Committee papers

Scope and Content

  • MS 223;MSM Map of South Shetlands and adjoining islands, 1923 [Printed for committee use, based on Admiralty charts] photocopy
  • MS 1284/4;CC Minutes and related papers, 19 April 1923 to 20 November 1935 [Meetings 1 to 132 and 137 to 146] 22 files, typescript
  • MS 1284/5;CC Minutes of the main committee, 1924 to 1944 [Agenda and minutes] 11 files, typescript
  • MS 1284/6;CC Minutes of the Scientific Subcommittee, 1927 to 1949, 6 files, typescript
  • MS 1284/7;CC Action list for the Scientific Subcommittee, 7 March 1930 to 6 June 1939 [Notes on matters arising] 1 file, typescript
  • MS 1284/8;CC Minutes of the Ship Subcommittee, 1928 to 1939, 5 files, typescript
  • MS 1284/9;CC Minutes of the Personnel Subcommittee, 7 October 1930 to 12 August 1937, 1 file, typescript
  • MS 1284/10;CC Minutes of the Equipment Subcommittee, 1 August 1924 to 23 June 1925, 1 file, typescript
  • MS 1284/11;CC Financial statements, 1939 to 1948, 1 file, typescript
  • MS 1284/12;CC Correspondence and papers, 1944 to 1949 [Regarding the future organization of work] 1 file, typescript
  • MS 1510/3/1;CC Scientific Sub committee papers, September 1934 to June 1944

Administrative / Biographical History

The material covers the minutes of the committee from 1923 to 1925, correspondence and papers, 1944-1949 maps of the South Shetland Islands and other ephemera.

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

The Institute holds archival collections for the Interdepartmental Committee on the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands as predecessor and National Oceanographic Council for successor to the Discovery Committee.