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Title:
The Papers of William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877)
Scope & Content:
The British Library collection contains notebooks, letters, photographs, diaries, unbound Assyriological and mathematical folios, natural specimens in herbaria, offprints of Talbot’s articles, patents, artefacts and a small selection of books from Talbot’s library. Whilst the covering dates of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
Date Range:
1732-1952
Extent:

849 files

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Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This Series is comprised of three Sub-Series. Letters to William Henry Fox Talbot (1808-1877) concerns letters to W. H. F. Talbot from family, friends as well as professional and business associates. The letters have been arranged by sender in alphabetical order. Letters from William Henry Fox...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770-1952
Extent:
201 files

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Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Miscellaneous material
Scope & Content:
This series is comprised of miscellaneous material. (88942/9/1) to (88942/9/2) and (88942/9/4) contain written and printed material consisting of envelopes, paper folders, architectural plans and sheet music and dating from 1827 to 1864. (88942/9/3) comprises miscellaneous objects, dating from 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1864
Extent:
4 files

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Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Printed material
Scope & Content:
This Series is comprised of two Sub-Series and contains a wide variety of published material, including, books, pamphlets, leaflets, papers, articles, notes, and newspaper cuttings covering a broad range of subjects. Publications authored by W. H. F. Talbot, (1830-1878), contains published mate...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1732-1950
Extent:
92 files

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Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Herbaria, botanical specimens and mosses
Scope & Content:
This series contains collections of herbaria, preserved botanical specimens (including seeds) and mosses. (88942/6/1) to (88942/6/3), 1825-1833, are herbaria collected by others including Franz August Müller (1798-1871) of Unio Itineraria and ‘Lang’. (88942/6/4), 1827-1862, contains herbaria (mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1862
Extent:
6 files

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Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Pocket notebooks and diaries
Scope & Content:
This series contains pocket notebooks, personal diaries, address books and almanacks. The large majority of these belong to William Henry Fox Talbot, and his mother Lady Elizabeth Theresa Feilding. The remaining material in (88942/5/3) dates from between 1783 and 1951 and is from Henrietta Gaisf...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1783-1951
Extent:
X files

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Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Callings cards and invitations
Scope & Content:
This series consists of calling cards, (88942/7/1), all of which are undated save one, and invitations, (88942/7/2), which are dated from 1826 to 1937. The calling cards, both received and given by W. H. F. Talbot or members of the Talbot family, are primarily social with a few relating to Talbot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1826-1937
Extent:
2 files

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Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Poetry and verse
Scope & Content:
The material in this series is comprised of poetry and verse divided into three files. (88942/8/1) consists of poems and verses that are original compositions or the transcription of the work of other individuals, dating from 1790-1844. The vast majority of these are by W. H. F. Talbot and his i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1844
Extent:

3 files

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Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Legal and financial material
Scope & Content:
This Series is comprised of three Sub-Series and contains a wide variety of material dealing with the financial and legal affairs of W. H F. Talbot both as a businessman and as a landowner. (88942/4/3) also contains a small amount of material that deals with financial and legal matters for his i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1796-1876
Extent:

56 files

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Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Notebooks and loose notes
Scope & Content:
Talbot's notebooks testify to his wide-ranging intellectual and practical scientific interests, which extended far beyond pioneering photographic research and invention to encompass research in mathematics, optics, astronomy, botany, horticulture, Assyriology, philology, and many associated aven...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
Date Range:
1778-1877
Extent:
386 folders