Darwin, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Leonard Darwin/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1909-1931
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Circa 8 letters

Scope and Content

  • MS 100/20/1-2;D Letters (2) to Hugh Robert Mill, May 1931 [Short notes on John Walter Gregory's and the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904] 2 leaves, holograph
  • MS 1453/71;D Letters (3) to Kathleen Scott, 31 October 1912 to July 1913 [With one enclosure, copy of a letter from Darwin to Lewis Beaumont, 29 October 1912, letters 1 and 3, regarding Amundsen] 5 leaves, holograph and typescript
  • MS 100/142;D Note to Robert Falcon Scott, undated [Requests that Scott mention William Speirs Bruce in a speech and Scott's affirmative reply appended] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 1453/72;D Letter to Robert Falcon Scott, 31 June 1909 [Advice on presentation of his new expedition plans] 1 leaf, holograph
  • MS 367/12;D Letter (copy) to Ernest Henry Shackleton, 1909 [Regarding polar explorers and locations for exploration] 1 leaf

Administrative / Biographical History

Correspondence with polar explorers and their families, some of which was written during Darwin's time as Secretary and then President of the Royal Geographical Society.

Arrangement

Alphabetically.

Note

MS 367/12;D This transcript comes from a copy of the letter, which was sent to Robert Falcon Scott.

Related Material

Letters to Darwin:

  • GB 015 Lewis Beaumont (MS 367/11;D Letter, 1909 [Regarding Scott and Shackleton])
  • GB 015 Sir Clements Markham (MS 367/13/1-3;D Letters (3), 1909 to 1910 [Regarding Scott and Shackleton expeditions])
  • GB 015 Robert Falcon Scott (MS 367/14/1-10;D Letters (10), 26 March to 2 May 1910 [Regarding Shackleton])
  • GB 015 Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (MS 367/16/1-2;D Letters (2), 1909 to 1910 [Regarding British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909)