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Captain Scott Memorial Polar Research Trust Papers
Catalogue reference: MS 280
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This record is about the Captain Scott Memorial Polar Research Trust Papers dating from 1909 to 1914.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MS 280
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Title (The name of the record)
- Captain Scott Memorial Polar Research Trust Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1909 to 1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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Expedition papers including reports, orders, notes, scientific papers, ships logs and ephemera relating to the British Antarctic expedition 1910-13 (Terra Nova) led by Captain Scott. The papers include rough and final drafts of published reports and catalogues relating to exhibitions of materials and are split into 28 series which were bound into 8 volumes once at SPRI
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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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The majorituy of the colleciton is bound into 8 volumes with some additional material
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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)
- Scott, Robert Falcon
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 180 parts (majority of loose papers have been bound into 8 volumes)
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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)
- gift
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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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Papers written before and during the Terra Nova expediton to the Antarctic
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/efee7253-05a1-4338-836a-b017b05a4b7e/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
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Captain Scott Memorial Polar Research Trust Papers