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W S Bruce bequest
Catalogue reference: MS 101
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This record is about the W S Bruce bequest dating from 1895 to 1919.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MS 101
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Title (The name of the record)
- W S Bruce bequest
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1895 to 1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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A set of papers including much materiel relating to the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04, Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate and correspondence with contemporary polar explorers on a viariaty of scientific subjects. Contempories such as Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen and Filchner are represented along side his fellow scottish scientists and explorers
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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for a full catalogue contact archives@spri.cam.ac.uk
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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as listed when accessioned with additional items which were placed in the SPRI WF series returned to the collection and given manuscript numbers.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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MS 356 Rudmose-Brown bequest
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- english
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Bruce, William Speirs
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 119 parts
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Access to our collections is by prior appointment. See our web site for details https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/archives/
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- bequest
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
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- Published finding aid
- Manuscripts in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England by Clive Holland
- London and New York, Garland Publishing, ISBN 0 8240 9394 1
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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William Speirs Bruce was the leader of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04 (Scotia). Much of the collection contains papers relating to this expedition and his other scientific work. There is a large amount of correspondence with contemporary polar explorers and interested parties. His other big interest was Spitsbergen with some of the collection relating to the Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/14d693d2-2f31-48e5-b94c-61b343c58f57/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
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W S Bruce bequest