Wilson, correspondence

Scope and Content

  • MS 1585/1;D Letter to Mr Buckell, Lyttleton, 28 November 1901 [Thanking him for his care with the treatment of his arm] 1 leaf
  • MS 841/10/1-5;D Letters (5) to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 1909-1910 [Regarding Cherry-Garrard joining the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913]
  • MS 1201;MJ Letters (3) to James William Dell, 1909 [Regarding Dell's arm, offers of help and advice] microfilm
  • MS 1577/6/1a-1b;D Postcards (2) to John Fraser, 18 June 1899 and 21 July 1899 [From Norway, describing birds]
  • MS 1577/6/2;D Letter to John Fraser, 27 February 1901 [Description of forthcoming trip to Antarctica (British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904)] 1 leaf
  • MS 1577/6/23;D Letter to John Fraser, 18 July 1901 [Regarding his wedding to Oriana Souper] 1 leaf
  • MS 1577/6/4;D Letter to John Fraser, 30 July 1901 [Regarding his and Oriana's plans] 1 leaf, fragile
  • MS 1577/6/8;D Letter to John Fraser, 15 July 1904 [Regarding Oriana Wilson and New Zealand] 1 folio
  • MS 1577/6/9;D Note to John Fraser, 5 October 1904 1 leaf, fragile
  • MS 1577/6/10;D Letter to John Fraser, undated [1905] [Biological notes and domestic news] 1 leaf, fragile
  • MS 1577/6/11;D Letter to John Fraser, 9 May 1905 [Regarding illustration of Antarctic books] 1 leaf
  • MS 1577/6/12;D Letter to John Fraser, 31 December 1905 [Regarding move to Edinburgh] 1 leaf, fragile
  • MS 1577/6/13;D Letter to John Fraser, 25 January 1909 [Regarding lack of communication and views on Edinburgh] 5 leaves
  • MS 1577/6/14;D Letter to John Fraser, 25 January 1909 [Addition to MS 1577/6/13;D] 1 leaf, fragile
  • MS 1577/6/15;D Letter to John Fraser, 19 March 1909 [Regarding advice for treatment of a Discoveryseaman] 4 leaves, fragile
  • MS 1577/6/16;D Letter to John Fraser, 28 March 1909 [Regarding birth of Fraser's son] 1 leaf, fragile
  • MS 1577/6/17;D Letter to John Fraser, 17 May 1909 [Regarding christening of Fraser's son] 1 leaf
  • MS 1577/6/19;D Letter to John Fraser, 19 August 1909 [Regarding Ernest Shackleton and his Antarctic plans] 1 leaf
  • MS 1577/6/20;D Letter to John Fraser, 1 February 1910 [Regarding Fraser's son] 1 leaf, fragile
  • MS 1577/6/21;D Letter to John Fraser, 13 June 1910 [Note accompanying South Polar Times 1 leaf
  • MS 1577/6/22;D Letter to John Fraser, 27 November 1910 [Regarding British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 1 leaf, fragile
  • MS 1577/6/18;D Letter to Mrs Fraser, 19 May 1909 [Sent on eve of son's christening] 1 leaf
  • MS 1517/5;D Letter to Archibald Geikie, 28 February 1910 [Letter of thanks regarding Vivisection licence] 2 leaves
  • MS 646;D Letter to A D Gordon, 12 July 1905 [Regarding a watercolour of an emperor penguin chick] 1 leaf, autograph
  • MS 1577/6/5;D Postcard to John Harris, 13 October 1901 [From Discovery in Cape Town, British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904]
  • MS 1577/6/6;D Letter to John Harris, 28 November 1901 [Describing voyage, British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 ] 1 leaf
  • MS 1577/6/7;D Letter to John Harris, 26 February 1903 [Regarding the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 including finding emperor penguin egg] 1 leaf
  • MS 789/1;D Letter to Mr Haynes, 17 January 1911 [From McMurdo Sound to a taxidermist at [Wellington] museum, New Zealand] 1 leaf, photocopy
  • MS 1249;MJ Letters (3) to Joseph James Kinsey, 4 July 1904, 29 October 1911, undated [From Discovery] microfilm
  • MS 27;D Letters (3) to Sir Clemens Markham, 24 June to 18 November 1910 [Praising British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 members] 5 leaves, holograph
  • MS 100/131;D Letter to Hugh Robert Mill, 31 December 1901, holograph
  • MS 482;D Letter to Caroline Oates (mother of Lawrence), [1912] [Written at the last camp of the Pole Party, regarding the death of her son] autograph
  • MS 641/6/1-2MJ & D Letter to Charles William Rawson Royds, 5 January 1903 [Describing Penguin Rookery Camp, Cape Royds, McMurdo Strait] autograph, microfilm with typescript copy
  • MS 641/10/1-2;MJ & D Letter to Charles William Rawson Royds, 28 November 1910 [Regarding visit to Royds family and British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] autograph, microfilm and typescript copy
  • MS 356/93;D Letter to Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, 31 May 1905 [Regarding specimen of Ross seal] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 1160/9;MJ Letter to Hannah Scott (mother of Robert Falcon Scott) 22 May 1904 [Regarding Scott' leadership of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904] microfilm
  • MS 1160/19/1-2;MJ Letters (2) to Hannah Scott, 17 January and 31 October 1910 [Regarding Scott and prospects for success, British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] microfilm
  • MS 1488/2;BJ Letters (2) to Kathleen Scott, 17 January and 31 October 1911 [In Scott's last expedition, Kathleen Scott's copy, volume 1, facing p128] 2 leaves, holograph
  • MS 1453/188/1-8;D Letters (8) to Robert Falcon Scott, 30 June 1905 to 9 January 1910 [Various topics, including, report on his interview with Ernest Henry Shackleton regarding expedition plans, 8 March 1907] 22 leaves, holograph
  • MS 1537/2/14/15;D Letter to Ernest Henry Shackleton, 28 February 1907 [Comments on Scott's claim to McMurdo Sound]
  • MS 28;D Letter to Ernest Henry Shackleton, undated [1909] [Regarding Scott and Antarctic] copy in Kathleen Scott's hand
  • MS 1537/2/14/1-3;D, MS 1537/2/14/6-7;D and MS 1537/2/14/15;D Letters (6)to Ernest Henry Shackleton, 1907 [Regarding invitation to join the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (led by Shackleton), Shackleton's health, comments on Scott's claim to McMurdo Sound]
  • MS 1537/2/15/8;D Letter to Ernest Henry Shackleton, 8 March 1907
  • MS 342/33/1-7;D Letters (7) to Reginald William Skelton, 22 August 1906 to 7 April 1910 [General news on polar matters] 11 leaves, holograph
  • MS 559/142/1-9;D Letters (9) to Mr and Mrs Reginald Smith, 4 January 1907 to 29 October 1911 [Mainly written during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 giving progress reports, also mention of Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Herbert Ponting and personal matters] 18 leaves, holograph
  • MS 841/11;D Letters (2) to Reginald Smith, 9 December 1909 and 20 November 1910 [First letter by Dr Filchett, second by Wilson, both regarding Apsley Cherry-Garrard] 1 leaf, copy in unknown hand
  • MS 480;D Letter to Dr Snape, 24 February 1903 [Regarding birds observed during the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904] photostat copy
  • MS 1395;D Letter to Sir Joseph Ward, 5 June 1904 [Requesting that he be considered for post of caretaker on one of Sanctuary Islands, New Zealand, should such a post become vacant] 2 leaves (extracts), holograph
  • MS 670;D Typescript copy of MS 1395;D
  • MS 963/2/1-2;D Letters (2) to E Bernard Wilson, 1901-1910 [Arrangements to meet, regarding article on Whaling he plans to write] 2 leaves
  • MS 1344;D Letter to Dr and Mrs Edward Thomas Wilson, undated [1912] [Farewell letter to parents, written just prior to his death, British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 963/3;D Copy probably in his fathers hand of MS 1344;D
  • MS 861;D Letter to Ida Wilson, 26 May 1897 [Regarding British birds] 2 leaves, holograph
  • MS 1007/4;D Letter to Ida Wilson, 7 July 1901 [Letter of thanks and arrangements for seeing ship] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 1178/15-18;D Letters (4) to Charles Wright, 31 January 1910 to 29 April 1910 [Regarding equipment required by Wright for the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 16 leaves, holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to the two Antarctic expedition's that Wilson was part of and personal letters.

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by recipient.

Alternative Form Available

MS 480;D and MS 1395;D are copies.

Additional Information

MS 480;D in Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New ZealandMS 1395;D Original in National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington