Fagan, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Charles Fagan/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 22 May 1902 - 13 October 1913
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Circa 9 letters

Scope and Content

  • MS 559/65/1-4;D Letters (4) to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 21 June,1916 to 13 October 1916 [Regarding birds of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 4 leaves, autograph
  • MS 1453/88/1-2;D Letters (2) to Kathleen Scott, 23 April 1913 and 2 March 1914 [Regarding Newell Arber's manuscript on Scott's fossils] 2 leaves, holograph and typescript
  • MS 1453/87;D Letter to Sir Clements Markham, 15 April 1913 [On the biological and geological results of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 2 leaves
  • MS 1453/89;D Letter to Robert Falcon Scott, 3 August 1907 [On presentation to Scott of emperor penguin brought home by Discovery] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 1453/90;D Letter to an unknown correspondent, 22 May 1902 [British Museum undertakes to publish natural history results of British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904] 1 leaf, copy in an unknown hand

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to the scientific results (particularly the ornithological results including the specimens) produced by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 and deposited in the British Museum (Natural History department).

Related Material

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