Taylor, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Thomas Griffith Taylor/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1912-1962
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Circa 8 letters

Scope and Content

  • MS 559/169;D Letter to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 17 November 1917 [Personal news] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 559/134/1-3;D Letters (3) to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 30 May to 16 August 1916 [Regarding help from staff of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 for Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, news of expedition members and publication of The South Polar Times]
  • MS 280/26;D Letter to Frank Debenham, 4 March 1912 [Referring geological specimens left behind at McMurdo Sound and Northern party of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 1453/182;D Letter to H.T. Ferrar, 9 October 1913 [Regarding naming of Taylor Glacier] 1 leaf, typescript (carbon copy made for Lady Scott)
  • MS 687/1;D Letter to Reginald Pound, 22 April 1962 [Regarding Edward RGR Evans during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 1 leaf, autographed typescript
  • MS 1488/2;BJ Letter to Kathleen Scott, 28 March 1912 [Regarding reading tastes of members of the expedition. In Scott's last expedition, Kathleen Scott's copy, volume 2 ] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 1453/181;D Letter to Kathleen Scott, 27 May 1914 [Regarding intention to publish With Scott - the silver lining] 1 leaf, holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to Taylor's work prior to, during and after the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott) and letters to members of the expedition.

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by recipient.