Gregory, correspondence

Scope and Content

  • MS 1329;D Correspondence with his family and colleagues regarding his proposed participation (as director of the scientific programme) on the expedition, November 1899 to 1904 [These extracts and copies do not necessarily include all of Gregory's written material on the subject]
  • MS 100/41;D Letter to Hugh Robert Mill, 3 January 1901 [On meteorological instruments for the British National Antarctic Expedition] 1 leaf, holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

Gregory was originally considered for appointment as head of the scientific staff on the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (leader Robert Falcon Scott), but he eventually withdrew.

Arrangement

Alphabetical.

Related Material

The Institute holds over seventy archival collections containing material relating to this expedition, see GB 015 British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 for more information.