Charles Darwin's Manuscripts & Papers
The largest collection of ever published from 80 collections with 120,000 images, 35,217 new and 7,100 pages of previously published manuscript transcriptions. |
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| Shropshire Archives | Christenings/burials, Shrewsbury, Parish of St Chad, 1769-1812. Transcribed here |
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| NationalArchivesCensus | Census returns of England and Wales. Entries relating to the Darwins 1841-91. Transcribed here |
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CUL-DAR1 |
Draft of last chap. of South America 'Northern Chile', 1844-6. 148 images. Transcribed here | |
Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, chaps. 1-4. 311 images |
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Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, chaps. 4-6. 339 images |
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| Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, chaps. 7-11. 325 images |
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Edinburgh lecture notes, 1825-7; class cards; zoological walk to Portobello; geological notes, Shrewsbury & with Sedgwick; alluvium; Salisbury Craigs; for glacier papers, 1839-42. 283 images |
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| EUL-0009695 Edinburgh University Library |
Image | Matriculation Album, 1816-1828 with signatures of Charles Darwin and Erasmus Alvey Darwin. 1825. |
| EUL-Coll-275 |
Minutes of Plinian Society. Edinbugh. (Darwin's first scientific papers). 3.1827. Transcribed here |
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| EUL-ADO-2017-0015[.1] | Image | Royal Infirmary Edinburgh. Perpetual ticket. |
| EUL-ADO-2017-0015[.2] | Image | University of Edinburgh. Lectures on the Principles & Practice of Surgery by Mr Monro, Nov 16 1825. |
| EUL-ADO-2017-0015[.3] | Image | Edinburgh. Chemistry and Pharmacy by Thos. Chas. Hope. 1825-6. |
| EUL-ADO-2017-0015[.4] | Image | Edinburgh 30 Nov. 1825. Clinical lectures. [Dr. Graham & Dr. Alison] |
| EUL-ADO-2017-0015[.5] | Image | Edinburgh. Lectures on Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology, by Alexander Monro. 1825. |
| EUL-ADO-2017-0015[.6] | Image | University of Edinburgh Library ticket 1825-6. |
| CC-T.1.2 Christ's College, Cambridge |
'Admissions to Christ College'. 1827. Introduction by John van Wyhe |
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| CC-T.1.4 | 'Admissions 1818-1828'. Introduction by John van Wyhe |
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| CC-T.3.1 | 'Admissions 1815-1852'. Introduction by John van Wyhe |
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| CC-T.11.26 | 'Tutors' Accounts' & bills for apothecary, bedmaker, etc. 1822-9. |
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| CC-T.11.27 | 'Students Bills' T.11.26 cont., & room rent. 1830-5. Introduction by John van Wyhe |
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| CC-T.11.25 | 'Students Bills'. meals account in College. 1827-31.
Introduction by John van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| CC-T.9.5 | 'Study Rent'. Darwin's quarterly room rent. 1828-31. Introduction by John van Wyhe |
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| CC-T.17.A | 'Residents Book'. residence in College and terms kept. 1828-9. Introduction by John van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| CC-T.8.2 | 'Lecturer's Book'. Degree fees for B.A. in 1831 and M.A. in 1836. Introduction by John van Wyhe |
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| CC-OldLibraryFox1 | Letter: Darwin to W. D. Fox. 12 June 1828. | |
| CC-OldLibrary184a | Photograph of Darwin by Maull & Polyblank. 1855. |
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| A529 | Image | Photograph of Darwin by E. Edwards. 1866. |
| A289 | Image | Photograph of Darwin by O. G. Rejlander. 1871. |
| Christies-21034Lot55 | Image | Photograph of Darwin by L. Darwin [1878a.4b] |
| McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.13] | Image | Photograph of Darwin by L. Darwin [1878a.2] |
| McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.8] |
Cheque to 'Mr Pearson' 1869 for £9.10.6. Transcribed here |
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| CC-OldLibrary184b | Cheque 'to self' 1872 for £50. |
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| UCL-GaltonPapers1.1.3.5[.1] | Image | Cheque to 'Mr Sales' 1875 for £50. |
| Christies-14301 | Image | Cheque to 'Mr Nicholls' 1878 for £34.10.0. |
| RRAuction2019 | Image | Cheque to 'Mr Payne' 1879 for £25.4.0. |
| McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.9] | Image | Cheque from Emma Darwin to 'Mr A. Sales' 1876 for £7.15.3. |
CC-Oldlibrary0.12.14-9 |
Henslow, Geological description of Anglesea. 1822. [Corrected proof, coloured drawings & maps] Full article: A599 | |
CC-Oldlibrary0.12.14-21 |
Henslow, On the examination of a hybrid Digitalis. 1831. [Corrected proof with coloured drawings] |
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CC-Oldlibrary0.12.14-22 |
Henslow, On a monstrosity of the common Mignionette. 1833. [Corrected proof] |
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| CC-Oldlibrary0.13.9 | Image | Darwin, A posthumous essay on instinct. Proof for Linnean Journal vol. 17. "Private uncorrected proof" 1883. |
| CC-OldLibraryBB.5.17a | Proctor, Narrative of a journey across the Cordillera of the Andes. 1825. [book annotated by Darwin] | |
NRO-DD.SK.218.1 |
Journal kept by H. P. Lowe & R Lowe during 3 months of the summer 1831. at Barmouth. North Wales. Introduction by Peter Lucas. Transcribed here | |
UMZC-Histories3.454 |
Catalogue of the appendages and other parts of Cirripedes. 1854-5. [barnacles] Introduction by John van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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NHM-Z-89-f-DAR |
Barnacle specimen list. 1846-54. Introduction by Marsha Richmond. |
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NHMD-Barnacles |
List of barnacles sent to the Copenhagen Museum. 1854. Transcribed here |
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| Whipple-Wh.3788.1 Whipple Museum, Cambridge |
Image | Compound microscope, signed "Jas SMITH LONDON". |
| Whipple-Wh.3788.2 | Image | Patterned red silk handkerchief as microscope cover. |
| Whipple-Wh.3788.3 | Text & images | Booklet: Description of the improved achromatic microscope made by James Smith. notes at back. "Directions for using the 1/8 in obj Glass". Note on the use of the micrometer. |
| Whipple-Wh.3788.4 | Image | MSS dealing with the microscope. In Darwin's hand. |
| Whipple-Wh.3788.5 | Image | Envelope marked "Last observn made by CD (some exp of mine FD)." Contains three manuscripts by Darwin, one on bean experiments pasted onto backing with note by Francis Darwin; Expression drafts; notes concerning micrometer. |
| Whipple-Wh.3788.6 | Image | Note in Darwin's hand detailing the results of a "bean experiment" [i.e. Darwin's last experiment] |
| Whipple-Wh.3788.7 | Image | Draft of Expression, 'Ch VI p. 34A' and 'Ch. Birds p. 139' |
1842 Pencil sketch of species theory, 1844 Essay Part 1 Draft A; species theory outline for Asa Gray, 1857. 87 images |
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| CUL-DAR6.1-13 | Text & image | 1844 Essay on species theory ('Part 1, Draft A'). Transcribed here & F1556 |
| CUL-DAR6.14 | Outline of 1842 species sketch. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR6.16-50 | Text & image | Pencil sketch of species theory, 1842. |
| CUL-DAR6.51 | Draft of species theory abstract sent to Asa Gray, 1857. Transcribed here & F1556 & F350 |
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| GHL-HU-gra00078-48 Gray Herbarium, Harvard University |
Species theory abstract sent to Asa Gray, 1857. Transcribed here |
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1844 Essay on species theory. [fair copy: CUL-DAR113, 1909 copy: CUL-DAR217.2]. 311 images |
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NHM-MSS-DAR4 |
Memo to Emma Darwin about 1844 essay on species. Transcribed here |
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| Natural selection, chap. 3 'On the possibility of all organic beings occasionally crossing and on the remarkable susceptibility of the reproductive system to external agencies', Completed 16.12.1856. Summary of book plan. Transcribed in F1583 & here with corrections |
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| Natural selection, chap. 4 'Variation under nature' Completed 26.01.1857. Transcribed in F1583 & here with corrections |
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| Natural selection, chap. 5 'The struggle for existence as bearing on natural selection'. Completed 3.03.1857. Transcribed in F1583 & here with corrections |
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| CUL-DAR10.2 | Natural selection, chap. 6 'On natural selection'. Completed 31 Mar. 1857, corrected 12.06.1858. Transcribed in F1583 & here with corrections |
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| Natural selection, chap. 7 'Laws of variation: varieties & species compared'. Completed 29.09.1857. Transcribed in F1583 & here with corrections |
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| CUL-DAR11.2 | Natural selection, chap. 8 'Difficulties in the theory of natural selection in relation to passages from form to form'. Completed 29.09.1857. Transcribed in F1583 |
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| Natural selection, chap. 9 'Hybridism'. Completed 29.12.1857. Transcribed in F1583 |
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| Natural selection, chap. 10 'Mental powers and instincts in animals'. Completed 9.03.1858. Transcribed in F1583 |
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| F3583 | Text | [Inquiring about the habits of the American Cuckoo, 1858]. Transcribed here |
| Natural selection, chap. 11 'Geographical distribution'. Completed 13.10.1856. Transcribed in F1583 |
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| Natural selection, 2d part [large genera and divergence] completed 12.06.1858; draft & fair copy sent to Hooker. Fair copy of CUL-DAR9.(1-87). Transcribed in F1583 & here with corrections |
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| Natural selection, calculations and tables for chap. 4: First part. 162 images Transcribed here |
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| Natural selection, calculations and tables for chap. 4: cont. 175 & 169 images Transcribed here |
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| Drafts of Expression and Descent. 38 images Transcribed here |
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CUL-DAR17.1.B |
Draft of Climbing plants, Part I. 106 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR17.2.A | Images Text |
Draft of Climbing plants, Part I, remainder. 53 images. Transcribed here |
CUL-DAR17.2.B |
Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, chaps. 8 & 9. 49 images |
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| Draft of Climbing plants. Part II.
263 images Transcribed here |
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| Draft of Movement in plants, 1877-80. Introduction, Chap. 1. | ||
| SCRC-UCL-Box1Folder2[.1] | Text & image | Draft of Earthworms, folio 11. Transcribed here |
| CWRU-StecherWormsMS | Text & image | Draft of Earthworms, folio 54. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR19.2 | Itemized Images |
Draft of Movement in plants, 1877-80. Chap. 2. |
| CUL-DAR20.1 | Itemized Images |
Draft of Movement in plants, 1877-80. Chap. 3. |
| CUL-DAR20.2 | Itemized Images |
Draft of Movement in plants, 1877-80. Chap. 4. |
| CUL-DAR21 | Itemized Images |
Draft of Movement in plants, 1877-80. Chaps. 5-6. |
| CUL-DAR22.1 | Itemized Images |
Draft of Movement in plants, 1877-80. Chap. 7. |
| CUL-DAR22.2 | Itemized Images |
Draft of Movement in plants, 1877-80. Chap. 7. |
| CUL-DAR22.3 | Itemized Images |
Draft of Movement in plants, 1877-80. Chaps. 7-8. |
| CUL-DAR23.1 | Itemized Images |
Draft of Movement in plants, 1877-80. Chap. 9. |
| CUL-DAR23.2 CUL-DAR23.3 |
Itemized Images |
Draft of Movement in plants, 1877-80. Chap. 10, 11-12. |
| CUL-DAR24.1 CUL-DAR24.2 |
Itemized Images |
Draft of Earthworms, 1880-1. Chaps. 1-3. |
| CUL-DAR25.1 | Itemized Images |
Draft of Earthworms, 1880-1. Drafts and revised fair copy of chaps 4-7. |
| CUL-DAR25.2 | Itemized Images |
Draft of Earthworms, 1880-1. Drafts and revised fair copy of chaps 4-7. |
| Draft of 'Recollections of the Development of My Mind and Character' [Autobiography]. 205 images Transcribed here & F1497 |
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Notes & drafts for papers on bees, F1658; glaciers of Caernarvonshire F1660; Sagitta, F1664; sea-water on seeds, F1694; bees fertilisation of Papilionaceous flowers, Kidney beans. Proofs & specimens. F1701. 1840s-50s. 137 images |
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| Draft of & notes for 'On the sexual relations of the three forms of Lythrum salicaria'. 1864-5. F1731. 151 images Transcribed here |
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Draft of 'Action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of certain plants', 1882. F1800 64 images. |
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CUL-DAR28.1.B |
Fair copy of above. 57 images |
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Draft of 'Action of carbonate of ammonia on chlorophyll bodies' & fair copy, 1882, F1801. |
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Catalogues of Beagle specimens: Animals; Fish in spirits of wine; Insects; Shells in spirits of wine. 143 images |
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| CUL-DAR29.1.A1-A49 | Beagle animal notes. (animals [mammals], fish, insects and shells)
1835-9. |
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| CUL-DAR29.1.B1b-B20 | 'Fish in Spirits of Wine' [Beagle catalogue] 1832-9. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR29.1.C | Itemized | Insects, 1835-9. Transcribed here & F1830 |
| CUL-DAR29.1.D1-D8 | 'Shells in Spirits of wine'. [Beagle catalogue] 1832-9. Transcribed here |
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| Ornithological notes [Beagle bird catalogue] 1836. 123 images Transcribed in F1577 |
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Lists of Beagle specimens & post-Beagle zoological materials. |
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| CUL-DAR237.3 | Text & images | Plants notebook. [List of Beagle plants, 1832-6]. Transcribed here |
| UMZC-Histories4.945 | Harmer, 'List of [zoological] specimens collected on the Beagle...kept in the museum [Cambridge].' 20 images Transcribed here |
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HarkerCatalogue |
Catalogue of the "Beagle" Collection of Rocks... |
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| NHM-MSS-DARA.3 Natural History Museum (London) |
Text & image | "Series of specimens showing the composition of the circular coral-reef". 1837. Transcribed here |
NHM-405052-1001 |
List of reptiles and amphibians from Beagle voyage. 1832-7. Transcribed here |
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NHM-408865-1001 |
List of fossil wood specimens from Beagle voyage. 1832-7. Introduction by John van Wyhe |
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| CUL-DAR29.3.78 | Notes on the preservation of specimens [for Beagle voyage]. 1831. |
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| CUL-DAR30.1 | Browse Itemized |
Zoological diary, 1832-6. 632 images Introduction by Richard Darwin Keynes Transcribed here & F1840
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| Browse Itemized |
Geological diary. 1832-6. 485 images. CUL-DAR32: Cape Verdes, Atlantic islands, Brazil, Uruguay, Tierra del Fuego.
Introduction by Gordon Chancellor Transcribed here |
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| Geological diary. Uruguay, Argentina, Falklands. Introduction by Gordon Chancellor |
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Geological diary. Uruguay, Argentina, Falklands, Chiloe. 367 images Introduction by Gordon Chancellor |
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Geological diary. Chile (with Chonos & Chiloe). 371 images Introduction by Gordon Chancellor |
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| CUL-DAR35.328,328a-328j | 'Chiloe Janr. 1835' [Beagle field notes]. Introduction by Gordon Chancellor & John van Wyhe |
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Geological diary. Chile, crossing of Andes into Argentina and Copiapo. 310 images Introduction by Gordon Chancellor |
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Geological diary. Northern Chile, Peru, Galapagos, Tahiti, New Zealand. 315 images Introduction by Gordon Chancellor |
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| CUL-DAR37.716-795A | Geological diary: Galapagos. 10.1835. Introduction by K. Thalia Grant & Gregory B. Estes Transcribed here |
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Geological diary. Australia, Mauritius, South Africa, St Helena, Ascension, Bahia, Azores. 1836. 224 images Introduction by Gordon Chancellor |
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Geological notes on South America, specimens, cleavage, fossils, shells, corals, abstracts, maps & diagrams. 1833-9. 398 images |
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Geological notes. Field notes: Hobart, Ascension etc. 1838-42. 157 images |
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| CUL-DAR41 | 'Coral Islands' essay and fair copy; 'Recapitulation and concluding remarks' [geology of South America], 'Cleavage' etc. 1835-42. 176 images |
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| Darwin's referee reports from the Royal Geographical Society | ||
| RGS-JMS-8-6 | Referee report on Earl, G. W. The Dutch at Timor and Sandal Islands. | |
| RGS-JMS-13-30 | Referee report on Orr J., Direction of the rivers in Gipps Land. | |
| RGS-JMS-13-32 | Referee report on Earl, G. W. Letter with account of the fresh water in the bottom of the Gulf of Carpentaria. | |
| RGS-JMS-8-7 | Referee report on Stanley, Owen. Account of a Cruise among some of the Islands of the Indian Archipelago. | |
| RGS-JMS-6-33 | Referee report on Moody, R. C. Extract of a report on the Falkland Islands. | |
| RGS-JMS-13-33 | Referee report on Wickham, Capt. J. Some account of the Depuch Islands and native drawings upon the rocks there. | |
| RGS-JMS-6-36 | Referee report on Moody, R. C. Further details on the Falkland Islands and notes on the Indians of Patagonia. | |
| RGS-JMS-6-39 | Referee report on Robinson, Murriel R. On the town of Carmen and settlement of the rio Negro of Patagonia. | |
| RGS-JMS-16-1 | Draft of Note on a block of rock seen on an iceberg in 61 deg. Published as F1652. | |
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Darwin's referee reports from the Geological Society of London |
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| GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.216 |
Williams, On the raised beaches in Barnstaple. 3.1837. Transcribed here |
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| GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.65 | Forchhammer, Changes of level in Denmark. 10.1837. Transcribed here |
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| GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.8 | Austen, Limestones of Devonshire. 9.1838. Transcribed here |
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| GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.38 | Clarke, Shower of ashes. 1.1840. Transcribed here |
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| GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.35 | Chatfield, earthquake at San Salvador. 11.1840. Transcribed here |
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| GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.130 | Newbold, Rock basins & Phillips, Caves, elephant bones and pumice. 10.1842. Transcribed here |
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Darwin's referee reports from the Royal Society of London |
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| RoySoc-RR2.225 | Text & image | Sharpe, Foliation and cleavage of the rocks of the north of Scotland. 3.1852. |
| RoySoc-RR3.38 | Carpenter, Fossil Foraminifera, 'Orbitolites'. 8.1855. Transcribed here |
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| RoySoc-RR3.40 | Text & image | 2d report on Carpenter above. 7.1856. Transcribed here |
| RoySoc-RR3.41 | Text & image | 3d report on Carpenter above. 9.1858. Transcribed here |
| RoySoc-RR3.147 | Horner, Researches near Cairo. 3.1858. Transcribed here |
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| RoySoc-RR3.255 | Smyth, Geology & natural history of Teneriffe. 3.1858. Transcribed here |
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| RoySoc-RR8.107 | S. Haughton, Notes on physical geology. 4.1878. Transcribed here |
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| RoySoc-RR8.183 | J. Prestwich, Parallel Roads of Lochaber. 5.1879 Transcribed here |
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| RoySoc-EC-1839-05 | Text & image | Election of Darwin to a Fellowship of the Royal Society of London. 1839. Transcribed here |
| McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.1] | Image | Darwin Wallace Medal, Linnean Society of London, 1908. |
The Linnean Society of London |
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| LINSOC-SP.57 | Text & image | Mary Elizabeth Barber, Duvernoia adhatoides; with draft, watercolour drawing and sketch. 5.1869 Transcribed here |
| LINSOC-CR.67 | Text & image | Certificate to elect Darwin a Fellow of the Linnean Society. 1853. Transcribed here |
| LINSOC-SP.585c[1] | Text & image | T. H. Huxley, Agamic Reproduction & Embryology of Aphis. 5.[1858] Transcribed here |
| LINSOC-SP.1249[.2] | Text | J. P. M. Weale on Bonatea. 1867. Transcribed here |
| LINSOC-SP.1250 | Text | Four papers by J. P. M. Weale. 1871. Transcribed here |
| LINSOC-SP.585c[2] | Text & image | T. Bell's report on Huxley's paper on Crocodilia. 1859. Transcribed here |
| LINSOC-SP.585c[3] | Text & image | R. Owen on The paper by Willm Huxley, Esq, On the Physalia. 1850. Transcribed here |
| LINSOC-SP.585c[4] | Text & image | E. Forbes to J. J. Bennett submitting papers by Huxley. 5.1848. Transcribed here |
| LINSOC-SP.585c[5] | R. Owen to J. J. Bennett on Huxley's papers. 1850. Transcribed here |
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| LINSOC-SP.16 | Text | T. Powell, Several atolls of the Tokelan, Ellice, and Gilbert groups, South Pacific. 23.6.1875. Transcribed here |
| LINSOC-[A779] | Darwin's copy of: Greenough, A critical examination of the first principles of geology. 1819. Transcribed here |
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Beagle field Notebooks, Beagle Diary, Down House papers |
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| EH88202366 English Heritage Darwin Collection, Down House |
Text & image | The Beagle diary. 1831-6. |
| EH88202324 |
Cape de Verds notebook. 1-6.1832. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202330 | Rio notebook. 4, 6-10.1832. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202332 | Buenos Ayres notebook. 11-12.1832-2; 12.1833. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202334 | Falkland notebook. 2-5, 8.1833. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202331 | B. Blanca notebook. 9-10.1833. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202333 | St. Fe notebook. 9-11.1833; 3-4.1835. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202329 | Banda Oriental notebook. 11.1833, 4-5.1834. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202328 | Port Desire notebook. 1-4, 11-12.1834. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202335 | Valparaiso notebook. 8.1834. |
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| EH88202338 | Santiago notebook. 9.1834; 2.1835-9.1838? Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202337 | Galapagos notebook. 1835. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202336 | Coquimbo notebook. 4-5.1835. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202327 | Copiapò notebook. 6.1835. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202326 | Despoblado notebook. 6-9.1835; 5-9.1836. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202323 | Sydney notebook. 1-4.1836. Introduction by Chancellor & van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| EH88202322 | Red notebook. 1836-1837. Transcribed in F1583e |
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| EH88202325 | Text | St Helena Model notebook. 1838. Transcribed in F1839 Text PDF |
| EH88202321 | Text | 'Notebook 1.1'. [1874-80?] |
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General Aspect. (Down Landscape). 1843-4. Transcribed here |
| EH88202576 | Text | Catalogue of Down Specimens Notebook. 1855-9. Transcribed here |
| EH88202564 | Text Image |
Skins: Pigeons. Transcribed here |
| EH88202555 | Text Image |
Longevity & Vitality of Seeds. 1874. Transcribed here |
| EH88202556 | Text Image |
Lawn plot experiment. 1856-8. Transcribed here |
| EH88202577 | Receipts and Memoranda book. 1840s-1896. Transcribed here |
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| Christ's College, Cambridge | Stanbury collection (catalogue of Beagle voyage research materials) | |
Museo Naval de la Nación, Tigre, Brazil |
Forsyth, 'A log of the Proceedings of H. M. Surveying Sloop Beagle.' 1833-6. Introduction by Simon Keynes |
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Notes for South America. 'Earthquakes'; 'Scraps Cleavage...Pampas Chapter'. 1835-46. 366 images |
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| CUL-DAR42.93-96 |
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| CUL-DAR42.148 | ||
| CUL-DAR42.97-99 | 'The position of the bones of Mastodon (?) at Port St Julian is of interest'. 2.1835. Transcribed here |
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| Notes by Orbigny, Sowerby & Forbes on Darwin's shells. [See F273 Appendix] 105 images Transcribed here |
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| 'Buenos Ayres The fossil shells'. Fair copy of CUL-DAR43.1.6-45. (46pp) | ||
| Sowerby, 'Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America.' [F273 Appendix]. 69 images Transcribed here |
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Maps of South America, plans & diagrams (geological sections, etc.). 52 images |
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| CUL-DAR44.30 |
St Helena model [leaf]. 9.1838. Transcribed here & F1839 |
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| Notes for Natural selection chap. 4 'Variation under nature'. 284 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR45.58 | 'Forbes has thought about variability, being effect of conditions.'
12.1844. Transcribed here |
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Notes for Natural selection chap. 5 'Struggle for existence'. 105 images |
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Notes for Natural selection. seed & plant experiments, abstracts & alpine plants...;
Notes for Journal of researches 2d ed. "may be useful in species theory";
'Habits of Bees' portfolio. Roses. Peas. 287 images |
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Notes for Natural selection chap. 7 'Laws of Variation'. 361 images |
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Notes for Natural selection chap. 8 'Transitions of Organs'. Notes on bees' cells for origin of species theory. 234 images |
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CUL-DAR46.B66 CUL-DAR48.B67-B74 |
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Last sketch [on bees' cells]. 1858. |
Notes for Natural selection chap. 3 'On...organic beings occasionally crossing' or dichogamy in plants. Notes on plants 1841-72. 195 images |
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Materials for Natural selection chap. 11 'Geographic distribution'; draft for Kemp 'seeds buried...which germinated.' (F1918) Glen Roy notes. See F1909.
Croll, 'views on glacial periods'. Alpine, polar & glacial distribution. 235 images |
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Draft pages of Origin of species Introduction by John van Wyhe |
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| CUL-DAR64.2.28v | Text & image | Fair copy, Introduction?, folio 10. Origin, pp. 3-4. Introduction by John van Wyhe All transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR185.109.6 | [Sect. I], folio 40. Origin, p. 40. (child's drawing on verso) ['Section' became 'Chapter' in Origin] |
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| Goldberg2017.101.159 | Text & image | Sect. III, folio 75. Origin, p. 71. |
| Houghton-fMS.Eng.12141 |
Text & image | Sect. V, folio 156. Origin, p. 149-50. |
| KML-Origin163 |
Text & image | Ch. V, folio 163. Origin, p. 155. |
| Eton-ECL-MSA430.01.01.03 |
Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 197. Origin, pp. 183. |
| CUL-DAR185.103 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 198. Origin, pp. 183-4. |
| Lehigh-MS-ALS-Darwin-C.18xx | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 201. Origin, pp. 185-6. |
| CUL-DAR185.137 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 202. Origin, pp. 186-7. |
| CUL-DAR185.108 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 203. Origin, p. 187. |
| AMNH-RF-18-H | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 204. Origin, pp. 187-8. |
| CUL-DAR157.1 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 205. Origin, p. 188. |
| CUL-DAR185.108 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folios 208, 208(a), 209, 210. Origin, pp. 187, 190-2, 196-9, 202. |
| CUL-DAR185.141 | Text & image | [Sect. VI, folio 209](a). Origin, p. 191. |
| CUL-DAR157.2 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 211. Origin, pp. 192-3. |
| CUL-DAR157.3 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 212. Origin, p. 193. |
| CUL-DAR157.4 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 213. Origin, pp. 193-4. |
| F3555 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 214. Origin, p. 194. |
| F3532 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folios 215, 215(a), 216. Origin, pp. 194-6. |
| CUL-DAR185.108 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folios 217-221. Origin, pp. 196-9. |
APS-B-D25.57 |
Sect. VI, folios 222, 223, 223(a), 224. Origin, pp. 200-2. |
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| CUL-DAR185.108 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 225. Origin, p. 202. |
| UCL-PEARSON-10.2 |
Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 226. Origin, p. 203. |
| Christies-9178-Lot77 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 229. Origin, pp. 204-6. |
| SHSI-02-03-01,B7 |
Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 230. Origin, pp. 205-6. |
| CUL-DAR185.145 | Text & image | Sect. VI, folio 231. Origin, p. 206. |
| CUL-DAR185.146 | Text & image | [Sect. VI, folio 231](a)(b). Origin, p. 206. |
| FMB-Aut.D-4.2 |
Text & image | Sect. 7, folio 233. Origin, pp. 207-8. |
| F3516 | Text & image | Sect. 7, folio 235. Origin, p. 209. |
NHM-MSS-DARA |
Sect. 7, folios 237-240. Origin, pp. 210-14. | |
| CUCNY-HerterBox1[.1] |
Text & image | Sect. 7, folio 241. Origin, pp. 214-15. |
| Dibner-MSS405A[.1] |
Text & image | Sect. 7, folio 242. Origin, p. 215. |
| CUL-DAR185.109.22 | Text & image | Fair copy, Chap. VII, folio 23. Origin, p. 219. (child's drawing on verso) |
APS-B-D25.57 |
Sect. 7, folio 269. Origin, pp. 237-8. |
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| PC-USA-OriginMS270 | Text & image | Sect. 7, folio 270. Origin, p. 238. |
APS-B-D25.57 |
Sect. 7, folio 271. Origin, pp. 238-9. |
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| EUL-MSSE2001.13 |
Text & image | Sect. 7, folio 277. Origin, pp. 243-4 |
| Lehigh-MS-ALS-Darwin-C.1859 | Text & image | Chap. VIII, folio 277. Origin, p. 245. |
| PC-USA-OriginMS324 / CUL-DAR185.142 |
Text & image | Sect. 8, folio 324. Origin, pp. 277-8. |
| Dibner-MSS405A[.2] |
Text & image | [Sect. 9], unnumbered folio. Origin, pp. 283-4. |
| F3518 | Text & image | Sect. 9, folio 338. Origin, pp. 289-90. |
| CUL-DAR185.109.26 | Text & image | Sect. 9, folio 355. Origin, p. 301. (child's drawing on verso) |
| CUL-DAR185.109.24 | Text & image | [Sect. 9], unnumbered folio (a). Origin, p. 307. (child's drawing on verso) |
| CUL-DAR185.109.21 | Text & image | Fair copy, Chap. XIII, folio 48. Origin, pp. 442-3. (child's drawing on verso) |
Notes on plant morphology, pangenesis & 'Variation under domestication', 1861-5; phyllotaxy diagrams, 1863; Antirrhinum, 1862-5; on Ranyard on Pangenesis, Variation draft chap. 27. 177 images |
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| CUL-DAR51.C36-C74 | [Draft of Variation] Hypothesis of Pangenesis. 5.1865. Transcribed here & F1578 |
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| HA-2006Lot25535 Heritage Auctions |
Text & image | Memorandum to John Murray on index for Variation. [1867]. Transcribed here |
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Botanical notes, variation & pangenesis, 1868-82; draft: organs not being formed by direct action of medium;
Galtonian measurements, 1873;
Southampton gravel, 1874. See F1351;
Romanes on abortion, Torbitt on potatoes, 1876-. See F1978, F2542, F2532;
Chlorophyll in plants, 1880-1. 213 images |
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| CUL-DAR53.1 | Photographs & drawings for Expression. 202 images 34 transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR53.2 | Drafts, notes & clippings for Expression. 138 images 46 transcribed here |
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| Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Experimental treatments and observations
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| Material for Insectivorous plants. 1872-3. 225 images Transcribed here |
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| Material for Insectivorous plants. 1873. 227 images Transcribed here |
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| Material for Insectivorous plants. 1874. 220 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR58.1 | Browse Itemized |
Correspondence on insectivorous plants 1860-76. 286 images |
Material for Insectivorous plants. Press-cuttings. 219 images |
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| Material for Insectivorous plants. 1874-5. 244 images Transcribed here |
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Material for Insectivorous plants. 127 images |
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Material for Insectivorous plants. 1860s-70s. 255 & 134 images |
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| Materials for & draft of Insectivorous plants. 129 images Transcribed here |
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| BL-Zweig.141 British Library |
Text & image | Draft of Insectivorous plants, folio 21. Transcribed here |
| McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.14] | Text & image | Draft of Insectivorous plants, folio 38. Transcribed here |
| CC-OldLibraryGG.1.25 | Draft of Insectivorous plants, folio 50. Transcribed here |
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| HA-Lot1233 Heritage Auctions |
Text & image | Draft of Insectivorous plants, folio 314. Transcribed here |
| Dibner-MSS405A[.3] | Text & image | Draft leaf of Insectivorous plants, pp. 277-8. Transcribed here |
SA-Haandskrift394A[.1] |
Draft leaf of Insectivorous plants, pp. 293-4. Transcribed here |
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| SA-Haandskrift394A[.2] | Text & image | G. H. Darwin letter to V. Albeck re above MS, 1903. Transcribed here |
Notes for 'On the action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of certain plants'. 1882. F1801 132 images |
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| CUL-DAR63-65 | Text & image | Earthworms notes text, CUL-DAR63-65, in a single file. |
Material for Earthworms.
Notes on (1) castings; (2) furrows & ploughed land; (3) experiments at different locales. |
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| CWRU-StecherWormsMS | Text & image | Draft of Earthworms, folio 54. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR64.2.13v | Text & image | Draft of Historical sketch for Origin 3d ed. 1-2.1860. Transcribed here |
Material for Earthworms. 1880-81. 171 images. |
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Notes on bloom on leaves & fruit. 1863, 1873-5 & 1877. 232 images. Introduction by Chua & van Wyhe. |
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Notes on bloom on leaves & fruit. 1877-82. 141 images. Introduction by Chua & van Wyhe. |
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Notes on bloom on leaves & fruit; leaf secretion & ants; sleep in plants; salt water; effects of shaking stems of plants. 1873-81. 182 images. Introduction by Chua & van Wyhe. |
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| Christies-14301Lot201 | Images | Corrected sheets of Origin 3d ed., sent to Bronn for Origin 2d German ed. (F673) |
Material for new eds. of works: supplemental note for Descent (2d ed. 1877),
French trans. of 5th & 6th eds. of Origin; Coral reefs (2d ed. 1874); Coral reefs (3d ed. 1889); Climbing plants (2d ed. 1875); Cross and self fertilisation (2d ed. 1878). 335 images |
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Material for Orchids 2d ed. 1877. Paintings for plates I-IV. 1860-76. 264 images. |
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Abstracts of scientific books. 290 images. |
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| CUL-DAR71.1-5 | 'Catalogue of Books (not Journals)'. [1850s-1865?] Transcribed here |
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| CWRU-StecherWatsonAbstract Case Western Reserve University |
Text & image | Abstract of Watson, Cybele Britannica, [7.1856] Transcribed here |
| UCL-GaltonPapers1.1.3.5[.2] | Text & image | Abstract of M'Andrew, Remarks upon Mr. J. G. Jeffrey's last dredging report. Transcribed here |
| Abstracts of scientific books & journals, chiefly on botany. 213 images Transcribed here |
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Abstracts of scientific journals. 216 images |
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Abstracts of scientific journals, etc. 271 images. |
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Abstracts of pamphlets & scientific journals & Index. |
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Notes for Cross and self fertilisation. 1840s-1876. |
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Material for Cross and self fertilisation, experimental results 1840s-1875. 265 images |
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| Notes for Cross and self fertilisation, experimental results cont. 276 images Transcribed here |
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| Notes for Cross and self fertilisation, experimental results cont. 239 images Transcribed here |
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Material for Descent (including 'Man').
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Material for Descent, Sexual Selection: Invertebrates. 1860-70. 237 images |
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Material for Descent, Fish & Reptiles.
Queries & observations of Günther. 1860-70. 319 images |
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Material for Descent. Mammals. Notes & observations, at Zoological Gardens etc. 1867-70. 233 images |
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Material for Descent, proofs, letters & prints, woodcuts, feathers, butterfly wings. 309 images |
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| Material for Descent, sexual selection: birds. 251
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Material for Descent, music, hair colour in man, sexual selection: Man (used), polygamy & number of sexes (Chap. 1). 335 images |
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Notes for Descent, sexual selection: Proportion of sexes, errata and Insectivorous plants. 289 images |
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Material for Descent 2d ed. 1874 chaps. 1-6, & cuttings from journals & photographs. 229 images |
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Material for Descent 2d ed. moral sense, mammals & birds. 274 images |
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Material for Descent 2d ed. fish, insects, sexual selection, man-voice, music. 284 images |
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Material for Descent 2d ed. races, sexual selection, general principles. 211 images. |
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Early notes on guns & shooting. 1827 notes on Christianity; moral sense. 'a sketch of the principal events in my life'. 1861 draft of recollections of Henslow. Notes found with 'Books to be read'. Wallace pension. 1837-81. 172 images |
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| CUL-DAR91.4-55 | 'Old & useless notes about the moral sense & some metaphysical points'. 1838-40. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR91.56-63 | 'Life. Written August — 1838' autobiographical fragment. 8.1838. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR91.70 | 'Books read'. 2 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR91.71 | 'List of Books bearing on number of inhabitants of small area' Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR91.72 | 'Books to be read' Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR91.79-80 | 'Memoranda about Books'. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR91.88a-88b | 'Books to be certainly read'. 1856. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR91.91-94 | Text & image | Buckley, Biographical and bibliographical notes on A. R. Wallace. [1880] Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR91.95-98 | Text & image | Draft of Memorial of A. R. Wallace for a Civil List Pension. [1880] Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR91.99-100 | Text & image | A list of potential signatories for Wallace memorial. [1880] Transcribed here |
NHM-WP6.4.1 |
Notes on Wallace's Island life. 11.1880. |
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| NHM-MSS-HUN.49 Natural History Museum (London) |
'a sketch of the principal events in my life'. 1866. Transcribed here |
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CUL-DAR91.102-104 |
'a sketch of the principal events in my life'. 1866-75. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR91.114-118 | Notes on reading Sumner's Evidence of Christianity. c.1827. Transcribed here |
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| Samuel Butler's attack. Fair copies of Darwin's draft letters to Athenaeum, cuttings etc. 1826-82. 300 images | ||
| CUL-DAR93 | Letters to J. S. Henslow and John Scott. 1838-63. | |
| CUL-DAR94 | Correspondence: Darwin to Hooker et al. 1866-73. | |
| CUL-DAR95 | Correspondence: Darwin to Hooker. 1876-82. | |
| McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.188] | Text & image | Draft 12pp on Erasmus Darwin I with quotations from Erasmus Darwin. Transcribed here |
| PC-Virginia-Erasmus-F1319 | Image |
Darwin's annotated copy of Krause, Erasmus Darwin, 1879. |
| PC-Virginia-Erasmus-F1319.1 | Corrections for Erasmus Darwin 2d ed., tipped in to Darwin's copy of 1st ed. 2 leaves. Transcribed here |
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| PC-Virginia-Erasmus-F1319.2 | Image |
Proofs for Erasmus Darwin 2d ed., corrections by Francis Darwin, tipped in to Darwin's copy of 1st ed. |
| PC-Virginia-Galton1879 | Text & images | E. S. Galton to Darwin, 1879, on Erasmus Darwin. Tipped in to Darwin's copy above. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR96 | Itemized | Drafts of letters by Darwin. 1862-73. |
| CUL-DAR97 | Itemized | Letters and drafts of letters, including some relating to the Beagle voyage. 1831-75. |
| CUL-DAR98 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin, including some on Origin. 1841-60. |
| CUL-DAR99 | Letters to Darwin. 1861-81. |
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| CUL-DAR99.199a-199b | Text & image | Draft fragments of Preliminary notice to Krause, Erasmus Darwin. [1879]. Most of draft in CUL-DAR212. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR100 | Itemized | Letters from J. D. Hooker. 1843-62. |
| CUL-DAR101 | Itemized | Letters from Hooker. 1861-64. |
| CUL-DAR102 | Itemized | Letters from Hooker. 1865-68. |
| CUL-DAR103 | Itemized | Letters from Hooker. 1869-74. |
| CUL-DAR104 | Itemized | Letters from Hooker & misc. letters. 1843-82. |
| CUL-DAR105 | Itemized | Letters from Fancis Galton. 1860-82. |
| CUL-DAR106 | Itemized | Letters from Samuel Butler, A. R. Wallace, John Tyndall et al. 1855-82. |
| CUL-DAR107 | Itemized | Recollections of Darwin for Life and Letters. 1882-7 & Huxley/Wilberforce 1860. Plant variation notes 1841-2. Transcribed here (See the largest collection of Recollections of Darwin) |
| MLS-FM4.6900 Mitchell Library, Sydney |
Text | P. G. King, Reminiscences of Mr Darwin on the Beagle. 1892. Transcribed here |
| CWRU-StecherInnes | Text & image | J. Brodie Innes. Recollections of Darwin. 1882. Transcribed here |
| UBC-RBSC-ARC-1731-1-43 University of British Columbia |
Text & image | J. Burdon Sanderson, Recollections of a visit to Mr Darwin. 1881. Transcribed here |
| SHC-7854.3.17.3.85 Surrey History Centre, Woking |
Text & image | T. V. Lushington, notes on Origin, Descent and recollections of Darwin. 1866-83. Transcribed here |
| SHC-9609.4.3.2 | Text & image | T. H. Farrer, "A very pleasant visit at Down". Notebook on books read etc. 1877. Transcribed here |
| LINSOC-MS.299 | Text & image | T. H. Farrer, Recollections and letters of Darwin. 1868-81. c.1885. Transcribed here |
| Materials for Forms of flowers. Illegitimate progeny of dimorphic & trimorphic plants, mainly Primulae. 1862-77. 292 images Transcribed here |
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Materials for Forms of flowers, ditto. 1841-77. 357 images |
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Materials for Forms of flowers, ditto. 1863-77. 347 images |
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Materials for Forms of flowers, ditto. 1861-77. 263 images |
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| Christies-2006-Lot43 | Text | Draft of Forms of flowers, fair copy, folio 25. Transcribed here |
| Lehigh-MS-ALS-Darwin-C-1877 | Text & image | Draft of Forms of flowers, p. 44. Transcribed here |
| Bonhams-11388Lot83 | Text & image | Sketch of the dimorphic flowers of the primrose. 1861. |
CUL-DAR112 |
Letters to Francis Darwin for Life and Letters. Recollections of Darwin. 1882-1916. 351 images |
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| CUL-DAR113 | '1844 Sketch of Species Theory Fair copy annotated by C.D.' 1844. 263 images [of CUL-DAR7] | |
| CUL-DAR114 | Itemized | Correspondence: Darwin to Hooker. 1843-58. |
| CUL-DAR115 | Itemized | Correspondence: Darwin to Hooker. 1859-66. |
| Notebook, abstracts of & notes on botanical works, Gaertner, Kölreuter, Herbert, van Mons, Claparède. 186 images Transcribed here |
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| W. E. Darwin's botanical notebook, flower diagrams. 1862-70. 58 images | ||
Edinburgh notebook. 1827-42. Marine life, Cambridge beetles, and post-Beagle notes. 49 images |
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| RRAuction7Dec.2022Lot1095 | Text & image | Library ledger page from RGS or GSL? 1838-40. Transcribed here |
| 'Books to be read' and 'Books Read' notebook. 1838-68. 84 images Transcribed here |
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| 'Books [read]' notebook. 1846-65. 49 images Transcribed here |
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| Notebook B. 1837-8. 284 images Transcribed here |
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Notebook C. 2-7.1838. 239 images |
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| Notebook D. 7-10.1838. 147 images Transcribed here |
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| Notebook E . 1838. 167 images Transcribed here |
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| Notebook M. 1838. 150 images Transcribed here |
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| Notebook N. 1838-9. 118 images Transcribed here |
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| Notebook A. 1837-9. 172 images Transcribed here |
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| 'TornApartNotebook' | Torn apart notebook. 1839-41. 86 images Transcribed here |
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| 'Books Read' and 'Books to be Read' notebook. 1852-60. 55 images Transcribed here |
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| Edinburgh diary for 1826: birds, beasts & flowers seen on walks. 149 images Transcribed here |
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| Glen Roy notebook. 1838. 119 images Transcribed here |
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CUL-DAR131 |
Featherstonhaugh, Report of a geological reconnoissance... Wisconsin 1835. 'Charles Darwin Esq. Sec Anti-Moses Society...'. 174 images Transcribed here |
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CUL-DAR132 |
Pamphlets: Down House 1969; Burgerstein, Darwin 1889; Carlyle on Darwin & refutation. Times 1877; Record 1877. O'Shaughnessy, Darwin confounded 1876; Delpino, Rivista Botanica 1876; Holly berries, 1877. Manual of scientific enquiry, 1859. |
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CUL-DAR133 |
Offprints: Huxley, Obituary of Darwin. Wright, Gray & Wallace. Cuttings etc. on heterostyled & polygamous plants, cleistogamic flowers etc. 902 images Darwin's notes transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR134 | Reviews of Life and Letters, articles on Darwin. 1882-92. 878 images | |
| CUL-DAR135 | Pamphlets, offprints of articles by Darwin [1835-82] & others. Proofs of Coral reefs 2d ed. 1835-82, 1913. | |
| CUL-DAR136 | 16 botanical & geological pamphlets 1838-84. | |
| CUL-DAR137 | State of New York. Senate, (1840)...Geological survey 1841, 1873, 1838, 1839. | |
CUL-DAR138.1 |
Press-cuttings on Darwin's death & funeral. Mostly French newspapers. 236 images | |
CUL-DAR138.2 |
Huxley Lectures on general natural history. Medical Times. 1856-7. 173 images |
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CUL-DAR138.3 |
Issues of The Field. 1864-5. 144 images |
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CUL-DAR138.4.1 |
Künckel, Les Lépidoptères à trompe perforante Académie des Sciences (Comptes Rendus). 1875. | |
CUL-DAR138.5.1 |
Darwin, To members of the Down Friendly Club. 1877. [F1303] Transcribed here |
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CUL-DAR139 |
Printed matter: Darwin articles; John Murray accounts, 1878-81; Public Orator speech, Cambridge 1878; offprints used by or about Darwin, religion. |
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| CUL-Add.7831.2 | Text | N. Keynes, Account of Darwin's honorary LL.D. degree. Diary, 1877. |
CUL-DAR139.2.1 |
Speech by Public Orator on Darwin's honorary degree at Cambridge, 1877. Transcribed here |
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| McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.179] | Image | Carte de visite of monkey on Darwin books, Cambridge. [1877] |
CUL-DAR140.1 |
Material on Darwin: Photographs, engravings & written sketches. Verses by Hoare. Address by Public Orator Cambridge 1877. Cuttings on above & religion from The Index & other journals. 81 images |
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CUL-DAR140.2 |
Darwin's personal journal (1809-81). [Fair copy of CUL-DAR158 transcribed below]. 26 images | |
CUL-DAR140.3.1--159 |
Draft of Francis Darwin's 'Reminiscences of My Father's Everyday Life'. 167 images.
Introduction by Robert Brown Transcribed here |
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CUL-DAR140.3.160-207 |
Partial fair copy of above. 52 images Transcribed here |
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CUL-DAR140.4 |
Caricatures of Darwin, cuttings from journals, on Darwin & Carlyle. 57 images | |
CUL-DAR140.5 |
Material on Darwin's death & funeral. Memorial Fund 1888; obituaries, reviews of Life and Letters. 157 images |
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| Corrected 1st proofs of Orchids. 2d ed., 1877. 152 images | ||
CUL-DAR141 |
Caricatures of and posthumous articles on Darwin & Cambridge University, Invitation to commemoration, 1909. | |
| Sample seed packets, misc. notes and photographs. 1841-76. 228 images Notes transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR143 | Itemized | Letters by Darwin: Agassiz - Donders |
| CUL-DAR144 | Itemized | Letters by Darwin: Du Bois - Haliburton |
| CUL-DAR145 | Itemized | Letters by Darwin: Harris - Jenyns |
| CUL-DAR146 | Itemized | Letters by Darwin: Johnson - Murdoch |
| CUL-DAR147 | Itemized | Letters by Darwin: Murray - Tait |
| CUL-DAR148 | Itemized | Letters by Darwin: Talbot - Zacharias |
| CUL-DAR148.419 | Text | A. R. Wallace, memo on sterility of hybrids. 1868. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR149 | Itemized | Copies of Darwin's works, many by H. W. Rutherford: Autobiography, Edinburgh notebook, species sketches 1842, 1844, Queries about expression, drafts of Life and Letters and More Letters. |
| CUL-DAR149.9 | Draft of More Letters, 1903. 409 images | |
| CUL-DAR150 | Itemized | Copies of letters from Darwin to Hooker, 1843-81. |
| CUL-DAR151 | Itemized | Copies of letters from Darwin to Hooker, 1843-81. |
| CUL-DAR152 | Itemized | Copies of letters from Hooker to Darwin, 1853-82. |
| CUL-DAR153 | Itemized | Darwin family correspondence with Asa Gray, 1836-82. |
| CUL-DAR154 | Darwin family letters. Copy of Darwin on Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia from Notebook B. 1825-82. 325 images 6 texts transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR155 | Reviews of More Letters, 1903. 183 images | |
| CUL-DAR156 | Correspondence: Darwin family, British Association etc. & CUL on gift of Darwin manuscripts. 1942-9. 88 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR157 (1-42) | Draft leaves of Origin, Descent, Movement in plants and below items. Transcribed here |
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| UCL-PEARSON-10.3 University College London |
Text & image | Draft of Descent, Chap. I, folio 16, Chap. 5, folio 1 & Chap. 6, folios 1-2. Transcribed here |
| PC-USA-DescentMS10 | Text & image | Draft of Descent, folio 10. Transcribed here |
| F3519 | Text & image | Draft of Descent, folios 11-12. Transcribed here |
| FMB-Aut.D-4.1 | Text & image | Draft of Descent, folio 19. Transcribed here |
| Bonhams-16097Lot2315 | Text & image | Draft of Descent, folio 21. Transcribed here |
| MLM-MA3899 | Image | Draft of Descent, folio 23. |
| HL-HM-80997 Huntington Library |
Text & image | Draft of Descent, folio 30. Transcribed here |
| Christies-6642 | Text & image | Draft of Descent, Chap. I, folio 22. Transcribed here |
| HL-HM-80997 Huntington Library |
Text & image | Draft of Descent, Chap. I, folio 30. Transcribed here |
APS-B-D25.56 |
Draft leaf of Descent Chap. I, p. 36. Transcribed here |
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| Christies-16082 | Text & image | Draft leaf of Descent vol. 1, p. 228. Transcribed here |
| Bonhams-27617Lot1032 | Text & image | Draft of Descent, summary of Chapter II. Transcribed here |
| HRM-UTA-MS-01064 | Text & image | Draft of Descent, Chap. II, folio 30. Transcribed here |
| SPL-C009-3330 | Text & image | Draft of Descent, [Chap. VIII], folio 92. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR157.1.(1-147) | Notes, abstracts etc. for Climbing plants. 1863-4. 229 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR157.2.(1-114) | Itemized | Notes etc. for Climbing plants. 1863-4. 225 images Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR157a.1-84 | Experiment Book. 1855-67. 52 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR157a.85-109 | Itemized | Loose notes & letters tipped into Experiment Book: Seeds & salt water experiments; botanical notes. |
| CUL-DAR158.1-76 | Darwin's personal 'Journal'. 1838-81. 119 images |
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| CUL-DAR159 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Abbott - Austen. |
| CUL-DAR160 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Babbington - Buxton. |
| CUL-DAR161 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Caird - Crichton-Browne. |
| CUL-DAR162 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Dabney - Dupré. misc. notes for Expression, Cross and self fertilisation, Movement in plants and Earthworms. Notes transcribed |
| CUL-DAR163 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Edison - Eyton. |
| CUL-DAR164 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Fabre - Fuchs. |
| CUL-DAR165 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Gaertner - Gurney. |
| CUL-DAR166 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Haast - Hyatt. |
| CUL-DAR167 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Ijkema - Innes. |
| CUL-DAR168 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Jackowski - Jung. |
| CUL-DAR169 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Kaufmann - Krohn. |
| CUL-DAR170 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Langstaff - Lyell. |
| CUL-DAR171 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: McLachlan - Myers |
| CUL-DAR172 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Naples Zoological Station - Nunn. |
| CUL-DAR173 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Ogle - Oxenden. |
| CUL-DAR174 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Packard - Pye-Smith. |
| CUL-DAR175 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Quatrefages de Bréau - Quetelet. |
| CUL-DAR176 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Radovanovitch - Rye. |
| CUL-DAR177 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Sabine - Storer. Notes transcribed |
| CUL-DAR178 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Tachau - Tylor. |
| CUL-DAR180 | Letters to Darwin: Vance - Vriese. 1858-82. 99 images | |
| CUL-DAR181 | Letters to Darwin: Wade - Wyman. 1843-82. 788 images | |
| CUL-DAR183 | Itemized | Letters to Darwin: Yarrell & Youmans. 1845, 1870. 8 images |
| CUL-DAR184 | Letters to Darwin: Zacharias - Zouteveen. 1870-81. 64 images | |
| CUL-DAR185 | Itemized | Correspondence, largely with Darwin family members and drafts of Dust, Geol. Soc. Jrnl., 1846 (F1672), Origin, Expression, Cirripedia, Movement in plants. Drafts transcribed |
| CUL-DAR185.135 | Text & image | Draft of Movement in plants, folios 1-5. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR185.143 | Text & image | Draft of Expression, Ch I, folio 8. Transcribed here |
| Whipple-Wh.3788.7 | Image | Draft of Expression, 'Ch VI p. 34A' and 'Ch. Birds p. 139'. |
| CUL-DAR185.144 | Text & image | Draft of Expression, p. 48. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR185.101 | Text & image | Emma Darwin, 'The pound of sugar'. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR186 | Browse Itemized |
'Queries about expression': replies; notes and correspondence on other subjects, 1839-81. Introduction by R. B. Freeman and Introduction by John van Wyhe. 248 images Many transcribed |
Botanical notebook of William Erasmus Darwin, 1862-72. |
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| APS-B-D25.335 | Text & image | 'Queries about expression'. 1867. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR187 | 'notes found with MS of Climbing Plants'. 1864-5. 10 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR188 | Notes, draft and fair copy of 'An account of the fine dust which often falls on vessels in the Atlantic ocean', Geol. Soc. Jrnl., 1846 (F1672). 41 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR189 | Expression of emotions, loose notes. 1839-72. 199 images |
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| CUL-DAR190 | Insectivorous plants figures & plates. c.1875. 51 images Notes transcribed |
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| CUL-DAR191 | "Man", on orangutans. Zoological Gardens, 1838.
9 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR192 | Notes on Phyllotaxy. 1845. 21 images | |
| CUL-DAR193 | Notes & clippings for Variation, 1865-75. 142 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR194 | Loose notes 'removed from correspondence', Humble bees, hypericum, earthworms, potato grafts etc. 1835-82. 98 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR195 | Notes on expression of the emotions. 1839-72. 551 images |
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| CUL-DAR195.1 | Itemized | Notes on expression: blushing. Transcribed here |
| Itemized | Notes on expression: Astonishment, fear. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR195.3 | Itemized | Notes on expression: Indignation, rage, screaming, etc. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR195.4 | Itemized | Notes on expression: Laughter, frowning, and introduction. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR195.5 | Text Image | Expression, used scraps; man Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR196 | Itemized | Notes & clippings, erratic boulders, barometer, drafts of Life and letters vol. 2, Expression and Orchids. 1848-1909. 121 images Some transcribed |
| CUL-DAR196.1-5,7-8 | ||
| CUL-DAR196.3.1 | Text & image | [Draft] Petition to H M Government regarding a pension for Alfred Russel Wallace. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR196.6.1 | Draft of Life and letters vol. 2. 1885-7. 245 images | |
| Entomological abstracts, notes on conversation, Wollaston, Waterhouse, Madeira.
c.1856. 75 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR198 | Letters to Francis Darwin on his search for Darwin's letters, 1882-3. 621 images 36 items transcribed |
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| CUL-DAR199 | Itemized | Francis Darwin correspondence, 1882-1910. |
| CUL-DAR199.1.2 | Text | 'Notes on publishing the religious views in Darwin's Autobiography' c.1886. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR200 | Francis Darwin correspondence, botanical research materials, notes for Life and letters. 1879-1906. 472 images. |
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| CUL-DAR200.1.1 | Francis Darwin, "Experiments Book". 1879-1906. | |
| CUL-DAR200.2.(1-75) | Itemized | Album of cuttings & offprints by Francis Darwin. |
| CUL-DAR200.3.(1a-74) | Itemized | Francis Darwin correspondence, printed matter and botanical research materials. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR201 | Itemized | 'Curious' & 'queer' letters to Darwin, 1871-82. 125 images |
| CUL-DAR202 | Draft letters from Darwin. Hybrid geese. 1876-82. 288 images Notes transcribed |
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| CUL-DAR203 | Itemized | Abstracts of Edward Blyth letters. 1855-60. 31 images Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR204 | Itemized | Family letters to Darwin re Beagle and engagement and marriage to Emma Wedgwood, 1822-40. |
| Private collection | Settlement of marriage of Charles Robert Darwin Esqre. and Miss Emma Wedgwood. 31 December 1838. 4pp. | |
| CUL-DAR205 | Itemized | Origin of species notes part 2. See CUL-DAR45-50 for part 1. |
| CUL-DAR205.1 | Notes on Rudimentary organs. 102 images |
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| CUL-DAR205.1.37 | Text | Notes on Vestiges of the natural history of creation. 1844. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR205.1.70 | Early draft title of Species book. 'On the mutability of species' & notes. |
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| CUL-DAR205.2 | Notes on Means of distribution. 295 images |
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| CUL-DAR205.3 | Notes on distribution of animals. 355 images |
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| CUL-DAR205.4 | Notes on Geographical distribution and species. 161 images |
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| CUL-DAR205.5 | Notes on Principle of divergence, transitional organs/instincts. 289 images |
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| CUL-DAR205.6 | Notes on Embryology [pigeons]. 113 images |
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| CUL-DAR205.7 | Notes on Hybridism, sterility and pigeons. 208 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR205.8 | Notes on Monochaetum, notes on plants. 118 images |
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| CUL-DAR205.9 | Notes on palaeontology, geology. 636 images |
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| AMNH-47-D | Text & image | Original MS of CUL-DAR205.9.323 Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR205.10 | Notes on Variation, varieties. 137 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR205.11 | Notes on Instinct, change in habit. 214 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR205.11.89 | 'I have been watching black Aphis'. 6.1858. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR206 | Browse Itemized |
111 images Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR206.1 | Questions & experiments notebook & notes. 1838-61. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR206.42 | 'Questions for Mr. Wynne'. 1838. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR207 | Botanical notes [Gorringes C.41b & C.41d-g]. Trees N Zealand. Baron de Villa Franca... 1835-82. 42 images |
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| CUL-DAR208 | Excised leaves Notebooks A-E, Torn Apart notebook (CUL-DAR121-127), Summer 1842; further notes. 1837-42. 275 images | |
| CUL-DAR208.71 | Notes on fossils and trout. 1842. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR208.72 | Notes on trout and breeding. 1842. Transcribed here |
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| MLM-6512 | Draft of Orchids, signed fragment. 1869. | |
| APS-B-D25.37 | Text & image | Draft of Orchids, signed fragment. 1877. Transcribed here |
| Sanders-3.2017Lot96 | Text & image | Draft of Orchids, folio 192. Transcribed here |
| Christies-21034Lot54 | Text & image | Draft of Orchids, fair copy, chap. III, folio 179. 1892 letter from H. E. Litchfield: Christies-21034Lot54[.2] Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR209.1 | Notes for Movement in plants. (1880). Circumnutation of leaves, sleep. Drafts of Cross and self fertilisation, Expression, Descent & Orchids. 1862-82. 233 images |
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| CUL-DAR209.2 | Notes for Movement in plants, circumnutation of leaves cont. 245 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.3 | Notes for Movement in plants, circumnutation of leaves, cont. 'Circumnutation of Mature Stems & Leaves'. Hyponasty. 493 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.4 | Notes for Movement in plants. Notes on movements of cotyledon. 572 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.5 | Notes for Movement in plants, movements of radicals. 332 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.6 | Notes for Movement in plants, Misc. references. 312 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.7 | Notes for Movement in plants, heliotropism (phototropism). 219 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.8 | Notes for Movement in plants, heliotropism, oats, beta, cabbages, philoxis. 234 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.9 | Notes for Movement in plants, 'Effects of Radiation on Sleeping Plants'. 151 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.10 | Notes for Movement in plants. Sleep (Leguminosae). 99 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.11 | Notes for Movement in plants, geotropism. 49 draft leaves of: Descent, 'Biographical sketch of an infant', Cross and self fertilisation, Forms of flowers & Orchids. 372 images |
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| CUL-DAR209.12 | Notes for Movement in plants, bloom, sleep, shaking
plants, applications of water, drafts of Cross and self fertilisation & Expression. 1862-82. 280 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.13 | Notes for Movement in plants. Fertilisation (Thalia). 47 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.14 | Notes for Movement in plants, sleep of leaves, drafts of Cross and self fertilisation, Descent & Forms of flowers. 285 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR209.15 | Notes for Movement in plants. 111 images |
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| CUL-DAR210 | Itemized | Darwin family material: correspondence, papers & reminiscences. 1854-1909. |
| CUL-DAR210.1 | Itemized | George Darwin correspondence. 1866-82. Speech by Public Orator on Darwin's honorary degree at Cambridge, 1877, transcribed here. |
| CUL-DAR210.2 | Itemized | Family letters, mainly of George and Francis Darwin. Family pedigree info transcribed |
| CUL-DAR210.3 | Itemized | Letters from Emma Darwin to George Darwin. 1881-96. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR210.4 | Itemized | Letters and papers of George Darwin, 1894-1909. Drafts of Cirripedia. |
| CUL-DAR210.5 | Itemized | Letters of William Erasmus Darwin, 1856-1914. |
| CUL-DAR210.6 | Itemized | Letters of William Erasmus Darwin and family correspondence. 1851-96. Some transcribed |
| CUL-DAR210.7 | Letters to William Erasmus Darwin, 1861-1909. |
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| CUL-DAR210.8 | Itemized | Darwin's letters to Emma, memorandum on marriage, Darwin's religious doubts and Emma Darwin's reminiscences of Darwin's last years. Transcribed here |
CUL-DAR210.8.1 |
'Work finished If not marry' Memorandum on marriage. 1838. |
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| CUL-DAR210.8.2 | 'This is the Question Marry Not Marry' Memorandum on marriage. 7.1838. Transcribed here |
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| CUCNY-HerterBox1[.3] | Text & image | C. A. Herter, Darwin's marriage notes, partial copy from H. E. Litchfield. 1904. Transcribed here |
| CUCNY-HerterBox1[.4] | Text & image | H. E. Litchfield letter to C. A. Herter. 1904. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR210.8.14 | Emma Darwin's memo about Darwin's religious doubts. c. 2.1839. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR210.8.(36-41) | Emma Darwin's reminiscences of Darwin's last years. 17 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR210.8.(42-50) | W. E. & Francis Darwin on publishing religious part of the Autobiography. 17 images |
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| CUL-DAR210.9 | Itemized | College bills, 1858-61, correspondence, 1861-1909, Letter to Times, May 1881. |
| CUL-DAR210.9.30 | 'Things for a week'. 5.1859. Darwin's list of items to take on holiday. Introduction by Janet Browne |
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| CUL-DAR210.10 | Correspondence and notes pertaining to Darwin's estate at Beesby. 1844-71. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR210.10.26 | 'Annuity for J. Parslow.' Darwin's butler. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR210.11 | Itemized | Letters and accounts from John Murray. 1839-56. |
| CUL-DAR210.11.37 | Notebook of observations on Darwin children. 1839-56. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR210.11.38 | Notes on Darwin children. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR210.12 | Family correspondence with Anthony Rich 1878-1889. |
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| CUL-DAR210.13 | Materials on death of Anne 'Annie' Elizabeth Darwin. Reminiscence of Charles Waring Darwin. 153 images |
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| CUL-DAR210.13.40 | Reminiscence of Anne Elizabeth Darwin. 'Our poor child, Annie'. 1851. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR210.13.42 | Reminiscence of Charles Waring Darwin "Our poor baby". 1858. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR210.14 | Proof title pages, records of Murray sales. 1870s. genealogy materials. 54 images | |
| CUL-DAR210.29 | Letters and materials on genealogy. 431 images |
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| CUL-DAR211 | Letters, mostly from Darwin to Francis Darwin. 1866-1906. 546 images Notes transcribed |
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Draft of Preliminary notice to Krause, Erasmus Darwin. F1319. 1878-9. More fragments in CUL-DAR99.199a-199b |
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| CUL-DAR213 | Proofs of Erasmus Darwin; Forms of flowers; Movement in plants; Climbing plants; Descent 2d ed.; Expression; Insectivorous plants; Cross and self fertilisation; Origin 6th ed. & 33d thousand. 1867-87. |
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| Christies-21952Lot82 | Image | Revised proof sheets of Insectivorous plants (selection). |
| CUL-DAR214 | Emma Darwin's Recipe Book. 1839-44? 94 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR215 | Darwin's funeral, obituaries & related correspondence, & on Darwin's LL.D. degree. 1877-1906. 345 images |
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| YorkProbateSubRegistry | Last will and testament of Charles Robert Darwin. 1881-2. Transcribed here |
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| Skinner-2865BLot18 | Text & image | Codicil to Darwin's last Will and Testament. 27.11.1855. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR216 | Scrapbook or press cuttings relating to Darwin's death, obituaries. 126 images |
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| CUL-DAR217.1 | Sketch of species theory (copy of CUL-DAR6); proofs of Foundations, 1909. 126 images |
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| CUL-DAR217.2 | Sketch of species theory 1842 etc. (copy by H. W. Rutherford), see CUL-DAR6. 261 images | |
| CUL-DAR217.3 | Beagle diary. 1891 typescript, under Horace Darwin's supervision. Full here and F1925. 748 images | |
| CUL-DAR218 | Itemized | Correspondence: Erasmus Darwin. 1768-1819. |
| CUL-DAR219 | Itemized | Darwin family correspondence. 1866-1987. 2,426 items. |
| CUL-DAR220 | Itemized | 'Gorringes catalogue' of Darwin material at Gorringes House, Downe, 1932. |
| CUL-DAR221 | Correspondence and papers relating to CUL accession of Darwin manuscripts. 1950s-1960s. Photocopies: drafts of Origin, Descent, Expression, Insectivorous plants, Earthworms. Catalogues of Darwin's papers & abstracts. Letters & offprints on Patrick Matthew, A. Hancock. 242 images |
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| Index to Darwin's annotations in Gardeners' Chronicle. 1840-82. 36 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR223 | Beagle voyage correspondence. 1831-6. 185 images | |
| CUL-DAR224 | Image | Letter from Darwin on borrowing barnacles. 1854-6. |
| CUL-DAR225 | Darwin family photographs & caricatures of Darwin. 296 images | |
| CUL-DAR226.2 | Reviews of Darwin's works. 1859-82. 781 images |
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| CUL-DAR227 | Itemized | Papers of Erasmus Darwin & Robert Waring Darwin. 1731-1848. |
| CUL-DAR228 | Text
Itemized |
Draft essay: 'Breeding is the art of raising different kinds of animals for the use or pleasure of man.' 1875. Unpublished. |
| CUL-DAR229 | Itemized | Diplomas presented to Darwin & related correspondence. 1857-81. |
| CUL-DAR230 | Itemized | Correspondence re awards to Darwin. 1860-81. |
| CUL-DAR231 | Itemized | Newspaper articles on Darwin and Down House. 1881-1936. |
| CUL-DAR232 | Itemized | Portraits and photographs of Darwin and family. 1838-1940. |
| CUL-DAR233 | Itemized | Lantern slides: Darwin, Down House and contemporary men of science. c.1909. |
| CUL-DAR234 | Image | Botanical notebook of William Erasmus Darwin. 1850s-60s. |
| CUL-DAR235 | Itemized | Correspondence: Francis Galton and Francis Darwin. 1897-1912. |
| CUL-DAR236 | Itemized | Beagle geological specimen notebooks (Sedgwick Museum). Transcribed in HarkerCatalogue |
| CUL-DAR237 | Itemized | Beagle botanical specimen notes. 1832-43. |
| CUL-DAR237.3 | Text & images | Plants notebook. [List of Beagle plants, 1832-36]. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR238 | Itemized | Papers of Charles Galton Darwin. 1870-1960s. |
| CUL-DAR239 | Itemized | Leonard Darwin papers: correspondence with Emma Darwin, Nora Barlow, Ida Darwin; draft papers & articles on eugenics; recollections of Darwin & R. W. Darwin. 1860s-1943. 1,160 items. |
| Beagle library | Itemized | The entire Beagle library is in Darwin Online. Introduction by John van Wyhe. 407 works, 274 fully transcribed |
| CUL-DAR240 | 'Catalogue of the Library of Charles Darwin'. 1875-1909. 440 images. Introduction by J. David Archibald Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR.LIB | Itemized | Darwin Library, Cambridge University Library. 820 items. See also Catalogue of the library of Charles Darwin…1908. A4 and A catalogue of the Darwin reprint collection…1963. A1037. |
| CUL-DAR241 | Itemized | R. D. Keynes: typescript of alterations to Beagle diary, 1980s. |
| CUL-DAR242 | Emma Darwin's diary. 1824-96. 3,325 images. |
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| CUL-DAR242 | Text | Emma Darwin's diary (all in one file) |
| CUL-DAR243 | Itemized | Sale catalogue: Breadsall Priory estate, Derbyshire, 1884. |
| CUL-DAR244 | Itemized | Watercolour endorsed 'E. Darwin 1807' and 1881 letters thereon. |
| CUL-DAR245 | Itemized | Henrietta Emma Litchfield, correspondence & papers, recollection of Anne 'Annie' Darwin. 1857-1927. Several transcribed |
| CUL-DAR246.- | Text | Henrietta Emma Litchfield, autobiographical fragment. 1926. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR247.- | Text | Henrietta Emma Litchfield, Journal, 1871. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR248 | Itemized | Richard Buckley Litchfield: notebooks. 1871-93. |
| CUL-DAR249 | Itemized | Correspondence of Darwin: BL photocopies. c.1976. |
| CUL-DAR250 | Itemized | Diaries and papers of William Darwin Fox. 1820-80. |
| CUL-DAR250.5 | W. D. Fox. Diary and accounts 'No VI...Cambridge'. 1824-6. 207 images | |
| CUL-DAR251 | Itemized | George Howard Darwin & Darwin family correspondence. 1700s-1970s. 4,874 items. |
| CUL-DAR251.1106-7 | Text | Emma Darwin, Reminiscences of Darwin on the Beagle. [1882?] Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR252.1 | Catalogue of Darwin's pamphlet collection: [General] A-F. 1870-99. See CUL-DAR75. | |
| CUL-DAR252.2 | Catalogue of Darwin's pamphlet collection: [General] G-M. | |
| CUL-DAR252.3 | Catalogue of Darwin's pamphlet collection: [General] N-Z. | |
| CUL-DAR252.4 | Text | Catalogue of Darwin's pamphlet collection: [General] (addenda) Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR252.5 | Text | Catalogue of Darwin's pamphlet collection: Quarto. Transcribed here |
| A1037 | Images |
Vorzimmer, 1963. A catalogue of the Darwin reprint collection at the Botany School Library, Cambridge. Bound typescript. |
| CUL-DAR253 | Itemized | Darwin centenary celebrations. 1908-9. |
| CUL-DAR254 | Itemized | Reviews of Darwin and modern science & More letters. 1903-9. |
| CUL-DAR255 | Lists of fruit trees, stove plants, garden plants at Down House. 20 images Transcribed here |
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| PC-California | Catalogue of trees and plants at Down House. 1844-6. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR256 | Itemized | Abstracts of books in Darwin Library, some on expression, Galapagos birds etc. 37 images Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR257 | Itemized | Darwin family photographs. 1830s-1950s. |
| CUL-DAR258 | Itemized | Papers of Horace Darwin and his descendants. 1850s-1950s. |
| CUL-DAR259 | Itemized | Photos of Shrewsbury Darwin statue; Photo of Darwin Maull & Polyblank 1855.3 [1912]; painting of William Alvey Darwin. |
| CUL-DAR260 | Itemized | Reginald Darwin's Portland vase scrapbook. c.1868-75. |
| CUL-DAR261-265 Down House manuscripts (See entries here) | ||
| CUL-DAR261 | Correspondence, mainly from Darwin. 1815-1945. |
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| CUL-DAR262 | Itemized | Darwin biographical material, correspondence, family papers. |
| CUL-DAR262.2 | Itemized | Papers and letters on Erasmus Darwin. Galton in Notes & Queries. Misc. |
| CUL-DAR262.3 | Itemized | Papers re Mrs Schimmelpennick. |
| CUL-DAR262.4.1 | Leonard Darwin to O. Richter, Mendel did not visit Darwin. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR262.5 | Itemized | Darwin letters (copies) and fragmentary notes. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR262.6 | Itemized | Letters on sermon after Darwin's funeral.
Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR262.7 | Itemized | Leonard Darwin's letters 1929-1932. |
| CUL-DAR262.7.18 | Text | Leonard Darwin to Buxton Browne regarding Mendel. |
| CUL-DAR262.8.1-2 | Lists of journals & reviews. 'Index to contents of Drawer / Catalogue'. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR262.8.9-18 | 'List of reviews of Origin of Sp & of C. Darwin's Books.' Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR262.9 | Darwin silver and plate account, Aug. 1853. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR262.10 | Itemized | Papers on wormstone by Horace Darwin. 1877-1952. |
| CUL-DAR262.11 | Itemized | Loose papers from Account books, book sale profits, savings, etc. |
| CUL-DAR262.12 | Itemized | Papers on Darwin by Collinge, Hopkinson, Pearson and Ritter. 1 transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR262.13 | Itemized | German and Swiss newspaper cuttings on Darwin's birthday 1877. |
| CUL-DAR262.14 | Itemized | Papers on Darwin centenary, Whipple to Howarth. 1909. (see J. C. Simpson collection) |
| CUL-DAR262.15 | Itemized | Letters on tickets for unveiling Darwin statue, South Kensington, 1885. |
| CUL-DAR262.18 | Itemized | Francis Darwin letters to Dorothea (Dora) Pertz. 1886-1919. |
| CUL-DAR262.19 | Itemized | Extracts from Minute-books of Philosophical Club and Geological Society. Harker, 1907 Transcribed in A104 |
| CUL-DAR262.20 | Itemized | Copies of letters from Darwin to J. O. Westwood. |
| CUL-DAR262.21 | Itemized | Notes on Darwin Family 1505-1848. Elston Hall aerial photo. |
| CUL-DAR262.22.2 | Itemized | Hooker to Ramsay on death of Darwin. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR262.23 | Itemized | Recollections of Darwin by Henrietta Litchfield. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR262.25 | Itemized | Papers on erecting church, Kororarika, N.Z. 1841. Transcribed here |
| CUL-DAR262.27.1 | Itemized |
University of Chicago Darwin centennial celebration. Programme 1959. |
| CUL-DAR262.28 | Darwin letters (copies) to R. Hunt, W. White, W. T. Preyer. Recollection of Darwin by W. Baxter. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR263 | Itemized | Correspondence: Darwin and John Lubbock. 1855-79. |
| CUL-DAR264 | Itemized | Correspondence: Susannah Darwin & Josiah and Sarah Wedgwood. 1774-90s. |
| CUL-DAR265 | Itemized | Maps drawn by Darwin, household account books. 1831-81. |
| CUL-DAR265.7 | Leschenaultia. 2 images Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR265.8 | Leschenaultia. 1 image Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR265.9 | Red Acct Book. 1831-48. | |
| CUL-DAR265.10 | Classed Accounts. 1861-4. | |
| CUL-DAR265.11 | Classed Accounts. 1864-7. | |
| CUL-DAR265.12 | Classed Accounts. 1866-81. | |
| CUL-DAR265.13 | Classed Accounts. 1866-81. | |
| CUL-DAR266 | Itemized | Darwin letters to W. D. Fox (copies of Christ's College collection) |
| CUL-DAR267 | Itemized | Papers of the Darwin family of Elston. 1662-1928. |
| CUL-DAR268 | Itemized | Papers of Erasmus Darwin. 1768. |
| CUL-DAR269 | Itemized | Emma Darwin letters to George Darwin. 1863-90. |
| CUL-DAR270 | Itemized | Quentin Keynes deposit (Now at Linnean Society of London) |
| CUL-DAR271 | Itemized | Darwin: Darwin juvenilia and family letters. Ursula Mommens deposit. c.1818-1959. Notes transcribed |
| CUL-DAR272 | Itemized | 3 photos of Emma Darwin & Henrietta Litchfield. |
| CUL-DAR273 | Itemized | Annotated map of coral reefs around the world. |
| CUL-DAR274 | Itemized | Francis Darwin letters to Darwin and family letters. [1865]-1940. |
| CUL-DAR275 | W. E. Darwin letters to Darwin and family letters, Henrietta Darwin and letters to Emma Darwin. 1862-82. | |
| EH88202652 | Photograph album of German and Austrian men of science presented to Darwin. 1877. |
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| EH88202653 | Photograph album of men of science of the Netherlands presented to Darwin. 1877. | |
| Correspondence 1840-1861. 367 images | ||
| BROM-P.123.25.3.1 Bromley Archives and Museum |
Itemized | Correspondence between Rev Ffinden, Sir John Lubbock & the Darwins. 1873-5. 37 images |
| CWRU-StecherDistilled | Text & image | List for a chemist. Transcribed here |
| CWRU-StecherAether | Text & image | Note to Baxter's chemist 'Æther'. 1872. Transcribed here |
| CWRU-StecherChlorodyne | Text & image | Note to Baxter's chemist 'Chlorodyne'. 1874. Transcribed here |
| HIBD-DarwinLetter | Text & image | Note to Baxter's chemist 'distilled Water'. 1857-64. Transcribed here |
| CUCNY-HerterBox1[.2] | Text & image | Note to Baxter's chemist 'Litmus paper'. 1873. Transcribed here |
| BROM-144.1 Bromley Historic Collections |
Text & image | Note to Baxter's chemist 'Spirits of wine'. 16 March. Transcribed here |
| BROM-144.2 | Text & image | Note to Baxter's chemist 'Hydrated Magnesia' 11 Dec. Transcribed here |
| UVa-Darwin-Evolution-3314-1.43 University of Virginia Library |
Text & image | Notes on Darwin's symptoms for physician John Chapman. 20.05.1865. Transcribed here |
| UVa-QH361-1883.D37-P6 | Image | Annotated proof of A Posthumous Essay on Instinct for Linnean Journal. 'Private, uncorrected proof'. 1883. See F1434. |
| CUL-DAR205.1.70 | Draft title of Natural selection. 'On the mutability of species' & other notes. |
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APS-B-D25.L[.38] |
Proposed title page for Origin. Transcribed here |
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| CUL-DAR64.2.13v | Text & image | Draft of Origin 3d ed., Historical sketch, 1-2.1860. Transcribed here |
| Sothebys-N11124 | Text & image | Signed autograph paragraph from Origin 3d ed. for Hermann Kindt. 10.1865. Transcribed here |
| Sothebys-L11408 | Text & image | If Mivart had read my account of the niata Cattle. 1872. Transcribed here |
| APS-B-H981.26 | [Memorial for the endowment of scientific research] by Lockyer & Appleton. 1873. F3462 Introduction by John van Wyhe Transcribed here |
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| APS-B-D25.120 | Image | Funeral of Mr. Darwin...order of procession. |
| APS-B-D25.120[.2] | Image | Funeral of Mr. Darwin...Admit the bearer...CHOIR. |
| APS-B-D25.120[.3] | Image | Anthem by J. Frederick Bridge...for Darwin's funeral. |
| A205 | Image | Axel Haig, Copper engraving of Darwin's new study at Down House. 1882. (A signed Darwin family copy) |
Private Collection, USA |
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| PC-USA-OriginAnts | Text & image | Notes on Huber's Recherches sur les Moeurs des Fourmis Indigènes (1810). c.1858. (For Origin of species) Transcribed here |
| PC-USA-OriginMS270 | Text & image | Draft of Origin, folio 270. Transcribed here |
| PC-USA-OriginMS324 | Text & image | Draft of Origin, folio 324. Transcribed here |
| Sanders-3.2017Lot96 | Text & image | Draft of Orchids, folio 192. Transcribed here |
| PC-USA-DescentMS10 | Text & image | Draft of Descent, folio 10. Transcribed here |
| PC-USA-CDtoHenslow1860 | Darwin letter to Henslow, on success of Origin. 1860. Transcribed here |
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| PC-USA-SedgwickOrigin | Text & image | Darwin letter to Sedgwick on sending Origin. 1859. Transcribed here |
| PC-USA-HuxleyPigeons | Text & image | Darwin letter to Huxley on a manuscript on the evolution of pigeons. 1859. Transcribed here |
| PC-USA-DescentReceipt | Text & image | Receipt for Murray's payment for Descent. 1871. Transcribed here |
| PC-USA-CDletter1880 | Text & image | Darwin letter on history of theory of evolution. 1880. Transcribed here |
| PC-USA-GrayVariation | Darwin letter to Asa Gray on Variation. 1868. Transcribed here |
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Private collection, California |
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| PC-California | Catalogue of trees and plants at Down House. 1844-6. Transcribed here |
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Private Collection, Carroll |
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| Carroll1 | Text & image | FitzRoy letter to N. Ogle on appointment of A. Derbishire to Beagle. 1831. Transcribed here |
| Carroll2 | Text & image | FitzRoy letter, career resume and photo to A. Delamarche. 1862. Transcribed here |
| Carroll3 | Text & image | FitzRoy. Brief note shortly before his suicide. 1865 Transcribed here |
| Carroll4 | Text & image | Darwin letter to G. N. Smith with wax seal. 1840. Introduction by Angus Caroll Transcribed here |
| Carroll5 | Text & image | Darwin, Notes on the chain for the well at Down House. 1852. Transcribed here |
| Carroll6 | Text & image | Darwin postcard to Moncure Conway, 28 Jan. 1873. (Previously unrecorded correspondence) Transcribed here |
Private Collection, Virginia |
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| PC-Virginia-Francis-F373 | Francis Darwin's annotated copy of Origin. 1859. |
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| PC-Virginia-Descent-F937.1 | Image |
Darwin's annotated copy of Descent, 1871, vol. 1. |
| PC-Virginia-Descent-F937.1.1 | Leaf tipped in to Darwin's copy of Descent, vol. 1. Transcribed here |
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| PC-Virginia-Descent-F937.1.2 | A. Macalister to Francis Darwin 1901 in Darwin's copy of Descent, vol. 1. Transcribed here |
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| PC-Virginia-Descent-F937.2 | Image |
Darwin's annotated copy of Descent, 1871, vol. 2. |
| PC-Virginia-Orchids2dNature | Annotated clipping: Müller, Ophrys muscifera. Nature, 1878. Transcribed here |
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| PC-Virginia-ClimbingPlants1 | Image | 'Antirrhinum majus' pinned on inside back flyleaf of Darwin's copy of Climbing plants 2d ed. |
| PC-Virginia-Insectivorous-F1217 | Image |
Darwin's annotated copy of Insectivorous plants, 1875. |
| PC-Virginia-Insectivorous-F1217.1 | Image |
Corrections for Insectivorous plants 2d ed., tipped in to Darwin's copy of 1st ed. 2 leaves. |
| PC-Virginia-Erasmus-F1319 | Image |
Darwin's annotated copy of Krause, Erasmus Darwin, 1879. |
| PC-Virginia-Erasmus-F1319.1 | Corrections for Erasmus Darwin 2d ed., tipped in to Darwin's copy of 1st ed. 2 leaves. Transcribed here |
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| PC-Virginia-Erasmus-F1319.2 | Image |
Proofs for Erasmus Darwin 2d ed. (pp. 1-2, 15-16), corrections by Francis Darwin, tipped in to Darwin's copy of 1st ed. |
| PC-Virginia-Galton1879 | Text & image | E. S. Galton to Darwin, 1879, on Erasmus Darwin. Tipped in to Darwin's copy above. Transcribed here |
| J.C. Simpson Collection, Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University | ||
| McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110 |
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Correspondence, including Darwin's children and A. E. Shipley, clippings, photographs and manuscripts relating to 1909 Darwin Centenary, Cambridge, esp. exhibition at Christ's College. |
| Bonhams-16157Lot2029 | Image Text |
Signed Zoological Society of London pass. Transcribed here |
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