, Fred Morton, Kock Koch, the Australian Music Centre and the State Library of Queensland.
Correspondence, 1977-1980 (File 128)
Correspondents include Anne Affleck, Dulcie Schaller, Frank Glanville, University House at the University of Sydney, Rotary Club of Newtown and St Andrew's Cathedral School.
Correspondence, photographs and cuttings relating to Austin Byrne, 1978-1979 (File 129)
Mostly relates to Byrne's creation of a trophy as an award for a composer to write a symphony about Charles Kingsford Smith. Includes original and copies of letters, cuttings and photographs of Byrne and the trophy.
Series 8. Diaries and travel journals, 1966-1986
Crome's travel journals, describing activities, sites visited, impressions, flights and weather. Letters, photographs and ephemera such as tickets and postcards are inserted.
The non-travel diaries include entries for most days, covering collecting activities and appointments, and include inserts such as letters, photographs, first day covers, business cards and newspaper cuttings.
The earliest diary is 1970. It is unknown whether Crome wrote diaries in the earlier part of his life, or whether they were not retained.
Some inserts are loose, and the diaries and journals require careful handling to retain them in place. The series has been arranged chronologically.
The series relates closely to Series 12, which includes photographs and travel documents relating to trips documented in the journals.
(34 volumes)
Travel journal: Sydney 5 July 1966 - Rome 31 July 1966, 1966 (Item 1) - Box 83
Covers Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Karachi, Cairo, Rome.
Travel journal: Rome 1 August 1966 - Paris 28 August 1966, 1966 (Item 2) - Box 83
Covers Rome, Capri, Florence, Venice, Milan, Cremona, Lugarno, Interlaken, Geneva, Mt Blanc-Chamonix, Paris.
Travel journal: London 28 August 1966 - Edinburgh 29 September 1966, 1966 (Item 3) - Box 83
Covers London, Cambridge, Shepreth, Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Sutton Coldfield, Warwick, Much Wenlock, Chester, Windermere, Collin Dumfries, Symington, Inverness, Perth, Edinburgh.
Travel journal: Edinburgh 30 September 1966 - San Francisco 4 November 1966, 1966 (File 4) - Box 83
Convers Edinburgh, York, Lincoln, Edwalton, Nottingham, Sutton Coldfield, Oxford, Salisbury, Torquay, Penzance, Exeter, Bristol, Chippenham, Bath, Windsor, East Grinstead, Wadhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Lenham, Canterbury, Dover, London, Amsterdam, The Hague, New York, San Francisco.
Travel journal: San Francisco 5 November 1966 - Sydney 30 November 1966, 1966 (Item 5) - Box 83
Covers San Francisco, Hawaii, Honolulu, Nadi, Korolevu and Suva (Fiji).
Travel journal: Coolangatta 30 April 1974 - Munich 24 May 1974, 1974 (Item 8) - Box 83
First in a series of nine travel journals for 1974. Covers Sydney, Bangkok, Teheran, Athens, Sounion, Hydra, Mycenae, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich.
Travel journal: Munich 24 May 1974 - London 22 June 1974, 1974 (Item 9) - Box 83
Covers Munich, Cologne, Brussels, Waterloo, Paris, Madrid, Toledo, Lisbon, London.
Travel journal: London 22 June 1974 - Copenhagen 7 July 1974, 1974 (Item 10) - Box 83
Covers London, Bergen, Stalheim, Tyin, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen.
Travel journal: Copenhagen 30 July 1974 - West Berlin 21 July 1974, 1974 (Item 11) - Box 83
Covers Copenhagen, Moscow, Leningrad, East Berlin, West Berlin, London.
Travel journal: London 20 July 1974 - Florida 13 August 1974, 1974 (Item 13) - Box 83
Covers London, Bermuda, Nassau, Miami, Everglades.
Travel journal: Florida 14 August 1974 - Mexico City 28 August 1974, 1974 (Item 14) - Box 83
Covers Miami, Bal Harbour, Houston, Mexico City.
Travel journal: Mexico City 29 August 1974 - Honolulu 14 September 1974, 1974 (Item 15) - Box 83
Covers Mexico City, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Honolulu.
Travel journal: Honolulu 16 September 1974 - Coolangatta 7 October 1974, 1974 (Item 16) - Box 84
Covers Honolulu, Sydney, Coolangatta.
Travel journal: Diary of a journey to the United States of America in their Bi-Centenary Year 1776-1976 and then across the Atlantic to England, 1976 (Item 17) - Box 84
'Volume the first.'
'On our visit to Washington to present to the American people one of the last letters posted to me by Amelia Earhart, from Darwin in 1937, to the Smithsonian Institute.'
Covers Sydney, New York, Washington, San Francisco, London.
Travel journal: Diary of a journey to the United States of America in their Bi-Centenary year 1776-1976 then to England and back to Australia', 1976 (Item 18) - Box 84
Annotation in Crome's hand: 'This being the second book of that jouney taking Virtie and I around the world in the year MDCCCCLXXVI.'
Covers London, Dublin, Shannon, Killarney, Amsterdam, The Hague, Frankfurt, Athens, Hydra, Aegina, Delphi, Delhi, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bali, Sydney.
Travel journal: Sydney 18 June 1983 - London 21 July 1983, 1983 (Item 25) - Box 85
Covers Sydney, Zurich, Hong Kong.
Travel journal: Sydney? 10 July 1984 - Oxford 21 August 1984, 1984 (Item 28) - Box 85
Covers Singapore, London, Brighton, Norwich, Oxford.
Travel journal: London 22 August 1984 - Sydney 12 September 1984, 1984 (Item 29) - Box 85
Covers London, Brussels.
Travel journal: Sydney 10 February 1985 - Brisbane, 1985 (Item 31) - Box 85
Small notebook, covers Brisbane, Gold Coast.
Travel journal: Alice Springs 4 August 1985 - Cairns 3 September 1985, 1985 (Item 32) - Box 85
Covers Alice Springs, Darwin, Cairns.
Series 9. Manuscripts, research and notebooks, c.1910-1987
Crome wrote several books about aviation history, and about Rotary. He also wrote articles for various journals, and conducted research on aviation history and other subjects of interest to him.
This series comprises handwritten and typescript research notes and drafts of articles and books.
Many papers in this series were loose. Where they were in folders, some apparently unrelated material was included and this order has been retained.
The series has been arranged chronologically, except for papers relating to the same publication, which have been placed together.
Most material is written by Crome, papers by other authors are indicated as such.
(43 folders)
Research files relating to Charles Ulm, G U Allan, and aviation history, c.1910-1978 (File 1) - Box 86
Includes account by H K Rodgers of the evacuation of Singapore during World War II; rules of the Sydney Philatelic Club, 1927; Eastern Air Transport timetable; three early aerial photographs, uncaptioned; small photograph of Australia troops in France during World War I; and early photograph of Broken Hill.
Notes, research, correspondence, photographs and first day covers relating to aviation pioneers Reginald and John Duigan, c.1910-1987 (File 2) - Box 86
Includes correspondence with Terry Duigan 1982-1987.
Lecture by Walter Shiers on Ross Smith, 1920 (File 3) - Box 86
Folder containing text of Shiers' lecture, which accompanied the screening of a film about Ross Smith. Includes ephemera and a newspaper cutting advertising the event.
Two small black notebooks with Crome's notes on aviators and flights, c.1933-c.1934 (File 4) - Box 86
Handwritten and typescript research and articles by Crome on aviation history, 1934-c.1967 (File 5) - Box 86
Subjects include Charles Ulm, Qantas, and civil aviation in Papua and New Guinea. Also includes souvenir program and illustration for the opening of the Anzac memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney, 1934.
Small address book containing Crome's notes on aviation history and events, c.1935-c.1956 (File 6) - Box 86
Includes inserts of an airmail cover for an Australia-England flight piloted by H F Broadbent, 1935; international stamps, 1949; and letters, 1939 and 1956.
Manuscripts, notes and research by Crome on aviation history, mostly Charles Ulm, c.1935-1985 (File 7) - Box 87
Includes notes on Transcontinental Airways Adelaide-Darwin-Adelaide air service 1935.
Annotated typescript of an address by Lorres Bonney on ABC radio, Brisbane, 'Stamp collecting and aero-philately', 1937 (File 8) - Box 87
Annotated by Bonney to Crome.
Notes and research relating to Captain G U Allan, c.1938-1976 (File 9) - Box 87
Includes speech 'Captain G U Allan address delivered at the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society 19 November 1964'. Also includes typescript list of flights 1925-1947 and some airmail society newsletters, 1938 and 1976.
Two notebooks/binders with Crome's handwritten and typescript notes on aviation events and history, c.1950 (File 10) - Box 87
One notebook relates mostly to trans-Tasman flights and the other to trans-Pacific flights.
Manuscript of 'Aeriana' by Crome, 1932-c.1964 (File 12) - Box 87
Includes some correspondence 1953-1964 with and relating to Qantas, and Qantas timetables including from 1932.
Annotated typescript and photocopies of manuscript draft of Crome's book 'Qantas aeriana', c.1955 (File 13) - Box 88
Also includes other notes on Qantas airmails.
Typescript of 'Aeriana' by Crome, c.1955-1964 (File 14) - Box 88
With annotations and extra manuscript notes.
Annotated typescript draft 'Qantas Aeriana 1920-1953' by Crome, c.1935-c.1953 (File 16) - Box 88
Other papers are inserted, including Crome's correspondence with postmaster-general departments including relating to the crashed airmail plane 'Loina'; two uncaptioned photographs, one of the plane 'Miss Launceston' and the other of a funeral procession, possibly in Paris; and empty envelopes marked 'secret', sent to the De Havilland factory (there are more of these envelopes in Series 2).
Manuscript notes on Australian National Airways, c.1955 (File 18) - Box 89
Includes letter from 'Tom' 1955, and published pictures from Types of British aircraft.
Handwritten and typescript research and articles by Crome on aviation history, c.1955 (File 20) - Box 89
Titles include: Women aerial adventurers and pioneers, Willie Lancaster and Mrs Keith Miller, The Mollisons, Ross and Keith Smith, Race competitions, Geoffrey de Eilanger, and Amelia Earhart. Also includes photograph of 'Red Rose' airplane.
Handwritten and typescript research and articles by Crome on aviation and postal history, c.1955 (File 21) - Box 89
Includes notes on Qantas's first Australia to South Africa Service.
Account of the England-Australia flight by Ross Smith, Keith Smith, Jim Bennett, and Wal Shiers in 1919, as told by Shiers to Crome, c.1959 (File 22) - Box 89
Notebook titled 'Notes for the first flight from England to Australia, 1919'..., c.1960 (File 23) - Box 89
Mostly notes on the flight from England to Australia of Ross Smith, Keith Smith, Jim Bennett and Walter Shiers. Inserts include the order of service for Keith Smith's funeral, 1956; and several letters, c.1960 that appear unrelated.
Loose speeches, not by Crome, most Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial Lectures, 1961-1969 (File 24) - Box 89
The three Kingsford Smith Memorial lectures are by Hudson Fysh (1961), W J Lovell (1967) and Lawrence Wackett (1974). There are also two speeches by Hudson Fysh in Darwin, 1969; and typescript 'An Australian Post Office History: Coolangatta' by Malcolm M Rea, 1972.
Photocopies of two published articles by Crome, 1967-1978 (File 25) - Box 89
The articles are 'Collecting - collectors' in the Journal of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia, 1967; and 'Aerospace travellers' in ASAP News, 1978.
Manuscripts, research, notes and correspondence relating to Starr-Bowkett Societies in NSW and elsewhere, 1973-1981 (File 26) - Box 90
Various articles and notes by Crome, c.1979 (File 27) - Box 90
Includes copy of typescript article 'Collecting - collectors', n.d.; annotated typescript poem 'Unasked', 1979; two page story by 'Noch' (assumed to be Crome), n.d.; and loose handwritten notes.
Research file on aviation history, with biographical notes and research on early Australian ephemera, and some miscellaneous ephemera and newspaper cuttings, c.1980-1981 (File 28) - Box 90
Notes, research and photographs relating to Mosquito aircraft, Wing Commander Bruce Rose, and Group Captain Brian R Walker, 1981 (File 29) - Box 90
'Detailed list of items donated/sold to the Powerhouse Museum by E A Crome. Includes music, books, prints, flight covers etc', c.1981 (File 30) - Box 90
Various speeches and manuscripts, and associated correspondence, 1981-1984 (File 31) - Box 90
Includes address to Rotary Club on Donald Mackay; article 'Collecting - Collectors' for the Journal of the Aviation Historical Society; notes on Donald Mackay expedition; notes on George Hubert Wilkins article by Crome for Panorama magazine, 1984; 'H J Jagelman and the first Wright Bros biplane to come to Australia - 1909'; address on Air covers to International House, 1968; research correspondence with Geelong Historical Records Centre and the Australian War Memorial; 'The Banjo Mandolin: Sir Lawrence Wackett', 1981; correspondence with Mrs Jean Fielding relating to Harry Kauper, 1981; and notes on William Ewart Hart, Harry Hawker and Maurice Guillaux.
Bound carbon copy typescripts of two papers by Crome, 1982-1983 (File 32) - Box 91
The two volumes are 'Heroines of sky and space', an address to the Zonta club of Sydney in 1983; and 'Donald Mackay 1870-1958'. Both volumes include some letters, newsletters and cuttings.
Publications on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Vales Point power station and Munmorah power station, labelled 'reference material for From ships to helicopters', 1969-1982 (File 33) - Box 91
Notes, research and photographs relating to Crome's book From ships to helicopters and Scruse Air Helicopter Service and the Sydney Harbour Bridge commemoration flight in which Crome participated, 1982-1983 (File 34) - Box 91
Draft and final version of Crome's book From ships to helicopters, c.1983 (File 35) - Box 91
The draft is a hand annotated typescript. The published copy is autographed by several aviatiors and other prominent figures, including Hal Litchfield and Hubert Opperman. Both are bound.
Cuttings and correspondence relating to Crome's book From ships to helicopters, 1983 (File 36) - Box 91
Manuscript 'Give me the horses!! and I'll get you there - Ross Smith. A mechanics story as told by E A Crome', c.1984 (File 37) - Box 91
Annotated typescript.
Annotated typescript of 'Give me the horses!! and I'll get you there - Ross Smith. A mechanics story as told by E A Crome', c.1984 (File 38) - Box 92
Includes foreword by Lawrence Wackett.
Manuscript by Crome 'Interludes', n.d. (File 41) - Box 92
A story about a violin, unclear whether fiction or non-fiction.
Series 10. Artworks and sketchbooks, c.1946-1985
A series of paintings and sketchbooks by Crome, and artworks owned by him.
(15 items)
Paintings by E A Crome, c.1946-c.1960 (Item 1-4) - Folio-Box 93
Three of the four paintings are signed by Crome. One is titled 'Coming Storm', National Park, NSW, 1946. The fourth is titled 'Hawaii' on the back and appears to be by Crome.
Crome's sketchbooks, c.1966-1985 (Item 6-10) - Folio-Box 93
Five sketchbooks by Crome, containing mostly works in pastel made on around the world trips and in Queensland and the Northern Territory.
One sketchbook also contains research notes on William Bland, aviation, and a receipt for framing of a Paganini print.
Artworks by others, c.1966-c.1980 (Item 11-15) - Folio-Box 94
Comprises watercolour by Athanasius Renkaraka; a tropical scene titled 'Bali Hai' by H [Young?] '74; painting of what appears to be an English rural scene annotated on verso 'To my Australian cobber Ernie Crome, Charles Howard 23-10-66'; two prints of a painting of a floral arrangement; and a print of Bingen am Rhein.
Series 11. Family and personal papers, c.1850-c.1985
Includes Bibles, birth, death and marriage certificates, financial papers and employment references.
The series has mostly been arranged chronologically, with some related material kept together even when not in chronological order. Most material was originally loose.
(30 folders)
Four religious books, 1870-c.1925 (File 2) - Box 96
Comprises church service of Annie Ivery (Virtie Crome's grandmother), 1870; two Books of Common Prayer, one belonging to Virtie Crome; and a book of Holy Communion, belonging to Virtie Crome.
Embroidered silk satchel made by Crome's mother Lottie Henrietta Galer at age 15, 1886 (File 3) - Box 96
Includes typescript notes by Crome about his mother and the satchel.
Family history papers, 1875-1975 (File 4) - Box 96
Original birth, death and marriage certificates; correspondence; research; cuttings; and some personal papers such as passport applications. This material was originally arranged in a folder by Crome.
Family history papers, c.1960-1984 (File 5) - Box 96
Includes photocopies of photographs, letters and certificates relating to the Payne family; Crome family tree; Fishburn family tree; correspondence with Geoffrey Crome and other family members; photocopies of newspaper articles; and Crome's research notes.
These papers were originally loose.
Autograph album of Virtie Crome with personal messages from family and friends, 1928-1940 (File 6) - Box 96
Also includes leather wallet/card holder belonging to Crome.
Papers relating to the Free Masons, 1931-1985 (File 7) - Box 97
Consitution book of the Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons under the United Grand Lodge of NSW, 1931; and papers relating to the Loyal Cronulla Lodge, 1984-1985.
Ephemera including commemorative programs, memorial services and menus, mostly relating to aviation and aviators, 1933-1967 (File 8) - Box 97
Includes receipts for registered mail 1933-1934; Coral Sea Week ephemera, 1956; and a notebook of L H Thompson, builder and violin maker in New Guinea, containing sketches and notes, with an annotation by his daughter giving it to Crome, 1965.
Personal items arranged and captioned by Crome, c.1934-1975 (File 9) - Box 97
These items are attached to album paper and most are captioned by Crome.
They comprise: autograph card of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, also signed by Edmund Hillary and astronaut Harrison H Schmitt; autographed card of George Taylor, 'Australia's youngest airman'; Christmas card from Francis J Field, 1975; official wartime papers relating to Crome including a boat licence, NSW motor spirit ration tickets, identification card as Warden in Petersham Sydney, c.1942-c.1945; and a typescript poem 'On the beach at Milne Bay', author unknown.
Miscellaneous personal items, c.1938-1984 (File 10) - Box 97
Includes 1938 diary used as an address book; menus from the Australia Club signed by John and Desolie Hurley and Joan Stevenson; and several church bulletins, including from Nassau and Singapore.
De Havilland aircraft factory identification for Crome, and catalogue for Archibald, Wynne and Sulman competitions, 1943-1947 (File 12) - Box 97
Crome's painting 'Passing Storm' was exhibited in the Wynne competition in 1947. These two items were originally loose.
Account book for the estate of Charles I Coffill, 1951-1974 (File 13) - Box 97
Charles Coffill was Virtie Crome's father.
Papers relating to deaths and funerals of family, friends, and aviation and arts figures, 1956-1986 (File 16-17) - Box 98
Includes in memorium books, orders of service, thank you cards for expressions of sympathy, and newspaper cuttings, including for Mary Gilmore, P G Taylor and Lester Brain.
Financial papers, 1960-1969 (File 18-19) - Box 98
Household receipts, tax returns and car insurance papers.
Financial papers (part 1), 1961-1969 (File 20) - Box 98
Household receipts, tax returns and car insurance papers.
Financial papers (part 2), 1961-1969 (File 21) - Box 99
Household receipts, tax returns and car insurance papers.
Certificates and special letters awarded to Crome, some framed, 1962-1982 (File 23) - Folio-Box 100
Comprises certificate relating to Newtown Cententary celebrations, 1962; certificate from Transportes Aeros Portugeuses, 1974; Federation Aeronautique Internationale certificate of appreciation; National Air and Space Museum Washington certificate in recognition of Crome's gift, 1976; Chewing Gum Field Aircraft Museum certificate of life membership, 1978; Air Mail Society certicate of life membership, including photographs of Crome being presented with the certificate by Ted Roberts, 1978; and letter from the Australian Air Mail Society confirming Crome as Patron of the Society, 1982.
Two sketches by Muriel J Walsh (sister of Francis J Field) dedicated to Virtie Crome, 1966 (File 24) - Box 99
Also includes dried leaves.
Correspondence, cards, photographs and publications relating to Crome's retirement from the Newtown and Enmore Starr-Bowkett Building Society, 1971 (File 25) - Box 99
Sympathy cards and letters to Joan Manwell for the death of her husband David Manwell, 1973 (File 27) - Box 99
It is assumed these were given to Crome by Mrs Manwell.
Series 12. Travel photographs, slides and documents, 1900-1983
The photographs in Crome's collection have been arranged in three series.
This series documents Crome's travels with his wife Virtie Crome. It includes many colour slides taken and collected while overseas, with travel tickets and ephemera. It relates closely to Series 8, which includes travel diaries kept on trips documented in this series.
The series has been arranged chronologically, with the exception of some small boxes of slides which have been placed at the end of the arrangement. Of the slides, some relate to travel, and others to various other subjects including aviation, but have been retained in this series due to their format.
(22 folders)
Itinerary, travel tickets, ephemera and record of currency exchange from round world trip, 1966 (File 1) - Folio-Box 101
Contained in five plastic Qantas and Cooks World Travel Service satchels. Also includes partial itinerary of trip.
See travel diaries in Series 8 for information on places visited.
Travel tickets and ephemera from round world trip, 1974 (File 7) - Box 103
Contained in two Cooks Travel plastic satchels. Relates to 1974 round world trip.
See Series 8 (Travel diaries) for details of places visited.
Travel tickets and ephemera from round world trip, 1974 (File 8) - Box 103
Contained in two Qantas and one Arthur Frommer Hotels satchels.
Also includes an itinerary of the trip with an 'around the world' cover created by Crome. It is a large envelope covered with stamps from places visited, with signatures of various people met during the trip, including pilots.
German and Russian publications collected by Crome mostly relating to air balloons, 1900-c.1974 (File 9) - Box 103
It is presumed that Crome collected this material on the 1974 round the world trip, which included Russia and Germany. These items were originally grouped together and this grouping has been retained.
Items comprise:
Assmann, Richard, 1845-1918, ed. Beiträge zur erforschung der atmosphäre mittels des luftballons. Berlin, Mayer & Müller, 1900.
Pohlmann, Adolf. Zwei tage und zwei nächte im luftballon. Leipzig-Gohlis, B. Volger, 1909.
Tetens, O. Gummiballons. c.1909.
Emden, R. (Robert), b. 1862. Grundlagen der Ballonführung. Leipzig, ; Berlin, : B.G. Teubner, 1910.
Colour slides from round world trip, 1974 (File 10) - Box 104
Presumed to have been collected by Crome on a 1974 round world trip. Covers USA - Vienna - Liechenstein - Greece - Norway - Germany.
Colour slides from round world trip, 1974 (File 11) - Box 104
Presumed to have been collected by Crome on a 1974 round world trip. Covers Japan - Vancouver - USA - Russia.
Colour slides from round world trip, 1974 (File 12) - Box 104
Presumed to have been collected by Crome on a 1974 round world trip. Covers famous paintings - Russia.
Colour slides from round world trip, 1974 (File 13) - Box 104
Presumed to have been collected by Crome on a 1974 round world trip. Covers Mexico - Spain - Portugal.
Travel tickets and ephemera from trip to New Zealand, 1975 (File 14) - Box 104
Contained in two plastic Newmans New Zealand satchels. Also includes itinerary of holiday to New Zealand November-December 1975.
See travel diaries in Series 8 for information on places visited.
Colour slides of India, 1976 (File 15) - Box 105
Presumed to have been collected in 1976. Comprises two small groups of commercially sold slides, 'Colour slides of Delhi' and 'Colour slides of Indian dresses'.
Photographs taken on round world trip, 1976 (File 16) - Box 105
Comprises two small albums of photographs taken in the US, UK, New Zealand, Greece and Hong Kong.
Travel tickets, ephemera and photographs from holiday to Western Australia, 1980 (File 17) - Box 105
Contained in one album.
Travel tickets and ephemera from international holiday, 1983 (File 18) - Box 105
Contained in two Qantas plastic satchels.
Various colour slides, 1958-1959 (File 19) - Folio-Box 106
All slides appear to be taken by Crome. Most are labelled.
Six small boxes of slides:
- Various. Includes artists and aviators, 1958-1959.
- Port Macquarie - Coolangatta. Wagga - Building Society Conference, 1958-1959.
- Various including holiday photographs in Foster and Belmont, 1959.
- Goulburn Building Societies Conference, 1959. Also includes some family photographs.
- Canberra, 1959.
- Port Macquarie, 1960.
Various colour slides, 1960-1962 (File 20) - Folio-Box 106
All slides appear to have been taken by Crome. Most are labelled.
Five small boxes of slides:
- Snowy Tour, 1961.
- Cotter Dam, June 1961.
- Various, including Port Macquarie, 1960-1961.
- I.A.T.A. (International Air Transport Association), 25 October 1961. First meeting in Australia. Sir Hudson Fysh, First Australian President.
- Various including visit to Adelaide via Murray River, Ross Smith Memorial, April 1962?
Various colour slides, 1969-1971 (File 21) - Folio-Box 106
All slides appear to have been taken by Crome. Most are labelled.
Seven small boxes of slides:
- Astronauts 1.11.69. Violins 3.11.69.
- England - Australia Air Race. Mascot and Bankstown, 1969.
- BP England - Australia Air Race. Bankstown 1?/1/70.
- BP England - Australia Air Race. Bankstown 4/1/70. Rev Williams.
- Various, including North Queensland and aviators, 1971.
- Photographs of the Crome's home in Yowie Bay Miranda prior to selling, 1971.
Various colour slides, 1972-1975 (File 22) - Folio-Box 106
Slides appear have been taken by Crome, with the exception of some by Jack Kingsford Smith, and possibly Doug Walker. Most are labelled.
Seven small boxes of slides:
- First Concorde 002-G-BSST, Mascot arrival, June 1972.
- Cyclone Gold Coast, January 1974.
- Cyclone Gold Coast, January 1974. Repairing sea wall. Also Rotary cover Newtown.
- Various, c.1975. Includes Doug Walker New Zealand; photographs by Jack Kingsford Smith taken in the Northern Territory.
- General: Planes - helicopters, Virt - Elizabeth, n.d.
- Various including ship to Adelaide, n.d.
- 'Wizard Stone'. Four colour slides of airmail covers.
Series 13. Aviation, family history and personal photographs, c.1843-1987
Twenty-six photograph albums compiled by Crome or Crome's family. The series has been arranged with aviation photographs first, then events (many aviation-related), with family history and personal photographs last. Most but not all photographs are original. The photographer is not always clear, and some have been collected by Crome rather than taken by him.
Crome has annotated or captioned most photographs.
Some aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation (PIC 3394), in various albums as indicated in the description for the albums in this series. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained in the album or box.
(42 folders/albums)
Album: Aviation photographs, c.1914-c.1978 (File 1) - Folio-Box 107
Includes photographs of first flight Melbourne-Sydney July 1914; Lawrence Hargrave Memorial; various aviation photographs; group portraits, assumed to be of aviators; and a newspaper cutting relating to Bert Hinkler, 1978. Not all photographs are original and some are not captioned.
Some aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394, album 1090/10. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained in the album.
Album: Aviation photographs relating to Charles Kingsford Smith, 1915-1967 (File 2) - Folio-Box 107
Photographs of Charles Kingsford Smith, most original, and photographs of Jack Kingsford Smith and Eric Kingsford Smith, and a postcard from Eric Kingsford Smith to his mother 1915. Also includes photographs of a fishing party in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand with Dr Petit, John Stannage and C G Scrimegour; and correspondence and ephemera relating to Charles Kingsford Smith.
Some aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394, album 1090/11. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained in the album.
Album: Aviation photographs relating to Charles Kingsford Smith, c.1915-1935 (File 3) - Folio-Box 107
Contains photographs of Charles Kingsford Smith, most original. Also includes some papers, such as a list of flights by Kingsford Smith.
Some aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394, album 1090/11. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained in the album.
Album: Aviation, space and events photographs, 1917-1974 (File 4) - Folio-Box 108
Includes signed portraits of astronauts Alan L Bean, Charles Conrad Jr and Valentin Lebedev and photographs of a plane flown by Ross Smith, 1917; the Federation Aeronautique International 1974; Crome on the first DC-3 aircraft to arrive in Australia; portraits of the Cromes; the Cromes in Greece; and the Cromes at various events.
A photograph of Jack Kingsford Smith and Nancy Bird Walton has been transferred to the Pictures collection. Its exact location is unknown. A photocopy has been retained.
Album: Aviation photographs, c.1920-1958 (File 5) - Folio-Box 108
Includes photographs of early moth planes in Auckland; the Southern Cross; Scotty Allan; Jean Batten; and some family photographs. Also includes World War II printed message to accompany Japanese prisoners.
Most aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394, album 1090/11. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained in the album.
Album: Aviation photographs, 1929-1978 (File 6) - Folio-Box 108
Crome has labelled 'Atlantic flights'. Includes photographs of Harry Hawker and K Mackenzie Grieve; and some airmail covers. Crome has included captions for some photographs.
Not all photographs are original, Crome has labelled some 'from Hawker Album, National Library of Australia'.
Album: Aviation photographs, 1958-c.1970 (File 7) - Folio-Box 109
Crome has titled 'Sir Charles K Smith, T Pethybridge, Austin Byrne, E A Crome'.
Includes a New Zealand program for the film 'Smithy', 1958; Austin Byrne's arrival at Mascot 1958; photographs of Southern Cross exhibition by Austin Byrne, 1970; photographs of Charles Kingsford Smith (not original); early flights over Sydney Harbour (not original); and photographs of aviators and aviation historians including Hal Litchfield, T H McWilliams, John S W Stannage, many signed.
Album: Aviation photographs, 1970 (File 8) - Folio-Box 109
Photographs taken at the Southern Cross exhibition by Austin Byrne, held Canberra 1970. Includes photographs of Helen 'Nell' Rogers.
Album: Aviation photographs, c.1970 (File 9) - Folio-Box 109
Crome has labelled 'Dallas; Mountbatten'. Includes photographs of Major Stan (Roderic Stanley) Dallas; Charles Kingsford Smith and the 'Southern Cross' car; and Harry Hawker taking Governor General Lord Denman flying, 1914. Not all photographs are original.
Some aviation photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394, album 1090/10. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained in the album.
Album: Aviaton photographs, c.1970 (File 10) - Folio-Box 110
Crome has titled 'Album - England - Australia flights'. Photographs of medals, airmail covers and aviators. None appear to be original.
Album: Aviation photographs, 1982-1985 (File 11) - Folio-Box 110
Photographs of the 50th anniversary flight over Sydney Harbour Bridge 1982, by Scruse Air Helicopters, including of Crome with the Harbour Bridge Commemorative Mail Bag; Dick Smith prior to his helicopter round-world flight, and at a welcome home event, 1982; aviators including Lores Bonney; Charles T P Ulm Memorial Dinner hosted by Dick and Pip Smith 1984; photographs from the Cromes' home in Cronulla, 1985; 50th anniversary of the handing over of the Southern Cross to the Commonwealth Government, RAAF Base Richmond, 1985.
Album: Photographs of events, c.1933-1983 (File 12) - Folio-Box 111
Photographs of social events, including a Crome giving a speech at an aviation dinner, aand a Zonta club night. Not all photographs are original. Most are captioned.
Two photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection. Their precise location there is unclear. Photocopies have been retained.
Album: Photographs of events, 1939-1978 (File 13) - Folio-Box 111
From Crome's series of 'Yellow albums', which mostly covered social events. Includes photographs of the Cromes' home in Yowie Bay; Newtown United Cooperative Building Societies Boardroom; Rural Bank in Newtown opening; the National Library of Australia; the Queensland Museum; and Crome presenting a letter of Amelia Earhart to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Crome has captioned most photographs.
Album: Photographs of events, 1972-1979 (File 14) - Folio-Box 111
One of Crome's 'Yellow albums'. Contains photographs of various Rotary events, including the Paul Harris Award; and Crome presenting 'Footnotes to history and first ten years of the Rotary Club of Newtown.' Crome has captioned most photographs.
Album: Photographs of events and family, 1974-1984 (File 15) - Folio-Box 112
Includes photographs of the Aero Club at Bankstown Airport, Australia Day 1974.
Most photographs are captioned.
Album: Photographs of events and holidays, 1976-1985 (File 16) - Folio-Box 112
Photographs of the Charles Ulm Memorial Dinner hosted by Dick and Pip Smith 4 December 1984; taken in 1976 while in the United States; and from a holiday to the Northern Territory in 1985. Most photographs are annotated on the back.
Album: Photographs of events, 1979-1981 (File 17) - Folio-Box 113
One of Crome's 'Yellow albums'. Includes photographs of a display of material from Crome's collection at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum); of Crome with Captain G U 'Scotty' Allan, with William Dobell's portrait of Captain Allan; and of various events, including with Sir Reginald Ansett. Crome has captioned most photographs.
Album: Family history photographs and documents, c.1843-c.1966 (File 18) - Folio-Box 113
Album for Crome - Galer family (Galer was Crome's mother's maiden name). Includes letters and certificates. Crome has included typed captions for most items.
Album: Family history photographs and documents, c.1900-1987 (File 19) - Folio-Box 114
Relates to the family history of Virtie Crome. Includes birth certificate for Virtie Ivery Coffill, wedding photographs. Includes some later photographs and documents. Most photographs are labelled on verso.
Album: Family history photographs, c.1902-c.1957 (File 20) - Folio-Box 113
Includes photographs of Crome as a baby and young man, and photographs taken in Kiama, Narooma, St Kilda, and of ships.
Album: Family history photographs and documents, c.1911-1981 (File 21) - Folio-Box 114
Relates to Crome family. Includes photographs taken at Crome's Rotary retirement event and death certificates for Crome's sister and brother-in-law. Crome has typed captions for most items.
Album: Photographs of Crome as a young man with friends, c.1928 (File 22) - Folio-Box 113
Photographs of young people, including a man presumed to be Crome, at the beach, picnics and on yachts. Some are captioned on the reverse.
Album: Family and personal photographs, c.1946-c.1960 (File 23) - Folio-Box 115
Photographs of a house being built (presumably the Crome's home at Yowie Bay, Miranda); holidays; family and friends. All are small black and white photographs.
Album: Photographs of paintings, most by Crome, 1958-1983 (File 24) - Folio-Box 115
Photographs of paintings by Crome and painted portraits of the Cromes by Lyall Trindall. Also includes a photograph of Crome's mother Charlotte Henrietta Crome, and a group photograph taken at the 30th annniversary of the first crossing of the Tasman Sea by the Southern Cross, 1958.
Album: Photographs of the Cromes, most on overseas holiday, 1983 (File 26) - Folio-Box 115
Also includes Crome with Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden at a shopping centre event.
Loose photographs mostly relating to aviation, c.1901-c.1975 (File 27) - Box 116
26 photographs, some being reproductions rather than original. Subjects include a portrait of Hudson Fysh; Sikorsky amphibian Davis and Duryea; DH Dragonfly used by Qantas for aerial ambulance work; exhibition of the plane used by Ross Smith, c.1925; Delfosse Badgery's ANZANI; RMA 'Adelaide' VH-UUA Qantas; RMA 'Sydney' DH86; RMA 'Melbourne' DH 86A Qantas; 'Scotty' Allan W B Purton; and DH 86 'Laila' Holyman Airways; Air force machines at Darwin, 1932.
Also includes two photographs of Charles Kingsford Smith, on as a boy of about four years, with cover note from his sister Winifred Sealby; and an informal standing photograph of Kingsford Smith as an adult.
Some are annotated with philatelic album numbers, and appear to have originally been intended to be put into albums in Series 2. Some photographs are marked as having been copied for the Pictures collection.
Loose aviation photographs, c.1910-c.1960 (File 28) - Box 117
Box of loose photographs relating to aviation. While some photographs are original, there are also photographic copy prints and published pictures.
Most photographs are attached to descriptive cards with subject descriptions. These subject captions include:
Aviation - PlanesAviation - First flight Lancastrian Mail PlaneAviation - Portraits
The portaits include P J McGuinness and Hudson Fysh, D Smith, Ross and Keith Smith, and several unidentified portraits. Also includes photographs of monuments to Ross Smith in Darwin and Adelaide; and two sets of collectible cigarette cards on early planes and balloons.
Some original photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Photographic copy prints of removed photographs have been retained in this box, however captions have not been retained with the copy prints. Photographs in the Pictures collection are catalogued individually on the online catalogue.
Loose aviation photographs, c.1910-c.1961 (File 29) - Box 118
Box of loose photographs relating to aviation, mainly military planes. While some photographs are original, there are also photographic copy prints and published pictures.
Most photographs are attached to descriptive cards with subject descriptions. These subject captions include:
Aviation - PlanesAviation - EnglandAviation - Portraits
The portaits include Nancy Bird, Dolores Bonney, May Bradford, Colonel Cody, Henry Farman, M Farman, Madame Franck, Francis Lombardi.
Some original photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Photographic copy prints of removed photographs have been retained in this box, however captions have not been retained with the copy prints. Photographs in the Pictures collection are catalogued individually on the online catalogue.
Loose aviation photographs, c.1915-1962 (File 30) - Box 119
Includes: passengers and luggage ready for the take off in a Qantas DG 9C at Longreach, 1923; reproduction of signed photograph of participants in 1934 air race; Canadian Pacific airlines jet, 1932; autographed photograph of Bert Hinkler and his wife flying around the RMS Orama in his Avro Avian, 1928; negatives of Aotearoa flight Fiji - Tonga - NSW, October 1939.
Also includes small photograph of a man, a mule and a white donkey labelled 'Biddy the famous donkey, Ginger, the mule, her friend, and Sergeant C, owner of the former', n.d. but possibly taken in World War I.
Loose aviation photographs, c.1925-c.1935 (File 31) - Box 119
Mostly press photographs. Subjects include M Jean Joubert, with his invention of a flying cycle car, 1930; 'I piloti della Fiat nel Giro d'Italia: Brak Papa (Gr Lombardi-Donati Monti - Guglielmotti - Gamna'; 'Mazzotti - Lombardi - Rasini'; Monospar S.T.10 cabin monoplane; Burnelli monoplane; Vanderbilts 5 seater; KLM planes at aerodrome; Percival 'Gull'; Fokker FXXXVI; take-off of the Shell 375 CU in trophy race showing Aurthur C Chester, Lee Miles and S J Wittman, 1936; 'showing the two transports used in the territory for the miners benefit' (Junker G31); The George Bennie rail plane system of transport, Glasgow; 'The houdalula - 300 h p Hispano Fuselage of Martinsyde 'Semiquaver' with Alulua wing'.
Loose aviation photographs, c.1935-1950 (File 32) - Box 119
Four photographs: portrait of two unidentified aviators, c.1935; 'Senibua' Piper airplane prior to leaving Suva for Sydney, 1949; Piper seaplane landing at Rose Bay, 1950; Grumman Goose amphibian plane, Laucala Bay, Fiji, 1950.
Loose aviation photographs, c.1943-c.1961 (File 33)
Box of loose photographs relating to aviation, mainly military planes. While some photographs are original, there are also photographic copy prints and published pictures.
Most photographs are attached to descriptive cards with subject descriptions. Captions include:
Aviation - PlanesAustralia - Defence - World War IAustralia - Defence - World War IIAviation - Albury, NSWAviation - New GuineaAviation - Westland WigeonAviation - HewittAirlines - Kingsford Smith Air ServicesAirlines - Qantas
Some original photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E.A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Photographic copy prints of removed photographs have been retained in this box, however captions have not been retained with the copy prints. Photographs in the Pictures collection are catalogued individually on the online catalogue.
Photographs of De Havilland factories in Sydney, c.1943-1945 (File 34) - Box 119
Professional photographs of De Havilland factories in Annandale and Forest Lodge, Sydney, manufacturing Mosquito aircraft. Some photographs are captioned. Also includes some De Havilland newsletters and publications.
Assorted photographic negatives and prints, c.1912-1980 (File 35) - Box 119
Mostly photographic negatives in the envelopes provided by the film processing company.
Most envelopes are labelled in Crome's hand, and include:
- Delfrose Badgery and Sidney Pickles - pioneer aviators- Early portraits [painted] given to University House, University of Sydney- Yowie Bay. Portraits- Yowie Bay constructions, 1946-9- Tasmania, 1955- Wal Shiers and Avro Vulcan XA 897 Mascot 14/9/56- Views inside home; Wally Shiers; US airforce- Dorothy Websters, Wal Shiers, Virtie and Ernie Crome, Yowie Bay Sept 56- Family group 1956- Views, home, Yowie Bay; US airforce- Pets; Freighter aeroplane- William Willis at Kurnell 1965- Captain G V Taylor-Penforld as pilot, Bristol Flying School 1912- Negatives of stamps and covers for 'Southern Cross Gardens' 1976- Negatives of stamps featuring musicians as appeared on 1980 ABC press release and Queensland programs- Perth - Albany 1980- Portraits Keith Ross, Shiers, Bennette; airmail covers- Trans-Atlantic flight, wreckages; Hawker - planes; Alcock and Brown; covers- First covers- First Trans-Australia flight Wrigley and Murphy
Assorted photographic negatives and some prints, c.1919-c.1980 (File 36) - Box 119
Mostly photographic negatives in the envelopes provided by the film processing company.
It is not clear whether negatives are original, or photographs of photographs.
Most envelopes are labelled in Crome's hand, and include:
- Townsville Garbutt Airfield- Le Tratt Miranda- Handley Page & Vimy negs- paintings (old) London- paintings eighteenth century- early flying boat- Smithy- Trans-Australia 1919; Wrigley and Murphy- Kyeema- Ross Smith covers; Hawker stamp; Alcock and Brown cover- Hawker stamps and cover- Tambourine Mtn; Hal and Millicent Litchfield; Kurnell - Museum- Kista Dan - now Benjamin Bowring- Ross Smith; snakes and ladders- EA Crome 1st air raid warden, Stanmore school, WWII, c.1941- Bruce Rose; Brian Walker; Bob Benson; Yorkey and Knob Queensland- Ryan Monoplane VH.UIZ avra to VH.UPI New England Airways; Nell Crome with 'Ming'; Eric Maidens- [Franklin?] balloonl books Trans-Atlantic 1919- Negs of P G Taylor book see album.
Assorted photographic negatives and some prints, 1978-1985 (File 37) - Box 119
Mostly photographic negatives in the envelopes provided by the film processing company.
It is not clear whether negatives are original, or photographs of photographs.
Most envelopes are labelled in Crome's hand, and include:
- John and Lady Hurley, Captain G U 'Scotty' and Mrs Allan- ...Star Bowkett Societies- prints of Dick Smith, Ern Crome, Norm Lennon, Sydney - Richmond, 1985; Darwin Chapman Cowan TAA Boeing 727-200 Caroline Chisholm VHTBN- Dick Smith pilot helicopter VH DIK 1985; 50th anniversary of the landing over of the Southern Cross- Transworld expedition Sydney- launch of Harry Purvis's book 'Outback airman'; Nancy Bird and Harry Purvis at Nancy and Charles Walton's home, 1979- opening Sydney heliport Darling Harbour, 1979- Scruse air helicopters, 1982 (includes prints)- Geelong- Guillaux postcard- Jack Treacy air pioneer and his wife at Yamba with Cliff Douglas, 1978- P G Taylor, Smithy book- Visit to Gosford 1982 - Sydney Harbour Bridge Flight- Dick Smith arrival Darling Harbour Heliport- Astronauts Hurstville Miranda 1983- Negative of Concorde used on flight covers carried flight BA 9061 Sydney-London 1985- Darwin, Cairns, Kirranda, 1985- Frank L Roberts; RN Boulton [Wyn?] EC- Scruse Air helicopters; Zonta - Amelia Earhart; Carringbah RSL- Wally Shiers and Keith Virtue- Alice Springs, 1985- Order of Australia medal, 1985- Lores Bonney arrival and departure Ansett Air Terminal Mascot 1984
Photographs of Pan Am's 747 on its inaugural flight to Sydney, and its captain, Bill Saulsberry, 1970 (File 38) - Box 120
Four photographic portraits of E A Crome, taken just prior to retirement as Secretary of Starr Bowkett and Associated Societies, June 1971 (File 39) - Box 120
Loose photographs of events, c.1978-1980 (File 40) - Box 120
Includes events at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), and of Austin Byrne.
Portrait of Crome holding Australia's first air mail, in the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), Sydney, 1984 (File 41) - Box 120
Slides and photographs of violins, c.1970-c.1980 (File 42) - Box 120
Eight bundles/boxes of slides and neatives of violins and bows, presumed to have been owned by Crome. Six are marked 'Now MAAS - Sydney' (ie transferred to the Powerhouse Museum). Also contains eight small prints of violins and bows.
Series 14. Collected photographs, 1893-1941
Loose and compiled photographs, mostly relating to aviation. Includes two captioned albums relating to New Zealand aviation, including photographs of Jean Batten; and an album of photographs of Sir Francis Chichester's plane at Norfolk Island.
Unlike Series 12 and 13, the photographs in this series appear to have been collected by Crome, rather than taken or compiled by him.
The series has been arranged chronologically.
(9 folders/albums)
Album of historical photographs of ships and tourist scenes, 1893-1923 (File 1) - Folio-Box 121
Most or all photographs appear to have been commercially produced, but were probably compiled by the original owner. Many photographs are of ships, including HMS Victoria, HMS Sultan (wrecked in the Comino Channel), and some are of tourist scenes in places including Pompeii, Paris and Malta. No photographs appear to be Australian.
Portrait of Hugh Trenchard in RAF uniform, c.1914-c.1918 (File 2) - Folio-Box 121
Hugh Trenchard was a British officer involved in the establishment of the Royal Air Force.
Photograph of a Vickers Vimy airplane, 1919 (File 3) - Folio-Box 121
Caption on verso note the aricraft was built in Weybridge, Pilot Sir John Alcock, Navigator Sir Arthur Whitten Brown.
Album relating to New Zealand aviation, 'Famous flights', 1917-1941 (File 4) - Folio-Box 121
This album is one of two compiled by the same person, possibly Mr H D London of Queenstown.
It includes captioned photographs, and a small amount of correspondence, cuttings, ephemera relating to: Captain F W Crawford; Canada's 'Air Ace' World War I W A Bishop; Squadron leader M C (Mac) McGregor; Captain Guynemar - French Air Race; Major A de B Brandon; Lieutenant J B Moncrieff and Captain George Hood; First trans-Tasman flight; New Zealand's no 1 air mail pilot G B Bolt; Goodwin Chichester Aviation Co Upper Hutt; Pilot-offier I A Critchley; No 604 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, RAF; Wing Commander T M Wilkes; Oscar Garden arrival at Christchurch; Squadron leader Guy L Menzies; Col Allen Bell; and the Fourth Tasman crossing by 'Southern Cross'.
Some photographs are signed by the subject.
Album relating to New Zealand aviation, 'Famous flights', 1934-1940 (File 5) - Folio-Box 121
This album is the second of two compiled by the same person, possibly Mr H D London of Queenstown.
It includes captioned photographs, and a small amount of correspondence, cuttings, ephemera relating to: Jean Batten; Cook Strait Airways Ltd; Union Airways Ltd; East Coast Airways; Air Travel (NZ) Ltd, Hokitika; Flying Officer C E Kay; 'A memorable meeting of two great pilots' - Captain J W Burgess (Great Britain) and Captain E C Musick (USA); Pan-American Airways 'Samoan Clipper' at Auckland; pre-World War II pilots, including G H Stedman and C E Kay; Wigram air base; Tasman Empire Airways Ltd; Queenstown - Mount Cook Airways Ltd; New Zealand's first flying boat 'Aotearoa'.
Some photographs are signed by the subject.
Album of photographs of Sir Francis Chichester's plane the Mme. Elijah at Norfolk Island, 1931 (File 6) - Box 122
World War II official photographs, many relating to aviation, and propaganda, c.1937-1946 (File 7) - Box 122
Most photographs are captioned. Subjects include Australian troops and tanks and Japanese tanks in New Guinea; a rooster kept as a mascot by a RAAF squadron in the Western Desert; and British aircraft and balloon barrage.
Some photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
The propaganda comprises three items, with a cover letter from L Pitman in Bristol, 1946. The items are a leaflet dropped over France by the RAF; leaflet in German dropped over Holland, 1941; and Nachrichten fur die truppe, apparently dropped by the Luftwaffe for their frontline troops, 1944.
World War II official photographs, many relating to aviation, c.1940-c.1945 (File 8) - Box 122
Subjects include a picture taken from the 'March of time film' incorporating segments from the ABC variety show 'Out of the bag'; planes used by the Royal Navy; British Hurricanes landing on the captured airfield at Sidi Rezegh; Australian soldiers and tanks in Papua; Gloster Gladiator fighter; air transport planes dropping American parachute troops in the Markham Valley, New Guinea. Photographs are captioned.
Some photographs have been transferred to the Pictures collection, E A Crome collection of photographs on aviation, call number PIC 3394. Some have been digitised and are available to view online. Photocopies of removed photographs have been retained.
Series 15. Collected historical documents, c.1830-c.1900
Various nineteenth century letters, notes and certificates, mostly Australian, including a conditional convict pardon. Assumed to have been collected by Crome from dealers or at auction.
With the exception of the letter from C J [Menfield], all were originally in a folder together. A medal with a bust of Fritjof Nansen and the Fram polar expedition has been moved to Series 18 (Medals and Realia).
Series 7 (Correspondence) contains some similar material.
The series has been arranged chronologically.
(11 items in 1 folder)
Letter from James Pulham to Clark of the Peace, Bury, Suffolk, advising a correction to name of Philip Sanders, 24 May 1809 (Item 1) - Box 122
One page letter. Mr Pulham writes 'I find Captn Sanders is gazetted by the names of Thomas instead of Philip - The Commission will be of no use to him unless he is called by his right name...'
Manuscript notes appearing to relate to fire retardent uniforms for fire fighting, c.1830-c.1850 (Item 3) - Box 122
Half page written statement. The author is unclear. The paper used is the verso of a lithograph of two figures in costume or protective uniform in a fire, and is captioned 'Experienza fatta in presenza di SAIR il Serenissimo Arciduca Ranieri...'.
Letter from Micheal Ryan, Ryan's Vale, 'Springfield', near Goulburn, to John Murray, Castlereagh Street South, Sydney, 22 June 1846 (Item 4) - Box 122
Two page letter on one sheet of paper. Relates to the education of Mr Ryan's children.
Written statement signed by Richard Dawson and George Browning relating to work on the rotary engine, 17 June 1862 (Item 5) - Box 122
One page statement. It reads [extract] 'I the undersigned do promise that I will not make use of the Plans shewn me by George Browning without his assent'. The statement also says that in case of death of Browning he [Dawson] would hand over to Browning's representative any profits made from his half share in the rotary engine.
Written statement by George Browning, Sydney, 23 June 1862 (Item 6) - Box 122
One page handwritten statement by George Browning, present in Sydney but generally residing in Fiji. The letter authorises Mr Browning's attorneys William Neil of the Commerce Bank Sydney, and Mr George Kellick of Phillip Street Sydney to act for him. Appears to relate to an arrangement with Richard Dawson, engineer, for the construction of a rotary engine.
Invitation to the steamship Captain Cook, to view the arrival of the Fleet of the United States of America, 1908 (Item 7) - Box 122
Certificate for William Burns for service on board the Clan Macgillivray, 16 November 1915 (Item 8) - Box 122
Port of Melbourne, certificate of discharge for William Burns, Butcher, from the Karroo, 11 August 1916 (Item 9) - Box 122
Series 16. Theatre, music and arts, c.1715-1983
Includes theatre and music programs collected by Crome, a small number of items relating to Australian cinema, manuscript and published music, papers and photographs relating to violinists and violin making, and miscellaneous papers relating to literature and the arts.
Theatre and music programs and posters have been filed first in the series, followed by the music and music-related material in chronological order, with three folders of miscellaneous items filed last.
Where material was foldered and some original order evident, the arrangement has been retained.
Folders 1 and 3-6 are currently being listed in more detail. It is anticipated this description will be added to the finding aid in 2010. A preliminary list is available upon request.
(53 folders)
Theatre and music posters, mostly American, c.1859-1879 (File 1) - Folio-Box 123
Mr Rea's Grand Classical and Popular Concerts, New Town Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 19 February 1867 (Item) - Folio-Box 123
Conductor and Musical Director, Mr William Rea. Solo Violin: Herr Doehler.
Beethoven Night, New Town Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 February- 2 March 1867 (Item)
Haydn's Oratorio "The Creation"; Mendelssohn's "Elijah'.
Mr Rea's Grand Classical and Popular Concerts, New Town Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 22 February 1867 (Item)
rer Doehler.
Mr Rea's Grand Classical and Popular Concerts, New Town Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 8 February 1867 (Item)
Mr William Rea, Conductor and Musical Director. Solo Violin: Herr Doehler, first appearance.
Selection from "Faust", New Town Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 9 February 1867 (Item)
Herr Doehler, Violinist, Solo ob Airs from Rigoletto.
Mr Rea's Grand Classical and Popular Concerts, New Town Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 11 February 1867 (Item)
Mr William Rea, Conductor and Musical Director. Vocalist: Robert Ferry.
Handel's "Messiah", New Town Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14 February 1867 (Item)
Misss Helen Walker, Miss Emmeline Moore, Mr Price and Mr R Perry.
Stanley Betjeman's London Opera Company, Royal Hall, Jersey, 26-29 August 1870 (Item)
Benefit of Mr J Furneau Cook who also sang "The Vicar of Bray".
Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, Wilmington Town Hall, 22 October [1863] (Item)
Mlle Canissa (Soprano), Mlle Lang (Soprano), Herr Doehler (Violin) and other members of the German Opera.
Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, New Assembly Rooms, [Wilmington], 24 October 1863 (Item)
Grand Symphony, The Cosecration of Tones, by L Spohr.
Arthur Napoleon's Farewell Concert, Odd Fellows' Hall, New Orleans, 29 April [1859] (Item)
Signora Anetta Garofali and Sinorina Cairoli (Sopranos) and Signor Eugenio Bellini (Basso) at his first appearance in New Orleans.
Grand Musicale, Odd Fellows' Hall, New Orleans, 27 April 1859 (Item)
Arthur Napoleon with Signorina Cairoli, Miss Heywood and Herr Doehler.
Grand Musical Soiree and Military Concert, Palace Garden and Hall, New York, 1 September 1859 (Item)
Miss Maria Brainerd, Prima Donna, Gustav Satter (Pianist) and Wilhelm Doehler (Violin).
Benefit of Arthur Napoleaon, Palace Garden and Hall, New York, 29 August 1859 (Item)
Arthur Napoleon, Miss Maria Brainerd, Madame von Berkel and Mr Wm. Lotti.
New York Academy of Music, Italian Opera Season, New York, 21 January 1861 (Item)
Signor Muzio, Musical Director and Conductor, with Mme. Pualine Colson, Signori Brignoli,Ferri and Susini.
Italian Artists' Association's Italian Opera, Holliday St. Theatre, Baltimore, 17 December 1860 (Item)
Flotow's Chef de Oevre: "Martha" with Mme Colson and Signor Coletti.
Italian Opera, Holliday St. Theatre, Baltimore, 17 December 1860 (Item)
Mme. Colson, Miss Adelaide Phillipps, and Signori Brignoli, Susini and Coletti.
Two Part Musical Evening, Toronto, Canada, n.d. (Item)
Mrs Gilbert to accompany Violinist Herr Doehler on piano; Miss Kate McDonald and Mr Farley to sing.
Italian Opera Season, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, n.d. (Item)
Mercadante's "Il Giuramento" with Mme Colson, Miss Phillipps, Signor Brignoli and Signor Ferri.
Sacred Concert, St. Anne's Church, Astor Place, New York, 24 February 1861 (Item)
Miss Charlotta Patti, Madame Amalia Strakosch, Signor Suzini, Signor Lotti and Herr Doehler.
Hermann's Grand Benefit, Pike's Opera House, Cincinnati, Ohio, 6 March 1862 (Item)
Madame Hermann, Signor Dubreuil and Madame Lovering in "La Fille du Regiment". Hermann, the Great Prestidigitateur.
Physical Characteristics
This concert was for sick and wounded soldiers of the American Civil War.
Madame Ernestine de Villiers' Second Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, Dodworth Hall, New York, 19 May c. 1860s (Item)
Madame Strakosch, Robert Golbeck,Wilhem Doehler and Mr Wells
Madame Ernestine de Villers' Third Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, Dodworth's Hall, New York, 30 June c.1862 (Item)
Madame Elena D'Angri, Signor Sbriglia, Wilhem Doehler and Mr Branes
Grosses Sacred Concert, German Opera House, New York, 10 November c.1862 (Item)
Frau Zimmerman, Herr Noll, Herr hartmann and Herr Doehler.
Grand Vocal and Orchestral Concert Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphia, 22 January 1863 (Item)
German Opera Troupe directed by Carl Anschutz.
Grand Farewell Concert, Music Hall, [Toronto], 9 September c.1863 (Item)
To farewell Mr Farley and Herr Doehler assisted by Mrs Gilbert, Kate McDonald and John Carter.
Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, Music Hall, [Toronto], 23 June 1863 (Item)
For the benefit of St John's Church.Herr Doehler, Kate McDonald, Mrs Gilbert and Mr Farley.
Concert, Institute Hall, Charleston, South Carolina, 17-18 March 1859 (Item)
Miss Heywood, Herr Doehler and Signorina Cairoli.
Grand Concert by Arthur Napoleaon, Masonic Hall, Augusta, 21-22 March 1859 (Item)
Signorina Cairoli, Miss Heywood and Herr Doehler directed by S Behrens.
Gottschalk's Farewell Concerts, Mercantile Library Hall, St Louis, 23 December c.1860s (Item)
Sirnor Morelli, Miss Lucy Simons and Herr Doehler
One Grand Concert by Arthur Napoleon, Odd Fellows' Hall, New Orleans, 119 April c.1859 (Item)
Signorina Cairoli, Miss Heywood and Herr Doehler.
Second and Last Grand Concert by Arthur Napoleon, Odd Fellows' Hall, New Orleans, 25 April c.1859 (Item)
Signorina Cairoli, Miss Heywood and Herr Doehler.
Farewell Concert by Arthur Napoleon, Masonic Hall, Augusta, 25 March 1859 (Item)
Miss Heywood, Signorina Cairoli and Herr Doehler.
Farewell Concert by Arthur Napoleon, Masonic Hall, Savanna, 24 March 1859 (Item)
Signorina Cairoli, Miss Heywood and Herr Doehler.
farewell Concerts by LM Gottschalk, Concert Hall, Pittsburgh, 6&7 December 1864 (Item)
Miss Lucy Simons, Signor Morelli and Herr Doehler.
Concert by LM Gottchalk, Smith, 13 & 16 December 1864 (Item)
Miss Lucy Simons, Signor Morelli and Herr Doehler.
Grand Concert, Stephenson House, Toronto, 23 August 1864 (Item)
Wilhelm Doehler, Carl Peiler and Miss Clayton.
Farewell Concerts by L M Gottchalk, Brainard's Hall, Cleveland, 8 December 1864 (Item)
Miss Lucy Simons, Signor Morelli and Herr Doehler.
Farewell Concert by L M Gottchalk, Mozart Hall, Cincinnati, 21 December 1864 (Item)
Miss Lucy Simons, Signor Morelli and Herr Doehler.
Grand Matinee Organ Concert, Boston Music Hall, Boston, 3 December 1864 (Item)
Miss Lucy Simons, LM Gottchalk, Signor Morelli and Herr Doehler.
Farewell Concerts by L M Gottchalk, Mercantile Library Hall, St Louis, 24 December 1864 (Item)
LM Gottchalk, Miss Lucy Simons,Signor Morelli and Herr Doehler.
Farewell Entertainment by Professor Hermann for the Poor, Union Hall, 9 March 1862 (Item)
Madame Hermann, Dubreuil, Doehler and Schreiner.
Concert conducted by C Anschutz, 23 January c.1860s (Item)
Mr Hartman, Herr Doelher and Carl Wolfsohn.
Operatic Concert, Association Hall, Albany, New York State, 11 May 1860 (Item)
Madame Gazzaniga, Signor Tamaro and Wilhem Doehler.
Operatic Concert, Rand's Hall, Try, New York State, 12 May 1860 (Item)
Madame Gazzaniga, Signors Tamaro and Albites and Herr Doehler.
Grand Vocal and Instrument Concert, Dodworth's Room, New York, 29 May 1860 (Item)
Mmes Zimmerman and St Laurent, Signori Stigelli, Maccaferri, Ardavani, Weinlich and Herr Doehler.
Monster Concert, American Academy of Music, 21 November 1863 (Item)
C Anschutz as Director; Mr Farley, Mlles Canissa and Lang and Herr Doehler.
Grand Concert, Willards' Hall, Washington D.C., 24 March 1863 (Item)
Madame de Villers, Doehler, Miss Sophie Schmidt and Mr Jungnickel.
Sacred Concert, Irving Hall, New York, 19 April c.1860s (Item)
Madame B Johannsen, Madame Methua-Scheller and Messrs Doehler and Rose.
First and Only Concert by Isabella Hinkley, Brooklyn Athenaeum, Brooklyn, 23 May c.1860s (Item)
Signori Brignoli, Ardavani and Susini and Herr Doehler.
Last Grand Concert by Arthur Napoleon, Kinsler's Hall, Columbia, South Carolina, 29 March 1864 (Item)
Signorina Cairoli, Miss Heywood and Herr Doehler.
Grand Concert by Miss Maria Brainerd, Rockland Female Institute, Nyark, New York, 17 August 1859 (Item)
Miss Brainerd, Signor Guidi and Mr Clare W Beames with Herr Doehler.
Second and Last Grand Concert by Arthur Napoleon, Theatre, Mobile, Illinois, 2 May [1864] (Item)
Signorina Cairoli, Herr Doehler.
Fourth Soiree of Season, Goldbeck's Music Hall, Broadway, New york, 10, 17 & 24 April 1860 (Item)
Chamber Concert Union
Monster Concert, Irving Hall, New York, 18 January 1861 (Item)
For benefit of Madame Anna Bishop with Signora Frezzolini, Mr Rudolphsen, JR Thomas and Madame von Berkle.
English theatre and music posters, c.1852-1894 (File 2) - Folio-Box 123
Advertisement for various entertainments including Journey of the Great balloon, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1837 (Item)
Advertisement for Mr J Russell's Convent Garden Grand Duchess Opera Company, Theatre Royal Opera House, Brunswick St Hanley, lessee Mr J Rodgers, c.1852 (Item)
Poster advertising performances at the New Surrey Theatre, 1866 (Item)
Productions include The Gamester; The Stranger; and A, Apple Pie or Harlequin, Jack in the box, and The Little Boy Blue. This poster is a larger size, and is stored with folder 12, in elephant folio.
Advertisement for The Grand Duchess!, English version by Mr C L Kenny, the elegant costumes by Madame Laly and Mr May, 29 May 1871 (Item)
Advertisement for Poul a Dhoil (The Devil's Pool), New Queen's Theatre, Bridge Street, Manchester, c.1891 (Item)
Australian and New Zealand theatre and music posters, 1868-1962 (File 3) - Folio-Box 123
The Conservatorium Opera School, NSW Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, May - June 1947 (Item)
"Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky with The Conservatorium Students' Orchestra conducted by Florent Hoogstoel
Charles Huenerbein's Popular Concert, Town Hall, Sydney, 3 April 1893 (Item)
Miss Ada Crossley and Messsieurs Wiegard, Poussard and Huenerbein.
Melbourner Deutsche Liebertafel, Hockin's Assembly Rooms, Melbourne, 5 October 1874 (Item)
Herr Wilhelm Doehler, Violinist, JP Turner, Alfred Ford and Herr A Behrend.
Second Concert Tour of the Halles, Centennial Hall, Sydney, 30 June 1891 (Item)
Sir Charles and Lady Halle (Madame Norman-Neruda)
Second Concert Tour of the Halles, Centennial Hall, Sydney, 6 July 1891 (Item)
Sir Charles and Ladt Halle (Madame Norman-Neruda).
Musical Soiree, Paling's Music Room, [Sydney], 19 December c.1890s (Item)
McGlynne, Acheson,Vost-Janssen, Carl Gotsch, Leonore Gotsch, Una Black, Muriel Buchanan and Aneurin Morris.
Musin Concert Co., Centenary Hall, Sydney, 1 September 1896 (Item)
Ovide Musin, Annie Louise Musin and Eduard Scharf.
Second Grand Concert, Queen's Theatre, [Dunedin,NZ], 23 November 1874 (Item)
Madame arabella Goddard.
Fourth Grand Concert, Queen's Theatre, [Dunedin, NZ], 26 November 1874 (Item)
Madame Arabella Goddard.
Fifth Grand Concert, Queen's Theatre, [Dunedin, NZ], 27 November 1874 (Item)
Madame Arabella Goddard.
Concert by Ex-Collegians, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, 15 May 1903 (Item)
Miss Crome,[aka Fannie Hawker], sister of EA Crome who sang under name of Ida Francis.
Article on Ignace Jan Paderewski in "Sun Herald", 17 April 1966 (Item)
Article on Paderewski by Claude Kingston.
Grand Concert, Town Hall, Sydney, 7 May [1890s] (Item)
Concert to support Miss Connie Usher(pianiste) furthering her studies overseas.
Balokovic, Zlatko, violinist, Town Hall, Sydney, 8 July 1931 (Item)
Zlatko Balokovic, Second Violin Recital
Balokovis, Zlatko, violinist, Town Hall,Sydney, 16 July 1931 (Item)
Zlatko Balokovic, violinist, Fourth Violin Recital
Spivakovshy- Kurtz Recitals, 2 May 1933 (Item)
Tossy (violin) and Jascha (piano) Spivakovsky and Edmund Kurtz (violoncello)
Josef Szigeti, Town Hall, Sydney, 27 September 1932 (Item)
Jozef Szigeti and NSW State Conservatorium Orchestra
Handel's Messiah, Mansion House, Newbury, 27-28 April 1868 (Item)
Miss Robertine Henderson( soprano) and Herr Wilhelm Doehler (violin)
London Opera Company, Evening Concert, Clifton Hall, Guernsey, 22-23 September 1870 (Item)
For benefit of Mr J Furneaux and the sick and wounded in the present war on the Continent
Sixth-Ninth Recitals of Yehudi Menuhin, Town Hall, Sydney, 9-18 May [1935] (Item)
Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin
Bustabo, Guila, Town Hall, Hobart, 27 September 1938 (Item)
Violinist Guila Bustabo in concert presented by Australian Broadcasting Commission
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Subscription Series, Town Hall Sydney, 16-18 October 1947 (Item)
Conductor: Eugene Gossens
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Celebrity Orchestral Concert, Town Hall, Sydney, 19 August 1941 (Item)
Jeanne Gautier, violinist
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Celebrity Orchestral Concert, Town Hall, Sydney, 18 June 1940 (Item)
Sixth in 1940 Series. Guest Conductor: georg Schneevoigt. Solo artist; Dorcas Mc Clean, Australian violinist
Australian Broadcasting Commission presents Szymon Goldberg, Albert Hall, Canberra, 4 May 1946 (Item)
Szymon Goldberg, violinist and Daniel Koletz, pianist
Victorian Symphony Orchestra, Celebrity Concert Series,. Melbourne Town Hall, 29 September 1962 (Item)
Seventh Series: Soloist: Ruggiero Ricci, violinist.
Australian theatre and music posters, 1891-c.1974 (File 4) - Folio-Box 123
Repertory Theatre, Sydney, 15 May 1915 (Item)
"The Awakening of Australia" by Leslie Robinson performed by The Art Students of Sydney in aid of The Soldiers Club
Repertory Theatre, Sydney, 14 April 1915 (Item)
"The Awakening of Australia" written by Leslie Robinson and performed by The Art Students of Sydney
Composers' Competition 1957-58, Conservatorium Hall, Sydney, 9 May 1958 (Item)
Australian Performing Right Association and ABC with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Musical Director Nicolai Malco
Clara Butt-Rumford Concert Tour, Town Hall,Sydney, 30 December 1913 (Item)
William Murdoch, Mowat Carter and Kennerley Rumford
Zimbalist Recitals, Australian and New Zealand Tour, Town Hall, Sydney, 2 July 1927 (Item)
Efrem Zimbalist, violinist, first recital
De Vere-Sapio and Camilla Urso Concerts, [1894] (Item)
Clementine de Vere-Sapio, Prima Donna, and Camilla Urso, violinist.
Three Violin Recitals, Town Hall, Sydney, 2, 4 and 6 December 1919 (Item)
Daisy Kennedy, 'Of her sex, the foremost living Violinist".
Madame Melba's Grand Evening Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London, 2 November [1890s] (Item)
Her only appearance before departing for America.
Celebrity Concert, Town Hall, Hobart, 17 June 1944 (Item)
Lyndall Henrickson, South Australian Wonder Violinist.
Hambourg Concerts, Town Hall, Sydney, 14-26 August [?] (Item)
Mark and Jakoff Hambourg, pianist and violinist
Mark Hambourg, Farewell Season, Town Hall and Centenary Hall, Sydney, 2-8 September [?] (Item)
Mark and Boris Hambourg, Mabel Batchelor,John Lemmone and George Boyle
Australian theatre and music programs, 1893-1928 (File 5) - Folio-Box 123
First Musical Festival of the Empire, Festival of Sydney, Town Hall, Sydney, 13-20 June 1911 (Item)
The Sheffield Choir; Conductors: Dr.Henry Coward and Dr.Charles Harriss; Herr Slapoffski's Festival Orchestra; sydney Symphony Orchestra; The Sydney Madrigal Society; and The Royal Sydney Philharmonic Society.
Annual Audit, Conservatoire de Musique, Y.M.C.A. Hall, Sydney, 6 & 11 December 1893 (Item)
Madame Charbonnet Kellermann's Conservatoire de Musique
Comedy, Music Farce, Stratton's Athaenaeum Hall, Waverley, 16 November 1896 (Item)
The Lestonian Club assisted by some well-known vocal artists in aid of Sisters of St. Joseph, Bondi
A Season of Grand Opera, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, 1928 (Item)
In association with Dame Nellie Melba
Grand Concert, Y.M.C.A. Hall, Sydney, 4 December [1900s] (Item)
Mis Josephine jacombs and Miss Edith Kilminster with Frank Adams and Arthur Deane.
Theatre and music programs, mostly Australian, 1887-1964 (File 6) - Folio-Box 123
Star Concert Company, Nineth Concert, Centennial Hall, Sydney, 17 September [1890s] (Item)
Miss Evangeline Florence, Miss Lily Moody and Herr Mark Hambourg
"A Tale of Japan", St. George's Hall, Newtown, Sydney, 19 December [1900s] (Item)
Miss Mabel Batchelor and Miss Dorrie Ward with Arthur Appleby.
Richter Concerts, Various venues, London, [1894] (Item)
Dr.Hans Richter, Conductor; N Vert, Director.
The Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth, Town Hall, Sydney, 31 December 1900- 8 January 1901 (Item)
Ceremonial and Entertainments comorative of the Inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia under the direc tion of the Government of New South Wales.
Roy Agnew Testimonial Concert, Town Hall, Sydney, 30 June 1923 (Item)
Roy Agnew(b Sydney 23 August 1894) was a composer of the 'modernism' style who was forced by the conservative of Sydney musical tastes to emigrate to further his career.Hence, the Testimonial.
Enmore Choral Society, St. George's Hall, Newtown, 15 December 1903 and 12 April 1904 (Item)
Hon. Conductor GCC Hellemann.
Display by Public School Children,Sydney Cricket Ground, 26 August 1908 (Item)
On the occasion of the visit of the American Fleet
Grand Display by Public School Children, Sydney Cricket Ground, 9 October 1913 (Item)
Welcome to Australian Fleet
Plays at Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, Sydney, 1954 (Item)
"The Sleeping Prince" and "Separate Tables" with Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike, Meriel Forbes and Lewis Casson for a ten weeks' season.
Little Red Riding Hood, Lyceum Theatre, Sydney, 26 December [?] (Item)
JC Williamson and G Musgrove, Proprietors;
London Gaiety Burlesque Company, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, 1 October 1892 (Item)
"Carmen up to Data", burlesque opera by GR Sims and Henry Pettitt.
150th Concert of Sydney Liedertafel, Town Hall, Sydney, 8 September 1909 (Item)
W Arundel Orchard, Conductor.
Sheet music and song: Jim Jones at Botany Bay, n.d. (Item)
Bushwacker Broadside No.3, John Meredith,Lewisham, NSW.
Press clipping from "The Era" regarding the [Sir Henry] Irving sale, [1905] (Item)
Article may refer to Christie's sale of Irving's collection in 1905.
Invitation Recital on Gulbransen Reproducing Piano, Alexandria Theatre, Wellington, 9 May 1927 (Item)
AG Gulbransen invented the Gulbransen Registering Piano.
Theatre and opera advertisements and programs, c.1900-c.1950 (File 7) - Box 124
Various programs and advertisements for Australian theatre and opera, many for JC Williamson productions . Includes:
Flyer for Hippodrome Bohemian Dramatic Company production of 'The Indian Hero,' c.1914.
Flyer for Nellie Melba concert, Town Hall Sydney, 20 October 1902.
Early cinema ephemera, 1913-1934 (File 8) - Box 124
Comprises two items:
Flyer for The Silence of Dean Maitland, 1934. On the reverse is a flyer for the Centenary Air Race. (six copies)
Brochure for Quo vadis?: whither goes thou. Shown by arrangement with Spencer Pictures Ltd, sole owners of the Australian and New Zealand rights.
Assumed to be for the 1912 film directed by Enrico Guazzoni, screened in Australia in 1913.
Music programs, orders of service and film ephemera, 1938-1967 (File 9) - Box 124
Mixture of Australian, English and German material.
Theatre, music and film programs, 1946-1967 (File 10) - Box 124
Mostly for J C Williamson productions, 1960s. Includes some for English and American theatre.
Includes two double sided pages of notes by Crome about composers.
Autographed theatre programs, 1956-1957 (File 11) - Box 124
Comprises programs for two plays, signed by writers and cast, for:
Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, London, 1957.
Douglas Stewart's Ned Kelly, Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Newtown, 1956. (two copies)
Both contain inserts of newspaper cuttings.
Large poster for the Metropolitan Opera, Aida, [1967] (Item 12) - Elephant-Folio Series 16: Item 12
Poster in three parts. Production conducted by Thomas Schippers, staged by Nathaniel Merrill.
Photocopy of Synopsis of films, Gaumont Co. of Australia, c.1970 (File 13) - Box 124
Original, published c.1912, is held in the Library's main collection at N 791.430202 GAU.
Two illustrated title pages for published music, c.1785-c.1800 (File 14) - Folio-Box 125
Both in colour.
Schmitt, Joseph. Six Quatuors a Une Flûte, Violon, Taille et Violoncelle ... Oeuvre x: Amsterdam : Chez l'Auteur, [1785?].
Bland, John. The Ladies Collection of Catches, Glees, Canons, Canzonets, Madrigals, & c. Selected from the works of the most eminent composers. no. 45. [London]:[John Bland], [c. 1795-1800].
The page for the John Bland work has music on the verso.
Corelli, Arcangelo, 1653-1713. Concerti grossi...XII Great concertos, or sonatas for two violins and a violincello or for two violins more, a tenor, and a thorough-bass: which may be doubled at pleasure. Op. 6. London : John Young., c.1715 (Item 15) - Folio-Box 125
First English edition.
Owner bound volume of printed music, c.1785-1813 (Item 16) - Folio-Box 125
Two owner bound works:
Spohr, Louis, 1784-1859. Grand Quatuor pour deux Violons, Alto, et Violoncelle ... Oeuv. 27. Vienne : Pierre Mechetti, [1813].
Viotti, Giovanni Battista, 1755-1824. Six Quatuors concertants pour Deux Violons, Alto et Basse. Paris : Chez le Sr Sieber, [ca. 1785].
Owner bound volume of printed music, c.1778-c.1880 (Item 17) - Folio-Box 125
Owner bound volume of printed music. Includes works by Charles Wesley and Samuel Wesley, Storace, J Heffernan, Mrs Hemans, Thomas Killick, Handel, D Cimarosa, Haydn, Muzio Clementi, S Steibelt, Cherubini, J Mazzinghi, Mozart, Muller, G Rossini, J B Cramer, Beethoven, Charles Czerny, Johann Strauss, Carl Maria von Weber, Auber, Masaniello, F J Klose, Kiallmark, J F Burrowes, W M Tolkien, James McCalla, T Blomer Phipps, Edwin J Nielson, John Parry, Henry R Bishop.
All or most works published in London.
Provenance is unknown, but assumed to have been purchased by Crome from a dealer or auction house.
Owner bound volume of printed music, c.1799-c.1830 (Item 18) - Folio-Box 126
Includes works by John Field, Antonio Diabelli, J J F Dotzauer, Franz Krommer, Mozart, and F W Grund. Crome's research notes are inserted throughout. Provenance is unknown, but assumed to have been purchased by Crome from a dealer or auction house. The printed name H P Hill is at the front of the volume and may indicate the original owner.
Viotti, Giovanni Battista, 1755-1824. Concerto de violon D, avec accompagnt de deux violons, deux altos, violoncelle, deux hautbois, deux flutes, deux bassons, deux cors, deux trompettes et timballe. A Ratisbonne Au Magasin de F Antoine Niedermayr, [c.1815] (Item 19) - Folio-Box 126
Bochsa, Robert Nicolas Charles, 1789-1856. Nocturne Pour Harpe et Cor tire du troisieme livre des Nocturnes. Paris, c.1819 (Item 20) - Folio-Box 126
Crome has noted that Bochsa was buried in Newtown Cemetary, Sydney, where a monument was erected to his memory by Anna Bishop.
Volume of transcribed music, Sydney, c.1820 (Item 21) - Folio-Box 126
Volume of hand transcribed music. A note by Crome suggests the date of c.1820. Contains numerous works, including waltzes and polkas.
Bochsa, Robert Nicolas Charles, 1789-1856. Introductory exercises or studies for the harp, London : S. Chappell, [1826] (Item 22) - Folio-Box 126
Includes inserts of one sheet ink manuscript music, small research notes by Crome, and fern fronds.
Volume of manuscript music notated by Ferdinand David: '22tes Concert von J B Viotti (a mole) Partitur', c.1830-c.1860 (Item 23) - Folio-Box 126
Owner bound volume of printed music, c.1830-c.1880 (Item 24) - Folio-Box 127
Owner bound volume of printed music. Includes works by Louisa Sophia Dance, Samuel Lover, Sigismon Neukomm, J A Nuske, Thomas Haynes Bayley, Henry R Bishop, Alexander Lee, T Hudson, Leonard Hayne, William Grosse, Louis Leo, M W Balfe, F Stockhausen, G Herbert Rodwell, N J Sporle, H Herz, John Blockly, Henry Russell, Joseph Hart, Chaulieu, P Musard, T Valentine, F Panormo, J F Burrowes, and Charles Czerny.
Works are published in Sydney and London.
Provenance is unknown, but assumed to have been purchased by Crome from a dealer or auction house. Pencilled name on some works, possibly of the original owner, appears to be Miss Coghill.
Nathan, Isaac, 1792-1864. Musurgia vocalis : an essay on the history and theory of music and on the qualities, capabilities, and management of the human voice. London : Fentum., 1836 (Item 25) - Folio-Box 127
Includes newspaper cutting: William Joy 'When Randwick went to war with Coogee', Daily Telegraph, 3 January 1970. Isaac Nathan is mentioned as an early resident of Randwick, in 'Byron Lodge.'
Paganini, Nicolo, 1782-1840. Oeuvres en partitions. Paris : Schonenberger, c.1840-c.1850 (File 26) - Folio-Box 128
Crome has noted 'formerly in possession of famous English violinin J T Carrodus'.
Owner bound volume of printed music, c.1840-c.1855 (Item 27) - Folio-Box 128
All for the violin. Includes B Molique, Louis Spohr, Kuffner, Hummel, Czerny, G Pechatscheck. All works published in London. Provenance is unknown, but assumed to have been purchased by Crome from a dealer or auction house. 'Jne Blanchard' is stamped on many pages, which may be the name of the original owner.
Owner bound volume of printed music, c.1840-c.1860 (Item 28) - Folio-Box 128
Includes works by B Molique, Louis Spohr, Kuffner, Hummel, Czerny, G Pechatscheck. Annotated with the name of the original owner, [S J J?] Blanchard, Sydney 3d 6 1893. Also stamped with 'Jne Blanchard', April 1931. Includes inserted sketches of violins.
Loose published music, c.1840-c.1910 (Item 29) - Folio-Box 128
Several loose pieces of published music, including by J Neymarck, Nathaniel Gow [c.1840] and Otakar Sevcik. Published in Paris and Edinburgh.
Also includes: M E Edelen 'The Man-Bird Waltz', [NY]
Leo Evans and Ren Shields 'Come take a trip in my air ship [1904]
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, first edition [c.1878].
Volume of transcribed music of Miss Coghill, Sydney, 1845, 1868 (Item 30) - Folio-Box 129
Various works transcribed. Insertions include the Holiday Quadrilles by C H R Marriott from the Young Ladies Journal, January 1 1868, and a handwritten verse or song.
Owner bound volume of printed music, c.1850-c.1890 (Item 31) - Folio-Box 129
Owner bound volume of printed music. Includes works by J T Surenne, Charles D'Albert, Mrs Browning, Charles Grobe, Joseph Gung'l, T.S. Gleadhill, Alexander McKenzie, and Gow & Marshall.
Works published in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Provenance is unknown, but assumed to have been purchased by Crome from a dealer or auction house.
Manuscripts and publications on mandolins, violins, violinists, violin-making, 1880-c.1960 (File 32) - Folio-Box 129
Contains publications and ephemera on the violin and the mandolin, including newspaper cuttings.
Includes:A notebook on violins and violin makers, c.1920 inscribed to Crome from Ross [Pogson?].
Ruffini, Andrea. New method for the Italian and Spanish Mandoline. London, [1880].
Early aviation-themed music, c.1890-1935 (File 33) - Folio-Box 129
Comprises:
Wachs, Fred. La Mariee en Ballon, Chansonnette creee par Mme Anna Thibaud a l'Alcazar d'Ete. En depot A la Societe Anonyme : Paris, c.1890.
Romand, Gabriel. Voila le aviateurs, chanson creee au gala des ailes de France du 27 June 1935, Musiqe de Gabriel Romand, Paroles de Camille Francois. Paris : Editions Musicales Universelles, 1935.
Cole's pocket guide to music : with illustrated chapters on singing and voice cultivation, helps to the piano and organ, and dictionary of musical terms. Melbourne : E.W. Cole, Book Arcade., c.1893 (Item 34) - Box 130
Musin, Ovide. Un violoniste aux antipodes. Extrait du journal La Meuse. La Meuse : Liege, 1895 (Item 35) - Box 130
Crome has annotated: 'Ovide Musin thought a lot of A W Heaps as a violin maker and purchased one of his inustruments. Mr Heaps repaired his [Gagliano?] for him and Musin wrote him a letter saying :- "You are one of the best violin makers I have met in my long artistic career."'
Various violin tuition books, 1898-c.1947 (File 36) - Box 130
Comprises 6 volumes.
Honeyman, Wm. C. (William Crawford), 1845-1919. The young violinist's tutor and duet book : a collection of easy airs, operatic selections, and familiar melodies harmonised as duets for two violins. Edinburgh : E.Kohler & Son, (19--?).
Hill, Alfred, 1870-1960. Album of violin pieces [music] : (first position). Sydney : Nicholson's, c1919.
Goldis, M. Studies for the violin: Positions and change of positions. Op.5. London : Josef Weinberger, c.1947.
Wilhelmj, August, 1845-1908, and James Brown. A modern school for the violin : in twelve books. Books 1, 4 and 5. London : Novello & Co., Ltd., 1898-1901.
Publications on violins, violinists and violin-making, 1909-c.1970 (File 37) - Box 130
Comprises:Typed and handwritten research notes by Crome on violin concertosFull and partial editions of the serial 'The Violinist', 1920-1922Editions of the serial 'The Strad : a monthly journal for professionals and amateurs of all stringed instruments played with the bow', 1955-1956.Stainer, C. (Cecie) A dictionary of violin makers compiled from the best authorities by C. Stainer. London : Novello, [1909].
Notebook with sketches and notes on violin making, c.1920-1965 (Item 39) - Box 130
The name of the original owner is unclear, however written on one page is a note: 'Mum & I give this notebook of Dad's to E A Crome to go with his collection. Alice Drake, Alice Thompson, 2 March 1965.'
Cuttings of articles by Mary MacCormick and Howard Ashton's Music Notes in the Sunday Sun and Guardian Magazine, 1937 (File 40) - Folio-Box 131
Facsimilies of certificates relating to music, c.1970 (File 41) - Folio-Box 131
Copies of two certificates. The first is from the Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures at Leeds 1875, to Mr J K Heaps, for Quartette of Musical Instruments. John Knowles Heaps appears to have been the father of Australian violin maker Alfred Walter Heaps.
The second certificate appears to be in Russian, and names are difficult to read. It is dated 1915. Provenance and significance unclear.
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings mostly relating to the violin, 1976-1977 (Item 42) - Folio-Box 131
The scrapbook is compiled by Crome, and similar to many in Series 24 (Scrapbooks).
Collecting correspondence and research relating to violin making, 1976-1982 (File 43) - Folio-Box 131
Includes correspondence with Ingram Dickson, Oscar Shapiro, Bein & Fushi, Phillip Wilcher, G D Spearitt, William Primrose, Yehudi Menuhin (secretary of), Peter Webb-Galleries, Virginia Braden, William Dolphin, University of Sydney, Richard Macnutt, and Blackwells.
Photocopy of: Moorehead, John, 1760-1804 and John Davy, 1763-1824. The favorite overture in the grand pantomimical drama of Perouse or The desolate island as perform'd with the most unbounded applause at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London : Printed by Goulding, Phipps D'Almaine, [1801], copy made 1977 (Item 44) - Folio-Box 131
Annotation by Crome indicates this is a photostat from the original in his possession. The location of the original is unknown.
Wilson, Marion. Smithy. Sydney : J. Albert Son; and associated correspondence, c.1978-1983 (Item 45) - Box 132
Three copies of the score. Includes related correspondence between Crome and Marion and Gordon Wilson.
Photographs presented with no. 3 of The Strad, July 1890 (Item 46) - Box 132
Published volume of photographic portraits of violin, viola and cello players.
Annotated with the name of the original owner, William Edward King, 'Brighton', Cambridge St, Paddington, March 30th 1899.
Photographic portrait of violinist and violin maker Henry Lykke, age 13 years, 1895 (Item 47) - Box 132
Backing is inscribed 'Winner of scholarship for 1895. Presented by Australian Musical Association.'
On the back of the frame Crome has written 'Henry Lykke age 13 1/2 years. B 1882 D 1972. Musician, [cabinet?] violin maker.'
Portrait by The Ideal Portrait Co, Sydney.
'Violin times : portraits'. Supplement to the Orchestral Association Gazette - no. 2, June 1897 (Item 48) - Box 132
Published volume of photographic portraits of violinists.
Souvenir of the 250th performance in Australian of the Sign of the Cross, Tuesday August 9th, c.1898 (Item 49) - Box 132
Contains photographs of Julius Knight and Ada Ferrar in costume. Both are signed.
Photographic portrait of violinist Joseph Szigeti, c.1930 (Item 50) - Box 132
Inscribed by Szigeti: 'For the good friend Moore MacMahon in remembrance of the [years?] of study in Geneva and with confident feelings for his artistic future.'
On the back Crome has written 'Presented to me by Moore McMahon. Well known Australian violinist also known as the Flying Violinist'.
Miscellaneous papers relating to the arts, c.1890-1961 (File 51) - Box 132
Includes newspaper cuttings, mostly relating to Australian artists, and story on Dame Mary Gilmore in the Australasian Post 30 March 1961.
Also includes three photographs: portrait of F J Donohue and Victor Daley, c.1880-1990, Australian Literary Society photograph also held in the Pictures collection; portrait of man, [J C?] Breillat written on back; photograph of self portrait by Frederick Garling.
Publications relating to Henry Lawson, 1924-1957 (File 52) - Box 132
Three small publications/ephemera:
Henry Lawson. Henry Lawson Souvenir. [Sydney] : The New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation, 18 June 1924.
Henry Lawson, and John Meredith (ed). Songs from Lawson. Woollomooloo, N.S.W. : Bush Music Club, 1957.
Flyer advertising the Henry Lawson Literary Society, Sydney, 1930.
Publications, ephemera and correspondence relating to art, c.1958-c.1968 (File 53)
Contains programs and correspondence relating to local (Sydney) galleries and art prizes, including Crome's entry into the Rockdale Art Award and Exhibition 1961.
Also includes monographs on Australian and overseas artists, including Frederick McCubbin, John Crome.
Series 17. Australian book cover illustrations, c.1907-c.1940
Fourteen original illustrations in various media, assumed to have been designed and used as covers of Australian novels in the 1920s and 1930s.
The provenance of these illustrations is unknown, but were possibly given to Crome by Lionel Lindsay.
Wright, Arthur. The Outlaw's Daughter. The NSW Bookstall Co. Illustrator unknown., [1919] (Item 1) - Folio-Box 133
Watercolour on paper.
Wingfield, Margaret. Peter O'Possum and Other Stories. Illustrator unknown, n.d. (Item 2) - Folio-Box 133
Pen and ink.
Waldron, Robert. The Flying Doctor. [Illustrator: Davies, Wynne W.], n.d. (Item 3) - Folio-Box 133
Watercolour on board.
Booth, Lancelot. The Devil's Nightcap. Illustrator: Lionel Lindsay, [1912] (Item 4) - Folio-Box 133
Watercolour on board. Lionel Lindsay did eight illustrations for the book.
Physical Characteristics
Preservation required to illustration and backing.
Partrige, Sydney. Rocky Section. Illustrator unknown, [1907] (Item 5) - Folio-Box 133
Watercolour on board.
Booth, Lancelot. Tools of Satan. The NSW Bookstall Co. Illustrator unknown, [191?] (Item 6) - Folio-Box 133
Pen and ink with notes on colour scheme. This book was published in London in 1916. Publication in Australia unknown.
Powell, SW. The Closed Lagoon. Illustrator: Vernon Lorimer, 1922 (Item 7) - Folio-Box 133
Watercolour on board. For The NSW Bookstall Coy.
Hamilton Hyde. Jack Hedley, Socialist: The Story of a Strike. Illustrator: Cecil L. Hart, n.d. (Item 8) - Folio-Box 133
Pen and ink.
Official Souvenir of The Wallabies British and American Tours, 1908-9. The NSW Bookstall Co. Sole Proprietor AC Rowlandson. Illustrator unknown, [1908] (Item 9) - Folio-Box 133
Pen and ink on board.
Bridges, Roy. Mr Barrington. Bookstall Series. Illustrator unknown, n.d. (Item 10) - Folio-Box 133
Galley in pen and ink with instructions for "scheme of color".
Spencer, Thos. E. Why Doherty Died: Humorous (Budgeree Ballads). Illustrator: Percy F S Spence, 1910 (Item 11) - Folio-Box 133
Thwaites, Frederick J. The Broken Melody. Illustrator: Edgar A. Holloway, [194?] (Item 12) - Folio-Box 133
Watercolour on board.
Reynolds, Broda. The Heart of the Bush. Bookstall Series. Illustrator: Ben Jordan, [1910 and 1921] (Item 13) - Folio-Box 133
Watercolour in black and white. The NSW Bookstall Co. issued this title in 1910 and 1921.
Series 18. Coins, medals, badges and realia, c.300 BCE-1983
Mostly aviation and astronautical memorabilia, including commemorative medals. The provenance of material is not noted, but it is assumed that most were acquired individually or in small groups from dealers.
The series has been arranged into three sub-series by format: Coins and medals, Badges, and Realia. Items are arranged chronologically within sub-series.
Some items have been catalogued individually on the Library's catalogue.
(69 items/folders)
Subseries 1. Coins and medals, c.300 BCE-1976
Two English medals: Medal A has illegible inscription; Medal B inscribed 'Ascended at Oxford, June 25, 1823', c.1823 (Item 2) - Folio-Box 134
Folder containing 64 medallions, c.1823-c.1970 (File 3) - Folio-Box 134
Subjects/events depicted include: Isaac Earlysman Sparrow, c.1823; North Pole Lions Club Farthest North Rodeo; Republica Italiana; Air Force Association, 1964; Project Gemini; First space rendezvous (Russian); Richard E Byrd; Charles Lindburgh; Hermann Kohl and von Hunefeld; Amelia Earhart; Graf Zeppelin; Santos Dumont; and various NASA space missions.
Also includes Crome's notes on the Mercury Project and Project Gemini.
Medal commemorating Norweigan explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his Arctic voyage in the Fram, c.1896 (Item 6) - Folio-Box 134
Three medals, 1893-1956 (File 7) - Folio-Box 134
Subjects are the Yacht Club de France; the aerial crossing of the English Channel of King Albert and Queen Elisabeth; and a ballon ascent in Mexico.
Four medallions, 1927-1968 (File 8) - Folio-Box 134
Subjects/events depicted include: Charles Lindbergh, c.1927; Can Tho Airfield currency; 75 years Auburn Washington, 1968; and Sputnik I, c.1957.
Medal struck by the Melbourne City Council to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Melbourne, 1942 (Item 12) - Box 135
Medal inscribed 'Amat Victoria Curam - First Airborne Division - Pro Libertate Batava Occiderunt - Arnhem - MCMXLIV', 1944 (Item 13) - Box 135
Medal commemorating the first lunar landing, Apollo 11, designed by Karen Worth, manufactured by Medallic Art Co. N.Y, 1969 (Item 15) - Box 135
Three sets of two commemorative medals, Men in space series, Gemini V to X, 1965-1966 (File 17) - Box 135
Medal produced by the Military Historical Society of Australia to commemorate 65 years of the Australian Army, 1968 (Item 18) - Box 135
Subseries. Badges, c.1900-1976
Button badge 'King of Newtown Competition - vote for Chas. Coffill', c.1900 (File 33) - Box 137
Coffill was Crome's father-in-law.
Thirteen button badges, 1919-1975 (File 34) - Box 137
Subjects/events depicted include Amelia Earhart; Charles Lindbergh; Welcome trans-Atlantic heroes (Fitzmaurice, Kohl and von Huenefeld); Howard Hughes; Apollo 1975; Douglas Corrigan; and Skylab I.
Folder containing 21 button badges, c.1919-1968 (File 35) - Box 137
Subjects/events depicted include: Ross Smith's flight; Howard Hughes around the world in 4 days; Welcome Gen Italo Balbo; East-West 21st anniversary; Bell Helicopters; Apollo USA; Australian Air League; Henley and Grange Solders' Memorial; All-Australian Peace Exhibition; Kadina 'Up' with the times; America Day; Unley Aviation Day; Victor Harbor Sports; Capt H J Butler; Jamestown Aviation Day; and Theatre Royal Children's club.
Metal badge for the South Australian centenary and Seventh Australasian Philatelic Exhibition, inscribed with Crome's name, 1936 (Item 36) - Box 137
A pair of cuff links, a pin and a badge for the Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia, manufactured by Stokes, Melbourne, c.1950 (File 41) - Box 138
Six pin badges and one embroidered badge, c.1950-c.1975 (File 42) - Box 138
Subjects/events depicted include Royal Aero Club; Delta; Skylab; FAI; and Russian aviation.
Badge depicting the Qantas symbol attached to card inscribed: With the compliments of Qantas Australia's overseas airline, c.1960 (Item 43) - Box 138
Metal badge of the Southern Cross airplane annotated to Crome by Austin A Byrne, 1983 (Item 48) - Box 139
Subseries. Realia, c.1900-1976
Miniature portrait, probably a self-portrait by Crome's grandfather, William E. Crome, mounted in a brooch with a cutting of hair, c.1900 (Item 51) - Box 139
Packet of matches inscribed: Kingsford Smith and Chevron Hotel, Melbourne Australia, c.1920 (File 54) - Box 139
Flag with swastika, c.1940 (Item 60) - Elephant-Folio Series 18: Item 60
The provenance of the flag is unknown.
Plastic knife and spoon in a bag labelled: Ansett Airlines of Australia, c.1960 (Item 61) - Folio-Box 140
Small metal printing blocks with text and illustration relating to bi-centenary of James Cook's landing in Sydney, 1970 (Item 62) - Folio-Box 140
Ansett Airlines flag for 40 years service to Australia, 1976 (Item 65) - Folio-Box 140
Presumed to be from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, 1976, as a program is housed with the flag.
Swissair small pennant, c.1976 (Item 66) - Folio-Box 140
Assumed to have been collected by Crome at the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, 1976.
Series 19. Autographs
Autographs, mainly of aviators, writers and artists, collected by Ernest and Virtie Crome. Most are in two autograph books which also contain poems and illustrations.
All autographs appear to have been collected directly by the Cromes, except for the Victoria Cross holder autographs in folder 4, at least some of which were purchased.
(6 folders)
Autograph book, 1908-1981 (File 1) - Box 141
Contains autographs, inscriptions, poems, illustrations, photographs, and newspaper cuttings by and relating to numerous people in the literature, music, art, aviation and philately fields.
Names include: W McLeod (of the Bulletin), Ethel Turner, D H Souter, Fred Levet, Yehudi Menuhin, Jan Kubelik, Joesphine Fotheringhame, Roderic Quinn, Robert Rodgers, Mary Gilmore, Roberto Panague, Florence Taylor, Rubery Bennett, Guy a Griffin, Fritz Kreisler, Arthuer E Smith, Judith Paszek, Jack Treacy, Capt B J Willson, Lyall Trindall, P G Taylor, William Willis, Ted Roberts, James E Lyle, Colin Simpson, D R Williams, Dorothy Webster, Wal Shiers, Bishop E N Weston, Elly Beinhorn, Nancy Bird, P S Garling, Norman Lindsay, Lance Solomon, Ivan Dougherty, Mirrie Hill, Albert Sherman, Rolf Harris, Hudson Fysh, Hal Litchfield, James Warner, Elgen Long, Harry Lyon and Dolores Bonney.
Papers relating to art, originally housed with autograph book (item 1), c.1968 (File 2) - Box 141
Various loose items relating to art including a typescript account by Ronald McKie about picking up a portrait of Dame Mary Gilmore from William Dobell's house in 1968; a telegram from L Solomon; signed cards of silhouette artist S John Ross; a sketch by A Sherman; and art catalogues.
Autograph book, c.1910-1968 (File 3) - Box 141
Contains autographs, inscriptions, poems, illustrations, photographs, and newspaper cuttings by and relating to numerous people in the literature, art, aviation and philately fields.
Names include: Randolph Bedford, Colin Roderick, Henry Lawson, David McKee Wright, Ted Roberts, William Willis, Hal Litchfield, Mary Gilmore, Bill Dobell and James Gleeson.
'Smithy' autograph card, c.1930-c.1976 (File 5) - Box 141
Autograph card printed with a portrait of Charles Kingsford Smith and signed by him, and by Mary Tully, and the American astronauts Michael Collins and Bob Crippen. Also includes a typed account by Crome about the history of the card. He notes that Mary Tully, the former Lady Kingsford Smith, signed the card after Kingsford Smith's death, and the two astronauts signed it during the Cromes' visit to Washington in 1976.
Series 20. William Willis, c.1960-c.1970
William Willis and E A Crome became friends in 1965, after Willis's solo raft voyage from Peru to Australia, via Samoa, in 1963-1964. At the time of the voyage, Willis was 71 years old. The Cromes met William Willis and his wife Teddy in Sydney in 1964. They maintained a correspondence until Willis's death at sea in 1968, and thereafter with Teddy Willis.
The series also includes realia, sketches, photographs and newspaper and magazine cuttings about Willis.
William Willis's manuscript 'An Angel on each shoulder, being an account of a voyage by raft across the Pacific in 1963' is held in the Manuscripts collection at MS 1974.
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, also hold material relating to William Willis donated by or via E A Crome.
Correspondence and other papers relating to William Willis, c.1931-1972 (File 1) - Folio-Box 142
Folder of papers relating to William Willis created and/or collected by Crome.
Includes correspondence between the Cromes and William and Teddy Willis; original and copies of correspondence between William Willis's widow Teddy, the Maritime Museum, Newport, Virginia and Crome relating to donating his painting of Willis; raft mail carried by Willis between Apia, Samoa, and Tully, North Queensland 1964; autograph cards; newspaper and magazine cuttings; and an airmail cover signed by Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain G U Allan, c.1931 and later William Willis.
Jumper worn by William Willis on the raft 'Age Unlimited' in his journey from Peru to Australia, c.1963 (File 2) - Folio-Box 142
A note by Crome with the jumper indicates that William Willis gave it to him.
Plastic folder used by William Willis on the raft 'Age Unlimited' in his journey from Peru to Australia, c.1963 (File 3) - Folio-Box 143
The folder is printed with 'The Port of Townsville'. Crome notes that Willis gave it to him.
Embroidered flag from the Adventurers Club of Chicago, dedicated to William Willis for his 1963-1964 raft voyage, 1964 (File 4) - Folio-Box 143
Ink sketch by William Willis 'Mother and Son', 1966 (File 5) - Folio-Box 143
Willis has annotated on verso 'To Ernie and Virtie, in memory of a few beautiful days spent in New York, Nov 3 66.'
Three magazines featuring articles about William Willis, 1967-1969 (File 6) - Folio-Box 143
The three articles are:
Peter Michelmore, 'William Willis : Old man of the sea', in Argosy, April 1967, pp 54-57, 98-100.
Keith Wheeler, 'An ancient mariner who defied age and the oceans', in Life, October 4 1968, pp 22-27.
Ivan Demin, 'Lost captain of "The Little One"', in Soviet Life, March 1969, pp 8-11.
Bound volume by Crome, 'William Willis 1893-1968 "His credo" manuscript', 1968 (File 7) - Folio-Box 143
Bound volume containing a four page typescript by Crome about Willis, and the version published in Rotary Down Under November 1968; Rotary Down Under May 1971, containing a reproduction of Crome's painting of Willis in his boat; two hand-drawn Christmas cards from William Willis and his wife Teddy to the Cromes; and newspaper cuttings.
Series 21. Subject files, c.1910-1982
Small series of material reflecting Crome's miscellaneous collecting interests, which do not readily fit into other series such as publications. Subject areas represented include war-time publications and propaganda, the 1956 Olympic Games, the Transglobe Expedition led by Ranulph Fiennes, engineering papers, papers relating to the opening of the Nelligen bridge, and the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Also includes collectibles such as postcards and cigarette cards, probably collected by Crome as a child.
Album of colour postcards of ships, c.1910 (File 1) - Folio-Box 144
The postcards go up to number 300, although several are missing. Postcards are published by Marine Galerie and captioned in German.
Postcards and collectible cards, c.1914-c.1975 (File 2) - Box 145
Comprises ten US propaganda postcards of aircraft, most with the slogan 'Keep 'em flying'; Shell collectible card series on meteorology (55 cards); Wills cigarette cards featuring aviation, Victoria Cross heroes and war incidents (27 cards); series of 25 Lambert & Butler cigarettes Famous British Airmen & Airwomen cards; five cards of planes from Giant brand licorice; cards picturing airplanes and automobiles in Czech (12 cards); four postcards of places and events in Queensland, including Maroochydore and Charleville; approximately 60 Bryman Redheads safety matches collectible cards, mostly ships and planes; book about aircraft illustrated with 48 Players cigarette cards; Golden Play book of Airline Stamps, Golden Press, New York, 1954; swap card album Uniforms of the Australian armed services; and four postcards for commercial airlines Lufthansa, Eastern Air Lines, Western Airlines and TWA. Also includes commercial packet Messageries Maritimes de France, which may have originally contained postcards, with fold out map of Paquebot Oceanien, 1889.
Also includes 23 postcards addressed to Mr L H Welch, 1933-1938, most from Europe. In a note with them Crome has written 'These are interesting postcards. Some describe the happening events and people during the thirties in Europe. I understand that Mr Welch was either a former Secretary of the League of Nations or one of the principals at Geneva'.
World War I and II ephemera, publications and cuttings, 1912-c.1946 (File 3) - Box 145
Comprises a range of publications and ephemera, mostly for troops in World War II, including:
Australian fundraising and recruitment flyers.
Notices to troops: mostly in New Guinea Pidgin and Japanese, also German, Italian, French and Polish.
Three pages of handwritten translations to 'all nations of the Sepik', and 'officers and men of the Japanese forces', annotated 'Ern, as promised, Charles'.
Booklets of instructions to troops:Air intelligence section, North-Eastern Area booklet. Instructions to air crews on what to do in the event of forced landing in New Guinea-Papuan area.
Directorate of Intelligence Headquarters Allied Air Forces South West Pacific Area. Instructions to air crews. Notes on living and travelling in New Guinea, Papua and New Britain.
Troop newspapers: Guinea Gold, 1 June 1943; and L'Arc en Ciel, Apporte au Peuple Beige par l'Aviation des Nations Unies, 16 June 1944.
Blank prisoner of war post aerogram for British prisoners of war.
Also includes F S Burnell How Australia took German New Guinea : an illustrated record, c.1914; and newsletter for the 6th Imperial Bushmen of NSW (South African War), Kogarah, 1912.
World War II Australian armed forces newsletters from New Guinea, 1942-1945 (File 5) - Box 145
28 issues Guinea Gold, 1942-1945; 16 issues Tarakan Times, 1945; 1 issue The New Okinawan, 1945; 15 issues Table Tops, Tarakan edition, 1945.
Melbourne Olympic games publications and ephemera, 1956 (File 6) - Box 145
Includes ephemera such as guides to Melbourne and events and diary; airmail covers; correspondence about souvenir airmail covers; an envelope stamped with 20 Olympics post office stamps; and newspapers documenting the opening of the games, 22-23 November 1956.
Engineering papers and publications, 1962-1968 (File 7) - Box 146
Two copies of a paper by Frederick Crook, metrologist, Sydney - The Inspector between the 'peaces': elaborating on the role of the inspector during World War II. Presented to the Institution of Engineering Inspection, Sydney, 25 October 1962. Autographed by Crook to Crome, 20 March 1968.
Two copies certificates from the Instituion of Engineering Inspection, New South Wales. On verso Frederick Crook has written 'Metrology the science of ultra accurate measurements to one millionth of an inch. I inaugurated this diploma for all past officers of the Institution in NSW and whilst in the chair of NSW branch was instrumental in founding the Australian Commonwealth Council and also branches in Victoria and South Australia.'
Also includes four copies New Mexico Professional Engineer magazine, 1963.
Nelligen Bridge, official opening, 12 December 1964 : items concerning local history and identities of Nelligen, 1964 (File 8) - Folio-Box 144
Items include photographs (by O F Emery), leaflets, October 1964 centenary issue of The examiner (Moruya, N.S.W.), ferry census forms and manuscript notes on local history and identities.
This material has been catalogued as Nf 994.47 NEL.
Ephemera and cuttings relating to Transglobe Expedition, 1981-1982 (File 9) - Box 146
The Transglobe Expedition, 1979-1982, was the first longitudinal circumnavigation of the world by land, sea and ice. Includes cuttings about the expedition and commemorative publications, signed by the leader of the expedition Ranulph Fiennes. Also includes sample of cardboard by Tri-Wall containers used for the expedition hut, and fabric souvenir badge.
Papers relating to the 50 year anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1982 (File 10) - Box 146
File created and captioned by Crome, containing photographs, commemorative envelopes and cuttings. Crome flew over the harbour bridge by helicopter on 19 March 1982 'the first and only scheduled commuter air service that day'. There are photographs of Crome with pilot Joe Scruse Jnr, and the Mayor of Gosford Don Leggett.
Also includes Australian Aerophilatelist newsletter commemorating the anniversary of the opening of the bridge and publicising Crome as the new patron of the society; and press releases for the 50th anniversary celebrations, including by Premier Neville Wran.
(10 folders)
Series 22. Rotary, 1955-1985
Crome was a long term member of Rotary, mostly in the Newtown branch, and the Tweed Heads branch when the Cromes lived in Queensland.
The series comprises newsletters and addresses Crome gave to various Rotary club branches, as well as some Lions clubs. The series has been arranged chronologically, except for a box of bound manuscripts, mostly speeches by Crome, which have been placed last in the series arrangement.
Most papers were originally loose.
(3 boxes)
Rotary newsletters, membership lists and correspondence, 1955-1985 (File 1) - Box 147
Includes Newtown and Vancouver Rotary clubs newsletters; correspondence; book History of the Rotary Club of Sydney, 1955; directories of membership for the Newtown club; papers from the Rotary International District 263 conference, Coolangatta, 1973; Newtown club report 1972/1973; and President's Annual Report, 1981.
Rotary newsletters, membership lists and correspondence, 1963-1973 (File 2) - Box 147
Includes Newtown and Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Rotary clubs newsletters, papers relating to the establishment of magazine Rotary Down Under, directories of membership for the Newtown club, and newspaper cuttings on Crome being made a Rotary Paul Harris fellow, 1973.
Correspondence and publications relating to Rotary Club of Newtown activities, including relating to International House, 1964-1968 (File 3) - Box 147
Papers mostly relating to the Rotary Club of Newtown, 1964-1972 (File 4) - Box 147
Includes address by Crome 1964 on aviation history; lists of books and receipts for books presumed to relate to International House library; publishing information relating to Crome's book 'Footnotes to history'; and papers relating to the Civil Rehabilitation Committees.
Various Rotary papers, mostly relating to Queensland branches, 1964-1974 (File 5) - Box 147
Includes an address on aviation Crome made to the Newtown Rotary Club, 1964; program for the visit of William C Carter, President of Rotary International; and Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Rotary newsletter The Helm.
Research and manuscripts for addresses given by Crome, 1964-1975 (File 6) - Box 147
Includes addresses given to Newtown and Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Rotary Clubs and the Currumbin Palm Beach Lion's Club. Also includes stamps issues for Captain Cook bicentenary celebrations, 1970.
Typescripts of address to Kogarah Rotary Club: 'Building societies: their growth and development', 1965 (File 7) - Box 147
Manuscripts of articles for Rotary Down Under magazine, 1965-1967 (File 8) - Box 147
Includes manuscript of article 'Highways and skyways'; draft of another article submitted to Rotary Down Under but not published; notes about Rotary club formations 1921-1965; and ephemera relating to Rotary Down Under.
Speeches by Crome made at Rotary and Lions clubs, 1966-1967 (File 9) - Box 147
Includes speeches made to the Rotary Clubs of Newtown and Edinburgh, and to the Lions Club Newtown-Enmore. Topics include Australian history, aviation history, and 'Around the world 1966 - Rotary - where and where I found it'.
Papers relating to International House Library, proposed and supported by the Rotary Club of Newtown, 1967-1970 (File 10) - Box 148
Includes correspondence, reports, annotated typescript speech, and lists of books. Also includes copies of Wheels within wheels.
Rotary Club of Newtown publications, 1967-1971 (File 11) - Box 148
Comprises issues of Rotary Club of Newtown newsletter Wheels within wheels; first issue of Rotary Down Under, 1965, signed by members of Rotary Club of Newtown; Rotary Club of Sydney bulletin, 1964.
Typescript song lyrics, mostly Australian, c.1970 (File 12) - Box 148
The connection with Rotary is unclear, however the lyrics are within a Rotary folder.
Scrapbook and notes compiled by Crome: 'Footnotes to history and the first ten years, 1962-1972, of the Rotary Club of Newtown', 1972 (File 13) - Box 148
Rotary Club of Newtown publications, 1972-1973 (File 14) - Box 148
Comprises issues of Wheels within wheels, and notices of meetings and resolutions.
Bound manuscripts and publication relating to Rotary, mostly addresses by Crome, 1963-1972 (File 15) - Box 149
Most manuscripts are by Crome, and include other material bound or inserted, such as correspondence, bulletins, photographs and newspaper cuttings.
Address by Crome to Rotary Club of Newtown: 'From Botany Bay to the space age' (two copies), 1964 (Item 17) - Box 149
Address by Crome to Rotary Club of Kogarah, 1965 (Item 19) - Box 149
Includes signed photograph of Hudson Fysh.
Address by Crome to Rotary Club of Newtown: 'Around the world 1966: Rotary as and where I found it', 1967 (Item 20) - Box 149
Series 23. Aviation societies, 1932-1987
Crome was involved with a variety of historical and collecting societies relating to aviation. His deepest involvement was with the Air Mail Society of NSW, for which he was secretary 1932-c.1940. The series includes two minute books for the Society.
The series also includes newsletters, correspondence, ephemera, photographs and cuttings relating to various societies. The Federation Aeronautique International, held in Sydney in 1974 is well documented.
The series has been arranged alphabetically by the name of the society. A folder compiled by Crome with correspondence and newsletters from various societies has been placed last in the series.
(23 folders)
Aerostat society, 1967 (File 1) - Box 150
Includes photographs of the Society's hot air balloon at the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW show.
Air Mail Society of NSW, 1937-1940 (File 3) - Box 150
Minute book, with minutes taken by Crome as secretary of the Society. Includes some correspondence with the Air Mail Society of New Zealand, 1938.
Air Mail Society of NSW, c.1940 (File 4) - Box 150
Typescript notes by Crome 'Aeriana', in his role as Hon Secretary of the Society.
Air Mail Society of NSW, 1932-1937 (File 5) - Box 150
Correspondence with Crome, mostly in his role as Hon Secretary of the Society. Correspondents include the Air Mail Society of New Zealand, Harold Gatty, P Collas (also of the Society), Philatelic Society of NSW, Aero Club of NSW, R E Saul, editor of Australian Stamp Monthly, Ansett Airways, and applicants for membership of the society. Also includes prospectus for WASP Airlines, 1934.
Eleven news posters relating to aviation events 1968-1970 originally in this folder have been moved to Series 26 (News Posters).
Correpondence from the same period, including with some of the same correspondents, is in Series 7 (Correspondence).
Air Mail Society of NSW, 1932-1937 (File 6) - Box 150
Minute book, with minutes taken by Crome as secretary of the Society, including for the formation of the Society in 1932. Includes some correspondence with the Society, 1937.
Air Mail Society of NSW, c.1932-1952 (File 7) - Box 150
Includes logo designs, correspondence and bulletins. Also includes Air Mail Society of New Zealand newsletters and New Zealand post office philatelic bulletins.
Australian Society for Aero-historical Preservation (ASAP), 1977-1979 (File 8) - Box 150
Includes correspondence and newsletters.
Early Birds, 1968-1987 (File 10-12) - Box 151
Comprises newsletters, circulars, invitations, correspondence and membership lists.
Federation Aeronautique Internationale (part 1), 1974-1978 (File 13-15) - Box 151
Relates to the 67th general conference in Sydney, 1974. Includes programs, menus, invitations, seating plans, notes by Crome, photographs, a commemorative envelope, cuttings, Sydney tourist information provided to delegates and airline ephemera. Many items are autographed. Some have been compiled into an unbound scrapbook format by Crome and captioned.
Some invitations are addressed to General S Harlamov, USSR, and are presumed to have been given by him to Crome. Folder 15 is a folio packet containing a Qantas satchel in which some programs and tourist brochures were originally stored, and a small Ansett flag probably from a table display.
Federation Aeronautique Internationale (part 2), 1974-1978 (File 16) - Folio-Box 144
Relates to the 67th general conference in Sydney, 1974. Includes programs, menus, invitations, seating plans, notes by Crome, photographs, a commemorative envelope, cuttings, Sydney tourist information provided to delegates and airline ephemera. Many items are autographed. Some have been compiled into an unbound scrapbook format by Crome and captioned.
Some invitations are addressed to General S Harlamov, USSR, and are presumed to have been given by him to Crome. Folder 15 is a folio packet containing a Qantas satchel in which some programs and tourist brochures were originally stored, and a small Ansett flag probably from a table display.
Federation Aeronautique Internationale, 1974 (File 17) - Elephant-Folio Series 23: Item 17
Poster sized seating plan and sign for registration table.
International Air Transport Association (IATA), 1961 (File 18) - Box 152
Papers and publications relating to 1961 Annual General Meeting, Sydney.
Royal Aeronautical Society, Sydney branch, 1962 (File 20) - Box 152
Inivitation to dinner and 4th Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial Lecture.
Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers, 1970 (File 22) - Box 152
Papers relating to dinner and speeches inaugurating Hudson Fysh as patron.
Correspondence relating to various aviation societies, 1973-1983 (File 23) - Box 152
This binder was compiled by Crome and includes correspondence and newsletters relating to the Aero Club of NSW; Federation Aeronautique Internationale; Aviation Historical Society of Australia; Royal Queensland Aero Club; and Chewing Gum Field Aircraft Museum. Most papers date 1978-1983
Also includes small amount of correspondence with individuals: Doreen Affleck, Jack Treacy, Keith Isaacs; Bruce and Edna; and Leslie Cauvin.
Series 24. Scrapbooks, 1843-1987
Scrapbooks of newspaper cutting, mostly compiled by Crome and relating to aviation. Some scrapbooks also include correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and some photocopies of older articles.
Scrapbooks 9-61 are similar in format, using commercially available scrapbooks. These were compiled by Crome and many are captioned by him. News posters interleaved in some volumes have been transferred to Series 26.
Please note that a 1971 scrapbook compiled by Crome, in the same format as scrapbooks 9-61, is in the MS 1882, Papers of Norman Ellison, Series 9. The date or reason for transfer is not known.
The series also contains several scrapbooks (items 1-8) which are older and in different formats. Several were collected by Crome rather than compiled by him. Their provenance is unclear but are likely to have been purchased by Crome from a dealer. One scrapbook (folder 3) appears to have been given to Crome by his friend Wal Shiers.
(62 scrapbooks)
Scrapbook relating to balloons and early airplanes, 1843-1933 (File 1) - Folio-Box 153
The scrapbook was not compiled by Crome, but possibly by Col. Cyril Field, as his bookplate is in the volume. Also includes four page index of references to balloons, people and events contained in the scrapbook.
School book and scrapbook relating to cricket, theatre and music, 1883-1896 (File 2) - Box 154
Includes cuttings and handwritten notes on cricket matches 1884-1893, includes notes on a friendly game between a women and mens team, 1889. Also includes South Australian music and theatre concert ephemera, 1883-1896, many for concerts by the Yongala Dramatic Club.
School notes include Greek mythology, Latin and French exerices and vocabulary, and poetry. Some have been covered with articles
The scrapbook is too early to have been compiled by Crome, but the original owner is not indicated.
World War I and aviation scrapbook of Wal Shiers, c.1916-1960 (File 3) - Folio-Box 153
This scrapbook appears to have been compiled by Wal Shiers, who was friends with Crome. Wal Shiers was a mechanic, with J M Bennett, on the Ross Smith flight of 1919, in which aviators Ross Smith and Keith Smith flew from Great Britain to Australia.
The scrapbook contains photographs taken overseas during World War I, including in Egypt. Photographs are glued into the scrapbook and it is unclear whether they are captioned on verso. There are scant captions on the the scrapbook such as '67th Australian squadron Royal Flying Corps abroad' and 'Our boys on active service abroad'. Several loose photographs include a portrait of Wal Shiers and his wife Helena Shiers.
Papers contained in the scrapbook include a movement order for Shiers permitting him to travel, and pass for Suez Canal Zone, both 1917; Program for 1st squadron Australian Flying Corps concert, August 1918; record noting Sergeant Shiers was released from RAF Risalpur 16 August 1919; letter from Ross Smith to Shiers, 1920; and job offer to Shiers from Auto Electrical Co, Adelaide, 1920.
Also contains newspaper cuttings, mostly relating to the death of Ross Smith, 1922; and TAA plane tickets for Crome and Wal Shiers, 1960.
Another album of Wal Shiers relating to the 1919 Ross Smith flight is held in the Manuscripts collection at MS 8627.
Scrapbook and engine log book relating to aviation, c.1920-1960 (File 4) - Box 155
Scrapbook of aviation cuttings using an aero-engine log book for a Cheetah IX plane. Original owner of log book and compiler of scrapbook unknown.
Includes twelve pages of handwritten notes on aviation events 1918-1919 in Crome's hand.
Also includes three photographs of planes and aviators. One photograph of a plane surrounded by onlookers is unlabelled. The second is a portrait of a man in RAAF uniform, labelled 'Flight Lieut Moir'. The third is a group portrait of thirteen aviators at an airfield, and is labelled 'Tom Amos, Jim Broadbent, Shaw, Len Palmer, W D Pye, George Little John instructor, Captain Follett, Milton Kent, Captain H Hammond instructor, W Turner, M [Slurry?], N Rodoni, H W Hunt.'
Scrapbook of US and Australian press cuttings, most relating to Bert Hinkler, 1925-1933 (File 5) - Box 155
The compiler of this scrapbook is unclear.
Scrapbook relating to aviation, 1933-1936 (File 6) - Folio-Box 156
Scrapbook using an account book, with cuttings relating to the names of aviators, places and airlines partially indexed. Appears to have been compiled by Crome.
Scrapbook relating to Charles Kingsford Smith, 1933-c.1961 (File 7) - Elephant-Folio Series 24: Item 7
Includes two inserts: a reproduction of a letter from Kingsford Smith to the Model Flying Club of Australia, 1934; and a poster for Qantas philatelic covers for the inaugural Sydney-Manila-Hong Kong-Tokyo service, c.1961
Scrapbook relating to aviation, 1937-1940 (File 8) - Box 157
Scrapbook using an account book, with cuttings relating to the names of aviators, places and airlines partially indexed. Appears to have been compiled by Crome.
Scrapbook relating to aviation, 1944-1964 (File 10) - Folio-Box 158
Also includes ten photographs relating to ships, aviation and the defence forces. Most are unlabelled. A RAAF Directorate of Public Relations group portrait of five aviators is labelled with the names of the men: K W Truscott, P Jeffrey, A C Rawlinson, A Fischer and C R Wawn.
Scrapbook relating to BP England-Australia Air Race, including autographs of competitors, 1969-1970 (File 21) - Folio-Box 159
Scrapbook relating to space, 1971-1972 (File 25) - Folio-Box 160
Also includes small packet of various Australian stamps.
Scrapbook relating to various subjects, 1975-1983 (File 36) - Folio-Box 162
Includes copies of correspondence, mostly relating to donations made by Crome to various institutions.
Scrapbook mostly relating to aviation, 1975-1986 (File 37) - Folio-Box 162
Includes photocopies of aviation newspaper articles 1930s-1960s.
Scrapbook mostly relating to Crome, 1977-1983 (File 38) - Folio-Box 162
Includes copies of correspondence.
Scrapbook containing copies of 1931-1938 articles relating to aviation, c.1985 (File 60) - Folio-Box 167
Series 25. Newspaper cuttings, 1919-1985
Newspaper cuttings collected by Crome, most relating to aviation. Most are loose, but some have been glued to sheets of paper or are in rough scrapbooks. There are some full copies of newspapers. Most newspapers are Australian, although some appear to have been collected by Crome while overseas, or sent to him.
Most of this series was boxed and foldered in 1970. This arrangement has been retained, although often the dates are varied.
(14 boxes)
Newspaper cuttings, 1928-1962 (File 5) - Box 172
Includes small scrapbook and loose cuttings from newspapers in Dutch, mostly relating to the Zeppelin, 1928-1934.
Series 26. Newspaper posters, 1955-1984
Newspaper posters or banner headlines of the type used outside newsagents to advertise daily headlines. Most headlines relate to aviation and space events.
The provenance of the posters is unclear, but it is likely Crome sourced them personally, probably from a local newsagent.
Subseries. 1955
Wild greeting to Comet: crowd hosed, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 December 1955 (Item 24-25) - Elephant-Folio 1955
two copies. item 24 has small tear at the base of poster. red colour for part of heading
Flyaway "caught R.A.A.F. out", Sydney Morning Herald, 31 August 1955 (Item 26) - Elephant-Folio 1955
Red ink used for partial heading
Runaway Sydney plane Shot down, The Sun, 30 August 1955 (Item 27) - Elephant-Folio 1955
Red ink used for header
Runaway plane shot down, Daily Mirror, 30 August 1955 (Item 28) - Elephant-Folio 1955
Red ink used for header
Sabotage feared: interstate airliners guarded, Daily Mirror, 1 September 1955 (Item 29) - Elephant-Folio 1955
Red ink used for header
Australian airport alert Plot to destroy airliner, The Sun, 1 September 1955 (Item 30) - Elephant-Folio 1955
Red ink used for header
Runaway plane shot down, Daily Mirror, 30 August 1955 (Item 31) - Elephant-Folio 1955
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Runaway plane loose over Sydney, Daily Mirror, 30 August 1955 (Item 32) - Elephant-Folio 1955
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Runaway Sydney plane, Shot down, The Sun, 30 August 1955 (Item 33) - Elephant-Folio 1955
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Plane amok over Sydney Air peril, The Sun, 30 August 1955 (Item 34-35) - Elephant-Folio 1955
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Subseries. 1956
Five missing in W.A. plane, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 February 1956 (Item 38) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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4 escape as plane hits tree, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 January 1956 (Item 39) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Pilot bails out through sound barrier pictures and story, Pix, 21 january 1956 (Item 40) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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127 feared dead in U.S. air disaster, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 July 1956 (Item 41) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Death message: tragic mix-up, Daily Mirror, 4 July 1956 (Item 42) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Lord Mayor's dramatic move Plea to kidnapper:" call me", Telegraph, 11 July 1956 (Item 43) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Graeme Thorne dead, Telegraph, 17 August 1956 (Item 44) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Mail strikers go back to work, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 September 1956 (Item 45) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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$170,000 bequest to buy old portraits, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 September 1956 (Item 46) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Vulcan crashes: four die, Telegraph, 2 October 1956 (Item 47- 49) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Vulcan crashes: 4 dead, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 October 1956 (Item 50 - 51) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Special pictures Vulcan crash, The Sun, 2 October 1956 (Item 52-55) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Airliner in ocean: four-hour ordeal, the Sydney Morning Herald, 17 October 1956 (Item 56) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Hungarians arrive Airport brawl, Daily Mirror, 10 november 1956 (Item 57) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Burning plane crashes in town, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 November 1956 (Item 58-59) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Shock police claim: Lasseter alive! Olympic special, Daily Mirror, 22 november 1956 (Item 60) - Elephant-Folio 1956
yellow border to poster red ink used in header.
Special supplement (Olympics Melbourne XVI), Telegraph, 23 November 1956 (Item 61) - Elephant-Folio 1956
Red ink used in header red outline of the Olympic torch in poster background
Vivid pictures of games opening, the Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November 1956 (Item 62) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Olympic results Aussies score, The Sun, 23 November 1956 (Item 63) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Games good start for Aussies, Daily Mirror, 23 November 1956 (Item 64) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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First medals to Aust. athletes, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 November 1956 (Item 65-67) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Australia's good start: pictures, Telegraph, 24 November 1956 (Item 68) - Elephant-Folio 1956
Red ink used in header outline of Olympic torch in red as background
More Olympic wins our girls brilliant, Daily Mirror, 24 November 1956 (Item 69) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Wonder girl Aussie's record sprint, The Sun, 24 November 1956 (Item 70) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Australian's great rowing, Telegraph, 26 November 1956 (Item 71) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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N.S.W. girls' bid for first gold medal, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 November 1956 (Item 72) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Million dollars sport bid to beat Russia, The Sun, 26 November 1956 (Item 73-74) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Games girls criticised Petting parties alleged, Daily Mirror, 26 November 1956 (Item 75) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Our first gold medal: pictures, Telegraph, 27 November 1956 (Item 76) - Elephant-Folio 1956
Red ink used in header photo of Betty Cuthbert holding medal in red Olympic torch in red in background.
Garbage dump search $525 thrown away Olympic latest, Daily Mirror, 27 November 1956 (Item 77) - Elephant-Folio 1956
yellow border around poster red ink in header
Shirley breaks record, Daily Mirror, 27 November 1956 (Item 78) - Elephant-Folio 1956
Red ink used in header drawings of Olympic torch and rings in red ink
Olympic shock Aussie runner out, The Sun, 27 November 1956 (Item 79) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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First Aust. win: story, pictures, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 November 1956 (Item 80-81) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Our girls again! pictures, Telegraph, 28 November 1956 (Item 82) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Two Navy planes collide over sea, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 November 1956 (Item 83) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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1952 1956 Shirley again!, Telegraph, 29 November 1956 (Item 84) - Elephant-Folio 1956
Red ink in header picture of Betty Cuthbert with medal Olympic torch drawing in background
Aust. swimmers smash records, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 November 1956 (Item 85) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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What a day! And what a night, Telegraph, 30 November 1956 (Item 86) - Elephant-Folio 1956
Red ink in header Olympic torch in red ink in background
Hungarian athletes desperate rebuff Russians, The Sun, 30 November 1956 (Item 87) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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A.J.C. probe shock reversal says stipe Olympic latest, Daily Mirror, 30 November 1956 (Item 88) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Landy back in picture, the Sun, 1 December 1956 (Item 89) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Great day at games for Aust., The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 December 1956 (Item 90) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Six more medals!, Telegraph, 1 December 1956 (Item 91-92) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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All the Olympic news and pictures, The Sun-Herald, 2 December 1956 (Item 93) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Another swimming record smashed, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 December 1956 (Item 94) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Now we're third!, Telegraph, 4 December 1956 (Item 95) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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8th.gold medal: more in sight, Telegraph, 5 December 1956 (Item 96-97) - Elephant-Folio 1956
Red ink in header Olympic torch in red as background.
First colour pictures Games highlights new weekly contest $100 in prizes, The Australian Women's weekly, 5 December 1956 (Item 98) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Gold medal lost to Australia on protest, Telegraph, 6 December 1956 (Item 99-100) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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3 gold medals: two world records, Telegraph, 7 December 1956 (Item 101-102) - Elephant-Folio 1956
Red ink in header Olympic torch in red ink in background
Russian, Hungarian Olympics clash, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 December 1956 (Item 103) - Elephant-Folio 1956
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Subseries. 1957
$475,000 hanger will be pulled down, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 February 1957 (Item 108) - Elephant-Folio 1957
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Philippines disaster: president killed in air crash, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 March 1957 (Item 109) - Elephant-Folio 1957
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8 big air liners grounded, Daily Mirror, 20 March 1957 (Item 110) - Elephant-Folio 1957
yellow border around poster red ink in header tear in header
Six feared dead in two air crashes, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 March 1957 (Item 111) - Elephant-Folio 1957
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Qantas pilots to stop work, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 April 1957 (Item 112) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in partial header minor overall damage and folding
Protests ignored British explode H bomb, The Sun, 16 May 1957 (Item 113) - Elephant-Folio 1957
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Christmas Island blast Bomb off!, Daily Mirror, 16 May 1957 (Item 114 - 115) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in header yellow border to whole poster 115 has serious tear mid poster
Bomber crashes in flames: picture, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 May 1957 (Item 116) - Elephant-Folio 1957
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N. Guinea plane crash 68 down in sea, The Sun, 16 July 1957 (Item 117) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in header serious tear top of poster
Dies in airliner tragic trip to Sydney, The Sun, 21 August 1957 (Item 118) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in header small tears along base of poster
First spaceman drops 20 miles to land, The Sun, 21 August 1957 (Item 119) - Elephant-Folio 1957
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20 miles high man hangs in space, The Sun, 21 August 1957 (Item 120) - Elephant-Folio 1957
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Scientist says comet to hit red moon, Daily Mirror, 9 October 1957 (Item 121) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in header yellow border to poster
Control of space, world moves, The Sun, 9 October 1957 (Item 122) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in header tears base and top of poster
Space struggle new turn, The Sun, 9 October 1957 (Item 123) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in header small pieces missing top and base of poster
Th'sands turn out to watch "sputnik", The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 October 1957 (Item 124) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in partial header piece missing from top of poster
Rush to launch U.S. moon, The Sun, 10 October 1957 (Item 125) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in header small tears top and base of poster
U.S. rushes moon plans, Daily Mirror, 10 October 1957 (Item 126) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in header yellow border for whole poster piece missing mid poster
Sputnik: first close-up, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 October 1957 (Item 127) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in partial header piece missing from top of poster
Russians tell how sputnik works, Telegraph, 10 October (1957) (Item 128) - Elephant-Folio 1957
Red ink in header some tears in poster
New giant Sputnik astounds west, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November 1957 (Item 129) - Elephant-Folio 1957
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Subseries. 1958
Reds launch man in space, Daily Mirror, 7 January 1958 (Item 132- 133) - Elephant-Folio 1958
Red ink in header tears in poster 132
Russia shock Man in space, The Sun, 7 January 1958 (Item 134-135) - Elephant-Folio 1958
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U.S. planes over Russia, Daily Mirror, 8 January 1958 (Item 136 - 137) - Elephant-Folio 1958
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U.S. planes reported in air fight over Russia, The Sun, 8 January 1958 (Item 138 - 139) - Elephant-Folio 1958
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Political crisis in Britain, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 January 1958 (Item 140) - Elephant-Folio 1958
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Two hurt in plance crash, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 March 1958 (Item 142) - Elephant-Folio 1958
Red ink in partial header minor tears at top of poster
47 die in U.S. airliner crash, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 April 1958 (Item 143) - Elephant-Folio 1958
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U.S. fires moon rocket, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 August 1958 (Item 144) - Elephant-Folio 1958
Red ink in partial header minor tears in edges
Aust. joins space race, Daily Mirror, 4 September 1958 (Item 145) - Elephant-Folio 1958
Red ink in header oil spots on body of poster, tears at side
Skeletons found in Southern Cloud, Daily Mirror, 28 October 1958 (Item 146 - 147) - Elephant-Folio 1958
Red ink in header tear in mid poster in 147
Subseries. 1959
Sydney bomber 8 die, The Sun, 4 February 1959 (Item 150) - Elephant-Folio 1959
Red ink in header tears top side and base of poster
Richmond bomber crash 6 die, Daily Mirror, 4 February 1959 (Item 151) - Elephant-Folio 1959
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U.S. plane crashes into river: many die, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 February 1959 (Item 152-154) - Elephant-Folio 1959
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Well-known pilot killed in crash, The Sun-Herald, 19 April 1959 (Item 155) - Elephant-Folio 1959
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Back alive space trip by monkeys, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 May 1959 (Item 156) - Elephant-Folio 1959
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Monkey in the moon pictures, The Sun, 29 May 1959 (Item 157) - Elephant-Folio 1959
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Hit, Daily Mirror, 14 September 1959 (Item 158) - Elephant-Folio 1959
Red ink in header picture of world globe, partial globe of the moon's surface tear on side
'Share space!' Kruschev plan, Daily Mirror, 15 September 1959 (Item 159) - Elephant-Folio 1959
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'Share space!' Kruschev plan, Daily Mirror, 15 September 1959 (Item 160) - Elephant-Folio 1959
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Reds say Mars rocket ready, Daily Mirror, 17 September 1959 (Item 161) - Elephant-Folio 1959
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Moscow report Moon not dead, The Sun, 15 September 1959 (Item 162) - Elephant-Folio 1959
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Back of moon first photo, The Sun, 27 October 1959 (Item 163) - Elephant-Folio 1959
Red ink in header picture of moon surface small tear in base of poster
Subseries. 1960
Emergency at Mascot drama of jet landing, The Sun-Herald, 3 July 1960 (Item 166) - Elephant-Folio 1960
Red ink in header
Kidnapper's 25,000 demand Father's dramatic appeal, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 July 1960 (Item 167) - Elephant-Folio 1960
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Kidnap drama "I'll feed him to sharks!". Daily Mirror, 8 July 1960 (Item 169) - Elephant-Folio 1960
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Kidnapper on phone 'feed him to sharks', The Sun, 8 July 1960 (Item 170) - Elephant-Folio 1960
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Clothes found copter hunt, The Sun, 11 July 1960 (Item 171) - Elephant-Folio 1960
Red ink in header serious tear across middle of poster
Copter's, dogs move in clothes found !, Daily Mirror, 11 July 1960 (Item 172) - Elephant-Folio 1960
Red ink background to header minor tears at side and middle of poster
Kidnapping: new leads police believe boy alive, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 July 1960 (Item 173, 174) - Elephant-Folio 1960
Red ink in partial heading
Five now named!, Daily Mirror, 14 July 1960 (Item 175) - Elephant-Folio 1960
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Flying constable arrests escapee, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 August 1960 (Item 177) - Elephant-Folio 1960
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Graeme Thorne dead, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 August 1960 (Item 178) - Elephant-Folio 1960
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Dead boy murder hunt pictures, The Sun, 17 August 1960 (Item 179) - Elephant-Folio 1960
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Graeme autopsy shock, Daily Mirror, 17 August 1960 (Item 180, 181) - Elephant-Folio 1960
Red ink background to header 180 tears to the side 181 very grubby
6 hurt Qantas airliner aflame, Daily Mirror, 25 August 1960 (Item 182, 183,184) - Elephant-Folio 1960
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Qantas crash in takeoff blaze, The Sun, 25 August 1960 (Item 185) - Elephant-Folio 1960
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Subseries. 1961
Titov pictures Daily Mirror, 8 August 1961 (Item 1) - Elephant-Folio 1961
text in red. Picture of Titov and wife.
Titov's story in pictures Daily Mirror, 8 August 1961 (Item 2) - Elephant-Folio 1961
text in red ink
Non-stop from London bomber streaks here Daily Mirror, 21 June 1961 (Item 11) - Elephant-Folio 1961
text in red ink
Non-stop to Aust. British bomber's dash The Sun, 21 June 1961 (Item 12) - Elephant-Folio 1961
Poster signed in ink by members of the crew: M Briars? David Bromley Co-pilot, F Inker? Navigator plotter RCTaylornav radar. JY Kitt AEQ D Malyn? CH/T (Crew Chief)
"What I saw!" Spaceman talks pictures Daily Mirror, 13 April 1961 (Item 16-17) - Elephant-Folio 1961
text in red ink
Space man back: full story - pictures The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 April 1961 (Item 19) - Elephant-Folio 1961
Subseries. 1962
Fire in plane 32 on board, The Sun, 7 February 1962 (Item 188, 189) - Elephant-Folio 1962
Red ink in header 188 -large piece missing from header
Off coast Plane afire in air,Daily Mirror, 7 February 1962 (Item 190) - Elephant-Folio 1962
blue ink background to header red ink headlines
Safe! special edition, Daily Mirror, 21 February 1962 (Item 191) - Elephant-Folio 1962
blue ink background to header picture of head of astronaut
Flight in pedal plane pictures, The Sun, 5 May 1962 (Item 192) - Elephant-Folio 1962
Red ink in header
Second U.S. man in orbit, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 May 1962 (Item 193) - Elephant-Folio 1962
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Space drama Russia's daring plan, Daily Mirror, 13 August 1962 (Item 194, 195) - Elephant-Folio 1962
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2 Reds now in orbit, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 August 1962 (Item 196) - Elephant-Folio 1962
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Around they go! T.V. photo from space, The Sun, 13 August 1962 (Item 197) - Elephant-Folio 1962
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Russian report 5 men in orbit, The Sun, 13 August 1962 (Item 198, 199) - Elephant-Folio 1962
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Russian "twins" still in orbit, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August 1962 (Item 200, 201, 202) - Elephant-Folio 1962
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Airline man's 100,000 - solo, Daily Mirror, 17 August 1962 (Item 203) - Elephant-Folio 1962
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Home!, The Sun, 21 February 1962 (Item 205,206,207,208) - Elephant-Folio 1962
Red ink in header half page picture of head and shoulders of smiling astronaut
Jet down in harbor, Daily Mirror, 2 October 1962 (Item 209) - Elephant-Folio 1962
blue ink background to header headlines in red ink
Jet dives in harbor amazing picture, Daily Mirror, 2 October 1962 (Item 210) - Elephant-Folio 1962
blue ink background to header red ink headlines
Mid-air collision jet in harbour, The Sun, 2 October 1962 (Item 211, 212) - Elephant-Folio 1962
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Full story of jet crash in harbour, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 October 1962 (Item 213-216) - Elephant-Folio 1962
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Space man down, Daily Mirror, 4 October 1962 (Item 217, 218) - Elephant-Folio 1962
blue ink background to header red ink headlines 217,218 tear in top of poster
Third U.S. spaceman in orbit, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 October 1962 (Item 219) - Elephant-Folio 1962
Red ink in partial header
Dobell sued for 10,000, Daily Mirror, 21 November 1962 (Item 220) - Elephant-Folio 1962
blue ink background to header headlines in red ink tear in middle of poster, poor condition
Subseries. 1963
Subseries. 1964
How plane landed without engine, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 April 1964 (Item 228) - Elephant-Folio 1964
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World-girdling woman flier call for help over Pacific, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 1964 (Item 229) - Elephant-Folio 1964
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Sydney welcomes carrier pictures, 5 September 1964 (Item 230) - Elephant-Folio 1964
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Russia launches amazing spaceship, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 October 1964 (Item 231,232,233) - Elephant-Folio 1964
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Airlines dispute State threat of huge fines, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 1964 (Item 234-236) - Elephant-Folio 1964
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Australia wins its first gold medal,The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 1964 (Item 237) - Elephant-Folio 1964
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Menzies' dismay on airlines, The Australian, 15 October 1964 (Item 238) - Elephant-Folio 1964
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Guards out on Ansett writ, The Australian, 16 October 1964 (Item 239) - Elephant-Folio 1964
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Airline's move too late Writ fails to stop air bill, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 October 1964 (Item 240) - Elephant-Folio 1964
11th-hour move on air route, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 October 1964 (Item 241) - Elephant-Folio 1964
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Fantastic trip man crated from U.K., The Sun, 6 November 1964 (Item 242, 243) - Elephant-Folio 1964
Red ink for header 243 is Late Final Extra - some tears in card base
Subseries. 1965
Astronaut out of capsule in space, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 March 1965 (Item 248) - Elephant-Folio 1965
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Russian to step out in space, The Australian, 19 March 1965 (Item 249) - Elephant-Folio 1965
purple ink for header/print
Russian leaves satellite, Newcastle Herald, 19 March 1965 (Item 251) - Elephant-Folio 1965
blue ink in header red ink for print some minor tears in poster
Soviet spacemen complete mission, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 March 1965 (Item 252) - Elephant-Folio 1965
Red ink in partial header
Spacemen back: new pictures, The Australian, 20 March 1965 (Item 253, 254) - Elephant-Folio 1965
purple ink for header/print tear in base of 253
Spaceship landing mystery, The Sun-Herald, 21 March 1965 (Item 255, 256) - Elephant-Folio 1965
Red ink in header serious tear in 255 and in 256
Dying messages scratched on plane, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 April 1965 (Item 257) - Elephant-Folio 1965
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Askin acts on air dispute, The Australian, 15 May 1965 (Item 258) - Elephant-Folio 1965
purple ink for header/print
Askin's decision on Dubbo flights, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May 1965 (Item 259, 260) - Elephant-Folio 1965
Red ink in partial header
New China A-Bomb world alarm, Daily Mirror, 15 May 1965 (Item 261) - Elephant-Folio 1965
blue ink in header
Two-man space flight drama, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 1965 (Item 262) - Elephant-Folio 1965
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Casey is new Gov-Gen, The Australian, 29 July 1965 (Item 263) - Elephant-Folio 1965
purple ink header/print minor tear on edge
New Gov.-Gen. interview, pictures, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 July 1965 (Item 264) - Elephant-Folio 1965
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IPEC Senate drama, The Australian, 26 August 1965 (Item 265) - Elephant-Folio 1965
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Noisy air 'war' upsets Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 Octdober 1965 (Item 266) - Elephant-Folio 1965
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Subseries. [Title not available], 1966
Charter plane for Ryan, Walker, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 january 1966 (Item 269) - Elephant-Folio 1966
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Mascot closed shock landing, The Sun, 18 January 1966 (Item 270) - Elephant-Folio 1966
Red ink for headerlate final extra edition
Signals from moon, The Sun, 4 February 1966 (Item 271, 272) - Elephant-Folio 1966
Red ink in header thick card used
Land on moon Russian triumph, The Sun, 4 February 1966 (Item 273) - Elephant-Folio 1966
Red ink in header late final extra edition
Space epic Reds on Moon, Daily Mirror, 4 February 1966 (Item 274, 275) - Elephant-Folio 1966
blue ink background for header275 has tear in left side, base and ink is unevenheavy card used for 275
Russian spaceship on moon, Daily Mirror, 4 February 1966 (Item 276) - Elephant-Folio 1966
blue ink background to header
Vietnam talk Johnson's surprise flight, The Sun, 5 February 1966 (Item 277) - Elephant-Folio 1966
Red ink for header tear at top of poster, grease mark at base
First photo on moon, Daily Mirror, 5 February 1966 (Item 278) - Elephant-Folio 1966
blue ink background to header small tear on side
"Sensational" report spaceship moves, The Sun, 7 February 1966 (Item 279-281) - Elephant-Folio 1966
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280 is late final extra edition
New Red feat Moon walk, Daily Mirror, 7 February 1966 (Item 282) - Elephant-Folio 1966
blue ink in header tear on mid-left hand side
Moon landing first picture, The Sun, 5 February 1966 (Item 283) - Elephant-Folio 1966
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Two astronauts dead, The Sun, 1 March 1966 (Item 284, 285) - Elephant-Folio 1966
Red ink for header both posters late final extra edition
China drops H-bomb, The Sun, 10 May 1966 (Item 286, 287) - Elephant-Folio 1966
Red ink for header card used for both posters
Six dead another plane down, Daily Mirror, 24 September 1966 (Item 289) - Elephant-Folio 1966
blue ink background to header
6 dead in new air crash, The Sun-Herald, 25 September 1966 (Item 290) - Elephant-Folio 1966
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6 die: another plane crashes, Sunday Telegraph, 25 September (1966) (Item 291) - Elephant-Folio 1966
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Woman holding baby hijacks airliner, Telegraph, 8 October (1966) (Item 292) - Elephant-Folio 1966
Red ink background to header tear in centre of header
Subseries. 1967
Landing satellite lost over Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 Februrary 1967 (Item 301) - Elephant-Folio 1967
Red ink in partial header
R.A.A.F. jets in action, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 April 1967 (Item 302) - Elephant-Folio 1967
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Russian spaceman killed landing, The Australian, 25 April 1967 (Item 303) - Elephant-Folio 1967
purple ink for header
Loose nuts in crashed airliner, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 April 1967 (Item 304) - Elephant-Folio 1967
Red ink in partial header minor tears in poster base
Viscount crash fault in assembly manual claimed, Telegraph, 27 April [1967] (Item 305) - Elephant-Folio 1967
Red ink background to header
New air services for country, Telegraph, 16 May [1967] (Item 306) - Elephant-Folio 1967
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Big air service changes approved, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 May 1967 (Item 307) - Elephant-Folio 1967
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160 die in twin air disasters, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 1967 (Item 308) - Elephant-Folio 1967
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160 killed in two air crashes, Telegraph, 5 June [1967] (Item 309) - Elephant-Folio 1967
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Pilots, Qantas again in dispute, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 July 1967 (Item 310) - Elephant-Folio 1967
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Aussie for space, The Sun, 2 August 1967 (Item 311-313) - Elephant-Folio 1967
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late final extra 311, 312,313
The death of our aircraft industry, The Australian, 27 September 1967 (Item 314) - Elephant-Folio 1967
header in purple ink two tears on side, one large
Utzon sues State for $349,000, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 October 1967 (Item 315) - Elephant-Folio 1967
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Australia will sell Mirages to NZ, The Australian, 4 October 1967 (Item 316) - Elephant-Folio 1967
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Spaceman 50-mile death plunge, The Sun, 16 November 1967 (Item 317) - Elephant-Folio 1967
Red ink for header black/white picture of capsule
late final extra edition
Subseries. 1968
A-Bombs loose U.S. jet crashes, Daily Mirror, 23 January 1968 (Item 325) - Elephant-Folio 1968
blue ink background to header
Two safe after air crash ordeal, The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 January 1968 (Item 327) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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V.I.P. crash alert Casey aboard, The Sun, 13 February 1968 (Item 328) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Rose! story and pictures, Telegraph, 28 February 1968 (Item 329) - Elephant-Folio 1968
Red ink background to header
Champ! His story, Daily Mirror, 28 February 1968 (Item 330) - Elephant-Folio 1968
blue ink background to header black and white head shot of Rose with boxing gloves
Nun, baby photo, Daily Mirror, 28 February 1968 (Item 331) - Elephant-Folio 1968
blue ink background to header
Title to Rose: details, pictures The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 February 1968 (Item 332) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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"How I won" - Lionel Rose, The Sun, 28 February 1968 (Item 333) - Elephant-Folio 1968
Red ink for header
late final extra edition
Spaceman's last words, The Sun, 29 March 1968 (Item 334) - Elephant-Folio 1968
Red ink for header black and white photo of man's face in space helmet
Death of first spaceman, Telegraph, 29 March [1968] (Item 336-339) - Elephant-Folio 1968
Red ink background to header
Russia's space idol dead, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 March 1968 (Item 340) - Elephant-Folio 1968
Red ink in partial header
First man in space killed in crash, The Australian, 29 March 1968 (Item 341) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Super jet down, Daily Mirror, 29 March 1968 (Item 342) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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The F 111 shot down, The Sun, 29 March 1968 (Item 343) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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late final exta edition
Sydney jet down, Daily Mirror, 9 April 1968 (Item 344) - Elephant-Folio 1968
blue ink background to header
Quads Mum tells, Daily Mirror, 9 April 1968 (Item 345) - Elephant-Folio 1968
blue ink background to header
black and white picture of Aboriginal mother in hospital bed
Jet ablaze in sky pictures, The Sun, 9 April 1968 (Item 346) - Elephant-Folio 1968
Red ink for header, black marks on header
late final extra edition
Blazing jet crashes: 122 killed, Telegraph, 22 April [1968] (Item 347) - Elephant-Folio 1968
Red ink background to header
Mystery death of spacemen, Telegraph, 1 July [1968] (Item 348) - Elephant-Folio 1968
red background to header poster in poor condition
Boeing 727 death fall woman, 26, Daily Mirror, 2 August 1968 (Item 349) - Elephant-Folio 1968
blue ink background to header
U.S. strafes diggers, The Australian, 21 Septemeber 1968 (Item 350) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Air show horror: 12 die, The Sun, 21 September 1968 (Item 351) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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back of the poster has 3 newspaper cuttings re this disaster from Sydney papers
Famous sailor drowns, The Sun, 23 September 1968 (Item 352) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Lost at sea William Willis, Daily Mirror, 23 September 1968 (Item 353, 354) - Elephant-Folio 1968
blue ink background to header
black and white photo of head of whiskery man
354 has signature of E. Crome in thick black pen
RAAF pilot F-111 in crash, The Sun, 24 September 1968 (Item 355) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Daring young men of 1905 photos, The Sun, 24 September 1968 (Item 356) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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black and white photo of gas balloon rising from crowded ground
Second spaceman sick, The Australian, 14 October 1968 (Item 357) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Apollo back safe, The Australian, 23 October 1968 (Item 358) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Spacemen: dramatic landing, Telegraph, 23 October [1968] (Item 359) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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heart swap exclusive surgeon tells, The Sun, 24 October 1968 (Item 360, 361) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Heart swap surgeon tells, The Sun, 24 October 1968 (Item 362, 363) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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late final extra edition
Surgeon's own story heart swap, Daily Mirror, 24 October 1968 (Item 364) - Elephant-Folio 1968
blue ink background to header
black and white picture of head and shoulders of man in water
Russians launch new moon rocket, the Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 1968 (Item 365) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Moon voyage today, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 December 1968 (Item 366) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Three on way to moon, The Sun-Herald, 22 December 1968 (Item 367) - Elephant-Folio 1968
Red ink background to header
black and white photo of USA capsule on poster
"Moon men" on the way Sunday Telegraph, 22 December 1968 (Item 368) - Elephant-Folio 1968
red backing to header
Round the Moon it's on tonight Daily Mirror, 24 December 1968 (Item 370) - Elephant-Folio 1968
blue ink for header
Spacemen: the final hazard, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 December 1968 (Item 371) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Back to earth!, Daily Mirror, 28 December 1968 (Item 372-374) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Space epic Pictures, The Sun, 28 December 1968 (Item 375-377) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Moonship splashes down: all safe, the Sydney Morning Herald, 28 December 1968 (Item 379) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Moon voyage: the last miles, the Sydney Morning Herald, 28 December 1968 (Item 380) - Elephant-Folio 1968
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Subseries. 1969
Moon men's own story, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 January 1969 (Item 384) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Mid-air drama Hostess foils hijack, Telegraph, 14 January 1969 (Item 385) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Russian in orbit, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 January 1969 (Item 386) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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42 believed dead on carrier, Telegraph, 16 January 1969 (Item 387) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Red ink for headerpaper crumpled on one side
3 more Russians in orbit, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 January 1969 (Item 388) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Russian gets 4 in space, The Australian, 16 January 1969 (Item 389) - Elephant-Folio 1969
Physical Characteristics
purple ink for header and poster
Attempt to kill Russian spacemen, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 January 1969 (Item 390) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Russian assassin mystery, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 January 1969 (Item 391) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Woman victim Sydney parachutist drowns in dam, Telegraph, 22 February 1969 (Item 392) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Apollo moonship in free flight, Newcastle Morning Herald, 8 March 1969 (Item 393) - Elephant-Folio 1969
Physical Characteristics
blue ink for header text in red ink
'Space bubble' over Sydney, The Sun, 18 April 1969 (Item 394) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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They're off! Big race across Atlantic, Telegraph, 5 May 1969 (Item 395) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Israel reported building A-Bombs, Telegraph, 9 May 1969 (Item 396) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Photo at the moon, Daily Mirror, 23 May 1969 (Item 397) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Snoopy! Moon drama, The Sun, 23 May 1969 (Item 398, 399) - Elephant-Folio 1969
Physical Characteristics
Red ink for header399 is Late Final Extra editionboth posters have black ink marks top and base
Mystery death of spacemen, Telegraph, 1 July 1969 (Item 400) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Exclusive Moonmen tell their own story, the Sydney Morning Herald, 19 August 1969 (Item 401) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Jumbo arrives: pictures, Telegraph, 5 October 1969 (?) (Item 402) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Red ink for headertear at top of poster
Russia tries for space station, Sunday Telegraph, 12 October 1969 (?) (Item 403) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Workshop in the sky Space race, The Sun, 13 October 1969 (Item 404) - Elephant-Folio 1969
Physical Characteristics
Red ink for headertear in left hand base
3 more Russians in space, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 October 1969 (Item 405) - Elephant-Folio 1969
Physical Characteristics
Red ink for partial headerminor tears along top of poster
Spaceship No.3 goes up, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 1969 (Item 406) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Sydney hijack drama, The Sun, 6 November 1969 (Item 407) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Red ink for header407 is the Late Final Extra edition
Object chasing Apollo, The Sun, 17 November 1969 (Item 408, 409) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Red ink for header409 is Late Final Extra edition
Radiation moon ship's peril, Daily Mirror, 19 November 1969 (Item 410) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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A long walk on the moon, The Australian, 20 November 1969 (Item 411) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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purple ink for header and poster text
Moon men explore, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 November 1969 (Item 412) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Men on moon: their TV fails, Telegraph, 20 November 1969 (?) (Item 413, 414) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Astronauts take off from moon, Telegraph, 21 November 1969 (?) (Item 415-417) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Red ink for header416 and 417 have long tears from base of poster417 has other smaller tears
Goal achieved Moon men blast off, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 November 1969 (Item 418-423) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Apollo heading home, The Sun, 22 November 1969 (Item 424) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Dust in spaceship worries astronauts, Telegraph, 24 November 1969 (?) (Item 425, 426) - Elephant-Folio 1969
Physical Characteristics
Red ink for headerminor tears along sides of both posters
Threat of pilots' strike tonight, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 November 1969 (Item 427) - Elephant-Folio 1969
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in partial headerminor tears in poster top
Pilots strike: all planes stop, Telegraph, 12 December 1969 (Item 428) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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1,000 pilots on strike, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 December 1969 (Item 429) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Pilots go back, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December 1969 (Item 430) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Red ink in partial headerminor tears at top of poster
Air race leaders in Adelaide, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 December 1969 (Item 431) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Red ink in partial header
NSW plane ignores Iraq orders: first home, Telegraph, 22 December 1969 (Item 432) - Elephant-Folio 1969
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Red ink in header
Subseries. 1970
Pilot ditches off coast, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 January 1970 (Item 437) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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It's a right royal paper, Telegraph, 31 March 1970 (Item 438) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Hijacked airliner: bid to save passengers, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 April 1970 (Item 439) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Hijackers holding 93 in jet, Telegraph, 1 April 1970 (Item 440) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Hijacked passengers still held prisoner, Telegraph, 2 April 1970 (Item 441) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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600mph jet terror five hurt, Daily Mirror, 14 April 1970 (Item 442) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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5 hurt: Mascot jet, The Sun, 14 April 1970 (Item 443-445) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Red ink for header443 tear in base of poster444 and 445 Late Final Extra edition
Moonship space crisis, The Sun, 14 April 1970 (Item 446, 447) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Red ink in header
Last chance Moon rocket fired!, Daily Mirror, 15 April 1970 (Item 448) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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blue ink in header
Apollo nightmare It's do or die!, Daily Mirror, 15 April 1970 (Item 449, 450) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Apollo lift-out photos rocket crisis, Daily Mirror, 15 April 1970 (Item 451-453) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Moon men battling way home, Telegraph, 15 April 1970 (Item 454) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Ordeal in space, The Sun, 15 April 1970 (Item 455-457) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Red ink for header456 is on card, small tear in middle457 is Late Final Extra edition
Moonmen Grim fight, The Sun, 15 April 1970 (Item 458) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Red ink in header
Moonship deadly gas, The Sun, 15 April 1970 (Item 459-461) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Red ink in header
459,560,461 are all Late Final Extra edition
Moonship out of control, The Sun, 15 April 1970 (Item 462, 463) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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462 and 463 are Late Final Extra edition
Moonmen heat peril, The Sun, 15 April 1970 (Item 464) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Apollo nightmare it's do or die, Daily Mirror, 16 April 1970 (Item 465, 466) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Apollo on target rocket fired, Daily Mirror, 16 April 1970 (Item 467) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Apollo new crisis, Daily Mirror, 16 April 1970 (Item 468) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Apollo she's right!, Daily Mirror, 16 April 1970 (Item 469) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 1
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Wrong course New crisis, The Sun, 16 April 1970 (Item 470) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Apollo - new crisis Fatal hours, The Sun, 16 April 1970 (Item 471, 472) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Red ink for header471,472 Late Final Extra edition
Moonship Battery fails, The Sun, 16 April 1970 (Item 473) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Apollo battery fails, The Sun, 16 April 1970 (Item 474, 475) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Red ink for header474, 475 are Late Final Extra edition
Astronauts battle on: prepare for last crisis, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 April 1970 (?) (Item 476, 477) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Space climax near, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 April 1970 (Item 478) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Apollo last day, The Sun, 17 April 1970 (Item 479, 480) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Woman on pill $250,000 award, The Sun, 17 April 1970 (Item 481) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Apollo latest, Daily Mirror, 17 April 1970 (Item 482, 483) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Pop star child bride divorce, Daily Mirror, 17 April 1970 (Item 484) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Whacko, they're back!, Telegraph, 18 April 1970 (?) (Item 485, 486) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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They're safe pictures, The Sun, 18 April 1970 (Item 487, 488) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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They're back full report pictures, The Sun-Herald, 19 April 1970 (Item 489-493) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
Red ink for headerincludes picture of three astronauts emerging from plane
Jet burns photos, The Sun, 20 April 1970 (Item 494) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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red in for headertear in top left corner
1000 see parachutist plunge to death, 25 May 1970 (?) (Item 495) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Sydney v Melbourne The great airport struggle, The Bulletin, 25 July 1970 (Item 496) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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3 shot in gun battle on Israeli airliner, Telegraph, 7 September1970 (Item 497) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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Hijack: 1 dead, 2 wounded, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 September 1970 (Item 498) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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288 jet passengers held hostage, Telegraph, 8 September 1970 (Item 499) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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2 jets, 300 captives threatened, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 September 1970 (Item 500) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 2
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225 await death locked in jet, The Sun, 8 September 1970 (Item 501) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 3
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Red Cross tries to free jet hostages, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 September 1970 (Item 502-504) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 3
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Arabs dig in around planes and hostages, Telegraph, 9 September 1970 (Item 505) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 3
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Arabs hijack B.O.A.C. jet liner, The Australian, 10 September 1970 (Item 506) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 3
Physical Characteristics
purple ink for header and text
Again! Arabs grab U.K. airliner, Telegraph, 10 September 1970 (?) (Item 507) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 3
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in headersevere tears around the header
Pirates seize UK jet: 114 aboard,The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September 1970 (Item 508) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 3
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117 lives swap for girl London Report, The Sun, 10 September 1970 (Item 509) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 3
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right hand top corner torn off
Baby born in jet Hijack, The Sun, 11 September 1970 (Item 510, 511) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 3
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deep fold marks
Hostages in secret hideout the continuing hijack drama, Telegraph, 14 September 1970 (Item 512) - Elephant-Folio 1970 Part 3
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Subseries. 1971
George Moore Combeback!, The Sun, 2 February 1971 (Item 515, 516) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Do-or-die moonmen They'll land, The Sun, 2 February 1971 (Item 517, 518) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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517 and 518 Late Final Extra edition
'A wild place' Apollo buzzes moon, Daily Mirror, 5 February 1971 (Item 519) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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blue ink in header
Moon walk, The Sun, 6 February 1971 (Item 520) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Death in the air, The Sun, 12 February 1971 (Item 521-524) - Elephant-Folio 1971
picture of burning plane with pilot falling in air
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8 pages of photos, The Sun, 15 February 1971 (Item 525-527) - Elephant-Folio 1971
picture of a pilot in front of an older plane.Major W.A.M. McCloughry, Commander of No 4 Squadron in France in World War 1, in front of a fighter scoutplane, photo taken at Calamerais, France in June 1918.
The Sun on 14 February 1971 had a souvenir folder of photographs to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the R.A.A.F.
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525,526,527 are Late Final Extra edition
Those weird air battles,The Sun, 17 February 1971 (Item 528, 529) - Elephant-Folio 1971
picture at top of poster of two early aeroplanes
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Russian rocket build-up US warns, The Sun, 22 April 1971 (Item 530) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Qantas pays hoaxer $500,000, The Australian, 27 May 1971 (Item 531) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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purple ink for text and header
Bomb plot robs Qantas of $1/2M, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 May 1971 (Item 532) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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The bomb photo, The Sun, 27 May 1971 (Item 533) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Ransom cash serial numbers, The Sun, 27 May 1971 (Item 534, 535) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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535 is Late Final Extra edition
$500,000 bandit Police picture, The Sun, 27 May 1971 (Item 536) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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536 is Late Final Extra edition
Photo $500,000 bomb, The Sun, 27 May 1971 (Item 537-539) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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537-539 all Late Final Extra edition
Qantas bandit picture, Daily Mirror, 27 May 1971 (Item 540) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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blue ink in header
Bandit calls CIB 'I'll do it again', 27 May 1971 (Item 541) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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blue ink in header
$20,000 reward the great plane robber, Daily Mirror, 27 May 1971 (Item 542, 543) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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blue ink in header
Jet pilot: yellow van gives new lead, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 May 1971 (Item 544) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Russia's home in space picture, 8 June 1971 (Item 545) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Red ink in header
thick card not newsprint tear in mid upper of poster
Mystery death of spacemen, Telegraph, 1 July (1971?) (Item 546) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Red ink in header
Mystery of space deaths, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 July 1971 (Item 547, 548) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Last minutes space agony, The Sun, 1 July 1971 (Item 549-551) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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550, 551 are Late Final Extra edition
Spacemen terrible death, The Sun, 1 July 1971 (Item 552, 553) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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552,553 Late Final Extra edition
Russian tells space deaths, The Sun, 12 July 1971 (Item 554-556) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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555,556 are Late Final Extra edition
Hugh Ansett extortion plot, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 July 1971 (Item 557) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Hijacker shot dead airport drama, The Sun, 24 July 1971 (Item 558) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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race betting stamp across header
Two charged plane plot, The Sun, 24 July 1971 (Item 559) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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serious tear in right hand base corner
Apollo sabotage inquiry, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July 1971 (Item 560) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Man in court Ansett ransom, The Sun, 26 July 1971 (Item 561, 562) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Red ink in header561, 562 are Late Final Extra edition
Apollo engine trouble, The Sun, 27 July 1971 (Item 563, 564) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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563,564 Late Final Extra edition
Apollo leak Emergency, The Sun, 29 July 1971 (Item 565, 566) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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565,566 Late Final Extra edition
Apollo in peril! pressure build-up, Daily Mirror, 3 August 1971 (Item 567) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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blue ink in header
two tears on left and right of base and top of poster
Aussie for space, Daily Mirror, 3 August 1971 (Item 568) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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blue ink in header
moon man takes a tumble - in chasm, The Sun (Melbourne), 3 August 1971 (Item 569) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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large poaster, edges bent
5 cars, 2 homes Qantas clues, The Sun, 5 August 1971 (Item 570) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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'Mr Brown' charge 2 men in court, The Sun, 5 August 1971 (Item 571) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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Qantas hoax: 2 men in court, Daily Mirror, 5 August 1971 (Item 572) - Elephant-Folio 1971
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blue ink in header
Subseries. 1972
Mr Brown $200 bungle! Exclusive, Daily Mirror, 28 January 1972 (Item 575) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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blue ink in header
top of poster folded with slight tears
'Mr Brown' 15 years jail, The Sun, 27 January 1972 (Item 576, 577) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Red ink in header
577 has badly torn right hand base
Mr Brown escape offer, The Sun, 28 January 1972 (Item 579 580) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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The real Mr Brown At last enough teachers, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 January 1972 (Item 581) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Hunt for missing Qantas $200,000, The Australian, 28 January 1972 (Item 582) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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purple ink in header
Mascot bomb alert, The Sun, 15 June 1972 (Item 583) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Red ink in header
Many Aussies die: jet horror!, Daily Mirror, 15 June 1972 (Item 584) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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blue ink in header
21 Aussies in jet disaster photo, Daily Mirror, 15 June 1972 (Item 585) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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blue ink in header
Where to see Concorde, The Sun, 16 June 1972 (Item 586) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Red ink in header
poster is on yellow cardboard, not newsprint paper.
Super jet flies in Photos, Daily Mirror, 17 June 1972 (Item 587, 588) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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blue ink in header
Concorde arrives Huge crowds, The Sun, 17 June 1972 (Item 589) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Red ink in header
tears on mid left side of poster
Building blown up A-test fury!, Daily Mirror, 29 June 1972 (Item 590, 591) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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blue ink in header
The bomb? No, the Concorde takeoff, The Sun, 20 June 1972 (Item 592, 593) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Red ink in header
593 has tear in mid left side of poster
First picture Gaoled model!,Daily Mirror, 20 June 1972 (Item 594) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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blue ink in header
Chichester in trouble SOS drama, Daily Mirror, 30 June 1972 (Item 595) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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blue ink in header
poster printed on cardboard
A-Bomb sky dive drama, The Sun, 23 June 1972 (Item 596) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Red ink in header
Royal jet attacked, The Sun, 17 August 1972 (Item 597, 598) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Red ink in header
598 has minor tears on left side
Qantas $6mill. blow,The Sun, 12 October 1972 (Item 599, 600) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Red ink in header
Hijack hero first picture, Daily Mirror, 16 November 1972 (Item 601) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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blue ink in header
Ansett skyjack 1 dead, 1 wounded pictures, The Daily Telegraph, 16 November 1972 (Item 602) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Gun at head Hostess tells, Daily Mirror, 16 November 1972 (Item 603) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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blue ink in header
Police at Alice kill air hijacker, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 November 1972 (Item 604) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Police kill hijacker, The Australian, 16 November 1972 (Item 605) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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purple ink in header
Hijack hero fights for life, The Sun, 16 November 1972 (Item 606-608) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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Red ink in header
Mother of six 15 car charges, Daily Mirror, 16 November 1972 (Item 609) - Elephant-Folio 1972
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blue ink in header
Subseries. 1974
Cyclone kills 40 in Darwin, The Australian Queensland edition, 26 December 1974 (Item 614) - Elephant-Folio 1974
Physical Characteristics
purple ink in header and title
tear on left side base of the poster
Disease looters, threaten Darwin, The Australian Queensland edition, 27 December 1974 (Item 615) - Elephant-Folio 1974
Physical Characteristics
purple ink in header and text
Subseries. 1981
Heat tiles fall off Shuttle alert, Daily Mirror, 13 April 1981 (Item 620) - Elephant-Folio 1981
Physical Characteristics
blue ink in header
Heat peril Shuttle special, The Sun, 13 April 1981 (Item 621, 622) - Elephant-Folio 1981
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in headerlate city edition; black/white picture of rocket taking off; 622 has tear at base on right
Shuttle down safe souvenir, The Sun, 15 April 1981 (Item 623) - Elephant-Folio 1981
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city edition
Shuttle souvenir, Daily Mirror, 15 April 1981 (Item 624, 625) - Elephant-Folio 1981
Physical Characteristics
blue ink in header624,625 printed on cardboard; black/white photo of shuttle landed
Subseries. 1983
Cosmos crashes tonight!, Sunday Telegraph, 23 January 1983 (Item 628) - Elephant-Folio 1983
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Cosmos crashes today, The Australian, 24 January 1983 (Item 629) - Elephant-Folio 1983
Physical Characteristics
purple ink for header; poster printed on cardboard; poster repaired on back with white tape
New U.S. satellite out of control!, The Daily Telegraph, 6 April 1983 (Item 630) - Elephant-Folio 1983
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Red ink in header
Shuttle satellite out of control, The Australian, 6 April 1983 (Item 631) - Elephant-Folio 1983
Physical Characteristics
purple ink in header
New U.S. satellite out of control!, The Daily Telegraph, 6 April 1983 (Item 632) - Elephant-Folio 1983
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
UFO first photo, Daily Mirror, 24 May 1983 (Item 633) - Elephant-Folio 1983
Physical Characteristics
blue ink in header
Oatley 'copter drama, St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, 25 May 1983 (Item 634) - Elephant-Folio 1983
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in partial header
Death plunge pilot in mid-air struggle, The Daily Telegraph, 7 June 1983 (Item 635) - Elephant-Folio 1983
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Ocean rower's rescue drama, the Daily Telegraph, 16 June 1983 (Item 636) - Elephant-Folio 1983
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
It's ours! wild scenes Cup souvenir, The Sun, 27 September 1983 (Item 637) - Elephant-Folio 1983
Physical Characteristics
Red ink for headercity edition
Sydney's second airport: Govt acts, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 September 1983 (Item 638) - Elephant-Folio 1983
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in partial header
Our Cup Souvenir edition, The Australian, 28 September 1983 (Item 639) - Elephant-Folio 1983
Physical Characteristics
purple ink in header
large tear in base right centre
Subseries. Additional Daily Telegraph posters
Jet flap crushes engineer Mascot tragedy, Daily Telegraph, 4 May 1951 (Item 643-645) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
645 in poor condition, tear in top, missing piece at R side and overall crushed.
2 Russian capsules orbiting at once, Daily Telegraph, 13 August 1951 (Item 646) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Jet slices airliner: two dead, Daily Telegraph, 12 October 1951 (Item 647) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Mid-air collision: 77 die; boy survives, Daily Telegraph, 22 September 1952 (Item 648) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Atlantic balloon about to start, Daily Telegraph, 12 December 1952 (Item 649) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Balloon crew lost in jungle, Sunday Telegraph, 28 December 1952 (Item 650) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header, black ink border
creased and with slightly torn left side.
Exclusive! Balloonists' fantastic story, Daily Telegraph, 7 January 1953 (Item 651) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header+
Boeing jet drama pictures, Sunday Telegraph, 3 July 1955 (Item 652) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header outline in black ink
Policeman in plane Fugitive shot after air chase, Daily Telegraph, 9 August 1955 (Item 653) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Comet starts dash to Sydney, Daily Telegraph, 3 December 1955 (Item 654) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
poster has torn top, tears in base.
Fire hoses turned on Comet crowd pictures, Daily Telegraph, 5 December 1955 (Item 655, 656) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
656 has tears in top and along base of poster
88 aboard airliner in trouble over sea, Daily Telegraph, 16 May 1956 (Item 657, 658) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Spaceman soars in orbit, Daily Telegraph, 25 May 1956 (Item 659) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
tears in base of poster
$25,000 ransom bid, Have you seen this boy?, Daily Telegraph, 8 July 1956 (Item 660) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
black and white photo of Graham Thorne in school uniform. Question in red ink
Spaceman nears millionth mile, Daily Telegraph, 14 August 1956 (Item 661-674) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in headerall 14 copies in good condition
$19 million jet airliner deal, Daily Telegraph, 7 September 1956 (Item 675) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Mr Crome's handwriting on back 'Qantas buys Boeing Jets'.
Why the Vulcan crashed, Daily Telegraph, 3 October 1956 (Item 676) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in headerposter very crushed, tears in base and cracks along mid fold.
Dear-engine ocean drama airliner awaits dawn to ditch, Daily Telegraph, 17 October 1956 (Item 677) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
some tears, breaks in paper
Canberra air crash: 4 dead, Daily Telegraph, 20 March 1957 (Item 678) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
What space man saw, Daily Telegraph, 14 April 1957 (Item 679-681) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
3500ft. fall Adelaide parachutist killed, Daily Telegraph, 16 April 1957 (Item 682, 683) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
2200ft. drop on partly opened parachutes, Daily Telegraph, 19 August 1957 (Item 684) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
tear in base of poster
Lakes Golf Course crash rescue pictures, Daily Telegraph, 5 November 1957 (Item 685) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
black and white photograph of crash scene on poster
tears on base, top of poster
Lost plane mystery Vast ocean search, Daily Telegraph, 11 November 1957 (Item 686) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Russian spaceman mystery, Daily Telegraph, 8 January 1958 (Item 687) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in headertear on left mid of poster
Airliner plunges into river: 65 dead, Daily Telegraph, 5 February 1959 (Item 688) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in poster
some minor tears in right side and base of poster
Monkeys back from space alive, Daily Telegraph, 29 May 1959 (Item 689) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
tears along base,right and the mid crease line of poster
Moon rocket flies on: due today, Daily Telegraph, 14 September 1959 (Item 690) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters Part 1
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Qantas plane take-off drama, Daily Telegraph, 13 April 1960 (Item 691) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
minor tears in base of poster
U.S. rocket on moon: pictures, 3 June 1960 (Item 692) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Charter flight plan to help migrants, Daily Telegraph, 4 October 1960 (Item 693) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Air drama pictures Engine falls off airliner, Daily Telegraph, 15 April 1964 (Item 694-696) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
694 poster rather crushed695 very creased; 696 crushed with tear and bit missing on top of poster
Airliner's lost engine found, Daily Telegraph, 16 April 1964 (Item 697, 698) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
rred ink in header
Woman flyer in trouble Last hop over ocean, Daily Telegraph, 13 May 1964 (Item 699, 700) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Second Chinese A-blast, Daily Telegraph, 15 May 1965 (Item 701, 702) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Two-man space flight drama, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 1865 (Item 703) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in partial header
Chinese H-blast dismays world, Daily Telegraph, 19 June 1965 (Item 704) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Lord Casey Governor General, Daily Telegraph, 29 July 1965 (Item 705) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
small tear on base and right side of poster
East-West seeks fed. licence for Dubbo, Daily Telegraph, 8 October 1965 (Item 706) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in headerminor tears on top and right hand side of poster
East-West " will fly to Dubbo", Daily Telegraph, 10 October 1965 (Item 707) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
East-West free flight to Dubbo, Daily Telegraph, 12 October 1965 (Item 708) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Airlines battle:writs issued, Daily Telegraph, 21 October 1965 (Item 709) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Ansett to keep on flying to Dubbo, Daily Telegraph, 26 October 1965 (Item 710) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
tears at base of poster, small piece missing on top
Australian air hero dies, Daily Telegraph, 20 December 1955 (Item 711, 712) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
both posters have serious tears, pieces missing at top of posters. Newsprint is yellowing.
both posters have in E.Crome's handwriting Sir Keith Smith
U.S. spacemen in orbit, Daily Telegraph, 4 June 1968 (Item 713) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Spacemen in perfect splashdown, Daily Telegraph, 7 June 1968 (Item 714, 715) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Astronauts land safely, Daily Telegraph, 20 June 1968 (Item 716) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Spacemen on course for crucial splashdown, Daily Telegraph, 17 April 1969 (Item 717) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Hero dies to save hijack plane, Daily Telegraph, 25 January 1970 (Item 718) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
2 tears mid right side and one on base of poster
Moon men battling way home, Daily Telegraph, 15 April 1970 (Item 719-722) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
On back of 721 in Mr E. Crome's handwriting on base ' Duplicates'
Astronauts battle on: prepare for last crisis, Daily Telegraph, 16 April 1970 (Item 723) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Dramatic flight with proposal to end strike, Daily Telegraph, 22 July 1990 (Item 724) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Picture of parachuting pilot Jet crash, Daily Telegraph, 3 October 1962 ? (Item 725, 726, 727, 728, 729) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header725 has tear at the top; 727 has cut Left side; 728 has cuts on L and R sides, hole in middle; 729 has tear on L side
Jumbo jet drama pictures, Daily Telegraph, 19 July 1971 (Item 730) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header; small hole in mid-left side
Top U.S. space expert to visit Aust., Daily Telegraph, 16 March 1972 ? (Item 731, 732) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
World flight to have baby born free, Daily Telegraph, 16 September 1957 (Item 733) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
tears on left side of poster
Russian girls to "walk" in space, Sunday Telegraph, 21 March 1965? (Item 734) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
fading on left sidesmall piece torn off left base
U.S. space men in orbit, Daily Telegraph, 4 June 1968 (Item 735, 736, 737) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
U.S. puts fifth man in space Six orbit bid, Daily Telegraph, 4 October 1968 (Item 738) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Michael Parker flies home, Daily Telegraph, 7 February 1974 ? (Item 739) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Cosmonaut "takes a walk" in space, Daily Telegraph, 19 March 1965 (Item 740) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
serious tear top left side of poster
Amazing space walk pictures, The News, no date printed (Item 741) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
tears in base of poster
$51,000 bomb case reward, Daily Telegraph, 28 May 1976 (Item 742) - Elephant-Folio Additional Daily Telegraph Posters: Part 2
Physical Characteristics
Red ink in header
Series 27. Books, 1871-1985
Many of these books are inscribed to Crome by the author or the subject, including Hudson Fysh, Norman Lindsay, Mary Gilmore and William Dobell. Annotations are indicated in the description for each book.
The series has been arranged into three subject areas: Arts and literature, Aviation, and History, travel and other, and within that alphabetically by author or title.
Many of the books from Crome's collection were dispersed to the main library collection in the 1960s and 1970s. Some, but not all of these are noted as having come from Crome's collection in the catalogue record.
Monographs relating to Rotary are in Series 22, and some relating to philately and airmail are in Series 29.
Travel guides are in Series 28 (Aviation and tourism publications series).
Subseries. Aviation books
Beede, John. They Hosed Them Out: A Story of Australian Air Gunners in the Royal Air Force. London. Horwitz Publications, 1965 (Item) - Box Box 182
Bishop, Major W A. V.C.,D.S.O., M.C. Winged Warfare. New York: George H. Doran, 1918 (Item) - Box 182
Autographed by WA Bishop.
Byrd, Richard Evelyn. Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antartic. New York: GP Putman's Sons, 1930 (Item) - Box 185
Copy No.670 of 1000 signed copies
Campbell, James. The Bombing of Nuremberg. London: Allison Busby, 1973 (Item) - Box 182
Inscribed for National Library of Australia by Sergeant Norman Storey, rear-gunner, on Lancaster D-Don, 103 Squadron, mentioned at p63.
Chamberlin, Clarence D. Record Flights. Dorrance and Company, USA, 1928 (Item) - Box 182
No.54 of 500 copies autographed by author.
De la Bere, Richard. Icarus: An Anthology of the Poetry of Flight. London; MacMillan Co. Ltd., 1938 (Item) - Box 182
Dedication to EA Crome by Robert Johnson with a pencil shetch of Crome.
Eustis, Nelson. Australia's Greatest Air Race: England-Australia 1919. Adelaide: Seal Books, 1969 (Item) - Box 182
Inscribed to EA Crome by Nelson Eustis, a fellow aerophilatelist.
Fysh, Sir Hudson. Qantas at War. Sydney: Angus Robertson, 1968 (Item) - Box 182
Inscribed to EA Crome by Hudson Fysh 13 December 1968.
Fysh, Sir Hudson. Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh. Sydney: Angus Robertson, 1965 (Item) - Box 182
Inscribed for EA Crome by Hudson Fysh 16 December 1965.
Fysh, Sir Hudson. Wings to the World: The Story of Qantas 1945-1966. Sydney: Angus Robertson, 1970 (Item) - Box 182
Inscribed to EA Crome by Hudson Fysh 16 November 1970. Also signed by Lester Grain.
Gunn, John. The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919-1939. Brisbane: U of Q Press, 1985 (Item) - Box 183
Autographed by John Gunn and many others (apparently associated with Qantas.
Hooper, Meredith. Kangaroo Route and the Great Air Race. Sydney: Galley proof: Angus Robertson, 15 October 1984 (Item) - Box 183
Hardbound copy engraved with EA Crome. Exchange of letter between EA Crome and M Hooper Nov/Dec 1984. Exchange of letters between EA Crome and J Hochmuth, editor of Kangaroo Route June 1985. Also, rejection letter of 15 January 1985 from Angus & Robertson (Richard Walsh) regarding manuscript for book on aviation history.
Hudson Shaw W, and Olaf Ruhen. Lawrence Hargrave: Explorer, Inventor and Aviation Experimenter. Sydney: Cassell, 1977 (Item) - Box 185
Autographed by Hudson Shaw and others.
Koehl, Capt. Herman, and Major James C. Fitzmaurice and Baron Guenther von Huenefeld. The Three Musketeers of the Air. Translated from German by George F. Dunay. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, GP Putman's Sons, 1928 (Item) - Box 183
Authors' Autographed Edition: 260 signed copies - Copy No.6. Also signed by Putman's.
Landplanes: Early Military Aircraft of the First World War. Dallas: Flying Enterprise Publications, 1973 (Item) - Box 182
Autographed by EA Crome.
Love, Nigel B. The Autobiography of Nigel B. Love: Part 1; Aviation in Australia 1915-1923. Sydney: Wm. C. Young (Item) - Box 183
Inscribed to EA Crome by NB Love 29 September 1975. Five A5 pages of notes written by EA Crome as dictated to him by Nigel B. Love on 29 September 1975.
Middlebrook, Martin.The Nuremberg Raid 30-31 March 1944. London: Allen Lane, 1973 (Item) - Box 182
Inscribed for the National Library of Australia by Norman Storey, Lanc. D-Don 103 Squadron, cf p351.
Miller, Francis Trevelyan. The World of the Air: The Story of Flying in Pictures. Volume 1. Pioneer Edition. New York: GP Putman's Sons, 1930 (Item) - Box 184
Sets 52 of 500 sets printed. Each set contains autographs of pioneers of aeronautics of the United States, France, Great Britain and Germany.
Miller, Francis Trevelyan. The World of the Air:The Story of Flying in Pictures. Volume 2. New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1930 (Item) - Box 184
Mitchell, General William.Skyways: A Book on Modern Aeronautics.Philadelphia: JB Lippincott Company, 1930 (Item) - Box 185
Autographed edition.
Munson, Kenneth. Flying Boats and Seaplanes since 1910. London: Blandford Press, 1971 (Item) - Box 185
Spenser, Jay P. Aeronca C-2: The Flying Bathtub. Famous Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978 (Item) - Box 184
Autographed to EA Crome by author 6 January 1981 with thanks for gift of stamps.
Wells, Linton. Around the World in Twenty-Eight Days. Cambridge,Mass.: Riverside Press, 1926 (Item) - Box 185
Autographed Edition No.268 of 375 copies.
Subseries. Arts and literature books
Brahma, Caryl. Footnotes to The Ballet. London: Lovat Dickson Ltd., 1936 (Item) - Box 187
Autographed on Frontpiece by Lifar and at p.xvi by Tamara Toumanova.
Emerson: The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson. U.S.A.: Random House, 1944 (Item) - Box 187
Inscribed to Franz Holford by JAF 25 December 1945. Includes loose paper with note:"A remembrance from Sir John Ferguson".
Fifty Years of Australian Art by Members of Royal Art Society, 1879-1929. Commentary by George Galway. Sydney; Royal Art Society Press, [1929] (Item) - Box 188
Inscribed to Ernie Crome by Estelle Oxnard-Smith 20 April 1934. EH Oxnard-Smith was on the Executive of the Royal Art Society in 1929.
Galbally, Ann. Australian Painting Studio Series: Arthur Streeton. Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1969 (Item) - Box 186
Inscribed by John Henshaw, General Editor of Series.
Gleeson, James. William Dobell. London: Thames and Hudson, 1964 (Item) - Box 186
Signed and inscribed by Bill Dobell, James Gleeson et alia.Includes press cuttings.
Gilmore, Mary, Dame. Battlefields. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1939 (Item) - Box 187
Inscribed poetically to Mrs Ernest Crome by Mary Gilmore 6 November 1957
Gilmore, Mary Dame. Fourteen Men and Other Poems. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1954 (Item) - Box 189
Signed by Mary Gilmore 14 November 1957. Note also additional signature at p29. EA Crome notes in flyleaf that this was Glimore's favourite.
Gilmore, Mary, Dame. Marri'd and Other Verses. Melbourne: George Robertson Co., [1910] (Item) - Box 187
Inscribed to Virtue and Ernie Crome by Mary Gilmore on her 96th birthday.Includes press cuttings and acknowledgement of sympathy form her grandson on Mary's death December 1962.
Gilmore, Mary, Dame. The Rue Tree. Melbourne: Robertson Mullens Ltd., 1931 (Item) - Box 187
Inscribed to Ernie and Virtue Crome by Mary Gilmore (23 April 1961) with "The only piece of my verse that I remember'.
Gilmore, Mary, Dame. The Wild Swan. Melbourne: Robertson Mullens Ltd., 1930 (Item) - Box 187
Signed by Mary Gilmore 14 November 1957. Includes press clipping.
Gilmore, Mary, Dame. Under the Wilgas. Melbourne: Robertson Mullens Ltd., 1932 (Item) - Box 187
Inscribed to Ernie and Virue Crome by Mary Gilmore 10 September 1958. Mary Gilmore's Bookplate by Gayfield Shaw is autographed by Shaw ans annotated BY EA Crome.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The vicar of Wakefield. London : Harrison, 1780 (Item)
With the book-plate of David Moore ; inscribed by Captain John Hunter, R.N. 1785. This item has a separate catalogue record and is housed separately in secure storage.
Hilder, Brett. The Heritage of J J Hilder: Australian Artist 1881-1916. Sydney: Ure Smith, 1966 (Item) - Box 186
Inscribed to EA Crome from author 7 January 1974. Includes press cuttings.
Knoch, W.J. Knosh's Opera Guide. Vienna: R. Lechner, [192-] (Item) - Box 187
Annoted by EA Crome 'Formerly belonged to GW Arundell Orchard,Conductor and Author.' Also inscribed to Mr Orchard by [t w Cobban] 8 March [19]26.
Lawson, Henry. My Army, O, My Army and Other Songs. Sydney: Tyrrell's Limited, 1915 (Item) - Box 188
Plate by Norman Lindsay which is signed by Norman and annotated by Rose: "Model Rose lindsay - no pay for posing."
Lawson, Henry. In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1896 (Item) - Box 188
Copy originally owner by James Robert Tyrrell and given to EA Crome. Signed by Henry Lawson. Inscribed: "Mary has a little lamb - And I had steak and onions. Henry Lawson. Sydney June 17th 1915."
Lawson, J H.The Unlucky King. Corrected proof copy. Sydney; Frank C. Johnson (Item) - Box 188
Annotaed inside back cover bt EA Crome stating that he believed that this was never publishe. Lh Lawson was son of Henry Lawson.
Lindsay, Norman. The Magic Pudding: Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum. First Edition. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1918 (Item) - Box 188
cartoon and inscription to EA Crome by Norman Lindsay.Also, signed and annotaed by Peter Scriven, Tintookie Company, who adapted the story for marionettes. First performed 4 July 1960. Signatures of others on handbill . Includes press cuttings.
Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance. New York: Sheldon Company, 1871 (Item) - Box 189
Rare book. Also on microform. Brochures of Charles HamiltonAutographg, Inc, found nearby in collection may indicate work was brought from Hamilton.
New Poems 1956: The Poetry Society of Australia. Sydney: Edwards and Shaw, [1956] (Item) - Box 187
Limited edition of 250 of which 150 including No.85 signed by Mary Gilmore, Imogen Whyse and Wesley Milgate.
Tyrrell, James. Old Books, Old Friends, Old Sydney. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1952 (Item) - Box 189
Autographed to EA Crome 29 October 1955. Loose papers include poem In Tyrrell's Bookshop by Kenneth Slessor and notices of Tyrrell's death on 30 July 1961 in Sydney Herald.
Ure Smith, Sydney (ed): The Art of William Dobell: Introduction by Brian Penton. Sydney: Ure Smith Pty Limited, [1946] (Item) - Box 189
Signed by Bill Dobell.
The Small Treasures of a Lifetime: Lloyd Rees, Some early memories of Australian art and artists. Sydney: Ure Smith, 1969 (Item) - Box 189
Smith, Bernard. Place, Taste and Tradition: A Study of Australian Art since 1788. Sydney: Ure Smith Pty. Limited, [1945] (Item) - Box 189
Autographed to EA Crome 23 May 1946.
Stone, Louis. Jonah. London: Methuen Co. Ltd., 1911 (Item) - Box 187
Autographed by Louis Stone 15 July 1914. Inscribed with an appreciation by John Galworthy
Physical Characteristics
preservation may wish to examine.
Ure Smith, Sydney (ed.). The Art of Hans Heysen. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1920 (Item) - Box 189
Initial inscription to Judith Paszek by Sydney Ure Smith march 1921. Second inscription to EA Crome by Judith Paszek 28 September 1963. Crome has biographical notes on Judith Paszek on flyleaf.
Wainwright, A. A Bowland Sketchbook. Kendal: Westmoreland Gazette, 1981 (Item) - Box 189
Dedication to Mr and Mrs EA Crome by Jack and Jennie Pickering 13 August 1983.
Walker, Kate. We Are Going. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1964 (Item) - Box 189
Autographed to V Crome confirmed by enclosed letter dated 22 July 1964.
The Work of W. Beckwith McInnes; Biography by Alexander Colquhoun. Limited Edition. Melbourne; Alexander McCubbin, [1920] (Item) - Box 189
Autographed by W. Beckwith Mcinnes. Includes cutting of Herald of [22] July 1937 with Mr Scullin M.P.sitting for portrait commissioned by Commonwealth Government.
Subseries. History, travel and other books
An Epoch of Radio Communication: The First Direct Wireless Messages from England to Australia. Sydney: Amalgamated Wireless(A/Asia) Ltd, [1935] (Item) - Box 191
Commemorates the unveiling of a memorial at "Lucania", Wahroonga, NSW, where the first wireless message from Canarvon, Wales, was received by ET Fisk on 22 September 1918.
Beer, Fritz Dr. Die Einsteinsche Relativitats Theorie und ihr Historisches Fundament. Wien (Vienna): von Moritz Perles, 1920 (Item) - Box 190
Bought from Berkelouw Booksellers, Sydney.
Brasch, R. How Did It Begin: Customs Superstitions and Their Romantic Origins. Melbourne: Longmans, 1965 (Item) - Box 190
Inscribed to EA Crome 9 June 1966.
Cayley, Neville W. A Guide to the Birds of Australia - Revised. Sydney: Angus Robertson, 1959 (Item) - Box 191
Inscription to V Crome from Grace Harvey.
Ellis, M H. Lachlan Macquarie: His Life, Adventures and Times. Sydney: Dymock, 1947 (Item) - Box 191
Inscribed to EA Crome by author 5 January 1948. Reference at p592 to EA Crome lending portrait of Lachlan Macquarie, the Younger,(b 28 March 1814) to Mitchell Library for exhibition.
The First Cuckoo: Letters to The Times 1900-1975: Chosen and introduced by Kenneth Gregory. London: George Allen Unwin Ltd., 1976 (Item) - Box 190
Dedication to EA Crome from Franz, December 1976.
Forsyth, Archibald. RAPARA or The Rights of The Individual in The State. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897 (Item) - Box 190
Endorsed by EA Crome: Presented to me by Mr Malcolm Forsyth, present Managing Director and Chairman of Dymocks - Booksellers, since last century. 29 January 1980.
Four Hundred Years of the Polish Post Office, Polish Government, 1958 (Item) - Box 192
Polish Language
Grimble, Arthur. A Pattern of Islands. London: William Clowes and Sons, 1952 (Item) - Box 190
Inscribed by Hudson Fysh: For my friend, Ern Crome, in rembrance of a chance meeting in A7R's Old Book Section, Sydney, Friday 16 April 1971.
Gross,Yoram. The Little Convict: From the film starring Rolf Harris. Sydney: Angus Robertson, 1979 (Item) - Box 191
Autographed by Rolf Harris. Several contemporary press clippings.
Halevy, Ludovic. Recits de Guerre: L'Invasion 1870-71. Paris; Boussod, Valadon Cie, [1924] (Item) - Box 192
French,. Inscribed on 23 November 1924,illegible, perhaps [Justin Kaptain].
Kirkby, David R. From Sails to Atoms: First Fifty years of Sutherland Shire 1906 to 1956. Sydney: Publicity Aid, 1970 (Item) - Box 191
Copy presented to EA Crome by Tom Moore.
Jackson Ida H. Botanical Experiments for Schools. London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1911 (Item) - Box 182
Physical Characteristics
This publication was transferreed from Aviation category to History etc.
Living with the United Nations: We Believe. Japanese Government Publication, 1971 (Item) - Box 192
Japanese language
Maynard, Ken. Cartoons: A Collection of "Ned His Neddy".Currumbin: Ken Maynard., 1978 (Item) - Box 191
Inscribed to EA Crome 'an aviation nut for years'.
Norton, C B. Sea Oddities; Strange facts about Seas, Sailors and Ships. Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Pty Ltd, [Post WW II] (Item) - Box 190
Selkirk Provis, J and K A Johnson. Cadman's Cottage: Life and Times of John Cadman in Colonial Sydney - 1798-1848.Sydney: Privately, 1972 (Item) - Box 191
Taylor, G A. 150 New Questions Answers for the Driving Test. Wallasey: Reliance Sales Service, 1960 (Item) - Box 190
Inscribed to EA Crome by George taylor, 'aeronaut'.
Terry, Michael. War of The Warramullas. Adelaide; Rigby Limited, 1974 (Item) - Box 190
Inscribed on 23 March 1976: As one historian to another in memory of a grand meeting.
Walters, A. Harry. Ecology, Food and Civilisation. London; Charles Knight Co Ltd., 1973 (Item) - Box 190
Inscribed to EA Crome August 1974
Series 28. Aviation and tourism - serials and ephemera, 1903-1986
Tourism and airline publications and ephemera personally collected by Crome during overseas trips. Some material was sent to him or collected via dealers.
The series was originally loose. It has been grouped by subject, described at box level and the boxes arranged chronologically.
The series relates to Series 8 (Travel diaries) and Series 12 (Travel photographs and documents).
(13 boxes + various posters)
Aviation and tourism publications, 1907-1985 (File 1) - Folio-Box 193
Includes two newspaper cuttings/illustrations from Le Petit Journal relating to aviation events, 1909; Vanity Fair colour illustration 'The air' of balloonist Frank Hedges Butler, c.1907; several copies of poster brochure for the film The Old Bus, c.1934; travel brochure 'Romance calling: Java, Bali, Sumatra, Nias, Siam, Indo-China', illustrated by Carl Shreve for the KPM Line, c.1937; posters for the BP England-Australia Commemorative Air Race, 1969; promotional book on the Concorde, c.1972; travel ephemera and souvenirs for Air Zaire, National Archives Washington, Kuwait Airways, c.1976; and Northern Territory Aboriginal News and tourist information, 1985. Large folio packet.
Aviation history publications and ephemera, 1903-1983 (File 2) - Box 194
Includes Old Times, vol 1 no 2, containing an article on flying machines; two programs for French aviation meetings, 1910; program for Royal Aero Club sixth aerial derby Oxford and Cambridge air race, 1921; De Havilland Aircraft newsletters Your Paper and Airflow, 1943; manufacturer newsletters and other publications on the aviation industry and history, mostly Australian, 1939-1983.
Tourism and airline publications and ephemera including for north America and Europe, 1912-1986 (File 3) - Box 195
Travel agent and airline brochures on travel to Europe 1974-1982; tourism information about the United States, including Hawaii; BOAC and British Airways publications and ephemera c.1970-1985; Lufthansa publications and ephemera, c.1970-c.1980; and miscellaneous tourism publications and ephemera relating to Aer Lingus, Kuwait Airlines, Mexico, Canada, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, South African Airways and the Bahamas, c.1970-c.1980.
Also includes two small advertisements for flights with Adolph G Sutro, San Francisco, 1912. These appear to have been purchased by Crome from Ed Sterne.
Aviation history publications and ephemera, 1927-1985 (File 4) - Box 196
Newsletters and publications of various aviation societies such as the Australian Air League and the Australian Women Pilots' Association, 1962-1985; papers relating to the use of helicopters for law enforcement, 1967-1968; general aviation serials and ephemera, many relating to Australian air races and commemorations of the first Trans-Pacific flight by Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Harry Lyon and Jim Warner, 1970-1984; ephemera relating to Scruse Air Services and Sydney Heliport; signed publications relating to Dick Smith's solo around the world helicopter flight, 1982; Prospectus of Eyre Peninsula Airways Limited, 1929; Victorian Historical Magazine, 1927; Of Men and Stars, magazine of Lockheed Aircraft corporation, 1957-1962 (incomplete); publications relating to the Concorde; and Apogee, a publication of High Flight Foundation, Colorado, 1973-1974.
National Geographic magazine, 1928-1960 (File 5) - Box 197
An incomplete run of the magazine, with highlighted articles relating to aviation and adventuring.
Australian tourism and aviation publications and ephemera, c.1935-1985 (File 6) - Box 198
Most material dates 1959-1985 and includes papers relating to small airlines, sightseeing ephemera, and some Ansett and Qantas tourist brochures.
Also includes ephemera and timetables for early Australian airlines, c.1935-c.1950, including for West Australian Aiways, Holyman's Airways, Airlines of Australia, and MacRobertson-Miller Aviation Co.
Airline and aviation industry publications and ephemera, c.1935-c.1985 (File 7) - Box 199
Publications include NAC airline review 1965-1974 (incomplete); Airlines of NSW News 1966-1973 (incomplete); Trans-Air: a digest of air transport news, 1958, 1966-1973; Aviation news and airmarket, 1975; Sydney Morning Herald Aviation '80 supplement, 1980.
Also includes early Australian National Airways (ANA) timetables and ephemera, c.1935-c.1950; airline ephemera including baggage tags from various airlines and airmail stickers, c.1970-c.1984; air freight brochures, mostly for Emery, c.1985; and world tourism brochures, 1971-1974.
Qantas publications and ephemera, c.1935-1986 (File 8) - Box 200
Includes early timetables and ephemera, c.1935-c.1950; and annual reports, holiday brochures, menus, brochures, baggage tags, stickers and other publications and ephemera, 1966-1986.
Guidebooks and tourism information for Europe and north Africa, c.1955-1974 (File 9) - Box 201
Includes publications and ephemera relating to France, Italy, the USSR (including several Aeroflot publications), Egypt, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Lichtenstein, Spain, Sweden and Denmark.
Tourism publications, flight information and ephemera relating to New Zealand, the Pacific and Asia (mostly Japan), 1961-1981 (File 10) - Box 202
Includes some Qantas, Air New Zealand and New Zealand National Airways Corporation material.
Qantas in-flight magazines, 1947, 1965-1986 (File 11) - Box 203
Incomplete holdings of Qantas Empire Airways, Qantas Airways Australia, Qantas Airways in flight, and Qantas Airways magazine.
Tourism brochures and guidebooks for the United Kingdom, mostly London, c.1965-1984 (File 12) - Box 204
Poster for films The Old Bus, The Blue Max, and The Red Baron, and brochures for The Dam Busters, c.1934-1971 (File 13) - Elephant-Folio Series 28: Item 13
Two copies of The Blue Max poster. In elephant folio packet.
Ansett Airways publications and ephemera, 1957-1986 (File 14) - Box 205
Mostly Panorama magazine, 1973-1986 (incomplete). Also includes timetables, flight souvenirs, tickets, brochures and other publications.
Poster titled 'There is a strange mystery about the way in which those eagles of the air have left the world - to disappear into the blue', c.1935 (File 15) - Elephant-Folio Series 28: Item 15
Mostly relates to Charles Kingsford Smith.
Posters and calendars for Qantas, Pan Am, Lufthansa and KLM, c.1960-c.1980 (File 16) - Elephant-Folio Series 28: Item 16
Qantas tourism posters for Hawaii, Japan, Singapore, Tahiti, Vienna, Malaysia, New Caledonia; two Qantas 1971 calendars; one Lufthansa poster; one KLM poster; one poster for Bankstown airshow, 1970; and one poster advertising Australian Air Race, 1976. Also includes four posters that appear to be from a display relating to Charles Kingsford Smith, signed by Norman Ellison and one other illegible signature.
Series 29. Philately and coin publications and catalogues - serials and ephemera, 1908-1987
Mostly dealer catalogues for philately. Most material was originally loose and has been arranged by dealer or organisation name, or country of origin.
The series has been described at box level, and boxes are arranged chronologically.
(16 boxes)
Miscellaneous English and German philately and book catalogues and publications, 1917-1986 (File 2) - Box 207
English catalogues, mostly philatelic, 1913-1986; English book publisher catalogues, 1974-1975; German philately publications, 1966-1973.
Miscellaneous Australian catalogues and publications, mostly relating to philately, c.1926-1986 (File 3) - Box 208
Includes Philas House, 1980-1986; Postal History News, 1981-1983.
Australian and international catalogues and publications, relating to books and philately, 1929-c.1985 (File 4) - Box 209
Burge-Lopez & Craft booksellers, c.1975-c.1985; Angus & Robertson, 1929-1982; Astrophilatelice Hanbuch fur den Weltraumsammler, 1968-1978; Berkelouw Books 1955-c.1980; Bernard Quaritch, c.1978-1983.
Australian and international catalogues and publications, mostly relating to philately, 1931-1984 (File 5) - Box 210
Miscellaneous United States publications, 1961-1984; South Pacific Mail Bid Service, 1971-1972; Australian philatelic exhibition publications; Monthly Air Mail, 1931; James R Lawson, 1957-1972.
International catalogues and publications, mostly relating to philately, 1932-1983 (File 6) - Box 211
Francis J Field (mostly The Aerofield), 1932-1978; David Field, 1932-1974; E M Lawson, c.1975-1978; H R Harmer, 1968-1981; Robson Lowe, 1970-1983.
Miscellaneous international catalogues and publications, mostly relating to philately, 1936-1984 (File 7) - Box 212
Includes New Zealand, French, Polish, Dutch, Indian, Italian, Norweigan, Fijian, Danish, Spanish and South African publications.
Mail order and art exhibition catalogues, c.1947-1986 (File 8) - Box 213
Franklin Mint mail order catalogues, c.1980-c.1986; Asprey mail order catalogues, c.1975-c.1980; Stokes mail order catalogues, 1975-1976; Landsdown Press mail order catalogues, 1975; catalogues for art exhibitions, c.1947-1986.
Coin catalogues and miscellaneous catalogues relating to philately and aviation, c.1948-1975 (File 9) - Box 214
Coin and medallion publications, mostly catalogues (includes information on conversion to decimal currency, including from Australia Post), 1963-1975; Miscellaneous books and catalogues relating to philately and aviation, c.1948-c.1965.
Australian catalogues and other publications, mostly relating to philately, 1953-1986 (File 10) - Box 215
Australian Stamp Monthly, 1964-1984; Australasian Stamp Catalogue 1976-1982; Australia Post Philatelic Bulletin and Stamp Bulletin, 1953-1986.
Australian and international catalogues and publications, mostly relating to philately, 1955-1986 (File 11) - Box 216
Collectors Mail Auctions, 1976; Macray Stamp Sales, 1982-1986; Charles Leski, 1980-1986; Margaret Woodhouse, c.1965; Sotheby & Co, 1962-1966; Ceramic notes and the antique trade; Edward L Sterne, 1969-c.1976; Kevin Duffy, c.1980; Puttick & Simpson, 1963-1964; Germania, 1971; William Reeves c.1965-1969; Borsums Forlay og antikvariat a-s, 1975-1979; Strambiana: official organ of Strambian Philatelic Society, 1955-1956.
Three posters for commemorative flight covers on the 30th anniversary of the First Tasman flight by Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm; and book by Oliver Keith Rumbel 'First international rocket mail USA - Mexico', 1958 (File 12) - Folio-Box 217
Australian and international catalogues and publications, mostly relating to books and philately, 1964-1987 (File 13) - Box 218
Oscar Shapiro, 1964-1967; William P Wreden, c.1980-1985; Stephen Walter, 1987; Mann's bookshop, 1964-1970; Blackwell's Rare Books, c.1983; Gaston Renard, 1965-1971; Richard Macnutt, c.1970-c.1982; Rodney A Perry, 1974-1980; Phillips Blonstock House, 1983-1984; Charles Hamilton Autographs, 1964-1965.
Series 30. Arts - Serials and ephemera, c.1945-c.1985
Publications and ephemera reflecting Crome's interests in music, musicology and instrument making; theatre; museums and libraries; and fine art and art galleries. Includes Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum, Sydney) annual reports and brochures; ABC concert series programs; Sydney Opera House opening ephemera (1973); Art Gallery of NSW ephemera, including programs for the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes 1940s-1950s; musicology newsletters; theatre programs; fine art publications and catalogues; various library, archive and museum brochures.
Most dates are approximate.
(13 folders/folio packets)
Art Gallery of New South Wales, c.1945-c.1985 (File 1) - Box 222
Catalogues, including for the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman competitions, 1945-1965 (incomplete).
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), c.1965-c.1985 (File 2) - Box 222
Most annual reports 1965-1978 and other ephemera and publications.
Various library, gallery, archive and museum brochures, including from the State Library of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia, c.1960-c.1985 (File 8) - Box 223
Poster depicting James Cook and passages from the journal of HMS Endeavour, published by the National Library of Australia, c.1960 (File 9) - Elephant-Folio Series 30: Item 9
Serials and ephemera relating to music, musical instrument-making and musicology, c.1950-c.1985 (File 11) - Box 224
Series 31. Service clubs, local government and local issues - serials and ephemera, 1962-1987
Mostly serials and ephemera relating to Rotary, the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL), and to local (mostly Sutherland Shire, Sydney) events and history. Also includes serials and ephemera relating to elections, automobile clubs, Christian associations, and social services.
Related material is in Series 22 (Rotary).
(8 folders)
Rotary newsletters and ephemera, mostly for the Newtown and Coolangatta-Tweed Heads branches, 1968-c.1983 (File 1) - Box 225
Returned and Services League (RSL) publications, c.1970-1984 (File 2-3) - Box 225
Includes newsletters for the Bank of NSW sub-branch newsletter, publications for the Cronulla RSL Memorial Club, and the Newtown RSL Club Annual Report and Diggers Digest.
RACQ, NRMA, Australian Pensioner and Pennysaver publications and ephemera, 1974-1987 (File 4) - Box 226
State and local government publications, mostly about local history, 1962-1979 (File 5) - Box 226
Includes Sydney Shout, Sydney Town Anchor, Living city (Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of works) and social services publications.
Series 32. Other publications - serials and ephemera, c.1932-c.1985
Serials and ephemera that do not readily fit into the other series of serials and ephemera. Largely miscellaneous in scope and date, with the most distinct group relating to banking and building societies, namely the Starr-Bowkett Building Co-operative Society.
Dates are approximate.
(11 folders)
Serials and ephemera relating to history and archives, c.1950-c.1985 (File 4) - Box 229
Includes printed works by or published by Ian McFarlane.
Camera and automobile manuals and advertisements; shipping and submarines serials and ephemera, c.1950-c.1985 (File 5) - Box 229
Armed services and uniforms; ephemera from royal services at Westminster Abbey and for Royal visit to Brisbane, 1963;, c.1950-c.1973 (File 6) - Box 229
Includes services for the 25th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and the wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips.
Government publications; Melbourne and Sydney local publications; and serials and ephemera relating to crime, science and telecommunications, c.1950-c.1985 (File 7) - Box 230
Serials and ephemera relating to health and ageing, education, and religion, c.1950-c.1985 (File 8) - Box 230
Miscellaneous serials and ephemera, 1929-1985 (File 9) - Box 230
Includes Socialist Labor Party flyer on Vietnam; Star Wars children's book; race meeting books; union flyers; Reserve Bank of Australia receipts for conversion to decimal currency; Meteorological Observer's Handbook (1942); Ireland Trade Mission to Australia papers; Thomas Coram Foundation for Children Annual Report 1982; Penprase plumbing catalogue; union flyers; The BP Magazine, December 1929-February 1930; advertisements and catalogues.
Series 33. Audio visual material, 1972-c.1986
These videos and cassettes mostly relate to aviation, and some to music.
Please note that titles and descriptions come from the labels on tapes and covers, not from the content. Preservation treatment is required before material can be accessed.
(1 box)
Subseries. Video recordings, 1980-c.1986
Flight into oblivion. Loss of 'Southern Cloud' - G U Allan and Ernie Crome, 1980 (Item) - Box 231
Non-professional recording on to 1 video cassette (120 min VHS).
Flight into oblivion. Direction Damon Smith, 1980 (Item) - Box 231
Commercial television version. Low band U-matic. Ex 1" master 13/110. Length 24 mins. Australian Film and Television School.
Flight into oblivion. Roll 4 int Ernie Crome, 4 November 1980 (Item) - Box 231
High band U-matic. Will only appear black and white on low band u-matic.
Flight into oblivion. Roll 5 int Ernie Crome, 4 November 1980 (Item) - Box 231
High band U-matic. Will only appear black and white on low band u-matic. Includes receipt for copying of three tapes.
Episode of television series 'Aussie notes', Hargrave and Smithy by H Shaw and E A Crome, Clunies Ross and H Florey, 1983 (Item) - Box 231
Yo Ho productions. Filmed Museum of Applied Arts, Thursday 13 January 1983 as part of a series 'Noted Aussies'. Lawrence Hargrave. Smithy by Hudson Shaw - EA Crome. This tape by Jeanette Phoon filmed from TV. John Laws. Sept 1983.
Non-professional recording onto 1 video cassette (180 minute VHS)
GPO Sydney, Crome exhibition commemorating stamp issue for C T P Ulm, G U Allan and RN Boulton in the Faith in Australia, 22 February 1984 (Item) - Box 231
Capt G U Allan pilot and others present. Non-professional recording onto 1 video cassette (30 minute VHS).
Subseries. Audio recordings, 1972-1983
Recording of sound of departure of the Flying Vikings from Kingsford Smith airport to return to Norway via Antarctica and the North Pole, 1970 (Item) - Box 231
Address by Crome, Footnotes to history, Rotary Club of Newtown, 29 June 1972 (Item) - Box 231
E A Crome; Ray Williams, Pres; Sir Hudson Fysh.
Second part 5.6.75 Aviation address to the Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Rotary Clubs; and broadcast 4GG Gold Coast 2nd May 1975, aviation, violin, May 1975 (Item) - Box 231
Two interviews with Mr Ern Crome, announcer Bert Robertson, 4GG Gold Coast, 1-2 May 1975 (Item) - Box 231
Interview taped broadcast.
'Smithy 1928-1978 Pacific flight'. Composer Marion Wilson. Singers Ross and Ian Wilson. Accompanist Dr Franz Holford, 1978 (Item) - Box 231
Fred Morton interviews Ernie Crome 'Smithy' and the Air Mail, 1978 (Item) - Box 231
Concludes on second tape side 1.
Pioneers of the Smithy Era. Sir L J Wackett, Harry Purvis, Harold Affleck, Sir Richard Williams. Interview by Fred Morton, 1978 (Item) - Box 231
First half of side I concludes F Morton interview.
Harry Purvis recording, 1979 (Item) - Box 231
'1909-1980 - 16 September Cairns. Harry Purvis talks about his book, and people. My friend of all those years generously took and signed covers for me of those days. Sent to Bruce Coward by Kay Purvis 16/5/80. Bruce sent tape to me to have a copy made. Harry and Bruce old friends of those days. May 1979 Harry came to Sydney for treatment at Prince of Wales Hospital and while staying at 135a Brook St Coogee we had a good old chin and got Harry to sign special covers since signed by R M Ansett.'
Other side: Piano recording. Piano at cocktail time by Pietro Dero.
Sir Lawrence J Wackett talks with Ernie Crome about Smithy - Ulm and [wrench?], 28 April 1981 (Item) - Box 231
Killara.
Lores Bonney interview with Ernie Crome. Presentation of flying jacket, [axe?], etc, 1 May 1981 (Item) - Box 231
Memorial service Sir Hughie Edwards. Canon J E Whild, St Andrew's Cathedral Sydney, 12 August 1982 (Item) - Box 231
Two tapes.
Ernie Crome, Donald George Mackay. Address to Port Hacking Rotary Club, 10 January 1983 (Item) - Box 231
Zonta address by Crome 'Heroines of sky and space' at Sheraton-Wentworth Hotel, 20 January 1983 (Item) - Box 231
'First retape - incomplete. Introduction after Desolie Hurley lost when retaping from original. Was able to make two complete tapes from this and original.'
'Heroines of sky and space' - address by Ernie Crome, the Zonta Club of Sydney, 20 January 1983 (Item) - Box 231
On other side: Small part of original tape address [missing?] from Mrs Sage - to The first to cross the English Channel by Air. A slip of paper notes 'Following the Mrs Sage part: - They come down near the Harrow School, where the school boys had to restrain an angry famer from attacking the fliers. Jean Pierre Blanchard 1753-1809. The most famous of the French Aeronauts, with Dr John Jeffries was the first to cross the English channel by air.'
Music recordings, unlabelled cassettes and cassette covers only, c.1975-c.1980 (Item) - Box 231
Comprises seven unlabelled cassettes and covers; four cassette covers only; three recordings of classical music (two appear to be from radio, one commercial); one recording String quartet. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Instruments made by Ingram Dickson - NZ Haydn 4th September 1980, Musicians all from NSW Conservatorium Music; Danavox hearing research tape.
Series 34. Estrays, 1862-1984
Mostly material transferred from the Pictures branch of the National Library to the Manuscripts collection. The Pictures collection holds a large number of photographs originally from Crome's personal papers. Many of the photographs were removed from the Manuscripts collection, and some non-photographic material or photographs not retained for the Pictures collection were then returned to Manuscripts.
The series also includes papers that were exhibited in the 1970s, however the original locations were not recorded.
Also contains papers that were loose within the manuscript collection.
(14 folders)
Correspondence and other papers, mostly relating to collecting, 1862-1974 (File 1-4) - Box 232
Mostly letters from other collectors and dealers of aerophilatelic material, 1934-1971.
Other material includes various philatelic and aviation journals; reports on the Flying Doctor Service, 1939; Crome's certificate of completion of primary school, 1915; South Australian tourism brochures, 1936; letter from Bert Hinkler to T A Dennis, 1929; Qantas circulars about airmails; memorial booklet for Walter Oswald Watt, 1921; postcard photograph of Queensland's first aerial mail, 1922; Royal Australian Air Force - conditions of service in the ranks - airmen, Ground personnel, 1940; photographs of planes; research on the Ross Smith flight, c.1961; handwritten statement by Crome 'Southern Cross: the original documents of its Australian registration VH USU'; Qantas souvenir of Royal flight, 1974; certificate appointing Walter Henry Shiers as officer of the Military Forces of the Defence Force of the Commonwealth, 1920; Alitalia brochures, covers and stickers; address by G U Allan, 1964; various early Qantas brochures.
Also includes electric telegraph message, Melbourne, 1862: 'Telegram for Cameron Bros. Are sold out of rice cannot therefore accept your offer. McEwan and Co'.
Photographs and other papers relating to Charles Kingsford Smith, 1897-c.1963 (File 5) - Box 232
Includes photograph of Kingsford Smith as a baby with his aunt Dorothy; two autographed cards and printed photographs of Kingsford Smith; print portrait of Kingsford Smith reprinted from Smith's Weekly; brochures for the Smithy Room at Sydney Airport; and brochures for the film Smithy; group photograph including Rollo Kingsford-Smith; and newspaper cutting.
This material was transferred from the Pictures branch to Manuscripts in 2009.
Airmail stickers and covers and miscellaneous aviation ephemera, 1901-1969 (File 6) - Box 232
Includes ticket for Commonwealth of Australia swearing in ceremony Centennial Park Sydney, 1901; Souvenir of the slotted wing Avro-Avian 'Canberra Pup' as used by Bert Hinkler; pigeongram stickers for Sydney Festival, 1933; airmail stickers for New England Airways; postcards of planes, feedback cards for Holyman's Airways; covers for Jubilee Air Mail, 1935, and 50th anniversary of airmail in Australia, 1964; Imperial Airways timetable, 1939; statement by Leon Davis, 1969, about the provenance of control column or joy-stick believed to be part of the Bristol aircraft which W E Hart purchased from Leslie MacDonald; and unidentified photographs and negatives of airplanes.
Eight photographs and slides of group portrait taken at airport and on early portrait of a man, both unidentified, c.1920-c.1975 (File 7) - Box 233
The group portraits include Virtie Crome, but other people are not identified. The other small portrait shows a man in a suit sitting on a fence.
These photographs were transferred from the Pictures branch in 2008.
Captioned pages of aviation photographs and photocopies of airmail covers, c.1927-c.1960 (File 8) - Box 233
The photographs are mostly reproductions, and subjects include a parade for the trans-Atlantic flights in Holland, 1930; photographs of Charles Kingsford Smith and the Jubilee Air Mail Flight, 1935; and the Fokker monoplane which became the Southern Cross having two addition engines installed at Seattle.
Also includes design for the NSW Air Mail Society, 1932.
Five notes passed between crew, including Charles Kingsford Smith, probably on the trans-Pacific flight of the Southern Cross, 1928-1987 (File 9) - Box 233
Five notes by Charles Kingsford Smith and Jim Warner on scraps of paper, one on a telegram from the US Naval Communication service.
Also includes an original copy of Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm's application for registration of tri-motor Fokker aircraft, c.1928; notes by Crome; and a church newsletter and photograph of Kingsford Smith memorial.
The papers in this file were transferred from the Pictures branch in 1978. It appears that prior to this they were part of a display in the National Library of Australia.
Miscellaneous papers including original captions for airmail covers, c.1940-c.1988 (File 10) - Box 233
Mostly typescript captions which are assumed to be Crome's, for his albums of aerophilatelic material. Some are annotated with reference numbers, presumably by a National Library staff member in the late 1980s when processing the philatelic series.