Hannah Scott, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Hannah Scott/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1901- 1913
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Circa 25 letters; MS 1160/6;MJ is on microfilm

Scope and Content

  • MS 559/110;D Letter to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 19 July [1913] [Thanking him for the 'bit of stone', hopes for him to visit] 1 leaf, autograph
  • MS 1342/3/1-2;D Letters (2) to George Egerton, 26 March and 29 June 1903 [Thanking him for news of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, and regarding exclusion of Sir Clements Markham from the committee to send relief ships] 3 leaves, holograph
  • MS 1542/7/1-10;D Letters (10) to Robert Falcon Scott, 1901-1903 [Written to him during his time on Discovery dated by month only]
  • MS 1160/6;MJ Letters (12) to her son, undated, holograph, microfilm

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence covers the period from the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 to the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913.

Related Material

For letters written by Scott to his mother see GB 015 Robert Falcon Scott, (correspondence with Hannah and John Scott). For letters to Hannah see SPRI collections GB 015 Kathleen Scott, GB 015 Charles Royds, GB 015 Edward Adrian Wilson, and GB 015 Oriana Wilson.