Collection of 400 letters by or about Oates

Item author: Captain LEG Oates
Item date: 1899 - 1910
Grant Value: 350
Item cost: 2,000
Item date acquired: 1972
Item institution: Scott Polar Research Institute
Town/City: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire

300 letters are from Oates to his mother, the remaining 100 notes of condolence to Mrs Oates from her sons friends. The letters build up a convincing picture of an extraordinarily attractive personality