| Title |
The Papers of Sir Robert Hardingham |
| Reference |
GBR/0014/HRDM |
| Creator |
Hardingham, Sir Robert Ernest, 1903-1991, Knight, engineer |
| Covering Dates |
1920–1991 |
| Extent and Medium |
4 archive boxes |
| Repository |
Churchill Archives Centre |
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| Content and context |
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Hardingham worked for the de Havilland Aircraft Company, 1921-34 and then for the Air Ministry, 1934-37. He worked for the Air Registration Board from 1937 until 1968 (being Chief Executive from 1947 onwards), and was then President of the Society of Licenced Aircraft Engineers and Technologists, 1968-72. He was awarded the OBE in 1947, the CMG in 1953 and was knighted in 1969. He died in 1991.
Papers relating to the aviation industry
Presented to Churchill Archives Centre by Lady Hardingham in May 1992.
Owned by Churchill College
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Access and Use
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The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Some files, though, remain closed at present. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required. Open, except for HRDM/11 ( material relating to honours) and 14 (audio visual material and no access copy available)
Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holders and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.
Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of Sir Robert Hardingham, HRDM
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| Further information |
This catalogue and collection level description was prepared by Andrew Riley of Churchill Archives Centre in March 2003. |
| Index Terms |
| Air Force Personnel |
| Aircraft |
| Churchill/HRDM contains: |
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1
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Scrapbook, mainly relating to the aviation industry, including photographs and publications, 1922-55.
1 volume. |
1922–1955 |
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2
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Scrapbook, mainly relating to the aviation industry, including photographs and publications, 1956-62.
1 volume. |
1956–1962 |
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3
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Scrapbook, mainly relating to the aviation industry, including photographs and publications, 1946 & 1963-78.
1 volume. |
1946–1978 |
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4
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Copies of publications by Hardingham and the Air Registration Board.
1 bundle in folder. |
1948–1970 |
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5
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Copy of "safety in the air" lecture by Hardingham, 11 November 1954.
1 item in folder. |
November 1954– |
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6
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Copy of papers, including one from Hardingham, from a "Symposium on civil aviation in the coming decade", held in March 1966.
1 volume in folder. |
March 1966 |
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7
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Correspondence, mainly relating to the aviation industry, 1969-91.
1 bundle in folder. |
1969–1991 |
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8
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Biographical notes on Hardingham, 1938 & 1952- ca. 1981.
1 bundle in folder. |
1938–1981 |
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9
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Miscellaneous awards to Hardingham, 1920-79.
1 bundle in folder. |
1920–1979 |
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10
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Correspondence concerning honours presented to Hardingham and related papers, 1953-83.
1 bundle in folder. |
1953–1983 |
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11
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Correspondence concerning honours presented to Hardingham and related papers, 1963-64.
1 bundle in folder. |
1963–1964 |
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12
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Photographs, late 1950s-late 1960s?.
1 bundle in folder. |
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13
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Miscellaneous papers, 1964-91.
1 bundle in folder. |
1964–1991 |
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14
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Tape of (part of) broadcast made by Hardingham in South Africa, March 1975.
1 tape. |
March 1975 |
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