Miscellaneous Items, 1890-1976

Component identifier:

Series 7

Content Summary:

Comprising personal documents, photographs, programmes, newspaper cuttings and certificates. A notable inclusion is a caricature of Campbell by John Frith, annotated 'published, Bulletin, 23 February 1944'. The series also features a logbook kept by Campbell while serving as a pilot in World War II. The logbook records details of flights and operations carried out mainly in Papua New Guinea and the surrounding region. Associated with the logbook are a small number of letters, including letters of Norman Lindsay and Douglas Stewart (n.d.). There is also a wartime diary kept in India by Campbell's father, Alfred Campbell, December 1917, and sketchbooks belonging to Campbell's sister, Meg Campbell.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was received from David Campbell and his wife, Judy Campbell, in a number of instalments between 1975 and 1988. A further donation was made by Judy Campbell in 2002.

Names:

Campbell, David, 1915-1979

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