Papers relating to Sir John Alcock and to Alcock and Brown's first Transatlantic flight

Collection of six items relating to Jack Alcock and Alcock and Brown's transatlantic flight. The collection includes a telegraph sent by Alcock and Brown from Clifden, Ireland to the Vickers mechanics at St Johns, Newfoundland; a passport of Harold F. Potter, aeroplane instructor; a file of minutes and correspondence from the Manchester Chief Committee Clerks Office Ceremonies Section relating to the civic recognition of Sir John Alcock and Lieutenant Sir Arthur Whitten Brown; a programme from a Manchester Town Hall reception to meet Alcock and Brown, and signed on the reverse; a letter from Jack Alcock to Mr. Gibbons relating to a loaned camera; and a postcard sent by Jack Alcock to Fred Moseley from Kédos Prisoner of War camp in Turkey.