Guide to the Records of the Australian Women Pilots' Association
MS 1985, MS Acc10.058, MS Acc12.151
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Australian Women Pilots' Association
- Title
- Records of the Australian Women Pilots' Association
- Date Range
- 1950 - 2005
- Collection Number
- MS 1985, MS Acc10.058, MS Acc12.151
- Extent
- 3.63 metres (1 folder + 2 folio boxes + 3 map folios)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
- Sponsor
- Funding for digitisation contributed by Dick and Pip Smith Foundation
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS 1985 chiefly comprises eight scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings collected by the Australian Women Pilots' Association about women fliers, particularly in Australia during the 1950s and 1960s. The collection also includes newspaper cuttings, letters and photographs relating to Jean Batten's visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1970. A photocopy of an article on Pat Toole, and her flying in the Territory of New Guinea, is included. There is also the Charter that records the pilot licence numbers and signatures of foundation members of the Association who were present at the inaugural meeting held at the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales on 16 September, 1950.
The Acc10.058 instalment comprises a comprehensive scrapbook containing biographical notes, photographs and newspaper cuttings relating to various women pilots from the mid-1920s to the mid-1980s.
The Acc12.151 instalment comprises a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings titled "Australian Women Pilots' Association- Book 8, 1965-1980".
Item Descriptions
Class MS 1985. Original consignment, 1934 - 1980
[Newspaper clippings scrapbook relating to Jean Batten and Amelia Earhart], 1934 - 1961 (Item [unnumbered]) - Folio-Box 1 (MS 1985)
[Newspaper clippings scrapbook relating to Australian Women Pilots Association], 1950 - 1954 (Item Book 1) - Folio-Box 1 (MS 1985)
[Newspaper clippings scrapbook relating to Australian Women Pilots Association], 1955 - 1958 (Item Book 2) - Folio-Box 1 (MS 1985)
[Newspaper clippings scrapbook relating to Australian Women Pilots Association], 1 April 1958 to 1 February 1960 (Item Book 3) - Folio-Box 1 (MS 1985)
[Newspaper clippings scrapbook relating to Australian Women Pilots Association], 1 March 1960 to 1 June 1962 (Item Book 4) - Folio-Box 1 (MS 1985)
[Newspaper clippings scrapbook relating to Australian Women Pilots Association], 1962 - 1963 (Item Book 5) - Folio-Box 1 (MS 1985)
[Newspaper clippings scrapbook relating to Australian Women Pilots Association], 1964 - 1965 (Item Book 6) - Folio-Box 1 (MS 1985)
[Newspaper clippings scrapbook relating to Australian Women Pilots Association], 1964 - 1966 (Item Book 7) - Folio-Box 1 (MS 1985)
[Illustrated charter listing the Australian Women Pilots Association foundation members present at the inaugural meeting], 16 September 1950 (Item [unnumbered]) - Map-Folio 1-2 (MS 1985)
[Typed list and charter photocopies of the Australian Women Pilots Association foundation members present at the inaugural meeting], Original dated 16 September 1950 (File [unnumbered]) - Map-Folio 1-2 (MS 1985)
[Assorted newspaper clippings, correspondences, photographs, and other associated material], 1934 - 1980 (File [unnumbered]) - Box (Shared)
This file contains a selection of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other associated material. The items chiefly relate to Jean Batten, Pat Toole, and Amy Johnson. Includes booklet, Notes on Amy Johnson's Flight and Life, by K. J. T. Robey, M.B.E., published by Australian Women Pilots' Association in association with The Heritage Collection. This booklet was misfiled in the related collection MS 3862 - Papers of Nancy Bird Walton, it has now been returned to its intended location.