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DAR1

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'Northern Chile' [last ch. of Geological observations on South America (1846)]. 148 images

DAR2

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

DAR3

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Cross and self fertilisation continued, 339 images

DAR4

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Cross and self fertilisation continued, 325 images

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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

DAR6

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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

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

DAR8

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

DAR14

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

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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

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

DAR16.1

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Misc. tables of species, etc. 175 images

DAR16.2

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

DAR17.1A

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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

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

DAR17.2.B

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

DAR18

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

DAR19 - 23

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Draft of Power of movement in plants (1880).

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Draft of Formation of vegetable mould (1881).

DAR26

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

DAR27.1

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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

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

DAR28.1.A

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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

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Fair Copy of the above. 57 images

DAR28.2

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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

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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

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

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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

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'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

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

DAR34

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Notes on the geology of the places visited during the voyage: maps, etc. Part I. [Geological diary]. 367 images

DAR35

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Notes on the geology of the places visited. . . . Part II. [Geological diary]. 371 images

DAR36

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Notes on the geology of the places visited. . . . Part III. [Geological diary]. 310 images
DAR37

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Notes on the geology of the places visited. . . . Part IV. [Geological diary]. 315 images
DAR38

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Notes on the geology of the places visited. . . . Part V. [Geological diary]. 224 images

DAR39

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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

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

DAR41

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

DAR42

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Notes for Geological Observations on South America (1846). 366 images

DAR43.1

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

DAR43.2.A

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

DAR43.2.B

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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

DAR50

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

DAR55

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

DAR56

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

DAR57

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

DAR58.2

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

DAR59.1

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

DAR59.2

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Material for Expression of the emotions. 127 images

DAR60

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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

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

DAR62

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

DAR63

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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

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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

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DAR65

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Material on earthworms for Formation of vegetable mould (1881). Notes & observations made June 1880 - Mar. 1881; drawings, proofs, calculations, & undated scraps. 171 images

DAR66

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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

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

DAR68

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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

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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

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

DAR71

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

DAR72

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

DAR77

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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

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

DAR79

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

DAR80

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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

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

DAR82

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

DAR83

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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

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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
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DAR84.2

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DAR85

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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

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

DAR87

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

DAR88

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

DAR89

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

DAR90

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

DAR91

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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 MemMemoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow. (1862). F830 172 images

DAR92

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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

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

DAR109

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

DAR110

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

DAR111

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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

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Letters to Francis Darwin about Darwin, collected for Life and Letters (1887). Also various recollections of Darwin. 351 images
DAR113

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

DAR116

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

DAR117

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

DAR118

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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

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Notebook of 'Books to be read', 1838. [The misc. material which was originally loose between its pages is now in DAR91.] 87 images

DAR120

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Catalogue of the scientific books read by Darwin in 1846. [The loose sheet discovered between its pages is now in DAR91.] 49 images

DAR121

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

DAR122

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Notebook C: [Transmutation of species (1838.02-1838.07)]. [Transcribed in F1574b, superceded by F1817]. 270 images

DAR123

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Notebook D: [Transmutation of species (1838.07.15-1838.10.02)]. [Transcribed in F1574c, superceded by F1817]. 176 images

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Notebook E: [Transmutation of species (1838-1839)]. [Transcribed in F1574d, superceded by F1817]. 114 images

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Notebook M: [Metaphysics on morals and speculations on expression (1838)]. [Transcribed in F1582, superceded by F1817]. 151 images

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Notebook N: [Metaphysics and expression (1838-1839)]. [Transcribed in F1582, superceded by F1817]. 126 images

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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.

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

DAR128

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Notebook 'Books read and to be read', 1852-1860. 57 images

DAR129

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Diary for 1826, with entries about birds, beasts and flowers seen on walks. 149 images

DAR130

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

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

DAR132

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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

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[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

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Reviews of Life and Letters, articles, and addresses on Darwin's life and work (1887-1892). 878 images
DAR135

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Pamphlets, offprints of Darwin's articles and articles by other authors (1835-1882).
DAR136
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A collection of 16 botanical and geological pamphlets (1838-1879).
DAR137
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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).

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

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Various cuttings, notes, reviews & offprints. 173 images

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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

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

DAR138.5.1

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To members of the Down Friendly Club. [N.p.: n.p.] 1 image

DAR139.1.1

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

DAR139.2.1

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

DAR139.3.1

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The Athenaeum. Index for 1847. 7 images

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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

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

DAR139.6.1

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

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

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'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

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'Observations on the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy…' (Philosophical Trans. (1839), pp. 39-82), with annotations by Darwin. F1653 48 images

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'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

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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

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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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Nature: collection of articles on cross-fertilization, 1869-76. Other misc. articles, collected between 1873-77, with notes in Darwin's hand. 80 images

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Revue Scientifique for 27 Sept. 1873. 20 images

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Revue Scientifique for 18 Aug. 1877. 26 images

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

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

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

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

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Material on vivisection 1875-1881. 128 images

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

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

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

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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

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

DAR140.3.1-159

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Recollections of Darwin by Francis Darwin. Introduction 167 images

DAR140.3.160-207

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

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

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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

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

DAR141

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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

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Sample seed packets and misc. notes and photographs. 228 images
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Drafts of More Letters of Charles Darwin (1903). 409 images
DAR154

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Family letters and Darwin's notes on Zoonomia, by Erasmus Darwin (1837-8). 325 images
DAR155
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Reviews of More Letters of Charles Darwin (1903). 183 images
DAR156
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Correspondence between members of the Darwin family, British Association, etc., & University Library, Cambridge, on the gift of the Darwin MSS. (1942-49). 88 images
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Notes for Climbing plants, drafts of Descent of man, abstracts, Experiment Book (1855-1867). 376 images
DAR158
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[Darwin's personal 'Journal' (1809-1881)]. Introduction. 119 images
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Expression queries (answers summarised by subject). 248 images
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[Climbing plants]. 10 images
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Notes relating to Dust `Geological Society Journal' 2 (1846): 26-30. 41 images
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Loose Notes: Expression. 34 images
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Figures & plates for Insectivorous plants. 51 images
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Loose Notes: Man. 7 images
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Loose Notes: Phyllotaxy. 21 images
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Loose Notes & clippings: Variation under domestication [loose notes with one original Charles Darwin packet] 142 images
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Loose Notes: Misc. loose items [includes Humble Bees]. 98 images
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