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Warren D. Mohr/Charles Darwin Collection: Manuscripts

Description
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, prints, ephemera and clippings. Highlights include an 1875 letter from Charles Darwin (with his son, William Erasmus Darwin) to Lawson Tait regarding mice tails, and a portrait taken by Henry Barraud (1811-1874) which is believed to be the last photograph taken of Darwin. There are also cartes-de-visite photographs of Darwin, as well as printed portraits and other ephemera. Also of note are three letters by Richard Owen, plus photographs of him. The collection also contains a few modern negatives from items in the Warren D. Mohr/Charles Darwin Collection of rare books at The Huntington.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1855-1993
Call number
mssMohrDarwin
Creator
Mohr, Warren D(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Warren D. Mohr, March, 1994
Restrictions
Collection is open to qualified researchers.
Associated people
Darwin, Charles, (1809-1882,)
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