Darwin family financial, property, and other business matters
Scope and Contents
This class comprises material relating to Charles Darwin's immediate family, his wife Emma and their children. Contents include: correspondence between Charles Darwin and his son, George Howard Darwin; correspondence between Emma Darwin and her son, George Howard Darwin; papers of George Howard Darwin including 1854 diary, notebook relating to James Clerk Maxwell's lectures, notes and correspondence with other members of the Darwin family; correspondence and papers of William Erasmus Darwin; correspondence between Charles and Emma Darwin; John Murray publishers' accounts; correspondence with Anthony Rich; material relating to the death of the Darwin's daughter, Anne Elizabeth (Annie) in 1851.
Creator
- From the Fonds: Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (naturalist) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Extent
1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
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