James Caffin London-Christchurch international air race papers
Scope and Contents
The papers compiled by James Caffin includes books, periodicals, correspondence, programmes, publicity, newspaper clippings and photographs. The books include Robin Bromby's The last great air race, 1982, and Henrik Scholte's We flew to Christchurch, 1954.
Includes minutes, correspondence and other papers of the Canterbury International Air Race Council, of which Hume D. Christie was the chairman and James Caffin the chairman of the publicity committee. Includes two copies of the programme for the dedication of the Christchurch International Airport, 18th December 1950, and an annotated map of the race route.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-1987
Creator
- Caffin, James (Person)
Extent
3 Boxes (11 Folders, 2 Envelopes and 23 Photographs)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Shelf TU H 2e, Tūranga, Tuakiri floor, ANZC Archives
- Title
- James Caffin London-Christchurch international air race papers
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Christchurch City Libraries Archives Collection Repository
Tūranga
60 Cathedral Square
Central City
Christchurch Canterbury 8011 New Zealand
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