[Sundry newspaper and magazine clippings on Jean Batten]
Production date
1935-1989?
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
Physical description
1 folder ; 36 x 23.5 cm
Record level
Series
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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