Bowers, correspondence

Scope and Content

  • MS 559/31/1-11;D Letters (11) to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 13 May to 11 September 1913 [Written upon the return of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, many refer to her son Henry] 12 leaves, holograph
  • MS 559/32/1-2;D Letters (2) to Reginald John Smith (editor of Cornhill Magazine), 18 March and 16 June 1913 [Regarding proofs of an article in the magazine and Robert Falcon Scott's last letter to her] 2 leaves, holograph
  • MS 873/2/3;WJ Correspondence [23 letters including drafts and copies], 4 June [1918] to 14 December [1921] [Regarding book and copyright of Henry Bowers letters and diary entries to be reproduced within it] 34 leaves, holograph and typescript

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates primarily to her son and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913.