- MS 873/2/11;WJ Letters (17) to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 11 October 1913 to 18 December 1922 [Regarding notes and specimens from the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913. The last two letters refer to the emperor penguin egg incident at the museum] 18 leaves, holograph and typescript
Harmer, correspondence
This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 15 Sidney Harmer/Correspondence
- Dates of Creation
- 11 October 1913-18 December 1922
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- Circa 17 letters
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The correspondence relates to the British Museum (Natural History) and the specimens deposited there from the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott). In his account of the expedition (The worst journey in the world) Cherry-Garrard recounts his visit to the museum with the emperor penguin eggs that he, Edward Adrian Wilson and Henry Robinson Bowers had collected during the winter journey to Cape Crozier.