[Sundry newspaper and magazine clippings on Jean Batten]

Object detail

Accession number

MSS-0192-1.8

Description

Sundry newspaper and magazine clippings of articles, interviews and advertisements relating to Jean Batten. Includes clippings covering her record flights; awards and honours; the conclusion of relationship with Captain Walter; her role as an ambulance driver during World War II; her visits to New Zealand in the 1970s; her autobiography; the Jean Batten Primary School and gift of painting by Cyril Peckham; her death; a bronze memorial sculpture by Anthony Stokes; the return of her trophies and medals to the Museum of Transport and Technology; and the replica models of her Percival Gull aircraft G-ADPR and Gipsy Moth G-AARB by Bob Miles.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 folder ; 36 x 23.5 cm

Record level

Series

Collection

Jean Batten manuscript and photograph collection

Credit line

1935-1989?. [Sundry newspaper and magazine clippings on Jean Batten], MSS-0192-1.8. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Clipping Clipping, Newspaper Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982 New Zealand Aviation Museum of Transport and Technology Interviews New Zealand Women air pilots Advertising

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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