The collection comprises of correspondence by Clarke to Allardyce regarding the latter's time as Governor of the Falkland Islands
John Clarke collection
This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 15 John Clarke
- Dates of Creation
- 1924
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- Correspondence (1 leaf)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John M Clarke was a contemporary of the William Lamond Allardyce (1861-1930) governor of the Falkland Islands (1904-1915)
Arrangement
The correspondence to Allardyce is arranged chronologically
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Descriptions compiled by N. Boneham, Assistant Archivist with assistance from R. Stancombe and reference to 'Profile, William Lamond Allardyce, 1861-1930, Pioneer Antarctic Conservationist' by H R Heyburn in The Polar Record, (1980) volume 20 number 124 p39-42
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Clive Holland Manuscripts in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England - a catalogue, Garland Publishing New York and London (1982) ISBN 0824093941.
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