Collection of photographs of LPC's parents, uncle, siblings, some taken in India. Includes photos of: LPC in naval uniform (World War I); Mrs Nancy Coombes as young woman; Rev J.W. Coombes (LPC's Uncle Jos); Felix Call (Kathleen Coombes' husband); Kathleen, Dorothy and Constance (Renie) Coombes (LPC's sisters); 'Keith, aged about 9 years'(LPC's brother); Indian garden scene with Mr J.R. Coombes, Mrs Camellia Ruth Coombes (LPC's parents) and LPC aged about one and a half, maids and unidentified guest.

Includes: Rev J.W. Coombes; Mrs Nancy Coombes; Shirley? As baby; toddler and young girl; Mrs Ruth Coombes; unidentified house, cloisters.

Two black and white photos: one labelled by LPC 'Lord Nelson speaking in photo. I was guest speaker'; LPC as guest speaker.

LPC in RAF uniform.

Includes: Shirley and Jo Coombes as young girls, with unidentified friends at beach in England; Baby's bassinet, decorated with frilled lace and blue ribbon; Shirley, Jo and friend 'Christopher' in garden, England; Catalogue of Royal Aircraft Establishment Photographic Society Exhibition 1938 (LPC and exhibitor).

Includes: Shirley Coombes, Jo Coombes, school age - dressing up for plays and some of Nancy Coombes.

Includes: Jo's coming of age, 1953; the engagement of Jo Coombes and Blyth Johnson; Johnson children and horse; Timothy Johnson as entrant in Baby of the Year Quest; Johnson daughter.

Graduation photograph of Diana MacLeish (Shirley MacLeish's daughter); Kirsten MacLeish (LPC's great granddaughter).

Personal correspondence and memorabilia including: letters from LPC en route to America to Mrs Nancy Coombes, September 1938; post cards and letters from LPC to Shirley and Jo Coombes; drawings by Shirley Coombes; pantomime programme for 'Sinbad the Sailor'. Also includes envelope containing inventory of furniture, estimate for packing furniture and effects for LPC to Australia, and correspondence re removal.

Photograph of LPC and Jock Gray at single men's quarters of RAE, Farnborough, 1925; photograph of LPC and probably Gray, captioned on back: 'Clark and Gray. Send this one back'; LPC at desk; Wind Tunnel, St Kilda, en route to ARL, 1940.

Black and white photographs, mostly 4" x 3", of CAARC meeting number 4, November-December 1955. The photographs are on sheets (20pp.), loosely bound in folder, and are all labelled. Folder also includes: invitation to LPC from the Hon Howard Beale, Minister for Supply, to luncheon for CAARC delegates, 11 November 1955; letter from R.J. Brearley, National Research Council of Canada to F.W. Houten, Dept of Defence, Production and Supply re return of above file of photographs to LPC; Black and white photographs, approximately 7" x 10", of LPC delivering 1959 James N. Kirby Paper and presentation of Kirby Medal to LPC, Great Hall, University of Sydney; Loose leaf album entitled 'Photographs from Australia', December 1955 - May 1956 including photographs of LPC's family and friends at recreation, renovations to LPC house (Murphy St. South Yarra), and General James Doolittle's visit to ARL in May 1956; press clippings of Dolittle's visit; Menu of Mrs. Nancy Coombes.

Drafts and typescripts of articles by LPC, correspondence, photographs and ephemera relating to the Schneider Trophy. Includes: letter from S.W.D. Wolf, RAeS Southampton branch to LPC, with participant invitation list; handwritten draft letter from LPC to Mr Schaffter, RAeS, re LPC's photographs and typescript article of recollections of 1927 Schneider Trophy Race in Venice; letter from S.W.D. Wolf to LPC acknowledging receipt of article and photographs; application forms for functions and souvenir programme, Schneider Trophy Contest 1981; invitation to Schneider Trophy 50th Anniversary weekend, Calshot, Southampton, September 1981; typed draft and photocopy of LPC article, 'The Schneider Trophy Races'; photocopy of LPC paper, 'History of Contest, 1913 - 1926'; handwritten draft of LPC article, 'Kingsford - Smith'. Also includes: black and white photographs illustrating article, 'The Schneider Trophy Races' (2 envelopes); 11 negatives; typed list of numbered captions for photographic illustrations, prepared by LPC. Photographs are not captioned or numbered.

Collection of family documents. One envelope of certificates of LPC family members contains: Baptismal Certificate of James Robert Coombes, 1859; Baptismal Certificate of Kathleen Esther Coombes, 1886, 2 copies, one torn at folds; Marriage Certificate of Kathleen Coombes to Felix Call, 1920; Marriage Certificate of LPC's parents, James Robert Coombes to Camellia Ruth Pincott, 1885, two copies; Death Certificate of Felix Call, 1926. Also includes: Booklet of printed Testimonials of J.R. Coombes, Madras Provincial Civil Service, 1874 to 1907; Handwritten genealogical tree and notes on Coombes' family history, beginning with Thomas Coombes, LPC's great great grandfather (born 1748 in Buckland, Berkshire); Typescript of poem, 'A Perfect Fluke', by the Foozler, or P.C. Coombes (probably LPC); packet of souvenir postcards of various scenes in England; envelope of black and white postcards of Buckland, Berkshire (Coombes' family seat), some annotated; Miscellaneous photographs of LPC, Mrs. Nancy Coombes and unidentified subjects; printed brochures of historic sites, ephemera and news clipping. Correspondence including: letter to LPC from Sir Morien Morgan, Master of Downing College, Cambridge; letter of sympathy to Mrs J.R. Coombes on death of husband from A. Stuart, Dublin; letter to 'Mama, Sarah, Emma, Ruth' from unidentified writer, 16 November 1878; letter to 'Granny' (probably Mrs J.R. Coombes) from Shirley Coombes, with postscripts by LPC and Jo.

LPC family photograph album, including black and white photographs of family members, from birth of Shirley Coombes on 2 September 1938, to marriage of Jo Coombes and Blyth Johnson, 10 October 1959. Photographs have detailed captions and narrative text of main family events, probably written by Shirley or Jo. Album also includes: loose photographs of family members (most not captioned); a coloured sketch of LPC family tree; Envelope labelled 'Farnborough Amateur Dramatic Society, 'Sinbad the Sailor' (Business Manager Mrs N. Coombes)' containing programme, balance sheet and black and white photographs of pantomime.

Album includes: uncaptioned portrait photographs of LPC's friends in RAF during World War I; British aircraft in flight (BE 2E's); aerial view of London, St. Paul's Cathedral in foreground; loose photographs of BE 2E's in flight, Kingsford Smith, LPC with Kingsford Smith and other airmen, Burnley, England.

LPC's Schneider Cup 1927 album. Album Cover illustrated by LPC, 1929. Album includes: black and white photographs of sea planes (S5), hotels, sites and competitors in Venice for Schneider Cup 1927; souvenir cards.

Album of black and white photographs taken while LPC was in the RNAS and RAF. Photographs include: British aircraft in World War I, in flight and grounded; LPC's friends and flying instructors; mess, officers' quarters, workshops and armoury, Etingham; HMS Argus.

Black and white photographs of LPC's trip to the Univted States in September, 1938. Subjects include: scenes aboard RMS Scythia; Massachussets institute of Technology; Harvard Library; California Institute of Technology.

The Book of Aeronauts, a fictitious satirical story about the Division of Aeronautics, CSIR, narrated by LPC. Commemmorative volume presented by the Division of Aeronautics, CSIR to Sir George Julius, December 1945.

Ring binder folder containing children's story, hand written and illustrated in water colours by LPC, entitled Lalar's Diary ('with apologies to Jean de Brunhoff'). Based on the family life of LPC, Nancy, Shirley and Jo Coombes. Also includes loose leaf unfinished sketches and photocopies of text.

Illustrated commemmorative menu for LPC's farewell dinner in RAF mess at MAEE, Felixstowe before transfer to RAE, Farnborough.

Hon. Fellow, RAS; Fellow, AIAA; Bachelor of Science, University of London.

Album of black and white photographs of LPC and Mrs Nancy Coombes on holiday in Tasmania, probably during late 1940s or early 1950s. Photographs are not captioned.

Includes black and white photographs of LPC, Mrs Nancy Coombes, Shirley Coombes, Jo Coombes and 'Granny' (Mrs J.W. Coombes) at Hopton Road, Streatham, Christmas 1937, and photos of Easter holidays at Welland, 1938.

Collection includes: black and white photographs of Jo Coombes, Shirley Coombes, Mrs Nancy Coombes, Blyth Johnson; programme for Architects' Revue 1952, with Jo Coombes in cast, clipping from The Australian Women's Weekly, 4 June 1949 of photograph of Jo Coombes and fellow university students.

Assorted collection of photographic portraits includes: two black and white graduation photos of Shirley Coombes; Mrs Nancy Coombes and Shirley Coombes in wedding dress; colour portrait of 'Dr Macleish' (LPC's grandson?); two photos of LPC and Nancy Coombes in period costume; loose album sheet of photographs of party at Murphy St, South Yarra.

File contains 3 sets of black and white photos, 6" x 8", and 6 coloured slides of LPC, Mrs Nancy Coombes, and neice Jennifer Kirk at LPC's CBE investiture, Buckingham Palace; news clipping, 'He's a proud CBE now', The Age, no date, c1964; letter from Jenny Kirk to Coombes' family, Melbourne, with enclosure of black and white photos of LPC, Nancy Coombes, LPC's sisters and brother-in-law in England; letter from Shirley Macleish to LPC; letter from LPC to Shirley and Jo; invitation to LPC from the Hon Julian Amery, Minister of Aviation, to reception for Society of British Aircraft Constructors' Flying Display and Exhibition, 7 September 1964; menu of 20th British Commonwealth Society Dinner, 15 October 1964; letter from S.Kenneth Davies, RAC, to LPC; letter from G/Cpt Norman Ryder to LPC.

Loose collection of colour and black and white photographs, approximately 6" x 8", of LPC at presentation on board HMAS Stuart. Photographs not captioned.

Loose leaf album of black and white photos, most not captioned, of Coombes' family's emigration to and early life in Victoria. Photographs include: LPC, Nancy, Shirley and Jo Coombes; LPC and Nancy in 1920s; Shirley's graduation; LPC at retirement dinner, 1964.

Album of black and white photographs, not captioned, of LPC and Nancy's 1950 trip to England contains: photos of LPC and Nancy, relations, friends and places visited; sketch maps of routes and places in England; photographs taken in Canada while LPC attending 2nd Meeting of CAARC, Ottawa, September 1950; LPC's invitations to official functions while in England and Canada; clipping, 'Obituary' for Mr W.G.A. Perring, The Times, 10 April 1951; coloured photograph of Jo Coombes.

Coloured photographs, not captioned, of family events includes LPC, Nancy, friends, grandchildren and LPC's 80th Brithday celebration, 9 April 1979. File also includes 3 black and white prints of LPC's grandson?.

Two plastic sleeves: one contains black and white photos, 3" x 4", uncaptioned, of Wallaby Club walks and 'Wallabies' (members and friends), includes Mrs Nancy Coombes and unidentified 'Wallabies'. LPC probably the photographer, locations unidentified, but probably include the Dandenong Range and the nearer Dividing Range; the other sleeve contains colour photographs of 'Wallaby'? Trip to Ballarat, Sovereign Hill, Clunes, photos include Nancy Coombes and unidentified Wallabies.

Envelope labelled by LPC 'Dr J. Bignell, 2 Whernside Ave, Toorak - Wallaby'. Colour prints, some captioned, including: Memorial tablet in Moliagul to John Flynn, originator of the Flying Doctor Service in the outback; 'Dr Bignold's grandmother's house (now derelict'), bluestone villa, somewhere in north central Victoria?; Memorial recording finding of 'Welcome Stranger' nugget, Dunolly?, Victoria; Inscription on the the 'Welcome Stranger' memorial; the mill at Smeaton; regrowth of trees snapped off by hurricane; disused farmhouse and renovated barn at Yandoit, built by Italian farmers; Town Hall, Clunes; Public Library, Clunes; Anglican Church, Clunes; Town Hall, Talbot. Also includes Nancy Coombes and unidentified 'Wallabies'.

Black and white photos, 3" x 4", captioned, Stanhope Bay, Dogtrap Bay, Childers Cove, Cape Reamur (South Australia?) and unidentified group of men.

Assorted black and white photos, 3" x 4", most uncaptioned, include: Shirley and Jo Coombes as young girls and teenagers, at 45 Murphy St, South Yarra, and at beach (probably Mt Martha), with unidentified friends; Mrs Nancy Coombes, Shirley and Jo on board Oronsay, 1938 - 1939; LPC at the beach, and in rubber dinghy; Nancy Coombes at beach; LPC, Nancy Coombes, Shirley MacLeish, Jo Johnson and Louis Mathieson?, Vice Chancellor, Monash University, at awarding of Honorary Doctor of Engineering to LPC, 1975; photograph labelled 'Guess who? Old Gray!'; Mrs Ruth Coombes with Shirley? Coombes as baby, 1928; Shirley Coombes as toddler and young girl, 1930s. Most photos are of Shirley and Jo in Victoria, 1940s, 1950s.

Colour photographs of LPC and Nancy Coombes' sixtieth wedding anniversary at Leonard St (Jo and Blyth Johnson's home) including: LPC, Mrs Nancy Coombes, Blyth Johnson, Mandy and Sue Johnson, ?Wills; birthday cake; photo of birthday card; flowers.

Colour photos of humorous greeting cards, probably made by LPC, include: LPC's eightieth birthday, 9 April 1979; LPC and Nancy Coombes 'dressed' as Venetian gondoliers; Nancy Coombes as 'Little Nancy Etticoat'; LPC and Nancy Coombes - photo captioned 'It's incredible! This is our 58th Christmas and we're still smiling!', 1984; LPC and group of men (ARL?), used for photo-collage greeting card, 'We shall miss you, Lucy and Arthur'; Christmas card from LPC and Nancy with photo-collage illustration of LPC, Nancy, Shirley, Jo, grandchildren and friends. Also includes one black and white photograph captioned by LPC: 'One of the illustrations in the Birthday Card I made for Arthur Wills' 80th birthday. It shows Arthur in centre, tempting Jackie Green (rt.) while Don Woods enjoys his meal. Don died a few years ago. (Taken during the War at a party)'; colour photo of birthday card, captioned 'Happy Birthday Charles', includes LPC, Nancy Coombes and unidentified friends, one of whom is probably 'Charles', Charles Davies (LPC's solicitor, 'Humphgart House', Mt Macedon).

Includes: Sepia photograph of Mrs Nancy Coombes, captioned by LPC, 'Nancy just before we came to Australia', c1938; LPC and Nancy in period costume, captioned 'a photo of us in imitation of a past era'; Coombes' boat shed (No 113) at Mt Martha, with painted roller door; Mr J.R. Coombes and Mrs Ruth Coombes, labelled by LPC, 'My father and mother aged in their 40s', early 1900s?.

Photos include: LPC and Nancy Coombes by car; 2 sepia prints of LPC by Sopwith Camel (World War I); LPC blowing out candles on 80th birthday cake, 1979; colour photo of Christmas card by LPC, depicting LPC and Nancy, dressed as members of London Walkabout Club.

2 colour photos of LPC and Nancy Coombes at family celebration, Leonard St (home of Jo Johnson). Black and white passport size photographs of LPC and Nancy Coombes.

From envelope labelled 'Old Charles - Koalas' (identified by Mandy Johnson as Mt Macedon photos with wide date range), mostly colour photographs of 'Charles' entertaining guests, including Nancy Coombes and LPC, planting trees, and wildlife in the garden. Also includes photos of stuffed dogs, and joke photo of 'Charles' meeting 'naked lady' (photo collage with cut-out from 'Double Exposure', post card from Zeus Merfield to LPC, 1962). From envelope labelled 'Pattersons': colour photos, some captioned, of LPC and Nancy Coombes, Pattersons, Charles, Anthea (Charles' neice), Gordon Patterson, Arthur Wills and Alberta, and unidentified subjects. From envelope labelled 'Dances': colour photos of ?J.B.Dance (ARL) and wife; LPC, ?J.B. Dance and unidentified man; interior of Dance home. One black and white photo, 3" x 4", of LPC, ?J.B. Dance and Arthur Wills at official dinner.

Miscellany of colour photos includes: Two cars parked at Mt Macedon?; LPC and unidentified subject, probably at ARL; Nancy Coombes; LPC, Nancy Coombes and Jo Johnson. Colour photos labelled by LPC of: Ayres Rock, Falls Creek, Lake Hart, Diana MacLeish (1979), and Blyth Johnson's 'Mirror'.

An eclectic file which consists of 2 colour photos, captioned by LPC, 'Nancy takes Ian for a day's golf at Commonwealth Golf Club', 'Ian and Nancy near a flowering gum tree', pasted on back of page of LPC letter to unknown correspondent. Letter deals with contemporary Australian politics and LPC's views on Whitlam's Labour Government.

Envelope, labelled 'Schneider Cup', of 18 black and white negatives of photographs of Schneider Cup, 1927.

Colour photographs of greeting cards depicting photos of Johnson and MacLeish children. Cards include: Philip, Jacki and Kristen MacLeish; Ian, Diana and Michael MacLeish; Felicity, Dierdre, Tim, Mandy and Susan Johnson.

Cardboard box containing slides, mainly Wallaby Club excursion to Lorne, 1971. One slide labelled by LPC 'Wallaby - Lorne, Pennington and Sir Mac Burnet'.

Wooden slide box includes uncaptioned slides (some numbered by LPC) of places visited by LPC in Holland and Bangkok, 1961. Also includes aerial views.

Wooden slide box contains mainly slides of India, some captioned: Village scenes in Mysore; Monuments and tombs in Mysore; Mysore Zoo and Palace; UNESCO building and CSIR, Mysore; aerial views; Old Delhi; Taj Mahal; Aero Engineering Dept, Institute of Science, Bangalore; 'Bangalore - My Destination'; Seringapatam. Box also includes miscellaneous slides of UN building, New York; Unidentified women in evening dress; Pentagon building, Washington, DC; Sydney Harbour, 1959; Coombes' family, labelled 'Start at Essendon - Family Farewell'; 'En route to USA on the 707'; San Francisco airport; Eiffel Tower and Louvre, Paris.

Includes 2 Christmas cards illustrated with photographs of LPC and Nancy Coombes: 'It's Incredible! This is our 58th Christmas'; 'To Rosie and Nellie - Christmas 1976'.

Letter to LPC from Zeus Merfield, Chicago, 1 October 1962. Envelope containing post card, entitled 'Double Exposure', to LPC from Zeus Merfield and advertising clipping for Escort Services, San Francisco.

Colour photo of Coombes' family group at 45 Murphy Street, South Yarra?, includes LPC, Nancy Coombes, Shirley Macleish, Blyth Johnson, grandsons and granddaughters.

Envelope labelled by LPC containing 4 black and white snapshots of Ward-Amblers' house and garden, Alma Road, St Kilda, and Ward-Amblers' cottage, Mt Martha, 1940.

Cardboard slide box containing colour slides, uncaptioned and undated, of LPC's travels in Canada.

Colour slides, uncaptioned and undated, of Stratford-on-Avon. Includes street and village scenes, thatched cottages, the Avon river and unidentified graveyard.

Box also annotated 'Start July 1976 - Homeward Journey'. Slides of LPC and Nancy Coombes' trip to England, 3 July 1976 including: Nancy Coombes, Ruth Coombes, Keith Coombes, David ?Coombes at Streatham; Floss ?Coombes, Rene Coombes and Nancy Coombes at Coulsdon; Lala Kouvarine. Most captioned.

Colour slides include: Tobers Green and the Falcons (?) family in England; Props and locations for film 'Eagle Has Landed' at Maple Durham, England. Most slides captioned.

Colour slides include: Joan Stewart's house at Olney; Castle Ashby, Norhamptonshire; Church, 'Family Vault in graveyard'; Ludlow; Church Streton, Shropshire; church, street scenes in Northampton; Stratford; Bridgnorth.

Colour slides include Bladon, Blenheim Palace, RAF Memorial at Runnemeade, and Gerrards Cross.

Includes: Downing College, Cambridge; Morien Morgan, Master of Downing College; Darwin's house, Cambridge; Peterhouse; St Catherine's; King's College; Nancy Coombes with Prof and Mrs Morgan; Blockley, 'Dorrie (Mrs Dorothy Speakman, LPC's sister), Mary and Nana (Nancy)'; Blockley Church and Old Mill House.

Includes: Westcote House, Chipping Camden; Farnborough, 'SBAC show', 'aircraft park', 'spinning A/C', 'Lockspeiser 01', 'Directors' enclosure with Sir R. Cockburn, Vera and Haydn Templeton'.

Miscellaneous, uncaptioned and undated slides of Canadian scenes, landscapes, aerial views, LPC eating corn on the cob, and 'McKenzie King's country house'.

Colour slides, uncaptioned, including Burnie Paper Mill, electrolytic zinc works at Roseberry, and scenes of Zeehan.

First part of LPC's label unclear, box does not contain UK transparencies. Uncaptioned slides of LPC's grandsons, Ian and Philip Macleish at Mt Martha. Also includes group photo of Shirley and Scotty Macleish, Jo and Blyth Johnson, each pair holding unidentified babies.

Uncaptioned slides of Farnborough Air Show. Box includes views of airborne jets, unidentified castle, houses and friends.

Includes some European slides. Uncaptioned scenes, buildings, aerial views and people in Bangkok.

Box contains 6 glass black and white slides of the Schneider Cup contest. Uncaptioned except for 'Gloster IV'.

Includes some glass black and white slides and colour transparencies of the Shneider Cup contest.

Slide box labelled: 'Mrs D. Speakman, The Old Quarry, Blockley, Moreton-on-Marsh, England. Includes mainly Victorian landscapes, some captioned "Wallaby - Lorne'. Processed 1972.

2 Boxes of uncaptioned colour slides of scenes and places visited, probably on way to and from CAARC Conference, 1962. Also people connected with CAARC. Also includes Shirley Macleish, Jo Johnson and Philip Macleish.

Uncaptioned colour slides of LPC's grandchildren.

Colour slides, some captioned, of Johnson and Macleish children.

Uncaptioned colour slides of LPC's grandchildren.

Colour slides, most captioned, including: Ian, Michael and Diana Macleish; Felicity and Deirdre Johnson; Sir Lawrence Wackett's house; Mt Martha scenes, 1965.

Assorted slides, no captions.

Assorted slides, mainly of family members on holidays or at weekends.

Assorted slides of Coombes' family members.

Miscellaneous slides of Mt Martha and family. Undated.

Uncaptioned assorted slides of scenes in and around London.

Contains only 2 slides, uncaptioned.

Includes slides, most captioned, of scenic trip to Newcastle, Nambucca Heads, Watagan Mountains, and BHP Steelworks.

Includes mostly uncaptioned slides of places visited in Queensland. Undated.

Assorted uncaptioned slides of places visited in Gippsland.

Assorted slides of places and people in Tasmania.

Label partly illegible. Assorted slides, most uncaptioned and undated.

Includes Macleish children, the Vicarage, Christ Church, South Yarra, 45 Murphy St, Tasmania.

Bundle includes slides of Wallaby Club excursions to Blackwood and Lorne. 'Wallabies' include: Arthur Wills, Dr Gregory, Ces Sanders, Dr Lionel Bull, Arthur Day, Nancy Coombes, Dr Pennington (Apollo Bay), Ian Bainbridge, Harold Moore, Dick Southby, Harold Feint, and Alan Gordon.

Miscellaneous slides of grandchildren and friends.

Assorted slides of family and friends at annual Christmas gatherings.

Unidentified people and places. Processed 1963.

Processed 1965.

Collection of assorted, mainly colour slides, most uncaptioned, but numbered by LPC. Includes: Shirley, Scotty and Philip Macleish; Interstate trips and places visited - ?Canberra, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric scheme, NSW, Parkes Observatory, Tasmania; slides labelled 'India - Rejects'; 16 glass black and white slides, possibly of activities held to commemmorate LPC's retirement as Chief Superintendant of ARL, Melbourne; 1 glass black and white slide of airmen standing beside World War I aircraft.

Red plastic box of assorted slides, some captioned, on various subjects including: Queensland - Magnetic and Green Islands; NSW - Port Stephens, Newcastle (BHP), Armidale, Taree, Williamtown; Victoria - St Matthew's Church, Glenroy, designed by Blyth Johnson; 'Painting I did for Hartnetts', LPC's painting of boatsheds and dinghys; 'My Painting at Murphy St', LPC's painting of townscape; 'Nana's Birthday', 1974; 'London 1964 - Lord Mayor's Show'; Nancy Coombes - 'Xmas'; Jo and Blyth Johnson; Michael Macleish; 'Streatham ?1960, Kang, Dorrie, Rene' (LPC's sisters). Also includes colour negatives of unidentified places, probably England.

Wooden box of slides, most uncaptioned, of family, friends and places visited in England and en route to England. Also includes three glass colour slides of 'Jo with John Cummins' and 'Jo at Fourways', 1955.

Collection of black and white photographs, 3" x 4", pasted on loosesheets of tissue paper, and captioned by LPC. Subjects include LPC, Nancy Coombes and Philip Macleish. Sheets labelled: 'Our Rolling Stone', Philip Macleish; 'Leaving for England 19 September 1958', Shirley and Scotty Macleish's trip; 'Take-off'; 'At the Gardens'; 'Corn on the Cob'.

2 sheets of black and white photographs, 3" x 4", captioned by LPC, include the CSIR Ski Hut, group of unidentified people, ?Shirley and Scotty Macleish, Jo Coombes and the summit hut on Mt Buller.

1 sheet, entitled 'Australia - Melbourne', of black and white photographs, 3" x 3", of Philip Macleish as baby, Scotty and ?Shirley Macleish, and godfather Philip McAuley.

4 sheets, entitled 'On the Himalaya', of black and white photographs, 3" x 3", of recreation aboard the Himalaya, Nancy Coombes and fellow passengers.

2 sheets, labelled 'Felixstowe' and 'England', of black and white photogrpahs, 3" x 3" include: Nancy and Jo Coombes with friends at Felixstowe Golf Club; Bawdsey; Windsor, Nell Gwynn's House; Windsor Castle.

4 sheets of black and white photographs of sites visited in Majorca by LPC, Nancy and Jo Coombes in 1956.

1 sheet entitled 'The Merman' of black and white photographs, 3" x 4", of Scotty Macleish in skin-diving gear, Nancy Coombes and Shirley Macleish.

Album, entitled 'Holiday on Wheels - Sketches by Booze', of black and white photographs, captioned and annotated by LPC of trip through NSW. Photographs include: Nancy Coombes, Jo Coombes and friends Ian and Patsy Davis, Cooma; Betty and Ferguson?, 'Myalla', Cooma; Wagga Wagga; Canberra, Cotter Dam, National War Museum; Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric and Irrigation Scheme, and T1 Power Station; Adaminaby Dam; Eucumbene Lookout; Sydney, 'the McCutcheon's house, Pymble', and North Head; Palm Beach, 'At Mrs Friend's House'; 'Rolling Home by the Coast Road'; Pambula Beach; Jo and Blyth Johnson and their new house in Hawthorne. Album also includes loose black and white photographs of LPC, Jo Coombes, and ?Macleish grandson. Map of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Envelope addressed to Mrs D.G. Macleish containing British Money Order for five pounds sterling. Clipping from the Age, no date, 'Parking Survey by Young Town Planner', about Jo Coombes and local parking survey for Ballarat.

Brown vellum strip, 3" x 7", inscribed 'National Aeronautical Laboratory Bangalore' in gold lettering.

Assorted collection of black and white photographs of various sizes, most taken by LPC, of Coombes' family members and friends. Photographs from envelope labelled 'War time' include: Jo Coombes; 'Dorrie in France'; H.A.F. Goodison (RAF officer); ?Sopwith Camels; aerial view of 'Windsor Castle taken in 1918'; 'RAF Reserve training at Renfrew, Scotland 1924'; photo post card of 2 airmen in ?Sopwith Camel from J?. Carr to LPC; letter to LPC from 'Robbie' Robinson. Photographs, 4" x 5", of Mrs Nancy Coombes, Shirley and Jo Coombes with the Ward-Amblers at Wind tunnel, Bayside, Melbourne, en route to ARL, 1940. From envelope labelled 'Visit to Keith [LPC's brother] and Ena 1946 (or was it 1944?)', captioned photographs include Keith and Ena Coombes, Portchester? House, Harriet Hughes and Margaret Tracy. From envelope labelled 'Photos of our first dog Judy taken in 1944 (given to the Fordys when we left for Australia)', photographs include LPC with dog Judy. From envelope labelled 'Farnboro' and Felixstowe', photographs mostly taken in mid 1930s include: Shirley Coombes and friends at Felixstowe beach, Shirley at Coombebury, Jo Coombes, LPC, Nancy Coombes, Elsibel and 'Robbie' Robinson, Keith Coombes and Tina ? (Keith's girlfriend) at Wynchlea. From Kodak envelope, uncaptioned photographs include Nancy Coombes, Shirley and Jo Coombes in acacademic gowns, Scotty Macleish, unidentified lady on horseback (Mrs Ward-Ambler?). Assorted photographs include: Shirley Coombes at Felixstowe [damaged photograph]; Nancy Coombes; the Coronation Procession, 1937; 'Miss Murphy's (Mrs Coxon's) daughter Ann and Judy's pups'; 'Streatham 1944 near Station and 27 Hopton Rd'; 'Hopton Road 1946 after Kathleen and Frank returned after it was repaired'. From envelope incorrectly labelled 'Old Photos Farnborough, Jo's 21st etc', a portrait photograph of LPC, undated but probably 1950s. Loose leaf (p 21) from ring-binder photograph album, entitled 'A Mixed Bag from South Yarra' includes 3 photographs of LPC, Nancy Coombes, Shirley Coombes and LPC's badly dented car. Loose sheet of 2 photographs originally entitled 'Lockyer's House, Cambridge', but annotated in pencil '1950 The Late W.G.A. Perrin's House at Camberley'.

Portraits include: Shirley Coombes' graduation; Shirley Coombes and Scotty Macleish in graduation gowns; 2 weddings of unidentified family members, one of whom is probably Jennifer Kirk, in London; baby's bassinet decorated in frills and blue ribbon. Black and White photographs, 3" x 4", of Shirley and Jo Coombes with friend 'Christopher' in garden, England. Ephemera includes: Page of letter from Nancy Coombes, aboard P&O Strathnaver, to LPC, Shirley and Jo, undated; Water colour painting of house and garden, annotated on back 'Jo aged 4 and a half'; sheet of typescript entitled 'Jo's Pugilistic Encounters'; Pencil sketches entitled 'Belles of St Belmont'; clipping of 'Out 'n About' column from the Age?, no date.

From hard cover sleeve entitled 'Portraits from Norman May Studio, Malvern', black and white portraits include: wedding of Jo Coombes and Blyth Johnson, 1959; Jennifer Kirk (LPC's niece) as young girl; Shirley Coombes as teenager. Photographs include LPC, Nancy Coombes and Macleish grandsons.

Collection of black and white photographs, some captioned and dated, of Coombes' family members and friends in England pre-1939. Photographs include: LPC, Nancy Coombes, Shirley and Jo Coombes, Judy the dog, Jim and Rene Kirk, Keith Coombes and Tina (Keith's girlfriend), Florence Coombes, Kathleen Call, Ruth Coombes, Frank Coombes, Elsibel and Robbie Robinson, Lady Sharpe, and Lala Kouvarine. Also includes photograph of certificate granting Hon Life Membership of MAEE, Felixstowe to Bernard Claude Horace Cross, 5 December 1928.

Collection of black and white photographs, some captioned and dated of Coombes' family and friends in England, pre-1939. Most photographs are of Shirley as a young girl. Photographs include: LPC, Nancy Coombes, Shirley Coombes, Jo Coombes, 'the maid' Aida, the Rev J.W. Coombes, Flossie (Florence) Coombes, Kathleen Call, Keith Coombes, Jim Kirk, Lady Sharpe, Elsobel and 'Robbie' Robinson, and Lala Kouvarine (neighbour at Farnborough). Also includes: LPC and B.D. Clark at Farnborough, 1925; ? Boothman; Vicarage at Welland, the Rev J.W. Coombes' parish; Nancy Coombes, Fred David, June Swinburne, Judy Henzall, Jo and Shirley Coombes at Mt Martha, Xmas 1951.

From large buff envelope labelled 'Old Photos Not Children', a collection of captioned black and white photographs of Coombes' family members and friends in England, taken mainly during the 1920s and 1930s. From envelope labelled 'Old Flames!', captioned photographs include: Mrs Long and Mdme Pirani Venice 1927; Andree Claire 1924; Sybil Russell 1920; Mildred Scully 1920; Mrs Boggis 1932; Lady Sharp 1931; Gladys Allen 1920; Nancy Cording 1925; LPC and Harriet Hughes S.S. Scythia 1938. Also includes 'B.D. Clark, J.M. Gray, (Scotsman), Larrat - At the RAE 1924'. From envelope labelled 'Jennifer and Ruth' (?nieces in England), photographs include Ruth Coombes, Keith Coombes, Jennifer Kirk, Rene Kirk. Miscellaneous Coombes' family photographs, taken in England 1925 - 1944, include LPC, Nancy Coombes, Shirley and Jo Coombes, Kathleen Coombes, Frank ? (Kathleen's 2nd husband), Jack Speakman, 'Cousin Wilfred', 'Uncle Jos' (Rev J.W. Coombes), 'Uncle Percy', Jim and Rene Kirk, and Floss (Florence) Coombes. Assorted photographs of LPC and Nancy Coombes' friends in England include: Gladys Armstrong; Tina Cantrell - 'Keith's girl 1938'; Hilda Emmett, Felixstowe 1937; Nellie Cockburn, Newcastle 1923; Gerald Hudson of 204 TDs in Barbados; LPC with Armstrong family, Newcastle 1923; C.L. Berg 1920; Lala Kouvarine? 1946; Doris Armstrong at Wynchlea House 1938; W.D. Douglas (RAE); Dr and Mrs Winn with Nancy, Blue Mtns 1939; Thomsetts with Mrs Ruth Coombes; Jock and Phil Gray at Coronation 1937; Alan Billington; Odette Levey 1941; June Harper; and June Swinburne, Mrs Swinburne and Lady Chauvel at Shirley Coombes' 21st birthday. Collection also includes family and friends' houses in England: Dorrie's house at Newton le Willows (Lancs) 1925 and 'Fourways', Culcheth; McKinnon Woods' house, built out of an old barn, near Farnborough, 1936. Miscellaneous photographs taken in England and Australia include: LPC's lawn mower, captioned 'My conversion of lawn mower to electricity'; 2 photographs labelled 'Photo taken by me [LPC] 1913'; LPC at Turlee (Mt Martha); Sea Plane tank, Farnborough; Farnboro' single quarters 1924; LPC, Nancy Coombes, Shirley and Jo, Scotty Macleish at Burnham Beeches, Dandenong Ranges 1954; and Mt Martha - rough sea. Ephemera includes: Xmas card from Sgt Corollo (USA), undated; "Welcome to Sydney" card from Sir George Julius to LPC; Xmas cards illustrated with photographs from Dr and Mrs Wilfred Attenborough, Farnborough (Nancy's doctor).

Cards and Mementos include: Dance Card and pencil, marked 'Dick Chenoweth'; Xmas card to LPC and Nancy Coombes from Uncle Jos, Welland (Glos); Xmas Cards to LPC and Nancy from Wilfred ('Nancy's doctor') and Cristobel Attenborough, Milfred-on-sea (Hants); Newspaper clipping of 'News of the Day' column by Stuart Sayers, the Age?, on visit by airman-scientist Lt-Gen James Doolittle to ARL, Fisherman's Bend. Undated clipping also includes photograph of LPC with Doolittle and Dr F.S. Shaw. Envelope labelled '1944 Travel documents on US Transport Command to UK and return' includes: Luggage ticket issued by US Army Air Forces; 'Instructions to Deplaned Passengers 7 April 1944'; Allied Civilian Trans-Pacific Air Travel Request form, completed by LPC, and signed by J.D.E. Hood ,Dept of External Affairs, Nelson T. Johnson, American Legation, and Capt John R. Keegan, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area, 13 March 1944. Ephemera also includes: 'King Neptune' Certificates for LPC and Nancy Coombes, on board SS Strathnaver; Typescript entitled 'Jo's War Diary'; colour pencil sketch entitled 'Come Along, Shirley!' and annotated 'Our very Arch Deacon Foxgrove-Robinson Takes the Waters'. Official correspondence includes letter, marked "Secret", to LPC from H.F.V. Battle, Air Commodore, Chief Overseer at Ministry of Aircraft Production, Millbank, 23 May 1944, and map of Hatfield Airfield, London.

Wood block print, 19 x 24 cm, of Commonwealth Golf Club, Melbourne?, signed by LPC. Undated.

7 rolls of photo. negative labelled: 'Wedding'; 'Duggie's Wedding'; 'CAARC 1955'; 'Turlee - Koala ?1953 or 1954'; '1953?'; 'Architects - Womens College'.

Box of Kodak glass plates, 4" x 3" approx., includes some blank/overexposed plates and 3 developed plates of dolls'? house and doll's furniture. Undated. Plates made in Australia.

Collection of 30 black and white photographs, most captioned by LPC, includes: 'My Camel in air over Eastchurch aerodrome'; 'LPC and Camel'; 'Capt C [LPC] and Lt Hudson outside "The Cottage", Officer quarters at Eastchurch'; 'LPC, Lt Hudson and pupils of 2 Sth Camel flight at Eastcvhurch'; 'Barnstorming at Burkley, Lancs., incls. Mechanic, LPC and Kingsford Smith'; 'Group of Instructors of 204 TDS, incls. Kingsford Smith seated in front; 'Lt Hudson and Capt Coombes'; 'Lt Hudson's Camel'; 'Crash at Eastchurch - pupil taking off'; 'Sgt Rowley 210 Sq. France'; 'My Camel at Eastchurch'; 'Formation flying at Eastchurch on Aero 504s'; 'Fatal crash at Eastchurch, Lt Pick and ?'.

From envelope labelled 'Felixstowe', black and white photographs, most dated and captioned, include: Nancy Coombes and Mrs Warden, 1926; Doris Armstrong, Felixstowe 1927; Cousin Wilfred; Shirley Coombes and Jack Speakman, Felixstowe 1929; Beach at Felixstowe; 'Boothman (Schneider Cup Winner), later Sir John, carrying Hilda Emmett and Mrs Edmonds'; Lady Sharper, Felixstowe 1932; Mr and Mrs Wardle; Nancy Coombes and Boothman; Nancy Coombes and Shirley; Mt Martha - 'Judy avoids the waves'.

Black and white photographs from envelope labelled 'Uncle Jos' (Rev J.W. Coombes, LPC's uncle), include: 'Uncle Jos's memorial window', Rev Coombes' church at Welland; 'Uncle Jos and Thomsett'; 'Welland 1930'; 'Nancy with Mr Evans Cadillac 1932'; 'Outside Welland Vicarage looking towards Malvern Hills'; 'Corner of Uncle Jos's garden'. Also includes post card to Shirley Coombes from Budapest, postmarked 1922 and inscribed 'The Blue Danube flows here', probably from Uncle Jos.

From envelope labelled 'Historic Photos', black and white photos, some captioned and mounted, include: 'LPC and Flossie' (LPC as infant about 10mths old); LPC as infant (2 prints); J.R. Coombes and Mrs. Ruth C. Coombes (LPC's parents), taken in Madras c1900 [also 1 restored copy and negative]; Nancy Coombes as young woman; grave and headstone of Caroline Pincott (LPC's maternal grandmother?); photos of greeting cards depicting LPC and Nancy.

From envelope labelled 'Shirley and Jo - Early Pictures', black and white photographs, most uncaptioned include: Shirley Coombes and Jo Coombes as toddlers and young girls at Felixstowe; Nancy Coombes with Shirley as baby; Shirley at 15? years; Jo Coombes, 1933; Shirley Coombes, Amber and Aubrey Barr; unidentified friends.

From envelope labelled '1950 Trip', black and white photographs include Nancy Coombes in 'garden party dress', Nancy on board Strathnaver and LPC and Nancy in Colombo.

3 envelopes of black and white negatives, one labelled 'Old Negs', another 'Good Negs - print' and one unlabelled, include: Nancy Coombes, Shirley and Jo Coombes as babies, toddlers and young girls at Felixstowe; unidentified subjects, probably Coombes' family members.

Black and white negatives from envelope labelled by LPC 'Hastened flight to UK 1953. Prof Stephens and I to attend CAARC meeting'.

One colour negative of Shirley Coombes in Graduation gown.

15 black and white negatives of Schneider Cup, 1927.

Black and white photographs, some contact prints, mainly of Shirley and Jo Coombes as young children in England. Photographs also include: LPC, Nancy Coombes, Edie (the maid), Rev J.W. Coombes, 'Floss, Kang and Frank', Hilda Emmett, 'Robbie' Robinson and unidentified friends. Also includes 4 negs.

Black and white photographs of Shirley and Jo Coombes in Australia, most taken in early 1950s. Also includes LPC, Nancy Coombes, Judy the dog, Scotty Macleish, Jaquie? Ward-Ambler and unidentified friends.

Envelope of assorted black and white photographs includes: RAF crew, World War I; unidentified machinery, from an aeroplane?; Nancy Coombes, Shirley and Jo Coombes with guests at 'Turlee', Mt Martha. Also includes colour photograph of LPC and Lady Chauvel? at Shirley Coombes'? wedding. Back of photo stamped 'Photo by Zeus Merfield'.

From hard back folder 'Portraits from Norman Mays Studio, Malvern, UK, an assorted collection of black and white portraits of various subjects includes: RAF Officer, Geraldf Hudson; 'Pantomime at Farnboro' about 1935'; Photograph of sketch of 'Sir Charles Parsons
drawn by Joe Stobart of Drawing Office (C.A. Parsons, Newcastle c1923)'; Coronation coach - 'taken at Coronation procession of King George VI', 1937.

Collection of Coombes' family portraits, most black and white, some tinted includes: LPC, Shirley Coombes, Jo Coombes, Jennifer Kirk (LPC's neice), Rev J.W. Coombes and unidentified subject.

From envelope labelled 'Old Portraits, Groups', 3 black and white photographs, one labelled by LPC 'Junior Scientific Staff RAE 1924', another identified as Hilda Emmett, 1938.

Black and white uncaptioned photographs include LPC and unidentified ARL Staff and VIPs at demonstration of 'Simulation of Aircraft Flutter on Analogue Computer' and 'Fatigue Test'. Also includes humorous pencil sketch by LPC satirising the Public Service Board (PSB) and 'Pseudo Scientists'.

From envelope labelled 'Photos - Philip's Wedding and Michael's degree', 2 colour portraits include: LPC, Nancy Coombes, Shirley Macleish, Philip Macleish and bride at Philip's wedding; Michael Macleish in graduation gown.

Black and white mounted photo portraits include the wedding of Shirley Coombes to Donald Macleish (1955), and 'Wedding of Keith [LPC's brother] to Ena, Mother (Mrs J.R. Coombes on Keith's left)'.

Black and white enlargement, 10 x 12, of LPC and Nancy Coombes dressed in period costume (early nineteenth century?) and posed in front of grandfather clock.

From envelope labelled as above, black and white photographs, assorted sizes of LPC, Nancy Coombes and unidentified guests at CAARC party held at Coombes' home, 45 Murphy St, South Yarra in 1956. Includes photo-collages of guests. Also includes photo of LPC and ? Wills, captioned 'Taken when Wills left the lab last Oct. to go to our Head Office'.

Wooden slide box includes slides of LPC in Canada (1957); LPC in Canberra (1958); CAARC (UK); CAARC (Canada); Shirley Macleish, Ian Macleish and Philip Macleish; CACDS.

Photographs removed from red ring binder folder. Black and white photographs include: '?Farewell to H.A. Wills - Montage of many photos'; 'Miss Nylam, Joan Howlett, D. Evan, M.Gamble' (ARL secretaries?); LPC fixing his car; unidentified personnel of ARL; 'McDonough Memorial' - gatehouse at entrance to ARL; Lt Gen James H. Doolittle visit to ARL, Fisherman's Bend, 10 May 1956; 'Sir David Rivett and Sir Bev Lockspeiser washing up at CAARC party at 45 Murphy St', 1948; LPC and 2 unidentified subjects at ARL, 17 October 1958; CAARC party at 45 Murphy St, 1956; CAARC barbecue near Marysville, includes Woods, Wills, W.G.A. Perring (Director of RAE), and Prof Cherry; ?ARL engineers, 1956; photo-montage of ARL personnel, 17 October 1958.

Loose leaf album sheets of black and white photographs of CAARC delegates at 1948 meeting include G.C Watt, T.F.C. Lawrence, Prof T.M. Cherry, Prof A.V. Stephens, Dr J.H. Parkin, E.C. Wackett, Lockspeiser, A.M James, H.B. Howard, Sir David Rivett, Dr M.W. Woods, H.A. Wills and LPC. Photographs also include ARL personnel and Nancy Coombes. Ephemera includes hand made card by LPC, 'Disclamation of Responsibility'; joke letter to LPC appointing him member of the 'Bargee Caste' during his visit to India; ARL Christmas cards; Menu from Hotel Australia, 19 May 1949, for dinner in honour of David Rivett and Arnold Richardson.

Includes: mounted black and white photograph of LPC dressed as Elvis Presley; LPC's sketch pad; and assorted oversize ephemera such as greeting cards.

Mostly assorted black and white photographs, and some printed matter. Subjects of photographs include members of the Aircraft Advisory Committee; Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Research Council, Third Meeting, London, 1953; photograph from LPC's visit to the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory.

Six photographic slides. Subjects are people, aeroplanes, boats, etc. Possible content date, mid-century.

Housed in a Konica photographic folder labelled '21'.

Four photographic slides. Subjects are an anchor, planes and people. Slide featuring portrait of a man and a woman is a duplicate of a photograph in inventory item 4 in Series 16.

Housed in a Konica photographic folder labelled '9'.