Smith, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Reginald Smith/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 11 October 1905 - 22 August 1916
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Circa 11 letters and 1 telegram

Scope and Content

  • MS 841/9/1-5;D Letters (5) to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 1909-1910 [Regarding Cherry-Garrard's desire to join the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 5 leaves, holograph
  • MS 559/126/1-4;D Letters (3) and telegram to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 20 October 1911 to 22 August 1916 [Regarding British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, publication of narrative of expedition, personal affairs] 6 leaves, holograph
  • MS 559/127;D Letter to Evelyn Cherry-Garrard (mother of Apsley), 11 February 1913 [News of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 1 leaf, autograph
  • MS 328/3;D Letter to Edward Adrian Wilson, 11 October 1905 [Wishing to buy a painting by Wilson] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 559/128;D Letter to Edward Adrian Wilson, 20 October 1911 [General news from London to Wilson in Antarctica] 1 leaf, autograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates primarily to the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott).

Related Material

The Institute holds over a hundred archival collections containing material relating to this expedition see SPRI collection GB 015 British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 for more information.