Series 20 - Notebooks, papers and correspondence


Date Rangec. 1840 - c. 1894
Quantity8 Volumes
ProvenanceHuxley, Thomas Henry
Description

Non-scientific and additional notebooks, papers and correspondence, third series

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Letter to T H Huxley from ARMSTRONG, (Sir) William George, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810-1900), 9 November 1885
Sent from Cragside, Rothbury [Northumberland]

He had wished to 'stimulate the creation of a fund by subscription' when he offered to give money to the Royal Society; his regret at Huxley's resignation [from the Presidency]. See Huxley Papers 10.128, for the letter which proceeded this

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/1
Date range 9 November 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/1 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BAIN, Alexander (1818-1903), 3 December 1875
Sent from Aberdeen [Scotland]

Asks Huxley to forward his 'bulky' manuscript memoir of Dr Neil Arnott to Dr Alfred Taylor, who will condense it into a biographical notice for the new edition of Physics which will be 'agreeable to the stomach of the worth doctor's surviving relatives'; is unwilling to waste more time on it himself; indicates the portions of the Memoir which have been objected to

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Control VOLUME 121/3
Date range 3 December 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/3 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BALFOUR, Francis Maitland (1851-1882), 4 November 1881
Sent from Trinity College, Cambridge

Thanks for letter announcing honour conferred by Ray Society; invitation to the Annual Dinner of the Philosophical Society

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Control VOLUME 121/6
Date range 4 November 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/6 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BENEDEN, Edouard van (1846-1910), 21 October 1874
Sent from Liege [Belgium]

In French. Announces Huxley's election to the Academie [Royale de Medecine de Belgique] and to the Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege; his admiration of Huxley; asks for his opinion of his book on sexual organs

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Control VOLUME 121/8
Date range 21 October 1874
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/8 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BERKELEY, Miles Joseph (1803-1889), 16 September 1870
Sent from Market Harborough [Leicestershire]

Suggests an alternative translation for 'bunt', used in an address; quotes Homer [in Greek] on the death of Patroclus, to prove the ancient knowledge of the origin of maggots in carcasses

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Control VOLUME 121/10
Date range 16 September 1870
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/10 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BLACKIE, John Stuart (1809-1895), 22 February [1876]
Sent from University of Edinburgh

Praises Huxley for 'vindicating stout old Paley in that Glasgow address'; the permanent value of the commonsense philosophy of Socrates; an invitation to Edinburgh

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Control VOLUME 121/11
Date range 22 February 1876
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/11 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BOLIVAR, Ignacio, 26 January 1880
Sent from Madrid

In French. His reverence for Huxley; thanks for a copy of the 'Crayfish' [See reference to Dr Bolivar in the 1st edition, page 298]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/15
Date range 26 January 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/15 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BOURNE, Gilbert Charles (1861-1933), 2 July 1890
Sent from the Laboratory, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth [Devon]

Conveys a vote of thanks for services rendered as President of the Association

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Control VOLUME 121/16
Date range 2 July 1890
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/16 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BOWMAN, Sir William (1816-1892), 3 May 1873
Sent from 5 Clifford Street [London]

Thanks for copy of Critiques and addresses; hopes that Huxley will rest; suggests bromide of potassium as a remedy for indigestion

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/17
Date range 3 May 1873
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/17 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BRADLEY, George Granville (1821-1903), 24 March 1881
Sent from University College [Oxford]

Has taken Huxley's advice about the [Science] Fellowship; further elections to it have been postponed for a year

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Control VOLUME 121/19
Date range 24 March 1881
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/19 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BROOKS, William Keeth (1848-1908), 30 November 1880
Sent from John Hopkins University, Baltimore [USA]

Asks for an opinion on his paper on Crustacean Embryology of which he gives an abstract; enquires whether arrangements can be made to publish it in England, which would help him in his work and further the interests of the marine laboratory which he has persuaded the University to establish

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Control VOLUME 121/21
Date range 30 November 1880
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/21 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BROOKS, William Keeth (1848-1908), 15 March 1881
Sent from John Hopkins University, Baltimore [USA]

Thanks for Huxley's kind letter, which has been shown to the Trustees; the presentation of his paper to the Royal Society by Huxley will greatly help his work; outlines plans for further research on the lower Macrura

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/25
Date range 15 March 1881
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/25 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BROOKS, William Keeth (1848-1908), 30 October [1883]
Sent from John Hopkins University, Baltimore [USA]

Is sending a copy of his book on heredity; asks for an opinion on its potential sale in England. See also 121.92

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Control VOLUME 121/27
Date range 30 October 1883
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/27 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BROWN-SEQUARD, Charles Edward (1817-1894), 12 February 1874
Sent from 18 East 29th [Street], New York City

Wishes to give lectures in England which will illustrate the value of vivisection to science; would particularly like to speak at the Royal Institution, where he could reach a wider public, and asks if Huxley can help him to do this; thanks for help given to his pupil Eugene Dupuy; his opinion of Ferrier's researches on the brain, and of Carpenter's support of Ferrier's views

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Control VOLUME 121/28
Date range 12 February 1874
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/28 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from BURR, Daniel Higford Davall (c 1812-1885), 19 September [1866]
Sent from Aldermaston [Berkshire]

Letter to Sir Roderick Murchison. Offer of the loan of the skull of a Patagonian chief, with details of its discovery

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/29
Date range 19 September 1866
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/29 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from CAIRD, Sir James (1816-1892), 2 March 1880
Sent from Copyhold Inclosures Tithe Commission, 3 St James's Square [London]

Thanks for Huxley's abstract of the conversation on some scientific matter; Sir W Lawes is willing to admit scientific students to his laboratory, but not to teach them

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/31
Date range 2 March 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/31 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from CAMPBELL, George John Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900), 4 March 1886

Discussion of the development of the embryo; queries Huxley's theory of the prior development of external organs; 'wishes to ascertain' how soon and how long such rudimentary formations of future structures can be detected; believes in the simultaneous development of internal and external organs

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/32
Date range 4 March 1886
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/32 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from CAPEL, George, 17 May 1867
Sent from the Athenaeum [London]

Discusses a disputed fragment of Xenophanes; comments on the varying translations for word for an animal in a passage from Aristophanes' Clouds which may interest Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/35
Date range 17 May 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/35 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from CARDWELL, Edward, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813-1886), 20 July 1854
Sent from Board of Trade [London]

Asks Huxley to continue in his post of Natural History Lecturer [at the Government School of Mines] as successor to Edward Forbes

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/38
Date range 20 July 1854
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/38 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter from T H Huxley to CARDWELL, Edward, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813-1886), nd

Reply of acceptance from Huxley to Cardwell

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Control VOLUME 121/40
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/40 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from CARPENTER, William Benjamin (1813-1885), 21 January 1881
Sent from 56 Regent's Park Road [London]

Congratulations [on appointment as Inspector of Fisheries]. Would like to discuss a scheme for a survey of 'physical and biological conditions of the seas round Great Britain'

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/41
Date range 21 January 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/41 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from COLE, Sir Henry (1808-1882), 3 November 1871
Sent from Marine Parade, Folkestone [Kent]

Appreciation of Huxley's article, 'Administrative nihilism' which he asks him to reprint - 'it would help to create a few missionaries to preach a true faith about Government work'

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/43
Date range 3 November 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/43 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from COOPER, Austin N, 10 October 1894
Sent from Tamworth, New South Wales [Australia]

Sends a photograph of an aborigine's skull

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/45
Date range 10 October 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/45 Box Number 121 Series 20
Photograph, nd

Photograph of skull

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Control VOLUME 121/46
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/46 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from COUES, Elliott, 3 November 1883
Sent from American Ornithologists' Union, Washington [USA]

Is sending papers about medical service of the US Army, with special reference to examinations and to naturalists subject to military orders; has proposed Huxley as a member of the Union

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Control VOLUME 121/47
Date range 3 November 1883
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/47 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from CRISP, Sir Frank (1843-1919), 29 May 1890
Sent from 6 Old Jewry [London]

Dictated. He is unwilling to accept Huxley's cheque, which is in excess of the required amount; he is therefore pleased that he is able to refund the difference

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Control VOLUME 121/49
Date range 29 May 1890
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/49 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from CROLL, James (1821-1890), 14 February 1882
Sent from Dawlish, Devon

Explanation of his discussion of the meaning of Determinism in his article; Huxley is the best judge of an appropriate journal for publication if he thinks it worthy of this. See Huxley Papers 12.348 et seq

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Control VOLUME 121/51
Date range 14 February 1882
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/51 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from EDINBURGH, The University , 15 October 187[5]
Sent from 40 Moray Place, Edinburgh

From J Christison, Secretary. The Lord President of the Council has been asked to grant Huxley leave of absence to take charge of Professor Thomson's class

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/55
Date range 15 October 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/55 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, Sir William Henry (1831-1899), 25 August 1862
Sent from Royal College of Surgeons [London]

Informs Huxley of the decision of the Council [of the Royal Society] that he should undertake the description of 'Glyptodon'; has 'victimised' a human brain for Huxley's artist; comment on existence of corpus callous in human brain; (sketch). See Evidence as to man's place in nature, Man's relation to the lower animals, figure 21

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Control VOLUME 121/56
Date range 25 August 1862
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/56 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, Sir Michael (1836-1907), nd

Last page of letter [Christmas 1885?]. Huxley's health; will keep him informed about the 'Challenger'; G F Wilson, FRS, would be delighted to help about gentians

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Control VOLUME 121/58
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/58 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, Sir Michael (1836-1907), nd

Undated note, signed 'M F' about a toast at a dinner. Addressed to 'Rev Sir'

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/59
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/59 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from FRY, Sir Edward (1827-1918), 27 November 1886
Sent from 5 The Grove, Highgate [London]

Discussion of the different forms that London University might adopt; advantages of incorporating teaching in the existing University

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/60
Date range 27 November 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/60 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from FRY, Sir Edward (1827-1918), 10 January 1888
Sent from 1 Palace House, Bayswater Hill [London]

Need to distinguish old from new degrees in the University of London; no new charter should be granted until the subject of university education in London has been thoroughly discussed

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/66
Date range 10 January 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/66 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from FUHLROTT, 13 November 1861
Sent from Elberfeld

To Sir Charles Lyell. In French. Detailed description of occipital fragment of a Neandertal skull, of which he sends a photograph. See Evidence as to man's place in nature, 'On some fossil remains of man', figure 25; part of the letter is also quoted, translated, on page 133

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/68
Date range 13 November 1861
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/68 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from FUHLROTT, 2 January 1862
Sent from Elberfeld

To Sir Charles Lyell. In French. Sends three more photographs; further details about the skull, in reply to enquiries from Huxley. See Evidence as to man's place in nature, page 130

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/70
Date range 2 January 1862
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/70 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from FURLONG, Major-General J, 6 February 1892
Sent from 11 Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh

Discussion of Hebraic etymology, with reference to Huxley's letter to The Times on 4 February

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/72
Date range 6 February 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/72 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from GARDINER, Walter, 24 November 1886
Sent from Clare College, Cambridge

Observations on nectaries; will send specimens to compare with those of gentians

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/74
Date range 24 November 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/74 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from GAUDRY, Albert (1827-1908), 24 January 1886
Sent from Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

In French. Details of moulds of Anchitherium fossils available at his own and other museums, which could be sent on an exchange basis; he can however arrange to present some to the Royal School of Mines Museum

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/76
Date range 24 January 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/76 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from GIZICKI, Georg von, 6 August 1893
Sent from Etische Kultur, Berlin

In German. Describes the aims of the German Ethical Society; questions about Huxley's views on religion, etc, on behalf of its journal

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/77
Date range 6 August 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/77 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from GOWER, Rev Herbert H, 24 September 1894
Sent from New Westminster, British Columbia [Canada]

Encloses three photographs of a skull from a shell mound near the channel of the Fraser River; describes the position of the skeleton of which it formed part, etc

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/78
Date range 24 September 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/78 Box Number 121 Series 20
Three photographs, nd

Three photographs of a skull

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/81-83
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/81-83 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from HENSLOW, John Stevens (1796-1861), 26 March 1856
Sent from Hitcham, Bildeston, Suffolk

Discussion of lists for a British collection of natural history, which will form part of an official report [Report on a possible Natural History Museum referred to in The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, volume 1, page 133?]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/84
Date range 26 March 1856
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/84 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from HEUMANS, F and VAN HAEREN, Oscar, 23 March 1886
Sent from Louvain [Belgium]

In French. Invitation to be Member of the Council of Honour which is to be appointed on the occasion of the celebrations of E van Beneden's 50th Anniversary at the University.

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/86
Date range 23 March 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/86 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter from T H Huxley to HEUMANS, F and VAN HAEREN, Oscar, 25 March 1886

Draft of Huxley's reply to no 05379. Honoured to be permitted to join in any way in the proposed celebrations

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/87
Date range 25 March 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/87 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from HOBSON, W T, 4 February 1892
Sent from Temple Ewell, Dover [Kent]

Discussion of interpretation of Hebrew words used by Huxley in letter to The Times on the order of creation in the Bible. See FURLONG, above, and The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, volume 2, pages 296-298

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/88
Date range 4 February 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/88 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter from T H Huxley to HOBSON, W T, nd

Rough notes for Huxley's reply to no 05381

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/89
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/89 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from HOBSON, W T, 6 February 1892

Further discussion of the same subject in 05381

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/90
Date range 6 February 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/90 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from LONDON, ROYAL SOCIETY, 1 November 1888
Sent from Burlington House [London]

From Michael Foster. Dictated. Announcement of the award of the Copley medal

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/92
Date range 1 November 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/92 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from LONDON, The University, 9 July 1856
Sent from Burlington House [London]

From W B Carpenter. Printed letter announcing Huxley's election to the office of Examiner in Physiology and Comparative Anatomy for the ensuing year

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/93
Date range 9 July 1856
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/93 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter from T H Huxley to MILNE-EDWARDS, Henri (1800-1885), 12 March 1851

Draft of a letter from Huxley. Explanation of his use of the terms 'dorsal' and 'ventral' when describing Salpae

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/94
Date range 12 March 1851
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/94 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter from T H Huxley to MULLER, Johannes Peter (1801-1858), 24 March 1851
Sent from 41 North Bank, Regent's Park [London]

Draft of a letter from Huxley. Is sending a paper on Diphydae, etc, for possible inclusion in the Archiv

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Control VOLUME 121/96
Date range 24 March 1851
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/96 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from PAGAN, Alfred, 5 February 1892
Sent from Uley, Gloucestershire

Discussion of interpretation of two Hebrew words used in Genesis, etc, to indicate reptilian creatures; science does not necessarily conflict with statement in Scripture. See FURLONG and HODSON, above

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/97
Date range 5 February 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/97 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter from T H Huxley to PAGAN, Alfred, 7 February [1892]

Note for Huxley's reply

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Control VOLUME 121/98
Date range 7 February 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/98 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter from T H Huxley to PARKER, Thomas Jeffery (1850-1897), nd

Draft by Huxley for a testimonial for Parker

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Control VOLUME 121/99
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Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/99 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from RETZIUS, Magnus Gustaf (1842-1919), 30 December 1888
Sent from Stockholm [Sweden]

News of Professor Svenloven's health and his approaching 80th birthday

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/102
Date range 30 December 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/102 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from ROBINSON, Louis, 24 February 1892
Sent from Lewisham [London]

Sends nine photographs of prints of the human foot

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Control VOLUME 121/104
Date range 24 February 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/104 Box Number 121 Series 20
Nine photographs, nd

Nine small photographs

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/105-113
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/105-113 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL, 22 August 1854
Sent from [London]

From R G Whitfield. States the conditions of work, etc, for the course of lectures to be given by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/114
Date range 22 August 1854
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/114 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from SCOTT, Dukinfield Henry (1854-1934), 20 November 1886
Sent from 8 Thornton Hill, Wimbledon [London]

Sends a list of references to papers on the anatomy and physiology of nectaries

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/116
Date range 20 November 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/116 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter from T H Huxley to WILBERFORCE, Samuel (1805-1873), 3 January 1861
Sent from the Athenaeum [London]

Draft of a note from Huxley. Sends a copy of his article 'On the zoological relation of man with the lower animals' in the belief that 'His Lordship has as great an interest in the truth as himself . . . The Bishop of Oxford will find therein full justification for the diametrical contradiction with which he heard Professor Huxley meet certain anatomical statements put forth at the first meeting of Section D during the late session of the British Association at Oxford'. See Clark, pages, 61-62

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/118
Date range 3 January 1861
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/118 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, Publishers, 5 December 1864
Sent from 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden [London]

Discussion of the publication of Huxley's lectures; illustrations, etc

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/120
Date range 5 December 1864
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/120 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from YOUMANS, Edward Livingston (1821-1887), 17 November 1876
Sent from New York

Dictated. Discussion of the publication of the American lectures

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/122
Date range 17 November 1876
Formats General Correspondence and Microfilmed Materials
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/122 Box Number 121 Series 20
Letter to T H Huxley from YOUMANS, Edward Livingston (1821-1887), 13 December 1876
Sent from New York

Further discussion of difficulties involved in the publication of the lectures

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 121/129
Date range 13 December 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 121/129 Box Number 121 Series 20
Miscellaneous papers, c 1845-76

1-6 'Structure of the hair sac'. Five folios, with accompanying draft letter, one folio.
Endorsed 'My first paper written in 1845 given to the wife in 1894. Thomas Henry
Huxley'. See The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley volume 1, 1

7 London Institution. Syllabus for a course of six lectures on 'The general laws of life',
February to March 1855. Printed

8, 9 Royal Institution. Syllabus for a course of twelve lectures on physiology and
comparative anatomy, January - April 1856. Printed: accompanying is a corrected
proof

10, 11 Printed notice for elections to the London School Board [1870]. Addresses to the
ratepayers of the Marylebone Division from T H Huxley and W R Cremer. With
written notes, perhaps in Mrs Huxley's handwriting

12 Menu for a dinner at 'The Elms', All Fools Day 1870. Printed

13-17 Draft of an after-dinner speech at the Royal Society [1876]

23-49 Notes on the French revolution; principle events, Declaration of the Rights of Man,
etc, no date (This is part of the notes in Huxley Papers volume 65)

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 122
Date range c. 1845 - c. 1876
Formats Ephemera, Notebooks and Talks and/or Speeches
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 122 Box Number 122 Series 20
Notebook, c 1840, 30 folios, 14 x 17 cm, paper covers

'Thoughts and doings, from September 29, 1840' is written on the front cover. Parts of folios 25 and 26, and most of folio 27, have been cut away. This brief diary with notes and observations on reading, etc, is extensively quoted in The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley volume 1, pages 9-14. The missing portions of the manuscript were not noted by Leonard Huxley (presented in 1964)

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 123
Date range c. 1840
Formats Notebooks and Diaries
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 123 Box Number 123 Series 20
Notebook, c 1847, 177 folios, 18 x 11 cm, red leather boards

Notes on anatomy and physiology of Vertebrata, 1847. Numerous pencil and ink diagrams. Folio 15 is dated 24 December 1847

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 124
Date range c. 1847
Formats Diagrams and Notebooks
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 124 Box Number 124 Series 20
Notebook, c 1856, 28 folios, 22.5 x 18.5 cm

Notes on dredging specimens, etc, made at Tenby, August - September 1856; notes on raised beaches, October [1856], etc. On the cover is a pen and ink sketch of a man and a woman in a boat (Huxley spent his honeymoon at Tenby)

8 Draft of a letter to Sir Roderick Murchison on administrative matters at the Museum of
Practical Geology

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 125
Date range c. 1856
Formats General Correspondence, Notebooks and Sketches
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 125 Box Number 125 Series 20
Notebook, 1857, 95 folios, 12 x 20 cm, leather covered boards, with clasp

Journal of a visit to Switzerland, 1857. Many pencil sketches of scenery, of Huxley and his companions (Tyndall, guides, etc); diagrams of geological formations and observations on glacier formation (presented in 1964)

15vo Sketch [self-portrait] endorsed: subject unknown (supposed to be a notorious
burglar)

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 126
Date range 1857
Formats Diagrams, Notebooks and Sketches
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 126 Box Number 126 Series 20
Drawing book, c 1867, 44 folios, 12.5 x 18.5 cm

Contents:

1-19 Sketches, in pencil and monochrome watercolour, of Carnac; monoliths, windmills,
dolmens, calvaries, etc. Probably made in 1867, when travelling with Hooker. Also includes water-colour Off Swanage, September 1867, later donated in memory of Priscilla Elsie Waller

20 Notes on reading; French prehistory, etc. See The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley volume 1, page 287. Some, perhaps, added at a later date

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 127
Date range c. 1867
Formats Notebooks, Sketches and Drawings
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 127 Box Number 127 Series 20
Notebook, 1884, 11 folios, 20 x 16 cm, black paper covers

Itinerary of journey to Italy, 15 October to 19 December 1884

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control VOLUME 128
Date range 1884
Formats Notebooks
Inventory Identifier VOLUME 128 Box Number 128 Series 20

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