IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 AJP
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: SS TERRA NOVA
Date(s): 1903-1904
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 7 bound volumes of ship's logbook, plus 1 unbound copy logbook
Name of creator(s): SS TERRA NOVA
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
SS TERRA NOVA was a relief vessel sent to DISCOVERY in the Antarctic. A P Jackson was Chief Officer.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to the SS TERRA NOVA's relief mission to the DISCOVERY, 1903-1904, including seven log books with pencil sketches [possibly by Second Mate Thomas Elms], 1903-1904; diary of First Officer A P Jackson on the above voyage (very few entries) and letters from T B Jackson, brother of A P Jackson.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Original order.
Conditions governing access:
Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist,and subject to completing 'application for copies' form. No reproduction without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Card index.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received on the death of A P Jackson, 1932.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Archives - Correspondence Block 1911-21, Rennick, H. E. de P.
(Ref: AA 20/138-141) applications for post of chief steward, crew's medical certificates and list of crew with pay noted.
National Maritime Museum (REF: WEL/39): Logbook of the Antarctic relief ship TERRA NOVA, Capt J McKay, kept by Chief Officer A P Jackson, from England to New Zealand, finishing alongside the DISCOVERY, Capt Scott from 1903-1904.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: ISAD(G( ed. 2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions: February 2001; Oct 2008.