11 - Family - Lawrence Percival Coombes Guide to Records

Series 11 - Family

Date Range	1910 - 1984
Provenance	Lawrence Percival Coombes
Description	Family memorabilia, including correspondence and accounts of overseas trips.

Inventory Listing

11-1	Assorted Cards
	Assorted collection of postcards of interest and Christmas cards received in 1974. Senders include Diana, A.E. Wordworth-Nutt, M. Roxbee, R.and N. Cockburn. Unmarked postcards include reproductions of Winston Churchill's paintings and a collection of Westminster Abbey Coronation Souvenir postcards. Creator Lawrence Percival Coombes Date range 1974 Quantity 0.7 cm, Inventory Identifier COOM00246 Box Number 20 Series 11
11-2	Correspondence
	Inwards and outwards correspondence of Laurie and Nancy Coombes, and their children. Correspondants include: Jenny MacGregor; John Walsh; Kate; Florence Coombes; Irene Kirk; Kathleen Call; Annie; Trude Frankenberg; Shirley Coombes; Josephine Coombes; Mrs. N. Coombes (LPC's grandmother). Two photocopied letters: to Josephine from Jim(1929); to Dorrie from Keith (1941). Two of LPC's hand made christmas cards to Eric and Beryl. Creator Lawrence Percival Coombes Date range 1929 - 1987 Quantity 1.5 cm, Inventory Identifier COOM00247 Box Number 20 Series 11
11-3	Overseas Trip 1978
	Guide books, correspondence and other documents related to, or dated around the time of LPC and Nancy's trip to Britian in 1978. Guide books and pamphlets about: Claydon house, Buckinghamshire; St. George's Chapel, Windsor; Grey's Court, Henly-on-Thames; Stoke Poges, parish church of St. Giles; Guildford Cathedral; Brockley Church, Gloucestershire. Also includes: Pamphlet from the Embroiderers' Guild 'Canvas Work', London, 1961; Two Photographs from the Imperial War Museum, London; Mock Gold-diggers license, Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, Victoria; Photocopy of 'The Johnson News', by Mandy Johnson; Unidentified passport photo. Inwards and outwards correspondence of LPC and Nancy, correspondants include: Shirley Macleish, Jenny Macgregor, Dorrie and Florence Coombes, Josephine Johnson, Tim (Johnson). Creator Lawrence Percival Coombes Date range 1978 Quantity 1.5 cm, Inventory Identifier COOM00248 Box Number 20 Series 11
11-4	Deirdre's 21st Birthday Card and 'Ruth Pincott's Watch'
	Photocopy of Deirdre's card and of the material which was used to make the pamphlet 'Ruth Pincott's Watch'. Creator Lawrence Percival Coombes Date range 10 May 1984 Quantity 0.2 cm, Inventory Identifier COOM00249 Box Number 20 Series 11
11-5	Children's Letters and Mandy's Book
	Letters and cards from Shirley and Josephine Coombes (as young children), and from grandchildren, Mandy Johnson, Sue Johnson, and Phillip Macleish. Also includes: letters from LPC to Shirley and Flossie; 'Tim's Diary'; unidentified photos; Photocopy of 'The Haunted Palace', by Mandy Johnson and Juliette Armstrong. Creator Lawrence Percival Coombes Date range 1932 - 1970? Quantity 0.4 cm, Inventory Identifier COOM00250 Box Number 20 Series 11
11-6	Cards
	Two of LPC's handmade cards. 'Happy Landings' card to Irene; Christmas card to Nana (Nancy Coombes). Creator Lawrence Percival Coombes Date range 1979 Quantity 0.1 cm, Inventory Identifier COOM00251 Box Number 20 Series 11
11-7	Shirley's Lecture on the Schneider Trophy
	Handwritten copy. Creator Lawrence Percival Coombes Date range 1940s Quantity 0.1 cm, Inventory Identifier COOM00252 Box Number 20 Series 11
11-8	Old Family Letters
	Correspondence, mainly among LPC's family. Correspondants include LPC, Ruth Coombes (LPC's mother), Robert Coombes (LPC's father), Dorothy Coombes (Dorrie), Havilland Hart (includes photo), Shirley Coombes, Josephine Coombes, Phillip and Ian Macleish, Patrick Cotter. Also includes: Shirley Coombe's Form Two English Grammar test; Ruth Camellia Coombes (Deceased Estate), statement of accounts. Creator Lawrence Percival Coombes Date range 1910 - 1974 Quantity 0.4 cm, Inventory Identifier COOM00253 Box Number 20 Series 11

Published by the The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on AustehcWeb, July 2008
With support from The Coombes Family, in particular Jo Johnson and Shirley Macleish, The Aeronautical Research Laboratory, DSTO Australia, J.R. Baxter , A.E. Billington, L.M. Bland, F.G. Blight, R.L. Brooks, R. Bruton, B.G. Catchpole, A. Chilton, D.C. Collis, B.L. Cumming, J.B. Dance, W.B. Duncan, A.B. Emslie, C. Frame, F.A. Fox, R.I. Garrod, D.G. Hurley, S.T.M. Johnstone, A.G. Jones, C.N. King, F.G. Lewis, E.S. Moody, R.V. Pavia, A.O. Payne, D. Secomb, D.G. Stewart, R.A.Wallis, H.L. Wain, J.C. Wisdom and And others who contributed to the L.P. Coombes Appeal
Listed by Rod Buchanan, Mandy Johnson, Ann McCarthy, Gavan McCarthy, Lisa O'Sullivan, Mark Scillio and Angela Taylor
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