Pilot's licence, valid 16 July 1919 - 15 January 1920; Driver's licence, 4 September 1937 - 3 September 1938; Two BEA air tickets, 4 December 1956, for Jo and Nancy; United Nations Pass, valid 29 June 1960 - 29 June 1962.

British passport valid until 3 December 1943; Three Australian passports.

Two passports, 1926 passport also includes Nancy.

Four passports.

Given to LPC by ARL staff.

Originally kept with most recent passports of LPC and Nancy; Cheque card from Midland Bank; Telephone Credit Card.; Sea freight charges; Qantas boarding pass, 1978; International Certificates of Vaccination for both LPC and Nancy.

Results, June 1916, June 1917; Letter giving leave of absence for the war, 23 July 1917. Results, February and June 1920; Admission to the Institution of Civil Engineers, 16 December 1920; List of diplomas awarded 1920.

Hardcover notebook.

Hardcover notebook.

Loose sheets.

Photocopies of Coombes' family magazines.

SS Oronsay: Racing Club Arabian Sea Meeting, 3 January 1939; Menu, 9 January 1939; Oronsay list of passengers and general information; Oronsay menus; Information book about the Oronsay. Also includes:Christmas card from C.E.W. Lockyer, signed 'Jimmy and Dorothy'; Letter from Jo to Nancy, dated 27th February; Postcards booklet from Gibraltar; Menu from the RMS Scythia, 9 September 1938; Writing paper from RMS Queen Mary; Postcards of the Queen Mary from to Jo and Shirley, 11 October 1938; Scythia passenger list, 2 September 1938; Qantas Airways passenger list, Australia - England 28 May 1946; Envelope of seven LPC CSIR business cards, with photo of LPC; Letter of invitation to Royal Garden Party, 9 July 1946; Victory Celebrations Programme, 8 June 1946; Letter of introduction signed by J.Curtin, Prime Minister for LPC, 11 March 1944; Claridges Hotel, New Delhi, brochure; Queen Mary menu, 10 October 1938 with letter to Nancy from LPC in California and San Francisco, 14 April 1944.

Correspondence includes: letter from Rev J.W. Coombes to LPC; letter from Shirley and Jo Coombes to LPC; letter from Vaternault [or Maternault?], Pension des Champs-Elysees, to LPC; LPC to Mrs Ruth Coombes, relating how ,'I shot down my second Hun, an Albatross Scout, in flames'; E. Goodison to LPC; letters from Nancy, Shirley and Jo Coombes to LPC; letters from LPC and Nancy Coombes to Shirley and JoCoombes; Shirley Coombes; J.W. Coombes.

Correspondence includes: letters from Nancy Coombes to LPC; Mrs Rene Kirk (LPC's sister) to LPC; letters from Elsibel and Robbie Robinson to LPC; Letter from Jim ?Kirk to LPC; letter from Ena ?Coombes to LPC; letters from LPC and Nancy Coombes to Shirley and Jo Coombes, May, June, August 1950; letters between Shirley and Jo Coombes and LPC; letter from LPC to his father J.R. Coombes, written when aged about 5 years, c. 1904; letter from Ian Macleish to Aunty Kang Coombes; LPC's hand written 'Diary of the Hastings Flight to UK'. Also includes some assorted cards, envelopes and 2 black and white photos.

Booklets written and illustrated by LPC: 'Diana', puppy arrival, with photographs; 'The Story of Mini, Max and the three bears' photocopy of story about stuffed Pink Panthers; 'April Folly', 2 copies, hand-coloured; 'Judy's Day, (diary)', diary entries for the dog.

Includes: Letters to Nancy from LPC; Letter to LPC from Shirley; Postcard to G.and L.Forsyth from Lillian and Betty; Merit Certificatefor Shirley 1944; Reprint from Aircraft Engineering, May 1949', Aeronautical Research in Australia'; Photographs; Letter from LPC to Shirley and Jo, about Royal Garden Party; Letter from J.W. Coombes; Letters from LPC to his father, 1909; Assorted photos; Advertisement with source photos by LPC and thanks letter from HH, 28 September 1945; Diary of trip, April- July 1944; Air-raids recital; Envelope with letters from LPC to family, 29 May 1944, including newspaper clipping, undated with picture of LPC; Joke menu, signed by B. Foster, M.W. Woods, A.V. Stephens, D. Rivett, H.A. Wills, J.P. Gree, B. Loekspeis, A.R. Colla, S.C. Ashwort, and others.

8 Letters

6 strips - 'Wally and the Major', 'Ben Bowyang', 'Bluey and Curley'. One dated 1959, others undated.

Includes: Honours list, the Sun, 16 June 1964, p.12; Letter from C.H. Colquhoun re Investiture, 12 October 1964; Correspondence re fellowship in RAeS from V.S. Gaunt, 21 October 1964, T. Bowyer, 29 September 1964; Honors list, the Age, 13 June 1964, p.5; Package of four family photos labelled, sent to LPC, 15 June 1964; Notification of CBE appointment from M.L. Tyrrell, 21 May 1964; Congratulations from E. and M. Herring; Correspondence, including telegrams from J. Dance, Mrs J.D. Speakman, Dorrie, E. Robinson, J.L. Whitaker, R. Kirk, Rene, A. Day, L.J. Hartnett, Lala, Keith, F.C. Johnson, Joint Coal Board, G.E. Watt, R.N. Morse, B. Boswell, A.M. and D.F. Lucking, L. Kaha, H.A. Wills, R.W. Dawes, E.L. Cook, D.F. Glynn, W.E.E. Langford, B .Foster, H.W. Wade, H. O'Donnell, S. Blight, A. Deans, C.J. Cutcher, 'Wack', B.Bradford, J.F. Scholes, J.M. Gray, A.M. Ballantyne, J. Herington, N.A. Whiffen, J.D. Leach, G.H. Vasey, T. Whit, H.P. Breen, unreadable of Department of Defence, E.J.W. Herbert, 'the family', telegram, P.L.Gray, telegram, D.E. Kitto, F.E. Wheeler, N. Adam, R. Keri, W.H. Wittrick, J. Knight, W.H. Connolly, J.C. Lane, W.T. Sumner, H. Taylor, E.J. Brunckhurst, C.and J. Seymour, 'Ben', W.W. Johnstone, C.K. Davies, F.A. Fox, Government House, R.G. Menzies, telegram, A. Fairhall, telegram, A. Hulme, telegram, B. and R. Cumming, telegram, Ward Amblers, Telegram, K. McEwan, M. Fudg, I. Wark, Broken Hill Proprietary Co, E.and A. Welli, A. McCutcheon, R.T. Elvish, K.E. Wilkinson, W. Isbister, A.E. Hyland, H.H. Knight, A. Brown, 'Swinny', S.Baker, J. Noblot, R. andD. Warren, I. McLennan, H.J. Brown, F.S. Shaw, A. Bainbridge, G.S. Coleman, telegram, F.P. O'Grady, 'George', T.Witson, 'Dawkie', I. Browne, Commonwealth Associates, Commonwealth Golf Club, E. Heymanson, 'Boyd', Ward Ambler?, W. Boas, D. Evans, E. and B. Howard, F. Davi, W.J. Wark, S. Rivett, telegram, M. Noble, telegram, B. and E. Sayce, telegram, 'Linda and family', 'Lawrence', D. and D. Woods, Chairman of Adelaide Branch of RAeS.

Christ Church Grammar School statement of receipts and payments 1 January 1970 - end of term 2. Correspondence from Yuncken Freeman Architects Pty Ltd, 31 August 1972, 11 May 1972. Technical specification for sound reinforcement system, with plans, 1965. Notes on envelopes, 1965.

Correspondents include: L. and J. Ireland; Ara Chahin; Mother Frances Dominica of Helen House; V.M. Glauert; J. Grindrod; Carbon of letter to J.K. Russell re A. Jones; I. McLennan; Roxbee-Cox; T. Temay of The Sciences Club; Laurie; Materials Research Lab; E. Chilton; H. Garner; I.T. McIvor of ARL Co-operative Housing Society; D.M. Plater of Lloyds Bank; J. Watkins; G.N. Patterson; F.E. Coombes; L. Wackett; A.W.L. Nayler re L. Wackett; P. and G. Woodward-Nutt; F.W. Torry; J. MacGregor; I. Kirk; Kathleen; L. Kouvarine; E. Robinson; Harvey and Marron, solicitors; D. Speakman; G. Hartnett; I.J. Polmear; T. Eaton; J.B. Dance, with letter from J. Ashton; F.G. Blight; J. Ashton; Keith; I.H.J. Poutsma; H. Butler; M. Austin; David; D. Young of University of London; E.R. Marlin, with draft of India report, 1961; J. MacGregor; A.E. Woodward-Nutt; A.M. Ballantyne. Also includes: Obituaries of E.T. Jones and H.M. Woods in Aerospace, September/October 1981, p.31; Will of D.C. Speakman, 1 October 1976; Institution of Engineers report, December 1974; Wallaby Club Annual Dinner programme, 29 July 1974; Clipping from the Herald, undated, April 1973 with letter to the Editor by LPC; Booklet on the H.A. Wills Fatigue Laboratory, May 1973; Programme for Presentation of Kernot Medals, 7 March 1973 with letter from F.G. Blight, 19 March 1973; Photocopy of 'Everyday Law for Property Owners'; Material on Kernot medal presentation; letter from P.F. Dorian, with minute of appreciation upon retirement from the Faculty of Engineering, Melbourne University; Draft of letter of resignation to Faculty of Engineering, 10 October 1971; List of members of the ARL Co-operative housing society; Memo from T.M. Wilson re LPC, 21 July 1964.

Mostly obituaries, letters re deaths, and correspondence re the opening of the L.P. Coombes Computer Centre. Also includes: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences Annual Report 1986-7; obituary for L.J.Hartnett, Output, Institution of Production Engineers publication, April 1986, p.1; obituary of A.R. Collar, Aerospace, April 1986, p.38; obituary of M.W. Woods, Engineers Australia, April 3-16, 1981, p.6, with clipping from Engineers Australia, April-May 1972, about same; obituary of H.Garner, Aerospace, October 1977, p.28. Correspondence from: G. Redlich; R.L. Brooks; copy of letter to Royal Aeronautical Society re L.P. Coombes Computer Centre, 10 January 1985; H.K. Worner; C. Davies; E. Tennan; J.I. Beck; J. MacGregor; H. Roxbee-Cox. Also includes: Invitation to the opening of the L.P. Coombes Computer Centre, 19 November 1984.

Assorted material including correspondence, especially with D.R. Zeidler and J.D. Lawson and articles, some by LPC.

Assorted material on valuation of 45 Murphy Street; correspondence with Biggin and Scott.

Labelled '1965' by LPC. Correspondence with: G.B. Gresford, with speech written for Cook; T.S. Keeble; Alan of MRL; B. Kennedy, H.N. Nelson; D. Hurley; K. Anderson; G. Taylor; P.I. Young; E. Robinson; H. McCredie; L. Gunner; I.J. Polmear; J.A.L. Matheson; F. Gilroy; D.G. Hurley; E. Hey; R. Traill-Nas; A.G. Jones; C.D. Littleworth; W. Isbister; A.S. Cooley; J.D. Butchart; N.J. Hoff; P.W. Whitton; R.E. Dudley; F.H. Johnston; E.P. Thomas; B.T. Gilroy; G.O. Reid; R.N. Morse; T.S. Keeble; F.T. Clark; M. Noble; H. Roxbee-Cox; L. Wain; G.E. Fewster; I.J. Polmear. Also includes: Proceedings from Conferring of Diplomas, The School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat, with LPC as guest speaker, 19 July 1963; Photocopy of article, 'Dr Coombes' daughter marries', British paper, undated, with invitation to wedding of R.Coombes; Picture of the Chapel of the OBE at St Paul's Cathedral, London; Invitation to the Inaugural Dinner of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences, 24 February 1976; List of 1969 AIAA Honorary Fellows and Fellows residing outside of the USA; Article from Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia, 17 June 1968 re death of P.I. Young; letter from Young's friends, 18 June 1968.

Plans and permits. Also letter from A.J. Gibbs re Mt Martha.

Instruction booklets, guarantees, sales dockets, service contracts, house painting quotes.

Assorted, 1939 - 1940, 1977 - 1981. Includes invitation to the 1959 James N. Kirby Paper, delivered by LPC, and the following medal presentation to LPC, 10 November 1959.

Includes: Lee family information, (Nancy's background) obtained 1985; Photocopy of letter from Rene to her mother; Letter to Nancy; letter from C.L. Berg; Correspondence from trip to the UK 1976-78, and diary Wed 20th - Sat 23rd'; Letter to Shirley and Jo.

Illustrated by photos.

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Includes performance seen on LPC's honeymoon, 1926; British and French programmes 1954-1957; Theatre World, Feb 1957, an English publication; productions involving Ian Macleish 1981-1984.

Includes: China plate order form; Letter from A. Jones, draft of reply; Medical notes from D.S. Nurse; Unlabelled graph; Letter from R.W. Gandy; Letter from G. Collins, audiometrist, and draft of reply; List of ex-ARL officers; 'News of Fellows', p4-5 of unidentified publication mentioning LPC; Letter from A.G. Pugsley; Draft to Lance of ARL; Painting quote; obituary of E.C. Wackett, Aerospace, November 1984; death notices, including C.E.I. Ward Ambler, the Sun, 24 August 1981; Certificate of Life Membership for LPC and Nancy in the Superannuated Commonwealth Officers' Association, 1 July 1983; Article from Royal Air Force NEWS, 23 Sept - 6 Oct 1981 on Schneider trophy; Letter from E.M.J. Schaffter, Secretary of RAeS; article on Schneider Trophy, Aerospace, December 1980, p.6; Draft letter to Rate Collector; article on the ACGI and FCGI, The Central, Spring 1982, p.4; ARL Co-operative Housing Society notice of SGM, 7 September 1979; Referral from B.J. Dooley, 27 March 1979; Family and historical notes; Wallaby Club Annual Dinner programme, 9 July 1976; Note on Kathleen's assets; Cartoon from 1952; Notes on Yale and Amoy; Notes on how to sew on a button; Statements of Account from Midland Bank, Commonwealth Bank; Share repayments.

Two stories for the Davies, 1979, 1983; Christmas card for Nancy, 1984.

Assorted cards. Includes other occasions.

Bound book of poems in Tamil and English from the children of the Reformatory School, Chingleput, India. Printed at the S.V. Press, Chingleput.

Executor's statement for estate of D.C. Speakman, 14 August 1981. Letters from: Flossie; Lloyds Bank, 14 August 1981; Florence, Jenny and Dulcie on Dorrie's illness and death, November 1979 - January 1980.

Letters from charities, records of dates of donations sent.

Graduation ceremony programme, 19 March 1975; Photographs; Letter from J.A.L. Matheson offering honour, 1 October 1974; Cue notes; Copy of Occasional Address delivered by LPC; Correspondence from F.G. Blight, J .Farrands, I. Fleming, Larry and Gladys, J.D.C. Crisp, A. Sharpe, A.J. Holzer, J.D. Butchart; Order of proceedings; plan of dais.

Notice of Annual General Meeting, 7 October 1977, for meeting on 17 October 1977; Annual report 1976 - 1977; Financial statements, 30 June 1977; AGM material 1977; List of Foundation Fellows; Achievements of Foundation Fellows, booklet, 24 February 1976; Includes National Energy Advisory Committee - Proposals for an Australian Conservation of Energy Program, September 1977.

Wallaby Club Annual Dinner programme, 20 June 197; page 69 from Engineers Australia, 5 October 1979 mentioning G.A. Julius; Theatre programme of production featuring I. Macleish, 1981; Short biographies of J. Monash, from Monash University Calendar 1974 and C.A. Parsons, photocopies from Encyclopaedia Britannica and Who was Who; Aerospace, March 1985, with article on L.P. Coombes Computer Centre; History of 'Ruth Pincott's watch', written by LPC, May 1984; Aerospace, February 1980.

Various pamphlets for Nancy Coombes.

All from or to the immediate family; most early 1980s. Some designed and illustrated by LPC.

Lists of Stocks and Shares, valuble possessions, assets; History of possessions; Correspondence with Charles Davies and Co. re legal matters, February 1979.

Solicitors' receipt for certificates of title and wills, 5 February 1988; Guidelines for dependants' benefits; Personal details including family of LPC and Nancy and finances; Booklet, 'Your Investment Guide'.

2 linocuts, approximately 195x145mm.

Notices of share instalments and brokerage receipts. Also includes letter from Georgi and Marji Coombes to LPC, 11 March 1988.

Photocopy of article on LPC by Colin Waugh, entitled 'Capt L.P. Coombes and the Colourful Eastchurch Circus', which appeared in an unnamed journal.

Personal documents and material: Employment reference from C.A. Parsons and Co.; Two Kindergarten reports from Denmark Hill School; Middle School and High School examination certificates from Doveton Protestant College, Madras; Transfer certificate from Doveton College; piece of platinum wire; Authorization pass for Hamilton Airfield; Schedule of deeds relating to 'Wynchlea', Pirbright Rd, Farnborough, Southampton, LPC as Mortgagor; Certificate of admittance to Degree of Bachelor of Science, Engineering, University of London; letter from Nancy?; page excerpt from an unknown journal, February 1954, on LPC's election as a Fellow of the City and Guilds Institute; Identity card, Photo of LPC sleeping in a cellar at Streatham, 1944.

Christmas cards made by LPC. Several from LPC and Nancy to Eric and Beryl; one to CAARC.

Birthday cards for Nancy, 1987: senders include LPC, Jo and family, Shirley, Michael and Julie, Deidre, Lucy and Arthur, Philip Jacki and Kirsten, Leopard, Felicity and Alistair. Greeting card to LPC and Nancy.

Fiction and creative writing. Consists of both typed pages and rough notes. Titles: 'From the Book of Revelations: The Judgement of Solomons'; 'The Book of the Supernauts', consisting of Chapters 1-3, notes, rough draft of Chapter 10; 'The Book of Aeronauts', Ch 4, incomplete. Also includes two water-colour pictures and untitled rough notes.

Inwards and Outwards correspondence and miscellaneous receipts. Correspondents include: Nancy, Ruth, LPC's mother, Shirley and Jo. Also includes a brochure for the auction of 'Fourways', the home of LPC's sister in Culcheth, England.

Miscellaneous items relating to LPC and his family's passage from London to Melbourne, December 1938. Items include: Passenger tickets for LPC, Nancy, Shirley and Jo for the Orient Line Steamship RMS Oronsay, for the trip from London to Melbourne; Notes certifying the family's vaccination; dinner programme/menu on the ship; Best wishes card to Nancy on leaving England.

Catalogue of the Second Photographic Exhibition, Royal Aircraft Establishment Photographic Society, February 1938, includes unidentified photo; Information booklets about Chaldon Church, Surrey and Mells Church, which LPC visited in 1950; Programme from the inauguration of the Brown Bovery Co. Fluid Dynamics and Combustion Laboratory, in Baden, near Zurich, October 1953; Special Coronation issue of the Sun, 1 June 1953; Menu from the restaurant 'La Rotonde en Montparnasse', Paris; Humourous card sent to D.G. Macleish, after operation? by S.R. Macleish, June 1955; Programme notes for 'The Jimmy Edwards Show', Tivoli Theatre, April 1966.

Royal Garden Party Invitation, by the Lord Chamberlain, July 1950, envelope and slip only, includes 3 photos; Invitation by The Minister of State for Air and the Members of the Air Board to the presentation of 'Her Majesty the Queen's Colour', September 1952; Ticket to the Coronation ceremony of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937; Programme for the Speech Day at the Melbourne Church of England Girl's Grammar School, December 1939; Invitations to meet the members of the CAARC, August 1953, September 1953; Invitation to the Anglo-American Aeronautical Conference, September 1953; Cocktail invitation by the Chairman and Directors of Rolls-Royce Ltd, September 1953; Dinner invitation by Professor Pugsley, CAARC, September 1953; Memento menu from the Royal Aeronautical Society Centenary Dinner, LPC as guest speaker, May 1966; Dinner invitation by Dr. P. Nilakantan, Director of the National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore, July 1960; Dinner invitation by the Director General of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, August 1960; Invitation to W.E. Dunk, CBE, to inspect the Aeronautical Research Laboratories of the Department of Supply, March 1954.

Holiday Mass service at Mt Martha, hand-written booklet; Article on the architecture of churches in Melbourne by Jo, Southern Cross, Feb 1967, pp.16-19; Mass Booklet for the celebration of the Consecration of the Church of All Saints, Greensborough, Melbourne, 19 March 1967; Small booklet of the 'Wallaby Club'; Momento menus from MAEE Felixstowe, 1926, 1928; Letters from the Australian Encyclopaedia, Margaret, LPC's father, Tom from India; Letters from the Air Ministry, London concerning LPC's appointment as Junior Technical Assistant, 1924, Senior Scientific Officer, 1936; Booklets listing the fellows of the City and Guilds of London Institute, 1986,87; ARL booklet on the L.P. Coombes Computer Centre, Melbourne, November 1984; Photos, some from Farnsborough; Clipping from The Herald, 16 December 1938; Wills of LPC, 1941 and 1959, Nancy, 1959; Letters from Shirley and Jo re 25th wedding aniversary, Ruth, David, Keith and Matthew, Tony Gilbert; Correspondence and Booklet regarding the honour of CBE; Clipping from New York Herald Tribune, 22 June 1945; Speech notes and verse, occasion unknown; Typed speech, tribute to Steward Scott-Hall, occasion unknown; Hand written lists of equipment and valuables, possibly for insurance or will?; Service of Thanksgiving in memory of Sir Harry Garner KBE, CB, D Litt, FRAeS, 27 October 1977, St Paul's Cathedral, London; Papers relating to LPC's travel during war time, World War II; Letter from Ena Coombes; Black and white photographs, some captioned by LPC, including, 'Berg Haw and self in UK, Farnboro', 1946; 'Perring, G.P. Douglas, Hav, ?Haw, LPC - Farnboro', 1946; '?Farewell to H.A. Wells' - montage of many photos; World War I photos and negatives include unidentified RAF crew, Sopwith Camels and LPC.

World War I publications include: 'The Sopwith Camel F.1.', No 31, Profile Publications, no date; Christopher Cole, ed, 'Royal Air Force 1918'; hand written notes by LPC on World War I flights. Also includes photographs and negatives of Sopwith Camels and crews.

Includes congratulatory telegrams for the marriage of Nancy Lee and Lawrence Percival Coombes in 1926, assorted correspondence from friends, family members and former colleagues of LPC, and papers about the archive of LPC.