- MS 1182;MJ 'Three polar knights, An account of the exploits of Scott, Shackleton and Mawson in the Antarctic, 1901-1931' [Popular account of the expeditions of these three men, prepared for publication as a book, but apparently never published] 92 leaves, typescript, microfilm
- MS 100/26/1-2;D Letters (2) to Hugh Robert Mill, 1929 [Regarding his proposed book 'Three polar knights'] 3 leaves, typescript
Doorly, Three Polar Knights
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- Dates of Creation[19--]-1929
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- Physical Description1 microfilm of 92 loose leaves and circa 2 letters MS 1182;MJ is on microfilm
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Material relating to a proposed publication by Doorly on three Antarctic explorers from the 'Heroic Age' of Antarctic Exploration, (Robert Falcon Scott leader of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and Ernest Henry Shackleton leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916 and the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-1922)
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Chronological.