David Bruce collection

The collection comprises of correspondence by Bruce to Benjamin Leigh Smith relating to sealing

David Bruce was a contemporary of the explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith (1828-1913)

The correspondence to Smith is arranged chronologically

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Descriptions compiled by N. Boneham, Assistant Archivist with assistance from R. Stancombe and reference to and 'Benjamin Leigh Smith a forgotten pioneer' by Arthur G Credland in The Polar Record volume 20 number 125 May 1980 p127-145

Clive Holland Manuscripts in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England - a catalogue, Garland Publishing New York and London (1982) ISBN 0824093941.

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