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Russian cartes-de-visite of Charles Darwin

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    Darwin family carte-de-visite album, (bulk 1871-1879)

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    A brown leather carte-de-visite photograph album containing 19 portraits chiefly of English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family, dating from the 1870s. The album has an inscription from Darwin's son-in-law Richard. B. Litchfield to Anne Griffiths (1844-1928), a servant in Down House, the Darwin family home, dated 1879, the year Griffiths ended her employment with the Darwins. The volume contains portraits of Darwin (page 3r); his wife, Emma (page 2r); at least five of their children, including Elizabeth Darwin (page 4v and 8r), George Darwin (pages 10v), Henrietta Darwin (pages 4r, 7r, 13v), Horace Darwin (page 10r), and Leonard Darwin (?) (pages 6r and 8v); Henrietta's husband, R. B. Litchfield (pages 5r and 6v); and Francis Darwin's son, Bernard Darwin (pages 2v, 11r, and 12v). There are also three unidentified portraits (pages 9r, 12r, and 13r). The mounts primarily contain imprints of London photographers including three photograph by Oscar Gustav Rejlander (pages 3r, 6r, 6v); there are also two by German photographer Wilhelm Mayr (pages 4r and 5r). Album has seven interspersed pages of color lithograph images of a bird and flowers.

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    Charles Darwin collection

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    The collection contains correspondence from Charles Darwin to British botanist John Forbes Royle, American philosopher and historian John Fiske, and German biologist Ernst Krause. Also includes correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause. There is also one letter by British zoologist and curator William S. Dallas to Ernst Krause. Several of Charles Darwin's letters were written by his son, Francis. The subjects of the letters include Darwin's work, biology, Darwin's father, physician Robert Darwin, grandfather, natural philosopher and poet Erasmus Darwin, English poet and author of Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin Anna Seward (1742-1809), and English novelist and critic Samuel Butler (1835-1902).

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    Charles Darwin letters to Ernst Krause

    Manuscripts

    The collection contains correspondence from Charles Darwin to British botanist John Forbes Royle, American philosopher and historian John Fiske, and German biologist Ernst Krause. Also includes correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause. There is also one letter by British zoologist and curator William S. Dallas to Ernst Krause. Several of Charles Darwin's letters were written by his son, Francis. The subjects of the letters include Darwin's work, biology, Darwin's father, physician Robert Darwin, grandfather, natural philosopher and poet Erasmus Darwin, English poet and author of Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin Anna Seward (1742-1809), and English novelist and critic Samuel Butler (1835-1902).

    mssHM 36172-36216

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    Charles Darwin letters to John Fiske

    Manuscripts

    The collection contains correspondence from Charles Darwin to British botanist John Forbes Royle, American philosopher and historian John Fiske, and German biologist Ernst Krause. Also includes correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause. There is also one letter by British zoologist and curator William S. Dallas to Ernst Krause. Several of Charles Darwin's letters were written by his son, Francis. The subjects of the letters include Darwin's work, biology, Darwin's father, physician Robert Darwin, grandfather, natural philosopher and poet Erasmus Darwin, English poet and author of Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin Anna Seward (1742-1809), and English novelist and critic Samuel Butler (1835-1902).

    mssHM 8260-8269

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    Charles Darwin letter to John Forbes Royle

    Manuscripts

    The collection contains correspondence from Charles Darwin to British botanist John Forbes Royle, American philosopher and historian John Fiske, and German biologist Ernst Krause. Also includes correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause. There is also one letter by British zoologist and curator William S. Dallas to Ernst Krause. Several of Charles Darwin's letters were written by his son, Francis. The subjects of the letters include Darwin's work, biology, Darwin's father, physician Robert Darwin, grandfather, natural philosopher and poet Erasmus Darwin, English poet and author of Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin Anna Seward (1742-1809), and English novelist and critic Samuel Butler (1835-1902).

    mssHM 12879

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    Letters and documents related to Charles Ben Darwin

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    Group of letters and documents by and related to Charles Ben Darwin. Includes a poem by Darwin written "for Kate Snyder's album" (1853), a letter from W.H.L. Barnes referring to Darwin's defense of Martha Wilson (1885), a letter from Samuel Morgan Shortridge to Darwin asking for a recommendation to the General Land Office in the Arizona Territory (1889), 2 letters of recommendation for Darwin to the Iowa Delegation at Washington, a letter from Anna Darwin describing some Darwin family genealogy, and a letter from W. Kellogg to Darwin's widow Mary regarding the moving of remains from Old Laurel Hill cemetery in San Francisco (1947).

    mssHM 75640-75648