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Darwin, Charles Robert (1809 - 1882)

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Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
 
[Repository details]
Title:Charles Robert Darwin - Records
Reference:MS 29
Date Range:1860 - 1881
Description:Photocopies of letters from Darwin to W.B. Clarke 1862, J.L.G. Krefft 1872-76, R.D. Fitzgerald 1875-81, T. Whitelegge 1878 and T.L. Mitchell n.d.; photocopies of letters from J.L.G. Krefft to Darwin 1872-73 [8 cm, MS 29].
Formats:Microform.
Quantity:0.08 m
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: 'Darwin, Charles Robert - Ms 29', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms029.txt.
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JS Battye Library of West Australian History, Library and Information Service of Western Australia
 
[Repository details]
Title:Charles Robert Darwin - Records
Reference:LBWA/187A
Date Range:1860
Description:Photocopy of a letter from Darwin discussing the pollination of the Leschenaultia flower 22 November 1860 [LBWA/187A].
Quantity:1 item ( m)
Access:Available for reference
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Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
 
[Repository details]
Title:Charles Robert Darwin - Records
Reference:ML DOC 1123
Date Range:1862 - 1878
Description:Photocopy of an ALS to P.P. King 21 January 1836.
Formats:Microform.
Quantity:16 items
Access:Available for reference

Title:Clarke Family Papers - Records
Reference:ML MSS 139
Date Range:1789 - 1879
Description:Records of W.B. Clarke in the Clarke Family Papers 1789-1948: personal records including correspondence 1822-78, diaries 1833-78, financial and legal documents 1818-76, records regarding associations with various societies 1820-77; records dealing with his clerical duties 1821-78; correspondence concerning scientific and personal interests 1819-78 arranged alphabetically by correspondent (20 files); records dealing with geology including field books 1820-72, maps 1824-39, gold exploration and discovery in Australia 1848-69, reports 1829-77, newspaper cuttings 1841-78; records dealing with meteorology including observation notebooks 1824-75, extracts from ships' logs 1841-57, 'Observations on the causes and phenomena of hot and pestiferous winds: especially with the hot winds of Australia' 1839+, records on the Nass Valley, 1843-51, the gale of April 1842, a meteor at Newcastle 1846, solar eclipses 1845-61, newspaper cuttings 1834-66.
Formats:Microform.
Quantity:60 boxes approx.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Clarke, William Branwhite (1798 - 1878) | Dana, James Dwight (1813 - 1895) | Jukes, Joseph Beete (1811 - 1869) | Liversidge, Archibald (1846 - 1927) | Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865) | Thomson, Alexander Morrison (1841 - 1871) | von Mueller, Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich (1825 - 1896)

Title:Linnean Society of London - Records
Reference:FM 4/2699
Date Range:1792 - 1870
Description:Correspondence, 1805-1870, and manuscripts, 1792-1861.
Formats:Microfilm.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Archer, William (1820 - 1874) | Backhouse, James (1794 - 1869) | Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820) | Bauer, Ferdinand Lukas (1760 - 1826) | Bloxam, A. | Clarke, William Branwhite (1798 - 1878) | Cunningham, Allan (1791 - 1839) | Gipps, George (1791 - 1847) | Gould, John (1804 - 1881) | Hooker, William Jackson (1785 - 1865) | Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | Macarthur, D. | Macarthur, James (1798 - 1867) | Macleay, William John (1820 - 1891) | Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865) | McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848) | Swainson, William John (1789 - 1855)
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National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Charles Robert Darwin - Records
Reference:MS 73
Date Range:1874
Description:Letter to Sir William Denison and Lady Denison requesting information on the fertility of Pitcairn Islanders 1874.
Quantity:1 items
Access:Available for reference

Title:Charles Robert Darwin - Records
Reference:MS 4260
Date Range:1834
Description:Manuscript copy of letter from Valparaiso to C.W. Durham written on the "Beagle" 1834.
Quantity:1 item
Access:Available for reference
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State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Charles Robert Darwin - Records
Date Range:1873 - 1881
Description:Letter 1873 to G.F. Belcher on the Australian caterpillar. Letter 1881 to D. McAlpine regarding the "Zoological Atlas" (Edinburgh 1881).
Quantity:2 items
Access:Available for reference
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