Tait, Robert H. The Robert H. Tait Fonds

• Main Authors: Tait, Robert , 1891-1964, Riggs, Bertram G., 1954-
• Other Authors: Brown, Arthur Whitten, Sir, 1886-1948
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries 1919
• Subjects: Transatlantic flights; Aeronautics > Newfoundland and Labrador > History; Correspondence; Photographs; Newfoundland; Canada; Alcock; Tait; Whitten
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/13

Robert H. Tait had a lengthy career as a soldier, lawyer, civil servant, writer and lecturer. The collection consists of a typescript written by Tait on Newfoundland's role in pioneer transAtlantic aviation between 1919 and 1937, recording each of the attempts to cross the Atlantic using Newfou...