Byrd, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Richard Byrd / Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1928-1937
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 10 letters

Scope and Content

  • MS 1499/1-7;D Letters (6) to Frank Debenham and one to William L S Fleming (as Directors of the Scott Polar Research Institute), 10 January 1936 to 3 January 1907 [Various minor polar matters] 9 leaves, typescript
  • MS 1368/4;D Letter to H T Ferrar, 29 November 1928 [Letter of thanks] typescript
  • MS 100/14;D Letter to Hugh Robert Mill, 18 April 1931 [Letter of thanks] typescript
  • MS 1512/2/96 Letter to Ernest W Walker 22 July 1937 [Gives opinion of several men who have applied to join the expedition] typescript
  • MS 1512/2/97 Letter to Ernest W Walker 25 May 1939 [Explains if there is a United States expedition in 1939 it will be small] typescript (with handwritten note at the end)

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence includes letters to Directors of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

Arrangement

Alphabetical

Related Material

The Institute holds archival collections for Hugh Robert Mill, Hartley Ferrar, Frank Debenham and Ernest Walker