Series 3 - Personal papers


Date Range1839 - 1895
Quantity2 Volumes
ProvenanceHuxley, Thomas Henry
Description

Miscellaneous papers

ArrangedChronological

Inventory Listing

Illustration by T H Huxley, 26 August 1839

Pen-and-ink copy by Huxley of "The Smoker" by Ostade. Signed "T H H fecit. August 26, 1839". This copy must have been made from an etching or engraving

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.161
Date range 26 August 1839
Formats Sketches
Inventory Identifier 31.161 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea relating to T H Huxley, 1842

Charing Cross Hospital. Instructions for Scholarship Candidates

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.97
Date range 1842
Formats Ephemera
Inventory Identifier 31.97 Box Number 31 Series 3
Sketches by T H Huxley, c 1842 - 1848

Various humorous sketches by Huxley in pen or pencil. One is dated 23 April 1842 and another 14 March 1848

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.145
Date range c. 1842 - c. 1848
Formats Sketches
Inventory Identifier 31.145 Box Number 31 Series 3
Account book of T H Huxley, 9 October 1845 - June 1846

Account-book (made from vertically-folded sheets of octavo writing-paper), and some rough memoranda, with the note "Joined Ship 2nd Oct 1846"

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.1
Date range 9 October 1845 - June 1846
Formats Accounts
Inventory Identifier 31.1 Box Number 31 Series 3
Bills of T H Huxley, 15 - 19 May [1846]

Bills for lodging, board and attendance

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.9
Date range 15 May 1846 - 19 May 1846
Formats Accounts
Inventory Identifier 31.9 Box Number 31 Series 3
Bill of T H Huxley, 7 April 1846

Bill for naval uniform and equipment supplied by G & W H Gillott, London

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.13
Date range 7 April 1846
Formats Accounts
Inventory Identifier 31.13 Box Number 31 Series 3
Photograph of sketch by T H Huxley, 1847

Photograph of a sketch made by Huxley in 1847 when at Port Stephens, with note thereon

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.143
Date range 1847
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 31.143 Box Number 31 Series 3
Bill of T H Huxley, [1849]

Bill for a gold and silver snuff-box supplied by J J Cohen & Son, Sydney, Australia

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.14
Date range 1849
Formats Accounts
Inventory Identifier 31.14 Box Number 31 Series 3
Testimonials for T H Huxley, 16 October 1851

Testimonials for Huxley's Toronto candidature. Signed and certified by Richard Taylor
Printed

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.68
Date range 16 October 1851
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier 31.68 Box Number 31 Series 3
Ticket for T H Huxley, 1850-1851

Admission ticket to the Gardens and Museum of the Zoological Society, 1850-1. Engraved card, signed by D W Mitchell, Secretary

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.115
Date range 1850 - 1851
Formats Ephemera
Inventory Identifier 31.115 Box Number 31 Series 3
Draft of speech by T H Huxley, [1852]

Draft of Huxley's speech in reply to the President of the Royal Society [Lord Rosse] on the award of the Royal Medal

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.139
Date range 1852
Formats Drafts
Inventory Identifier 31.139 Box Number 31 Series 3
Memoranda by T H Huxley, [about 1852]

Memoranda

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.100
Date range c. 1852
Formats Memoranda
Inventory Identifier 31.100 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea by T H Huxley [September 1856]

List of places visited in Devon and Cornwall [Probably September 1856]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.99
Date range September 1856
Formats Ephemera
Inventory Identifier 31.99 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea by T H Huxley [1856]

Statement of qualifications for Examinership in Physiology, London University
Printed

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.142
Date range 1856
Formats Ephemera
Inventory Identifier 31.142 Box Number 31 Series 3
Reminiscences by T H Huxley, nd

Reminiscences of early married life, written by Mrs Huxley in her old age [Follows the narrative in section XII, 13, folios 1 - 5]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.78
Formats Notebooks
Inventory Identifier 31.78 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, [1862]

Scheme and Rules for the "Thorough Club", established by Huxley "for the promotion of a thorough and earnest search after Scientific Truth" [1862; dated by note in section XII, 12, folio 10]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.120
Date range 1862
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier 31.120 Box Number 31 Series 3
Invitation to T H Huxley, 7 October 1862

Invitation card for a dinner of the Thorough Club, at Cambridge
Printed

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.121
Date range 7 October 1862
Formats Ephemera
Inventory Identifier 31.121 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, February 1891

List of Huxley's works, headed "List for selection sent to Balliere, Feb 1891" [? For French editions]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.111
Date range February 1891
Formats Lists
Inventory Identifier 31.111 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, 19 July 1864
Athenaeum Club, London

Drawing of an ape-man, artist unknown. Dated Athenaeum Club

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.158
Date range 19 July 1864
Formats Drawings
Inventory Identifier 31.158 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, [19 February 1869]

List of toasts at Geological Society Anniversary Dinner

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.101
Date range 19 February 1869
Formats Ephemera
Inventory Identifier 31.101 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, 1 April 1869

Menu-card of dinner at the Garrick Club, with signatures of the guests (including Huxley)

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.103
Date range 1 April 1869
Formats Ephemera
Inventory Identifier 31.103 Box Number 31 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 28 May 1885

Geological Society of Australasia (Melbourne). Honorary Member. Letter signed by Honorary Secretary, Robert T Litton

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(31)
Date range 28 May 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(31) Box Number 32 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, 11 September 1869

Humorous memorandum by Mrs Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.104
Date range 11 September 1869
Formats Memoranda
Inventory Identifier 31.104 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, 1876 - 1881

Diary notes of visits to Huxley's house

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.105
Date range 1876 - 1881
Formats Diaries
Inventory Identifier 31.105 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, [1879]

List of persons to whom presentation copies of Hume were sent

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.109
Date range 1879
Formats Lists
Inventory Identifier 31.109 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, November 1880

Sketch of a youth in Highland costume, marked E G H. On the back, list of guests for a family party

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.110
Date range November 1880
Formats Sketches
Inventory Identifier 31.110 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, 1884 - 1885

List of Books [bought in Italy]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.113
Date range 1884 - 1885
Formats Lists
Inventory Identifier 31.113 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, [1892]

A variant of the "Missionary and Cassowary" rhyme [cf 12.143; 26, 189; Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 535]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.114
Date range 1892
Formats Ephemera
Inventory Identifier 31.114 Box Number 31 Series 3
Memorandum of T H Huxley, [1892?]

Memorandum to Paymaster-General on claim for pension

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.112
Date range 1892
Formats Memoranda
Inventory Identifier 31.112 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, 1892

Record of garden expenses and lists of plants to the end of 1892

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.123
Date range 1892
Formats Accounts
Inventory Identifier 31.123 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, 1893 - 1894

Copy of 04713, with addenda dated 28 January 1893 and 4 September 1894

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.136
Date range 1893 - 1894
Formats Memoranda
Inventory Identifier 31.136 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, 1895

List of French and German translations of Huxley's works, writer unknown
German handwriting

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.116
Date range 1895
Formats Lists
Inventory Identifier 31.116 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, 1911

"Pictures of Australian Life, 1843-1844" by Mrs Huxley [Cornhill Magazine 1911, 770-778]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.162
Date range 1911
Formats Reports
Inventory Identifier 31.162 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, nd

Humorous drawings, artists unknown

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.122 & 31.159
Formats Drawings
Inventory Identifier 31.122 & 31.159 Box Number 31 Series 3
Miscellanea of T H Huxley, nd

Envelopes and fragments

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.74
Formats Ephemera
Inventory Identifier 31.74 Series 3
Notebooks of T H Huxley, 1840 - 1841

"Thoughts and Doings". Extracts from Huxley's notebooks
Typewritten

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 31.169
Date range 1840 - 1841
Formats Notebooks
Inventory Identifier 31.169 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 3 December 1850

Board of Admiralty Commission as Additional Assistant Surgeon, HMS Fisgard. Signed by Admiral Sir Houston Stewart. Embossed Seal of Lord High Admiral. Paper backed with linen. 24 x 34.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(1)
Date range 3 December 1850
Inventory Identifier 32.(1) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 2 July 1855

Appointment for three years as Fullerian Professor, Royal Institution. Signed by William Pole, Vice President and Treasurer, and thirteen other managers. Engrossed on vellum. 57.5 x 31.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(2)
Date range 2 July 1855
Inventory Identifier 32.(2) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 7 January 1857

Der Verein fur Mikroskopie in Giessen. Honorary Member. Signed by Dr H Welcker, President. No Seal. Printed. 41.5 x 32 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(3)
Date range 7 January 1857
Inventory Identifier 32.(3) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 1 October 1857

Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolina Academia Naturae Curiosorum (Breslau). Honorary Member. Embossed seal. Printed. 42.5 x 53.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(4)
Date range 1 October 1857
Inventory Identifier 32.(4) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 1 October 1857

Two duplicates of no 04723, without seals

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(5, 6)
Date range 1 October 1857
Inventory Identifier 32.(5, 6) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 15 December 1857

Letter enclosing the diploma [no 04723], signed by the President, Dr C G D Nees von Esenbeck

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(7)
Date range 15 December 1857
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(7) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 29 November 1859

Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia. Corresponding Member. Signed by John L Le Conte, Secretary. Printed. 22 x 27.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(8)
Date range 29 November 1859
Inventory Identifier 32.(8) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 12 December 1868

Medicinisch-naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft zu Jena. Foreign Member. Wax seal; written throughout and signed by Ernst Haeckel. 22 x 28 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(9)
Date range 12 December 1868
Inventory Identifier 32.(9) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 17 October 1870

Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. Honorary Member. Signed by J Birkbeck Nevins, President, and James Birchall, Secretary. Engraved. 25.5 x 32 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(10)
Date range 17 October 1870
Inventory Identifier 32.(10) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, [31] December 1870

Petition to Huxley as President of British Association from the Liverpool United Trades Council to deliver a lecture. Signed by President, Secretary, and representatives of 26 trades. Engrossed. 24.5 x 38.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(11)
Date range 31 December 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(11) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, [1870]

Undated Petition to Huxley as President of British Association, signed by ten working men of Liverpool to deliver a lecture to the operatives of the city. Engrossed. 21 x 33.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(12)
Date range 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(12) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 27 May 1873

Brevet of the Order of the North Star. Stockholm. Embossed seal. 22 x 36.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(13)
Date range 27 May 1873
Inventory Identifier 32.(13) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 31 July 1873
Legation for Norway and Sweden, London

Letter from Count Steenbock (Secretary), dated from the Legation for Norway and Sweden in London, enclosing the Decoration and Brevet of the Order of the North Star

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(14)
Date range 31 July 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(14) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 1 August 1873

Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Honorary Member. Signed by Leonard N Harvey, Secretary. Embossed seal. 14 x 21 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(15)
Date range 1 August 1873
Inventory Identifier 32.(15) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 15 April 1874

Regia Scientiarum Academia Suecica, Stockholm. Foreign Member. Signed by Louis de Geer, President. Printed. 34 x 53.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(16)
Date range 15 April 1874
Inventory Identifier 32.(16) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 4 May 1874

Letter enclosing Diploma. Signed by D G Lindhagen, Secretary

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(16)
Date range 4 May 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(16) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 15 December 1874

Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. Honorary Member. Signed by Director and Secretary. Impressed seal. Printed. 54.5 x 36.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(17)
Date range 15 December 1874
Inventory Identifier 32.(17) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 15 December 1874

Letter announcing election of Huxley to honour in no 04736

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(18)
Date range 15 December 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(18) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 29 December 1874

Letter enclosing diploma (no 04736)

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(19)
Date range 29 December 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(19) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 24 December 1874

Academie Royale des Sciences de Lisbonne [Lisbon]. Foreign Corresponding Member. Signed by Professor J M Lateno Coelho, Secretary. 20 x 33 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(20)
Date range 24 December 1874
Inventory Identifier 32.(20) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 21 September [1875]

Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Honorary Member. Undated diploma signed by A Hume, President, David Buxton, Secretary, and John G Jacob, Treasurer. Engraved. 46 x 39.5 cm [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 335]

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(21)
Date range 21 September 1875
Inventory Identifier 32.(21) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 3 April 1876

Royal Society of Edinburgh. Honorary Fellow. Signed by William Thomson, President, J H Balfour, Secretary. Embossed seal. Printed. 27 x 22 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(22)
Date range 3 April 1876
Inventory Identifier 32.(22) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 15 August 1878

Societe Royale des Sciences Medicales et Naturelles de Bruxelles. Honorary Member. Letter signed by President and Secretary

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(23)
Date range 15 August 1878
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(23) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 16 August 1878

Diploma referred to in no 4742. Printed. 39.5 x 29 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(24)
Date range 16 August 1878
Inventory Identifier 32.(24) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 20 August 1878

Trinity College, Dublin. Honorary LLD. Signed by five members of Senate. Impressed pendant seal. Vellum. Printed. 62.5 x 46.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(25)
Date range 20 August 1878
Inventory Identifier 32.(25) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 28 January 1879

Academie Royale de Medicine de Belgique. Copy of diploma executed for King Leopold by Delcour, Minister of the Interior. Countersigned by Secretary of Academy. Stamped seal. 21 x 34 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(26)
Date range 28 January 1879
Inventory Identifier 32.(26) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 29 January 1881

Appointment as Inspector of Fisheries. Signed by Sir William Harcourt. Red wax seal of Home Department. 20.5 x 32 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(27)
Date range 29 January 1881
Inventory Identifier 32.(27) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 11 November 1882

Clarendon Historical Society (Edinburgh). Fellow. Signed by Edmund Goldsmid, Secretary. 18 x 11.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(28)
Date range 11 November 1882
Inventory Identifier 32.(28) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 20 March 1883

Anthropological Society of Washington. Honorary Member. Signed by F A Seely, Secretary. Printed. 20.5 x 26.5

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(29)
Date range 20 March 1883
Inventory Identifier 32.(29) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 9 March 1885

Royale Instituto di Studi Superiori Practici e di Perfezionamento Sezione di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali (Florence). Honorary Member. Signed by President and twenty officials of the several departments. Engraved heading. 22 x 32.5 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(30)
Date range 9 March 1885
Inventory Identifier 32.(30) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 20 April 1886

Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. Honorary Member. Signed by Sir Charles Cameron, President, and 21 members of the Council. Engraved on vellum. Pendant wax seal in engraved oval silver box, the whole enclosed in a padded leather case. 55.5 x 42 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(32)
Date range 20 April 1886
Inventory Identifier 32.(32) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 25 August 1892

Appointment as Privy Councillor. From the Court at Osborne. Impressed Privy Seal. Countersigned by Sir Charles Lennox Peel [Clerk of the Council]. Printed. 24.5 x 38.5 cm
Oath of Privy Councillor. Printed. 20 x 33 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(33, 34)
Date range 25 August 1892
Inventory Identifier 32.(33, 34) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 25 August 1892

University of Melbourne. Resolution of Congratulation on being made Privy Councillor. Signed by G B Halford, Secretary. 19.5 x 32 cm

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(35)
Date range 25 August 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(35) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 27 November 1893

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Letter from the Medal Committee recommending the award of the Hayden Geological Medal

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(36)
Date range 27 November 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(36) Box Number 32 Series 3
Diplomas and Appointments presented to T H Huxley, 19 December 1893

Letter of eulogy from the President awarding and enclosing the Hayden Medal (no 04754)

[In Appendix IV to Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley is given a list of the Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc, of Huxley, compiled from letters and diplomas found amongst his papers. Many of the diplomas are now missing from the Huxley Collection, which now contains only this item and the following 35 items. All the documents are written on paper, except where otherwise specified. The list is arranged in order of date]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 32.(37)
Date range 19 December 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 32.(37) Box Number 32 Series 3

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