The BAS Archives Service holdings include:
- Scientific Data and Records – Field notes and observations, maps, photographs, working papers and data in a variety of formats produced by BAS scientists and research groups involved in all aspects of Antarctic research.
- Survey and Mapping – Antarctic maps, historic topographic survey data and photographs, air photographs, UK Antarctic map collection.
- Photographs and Films – Official photos and footage showing Antarctic activities, bases, ships and aircraft as well as donated collections. A small number of photos from the archives collection are available to view and purchase online via the BAS image database.
- Scientific and Operational Reports – Internally published scientific reports, internal base and field reports on the maintenance, operation and scientific actvities undertaken at British research stations in Antarctica from 1940s to present.
- Publicity – Annual reports, business plans, calendars, leaflets etc.
- Administrative Papers – Files, reports, instruction manuals and technical drawings, including records held at previous headquarters in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands and London.
- Cruise Records – ships logs and cruise reports of science undertaken.
- Records of Operation Tabarin – secret world war II mission (1943-45).
- Items returned from the Antarctic – records returned from British stations when they closed, mainly concerning station administration and recreation.
- Reminiscences – The British Antarctic Oral History Project (BAOHP), memoirs and diaries.
- Clothing and Artefacts – a small collection of clothing worn by BAS staff and other artefacts.
Records that have been selected for permanent retention are catalogued under the following series.
- Administration and Logistical Support
- Atmospheric Sciences (meteorology, upper atmospheric research)
- Earth Sciences (geology, geophysics, glaciology)
- Life Sciences (marine and freshwater biology, zoology, botany, microbiology)
- Donated records
- Deposited (records on loan).
- Works of Art
The list below last updated January 2011. For information about records awaiting appraisal and listing, please email [email protected].
Administration and Logistical Support
For information about records awaiting appraisal and listing, please contact the Archives Service.
| Ref | Title | Covering dates |
|---|---|---|
AD1 | Director’s Office Records | |
| AD1/D | Directors’ Records | 1920 & 1943 – 1986 |
| AD1/DD | Deputy Directors’ Records | 1954 – (ongoing) |
AD2 | Establishments — Personnel | |
| AD2/1 | Conditions of Service Handbooks | 1976 – 1985 |
| AD2/2 | Information Booklets for Personnel going to the Antarctic. | 1966 – 2003 |
| AD2/3 | Personnel Card Indexes | 1946 – 1989 (about) |
| AD2/4 | Annual Disposition Lists | 1943 – 2009 |
| AD2/5 | BAS Staff Handbooks | 1976 – 1984 |
| AD2/6 | BAS Medical Unit Information Leaflets | 1995 – 1996 |
| AD2/7 | Training Materials | 2007 |
| AD2/8 | Recruitment Advertisements and Job Descriptions | 2005 – 2006 |
| AD2/9 | CVs, Biographies and Obituaries of staff | 2005 – 2012 |
AD3 | Registry | |
| AD3/1 | First Registry Filing System | 1950 – 1976 |
| AD3/2 | Second Registry Filing System | 1959 – 1984 |
| AD3/3 | Third Registry Filing System | 1982 – 2009 |
| AD3/4 | Press Cuttings | 1964 – 2003 |
| AD3/5 | Unregistered Files | 1956 – 1998 |
| AD3/6 | London Office Files | 1956 – 1961 |
AD4 | Finance | |
| AD4/1 | FID and BAS Estimates | 1954 – 1973 |
| AD4/2 | BAT Estimates | 1962 – 1974 |
| AD4/3 | BAS Finance Files | 1962 – 1973 |
| AD4/4 | NERC/BAS Finance Files | 1968 – 1976 |
| AD4/5 | Ledger Cards | 1969 – 1982 |
| AD4/6 | Reconciliation Statements | 1968 – 1970 |
| AD4/7 | Business Plans | 1995 – 2009 |
AD5 | Ships Operations and Maintenance | |
| AD5/3 | Ships Plans | 1949 – 1982 |
| AD5/4 | Ships Masters’ Records and Memorabilia | 1954 – 1990 |
| AD5/7 | Chief Officers’ Deck Logs | 1948 – 2009 |
| AD5/9 | Chief Officers’ Deck Log Abstracts | 1956 – 2002 |
AD6 | Publicity and Information | |
| AD6/1 | Operation Tabarin Reports and Papers | 1943 – 1948 |
| AD6/1 (REPORTS) | Operation Tabarin Internal Reports | 1943 – 1948 |
| AD6/1/ADM | Operation Tabarin Administrative Records | 1943 – 1946 |
| AD6/2 | FIDS/BAS Base and Field Reports | 1946 – 2010 |
| AD6/3 | Cruise Reports | Currently being catalogued |
| AD6/5 | FIDS and BAS Periodical Reports | 1947 – 1967 |
| AD6/6 | Base News Messages | 1967 – 1979 |
| AD6/7 | Base Newsletters | 1967 – 2003 |
| AD6/8 | FIDS Annual Reports | 1952 – 1957 |
| AD6/9 | BAS Annual Reports | 1967 – 2009 |
| AD6/10 | BAS Headquarters Newsletters | 1979 – 1980 |
| AD6/11 | FIDS and BAS Programmes of Work | 1957 – 1971 |
| AD6/12 | FIDS Operational Instructions | 1953 – 1962 |
| AD6/13 | Manuals | 1957 – 2001 |
| AD6/14 | BAS Set of Antarctic Place-names Committee Papers | 1947 – 2002 |
| AD6/15 | Historical Miscellanea | 1943 – 2001 |
| AD6/16 | Audio Visual Material | 1913 & 1916 & 1944 – 2008 |
| AD6/17 | Publicity Material | 1950 (about) – 2008 |
| AD6/18 | Philatelic Collection | 1938 – 2003 |
| AD6/19 | FIDS/BAS Photographic Collection A small number of photos from the archives collection are available to view and purchase online via the BAS Image Database. | 1914 – ongoing |
| AD6/20 | Press and Public Relations Annual Reports and Media Coverage Summaries | 1987 – 2008 |
| AD6/21 | BAS Public Web Site | 2002 – 2003 |
| AD6/22 | BAS Intranet Site | 2002 – 2003 |
| AD6/23 | BAS Internal Newsletters | 2002 – present |
| AD6/24 | Oral History Recordings Searchable pdf of British Antarctic Oral History Project Interviews (updated Oct 2015). | 1980 – 2009 |
| AD6/25 | BAS Midwinter and Midsummer greetings | 2008 – present |
AD7 | Records and Artifacts Returned From Antarctic Stations | |
| AD7/A | Records Returned From Station A — Port Lockroy | 1949 & 1996 – 2006 |
| AD7/B | Records Returned From Station B — Deception Island | 1957 – 1962 & 1998 |
| AD7/BI | Records Returned From Station BI — Bird Island | 1982 |
| AD7/C | Records Returned From Station C — Cape Geddes | 1947 |
| AD7/D | Records Returned From Station D — Hope Bay | 1945 – 1964 |
| AD7/E | Records Returned From Station E — Stonington Island | 1958 – 1974 |
| AD7/F | Records Returned From Station F — Faraday | 1947 – 1995 |
| AD7/G | Records Returned From Station G — Admiralty Bay | 1949 – 1960 |
| AD7/H | Records Returned From Station H — Signy | 1946 – 1994 |
| AD7/J | Records Returned From Station J — Prospect Point | 1957 – 1992 |
| AD7/M | Records Returned From Station M — Grytviken | 1969 – 1989 |
| AD7/N | Records Returned From Station N — Anvers Island | 1955 – 1957 |
| AD7/O | Records Returned From Station O — Danco Island | 1955 – 1958 |
| AD7/R | Records Returned From Station R — Rothera | 1964 – 2006 |
| AD7/T | Records Returned From Station T — Adelaide | 1961 – 1977 |
| AD7/V | Records Returned From Station V — View Point | 1956 – 1958 |
| AD7/W | Records Returned From Station W — Detaille Island | 1945 – 1961 |
| AD7/Y | Records Returned From Station Y — Horseshoe Island | 1955 – 1960 |
| AD7/Z | Records Returned From Station Z — Halley | 1960 – 1990 |
AD8 | Stanley Office | |
| AD8/1 | Stanley Office Filing System | 1944 – 1962 |
| AD8/2 | Dog Record Cards | 1945 – 1972 |
| AD8/3 | Stanley Office Miscellanea | 1935 – 1965 & 1981 |
| AD8/4 | FIDS Progress Reports | 1958 – 1961 |
| AD8/5 | Internal Reports, Card Catalogue | 1944 – 1971 |
AD9 | Restoration and Removal of Abandoned Bases | |
| AD9/0 | Conservation survey of Abandoned British Bases | 1994 |
| AD9/1 | Photographs of Restoration and Removal of Adandoned Bases | 1995 – 2008 |
| AD9/2 | Film of Restoration and Removal of Abandoned Bases | 1995 – 1996 |
| AD9/3 | Artifacts at Historic Sites | 1944 – 2005 |
| AD9/4 | Conservation Plans | 1995 & 1997 |
| AD9/5 | Records Associated with Artefacts | 1957 & 2001 |
| AD9/6 | Conservation surveys of abandoned bases | 2007 |
AD10 | Environmental Management and Monitoring | |
| AD10/1 | BAS Waste Management Handbook | 1991 – 1998 |
| AD10/2 | Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plans | 1995 |
| AD10/3 | Reports on Visits by Permit to SPAs and SSSIs | 1997 |
| AD10/4 | Environmental Officer’s Files | 1996 |
| AD10/5 | Antarctic Station Oil Spill Contingency Plans | 1993 – 2002 |
| AD10/6 | Environmental Impact Assessments | 1989 – 1998 |
| AD10/7 | Environmental Management Plans | 2000 & 2006 |
| AD10/8 | Management of Protected Areas | 1997 – 1999 |
| AD10/9 | Environmental Impact Research Projects | 2000 – 2002 |
AD11 | Building Services | |
| AD11/1 | Building Plans | 1948 – (ongoing) |
| AD11/2 | Building Technical Records | 1979 – 2002 |
| AD11/3 | Building Models | 1965 |
| AD11/4 | Building Photographs | 1968 – 2001 |
AD12 | Purchasing and Cargo Transportation | |
| AD12/1 | Purchasing Files | 1954 – 1979 |
| AD12/2 | Purchasing and Cargo Instruction Manuals | 1998 |
| AD12/3 | Management Statistics | 1987 – 1999 |
| AD12/4 | Requisition Forms | 1951 – 1958 |
AD13 | Communication and Engineering Technology | |
| AD13/1 | Technical Services Instruction Manuals | 1996 – 2001 |
AD14 | Aircraft Operations and Maintenance | |
| AD14/1 | Aircraft Log Books | 1958 – 1976 |
| AD14/2 | Aircraft Manufacturers’ Technical Records | 1953 – 1966 |
AD15 | Field Operations | |
| AD15/1 | Field Operations Manuals | 2003 |
Atmospheric Sciences
For information about records awaiting appraisal and listing, please contact the Archives Service.
| Ref | Title | Covering dates |
|---|---|---|
AS/SC | Records of Atmospheric Scientists | |
AS1 | Divisional Administration | |
| AS1/H | Division Heads’ Records | 1920 – (ongoing) |
AS2 | Meteorology | |
| The Archives Service lists the meteorological records and data managed within the climate research programme – List of Meteorological Records (list last updated March 2010). | ||
| AS2/1 | Meteorological Instructions | 1953 – (ongoing) |
| AS2/1.3 | Meteorological Station Instructions | 1989 – 1997 |
| AS2/2 | Meteorological Forms | 1946 – (ongoing) |
| AS2/3 | Administrative Files | 1946 – 1971 |
| AS2/4 | BAS Meteorological Section Files | 1968 – (ongoing) |
| AS2/5 | FIDMS and BAMS Reports of Works | 1946 – 1964 |
| AS2/6 | FIDMS and BAMS Annual Reports | 1950 – 1969 |
| AS2/7 | FIDMS and BAMS Annual Meteorological Tables | 1951 – 1970 |
| AS2/8 | FIDMS and BAMS Soil Temperature and Rainfall Tables | 1960 – 1968 |
| AS2/9 | Upper Air Summaries, Working Sheets | 1954 – 1980 |
| AS2/10 | Upper Air Summaries, Monthly Statistics | 1978 – 1990 |
| AS2/11 | Upper Air Summaries, Annual Statistics | 1976 – 1985 & 1991 |
| AS2/12 | Snow Crystal Replicas | 1952 (inferred) – 1973 |
| AS2/13 | Sea Ice Diaries | 1946 – 1974 |
| AS2/14 | Sea Ice Record Charts | 1946 – 1984 |
| AS2/15 | Sea Ice Observation Instructions | 1955 – 1977 |
| AS2/16 | Sea Ice Reports, Telegrams | 1944 – 1962 |
| AS2/17 | Sea Water Data | 1979 – 1980 |
| AS2/18 | Meteorological Station Site Plans | 1974 |
| AS2/19 | Climatological Summaries, Long Term Statistics | 1947 – 1989 |
| AS2/20 | Stable Antarctic Boundary Layer Experiment | 1986 – 1987 & 1990 – 19 |
| AS2/21 | Synoptic Charts | 1941 – 1942 |
| AS2/22 | Annual Statement of Meteorological Station Instruments and Site | 1967 – (ongoing) |
| AS2/23 | Automatic Picture Transmission of NOAA Satellite Imagery | 1980 – 1993 |
| AS2/24 | Daily Meteorological Registers | 1948 – 1950 |
| AS2/25 | Snow Accumulation Data | 1971 – 1988 |
| AS2/26 | Snow Accumulation Working Papers | 1969 – 1980 |
| AS2/27 | Snow Accumulation Field Notebooks | 1973 – 1980 |
AS3 | Ionospherics | |
| AS3/1 | BAS Ionospheric Unit Half-yearly Reports | 1969 – 1984 |
| AS3/2 | Advanced Ionospheric Sounder Project | 1977 – 1983 |
| AS3/3 | Ionospheric Instructions | 1970 – 1993 |
| AS3/4 | IDIG Files | 1977 – 1984 |
| AS3/A | Ionospheric Records From Port Lockroy Station | 1957 – 1961 |
| AS3/F | Ionospheric Records From Faraday Station | 1962 – 1994 |
| AS3/F/7 | Printouts of Measured Parameters | 1979 – 1994 |
| AS3/Z | Ionospheric Records From Halley Station | 1957 – 1985 |
| AS3/Z/7 | Printouts of Measured Parameters | 1985 |
AS4 | Ozone | |
AS5 | Solar Radiation | |
AS6 | Geomagnetism | |
| AS6/F | Faraday Geomagnetic Records | 1954 – 1995 |
| AS6/M | South Georgia Geomagnetic Records | 1971 – 1982 |
| AS6/T | Adelaide Geomagnetic Records | 1974 – 1976 |
| AS6/Z | Halley Geomagnetic Records | 1955 – 1991 |
AS7 | Aurorae and Airglow | |
| AS7/H | Signy Auroral Records | 1966 |
| AS7/Z | Halley Auroral and Airglow Records | 1956 – 1990 |
AS8 | Seismology | |
| AS8/F | Faraday Seismic Records | 1957 – (ongoing) |
| AS8/H | Signy Seismic Records | 1974 (inferred) – 1975 (inferred) |
| AS8/M | South Georgia Seismic Records | 1971 – 1982 |
| AS8/X | Stanley Seismic Records | 1958 – 1963 |
| AS8/Z | Halley Seismic Records | 1957 – 1959 |
AS9 | Tide Observations | |
AS10 | VLF Research | |
| AS10/1 | VLF Analogue Data Tapes | 1967 – 1995 |
| AS10/2 | Miscellaneous VLF Records | 1970 – 1983 |
| AS10/3 | Secondary Documentation | 1984 |
| AS10/4 | VLF Film Spectrograms | 1972 – 1987 |
AS10/F | VLF Records from Faraday Station | |
| 1985 – 1995 | ||
AS10/R | VLF Records from Rothera Station | |
| 1983 – 1995 | ||
AS10/Z | VLF Records from Halley Station | |
| AS10/Z/1 | VLF log books and diaries | 1969 – ongoing |
AS11 | Space Plasma Physics | |
| AS11/1 | CLUSTER II Mission | 2001 – 2004 |
| AS11/PH | Scientific Records of Individual Physicists | 1967 – 1989 |
Earth Sciences
For information about records awaiting appraisal and listing, please contact the Archives Service.
| Ref | Title | Covering dates |
|---|---|---|
ES1 | Divisional Administration | |
| ES1/H | Division Heads’ Records | 1947 – (ongoing) |
ES2 | Topographical Survey and Mapping | |
| ES2/1 | Administrative Files | 1956 – 1998 |
| ES2/2 | Air Photography | 1936 – 1937 & 1947 – 2005 |
| ES2/3 | Satellite Imagery | 1972 – (ongoing) |
| ES2/4 | Project Antarctic Conservation | 1994 – 1995 |
| ES2/5 | Geology Map Compilation Records | 1958 – 2000 |
| ES2/6 | Gazetteers | 1955 – 1993 |
| ES2/7 | Photographs of Topographic Survey and Mapping Work | 1959 – 1976 |
| ES2/SY | Surveyors Miscellaneous Records | 1944 – 1946 |
ES3 | Geology | |
| ES3/GY | Scientific Records of Individual Geologists | 1944 – 2004 |
| ES3/GYX | Non-BAS Geologists Scientific Records | 1951 – 1992 |
| ES3/REG2 | Geology Photograph Registers | 1958 – 1966 |
ES4 | Glaciology | |
| ES4/1 | Radio Echo Sounding Data | 1966 – 1990 & 1996 – 1997 |
| ES4/2 | NOAA Satellite Imagery of Antarctic Sea Ice and Weather Systems | 1966 – 1982 |
| ES4/3 | Norwegian Iceberg Observing Programme Records | 1978 – 2008 |
| ES4/4 | James Ross Island Group Sea and Shelf Ice Maps | 1957 – 1959 |
| ES4/5 | Drift Tracks of Antarctic Icebergs | 1978 – 1979 |
| ES4/6 | Seasat Satellite Imagery | 1978 |
| ES4/7 | Air Photography | 1938 & 1959 & 1972 – 1977 |
| ES4/8 | Glaciological Base Line Compilations | 1997 |
| ES4/9 | Ice Shelf Front Mapping by BAS Ships | 1977 – 2001 |
| – | – | 2001.09.28 |
| ES4/GL | Scientific Records of Individual Glaciologists | 1948 – 2004 |
| ES4/JC | Sea Ice Distribution Charts, FIDS/BAS Ships | 1955 – 2006 |
| ES4/US/JC | Sea Ice Distribution Charts, Southern Hemisphere | 1971 – 1985 |
ES5 | Field Geophysics | |
| ES5/1 | On-rock Bouguer Anomaly Gravity Data | 1959 – 1987 |
| ES5/2 | Doppler Satellite Survey | 1975 – 1980 |
| ES5/3 | Air Photography Taken by or for Field Geophysicists | 1979 – 1980 |
| ES5/4 | Aeromagnetic Survey Records | 1973 – 1994 |
| ES5/GP | Scientific Records of Individual Field Geophysicists | 1954 – 2001 |
ES6 | Marine Geoscience | |
| ES6/1 | Marine Geoscience Cruise Reports | 1961 – 2003 |
| ES6/2 | Marine Seismic Analogue Data | 1970 – 1981 |
Life Sciences
For information about records awaiting appraisal and listing, please contact the Archives Service.
| Ref | Title | Covering dates |
|---|---|---|
| LS/BL | Scientific Records of Individual Biologists | 1944 – (ongoing) |
| LS/CM | Records of Life Sciences Commissioned Research | 1987 – 1997 |
LS/HP1 | BIOMASS Data Centre | |
| LS/REG | Biology Specimen Registers and Station Lists | 1944 – 1961 |
| LS/XBL | Scientific Records of Non-BAS Biologists | 1981 – 1999 |
LS1 | Divisional Administration: Records | |
| LS1/H | Division Heads’ Records | 1948 – 2000 |
LS2 | Terrestrial and Freshwater Life Sciences | |
| LS2/1 | Signy Island Reference Sites (SIRS) Project | 1970 – 1981 |
| LS2/2 | Signy Island Minimum Ice Cover Photography | 1971 – 2000 |
| LS2/3 | Signy Island Site Stake Records | 1972 – 1988 |
| LS2/4 | BAS Herbarium Documentation | 1914 – 1989 |
| LS2/5 | Botany Section Heads’ Records | 1968 – 1983 |
| LS2/6 | Long-term Monitoring of Signy Island Lakes | 1963 – 1964 & 1970 – 1996 |
| LS2/7 | Terrestrial and Freshwater Biology Assistants’ Handbook | 1977 – 1993 |
| LS2/8 | Terrestrial and Freshwater Biology Assistants’ Miscellaneous Field Records and Analyses | 1988 – 1990 |
| LS2/9 | Fellfield Ecology Research Programme (FERP) | 1981 – 1988 |
| LS2/10 | South Georgia Reference Sites (SGRS) Project | 1977 – 1982 |
| LS2/13 | Long-term monitoring of Signy Island Lichens | 1972 – 1993 |
LS3 | Diving Records | |
| LS3/1 | Dive Logs | 1970 – 2005 |
| LS3/2 | Diving Manuals | 1972 – 2001 |
LS4 | Inshore Marine Biology | |
| LS4/1 | Sea Water Analysis Logs | 1971 – 1982 |
| LS4/2 | South Orkneys Benthic Survey | 1970 – 1974 |
| LS4/3 | South Georgia Benthic Survey | 1971 – 1974 |
| LS4/4 | Section Heads’ Records | 1969 – 1981 |
| LS4/5 | Signy Sea Ice Camera Records | 1995 – 2001 |
| LS4/6 | Marine Biology Assistants’ Miscellaneous Instructions | 1981 |
| LS4/AP | Inshore Marine Biology Research Relating to Antarctic Peninsula, Including South Shetland Islands | 2001 – 2003 |
| LS4/SG | Inshore Marine Biology Research Relating to South Georgia | 1971 – 1982 |
| LS4/SK | Inshore Marine Biology Research Relating to South Orkney Islands | 1970 – 1980 |
LS5 | Life Science Cruises-BAS Operated | |
| LS5/1 | Cruise Reports | 1980 – 2003 |
| LS5/2 | Station Position Logs | 1978 – 1982 |
| LS5/3 | Physical Oceanography Instrument and Data Processing Logs | 1994 – 1998 |
LS6 | Life Science Cruises — Non-BAS Operated | |
LS7 | Wildlife (temporary numbering system) | |
| LS7/1 | Bird Ringing Registers | 1948 – 1995 |
| LS7/2 | Bird and Seal Observation Diaries | 1952 – 1992 |
| LS7/3 | Birds and Seals Section Files | 1948 – 1984 |
| LS7/4 | Air Photography of Bird and Seal Colonies | 1972 – 1985 |
| LS7/5 | Bird Ringing and Retrap Forms | 1947 – 1995 |
| LS7/6 | Bird Observation Field Records | 1966 – 1995 |
| LS7/7 | Seal Tagging Registers | 1960 – 1995 |
| LS7/8 | Seal Tagging and Retrap Forms | 1961 – 1993 |
| LS7/9 | Seal Observation Field Records | 1957 – 1994 |
| LS7/10 | Ship-based Sealing Programme | 1968 – 1977 |
| LS7/11 | Seabird Mapping Scheme | 1974 – 2000 |
LS8 | Wildlife | |
| LS8/SG | Wildlife Records Relating to South Georgia | 1972 – |
| LS8/SG/2 | South Georgia Wildlife Surveys | 1972 – 2003 |
LS9 | Human Physiology and Medicine | |
ML | Oceanographic Data From Marine Life Science Cruises | |
| ML/ABC | Shipboard ABC Computer System Data | 1993 – 1997 |
| ML/AS | Autosal Data | 1990 – 1991 |
| ML/CTD | Conductivity-temperature-depth Data | 1978 – (ongoing) |
| ML/EV | Event Log Data | 1981 – (ongoing) |
| ML/NL | Navigation-event Logger Data | 1983 – 1987 |
| ML/OL | Ocean Logger Data | 1984 – (ongoing) |
| ML/PCM | Precise Current Meter Data | 1981 – 1988 |
| ML/PSL | Principal Scientists’ Logs | 1979 – 1982 |
| ML/SST | Sea Surface Temperature Data | 1976 – 1992 |
| ML/TS | Thermosalinograph Data | 1990 – (ongoing) |
| ML/XBT | Expendable Bathythermograph Data | 1983 – (ongoing) |
| ML/XX | Miscellanous Data | 1981 – 1988 |
Donated records
For information about records awaiting appraisal and listing, please contact the Archives Service.
| Ref | Title | Covering Dates |
| G1 | Records Donated by Alan Carroll | 1956 – 2003 |
| G1/1 | Photographs | 1956 & 2003 |
| G1/2 | Technical Records | 1963 |
| G2 | Records Donated by Ann Zealley | 1964 – 1966 |
| G2/1 | Letters From M J Northover | 1964 – 1966 |
| G3 | Records Donated by Richard Laws | 2001 – 2003 |
| G3/1 | Biographical Material | 2001 |
| G3/2 | Scientific Research Records | 2003 |
| G4 | Records Donated by Ronald Tindal | 1959 – 1961 & 2002 |
| G4/1 | Films | 1959 – 1961 & 2002 |
| G5 | Records Donated by Norman Burrows | (no date) |
| G5/1 | Films | (no date) |
| G7 | Records Donated by William Lancelot Tickell | 1962 – 1964 |
| G7/1 | Films | 1962 – 1964 |
| G8 | Records Donated by Lewis Juckes | 2002 |
| G8/1 | Correspondence | 2002 – 2006 |
| G9 | Records Donated by Jennifer Bonner | 1952 – 1992 |
| G9/1 | Diaries | 1952 & 1956 – 1962 |
| G9/ Review | Personal records of W.N. Bonner briefly listed pending a decision on long-term future. | 1953 – 1992 |
| G10 | Records Donated by Roberta Bailey | 1937 – 1990 |
| G10/1 | Articles and Press Cuttings | 1985 & 1990 |
| G10/2 | Photographs | 1940 – 1965 (?) |
| G11 | Records Donated by Peter King | 1948 – 2008 |
| G11/1 | Memoirs | 1955 – 1956 & 1999 – 2002 |
| G11/2 | Diaries | 1951 – 1956 |
| G11/3 | Photographs | 1951 – 1997 |
| G11/4 | Sound recordings | 2007 |
| G12 | Records Donated by Eric Back and His Estate | 1943 – 1957 |
| G12/1 | Official Records | 1943 – 1946 |
| G12/2 | Diaries | 1943 – 1946 |
| G12/3 | Correspondence | 1943 – 1957 |
| G12/4 | Photographs | 1944 – 1954 |
| G12/5 | Miscellaneous Records | 1946 – 1991 |
| G13 | Records Donated by Gerald Farrington | 2002 |
| G13/1 | Obituaries | 2002 |
| G14 | Records Donated by Barrie Shaw | 1958 – 1959 |
| G14/1 | Sound Recordings | 1958 – 1959 |
| G15 | Records Donated by William Stanley Woolley | 1962 – 1964 |
| G15/1 | Diaries | 1962 – 1964 |
| G15/2 | Sound Recordings | 1963 (about) |
| G16 | Records Donated by Robert Gilby | 1946 |
| G16/1 | Diaries | 1946 |
| G17 | Records Donated by Peter Wordie | 1946 – 1947 |
| G17/1 | Diaries | 1946 – 1947 |
| G18 | Records bought from or donated by Kevin Walton | 1948 |
| G18/1 | Photographs | 1948 |
| G19 | Records Donated by Alan Powley | 2003 |
| G19/1 | Photographs | 2003.01 |
| G20 | Records Donated by Keith Holmes | 2000 – 2007 |
| G20/1 | Winterers’ lists | 2000 – 2006 |
| G20/2 | Articles | 2002 & 2007 |
| G20/3 | Transcripts | 2002 & 2006 – 2007 |
| G21 | Records Donated by Robin Lewis Sherman | 1956 – 1967 & (no date) |
| G21/1 | Photographs | 1956 – 1958 |
| G21/2 | Miscellaneous Items | 1957 – 1967 & no date |
| G22 | Records Donated by Alan Precious | 1958 |
| G22/1 | Photographs | 1958 |
| G23 | Records Donated by Peter Fuchs (and the Estate of Sir Vivian Fuchs) | 1948 – 1950 & 2004 |
| G23/1 | Diaries | 1948 – 1950 |
| G23/2 | Lists of Photographs | 2004 |
| G24 | Records Donated by Denis Wildridge | 1957 & 1995 |
| G24/1 | Photographs | 1957 & 1995 |
| G25 | Records Donated by Harold Heywood | 1950 |
| G25/1 | Photographs | 1950 |
| G26 | Records Donated by Peter Tribble | 1956 – 1959 |
| G26/1 | Films | 1956 – 1959 |
| G27 | Records Donated by Frederick Wooden | 1955 – 1956 |
| G27/1 | Photographs | 1955 – 1956 |
| G27/2 | Photographic Registers | 1956 – 1957 |
| G28 | Records Donated by Julian Paren | 1977 & 1997 – 1998 |
| G28/1 | Photographs donated by Julian Paren. | 1977 & 1997 – 1998 |
| G29 | Records Donated by Gwion Davies | 1999 – 2000 |
| G29/1 | Articles | 1999 – 2000 |
| G30 | Records Donated by George James | 1944 – 1945 |
| G30/1 | Items Relating to Operation Tabarin Donated by George James | 1944 – 1945 |
| G31 | Records Donated by Keith Allen | 1958 – 1961 & 2004 |
| G31/1 | Photographs | 1958 – 1961 |
| G31/2 | Photographic Registers | 2004 |
| G32 | Records Donated by Ronald Roden | 1975 |
| G32/1 | Photographs | 1975 |
| G33 | Records Donated by Richard Foster | 1956 – 1957 & 2004 |
| G33/1 | Films | 1956 – 1957 |
| G33/2 | Memoirs | 2004 |
| G34 | Records Donated by J. Oliver Linton | 1958 – 1963, 2004 & 2008 |
| G34/1 | Diaries | 1958 – 1959 & 2004 & 2008 |
| G34/2 | Photographs | 1958 – 1959 |
| G34/3 | Photographic Registers | 1959 |
| G34/4 | Reprints | 1963 & (no date) |
| G35 | Records Donated by Michael Mansell-Moullin | 2004 |
| G35/1 | Photographs | 2004 |
| G36 | Records Donated by Ronald Miller | 1956 – 1958 |
| G36/1 | Photographs | 1956 – 1958 |
| G36/2 | Memoirs | 2004 |
| G37 | Records Donated by John P. Smith | 1957 – 1961 |
| G37/1 | Photographs | 1957 – 1961 |
| G40 | Records Donated by Angus Erskine | 1957 – 1958 |
| G40/1 | Photographs | 1957 – 1958 |
| G41 | Records Donated by David Wattam | 2004 |
| G41/1 | Photographs | 2004 |
| G42 | Records Donated by Donald Griffiths | 2004 |
| G42/1 | Memoirs | 2004 |
| G43 | Records Donated by Walter H. Townsend | 1960 – 1963 |
| G43/1 | Photographs | 1960 – 1963 |
| G44 | Records Donated by Kenneth Pawson | 1948 – 1950 |
| G44/1 | Photographs | 1948 – 1950 |
| G45 | Records Donated by Robert Larter | 1985 |
| G45/1 | Photographs | 1985 |
| G46/1 | Films | 2005 |
| G47 | Records Donated by Shona Muir | 2005 |
| G47/1 | Dive log analyses | 2005 |
| G48 | Records Donated by Alan Smith | 2005 |
| G48/1 | Book Scripts | 2005 |
| G49 | Records Donated by Peter Kennett | 1961 – 1964 |
| G49/1 | Photographs | 1961 – 1964 |
| G49/2 | Diaries | 1961 – 1964 |
| G50 | Records Donated by Thomas Miller | 1948 – 1950 |
| G50/1 | Correspondence | 1948 – 1950 |
| G50/2 | Articles | no date |
| G50/3 | Photographs | 1948 |
| G51 | Records Donated by Alan A Smith | 2006 |
| G51/1 | Book Script and Associated Digital Images | 2006 |
| G52 | Records from the Estate of Harold Spalding | 1929 – 1930 (?) & 1931 – 1932 |
| G52/1 | Photographs | 1929 – 1930 (?) & 1931 – 1932 |
| G53 | Records Donated by Alan Weeks | 1965 |
| G53/1 | Films | 1965 |
| G54 | Records Donated by Douglas Finlayson | 2006 |
| G54/1 | Memoirs | 2006 |
| G54/2 | Photographs | 1962–1963 |
| G55 | Records Donated by David French | 1967 – 1970 |
| G55/1 | Films | 1967 – 1970 |
| G56 | Records Donated by Roy Wood | 1957 – 1958 |
| G56/1 | Digital images | 1957.12 – 1958.02 |
| G57 | Records Donated by Stephen Williams | 2006 |
| G57/1 | Films | 2006 |
| G58 | Records Donated by Ronald Lewis Smith | 1969 – 1971 |
| G58/1 | Digital images of David Walton | 1969 – 1971 |
| G59 | Records Donated by Colin Dean | 2006 |
| G59/1 | Drawings | 2006 |
| G60 | Records Donated Ian Dalziel | 1971 – 1973 |
| G60/1 | Signed photographs | 1971 – 1973 |
| G61 | Records Donated D. Allan Spencer | 1969 |
| G61/1 | Deception Island memorabilia | 1969 |
| G62 | Records Donated by Frank Kenneth Elliott | 2007 |
| G62/1 | Reminiscences | 2007 |
| G62/2 | Photographs | (no date) |
| G64 | Records from Estate of Duncan Carse | 1951 – 1990(s) (approx) |
| G64/3 | Photographs from Estate of Duncan Carse | 1951 – 1961 (about) |
| G65 | Signy Renunion Records | 2007 |
| G65/2007 | Signy 60th Anniversary | 2007 |
| G67 | Records from a Wolfson College dinner to celebrate the centenary of Sir Vivian Fuchs birth. | 2008.02 |
| G67/1 | Photographs | 2008.02.15 |
| G68 | Records Donated by John Tolson | 1974 – 1975 |
| G68/1 | Films | 1974 – 1975 |
| G69 | Records Donated by Walter Nurse. | 1959 – 1979 (approx) |
| G69/1 | Talk and slideshow by Nigel Bonner on whaling and sealing around South Georgia. | 1959 – 1979 (approximate) |
| G69/2 | Records Created by Walter Nurse during in his Service with BAS | 1977 – 1979 (approx) |
| G70 | Records from UKAHT. | 2006 – 2008 (approx) |
| G70/1 | Photographs | 2007 – 2008 |
| G70/2 | Information Booklets. | 2006 – 2008 |
| G74 | Records Donated by George Spenceley | 2008 |
| G74/1 | Personal Reminiscences Donated by George Spenceley | 2008 |
| G75 | Records Donated by Ian Graham | 1944 |
| G76 | Records Donated by C. John C. Wynne-Edwards | 1955 – 1956 |
| G77 | Records Donated by Stella Sievwright, wife of Munro Sievwright | 1963 – 1966 & 2009 |
| G78 | Records Donated by David Wheeler | 2007 – 2008 |
| G79 | Records Donated by George A Whitfield | |
| G80 | Records Donated by Crispin Day | 1986 & 1993 |
| G81 | Records Donated by Edward C. J. Clapp | 1957 – 1960 |
| G81/1 | Photographs Donated by Edward C. J. Clapp | 1957 – 1960 |
| G82 | Records relating to Andrew C. Baker | |
| G83 | Records donated by Julian Taylor | 2009 |
| G84 | Records donated by GSGSSI | 2010 |
| G84/1 | Recording and photocopies donated by GSGSSI. | 2000–2001 |
| G85 | Records Donated by Ellie Stoneley | 1951 – 1953 |
| G85/1 | Diaries | 1951 – 1953 |
| G86 | Records Donated by Victor I. Russell (surveyor) | 1986 & 1993 |
| G87 | Records Donated by John M. Smith | 1959 – 1964 |
| G88 | Records Donated by Jonathan Massey | 2009 |
| G89 | Records Donated by David N. Rowley | 1974 |
| G89/1 | Recording and photocopies donated by David N. Rowley | 1974 |
Deposited records
For information about records awaiting appraisal and listing, please contact the Archives Service.
| Ref | Title | Covering dates |
|---|---|---|
D1 | BAS Club | |
| D1/1 | BAS Club Newsletters | 1976 – 2008 |
| D1/2 | Original Articles for Newsletters | 1981 – 1987 |
| D1/3 | Original Artwork for Newsletters | 1981 – 1985 |
| D1/4 | Committee Meeting Papers | 1976 – 1998 |
| D1/5 | Financial Records | 1960 – 1972 |
| D1/6 | Secretary’s Files | 1959 – 1992 |
| D1/7 | Reunion Memorabilia | 1992 |
D2 | Crown Agents | |
| D2/1 | Philatelic Artwork From the Crown Agents | 1969 & 1980 – 1982 |
D3 | Fisheries Society of the British Isles | |
D4 | International Commission on Snow and Ice | |
D5 | Estate of David Wynn-Williams | |
D7 | Challenger Society for Marine Science |
APC | Antarctic Place-names Committee Records on Deposit | |
| APC/03 | Committee Papers and Minutes | 1948 – 2009 |
| APC/04 | Place Name Card Indexes | 1948 – 1991 |
| APC/05 | Gazetteers | 1955 – 1993 |
| APC/06 | Committee Secretarys’ Files | 1955 – 2002 |
| APC/07 | Falkland Islands Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition Air Photographs | 1955 – 1957 |
Works of Art
For information about records awaiting appraisal and listing, please contact the Archives Service.
| Ref | Title | Covering dates |
|---|---|---|
| WA/D | Drawings | 1976 – 1980 & 2007 |
| WA/M | Memorabilia | 1952 – 1984 |
| WA/MD | Models | 1960 – 1991 |
| WA/MU | Music | 2000 |
| WA/P | Paintings and Prints | 1957 – 2005 |
| WA/PH | Photographs for Display | 1911 & 1915 – 1916 & 1955 – 1998 |
| WA/S | Sculpture | 1957 – 2009 |
| WA/T | Taxidermically Preserved Specimens | 1963 & no date |