Boy Scouts Association, correspondence

• MS 1290;D Correspondence regarding the preservation and public display of Discovery, 1929-1960, circa 100 leaves, typescript

This correspondence is primarily between the Directors of the Scott Polar Research Institute (Frank Debenham and Colin Bertram in most cases) and officials of the Scouts regarding the later's acquisition of Discovery and the subsequent creation of a public museum on board her.

Chronological.

See Discovery Point http://www.rrs-discovery.co.uk/ for more information on the permanent display at Dundee.

The Institute holds over seventy archival collections containing material relating to the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904.

See Discovery Point http://www.rrs-discovery.co.uk/ for more information on the permanent display at Dundee.