Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate papers

• MS 311;CC Split into five parts Part 1 Index to Reports, folios 1-139, 26 leaves Part 2 1909-1925 Reports on the Syndicates property and claims in Spitsbergen, general correspondence relating to its affairs, 1035 leaves, including maps Part 3 1947-1951 Summary details of property transactions of Syndicate's title deed and of laws applicable to Svalbard, preliminary report (1948) of Powell Duffryn Technical Services Ltd on the Syndicate's coal estates in Spitsbergen, report (1948) on the geological results of the Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate Expedition to Spitsbergen, August 1948 by E R Gee, 286 leaves, including maps Part 4 Special appendixes of audit sheets and mining costs in Spitsbergen, 20 sheets Part 5 Valuation (1951) of Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate's property by Powell Duffryn Technical Services Ltd, 14 leaves, including maps
• MS 356/5/1-3;MSM Map of Spitsbergen, 1918 [Provisional geological]
• MS 536/6;MSM Map of Spitsbergen, March 1918 [Showing British, Norwegian, Swedish and Russian claims]
• MS 536/7;MSM Map of Spitsbergen, undated [Mines, houses, telegraph offices and position of chief estates]
• MS 536/8;MSM Map of Spitsbergen, undated [Klaas Billen Bay surveyed by John Mathieson]
• MS 536/9;MSM Map of Spitsbergen, undated [Klaas Billen Bay and Temple Bay, surveyed by John Mathieson]
• MS 536/10;MSM Map of Spitsbergen, [Plan of coalfield, Kaas Billen and Adolf Bays, surveyed by John Mathieson]
• MS 356/11/1-3;MSM Map of Spitsbergen, [Klaas Billen Bay and Temple Bay, surveyed by John Mathieson]
• MS 356/12;MSM Map of Spitsbergen, [West, showing claims of the Northern Exploration Company Ltd]
• MS 356/13;MSM Map of Spitsbergen [West Spitsbergen, showing claims of the Northern Exploration Company Ltd.]
• MS 356/14;MSM Map of Spitsbergen [Klaas Billen Bay and Temple Bay, surveyed by John Mathieson]
• MS 356/15;MSM Map of Spitsbergen, 1913 [Prince Charles Foreland by William Speirs Bruce and John Mathieson]
• MS 356/16;MSM Map of Spitsbergen [As MS 356/15;MSM with principal routes of surveyors and prospectors of Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate Ltd]
• MS 356/17/1-3;MSM Admiralty chart number 2751, 1913, 3 copies
• MS 356/95;CP Miscellaneous correspondence, 1912-1953 [Addressed to Robert Neal Rudmose Brown in his capacity as consultant to the company] 1 box
• MS 502/8;BJ Journals, 1919 [Numbers 1-3 boars near Brucebyen] 2 leaves, typescript

The papers cover reports, expedition material, maps and charts of areas of Spitsbergen

Chronological

The Institute holds several archival collections containing material relating tot he Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate see SPRI collections GB 015 William Speirs Bruce, GB 015 Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, GB 015 Henry Cadell GB 015 Robert Campbell GB 015 John Elbo