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William Whewell letters and printed material received

R./1.76
File
1819-1833

A collection of some of the printed material and letters received by Whewell between 1819 to 1833, of which the materials relating to the Cambridge elections of 1829 and 1830 form a part.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

Letters of William Whewell to Hugh James Rose

R./2.99
File
1817-1836

Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R

A bound volume of 42 letters which have been catalogued separately in item records attached to this catalogue record. A letter from H. A. Rose to Mr Jackson dated 28 May 1917 is tipped in the front of the volume, accompanied by a printed flysheet headed "Utopia University, 1816", a parody of an examination paper sent to Whewell in 1816, also tipped in. At the front of the volume is a lithograph of Whewell by E. U. Eddis, 1835.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: draft of The elements of morality, including polity, vols. I-II

R./6.1-2
Item
1844-1845

Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: letters, notes, and printed material relating to etymology

R./6.5
File
1829-1831, [18--]

Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: etymological notes, lists of words beginning with "E"

R./6.6
Item
[19th cent.]

Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R

Bundles labelled "F", "G", "L", "S" (French, Greek, Latin, and Stephen Skinner's Etymologicon linguæ Anglicanæ?).

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell sketchbooks

R./6.12
File
1821-1853, [18--]

Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R

32 sketchbooks, many with extensive notes on the architecture sketched.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: political economy and miscellaneous papers

R./18.8
File
1824-1874

Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell papers relating to English hexameters

R./18.14
File
1839-1874

Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: poetry by Whewell and others

R./18.15
File
1809-1874

Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell letters received: L

Add. MS a/208
File
1818-1866, [18--]

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

The ninth of fifteen boxes of primarily incoming correspondence (Add.MS.a.200-214), arranged roughly A-Z by correspondent.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell letters received: M

Add. MS a/209
File
[1824?]-1873

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

The tenth of fifteen boxes of primarily incoming correspondence (Add.MS.a.200-214), arranged roughly A-Z by correspondent.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell letters received: Sedgwick, Sheepshanks, followed by T

Add. MS a/213
File
1817-1865

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

The fourteenth of fifteen boxes of primarily incoming correspondence (Add.MS.a.200-214), arranged roughly A-Z by correspondent.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell letters received and drafts of letters sent: Ulrici to Young

Add. MS a/214
File
1814-1865, [18--]

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

The last of fifteen boxes of primarily incoming correspondence (Add.MS.a.200-214), arranged A-Z by correspondent. This box includes 17 letters written by William Whewell to others.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: miscellaneous correspondence, including letters received relating to Of the Plurality of Worlds

Add. MS a/216
File
1818-1860, [18--]

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

Items 84-112 concern Whewell's Of the Plurality of Worlds.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: memorandum books and miscellaneous writings and J. Jones mathematics notebook

Add. MS a/217
File
1790-1866, [18--]

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: miscellaneous papers and papers of Henry, Francis, and Robert Leslie Ellis

Add. MS a/223
File
[177-]-1864, [18--]

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

Letter from William Whewell to Thomas Satterthwaite

Add. MS a/298/1
Item
15 Aug. 1820

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

Letter written from Paris, describing the crossing to Calais, his journey to Paris and his observations of the city once there.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell letters received: James David Forbes

Add. MS a/204
File
1831-1864

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

The fifth of fifteen boxes of primarily incoming correspondence (Add.MS.a.200-214), arranged roughly A-Z by correspondent. This box contains letters from James David Forbes, a bit out of alphabetical sequence, coming as it does after a box of letters incoming from Digby to Froude.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell letters received: Gage to Harris

Add. MS a/205
File
1814-1864, [18--]

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

The sixth of fifteen boxes of primarily incoming correspondence (Add.MS.a.200-214), arranged roughly A-Z by correspondent. Letters from Julius Charles Hare are housed in Add.Ms.a.206.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: letters received and notes on the Moral and Natural Sciences Triposes

Add. MS a/59
File
1850-3

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

A group of material previously assigned the following letter classification [by Isaac Todhunter?]:
Q. Portfolio: Moral & Natural Science Triposes

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: letters relating to visitorial powers of the Bishop of Ely, the Duke of Devonshire, the Prince of Wales, the renovation of the Master's Lodge, and Whewell's trip to Spain to view the eclipse; letters from the Airys, and miscellaneous printed material

Add. MS a/60
File
1832-62

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

Six groups of material previously assigned letter classifications [by Isaac Todhunter?] as follows:
Items 1-8: "R" Correspondence on Visitorial Powers of Bishop of Ely
Items 9-21: "S" Airy to Lady Affleck & Dr William Whewell
Items 22-25: "T" Tides, Sermons &c.
Items 26-32: "U" Introductions to persons in Spain at the Eclipse visit
Items 33-45: "V" Letters about the Prince of Wales & Duke of Devonshire
Items 46-58: "W" Correspondence about Restoration of the Lodge

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: letters to Commissioners and Fellows, papers relating to monuments to Hare, Macaulay and Sedgwick, bust of Tennyson, university studies prior to 1848 and international law

Add. MS a/64
File
1841-1878, [18--]

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

Eight groups of material previously assigned letter classifications [by Isaac Todhunter?] as follows:
Items 1-8: 'XI' Letters to Commissioners & Fellows
Items 9-18: 'XII' Statue of Macaulay, Bust of Hare, and Picture of Professor Sedgwick
Items 19-35: 'XIII' Divinity
Items 36-48: 'XIV' Bust of Tennyson
Items 49-64: 'XV' University studies prior to 1848
Items 65-92: 'XVI' International Law
Items 93-94: not assigned
Items 95-121: 'XVII' Miscellaneous letters

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell and Frances Affleck letters received and Ellis family papers

Add. MS a/68
File
[18th-19th cent.]

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: Notes on mineralogy

Add. MS a/51
File
19th c.

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

Notes, drafts of writings, printed tables and a receipt, all relating to mineralogy. Includes a draft of "Introduction (to Syllabus of Mineralogy)", "On the Classification of Crystalline Forms"; a printed broadsheet, 'A Table of Chemical Equivalents and Notation, by W. T. Brande', and a receipt for mineral specimens bought from I. Deck, Practical Chemist and Mineralogist.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: letters of congratulation received on his marriage and the mastership

Add. MS a/58
File
1841-[after 1875]

Part of Additional Manuscripts a

Two items are about a different topic and date from a different time: they concern the papers left by William Whewell after his death (items 59 and 110).

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

Letter from Joseph Bosworth to [William Whewell]

Add. MS c/75/3
Item
15 Jan. 1859

Part of Additional Manuscripts c

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: letters received, D-G

Add. MS c/88
File
1834-63

Part of Additional Manuscripts c

The second of five boxes arranged A-Z by correspondent.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: letters received, H-M

Add. MS c/89
File
1819-65

Part of Additional Manuscripts c

The third of five boxes arranged A-Z by correspondent.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: letters received, T-Z

Add. MS c/91
File
1825-64

Part of Additional Manuscripts c

The fifth of five boxes arranged A-Z by correspondent. This box includes 4 letters from William Whewell to two correspondents, William Hepworth Dixon (Items 72-73), and Caleb Sprague Henry (Items 74-75).

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

William Whewell: drafts of Lectures on systematic morality and lectures on Plato from 1847 to 1857

R./6.3
Item
[c 1846]-1857

Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R

With notes by Isaac Todhunter throughout, with a list in his hand of the MSS connected with Plato; these lectures on Plato may have served as early drafts of The Platonic dialogues for English readers and include drafts of an introduction to a work of that name. Accompanied by a large sheet with Aristotle's list of virtues and vices.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science

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