Chamberlain, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Neville Chamberlain/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 23 December 1904 to 15 May 1914
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 3 letters

Scope and Content

  • MS 1537/2/10/18;D Letter to Ernest Henry Shackleton, 23 December 1904, 1 leaf
  • MS 1537/2/30/17-18;D Letters (2) to Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, 15 May 1914 [Declining to subscribe to expedition but sending &5.00, includes reply from Shackleton] 3 leaves

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to the return of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (leader Robert Falcon Scott) and to the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916 (leader Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton).

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

The Institute holds extensive archival collections for Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton.