Letters to Townsend W. Thorndike
- Date:
- 1908-1915
- Reference:
- MS.7481
- Part of:
- Polar Exploration: Townsend Thorndike Collection
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Correspondents include Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston (1858-1927), African explorer and administrator (no.2), and Charles Furlong, South American explorer (nos.4 and 9); no.1 encloses part of an official document of the Hudson's Bay and Northwest Company dating from 1823, bearing signatures of the Company's leading men, no.5 encloses an article from the Aberdeen Grammar School magazine on "Life in the Canadian Wilds", and no.7 is an advertisement for a medal commemorating the first journey to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen (1872-1928).
Publication/Creation
1908-1915
Physical description
1 file
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores