Scottish Arctic Club

• Reference:GB 254 MS 391
• Dates of Creation:1939-2015
• Name of Creator:
  Scottish Arctic Club
• Physical Description:
  2 boxes and 1 folder

• Scope and Content

  /1 'Waterson's Scrap book' newspaper cuttings, on trips made to the Arctic and Greenland, with postcards and Christmas cards addressed to Irene and George Waterson, and photographs of Svalbard by John Arnott, 1939-1980.
  /2 'Annual gatherings', includes venues of annual buffet suppers, correspondence, and lists of attendees, 1970 to 2001.
  /3 'Correspondence ' detailing expedition correspondence, annual gatherings, and the Arctic Library collection, 1970-1990.
  /4 'Correspondence' detailing expedition correspondence, annual gatherings, and the Arctic Library collection, 1991-2010
  /5 'Minutes, committee & AGM', minutes and AGM business relating to the Scottish Arctic Club, 1970-2005.
  /6 'Minutes, committee & AGM', minutes and AGM business relating to the Scottish Artcic Club, 2005-2015
  /7 'Membership', membership lists, applications and address changes, 1973-2010
  /8 'Constitution', copies of the Scottish Arctic Club's constitution throughout the years, 1977-2007.
  /9 'Summer Solstice meets', correspondence over the attendance of the SAC's annual walks, and organisation and planning, 1981-2003.
  /10 Library' including correspondence and accounts, detailing library accounts and business, and the transfer of the Scottish Arctic Club's library to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS), 1984-2008. /11 'Newsletters', detailing information on upcoming meetings and expeditions, 1987-2015.
  /12 'Expedition fund', including applications and grants awarded to the club, 1992-2010.
  /13 'Expedition reports', write ups of expeditions carried out by SAC members, and includes CDs, 2005-2010.
  /14 'Obituaries', of SAC members, 2006-2008.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The idea of forming the club was first discussed in 1969 by Iain Smart, Hugh Simpson, Bill Wallace and George Waterston. The first meeting was held in 1970, formed by academics of the University of Dundee. The members had a shared interest in Greenland and the Arctic and to join the club was initially by invitation only. Each autumn the club would organise suppers which were open to men only. Females members complained and the Summer Solstice weekends were established which included female members and wives. These events centred on walking but were later changed to Spring meetings. Funding was available for expeditions and for a time the Club was a charity but no longer. The Scottish Arctic Club has their own library which was then merged with the Waterstone library which belonged to George and Irene Waterstone; recently it became part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Perth. The Club is still active today and membership is open to anyone with an interest in the Arctic.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  Mr Ian Allison, depositor, is the current secretary of the Scottish Arctic Club.

• Note

  The idea of forming the club was first discussed in 1969 by Iain Smart, Hugh Simpson, Bill Wallace and George Waterston. The first meeting was held in 1970, formed by academics of the University of Dundee. The members had a shared interest in Greenland and the Arctic and to join the club was initially by invitation only. Each autumn the club would organise suppers which were open to men only. Females members complained and the Summer Solstice weekends were established which included female members and wives. These events centred on walking but were later changed to Spring meetings. Funding was available for expeditions and for a time the Club was a charity but no longer. The Scottish Arctic Club has their own library which was then merged with the Waterstone library which belonged to George and Irene Waterstone; recently it became part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Perth. The Club is still active today and membership is open to anyone with an interest in the Arctic.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Francesca Deans, student volunteer

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 391