Walker correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Ernest Walker/correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1937-1970
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 53 letters

Scope and Content

  • MS 1512/1/6 Letter to the Under-Secretary of State Mr A Creech Jones 9 January 1947 [Encloses A plan for the Antarctic'] typescript
  • MS 1512/1/7 Letter to the Under-Secretary of State 5 February 1947 typescript
  • MS 1512/1/9 Letter to the Under-Secretary of State 10 February 1947 typescript
  • MS 1512/1/11 Letter to the Under-Secretary of State 18 March 1947 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/29 Letter to the Secretary of the Boy Scouts Association 27 December 1936 [Clarifies the position of the expedition regarding Discovery] typescript
  • MS 1512/2/31 Letter to C Dymoke Green Secretary of the Boy Scouts Association 2 January 1937 [Grateful that the expedition now knows what is happening to Discovery] typescript
  • MS 1512/2/33 Letter to Lord Baden Powell 2 January 1937 [Expresses his disappointment at losing Discovery but is glad that the Boy Scouts Association has been chosen as its keepers] typescript
  • MS 1215/2/71 Letter (carbon) to H K Hales 9 August 1937 [Confirms that the British Antarctic Expedition has taken over M Y Westward]
  • MS 1512/2/122 Letter to Lord Camrose 12 September 1939 Carbon Copy (not present)
  • MS 1512/2/129 Letter to Sir Hilton Young 7 August 1936 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/133 Letter to Commander Stenhouse 6 July 1937 Asks if he would command Westward] typescript
  • MS 1512/2/134 Letter to Commander Stenhouse 9 August 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/137 Letter to Commander Stenhouse 1 November 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/138 Letter to Commander Stenhouse 7 November 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/140 Letter to Commander Stenhouse 10 November 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/141 Letter to Commander Stenhouse 14 November 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512121143 Letter to Commander Stenhouse 22 November 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512121145 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 20 April 1936 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/146 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 24 April 1936 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/148 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 8 May 1936 2 leaves typescript
  • MS 1512/2/149 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 12 May 1936 [Pleased Hussey has accepted Chairmanship of the expeditions Advisory Committee] typescript
  • MS 1512/2/151 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 22 May 1936 2 leaves typescript
  • MS 1512/2/152 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 25 May 1936 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/154 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 28 May 1936 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/155 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 30 May 1936 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/156 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 10 June 1936 [Remarks on the death of Lady Shackleton] typescript
  • MS 1512/2/157 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 29 January 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/159 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 4 February 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/161 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 8 February 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/162 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 15 February 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/164 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 18 February 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/166 Letter to L D A Hussey 25 February 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/167 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 26 February 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/168 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 28 May 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/170 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 5 June 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/172 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 29 June 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/174 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 9 August 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/176 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 24 August 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/2/177 Letter to Dr L D A Hussey 17 December 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/7/1 Letter to the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute 26 August 1970 [Asking if his great grandfather William Walker was aboard HMS Terror with Capt Ross] typescript
  • MS 1512/7/3 Letter to H G R King 5 October 1970 typescript
  • MS 1512/7/5 Letter to Alan Cooke 22 November 1970 [States he would be delighted to copy the tapes he has relating to the Antarctic plus 3 leaves containing details of the recordings] typescript
  • MS 1512/7/7 Letter to Alan Cooke 30 November 1970 typescript
  • MS 1512/7/8 Letter to Alan Cooke 1 December 1970 2 leaves typescript
  • MS 1512/7/11 Letter to Alan Cooke 7 December 1970 typescript
  • MS 1512/7/14 Letter to Brian Roberts 16 December 1973 [Does not have copies of the two Shackleton recordings he is looking for] typescript
  • MS 1512/7/16 Letter to Brian Roberts 9 September 1974 [Trying to trace the grave of Frank Wild] typescript
  • MS 1512/8/1 Letter to H K Hales 14 May 1937 [Suggest terms to be used as a basis for negotiation about Westward] typescript
  • MS 1512/8/2 Letter to H K Hales 29 June 1937 [Agrees to his suggestion of 500 being paid into a special Westward account] typescript
  • MS 1512/8/3 Letter to H K Hales 15 July 1937 [Wants to take possession of Westward on or before the 21 July] typescript
  • MS 1512/8/5 Letter to H K Hales 20 July 1937 [Will be pleased to re-open negotiations when Hales has possession of the ship] typescript
  • MS 1512/8/6 Letter to H K Hales 3 August 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/8/10 Letter to H K Hales 9 August 1937 typescript
  • MS 1512/8/12 Letter to H K Hales 19 August 1937

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates primarily to the proposed Antarctic expedition

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by recipient