Darwin Papers &amp; Manuscripts

'Northern Chile' [last chapter of South America (1846)]. 148 images

DAR2

Draft of chs. 1-10 of Cross and self fertilisation. 311 images

DAR3

Cross and self fertilisation continued, 339 images

DAR4

Cross and self fertilisation continued, 325 images

DAR5

Lecture notes on medicine etc. Edinburgh [1825-7]; zoological walk to Portobello [c. 1826]; early geological notes, near Shrewsbury; geological notes made with Sedgwick; notes on alluvium, 1837 (& 1846); geological notes on Salisbury Craigs, 1838; notes for glacier papers, 1839-42. 283 images

DAR5.A12

'Dr Munro Anatomy'. [Edinburgh University lecture notes]. (1825)

DAR5.A13-A23

'D^r Munro Anatomy'. [Edinburgh University lecture notes]. (1825)

DAR5.A28

'M Lamarck arranges "Les Animals sans Vertebrae"'

DAR5.A49-A51

Text & Image

'a "Zoological walk" to Portobello' 1826-7.

Christ's College, Cambridge

CC-T.1.2

'Admissions to Christ College' (1827). Christ's College, Cambridge. Introduction

CC-T.1.4

Browse
(whole volume)

'Admissions 1818-1828'. Christ's College, Cambridge. Introduction

CC-T.3.1

'Admissions 1815-1852'. Christ's College, Cambridge. Introduction

CC-T.11.26

1822-1829 'Tutors' Accounts' includes bills for apothecary, barber, bedmaker, shoeblack, porter, library books, brazier, coal, cook, chimney sweep, scullion, grocer, glazier, hatter, smith, steward, laundress, tailor, private tuition, linen draper, woollen draper and painter. Introduction

CC-T.11.27

1830-1835 'Students Bills' continues the records of T.11.26, although with printed columns, and also includes seamstress, bricklayer, carpenter and study or room rent. Introduction

CC-T.11.25

1827-1831 'Students Bills' records Darwin’s weekly commons or buttery (meals) account in College.
Introduction

CC-T.9.5

1828-1831 'Study Rent' records Darwin's quarterly room rent, usually 4 pounds. Introduction

CC-T.17.A

1828-1829 'Residents Book' records weekly residence in College and terms kept. To earn a B.A. degree undergraduates were required to reside ten terms in Cambridge. Introduction

CC-T.8.2

1831-1836 'Lecturer's Book' records degree fees, £14 for Darwin's B.A. in 1831 and £12 for his M.A. in 1836. Introduction

CC-OldLibrary_Fox1

Darwin to W.D. Fox 12 [June 1828]

CC-OldLibrary184a

Photograph of Charles Darwin by Maull and Polyblank for the Literary and Scientific Portrait Club (1855). Introduction

CC-OldLibrary184b

[Cheque by Charles Darwin 'to self' (Union Bank of London)] 1872.03.21.
Introduction

CC-OldLibraryGG.1.25

Utricularia [draft of Insectivorous plants p. 427]

CC-Oldlibrary0.12.14-9

Images

Henslow, 1822. Geological description of Anglesea [Corrected proof with original hand drawings and map.]

CC-OldLibraryBB.5.17a

Proctor, R. 1825. Narrative of a journey across the Cordillera of the Andes. London: Constable. [signed and annotated by Darwin.]

David Stanbury collection, Old Library, Christ's College, Cambridge (catalogue).

NationalArchivesCensus

Census Returns of England and Wales. Entries relating to the Darwin family for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891.

DAR6

Darwin Archive, Cambridge University Library, continued

First 'pencil' sketch of species theory, 1842; [see fair copy DAR217.1]; sketch of species theory sent to Asa Gray, 1857: transcribed in F1556 & F350. 87 images

DAR6.14

[Outline of the 1842 sketch of species theory].

DAR6.51

sketch of species theory sent to Asa Gray, 1857

DAR7

Sketch of species theory, 1844, original MS. [see fair copy DAR113]. Transcribed in F1556. 311 images

DAR8

Natural selection, chapter 3: 'On the Possibility of all Organic Beings Occasionally Crossing and on the Remarkable Susceptibility of the Reproductive System to External Agencies', 1856. Preceded by summary of Natural selection, in blue cover. Transcribed in F1583. 164 images

DAR9

Natural selection, chapter 4 [i.e. chapter 2 in Origin 1859: 'Variations under Nature']. 1857. [Pp. 1-87; 91 folios, etc.] Transcribed in F1583. 120 images

DAR10.1

Natural selection, chapter 5 [i.e. chapter 3 in Origin 1859: 'The Struggle for Existence as Bearing on Natural Selection']. 1857. Transcribed in F1583. 128 images

DAR10.2

Natural selection, chapter 6 (i.e. chapter 4 in Origin 1859: 'On Natural Selection']. 1857. Transcribed in F1583. 167 images

DAR11.1

Natural selection, chapter 7 [i.e. chapter 5 in Origin 1859: 'Laws of Variation. Varieties and Species Compared']. 1857. Transcribed in F1583. 223 images

DAR11.2

Natural selection, chapter 8 [i.e. chapter 6 in Origin 1859: 'Difficulties in the Theory of Natural Selection in Relation to Passages from Form to Form']. 1857. Transcribed in F1583. 152 images

DAR12

Natural selection, chapter 9 [i.e. Origin chapter 8: 'Hybridism']. 1857.Transcribed in F1583. 244 images

DAR13

Natural selection, chapter 10 [i.e. chapter 7 in Origin 1859: 'Mental Powers and Instincts in Animals']. 1858. Transcribed in F1583. 187 images

DAR14

Natural selection, chapter 11, original & copy of chapter on 'Geographical Distribution' [i.e. chs. 11 & 12 in Origin 1859]. Transcribed in F1583. 230 images

DAR15.1

Natural selection, chapter 4 'Common and Large Genera Presenting Most Varieties'. Fair copy of DAR9.(1-87), sent to Hooker on 6 May 1858 & bears his notes. Transcribed in F1583. 141 images

DAR15.2

Misc. tables of species, etc. First part. Items numbered 1-105. 162 images

DAR16.1

Misc. tables of species, etc. 175 images

DAR16.2

Misc. tables of species, etc. Second part. Items numbered 106-203; 204-308. 196 images

DAR17.1A

Draft of part of Expression of the emotions (1872), written on the backs of MS. folios of Descent of man (1871). 38 images

DAR17.1.B

Draft of Climbing plants, Part I, pp. 1-62. 106 images

DAR17.2.B

Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, chs. 8 & 9. 49 images

DAR18

Draft of Climbing plants. Part II, pp. 94-160, 160a-235. 263 images

DAR19 - 23

Draft of Power of movement in plants (1880).

DAR24 - 25

Draft of Formation of vegetable mould (1881).

DAR26

Draft of Recollections of the Development of My Mind and Character. [Autobiography] Transcribed in F1497. 205 images

DAR27.1

Notes and drafts for some of Darwin's papers:
'Bees Boring Holes in Flowers', 16 Aug. 1841. F1658
'Notes on the effects produced by the ancient glaciers of Caernarvonshire'; includes small table of heights. F1660
One folio of MS. of 'Observations on the structure and propagation of the Genus Sagitta'. F1664
'On the action of sea-water on the germination of seeds'. F1694
Notes for above paper. Also cuttings on the subject from Gardeners' Chron. of 26 May 1855.
'On the Agency of Bees in the Fertilisation of Papilionaceous Flowers, and on the Crossing of Kidney Beans'. Two sheets of galley proof; & specimens of kidney beans. F1701 137 images

DAR27.2

Draft of and notes for 'On the Sexual Relations of the Three Forms of Lythrum salicaria'. F1731 151 images

DAR28.1.A

Copy of 'The Action of Carbonate of Ammonia on the Roots of Certain Plants', in Francis Darwin's hand, corrected by Darwin. F1801 64 images

DAR28.1.B

Fair Copy of the above. 57 images

DAR28.2

Copy in Francis Darwin's hand (corrected by Darwin) of 'The Action of Carbonate of Ammonia on Chlorophyll Bodies'.
Fair copy of the above, with corrections by Darwin
Draft of Preliminary notice. In Van Dyck, On the modification of a race of Syrian street-dogs by means of sexual selection. F1803 110 images

DAR29.1

Notes made on board the Beagle, 1832-1836:
(i) Animals, pp. 1-50.
Fish in spirits of wine: 20 pp.
Insects: 2 pages, & letter: C. C. Babington, 1 July 1837.
Shells in spirits of wine [8 pp.] 143 images

DAR29.1.A1-A49

[Darwin's Beagle animal notes (1832-33)].
Introduction

DAR29.1.B1b-B20

'Fish in Spirits of Wine' [Beagle animal notes] (1832-1836).

DAR29.1.D1-D8

'Shells in Spirits of wine'. [Beagle animal notes] (1832-1836).

DAR29.2

[Beagle 1832-6] Ornithological notes, transcribed in F1577. 123 images

DAR29.3

Notes made on Beagle, 1832-1836, on Shells.
Lists of Beagle specimens.
Catalogue of boxes of corallines [10 small pieces of paper].
Insects in spirits of wine [one sheet].
Zoological plates & references.
'Table for Lind's wind gage for Captain Fitzroy of H.M.S. Beagle'.
Mammalia in spirits of wine.
Birds, etc. in spirits of wine.
Notes on the preservation of specimens. 157 images

DAR29.3.78

Notes on the preservation of specimens.

DAR30-31

'Diary of observations on zoology of the places visited during the voyage [of the Beagle]' (Zoological diary) (1832-1836) (Transcribed in F1840). 632 images

DAR32-33

Diary of observations on the geology of the places visited during the voyage (1832-1834) [Geological diary]. 485 images

DAR32.1-2

Geological diary: Brazil coast [8.1836]

DAR32.3-8

Geological diary: Bahia [8.1836]

DAR32.9-14

Geological diary: Bahia Brazil [8.1836]

DAR32.15-20

Geological diary: Quail Island. (1.1832)

DAR32.21-36

Geological diary: St Jago. (1-2.1832)

DAR32.37-38

Geological diary: St Pauls. (1832)

DAR32.39-40

Geological diary: Fernando Noronha. (2.1832)

DAR32.41-48

Geological diary: Bahia. (2-3.1832)

DAR32.49-50

Geological diary: Abrolhos Islands. (3.1832)

DAR32.51-60

Geological diary: Provinicia do Rio de Janeiro. (4-6.1832)

DAR32.61-62

Geological diary: Coast of Patagonia. (8-9.1832)

DAR32.63-72

Geological diary: Bahia Blanca. (9-10.1832)

DAR32.73-74

Geological diary: Bahia Blanca (appendix). (1833)

DAR32.75-76

Geological diary: Buenos Ayres. (11.1832)

DAR32.77-82

Geological diary: Monte Video. (8 & 11.1832)

DAR32.83-84

Geological diary: Monte Video (appendix). (11.1833)

DAR32.85-95

Geological diary: Tierra del Fuego. (1-2.1833)

DAR32.96-97

Geological diary: Tierra del Fuego (appendix). (2.1834)

DAR32.98-122

Geological diary: Tierra del Fuego. (1-2.1833)

DAR32.123-132

Geological diary: East Falkland Island. (3.1833)

DAR32.133-150

Geological diary: East Falkland Island (appendix). (3.1834)

DAR32.151-152

Geological diary: Falkland Islands. (3.1834)

DAR33.153-164

Geological diary: Maldonado. (5-6.1833)

DAR33.165

Geological diary: (annotated maps and diagrams relating to Berkeley Sound). [nd]

DAR33.166-216

Geological diary: Falkland Islands. [1834-]

DAR33.217-222

Geological diary: (Falkland Islands, in comparison with Henslow's account of geology of Anglesea).

DAR33.223-226

Geological diary: St Josephs Bay. (1833)

DAR33.227-228

Geological diary: of Patagonia - St Josephs Bay to Port Desire. (1833)

DAR33.229-242

Geological diary: Port Desire. (1.1834)

DAR33.243-244

Geological diary: Port Desire (appendix). (5.1834)

DAR33.245-248

Geological diary: Port St Julian. (1.1834)

DAR33.249-278

Geological diary: Pampas. (1833)

DAR34

'a diary of observations on the geology of the places visited during the voyage' [Geological diary]. 367 images

DAR34.1

Geological diary: Rat Island / The Mount. (7-8.1832)

DAR34.2

Geological diary: Between Rio Lucia and Mount. [7.1832]

DAR34.3-6

Geological diary: Geology of Monte Video. [7-10.1832]

DAR34.7-9

Geological diary: St Mathias Bay / St Josephs [Bay]. [4.1833]

DAR34.10-11

Anon. Tomando tierra en el fondo de la Bahía de San José. (nd)

DAR34.12-13

Geological diary: 'Scattered facts communicated to me by different people'. (11.1832)

DAR34.14-15

Hughes, 'Memoranda for M^r C. Darwin'. (11.1832)

DAR34.16

Geological diary: Good Success Bay. (12.1832)

DAR34.17-24

Geological diary: Rio Negro. (1833)

DAR34.25-26

Geological diary: Salinas. (1833)

DAR34.27-28

Geological diary: Salitrales (1833)

DAR34.29-34

Geological diary: Port Desire.

DAR34.35-35a

Geological diary: Recalculation of Port Desire plains. [1.1834]

DAR34.36-39

Geological diary: [geological specimens 1625-1692, descriptions].

DAR34.40-60

Geological diary: Elevations of Patagonia. (5.1834)

DAR34.61-64

Geological diary: Elevations on coast of Patagonia.

DAR34.65-73

Geological diary: Falkland Islands. [3.1833]

DAR34.74-75

Geological diary: Re-examination of the transition fully confirms very thing I then said.

DAR34.76-86

Geological diary: From old observations I think hills north of Berk S[ound]. (3-4.1834)

DAR34.87-92

Geological diary: Observations on the bottom of the sea between the Falkland Islands & St. Cruz. (4.1834-1.1835)

DAR34.93-98

Geological diary: Barometrical Obser: for measurement of Valley of St. Cruz. (4-5.1834)

DAR34.99

Geological diary: Valley of S Cruz. (4.1834)

DAR34.104-111

Geological diary: Valley of S Cruz. (4.1834)

DAR34.112

Geological diary: Attempt to find general inclination of the bottom of the sea off the coast of Patagonia.

DAR34.113-114

[list of specimens collected, numbered 1948-1997].

DAR34.115-117

Geological diary: Hypothesis / S Cruz. [4-5.1834]

DAR34.118-119

(details of soundings taken). (5.1834)

DAR34.120-121

[Santa Cruz calculations]. [4-5.1834]

DAR34.122-124

Geological diary: Santa Cruz. (4.1834)

DAR34.125-128

Geological diary: Port Famine. (2.1834)

DAR34.129-130

[list of specimens collected, numbered 1801-1830] / Passage of Animals & upheaval.

DAR34.131-150

Geological diary: S. Cruz. (4-5.1834)

DAR34.151-152

Geological diary: S. Cruz / Transportal of Gravel.

DAR34.153-156

Geological diary: Port Famine. (6.1834)

DAR34.157-176

Geological diary: E. Coast of T. del Fuego. (5.1834)

DAR34.177-178

Geological diary: T: del Fuego (appendix). (11.1835)

DAR34.179-180

Geological diary: The more I reflect on Stratification & Cleavage the more difficulties I find.

DAR34.181-182

Geological diary: Bay. N. of Orange bay.

DAR34.183

Geological diary: Gregory Bay. (5.1834)

DAR34.184-185a

Geological diary: North of Wollaston Island. (1-2.183)

DAR34.186-187

Geological diary: C. Virgins. (1.1834)

DAR34.188-189

Geological diary: Magdalen Island & Cape Negro. (1-2.1834)

DAR34.190-191

Geological diary: East coast of T. del Fuego & St^s of Magellan.

DAR34.192

Geological diary: Cape Virgins. (5.1834)

DAR34.193

Geological diary: most curiously convoluted & mingled with the surrounding substance (5.1834)

DAR34.194-195

Geological diary: At C. Espirito Santo, high cliffs commence.

DAR34.196

Geological diary: From S of St Sebastian to St Pauls head.

DAR34.197-198

Geological diary: very strongly: this elevation probably choked up C. Negro Isthmus. [1834]

DAR34.199-200

Geological diary: The Andes created all S. America. [Chiloe] (6.1834)

DAR34.201-205

Geological diary: Chiloe. June-July. 1834.

DAR35

'a diary of observations on the geology of the places visited during the voyage' [Geological diary]. 371 images

DAR35.206-217

Geological diary: Chiloé. (7.1834)

DAR35.230

Geological diary: Valparaiso / Hills behind Town (calculations of heights). (7.1834)

DAR35.231

Geological diary: Elevation of the plain of the Plazilla (calculations).

DAR35.232

Eck, Height of various places in Chili ascertained by Barometrical admeasurement. [9.1834]

DAR35.233-258

Geological diary: Chonos and Tres Montes. [12.1834-1.1835]

DAR35.259-266

Geological diary: Port St Andrew - Cape Harbor. (12.1834)

DAR35.267

Geological diary: Huafo. (1.1835)

DAR35.268-269

Geological diary: "Former Lemoos." — Jan. 6^th[1835]. — Lat 44°: 30'.

DAR35.270-271

Geological diary: East end of other Island. (12.1834)

DAR35.272-273

Geological diary: First of Chonos Islands (Midship Bay).

DAR35.274-276

Geological diary: A[nna] Pink Harbor. (1.1835)

DAR35.277-285

Geological diary: Anna Pink Harbor / Patch Cove. (12.1834-1.1835)

DAR35.286-287

Geological diary: Dark Harbor. (12.1835)

DAR35.288-303

Geological diary: Archipel: of Chiloe. (11.1834-2.1835)

DAR35.304

Geological diary: Peninsula of Lacuy. Chiloe (1.1835)

DAR35.307-309

[geological diagrams, watercoloured, Chiloe].

DAR35.310-318

Geological diary: Lacuy. Chiloe (1.1835)

DAR35.319-327

Geological diary: Lowes Harbor. (1.1835)

DAR35.328,328a-328j

'Chiloe Jan^r. 1835' [Beagle field notes].
Introduction

DAR35.331-340

Geological diary: Lacuy Peninsula. (1.1835)

DAR35.341-342

Geological diary: Chiloé. (1-2.1835)

DAR35.343-346

Geological diary: Valdivia. (2.1835)

DAR35.347

Geological diary: Baldivia. (2.1835)

DAR35.348-349

Geological diary: Niebla Fort. [2.1835]

DAR35.350

Geological diary: The Cliffs are continued up to the Altos of old Tucapel. [2.1835]

DAR35.351-353

Geological diary: [Valdivia] New form[ation] Sandstones (like 2576 rather harder) ferruginous acicular. [2.1835]

DAR35.354-356

Geological diary: [Concepcion March 1835] Fort Galvez. [3.1835]

DAR35.357-370

Geological diary: Concepcion. (3.1835)

DAR35.371-376

Geological diary: Valparaiso. (1834-1835)

DAR35.377-418

Geological diary: Chili. [1834-1836]

DAR36

'a diary of observations on the geology of the places visited during the voyage' [Geological diary]. 310 images

DAR36.419

Geological diary: Chili. [3 1834]

DAR36.420-422

Geological diary: Valparaiso (appendix to p. 47). (2.1835)

DAR36.424

Geological diary: Examined with Mr Alison shells on Hills [Valparaiso]. [2.1835]

DAR36.428

Geological diary: Valparaiso. Elevation land. (3.1835)

DAR36.429-435

Geological diary: Chili. (2-6.1835)

DAR36.436-437

Geological diary: Chili (appendix). (2-6.1835)

DAR36.438-444

Geological diary: Chili. (2-6.1835)

DAR36.445-446

Geological diary: Douglass states that the Cordilleras about the Estero de Reloncavi. [nd]

DAR36.447-451

Geological diary: Chili. (2-6.1835)

DAR36.452-461

Geological diary: Valleys - Cordilleras - Chili. (2-6.1835)

DAR36.462-465

Geological diary: Pampas - Mendoza. (2-6.1835)

DAR36.466-501

Geological diary: St. Jago to Mendoza. (3-4.1835)

DAR36.502-549

Geological diary: Uspallata Pass. [4.1835]

DAR36.550-573

Geological diary: Valparaiso to Coquimbo. (5.1835)

DAR37

'a diary of observations on the geology of the places visited during the voyage' [Geological diary]. 315 images

DAR37.716-795A

Geological diary: Galapagos. (10.1835). Introduction

DAR37.798-801

Geological diary: Tahiti. (11.1835).

DAR37.802-811

Geological diary: Bay of Islands, New Zealand. (12.1835).

DAR38

'a diary of observations on the geology of the places visited during the voyage' [Geological diary]. 224 images

DAR38.858-863

Geological diary: King George's Sound. (3.1836)

DAR38.864-881

Geological diary: King George's Sound. (3.1836)

DAR38.882-901

Geological diary: Mauritius. (5.1836)

DAR38.902-919

Geological diary: Cape of Good Hope. (6.1836)

DAR38.920-935

Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: St. Helena. (7.1836)

DAR38.936-953

Geological diary: Ascension. (7.1836)

DAR38.954-956

[Beagle field notes] 'Bahia Brazil Aug: 1836'

DAR38.957-960

Geological diary: Terceira (Azores). (9.1836)

HarkerCatalogue, Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge

[Harker, A.] Catalogue of the "Beagle" Collection of Rocks, made by Charles Darwin during the voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle", 1832-6. [c. 1907]
Introduction

NHM-405052-1001
Natural History Museum (London)

[List of reptiles and amphibians from the Beagle] (1832-1837).

NHM-408865-1001
Natural History Museum (London)

[List of fossil wood specimens from the Beagle.] Introduction

Referee reports from the Geological Society of London

GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.216

Referee report on Williams, On the raised beaches in Barnstaple. (3.1837)

GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.65

Referee report on Forchhammer, Changes of level in Denmark. (10.1837)

GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.8

Referee report on Austen, Limestones of Devonshire. (9.1838)

GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.38

Referee report on Clarke, Shower of ashes. (1.1840)

GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.35

Referee report on Chatfield, earthquake at San Salvador. (11.1840)

GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.130

Referee reports on Newbold, Rock basins and Phillips on caves, elephant bones and pumice. (10.1842).

Referee reports from the Royal Society of London

RoySoc-RR2.225

Referee report of D. Sharpe's manuscript "On the Arrangement of the Foliation and Cleavage of the Rocks of the North of Scotland" (3.1852)

RoySoc-RR3.38

Referee report of W.B. Carpenter's manuscript "On the fossil shells of foraminifera, called by him 'Orbitolites'" (8.1855)

RoySoc-RR3.147

Referee report of L. Horner's manuscript "An Account of Some Recent Researches Near Cairo" (3.1858)

RoySoc-RR3.255

Referee report of P. Smyth's manuscript "Observations on the Geology & Natural History of Teneriffe". (3.1858)

RoySoc-RR8.107

Referee report of S. Haughton's manuscript. (4.1878)

RoySoc-RR8.183

Referee report of J. Prestwich's manuscript "On the Origin of the Parallel Roads of Lochaber" (5.1879)

DAR39

MS. on the Geology of the Falkland Islands, by B. J. Sulivan. Lists of geological specimens.
Maps & diagrams: special notes on cleavage, fossils, shells, etc. 398 images

DAR39.152

[Coquimbo notes]. (5.1835)

DAR40

Misc. notes (mainly geological) during and arising from the Beagle voyage. Includes field notes from Hobart, Ascension etc. 157 images

DAR40.54

A river is a string of water - some parts thick & moving slow - others. (12.1838)

DAR40.84

Humboldt Personal narrative vol 6.

DAR40.93-96

Ascension. [Beagle field notes] [7.1836]

DAR40.97-99

[Hobart Town field notes]. (2.1836)

DAR40.100-101

[Hobart Town field notes]. (2.1836)

DAR41

Paper headed 'Coral Islands' [F1576]; fair copy of the foregoing; 'Recapitulations and Concluding Remarks' [on geology of South America]. 176 images

DAR41.1-12

'Coral islands' essay, 1835

DAR41.40-57

[Notes on the geology and corals of Keeling Islands]. [4.1836] Transcribed and edited by Alistair Sponsel

DAR41.51

'In every case first inclination (blue water) to about 20-30 fathoms' [4.1836]

DAR41.52

'Mr Sulivan. than in some the narrow channels between the smaller islands' [4.1836]

DAR41.53-56

Sulivans outside deep soundings. [4.1836]

DAR41.59-77

[Essay on] Cleavage. [5.1836]

DAR41.73

General introduction to the Beagle notebooks

[Humboldt] `Superposition'.

The Beagle field Notebooks (English Heritage Darwin Collection at Down House)

Chronological register to the notebooks

EH1.4
[English Heritage 88202324]

Cape de Verds notebook (1-6.1832).
Introduction

EH1.10
[English Heritage 88202330]

Rio notebook (4.1832, 6.1832-10.1832).
Introduction

EH1.12
[English Heritage 88202332]

Buenos Ayres notebook (11-12.1832-2.1833; 12.1833).
Introduction

EH1.14
[English Heritage 88202334]

Falkland notebook (2-5.1833; 8.1833).
Introduction

EH1.11
[English Heritage 88202331]

B. Blanca notebook (9-10.1833).
Introduction

EH1.13
[English Heritage 88202333]

St. Fe notebook (9-11.1833; 3-4.1835).
Introduction

EH1.9
[English Heritage 88202329]

Banda Oriental notebook (11.1833, 4-5.1834).
Introduction

EH1.8
[English Heritage 88202328]

Port Desire notebook (1-4.1834, 11-12.1834).
Introduction

EH1.15
[English Heritage 88202335]

Valparaiso notebook (8.1834).
Introduction

EH1.18
[English Heritage 88202338]

Santiago notebook (9.1834; 2.1835-9.1838?).
Introduction

EH1.17
[English Heritage 88202337]

Galapagos notebook (1835).
Introduction

EH1.16
[English Heritage 88202336]

Coquimbo notebook (4-5.1835).
Introduction

EH1.7
[English Heritage 88202327]

Copiapò notebook (6.1835).
Introduction

EH1.6
[English Heritage 88202326]

Despoblado notebook (6-9.1835; 5-9.1836).
Introduction

EH1.3
[English Heritage 88202323]

Sydney notebook (1-4.1836).
Introduction

EH1.1
[English Heritage 88202321]

Down House notebook 1.1. [1878-1880?]

EHBeagleDiary
[English Heritage 88202366]

[Darwin's Beagle diary (1831-1836)] transcribed by Rookmaaker. Also transcribed in F1925.

DAR42

Darwin Archive, Cambridge University Library, continued

Notes for South America (1846). 366 images

DAR42.55

It may be suspected from correlation in range of cleavage with lines of disturbance. (11.1843)

DAR42.61

Cross cleavage & conversion of clayslate in gneiss show that original cleavage planes determine mineralogical planes.

DAR42.75

M. Video p. 65. [bottom of DAR32.79] [1832]

DAR42.77

I may also remark that generally where the cleavage of the Mica Slates is not well developed.

DAR42.79

When writing on Cleavage refer to p. 37 of Hopkins abstract memoir.

DAR42.80

Before writing cleavage remarks read over whole Chapter & Sedgwicks Paper

DAR42.93-96

Reflection on reading my Geological notes. [3.1834]

DAR42.148

Reflection on reading my Geological notes. continued

DAR42.97-99

'The position of the bones of Mastodon (?) at Port St Julian is of interest'. (2.1835)

DAR42.100

Humboldt Personal narrative VII: 52.

DAR42.117v

Humboldt Personal narrative VI: 586, 25; Notebook RN pp 84, 105, 124.

DAR42.140

On the Bandu Oriental side near to the dos Hermanas. (nd)

DAR42.141

Limestone with lead ore: Maldonado. (nd)

DAR42.162

Humboldt Personal narrative IV: 384.

DAR42.194

A river is a string of water - some parts thick & moving slow - others. (12.1838)

DAR43.1

Notes by Orbigny, Sowerby & Forbes on shells collected by Darwin. [See Appendix in F273] 105 images

DAR43.2.A

'Buenos Ayres The fossil shells': 1-46. 46 images

DAR43.2.B

'Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America' by G. B Sowerby [See Appendix in F273]. 43 images

DAR44

Printed maps of South America, & plans & diagrams (geological sections, etc.) made by Darwin. 52 images

DAR44.30[.1]

St Helena model. (9.1838)

DAR45

Notes for chapter on 'Variation under Nature' [chapter 4 of Natural selection; chapter 2 of Origin 1859]. Contains Darwin's & others' MS. notes, printed extracts from periodicals, newspaper-cuttings, etc. See F1583. 284 images

DAR45.58

'Forbes has thought about variability, being effect of conditions' (12.1844)

DAR46.1

Notes for chapter on 'Struggle for Existence' [chapter 5 of Natural selection; chapter 3 of Origin 1859]. Newspaper-cuttings, etc. See F1583. 105 images

DAR46.2

Notes on seeds of flowers (including hollyhock & stock) & vegetables, 'Comparison of seeds, flowers, legumes, etc. to see effect of selection and of non-correlation'.
Notes on origin of cultivated plants, abstracts & a list of alpine plants not found in arctic Europe.
Notes for 2d ed. of Journal of researches which 'may be useful in species theory'.
Notes on habits of bees. 287 images

DAR46.2.C23

[Notes on bees and heartease]. (1842)

DAR47

Notes for 'Laws of Variation' [chapter 7 of Natural selection; chapter 5 of Origin 1859], includes notes by G. R. Waterhouse, H. C. Watson & G. J. Romanes. See F1583. 361 images

DAR48

Scraps & notes for 'Transitions of Organs', i.e. chapter 8 Natural selection [chapter 6 in Origin 1859]. See F1583.
Notes on bees' cells for origin of species theory. 234 images

DAR48.B2

[Notes on bee cells.] (nd)

DAR48.B4

'It would be good to give truncated comb & see whether Bees do gnaw down'. (nd)

DAR48.B5

'M^r L. c^d not perceive any difference in size of stomach of the 2 kinds of Bees' (nd)

DAR48.B6

'The hexagonal comb (of Polistes?) might be introduced'. (nd)

DAR48.B7

'Measure diameter of Queen cells'. (nd)

DAR48.B9

'In British Museum / Mischocyttarus labiatus'. (nd)

DAR48.B10

'Scale for Bees' cells' (nd)

DAR48.B11

'Depth of rhomb 18/200 = 9/100' (nd)

DAR48.B15-B17

'Cell from opposite angle to angle' (nd)

DAR48.B20

'Miner's American bee-keepers' manual' (nd)

DAR48.B21

[Notes on wasp and bee cells.] 'Saw in glass-case B[ritish] Mus[eum] a Polistes nest'. (5.1858)

DAR48.B22

'Opened Straw Hive of Mr Innes'. (5.1858)

DAR49

Notes on dichogamy in plants, 1841. Also other notes an plants, dated 1841-72. ('Scraps about plants, all fully used.') 195 images

DAR50

Rough draft made for W. Kemp 'An account of some seeds buried at a great depth. . .which germinated.' F1918 with correspondence on the subject.
Glen Roy notes & scraps. A few notes, etc. See F1909
'Abstract of Views on Glacial Periods', by J. Croll.
Notes & other material on alpine, polar & glacial distribution. 235 images

DAR51

Notes & diagrams on phyllotaxy [1863].
Notes on peloria & on fertility of Antirrhinum, 1862-5.
Material for pangenesis theory [1868]. notes, etc., Darwin on Ranyard on Pangenesis [1871], original draft of chapter ultimately altered & published in Variation [vol. II, chapter 27]. 177 images

DAR51.C36-C74

Hypothesis of Pangenesis. [5.1865.] Also transcribed in F1578.

DAR52

Draft of a discussion on organs not being formed by direct action of medium in distinct organisms. Sent to G. H. Lewes, 1868.
Ideas for experimenting some Galtonian measurements, 1873.
Rough notes on Southampton gravel, 1874. See F1351
Romanes's paper on abortion, with draft of Darwin's reply, & letters printed in Nature on the subject, etc., 1874.
Notes & letters concerning Torbitt's experiments on potato disease, 1876-.
Perfected notes & other material on Aggregation of chlorophyll in plants [1880-1]. 213 images

DAR53

Additional photographs for Expression of the emotions, drawings, notes & references of chs. 2, 3, 6, 7, introduction, memoranda; cuttings from Nature & other publications.
Notes for Cross and self fertilisation (1876). 202 & 138 images

DAR54

Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Daily observations, notes, undated scraps for 1860-1862, 1871-1872. 260 images

DAR55

Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Daily observations, notes, undated scraps, etc. for the later months of 1872 & June & July of 1873. 225 images

DAR56

Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Daily observations, notes, etc., for the remaining months of 1873. 227 images

DAR57

Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Daily observations, notes, etc., for the first part of 1874. 220 images

DAR58.2

Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Press-cuttings, articles from scientific journals. 219 images

DAR59.1

Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Daily observations, notes, etc., for the second part of 1874, & for 1875. 244 images

CC-OldLibraryGG.1.25

Utricularia [draft of `Insectivorous plants' p. 427], Christ's College, Cambridge

SA-Haandskrift394A[.1]

State Library, Aarhus, Denmark

The immersion of leaves in a solution of sugar [draft of `Insectivorous plants' pp. 293-4] (1874-1875). State Library, Aarhus, Denmark.

DAR59.2

Darwin Archive, Cambridge University Library, continued

Material for Expression of the emotions. 127 images

DAR60

Material for Insectivorous plants (1875).
Records of experiments with vapours, acids & salts, collections of related notes, references to work of other authors, etc. 255 & 134 images

DAR61

Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Rough draft of the book, incomplete. 129 images

DAR62

Notes for 'On the Action of Carbonate of Ammonia on the Roots of Certain Plants'. F1801 132 images

DAR63

Material for Earthworms (1881).
Notes on (1) castings; (2) furrows & ploughed land; (3) experiments done at St Catherine's Hill, Teg Down, & Stonehenge.
Cuttings from scientific journals. 176 images

DAR64.1

Material for Earthworms (1881).
Notes of experiments on habits of worms, many in the hand of Francis Darwin; notes on experiments carried out at Silchester, Chedworth, Abinger, Leith Hill & Stonehenge, with diagrams, plans, calculations, & photographs.
Cuttings from various journals.
Notes on the Roman Villa at Chedworth by Buckman & R. W. Hall, 2d ed. (1873).
Memorandum on Chedworth (15 Nov. 1877).
Articles on worms by E. R. Lankester & E:-L. Trouessart. 126 & 205 images

DAR64.2

DAR65

Material for Earthworms (1881). Notes & observations made June 1880 - Mar. 1881; drawings, proofs, calculations, & undated scraps. 171 images

DAR66

Notes on bloom on leaves & fruit, which remained unfinished at Darwin's death.
Notes for the years 1863, 1873-5 & Jan. - Aug. 1877. 232 images

DAR67

Notes on researches into bloom on leaves & fruit.
Notes for Sept. 1877 to Jan. 1882. 141 images

DAR68

Notes on researches into bloom on leaves & fruit. Scraps on bloom.
Late notes on leaf secretion & ants.
Notes on: sleep in plants; salt water; effects of shaking stems of plants.
Notes, with no year, from 11 June to 21 Nov., & 1 Aug. to 25 Sept. 182 images

DAR69

Material for new eds or corrections of works:
Notes, etc., & proofs for supplemental note for Descent of man (1877).
Letter: 'An Irishman', 13 June 1877.
Translation of 5th ed. of Origin of species into French, including notes which are possibly by Asa Gray.
Notes for correcting 6th ed. of Origin of species (1872).
2d ed. of Coral Reefs (1874), 3 maps, Commander W. J. S. Wharton's note on Rodriguez & Zanzibar, Charles Smith's notes on S.W. Pacific, proofs of plates, & cuttings from journals, etc.
Notes by Darwin & others for 3rd ed. of Coral reefs (1889), with a map of Great Barrier Reef, an extract from Blackwood's letter to Beaufort (20 Apr. 1843), cuttings, etc.
2d ed. of Climbing plants (1875), including cuttings, proofs of plates, & notes by G. H. Darwin on Climbing plants.
2d ed. of Cross and self fertilisation (1878), 'Ueber Honigthau' by H. Hoffmann, a review of book by Asa Gray, & cuttings from journals. 335 images

DAR70

Material for 2d ed. of Orchids (1877). Paintings for plates I-IV. 264 images

DAR71

Darwin's abstracts of scientific books. Includes 'Catalogue of books'. 290 images

DAR71.1-5

'Catalogue of Books (not Journals)'. [nd]

DAR71.53-59

'Macculloch. Attrib of Deity' [Essay on Theology and Natural Selection] (1838).

DAR72

Abstracts of scientific books pp. 1-82, not recorded in the 'catalogue' of DAR 71; pp. 83-169: Misc. abstracts of scientific journals, chiefly on botany (Annales des Sciences, series II, vol. I-). 213 images

DAR72.65

Wilson `Botanical Society of Edinburgh' : 32; Magnus `Bot Verein Brandenburg'; Wallace `American Naturalist': 161; Hollis `Journal Anat Phys'; Hoffman `Botanische Zeitung'.

DAR73

Abstracts of scientific journals. Mém. Soc. Phy. Sci. de Genève; Mém. des Muséums, vols. III, X; Mém. du Mus. d'histoire Nat. vol. X, 1823; London J. Botany; Phytologist, vol. II, 1845-7; Botanical Gazette; Zoologists, vols. I & II, 1843-56; J. Indian Archipelago. 216 images

DAR74

Abstracts of scientific journals, etc. Includes: Westminster Rev.; Annales des Scient. Nat. 1st series; Horticulture Trans. vols. I-VII; Silliman's American J. Science; Horticultural J. vol. I; J. Agricultural Soc. of England, vol. I; Boston J. Natural History, vol. I; Linnaean Soc. Trans. vol. XVI; J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal; Madras J. Literature and Science; British Association: 1840. 271 images

DAR74.189-190

Wallace A.R [Remarks on the habits, distribution, and affinities of the genus Pitta]; Baird; Coues; Swinhoe; Blyth; Salvin `Ibis' 6 1864-5.

DAR75

Abstracts of scientific pamphlets & journals. Includes an index of abstracts of '4° and 8° pamphlets': Gardeners' Chron.; Bull. Geological Soc.; Geological J.; Annals of the Soc. of Natural History; Trans. New Zealand Institute; Kosmos; Proc. & Trans. Zoological Soc.; Linnean J.; Trans. Linnean Soc.; American Naturalist; Philosophical Trans; J. Anatomy & Physiology; Proc. American Philosophical Soc; Annales, Soc. Entomolog. de France; Mind; J. Anthropological Institute; Proc. or Mem. of Boston Soc. of Nat. Hist. (sic); Proc. American Academy of Sciences; Proc. Royal Soc. for Advancement of Science.
Lists of articles & pamphlets on: intercrossing & sterility; dichogamy in plants & animals; variations under Nature & laws of variation. 179 images

DAR76

Old observations on Diptera.
Notes, scraps & calculations used in Cross and self fertilisation. 318 images

DAR76.A2

[Notes on hybridity]. (1842)

DAR77

Material used in Cross and self fertilisation (1876) includes scraps, memoranda, notes of observations, tables of calculations, references to articles in journals.
Account of 25 years of observations of sweet peas, signed by W. Masters. 265 images

DAR78

Notes for Cross and self fertilisation (1876). 276 images

DAR79

Notes for Cross and self fertilisation (1876), continued. 239 images

DAR80

Material for 1st ed. of Descent of man (1871). References to books & articles by other writers. Index to a work by C. L. Brehm. Index of books used.
Cuttings from scientific journals, etc. 282 images

DAR80.B66-B67

Baines; Pordage; Wallace; Bonte; Pruner-Bey `Anthropological Review' 1866 and 1867.

DAR80.B100

Wallace A.R. [Malay Archipelago]: I: 87 'orang throwing'; II: 'for Man'. [1869-71]

DAR81

Material for 1st ed. of Descent of man (1871). 237 images

DAR81.16

'Wallace tells me...terrestrial leaches' (6.1867)

DAR81.100

Wallace A.R. On the Pieridæ of the Indian and Australian Regions. `Transactions of the Entomological Society' 4: 301 1867. [1867]

DAR81.103

Wallace A.R. On the Phenomena of Variation and Geographical Distribution as Illustrated by the Papilionidæ of the Malayan Region. `Linnean Transactions' 25 1865: 6. [1865]

DAR81.104

Wallace A.R. `Transactions of the Entomological Society' 4: 301 1867. [1867]

DAR81.135

Wallace, `Narrative of travels on the Amazon' II: 276, 314.

DAR81.146

Wallace A.R. [Malay Archipelago]: 1869 II: 313. [1869]

DAR82

Material for 1st ed. of Descent of man (1871).
Queries & observations of A. Günther; scraps; press-cuttings; illustrations. 319 images

DAR83

Material for 1st ed. of Descent of man (1871). Notes & observations, made at Zoological Gardens & elsewhere; cuttings from scientific journals; illustrations; observations by other people. 233 images

DAR84.1

Material for 1st ed. of Descent of man (1871). Notes, calculations, references to books & articles by other writers, mainly on sexual selection in birds, misc. memoranda, cuttings from journals, drawings, & proofs of illustrations. 309 & 251 images

DAR84.2

DAR84.1.46

Wallace in remarking on peacock's tail. (6.1867)

DAR84.1.119

Fox, W. D. '3 crows to a nest' (5.1868)

DAR84.1.171a

Wallace A.R. `Ibis' 3 1861: 350. [1861]

DAR84.2.18

Darwin, C. R. Wallace A.R 'On the Pigeons of the Malay Archipelago' Ibis 1865.

DAR84.2.123

Wallace A.R. `Annals and Magazine of Natural History' 20 1857: 412; Audubon. [1857]

DAR84.2.151

Darwin, C. R. Wallace A.R `Travels': [various].

DAR85

Material for 1st ed. of Descent of man (1871). Includes notes & relevant letters on specific subjects (e.g. music, hair colour in man, etc.); scraps & memoranda; cuttings from journals. 335 images

DAR85.A72

Humboldt Personal narrative IV: 515-522, 416.

DAR86

MS relating to 1st ed. of Descent of man (1871), & of errata for Insectivorous plants (1875). 289 images

DAR87

Material for 2d ed. of Descent of man (1874) chs. 1-6, & cuttings from journals, memoranda & photographs. 229 images

DAR88

Material for 2d ed. of Descent of man (1874). Notes & memoranda on moral sense, mammals & birds. 274 images

DAR88.145

Limited Inheritance after reading Wallace / If any tendency to transmit . (4.1871)

DAR89

Material for 2d ed. of Descent of man (1874). Notes on fish, insects, sexual selection, man—voice, music. 284 images

DAR90

Material for 2d ed. of Descent of man (1874), including races, sexual selection, general principles, notes & proofs for errata, etc. 211 images

DAR91

Early notes on guns & shooting.
'Old & useless notes about the moral sense and some metaphysical points written about 1837 and earlier' (1838-1840).
Autobiographical fragment, 'written August 1838'.
Misc. material originally found with notebook for 'Books to be read'. 1838, DAR119.
One loose sheet originally with 'Catalogue of the Scientific books read by Darwin in 1846'.
Draft of a sketch of A. R. Wallace's career, 1881.
Fair copy of autobiography, & list of Darwin's works.
Notes on reading Sumner's Evidence of Christianity.
Copy of Darwin on Henslow for Memoir of the Rev. Henslow. (1862). F830 172 images

DAR91.1

Shot [Notes on shooting].

DAR91.2

the proper proportion of shot [Notes on shooting].

DAR91.3

Instructions for Young Sportsmen [Notes on shooting].

DAR91.4-55

'Old & useless notes about the moral sense & some metaphysical points'. (1838-1840)

DAR91.56-63

'Life. Written August — 1838' [An autobiographical fragment] (8.1838).

DAR91.70

'Books read'

DAR91.71

'List of Books bearing on number of inhabitants of small area'

DAR91.72

'Books to be read'

DAR91.77-78

'Send for Archives du Mus d'Hist Naturelle vols 5 and 6 [and other works]'. 1853.

DAR91.79-80

'Memoranda about Books'

DAR91.88a-88b

'Books to be certainly read'. (1856)

DAR91.91-94

[Buckley, A.] [1880]. [biographical and bibliographical notes on A. R. Wallace].

DAR91.95-98

[Memorial of A. R. Wallace for a Civil List Pension]. (1880)

DAR91.101

[1880] [Draft fragment concerning pension for A.R. Wallace]

DAR91.102-104

'a sketch of the principal events in my life'. (1866-1875)

DAR91.105-106

continued...

DAR91.107-109

continued...

DAR91.110-113

continued...

DAR91.114-118

[Notes on reading Sumner's Evidence of Christianity]. [c. 1827.]

DAR92

Papers dealing with Samuel Butler's attack on Darwin. Including fair copies of Darwin's first & second draft letters to Athenaeum, cuttings, reviews of Butler's Evolution old and new, & Butler's letter to Athenaeum. 300 images

DAR107

forthcoming

DAR108

Material on illegitimate progeny of dimorphic & trimorphic plants, including notes, tables, memoranda & press-cuttings, mainly on Primulae. 292 images

DAR109

Material on illegitimate progeny of dimorphic & trimorphic plants: notes, memoranda & extracts from journals. Mainly on Oxalis, Thyme & Marjoram. 357 images

DAR110

Material on illegitimate progeny of dimorphic & trimorphic plants; notes, memoranda, cuttings, etc., mainly on Rubiaceae & Primulaceae; Pulmonaria & Mitchella, etc. 347 images

DAR111

Material on illegitimate progeny of dimorphic & trimorphic plants; notes, observations, memoranda, reprinted articles by Darwin, general conclusions & remarks & groups of notes on Primulae. 263 images

DAR112

Letters to Francis Darwin about Darwin, collected for Life and Letters (1887). Also various recollections of Darwin. 351 images
(Over 50 of these are transcribed.)

DAR113

Sketch of species theory, 1844, Fair copy of DAR7, annotated by Darwin. 263 images

DAR116

Notebook containing abstracts of, & notes on, botanical books & papers. 186 images

DAR117

W. E. Darwin's botanical notebook, containing notes & diagrams of flowers (1862-1870). 58 images

DAR118

[Edinburgh notebook]. (1827; 1828-1829; 1837-1839). Contains Edinburgh notes on marine life, entries on beetles collected while Darwin was a student at Cambridge, and post Beagle voyage notes. 49 images

DAR119

'Books to be read' and 'Books Read' notebook. (1838-1851). [loose pages now in DAR91.] 84 images

DAR120

Darwin's notebooks on geology, transmutation of species, metaphysical enquiries

'Books [read]' notebook. (1838-1858). [loose sheet now in DAR91.] 49 images

DAR121

Notebook B: [Transmutation of species (1837-1838)]. 'commenced. . . July 1837'. [Transcribed in F1817] 284 images

DAR122

Notebook C: [Transmutation of species (1838.02-1838.07)]. [Transcribed in F1574b, superceded by F1817]. 239 images

DAR123

Notebook D: [Transmutation of species (1838.07.15-1838.10.02)]. [Transcribed in F1574c, superceded by F1817]. 147 images

DAR124

Notebook E: [Transmutation of species (1838-1839)]. [Transcribed in F1574d, superceded by F1817]. 167 images

DAR125

Notebook M: [Metaphysics on morals and speculations on expression (1838)]. [Transcribed in F1582, superceded by F1817]. 150 images

DAR126

Notebook N: [Metaphysics and expression (1838-1839)]. [Transcribed in F1582, superceded by F1817]. 118 images

DAR127

Notebook A: Geology (1837-1839). 'As far as p. 33 distributed to several subjects. As far as p. 140 abstracted as far as concerns Geolog. observations on Volcanic Islands and Coral Formation. 24 February 1839.' [Transcribed in F1817]. 172 images

Torn Apart notebook (1839-1841) [An aggregate of MS pages]. [Transcribed in F1817]. 86 images

DAR128

'Books Read' and 'Books to be Read' notebook. (1852-1860). 55 images

DAR129

[Edinburgh diary for 1826], with entries about birds, beasts and flowers seen on walks. 149 images

DAR130

Glen Roy notebook (1838). [Transcribed in F1817]. 119 images

DAR131

Featherstonhaugh, Report of a Geological Reconnoissance. . . (Washington, 1836). 174 images

DAR132

Down House pamphlet (c. 1946?). 36 images; Burgerstein, Charles Robert Darwin (Vienna, 1889.). 1 image; Carlyle's supposed attack on Darwin, & refutation. Two newspaper cuttings, from The Times (? Jan. 1877) & Record (14 Feb. 1877). 1 image; O'Shaughnessy: Darwin Confounded (Cork, 1876). 25 images; F. Delpino: Rivista Botanica (Milan, 1876). 140 images; letter on holly berries. Gardeners' Chron. (6 Jan. 1877). 1 image; Darwin, Geology [from Manual of scientific enquiry, 3d ed., 1859]. 34 images

DAR133

[Printed acknowledgment of correspondence]. nd. T. H. Huxley: Obituary notice of Darwin. Offprints by Wright, Gray & Wallace. Cuttings, etc. on heterostyled plants, polygamous plants & cleistogamic flowers. Various dates to 1881. 902 images

DAR134

Reviews of Life and Letters, articles, and addresses on Darwin's life and work (1887-1892). 878 images

DAR135

Pamphlets, offprints of Darwin's articles and articles by other authors (1835-1882).

DAR136

A collection of 16 botanical and geological pamphlets (1838-1879).

DAR137

State of New York. Senate, no. 64 (2 Mar. 1840); Assembly, communications from the Governor concerning the Geological Survey of the State. 4 numbers, dated: no. 150 (17 Feb. 1841), no. 161 (11 Feb. 1873), no. 200 (20 Feb. 1838), no. 275 (27 Feb. 1839).

DAR138.1

Press-cuttings on Darwin's death & funeral. Mostly from French newspapers. 236 images

DAR138.2

T. H. Huxley Lectures on general natural history Medical Times and Gazette 1856-7. 173 images

DAR138.3

The Field. 6 numbers, dated: 19 Nov. 1864, 3 Dec. 1864, 31 Dec. 1864, 18 Feb. 1865, 4 Mar. 1865, 1 Apr. 1865. 144 images

DAR138.4.1

Künckel, Les Lépidoptères à trompe perforante `Académie des Sciences (Comptes Rendus)' 81: 397-400. 3 images

DAR138.5.1

To members of the Down Friendly Club. 1 image

DAR139.1.1

Darwin's accounts with John Murray for 1881, recording sales of books. 11 images

DAR139.2.1

Speech made by the Public Orator on Darwin's honorary degree at Cambridge (17 Nov. 1877). 1 image

DAR139.3.1

The Athenaeum. Index for 1847. 7 images

DAR139.4.1

Isaac Hays: 'Descriptions of the Inferior Maxillary Bones of Mastodons in the Cabinet of the American Philosophical Society…' (from Trans. American Phil. Soc. vol. IV, N.S.(1833)). 45 images

DAR139.5.1

David Milne: On the Parallel Roads of Lochaber… (Edinburgh, 1847). 56 images

DAR139.6.1

[A Greek translation of Darwin's 'Biographical Sketch of an Infant'.] (1877). F1779 17 images

DAR139.7.1

'On the Formation of Mould' (Geological Soc. Trans. vol. V (1840), pp. 505-10), with annotations by Darwin. F1655 6 images

DAR139.8.1

'On the Connexion of Certain Volcanic Phenomena in South America; & on the Formation of Mountain Chains & Volcanos as the Effect of the Same Power by Which Continents are Elevated' (Geological Soc. Trans. vol. V (1840)). F1656 35 images

DAR139.9.1

'Observations on the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy…' (Philosophical Trans. (1839)), with annotations by Darwin. F1653 48 images

DAR139.10.1

'On the Distribution of the Erratic Boulders and on the Contemporaneous Unstratified Deposits of South America' (Geological Soc. Trans. vol. VI (1842)), with annotations by Darwin. F1661 19 images

DAR139.11.1

Material concerning H. Festing Jones's Charles Darwin and Samuel Butler: A Step Towards Reconciliation. Reviews, 1910-11, & correspondence, including: H. Festing Jones to F. Darwin; H. E. Lichfield to F. Darwin; W. E. Darwin to F. Darwin; L. Darwin to F. Darwin. Rough draft of a letter to H. Festing Jones from F. Darwin. Typescript of pamphlet by H. Festing Jones. Press-cuttings. 60 images

DAR139.12.1

Material concerning Darwin's religion: F. O. Morris: All the Articles of the Darwin Faith). E. B. Aveling: The Religious Views of Charles Darwin. The Index for 23 Dec. 1871 & 12 Mar. 1874. Archbishop of Canterbury, a speech at meeting of the South American Missionary Soc., 21 Apr. 1885. Letters: Darwin to J. D. Hooker (copy); J. F. Heyes to F. Darwin; Edw. Cantuar to J. F. Heyes, (copy); F. J. Wedgwood to F. Darwin. Various other copies of letters, by Darwin & others, relating to the same subject. 178 images

DAR139.13

Nature: collection of articles on cross-fertilization, 1869-76. Other misc. articles, collected between 1873-7, with notes in Darwin's hand. 80 images

DAR139.14.1

Revue Scientifique for 27 Sept. 1873. 20 images

DAR139.14.2

Revue Scientifique for 18 Aug. 1877. 26 images

DAR139.15.1

Kerner: Die Schutzmittel der Blüthen gegen unberufene Gäste (Vienna, 1876). 82 images

DAR139.16.1[.1]

Spectator: Cuttings on natural & supernatural selection, 3 October 1868 & 17 October 1868. 8 images

DAR139.16.2

The Darwinian Jeremiad `Spectator': 1215-16. 2 images

DAR139.16.3

Natural versus supernatural selection `Spectator': 1220-21. 3 images

DAR139.17

Material on vivisection 1875-1881. 128 images

DAR139.18

Reviews, press-cuttings, etc., on Insectivorous plants (1875). Abstract of Francis Darwin's paper on Drosera, read Linnaean Society, 17 Jan. 1878. 87 images

DAR139.19.1

Nature: cutting (7 Sept. 1876). British Association, Section D, Biology. Opening address by the President, A. R. Wallace. 10 images

DAR139.20.1

Gardeners' Chronicle (29 Dec. 1877), cutting on 'Growth Under Difficulties'. 4 images

DAR140.1

Misc. material on Darwin, including: Photographs, engravings & written sketches. Congratulatory verses by C. Hoare. Address by the Public Orator of Cambridge University for Darwin's honorary degree, 17 Nov. 1877, & a translation of it. Newspaper cuttings on above, etc. Cuttings on Darwin & religion, etc. from The Index & many other journals. 81 images

DAR140.2

Darwin's personal journal (1809-81). [Fair copy of DAR158]. 26 images

DAR140.3.1-159

Recollections of Darwin by Francis Darwin. Introduction 167 images

DAR140.3.160-207

Recollections of Darwin by Francis Darwin (Partial fair copy of the above). 52 images

DAR140.4

Caricatures, cartoons & sketches of Darwin; many cuttings from journals. Two cuttings on Darwin & Carlyle. 57 images

DAR140.5

Material concerning Darwin's death & funeral, including: M. J. Savage: Darwin (Boston, 1882.); report of committee of Darwin Memorial Fund (1888); the anthem, mourners, family procession, tickets, etc.
Also large collection of cuttings from journals—leading articles, reports of funeral, obituaries, & reviews of Life and Letters (1887). 157 images

DAR140.6

Proof sheets of Orchids (2d ed., 1877). [Corrected by Darwin]. 152 images

DAR141

Caricatures of and posthumous articles on Darwin & Cambridge University, Chancellor Masters and Scholars (Invitation to join in the commemoration of Charles Darwin) June 1909.

DAR142

Sample seed packets and misc. notes and photographs. 228 images

DAR149.9

Drafts of More Letters of Charles Darwin (1903). 409 images

DAR154

Family letters and Darwin's notes on Zoonomia, by Erasmus Darwin (1837-8). 325 images

DAR155

Reviews of More Letters of Charles Darwin (1903). 183 images

DAR156

Correspondence between members of the Darwin family, British Association, etc., & University Library, Cambridge, on the gift of the Darwin MSS. (1942-49). 88 images

DAR157

Notes for Climbing plants, drafts of Descent of man, abstracts, Experiment Book (1855-1867). 376 images

DAR158

[Darwin's personal 'Journal' (1809-1881)]. 119 images Introduction

DAR186

Expression queries (answers summarised by subject). 248 images

DAR187

[Climbing plants]. 10 images

DAR188

Notes relating to Dust `Geological Society Journal' 2 (1846): 26-30. 41 images

DAR189

Loose Notes: Expression. 34 images

DAR189.130

Humboldt Personal narrative vol. 4: 527.

DAR190

Figures & plates for Insectivorous plants. 51 images

DAR191

Loose Notes: Man. 7 images

DAR192

Loose Notes: Phyllotaxy. 21 images

DAR193

Loose Notes & clippings: Variation under domestication [loose notes with one original Charles Darwin packet] 142 images

DAR194

Loose Notes: [includes Humble Bees]. 98 images

DAR195

Notes on expression. 551 images

DAR195.1.1

'We do not blush when we give an abject beggar' (1.1839)

DAR195.1.2

'Pagetsays he has been observing Blushing' (3.1868)

DAR195.1.3

'bull-dogs' (1.1871

DAR195.1.4

'Huxley thinks attention to sensation due to sensorium' (12.1871)

DAR195.1.15

[blushing in Shakespeare] (nd)

DAR195.1.17

'Young children do not blush' (nd)

DAR195.1.20

'Vol I p. 291 Again Mr Jenner Weir informs me that a peacock at Blackheath'. [1868].

DAR195.1.26

'Murray A `Geog. Dist.' p. 8'

DAR195.1.27

Paget [reading notes].

DAR195.1.28

Paget [reading notes].

DAR196.1-5,7-8

Misc. notes & clippings, Petition regarding pension for Wallace, barometers, drafts of Expression and Orchids. 121 images

DAR196.6.1

Drafts of Life and letters vol. 2 (1887). 245 images

DAR197

Entomological Abstracts. 75 images

DAR198

Newspaper cuttings & correspondence for Life and letters. 621 images

DAR200

Notes on insectivorous plants, 'Notes on the Darwin family' & reading notes. 472 images.

DAR202

Charles Darwin: drafts (1876-1882). 288 images

DAR205.1

Collection of notes on Rudimentary Organs. 102 images

DAR205.2

Collection of notes on Means of Distribution. 295 images

DAR205.3

Collection of notes on Distribution of animals. 355 images

DAR205.3.63

'Ascension one of the most wonderful cases of introduced plants & animals'. (17.7.1856?)

DAR205.3.156-157

Wallace, `Narrative of travels on the Amazon' 1853. [2.1854]

DAR205.3.174

'I believe in single creations because (1) as a general rule species have' (11.1855)

DAR205.4

Collection of notes on Geographical distribution and species. 161 images

DAR205.5

Collection of notes on Principle of divergence, transitional organs/instincts. 289 images

DAR205.5.28-29

'Macculloch. Attributes of Deity Vol I.' [1838].

DAR205.5.30

'Considering the endless generations of organisms during almost infinite ages' (6.1840)

DAR205.5.40

'There is such disputes about...definition of species' (2.1841)

DAR205.5.53-54

'The Geranium phaeum' (6.1842)

DAR205.5.60

'Aberrant groups' (4.1843)

DAR205.5.103

'Forbes thinks law, that where genus arises, there it will die' (nd)

DAR205.5.114

'Falconer showed me beautiful series of elephant & Mastodon' (6.1845)

DAR205.5.167

'With respect to whether Galapagos beings are species' [abstract of Macculloch Attributes of deity vol 1]. [1838]

DAR205.6

Collection of notes on Embryology [pigeons]. 113 images

DAR205.7

Collection of notes on Hybridism, sterility [and pigeons]. 208 images

DAR205.8

Collection of notes on Monschaetum - notes on plants. 118 images

DAR205.9

Collection of notes on Palaeontology, geology. 636 images

DAR205.9.146

'Talking with Bunbury & Lonsdale' (2.1842)

DAR205.9.149

'Talking with M^r. Strickland = I confess that my theory must necessarily be given up' (4.1842)

DAR205.9.185-187

'Prof. Forbes says he thinks that all Gasteropods pass through state of almost of Ascidian molluscans' (3.1844)

DAR205.9.188

'Falconer speaks of some fossil quite intermediate between Mastodon & Elephant' (6.1844)

DAR205.10

Collection of notes on Variation, varieties. 137 images

DAR205.10.63

'Mr Cuming thinks that a species variable in one place' (1845).

DAR205.11

Collection of notes on Instinct, change in habit. 214 images

DAR205.11.89

'I have been watching black Aphis on Dock tended by reddish Myrmica' (6.1858)

DAR206

'Questions & experiments' notebook & loose notes (1839-1844). 111 images

DAR207

Misc. scientific notes [Gorringes C.41b & C.41d-g]. 42 images

DAR208

Excised leaves from transmutation and other notebooks. [See DAR121-127 above]. 275 images

DAR208.71

[Notes on fossils and trout]. (1842)

DAR208.72

[Notes on trout and breeding]. (1842)

DAR209.1

Notes on Trifolium, Lupinus, Erythrina, Cassia. 233 images

DAR209.2

Notes on Mimosa, Desmodium. 245 images

DAR209.3

Notes on circumnutation of leaves. 493 images

DAR209.4

Notes on movements of cotyledon. 572 images

DAR209.5

Notes on movements of radicals. 332 images

DAR209.6

Misc. references. 312 images

DAR209.7

Notes on heliotropism. 219 images

DAR209.8

Notes on heliotropism. 234 images

DAR209.9

Notes on sleep. 151 images

DAR209.10

Notes on sleep (Leguminosae). 99 images

DAR209.11

Notes on power of movement in plants. 372 images

DAR209.12

Sleep (notes, 1877). 280 images

DAR209.13

Notes on fertilisation (Thalia). 47 images

DAR209.14

Notes on sleep of leaves. 285 images

DAR209.15

Notes on power of movement in plants. 111 images

DAR210.7

Misc. Darwin fragments later used as rough paper by the family [two on cirripedes and Charles Darwin Things for a Week] (DAR210 has been re-catalogued since microfilming.) 46 images
[New scans from a clearer microfilm reel of DAR210 are forthcoming.]

University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge

UMZC-Histories3.454

[Darwin's Catalogue of the appendages and other parts of Cirripedes, mounted as microscopical slides. (1854-5)]. [barnacles] 18 images Introduction

UMZC-Histories4.945

Harmer, S. F. 1901. List of specimens collected on the Beagle which were kept or discarded, with extracts from Darwin's manuscripts referring to specimens kept in the museum. 20 images

NHM-Z-89-f-DAR
Natural History Museum (London)

[Barnacle specimen list] Balanus amphitire for Brit. Mus. (1846-1854)

DAR210.8.1

Darwin Archive, Cambridge University Library, continued

'Work finished If not marry' [Memorandum on marriage]. (1838).

DAR210.8.2

'This is the Question Marry Not Marry' [Memorandum on marriage]. (7.1838).

DAR210.8.14

[Emma Darwin's memo about Darwin's religious doubts] (c. 2.1839).

DAR210.8

W. E. Darwin & Francis Darwin on the religious part of the Autobiography… (DAR210 has been re-catalogued since microfilming.) 17 images

DAR210.9

Emma Darwin's reminiscences of Charles Darwin's last years. (DAR210 has been re-catalogued since microfilming.) 17 images

DAR210.9.30

'Things for a week' (5.1859). Darwin's list of items to take on holiday. Introduction

DAR210.10

Two Charles Darwin memoranda: Marry, Not Marry, This is the Question and Work finished; two Emma notes to Charles Darwin on religion. (DAR210 has been re-catalogued since microfilming.) 17 images

DAR210.10.26

Memorandum. Annuity for J. Parslow.

DAR210.11.37

[Notebook of observations on the Darwin children]. (1839-1856).

DAR210.11.38

[Notes on children].

DAR210.12

W. E. Darwin List of MSS at Bank in box, 1876 letter from Index (Ohio) (DAR210 has been re-catalogued since microfilming.) 5 images

DAR210.13

Letters on the death of Annie Darwin; memorial of Charles Waring Darwin. 153 images

DAR210.13.40

'Our poor child, Annie' [Darwin's reminiscence of Anne Elizabeth Darwin] (30.04.1851).

DAR210.14

John Murray [publishers] accounts 1875-1880. (DAR210 has been re-catalogued since microfilming.) 54 images

DAR210.29

Darwin ancestry, pedigrees & misc. family letters. (DAR210 has been re-catalogued since microfilming.) 431 images

DAR212

Manuscript of Darwin's Introduction to Ernst Krause Erasmus Darwin, 1879. F1319

DAR213

Proofs of Darwin's books: Erasmus Darwin; Different forms; Power of movement; Climbing plants; Descent of man 2d ed.; Expression of the emotions; Insectivorous plants; Cross and self fertilisation; Origin of species 6th ed.; Origin of species 6th ed. 33rd thousand.

DAR214

Emma Darwin's Recipe Book. 94 images

DAR215

Items related to Darwin's funeral, obituaries & related correspondence, 1882 & items relating to Darwin's LL.D. degree, Cambridge 1877. 345 images

DAR216

Obituaries of Darwin, 1882. 126 images

DAR217.1

Sketch of species theory (copy of DAR6) [proofs of Foundations], [H. W. Rutherford, with Francis Darwin's notes & Judd corrections of proof.] 126 images

DAR217.2

Sketch of species theory 1842 (copy) [H. W. Rutherford], see DAR6. 261 images

DAR217.3

Beagle diary [1891 typescript copy], under Horace Darwin's supervision. [See F1925] 748 images

DAR219.11-.12

forthcoming

DAR221

DAR221 contains only photocopies, no original MSS. MS page of Origin of species, Descent of man, Expression of emotions. Manuscript catalogues of Darwin's papers and abstracts. Extract of correspondence with Mrs Haliberton. Printed papers: Extracts from letters to Henslow (1885), May on 'Darwin und Patrick Matthew', Letters from Darwin to A. Hancock, Calman on Patrick Matthew. 242 images

NHM-MSS-DARA
Natural History Museum (London)

Draft pages from Origin, 1859, pp. 210-14, Chapter 7, 'Instinct'.

NHM-WP6.4.1
Natural History Museum (London)

[Notes on Wallace's Island life]. [11.1880]
Introduction

DAR222
Darwin Archive, Cambridge University Library, continued

Index to annotations by Darwin in his copies of Gardeners' Chronicle. 36 images

DAR225

Darwin family photographs, etc. & caricatures of Darwin. 296 images

DAR226

Scrapbooks of reviews of Darwin's works [2 volumes]. 781 images

DAR242

Emma Darwin's diaries (1824-1896). 3,325 images
Introduction

DAR250

William Darwin Fox. 1824-1826 [diary and accounts `No VI' 'Cambridge']

DAR262

Recollections of Darwin by Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin (13 transcriptions)

Private Collection, Virginia

PC-Virginia-Francis-F373

Francis Darwin's annotated copy of the Origin of Species (1859)
Introduction. Annotations only: Image and PDF

Museo Naval de la Nación, Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tigre

Forsyth, Charles. 'A log of the Proceedings of H. M. Surveying Sloop Beagle.' (1833-6)
Introduction by Simon Keynes

YorkProbateSubRegistry