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NOL Collection 2 Discovery Investigations Committee Files 1 NOL Collection 2 Discovery Investigations (Discovery Committee Papers (Including Files and Press cuttings) (Discovery Committee file Nos.at the front of each entry 2/3/1 page 2 to 2/4/48 on page 32) 2/1 Minutes of Discovery Committee/Expedition meetings 2/1/1 Bound volume of minutes with index 9 Jan 1934-26 Jun 1936 2/1/2 Minutes (21: 2090-2178) 9 Jan 1934-25 Jun 1934 2/1/3 Minutes (24: 2341-2411) 16 Dec 1935-23 Mar 1936 2/1/4 Minutes (25: 2421-2498) 1 May-31 Jul 1936 2/1/5 Minutes (26: 2510-2607) 3 Sep 1936-6 Apr 1937 2/1/6 Minutes (27: 2616-2718) 4 May 1937-1 Mar 1938 2/1/7 Minutes (28: 2725-2803) 5 Apr-30 Nov 1938 2/1/8 Minutes (29: 2806-2905) 20 Dec 1938-12 Mar 1943 2/1/9 Personnel file Discovery Investigations with a list of people 1924-39 attending meetings; List of the Distribution of Scientific Staff (when, where and what commissions they were on) list of scientific staff (Incl. Marine Station staff); list of officers and crew, RRS Discovery, RRS Discovery II , RRS William Scoresby, (Photocopy in NOL Collection 2/7/4, for research use) See also: NOL Collection 2/7/1 Carbon copy of lists of scientists serving in RRS Discovery, RRS Discovery II and RRS William Scoresby as part of Discovery Investigations See also: NOL Collection 2/7/2 Card index of Officers and Crew Members of the above ships 2/2 Polar Committee (formerly Antarctic Committee) 2/2/1 Minutes, correspondence, reports 1928 2/2/2 Minutes, agenda, correspondence 1929 2/2/3 Correspondence, reports 1930 2/2/4 Minutes, correspondence, reports 1931 2/2/5 Minutes, production agreement, note 1932 2/2/6 Minutes, correspondence, memorandum on names in the 1933 Antarctic, report on visit to the South Orkney Islands 2/2/7 Minutes, correspondence, memorandums 1934 2/2/8 Minutes, correspondence, memorandum, production agreement 1935 NOL Collection 2 2 2/2/9 Minutes, correspondence 1936 2/2/10 Minutes, correspondence, notes 1937 2/2/11 Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, captain’s report for first 1928-34 and second commission 2/2/12 Sub-committee on legislation on whaling policy: minutes; note 1931-3 on production agreement; correspondence; statistics; translation of article 2/2/13 Sub-committee on legislation on whaling policy: minutes; 1932-3 correspondence; Whaling industry (regulation) bill; notes and reports 2/2/14 Rymill (British Graham Land) expedition sub-committee: 1934-7 correspondence; paper on arrangements; memorandum on the extent and scope of the expedition; proof statistics on weather; newspaper cutting 2/3 Discovery Committee 2/3/1 (22) Proposed gyroscopic course for Captain Stenhouse and 1923 sperigyro compass for RRS Discovery: correspondence; newspaper cutting; article for journal 2/3/2 (84) Discovery uniforms: correspondence; draft and printed 1924 regulations; details of kit; list of items; coloured representation of insignia cap badge 2/3/3 (113) Alterations suggested by Captain Stenhouse in 1923-4 specification of repairs for RRS Discovery: correspondence 2/3/4 (129) RRS Discovery mast and sail plan – assistance of 1923-4 surveyor of Lloyds Register: correspondence; minutes of sub- committee; graph of effect of wind pressure 2/3/5 (133) RRS Discovery – suggested sale of and purchase of ice 1923 breaker: correspondence 2/3/6 (148) Offer of deep water nets to Discovery Commission: 1923-4 correspondence 2/3/7 (168) Cooperation with Royal Society: correspondence; list of 1923 members of Royal Society circumnavigation committee 2/3/8 (224) Whale marks RRS Discovery II: correspondence; 1930-2 sketches of whale marks; notes of meeting of Discovery Committee, 10 Apr 1930 2/3/9 (490) Plans of RRS Discovery: correspondence 1924-30 2/3/10 (493) Appointment of Director of Research: correspondence; 1923 copy of advert; draft application form 2/3/11 (499) J. Hamilton appointed zoologist on RRS Discovery: 1924 correspondence; telegram 2/3/12 (500) Dr Stanley W. Kemp: correspondence; application form 1923-4 for post of Director of Research; financial calculations 2/3/13 (509) Model of RRS Discovery: memorandum with committee 1924-8 members’ comments and initials; correspondence 2/3/14 (515) RRS Discovery – badge for: boards showing design for 1924 badge sketches; letter 2/3/15 (535) Slipway at Port Stanley: correspondence; proposals for 1924 construction of slipway 3 NOL Collection 2 2/3/16 (659) Life insurance for members of RRS Discovery 1924 expedition: carbon typescript paper 2/3/17 (690) Spare copies of dispatches from the Secretary of State to 1924 the Government of the Falkland Islands: correspondence 2/3/18 (743) Question whether RRS Discovery should be classed at 1923, 1925 Lloyds: letter and Sir Fortescue Flannery’s remarks on the classification, 1923; report regarding life saving equipment for the Discovery, 1925 2/3/19 (785) List of the ship’s company: correspondence; lists of 1925 company and committee personnel; suggested rates of pay 2/3/20 (790) Staff liability for income tax: correspondence 1925-6 2/3/21 (927) Portraits of King and Queen, of Captain Scott, Mr 1929-35 MacRobertson, and Sir John Murray: correspondence; circulated memorandum on which members of the committee have added comments and initials 2/3/22 (930) Captain Stenhouse – anchor beds: letter 1925 2/3/23 (946) Captain Mercer’s agreement: correspondence; copy of 1925 agreement of Mercer as Director of Research on RRS William Scoresby 2/3/24 (961) Tests of reader engine: correspondence; memorandum 1925 continuing the record of progress of issue 2/3/25 (975) International Hydrographic Bureau – supply of 1925-6 information relating to expedition for publication: correspondence; printed Notes on the scientific work to be undertaken by Discovery 2/3/26 (979) Echo gear and velocity of sound tablets: memorandum; 1925-7 correspondence; report on trials of deep water echo sounding gear 2/3/27 (989) Dr Stanley W. Kemp’s report on scientific work: first 1925-6 report; correspondence 2/3/28 (992) Report from Captain Stenhouse on first part of voyage: 1925 correspondence 2/3/29 (994) Request to be furnished with report of Professor Merz: 1925 correspondence; transient of paper on cruise of surveying vessel Meteor in the South Atlantic 2/3/30 (1039) Report of scientific work of Marine Station, South 1925-6 Georgia 2/3/31 (1133) Dr N.A. Mackintosh – South Georgia Discovery 1925 Expedition: correspondence; reports and lists regarding victualling stores and scientific apparatus 2/3/32 (1173) Local legislation regarding wild animals in the Falkland 6-7 Jan 1926 Islands: correspondence 2/3/33 (1188) Request from South African Museum – Cape Town for 1926, 1929 supply of Discovery Expedition collections duplicates: correspondence 2/3/34 (1197) Second scientific report on work of RRS Discovery 1925 respecting further sounding tests during a voyage of the ship to Cape Town 2/3/35 (1199) Question of whether to fit bilge keels to the RRS 1925 Discovery in order to prevent excessive rolling NOL Collection 2 4 2/3/36 (1239) RRS William Scoresby echo sounding gear: 1926-33 correspondence 2/3/37 (1259) Sister keel for RRS Discovery – dry docking and 1925-7 cleaning of ship at Cape Town and anti-rolling (bilge) keels: correspondence 2/3/38 (1303) General arrangement plan of RRS William Scoresby: Feb 1926 correspondence and plan 2/3/39 Further report regarding echo gear for deep sea sounding and Feb-Apr 1926 reader engine: correspondence 2/3/40 (1347) Boring of hull of RRS Discovery by teredo worm: 1926-9 correspondence and reports 2/3/41 (1377) Teredo worm and sister reefs: telegrams to and from 1926 Captain Stenhouse 2/3/42 (1401) Scientific report of work of Marine Station – South 26 Jan 1926 Georgia: report by Dr N.A. Mackintosh 2/3/43 (1439) Registration of RRS William Scoresby and RRS 1926, 1930, 1937 Discovery ships articles: including copy of certificate of registry for William Scoresby and agreement and account of crew for RRS Discovery, 1926. Officers and crew listings. 2/3/44 (1462) Correspondence from Sir Sidney Harmer to Dr Stanley Mar-May 1926 W. Kemp including about scientific reports and movement of RRS William Scoresby 2/3/45 (1551) Report by Captain Stenhouse on voyage of RRS 1923-33 Discovery from Cape Town to South Georgia via Tristan da Cunha: correspondence 2/3/46 (1552) Visit of RRS Discovery to Tristan da Cunha in 1926: Dr 1926-9 Marshall’s report and correspondence 2/3/47 (1568) Arrival of RRS Discovery at Grytviken, South Georgia: 22 Feb-Apr 1926 letter and chart 2/3/48 (1574) Third Scientific report on work of RRS Discovery dated 1926 28 Feb 1926 with charts and correspondence 2/3/49 (1756) Suitability of RRS Discovery for research work: Mar-May 1926 correspondence 2/3/50 (1766) Semi-official letter from Dr N.A. Mackintosh to Dr 12 Feb 1925 Stanley W. Kemp, South Georgia Marine Station 2/3/51 Etching of RRS Discovery: correspondence with Vosper and 1926, 1929 Co Ltd Portsmouth regarding purchasing a copy 2/3/52 (1816) Fourth Scientific report from Dr Stanley W. Kemp on 1926 work of RRS Discovery dated 1 May 1926: report and correspondence 2/3/53 (1998) Rough itineraries of RRS Discovery and RRS William 1926-8 Scoresby and salaries of scientific staff 2/3/54 Number not used 2/3/55 (2008) Fifth Scientific report on work of Marine Station: 1926 synopsis and report with hand produced graphs and covering letter 2/3/56 (2017) Renewal of lease to the Compania Argentina de Pesca: 1926 correspondence 2/3/57 (2036) Fifth scientific report on work of RRS Discovery: 1926 report; graph 5 NOL Collection 2 2/3/58 (2068) Report by Lieutenant Commander Chaplin on survey 1926-7 work: report; correspondence 2/3/59 (2098) Record of tide pole readings for transmission to the 1926 Admiralty: correspondence 2/3/60 (2126) Parcel of sand samples for transmission to Admiralty: 1926 correspondence 2/3/61 (2148) Copies of reports from Captain Stenhouse: reports; 1926 covering letter 2/3/62 (2170) Instructions from Dr Stanley W.
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