Diaries & records
Scott final sledging diary
Historical recordScott’s final sledging diary volume, Add MS 51035, dated 18 February–29 March 1912. This exact volume is part of the larger diaries series, not an additional duplicate artifact.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Artifact date
- 18 February–29 March 1912
- Holding institution
- British Library
Scott’s final handwritten diary entry, reproduced as a printed facsimile in the 1913 first volume of Scott’s Last Expedition. This independent book scan preserves the full facsimile, including publisher imprint and paper show-through. It is not a modern photograph of British Library Add MS 51035, and does not reproduce the complete notebook.
Robert Falcon Scott, final diary entry, March 1912; printed facsimile in Scott’s Last Expedition, vol. 1 (London: Smith, Elder, 1913), facing p. 595. Museum Victoria / Biodiversity Heritage Library, via Internet Archive. Public domain.
These image bytes come from the independent 1913 book scan, not a British Library image licence. The original notebook is linked separately; its modern photography is not reproduced. Handwriting and paper show-through are retained without reconstruction or selective cleanup. The actual final entry is reproduced in the 1913 facsimile; this is not the British Library’s modern manuscript photography and does not reproduce the entire diary.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
Public domain: BHL/Museum Victoria item metadata explicitly states this work is no longer under copyright. Robert Falcon Scott died in 1912; this facsimile was published in 1913. Independent Museum Victoria book scan, not British Library manuscript-image reuse.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
Links document the record, the claim’s circulation, an assessment, or reuse terms as labeled. A source link is not automatically corroboration.
- displayed image provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://archive.org/details/ScottquotslasteIScot/page/n899/mode/1up
- image-specific reuse conditionshttps://archive.org/metadata/ScottquotslasteIScot
- documentary target record; may differ from displayed reproductionhttps://searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-001958854
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-001958854
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These are contextual links, not automatic corroboration.
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