Papers of Thomas Henry Huxley (as filmed by the AJCP) [microform] : [M876-916], 1839-1926
- Bib ID:
- 593608
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
- 41 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Summary:
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General and scientific correspondence (ca. 4500 letters), the 850 correspondents including John Tyndall, Sir Joseph Hooker, Michael Foster, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles Lyell, Alexander Agassiz, Rev. Benjamin Jowett and Herbert Spencer (arranged in alphabetical order); nearly all the letters exchanged between T.H. Huxley and his wife from 1847-1895; letters written to Mrs Huxley and to his son, Dr Leonard Huxley; notes, drawings and photographs used in the preparation of scientific papers and lectures; diaries and sketchbooks kept on the voyage of Rattlesnake; manuscripts of a number of his books and contributions to journals; engagement diaries; newspaper cuttings and other printed material.
- Biography/History:
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Zoologist, lecturer and writer. Assistant surgeon on the survey ship H.M.S. Rattlesnake from 1846 to 1850; 1854-1885 taught natural history at the Royal School of Mines; President of the Royal Society 1881-1885
- Notes:
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- Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
- National Library of Australia holds microfilm master.
- Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M876-916.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-727874974
- Microfilm copy of originals held by the Imperial College of Science and Technology, College Archives, College Block, Imperial College, London.
- Cited In:
- Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 91, p. 47-48.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- MG mfm M 876-895 : The Huxley papers by Warren R. Dawson. London, 1946. MG mfm M 896 : Thomas Henry Huxley: list of his correspondence with Miss Henrietta Anne Heathorn, later Mrs Huxley, 1847-54 / compiled by Jeanne Pingree (1969). MG mfm M 897-916 : Thomas Henry Huxley: a list of his scientific notebooks, drawings and other papers preserved in the College Archives / J. Pingree, 1969.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1839-1926
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This belongs to the Miscellaneous Series (Australian Joint Copying Project)..
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