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- Record Id:
- 040-002044409
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002044407
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000541.0x000314
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- Add MS 58373
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DARWIN AND CORNFORD PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 93). Letters, etc., from various individuals; 1870-1924. Partly imperfect.
1. ff. 1-8. Three letters from her father, Charles Darwin (b.1809, d.1882), with two to her husband, R. B. Litchfield; circa 1870-1875, n.d.
2. f. 9. Note by Emma Darwin relating to a suggested biography of Charles Darwin; circa 1882.
3. f. 10. T. H. Huxley's 'Pedigree of Polly'; circa 1870.
4. ff. 11-40. Letters from Laura Mary Forster; 1904-1923, n.d.
5. ff. 41-93. Miscellaneous letters; 1902-1924, n.d.
includes:
- 1-5v Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist: Letters to Henrietta Litchfield, née Darwin from Charles Robert Darwin: 1870-1872.
- ff. 6-8 Richard Buckley Litchfield, of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Office: Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist: Letters to Richard Buckley Litchfield from Charles Robert Darwin: 1875, n.d.
- f. 9 Emma Darwin, widow of C R Darwin: Note rel. to a proposed biography of Charles Darwin by Emma Darwin: circa 1882.
- f. 10 Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist: 'Pedigree' of Charles Darwin's dog, Polly by Thomas Henry Huxley: circa 1870: Germ.: Autogr.
- ff. 11-40 Laura Mary Forster, author: Letters to Henrietta Litchfield from Laura Mary Forster: 1904-1923, n.d.
- ff. 44-45v Lowes Dickinson, artist: Letter to Henrietta Litchfield: 1905.
- ff. 46-46v, 49-51 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, GCSI; Director of Kew Gardens: Letters to Henrietta Litchfield and to her brother from Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: 1905.
- ff. 58-59v Sir Francis Galton, FRS: Letter to Henrietta Litchfield: 1905.
- f. 69 Vanessa Bell, née Stephen; wife of A C H Bell; painter: Letter to Henrietta Litchfield from Vanessa Bell: 1907.
- f. 83 Octavia Hill, social reformer: Letter to Henrietta Litchfield from Octavia Hill: 1910.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002044407
036-002044408
040-002044409 - Is part of:
- Add MS 58373-58430 : DARWIN AND CORNFORD PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of and relating to the Darwin and Cornford families; circa 1864-1960,…
Add MS 58373-58374 : DARWIN AND CORNFORD PAPERS. Vols. I, II. Letters to Henrietta Litchfield, née Darwin; 1870-1925, n.d. Partly typewritten.…
Add MS 58373 : DARWIN AND CORNFORD PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 93). Letters, etc., from various individuals; 1870-1924. Partly imperfect. 1. ff. 1-8.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002044407[0001]/036-002044408[0001]/040-002044409
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 58373-58430
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1865
- End Date:
- 1924
- Date Range:
- 1865-1924
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Bell, Vanessa, painter, 1879-1961
Darwin, Charles Robert, naturalist, 1809-1882,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121251077
Darwin, Emma, wife of Charles Darwin, 1808-1896
Dickinson, Lowes Cato, portrait painter, 1819-1908
Forster, Laura Mary, author
Galton, Francis, Knight, biostatistician, human geneticist, and eugenicist, 1822-1911
Hill, Octavia, housing and social reformer, 1838-1912
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Knight, botanist and traveller, 1817-1911
Huxley, Thomas Henry, scientist
Litchfield, Richard Buckley, of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Office