Papers of W. K. Clifford

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
8 Letter from W. K. Clifford to Frederick Pollock Item 1 June 1876
9c Letter from W. K. Clifford to Frederick Pollock Item 26 June 1876
9d Note by Lucy Clifford Item c. 26 June 1876
10 Letter from W. K. Clifford to Frederick Pollock Item 15 July 1876
3 Note by W. K. Clifford of the inscription for his gravestone Item 3 Mar. 1879
1 Letter from R. G. Hember to Lucy Clifford Item 24 Mar. 1879
2 Letter from T. Archer Hirst to Frederick Pollock Item 17 Apr. 1876
6 Letter from Sir William Thomson to Frederick Pollock Item 31 Mar. 1878
7 Letter from W. F. Collier to Frederick Pollock Item 5 Apr. 1878
1 Notebook containing notes by W. K. Clifford on Coleoptera fabriciana, reused by Lucy Clifford as a scrapbook for obituary notices of her husband, reviews of his posthumous publications, etc. Item 1870s-80
13 Cuttings from the Saturday Review, containing an obituary notice of W. K. Clifford Item 15 Mar. 1879
15–17 Black-edged letter-head (unused) of the Miles Carmo Hotel, Madeira (three copies) Item c. 1879
1 The Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegram Item 5 Mar. 1879
10 The Devon Evening Express Item 12 May 1879
4 Notebook, containing mathematical, philosophical and personal memoranda by W. K. Clifford Item 1870s?
1 Albumen carte-de-visite of a woman (perhaps Mary Fryer Clifford) by Dupleich, 5 rue de Noailles, Marseille Item 1860s or 1870s
5 Albumen carte-de-visite of W. K. Clifford by Barraud & Jerrard (2 copies) Item 1873 x 1879
7 Albumen carte-de-visite of W. K. Clifford by W. & A. H. Fry, 68 East Street, Brighton Item 1870s
9 Albumen carte-de-visite of W. K. Clifford by Portbury & Co. Item 1870s
1 Essay on a passage from Bacon’s Instauratio Magna Item 1860s
4a Draft of a paper entitled ‘On the Relations between Science and Some Modern Poetry’ (incomplete) Item 1873
2 Handbill for a course of lectures ‘On Seeing and Thinking’ to be read by W. K. Clifford for the Trades Guild of Learning at the Town Hall, Shoreditch, on 3, 10, and 17 Dec. 1874; including a syllabus of the first lecture Item 1874
7 Notes (possibly a draft syllabus for a lecture) containing a definition of research, a classification of the kinds of scientific apparatus, and a list of ‘phenomena produced or controlled’ Item 1870s
8 Notes beginning ‘We Secularists also hold opinions which may reasonably be called negative by those who hold the contrary opinions’; with geometrical notes on the back Item 1870s
17 Part of a letter from W. K. Clifford to William or Mary F. Clifford, or both Item 1860s or 1870s
18 Letter from James Challis to W. K. Clifford Item 25 Feb. 1867
20 List of Arabic physicians and scientists Item 1875?
24 Abortive notes on the ethics of alleviating pain, beginning ‘1. Answer to proposed question’ Item 1870s
1 Paper entitled ‘On the Character of Sir Walter Raleigh’ Item 1866
3a-d Four cancelled cheques drawn by W. K. Clifford on the London & County Bank in favour of J. J. Heywood, Macmillan & Co., E. Coe, and ‘Self’ Item 14 June 1869-18 Mar. 1870