SAAM has an extensive collection of technical books, DVDs, films, log books and photographs as well as a comprehensive vertical file of hisorical documents and archival material. We also have a digital collection of more than 120,000 photographs, both native digital and scanned. Research access is generally reserved for SAAM members and bona fide researchers. SAAM staff will respond to simple research questions from the public where possible.
Phone: (08) 82401230
Email:
library@saam.org.au
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Research Center Collections
- Ansett Transport Industries Ltd Annual Reports: 1958–1979.
- Aviation books: approximately 3,500
- Aviation magazines: approximately 63 publications
(including Aircraft 1922–2004, The Aeroplane 1936–1964)
- Aviation newspaper clippings: 1946–1975 and from 2005 to date
- Aviators' Log Books: a collection of more than 30
- DVDs and VHS Tapes: approximately 700 in total
- Erich Sommer Collection (ex-Luftwaffe): memorabilia and correspondence
- Memorabilia: eight four-drawer filing cabinets of civil and military aviation
- Oral history interviews: tapes and CDs
- Photographic collection (civil and military): transparencies, prints, negatives and digital photographs – approximately 120,000 (and growing).
- Raymond Deane OAM: aviation newspaper collection 1929–1938
- Roy Gropler Collection: memorabilia, photographs and pilot log book
- Royal Aero Club of South Australia: Minute Books 1926–1980
- Technical handbooks: approximately 1,000 on subjects such as air frames, engines, operations manuals, etc.
