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H R Mill bequest
Catalogue reference: MS 100
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This record is about the H R Mill bequest dating from 1892 to 1949.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MS 100
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Title (The name of the record)
- H R Mill bequest
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1892 to 1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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A large collection of general correspondence received by Mill covering polar exploration in both the Arctic and Antarctic, general publishing on scientific and polar matters. The correspondence is interspersed with mention of the war, personal news etc. Many of the writers are scientists and explorers. Much of the collection comprises of correspondence relating to Mills biographical work on Ernest Shackleton, Mill wrote the first biography at the request of Shackleton’s widow Emily.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Split into 154 series the correspondence was arranged predominantly alphabetically and then within that sorting chronologically. At the time of listing some material was removed from the collection and filed amongst the SPRI working files [the Institutes archive], where this material has been found it has been returned to the manuscript collection and given the next free number in the collections
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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MS 367 H R Mill gift
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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)
- Mill, Hugh Robert
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 154 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 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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A collection of letters written to Hugh Robert Mill on polar, publishing and scientific matters over a period of years and retained by him.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rejoice My Heart by Michael H Rosove, Adelie Books, Santa Monica, California2007
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/db8bc0d2-89c7-4614-b6bb-6dd8aad4ee1f/
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This record is held at Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
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H R Mill bequest