Clark, papers

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Ernest Henry Shackleton correspondence:

  • MS 1619/1/1;D Letter, 16 May 1914 [From London] autograph
  • MS 1619/1/2;D Letter, 30 May 1914 [From London] autograph
  • MS 1619/1/3;D Letter, 22 June 1914 [From London] autograph
  • MS 1619/1/4;D Letter, 1 July 1914 [Letter sets out in detail the terms of Clark's engagement to the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916] autograph
  • MS 1619/1/5;D Letter, 14 July 1914, autograph
  • MS 1619/1/6;D Letter, 17 July 1914, autograph
  • MS 1619/1/7;D Telegram, 30 July 1914
  • MS 1619/2/1;D Letter, 1 January 1920, holograph
  • MS 1619/2/2;D Letter, 20 April 1921, holograph
  • MS 1619/2/3;D Letter, 4 June 1920, holograph
  • MS 1619/2/4;D Telegram, 18 July 1921
  • MS 1619/2/5;D Telegram, 20 July 1921
  • MS 1619/2/6;D Telegram, 28 July 1921
  • MS 1619/2/7;D Telegram, 8 August 1921

Robert Mossman correspondence:

  • MS 1619/5/1;D Letter, 23 August 1919, holograph
  • MS 1619/5/2;D Letter, 9 January 1920, autograph
  • MS 1619/5/3;D Letter, 17 March 1920, autograph
  • MS 1619/5/4;D Letter, 26 March 1920, autograph

George Wilkins correspondence:

  • MS 1619/6/1;D Letter, 14 August 1921, London, holograph
  • MS 1619/6/2;D Letter, London, 9 September 1921, autograph
  • MS 1619/6/3;D Telegram, 22 September 1921
  • MS 1619/6/4;D Telegram, Plymouth, 13 September 1921

Frank Worsley correspondence:

  • MS1619/7/1;D Telegram, 27 May 1921
  • MS 1619/7/2;D Letter, 17 June 1921, holograph
  • MS 1619/7/3;D Letter, 6 July 1921, holograph
  • MS 1619/7/4;D Letter, 14 June 1921, holograph
  • MS 1619/7/5;D Letter, 23 July 1921, holograph
  • MS 1619/7/6;D Letter, 4 August 1921, holograph
  • MS 1619/7/7;D Letter, 30 August 1921, typescript
  • MS 1619/7/8;D Telegram, 3 September 1921

Alexander Macklin correspondence:

  • MS 1619/8/1;D Letter, 27 March 1921, holograph
  • MS 1619/8/2;D Letter, 1 April 1921, autograph
  • MS 1619/8/3;D Letter, 4 April 1921, holograph
  • MS 1619/8/4;D Letter, 12 April 1921, holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition [Weddell Sea Party], 1914-1916 (leader Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton), planning of the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-1922 (leader Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton), the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory run by the Polar explorer William Speirs Bruce, Arctic expeditions and the proposed Antarctic expedition of John Lachlan Cope (British Expedition to Graham Land, 1920-1922).

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

The Institute holds archival collections for Shackleton, Mossman, Wilkins, Worsley and Macklin.