Debenham, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Frank Debenham/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1916-1960
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Circa 262 loose letters and 1 correspondence file

Scope and Content

  • MS 559/57/1-10;D Letters (10) to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 1916-1920 [Regarding war experiences, writing results of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, Scott Polar Research Institute] 36 leaves, autograph
  • MS 873/2/7;WJ Letters (17) to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 21 March 1917 to 17 July 1920 [Regarding material on sea ice and geology for The worst journey in the world] 30 leaves, holograph and typescript
  • MS 1368/6/1-3;D Letters (3) to Hartley Travers Ferrar, 22 September 1925 to 29 November 1960 [Regarding the Scott Polar Research Institute] 3 leaves, holograph and typescript
  • MS 931/1/3/1-3;D Letters (2) to Maxime Charles Lester, circa 7 October 1920 [Regarding the British Expedition to Graham Land, 1920-1922 (leader John Lachlan Cope)] 5 leaves, holograph
  • MS 100/23/1-78;D Letters (78) to Hugh Robert Mill, 1920 to 1947 [Mainly regarding the Scott Polar Research Institute] 123 leaves, holograph and typescript
  • MS 1418/3/1-8;D Letters (8) to Hugh Robert Mill, 1929 to 1941 [Polar matters] 11 leaves, holograph and typescript
  • MS 280/28/7a;ER Correspondence (circa 136 letters) with Herbert Ponting and others, [1912]-1937 [Regarding photographs taken on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 and the subsequent selling of the negatives after his death] circa 200 leaves, holograph and typescript
  • MS 356/53/1-2;D Letters (2) to Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, 19 June 1939 to 30 September [19--] [Regarding Second World War and article in 'Geography'] 3 leaves, holograph and typescript
  • MS 720;ER Correspondence received by Debenham, circa 1920-1922 [Regarding the British Expedition to Graham Land, 1920-1922 (leader John Lachlan Cope) relating to its formation and conduct] 1 volume, holograph and typescript
  • MS 1453/75/1-6;D Letters (6) to Kathleen Scott, 22 July 1913 to 9 May 1914 [Reflections on Robert Falcon Scott, geological specimens, J Foster Stackhouse] 14 leaves, holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to polar exploration and explorers and the founding and running of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge.

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by recipient.

Related Material

See GB 015 William Flemming (MS 936/1-9;D Correspondence related to Fleming's appointment as deputy director of the Scott Polar Research Institute and to the organisation of the Friends of the Institute, 1944-1947, list of people invited to the Institute's reopening , 22 March 1947)