Correspondence and papers relating to the death of Hugh 'Puck' Grosvenor, c. 1914-39
- Component identifier:
- Series 10
- Content Summary:
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In 1930, Hore-Ruthven's Aide-de-Camp, 'Puck' Grosvenor, planned a flight to England via South Africa in a seaplane. Although an experienced and skilled airman, he and his co-pilot were killed in a freak accident on their first practice flight over Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. The Hore-Ruthvens felt his loss keenly.
Items in this series include planning documentation and arrangements for the proposed flight and fittings specifications for the aircraft, as well as obituaries and memorial services following the incident. After Grosvenor's death, a regular correspondence continued between his mother, Lady Stalbridge, and the Hore-Ruthvens which is recorded in Files 2-6.
Gowrie's typescript recollections of Grosvenor are from part of his draft autobiography in Series 15.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were donated to the National Library in seven instalments: by Gowrie's grandson, the Honourable Malise Hore-Ruthven, in 1970, 1981 (two instalments), 1983, 1986 and 1993, and; in 1999 by Barbara Blanch, widow of Gowrie's biographer, John Blanch. In addition, in 1969 the Library received a collection of books acquired by Lord Gowrie, which had been housed at Australia House since 1955. Most of the volumes were presentation copies inscribed by the authors. Those books not already held were added to the Library's general book collection, whilst duplicate titles were offered to other libraries through the Clearing Centre.
- Names:
- Hore-Ruthven, Malise
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Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- The collection is partly available for reference and partly closed. Files 1, 11, 12 and 15 in Series 6 and Folder 17 in Series 8 are subject to Royal Copyright and access restrictions, and remain closed for 60 years from the date of creation; all other papers are available for reference.
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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