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Series 01: Nancy Bird Walton papers, 1933-1963

Series 01: Nancy Bird Walton papers, 1933-1963

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lQymY

Series 01: Nancy Bird Walton papers, 1933-1963

About this item

Full title

Series 01: Nancy Bird Walton papers, 1933-1963

Call Numbers

MLMSS 811

Record Identifier

nM7lQymY

Reference Code

422071
Physical Description

Contents

v. and 2 (2") boxes -

4 volumes and 2 (2 inch) boxes

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Series

Access and use

Issue Copy

Microfilm : Refer to Contents for location numbers

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Papers re early flying years, 1933-1954. (MLMSS 811/1).

Letters, 1934-1962; Drafts of articles. (MLMSS 811/2: Request Microfilm CY 3472, frames 1-188).

Report of National Heart campaign, 1961. Newspaper cuttings, 1936-1939. (MLMSS 811/3).

Original draft of 'Born to Fly' (1961) as returned by publishers. (MLMSS 811/4: Request...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Series 01: Nancy Bird Walton papers, 1933-1963

Notes

General note

This collection includes pictorial material at PXA 8 and PX*D 8 (Pic.Acc.372)

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

Pioneer aviatrix, founder of Australian Women Pilot's Association, war-time Commandant of Women's Air Training Corps. Among her achievements was the operation, from her own resources, of an aerial ambulance service in the far west of New South Wales and Queensland, 1936-1939. Married Charles Walton, 1939. In charge of Women's Committee of National...

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 811

Record Identifier

nM7lQymY

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Reference code

422071

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