Lady Simpson, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Lady Dorothy Simpson/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1956
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Letter and enclosures

Scope and Content

  • MS 761/23;D Letters (2) to Reginald Pound, 1956 [Regarding Simpson and Scott, including a letter from Robert Falcon Scott to George Simpson, 28 October 1908 from Bulwark regarding the Meteorological Office's editing of results from the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904] holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The collection relates to her husbands relationship with his commander on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, Robert Falcon Scott, this includes a letter by Scott regarding some of the scientific results of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (led by Scott).

Related Material

The Institute holds over a hundred archival collections containing material relating to the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 and over seventy archival collections containing material relating to the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, see SPRI collection GB 015 British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 and GB 015 British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 for more information.