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Number	Link	Description (Note on descriptions)
DAR1	Browse	'Northern Chile' [last ch. of Geological observations on South America (1846)]. 148 images
DAR2	Browse	Draft of chs. 1-10 of Cross and self fertilisation. 311 images
DAR3	Browse	Cross and self fertilisation continued, 339 images
DAR4	Browse	Cross and self fertilisation continued, 325 images
DAR5	Browse Itemized	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
		Christ's College, Cambridge
CC-T.1.2	Introduction Text Image	'Admissions to Christ College' (1827). Christ's College, Cambridge.
CC-T.1.4	Text Image Browse (whole volume)	'Admissions 1818-1828'. Christ's College, Cambridge.
CC-T.3.1	Text Image	'Admissions 1815-1852'. Christ's College, Cambridge.
CC-OldLibrary184a	Introduction Image	Photograph of Charles Darwin by Maull and Polyblank for the Literary and Scientific Portrait Club (1855).
CC-OldLibrary184b	Introduction Text Image	[Cheque by Charles Darwin 'to self' (Union Bank of London)] 1872.03.21.

DAR6	Browse Itemized	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
DAR7	Browse	Sketch of species theory, 1844, original MS. [see fair copy DAR113]. Transcribed in F1556. 311 images
DAR8	Browse Itemized	Natural selection, ch. 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	Browse Itemized	Natural selection, ch. 4 [i.e. ch. 2 in Origin 1859: 'Variations under Nature']. 1857. [Pp. 1-87; 91 folios, etc.] Transcribed in F1583. 120 images
DAR10.1	Browse Itemized	Natural selection, ch. 5 [i.e. ch. 3 in Origin 1859: 'The Struggle for Existence as Bearing on Natural Selection']. 1857. Transcribed in F1583. 128 images
DAR10.2	Browse	Natural selection, ch. 6 (i.e. ch. 4 in Origin 1859: 'On Natural Selection']. 1857. Transcribed in F1583. 167 images
DAR11.1	Browse Itemized	Natural selection, ch. 7 [i.e. ch. 5 in Origin 1859: 'Laws of Variation. Varieties and Species Compared']. 1857. Transcribed in F1583. 223 images
DAR12	Browse	Natural selection, ch. 8 [i.e. ch. 6 in Origin 1859: 'Difficulties in the Theory of Natural Selection in Relation to Passages from Form to Form']. 1857. Transcribed in F1583. 244 images
DAR13	Browse	Natural selection, ch. 10 [i.e. ch. 7 in Origin 1859: 'Mental Powers and Instincts in Animals']. 1858. Transcribed in F1583. 187 images
DAR14	Browse	Natural selection, original & copy of chapter on 'Geographical Distribution' [i.e. chs. 11 & 12 in Origin 1859]. Transcribed in F1583. 230 images
DAR15.1	Browse Itemized	Natural selection, ch. 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	Browse Itemized	Misc. tables of species, etc. First part. Items numbered 1-105. 162 images
DAR16.1	Browse Itemized	Misc. tables of species, etc. 175 images
DAR16.2	Browse Itemized	Misc. tables of species, etc. Second part. Items numbered 106-203; 204-308. 196 images
DAR17.1A	Browse	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	Browse	Draft of Climbing plants, Part I, pp. 1-62. 106 images
DAR17.2.B	Browse	Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, chs. 8 & 9. 49 images
DAR18	Browse	Draft of Climbing plants. Part II, pp. 94-160, 160a-235. 263 images
DAR19 - 23	Itemized	Draft of Power of movement in plants (1880).
DAR24 - 25	Itemized	Draft of Formation of vegetable mould (1881).
DAR26	Browse	Draft of Recollections of the Development of My Mind and Character. [Autobiography] Transcribed in F1497. 205 images
DAR27.1	Browse Itemized	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	Browse	Draft of and notes for 'On the Sexual Relations of the Three Forms of Lythrum salicaria'. F1731 151 images
DAR28.1.A	Browse	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	Browse	Fair Copy of the above. 57 images
DAR28.2	Browse Itemized	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	Browse Itemized	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	Introduction Text Image	[Darwin's Beagle animal notes (1832-33)].
DAR29.1.B1b-B20	Text Image	'Fish in Spirits of Wine' [Beagle animal notes] (1832-1836).
DAR29.2	Browse	[Beagle 1832-6] Ornithological notes, transcribed in F1577. 123 images
DAR29.3	Browse Itemized	Notes made on Beagle, 1832-6, 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
DAR30-31	Browse Itemized	'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	Browse Itemized	'a diary of observations on the geology of the places visited during the voyage (1832-1834) [Geological diary]. 485 images
DAR34	Browse Itemized	Notes on the geology of the places visited during the voyage: maps, etc. Part I. [Geological diary]. 367 images
DAR35	Browse Itemized	Notes on the geology of the places visited. . . . Part II. [Geological diary]. 371 images
DAR35.328,328a-328j	Text Image	'Chiloe Jan^r. 1835' [Beagle notes].
DAR36	Browse Itemized	Notes on the geology of the places visited. . . . Part III. [Geological diary]. 310 images
DAR37	Browse Itemized	Notes on the geology of the places visited. . . . Part IV. [Geological diary]. 315 images
DAR38	Browse Itemized	Notes on the geology of the places visited. . . . Part V. [Geological diary]. 224 images
HarkerCatalogue	Introduction Image	[Harker, A. c. 1907.] Sedgwick Museum. Catalogue of the "Beagle" Collection of Rocks, made by Charles Darwin during the voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle", 1832-6.
DAR39	Browse Itemized	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
DAR40	Browse Itemized	Misc. notes (mainly geological) during and arising from the Beagle voyage. Includes field notes from Hobart, Ascension etc. 157 images
DAR41	Browse Itemized	Paper headed 'Coral Islands'; fair copy of the foregoing; 'Recapitulations and Concluding Remarks' [on geology of South America]. 176 images
*The Beagle* field Notebooks (English Heritage Darwin Collection at Down House) General introduction to the field notebooks**
EH1.4 [English Heritage 88202324]	Introduction Text	'Cape de Verds Fernando Noronha Bahia, Abrohlos Rio de Janeiro City' (1-6.1832).
EH1.10 [English Heritage 88202330]	Introduction Text	'Rio de Janeiro excursion city. M. Video Bahia Blanca' (4.1832, 6.1832-10.1832). Beagle field Notebook
EH1.12 [English Heritage 88202332]	Introduction Text	'Buenos Ayres (city) Beagle Channel Ascent of P. Desire Creek.' (11-12.1832-2.1833; 12.1833).
EH1.14 [English Heritage 88202334]	Introduction Text	'Falkland Maldonado (excursion) Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca' (2-5.1833; 8.1833).
EH1.11 [English Heritage 88202331]	Introduction Text	'B. Blanca to Buenos Ayres' (9-10.1833).
EH1.13 [English Heritage 88202333]	Introduction Text	'Buenos Ayres. St. Fe and Parana. — Cordillera of Chile' (9-11.1833; 3-4.1835).
EH1.9 [English Heritage 88202329]	Introduction Text	'Banda Oriental S. Cruz.' (11.1833, 4-5.1834).
EH1.8 [English Heritage 88202328]	Introduction Text	'Port Desire — Famine Wollaston Isl^d Navarin Is^d. E. Falkland Isl^d Measurements of curved hills East coast of Chiloe Boat excursion Chonos S. Carlos'. (1-4.1834, 11-12.1834).
EH1.15 [English Heritage 88202335]	Introduction Text	'Valparaiso up Aconcagua to St Jago' (8.1834).
EH1.18 [English Heritage 88202338]	Introduction Text	'Santiago Book.' (9.1834; 2.1835-9.1838?).
EH1.16 [English Heritage 88202336]	Introduction Text	'Valparaiso to Coquimbo. Coquimbo valley' (4-5.1835).
EH1.7 [English Heritage 88202327]	Introduction Text	'Coquimbo to Copiapo' (6.1835).
EH1.6 [English Heritage 88202326]	Introduction Text	'Copiapò. Despoblado Isle of France Cape of Good Hope. excursion St Helena.' (6-9.1835; 5-9.1836).
EH1.17 [English Heritage 88202337]	Introduction Text Image	'Galapagos. Otaheite Lima' (1835).
EH1.3 [English Heritage 88202323]	Text	'Sydney Mauritius' (1-4.1836).
EHBeagleDiary	Text	[Darwin's Beagle Diary (1831-1836)]. [English Heritage, Down House Collection]

DAR42	Browse Itemized	Notes for Geological Observations on South America (1846). 366 images
DAR42.97-99	Text Image	'The position of the bones of Mastodon (?) at Port St Julian is of interest'.
DAR43.1	Browse	Notes by Orbigny, Sowerby & Forbes on shells collected by Darwin. [See Appendix in F273] 105 images
DAR43.2.A	Browse	'Buenos Ayres The fossil shells': 1-46. 46 images
DAR43.2.B	Browse	'Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America' by G. B Sowerby [See Appendix in F273]. 43 images
DAR44	Browse Itemized	Printed maps of South America, & plans & diagrams (geological sections, etc.) made by Darwin. 52 images
DAR45	Browse Itemized	Notes for chapter on 'Variation under Nature' [ch. 4 of Natural selection; ch. 2 of Origin 1859]. Contains Darwin's & others' MS. notes, printed extracts from periodicals, newspaper-cuttings, etc. See F1583. 284 images
DAR46.1	Browse Itemized	Notes for chapter on 'Struggle for Existence' [ch. 5 of Natural selection ; ch. 3 of Origin 1859]. Newspaper-cuttings, etc. See F1583. 105 images
DAR46.2	Browse Itemized	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 2nd edn of Journal of researches which 'may be useful in species theory'. Notes on habits of bees. 287 images
DAR47	Browse Itemized	Notes for 'Laws of Variation' [ch. 7 of Natural selection; ch. 5 of Origin 1859], includes notes by G. R. Waterhouse, H. C. Watson & G. J. Romanes. See F1583. 361 images
DAR48	Browse Itemized	Scraps & notes for 'Transitions of Organs', i.e. ch. 8 Natural selection [ch. 6 in Origin 1859]. See F1583. Notes on bees' cells for origin of species theory. 234 images
DAR49	Browse Itemized	Notes on dichogamy in plants, 1841. Also other notes an plants, dated 1841-72. ('Scraps about plants, all fully used.') 195 images
DAR50	Browse Itemized	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	Browse Itemized	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, ch. 27]. 177 images
DAR52	Browse Itemized	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	Browse Itemized	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	Browse Itemized	Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Daily observations, notes, undated scraps for 1860-1862, 1871-1872. 260 images
DAR55	Browse Itemized	Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Daily observations, notes, undated scraps, etc. for the later months of 1872 & June & July of 1873. 225 images
DAR56	Browse Itemized	Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Daily observations, notes, etc., for the remaining months of 1873. 227 images
DAR57	Browse Itemized	Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Daily observations, notes, etc., for the first part of 1874. 220 images
DAR58.2	Browse Itemized	Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Press-cuttings, articles from scientific journals. 219 images
DAR59.1	Browse Itemized	Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Daily observations, notes, etc., for the second part of 1874, & for 1875. 244 images
SA-Haandskrift394A[.1]	Text Image	The immersion of leaves in a solution of sugar [draft of `Insectivorous plants' pp. 293-4] (1874-1875).
DAR59.2	Browse Itemized	Material for Expression of the emotions. 127 images
DAR60	Browse Itemized	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	Browse Itemized	Material for Insectivorous plants (1875). Rough draft of the book, incomplete. 129 images
DAR62	Browse Itemized	Notes for 'On the Action of Carbonate of Ammonia on the Roots of Certain Plants'. F1801 132 images
DAR63	Browse Itemized	Material on earthworms for Formation of vegetable mould (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	Browse Itemized	Material on earthworms for Formation of vegetable mould (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, 2nd ed. (1873). Memorandum on Chedworth (15 Nov. 1877). Articles on worms by E. R. Lankester & E:-L. Trouessart. 126 & 205 images
DAR64.2	Browse Itemized
DAR65	Browse Itemized	Material on earthworms for Formation of vegetable mould (1881). Notes & observations made June 1880 - Mar. 1881; drawings, proofs, calculations, & undated scraps. 171 images
DAR66	Browse Itemized	Notes on bloom on leaves & fruit, which remained unfinished at Darwin's death. Notes for the years 1863, 1873-5 & Jan. - Aug. of 1877. 232 images
DAR67	Browse Itemized	Notes on researches into bloom on leaves & fruit. Notes for Sept. 1877 to Jan. 1882. 141 images
DAR68	Browse Itemized	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	Browse Itemized	Material for new edns or corrections of works: Notes, etc., & proofs for supplemental note for Descent of man (1877). Letter: 'An Irishman', 13 June 1877. Translation of 5th edn of Origin of species into French, including notes which are possibly by Asa Gray. Notes for correcting 6th edn of Origin of species (1872). 2nd edn 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 edn of Coral Reefs (1889), with a map of Great Barrier Reef, an extract from Blackwood's letter to Beaufort (20 Apr. 1843), cuttings, etc. 2nd edn of Climbing plants (1875), including cuttings, proofs of plates, & notes by G. H. Darwin on Climbing plants. 2nd edn of Cross and self fertilisation (1878), 'Ueber Honigthau' by H. Hoffmann, a review of book by Asa Gray, & cuttings from journals. 335 images
DAR70	Browse Itemized	Material for 2nd edn of Orchids (1877). Paintings for plates I-IV. 264 images
DAR71	Browse Itemized	Darwin's abstracts of scientific books. Includes 'Catalogue of books'. 290 images
DAR72	Browse Itemized	Darwin's 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
DAR73	Browse Itemized	Darwin's abstracts of scientific journals. Includes: 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	Browse Itemized	Darwin's 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
DAR75	Browse Itemized	Darwin's 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	Browse Itemized	Old observations on Diptera. Notes, scraps & calculations used in Cross and self fertilisation. 318 images
DAR77	Browse Itemized	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	Browse Itemized	Notes for Cross and self fertilisation (1876). 276 images
DAR79	Browse Itemized	Notes for Cross and self fertilisation (1876), continued. 239 images
DAR80	Browse Itemized	Material for 1st edn 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
DAR81	Browse Itemized	Material for 1st edn of Descent of man (1871). 237 images
DAR82	Browse Itemized	Material for 1st edn of Descent of man (1871). Queries & observations of A. Günther; scraps; press-cuttings; illustrations. 319 images
DAR83	Browse Itemized	Material for 1st edn 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	Browse Itemized	Material for 1st edn 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 images 251 images
DAR84.2	Browse Itemized
DAR85	Browse Itemized	Material for 1st edn 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
DAR86	Browse Itemized	MS relating to 1st edn of Descent of man (1871), & of errata for Insectivorous plants (1875). 289 images
DAR87	Browse Itemized	Material for 2nd edn of Descent of man (1874) chs. 1-6, & cuttings from journals, memoranda & photographs. 229 images
DAR88	Browse Itemized	Material for 2nd edn of Descent of man (1874). Notes & memoranda on moral sense, mammals & birds. 274 images
DAR89	Browse Itemized	Material for 2nd edn of Descent of man (1874). Notes on fish, insects, sexual selection, man—voice, music. 284 images
DAR90	Browse Itemized	Material for 2nd edn of Descent of man (1874), including races, sexual selection, general principles, notes & proofs for errata, etc. 211 images
DAR91	Browse Itemized	Early notes on guns & shooting. 'Old and useless notes about the moral sense and some metaphysical points written about 1837 and earlier' (1838, 1839 & 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 Darwin's life by himself, & list of his works. Notes on Paley's A view of the evidences of Christianity (1794); not dated but probably between 1836 & 1839, or earlier. Copy of C. Darwin's account of J. S. Henslow contributed to L. Jenyns's Memoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow. (1862). F830 172 images
DAR91.56-63	Text Image	[An autobiographical fragment] (08.1838).
DAR92	Browse Itemized	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	Browse Itemized	Material on illegitimate progeny of dimorphic & trimorphic plants, including notes, tables, memoranda & press-cuttings, mainly on Primulae. 292 images
DAR109	Browse Itemized	Material on illegitimate progeny of dimorphic & trimorphic plants: notes, memoranda & extracts from journals. Mainly on Oxalis, Thyme & Marjoram. 357 images
DAR110	Browse Itemized	Material on illegitimate progeny of dimorphic & trimorphic plants; notes, memoranda, cuttings, etc., mainly on Rubiaceae & Primulaceae; Pulmonaria & Mitchella, etc. 347 images
DAR111	Browse Itemized	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	Browse Itemized	Letters to Francis Darwin about Darwin, collected for Life and Letters (1887). Also various recollections of Darwin. 351 images
DAR113	Browse	Sketch of species theory, 1844, Fair copy of DAR7, annotated by Darwin. 263 images
DAR116	Browse Itemized	Notebook containing abstracts of, & notes on, botanical books & papers. 186 images
DAR117	Browse	W. E. Darwin's botanical notebook, containing notes & diagrams of flowers (1862-1870). 58 images
DAR118	Browse	Early notebook, containing observations made by Darwin when he was at Edinburgh, Mar. 1827 & entries on beetles collected while a student at Christ's College, Cambridge, and post Beagle voyage notes. 49 images
DAR119	Browse	Notebook of 'Books to be read', 1838. [The misc. material which was originally loose between its pages is now in DAR91.] 87 images
DAR120	Browse	Catalogue of the scientific books read by Darwin in 1846. [The loose sheet discovered between its pages is now in DAR91.] 49 images
Darwin's notebooks on geology, transmutation of species, metaphysical enquiries
DAR121	Browse Text	Notebook B: [Transmutation of species (1837-1838)]. 'commenced. . . July 1837'. [Transcribed in F1817] 284 images
DAR122	Browse	Notebook C: [Transmutation of species (1838.02-1838.07)]. [Transcribed in F1574b, superceded by F1817]. 270 images
DAR123	Browse	Notebook D: [Transmutation of species (1838.07.15-1838.10.02)]. [Transcribed in F1574c, superceded by F1817]. 176 images
DAR124	Browse	Notebook E: [Transmutation of species (1838-1839)]. [Transcribed in F1574d, superceded by F1817]. 114 images
DAR125	Browse	Notebook M: [Metaphysics on morals and speculations on expression (1838)]. [Transcribed in F1582, superceded by F1817]. 151 images
DAR126	Browse	Notebook N: [Metaphysics and expression (1838-1839)]. [Transcribed in F1582, superceded by F1817]. 126 images
DAR127	Browse	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]. 160 images
		* See clearer images of the excised pages from the above notebooks in DAR208.
	Browse	Torn Apart Notebook (1839-1841) [An aggregate of MS pages]. [Transcribed in F1817]. 86 images
DAR128	Browse	Notebook 'Books read and to be read', 1852-1860. 57 images
DAR129	Browse	Diary for 1826, with entries about birds, beasts and flowers seen on walks. 149 images
DAR130	Browse	Glen Roy notebook, 1838. [Transcribed in F1817]. 119 images
DAR131	Browse	Featherstonhaugh, Report of a Geological Reconnoissance. . . (Washington, 1836). 174 images
DAR132	Itemized	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 edn, 1859]. 34 images
DAR133	Browse Itemized	[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	Itemized	Reviews of Life and Letters, articles, and addresses on Darwin's life and work (1887-1892). 878 images
DAR135	Itemized	Pamphlets, offprints of Darwin's articles and articles by other authors (1835-1882).
DAR136	Itemized	A collection of 16 botanical and geological pamphlets (1838-1879).
DAR137	Itemized	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	Browse Itemized	Press-cuttings on Darwin's death & funeral. Mostly from French newspapers. 236 images
DAR138.2	Browse Itemized	Various cuttings, notes, reviews & offprints. 173 images
DAR138.3	Browse Itemized	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	Browse	Künckel, Les Lépidoptères à trompe perforante `Académie des Sciences (Comptes Rendus)' 81: 397-400. 3 images
DAR138.5.1	Browse	To members of the Down Friendly Club. [N.p.: n.p.] 1 image
DAR139.1.1	Browse	Darwin's accounts with John Murray for 1881, recording sales of books. 11 images
DAR139.2.1	Browse	Speech made by the Public Orator on Darwin's honorary degree at Cambridge (17 Nov. 1877). 1 image
DAR139.3.1	Browse	The Athenaeum. Index for 1847. 7 images
DAR139.4.1	Browse	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	Browse	David Milne: On the Parallel Roads of Lochaber… (Edinburgh, 1847). 56 images
DAR139.6.1	Browse	[A Greek translation of Darwin's 'Biographical Sketch of an Infant'.] (1877). F1779 17 images
DAR139.7.1	Browse	'On the Formation of Mould' (Geological Soc. Trans. vol. V (1840), pp. 505-10), with annotations by Darwin. F1655 6 images
DAR139.8.1	Browse	'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), pp. 601-32). F1649 35 images
DAR139.9.1	Browse	'Observations on the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy…' (Philosophical Trans. (1839), pp. 39-82), with annotations by Darwin. F1653 48 images
DAR139.10.1	Browse	'On the Distribution of the Erratic Boulders and on the Contemporaneous Unstratified Deposits of South America' (Geological Soc. Trans. vol. VI (1842), pp. 415-32), with annotations by Darwin. F1661 19 images
DAR139.11.1	Browse	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	Browse Itemized	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
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