| Description | 5 black and white photographs of the caves with descriptions [from H. Arnold Cook].
Carbon copy of a letter from Bate to Lawrence Methuen, 1 Mar 1932, sent with a copy of her report to Arnold Cook in reply to Methuen’s request for information about the specimens from Gower sent to Bate for identification by Cook.
Carbon copy of a letter from Bate to Reverend H. Arnold Cook, 11 Jul 1932, discussing sending specimens for identification and the grant of £20.
Carbon copy of a letter from Bate to Reverend H. Arnold Cook, 10 Nov 1932, talking about wanting to show specimens to Hinton and how she thinks it is desirable that Cook and his son should tackle an undisturbed cave.
Letters between H. Arnold Cook and Dorothea Bate:
Letter from Cook to Bate, 26 Aug 1932, describing sending specimens to Bate and giving an account of his work in the caves.
Letter to Bate from Cook, 30 Aug 1932, giving details of specimens he previously sent to her but forgot to label.
Carbon copy of a letter from Bate to Cook, 1 Sep 1932, informing him of the safe arrival of specimens and a visit by his son.
Letter from Cook to Bate, 6 Sep 1932, discussing expenses and giving his opinion as to ‘whether there was a chance of the sea having got up into the sandhole from which the sample of washed bones I sent with my last letter came’.
Carbon copy of a letter from Bate to Cook enclosing £20 from the Godman Exploration and Oldfield Thomas Fund and giving her opinion of the tools he should buy and how he should collect specimens.
Letters between H. Arnold Cook and Dorothea Bate:
Letter from Cook to Bate, 24 Apr 1932, describing a letter he received from Lady Blythswood’s estate agent (Lady Blythswood owns the land in Port Eynon parish).
Letter from Cook to Bate, 22 Apr 1932, thanking her for the grant and mentioning a letter from the agent of Lady Blythswood.
Handwritten rough notes in pencil [by ?Bate of information and questions for Cook]
Letter from Cook to Bate, 21 Mar 1932, forwarding another bone from Port Eynon cave and describing how he has been granted a six month sabbatical from work following illness.
Carbon copy of Bate’s reply to Cook’s letter of 1 Apr 1932.
Letter from H. Arnold Cook to Dorothea Bate, 2 Feb 1932, thanking her for the loan of a book and pamphlets
Letter from H. Arnold Cook to Dorothea Bate, 10 Jan 1932 asking for details of a book.
Memorandum from Dorothea Bate to M. A. C. Hinton, 25 Jan 1932, asking if he requires a formal application from Mr. Cook.
Letter from H. Arnold Cook to Dorothea Bate, 26 Dec 1932, informing her he has been invited to stay in Port Eynon next summer and asking if he and his some could call on Bate on 8 Jan.
Handwritten notes and sketch in pencil [by ?Bate].
Carbon copy of a letter from Bate to Reverend H. Arnold Cook, 1 Jan 1931, agreeing to him visiting with his son on 8 Jan.
Letters between H. Arnold Cook and Dorothea Bate:
Letter from Cook to Bate, 15 Dec 1931, enquiring about a box of bones from Port Eynon.
Note from Cook about bones found in cave at Port Eynon, Gower Peninsula.
Letter from Cook to Bate, 7 Oct 1931, enclosing stamps for the return of cave bones from the Gower Peninsula.
Letter from Cook to Bates, 25 Sep 1931, describing bones he found digging in a bone cave at Port Eynon and asking if he may send them to her to get them named.
Carbon copy of a letter from Bate to Cook, 26 Sep 1931, agreeing to examine the animal remains from Gower.
Carbon copy of a letter from Dorothea Bate to H. Arnold Cook, 19 Dec 1931, informing him that his collection of animal remains from the cave at Port Eynon ‘is of considerable interest and promised still more’ and that Mr. Hinton ‘who is the European authority on voles was much interested in seeing your specimens and is anxious for more to examine’. Bate goes on to say that the ‘large bone is the proximal portion of a Cave Lion’s humerous’ and asks if Cook will present it to the national collection and have it exhibited.
Letter from Kingsley Cook to Dorothea Bate, 3 Sep 1932, sending a report and describing a specimen of a skull.
Handwritten rough notes on Minchin Hole fauna [by ?Bate].
List of specimens from Spritsail Tor, 1932-1933.
Letter from J. G. Rutter to Dorothea Bate, 4 Nov 1944, asking for her comments on a paper.
Handwritten note of a bibliographic reference written by Bate.
Letters between H. Arnold Cook and Dorothea Bate:
Letter from Cook to Bate, 2 Aug 1932, describing his work in the cave, with a sketch plan and section.
Carbon copy of a letter from Bate to Cook, 9 Aug 1932, replying to his letter and making suggestions about his work.
Letters between H. Arnold Cook and Dorothea Bate:
Typed letter from Cook to Bate, 29 Jun 1934, offering to sort the Port Eynon bones as he has just retired due to ill health.
Carbon copy of Bate’s reply to Cook, 26 Jul 1934, saying she will forward to him remains from his Gower cave.
Postcard from H. Arnold Cook to Dorothea Bate [Nov 1944, presumably accompanying a parcel].
Letter from H. Arnold Cook to Dorothea Bate, 1 Nov 1944, informing her he has sent off a registered parcel of Port Eynon small bones today.
Typed letter from J. G. Rutter to Dorothea Bate, 21 Oct 1944, relating to a manuscript and various specimens.
‘Excavations of Port Eynon Cave, August 1932’, by The Rev. Arnold Cook M. A. and Mr. Kingsley Cook.
‘Vertebrate remains from Port Eynon Cave, Gower’, Rev. H. Arnold Cook Coll. 1931.
Letters relating to grant of £20:
Letter from H. Arnold Cook to Dorothea Bate, 25 Jul 1932, enclosing a receipt for £20 (with receipt).
Typed letter from M. A. C. Hinton to W. D. Lang, 16 Apr 1932, informing him that the Godman Trustees are willing to make a grant of £20 to The Reverent Arnold Cook for the collection of Pleistocene Mammalian remains from a cave in the Gower Peninsula.
Carbon copy of a letter from Dorothea Bate to Rev. H. Arnold Cook, 20 Apr 1932, informing him of the grant. |