Charcot, general correspondence

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Jean Baptiste Charcot/General correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1907 - 1933
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Circa 21 letters

Scope and Content

  • MS 101/29/1-15;D Letters (15) to William Speirs Bruce, 1908 to 1913 [Various Antarctic topics] 15 leaves, holograph
  • MS 1325/9;D Letter to Hugh Robert Mill, 28 January 1907 [Regarding preparing another Antarctic expedition] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 100/18/1-3;D Letters (3) to Hugh Robert Mill [Regarding publication of results of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-1910] 3 leaves, holograph
  • MS 356/48;D Letter to Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, 15 January 1933 [Thanks for Rudmose Brown's reception at the annual dinner of the Antarctic Club] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 1464/6;D Letter to Hannah Scott (mother of Robert Falcon), 13 March 1914 [His admiration for her son] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 1453/63/1-2;D Letters (2) to Kathleen Scott, 23 May and 15 September 1911 [His hopes for Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 2 leaves, holograph
  • MS 1453/64/1-2;D Letters (2) to Robert Falcon Scott, undated [1907] and 1 March 1910 [Good news from motor sledge trials, wishing Scott success, has lost all confidence in motors for polar sledge work] 2 leaves, holograph
  • MS 342/20/1-2 Letter to Reginald W Skelton, 7 May 1913 [On board Pourquoi-Pas?, St Malo, tribute to Robert Falcon Scott, undated postcard included] 1 leaf, holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

General correspondence on polar matters.

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by recipient.