Ferrar, general correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Hartley Travers Ferrar/General correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1904 - 1932
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • letters, testimonials

Scope and Content

  • MS 1453/92;D Letter to Robert Falcon Scott, 4 October 1904 [On his future work] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 1368/17/1-14;D Miscellaneous correspondence received and testimonials, 1904 to 1932 [Testimonials in support of applications for employment, formal resolutions of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society expressing thanks for his service on the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (leader Robert Falcon Scott) and some miscellaneous correspondence] holograph, typescript and printed

Administrative / Biographical History

General correspondence and letters of reference.

Related Material

  • MS 1368/3;D Armitage, A.B. Letter to Ferrar, 12 October 1931 [Personal news] holograph
  • MS 1368/4;D Byrd, R.E. Letter to Ferrar, 29 November 1928 [Brief note of thanks] typescript
  • MS 1368/5/1-3;D David, T.W.E. Letters (3) to or concerning Ferrar, 22 November 1909 to 6 March 1916, [One on Antarctic geology] holograph
  • MS 1368/6/1-3;D Debenham, F. Letters (3) to Ferrar, 22 September 1925 to 29 November 1960 [News of Scott Polar Research Institute] holograph and typescript
  • MS 1368/7;D Evans, E.R.G. Letter to Ferrar, 1 July 1929 [Re. Coming to New Zealand] typescript
  • MS 1368/10/1-5;D Lyons, H.G. Letters (5) to Ferrar, 10 July 1905 to 2 June 1914 [Mainly concerning Ferrar's appointment as a geologist in Egypt. Last letter concerns the nomenclature of Ferrar Glacier, Victoria Land] holograph and typescript