Papers of W. K. Clifford

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
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
E1 Notes on light and electricity, with related correspondence File 1870s-1923
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
4 Part of a draft syllabus for a paper (‘On the Relations between Science and Some Modern Poetry’) Item 1873
5 Leaf from the Pall Mall Gazette, containing a letter to the editor from W. K. Clifford, 27 Dec. 1875, headed ‘The Propagandism of Negation’ Item 4 Jan. 1876
12a-b Two partial drafts of a paper entitled ‘The Return of the Golden Age’ or ‘Can the Golden Age Return?’ Item 1870s
3 Printed pamphlet, containing an article entitled ‘The Philosophy of the Pure Sciences. I.—Statement of the Question’, being the text of a lecture delivered by W. K. Clifford at the Royal Institution in Mar. 1873; reprinted from the Contemporary Review Item 1873?
16 Offprint of an article by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘Binary Forms of Alternate Variables’, extracted from the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, vol. x Item after 12 June 1879
21 Galley proof of an article by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘Meteorological Instruments’ Item 1870s?
26 Leaf from The Academy, containing a review by Grant Allen of Clifford's Seeing and Thinking Item 27 Dec. 1879
29 Printed pamphlet entitled Generic and Symbolic Images, being the text of a lecture to be read before the Metaphysical Society on 9 Mar. 1880 Item 1880
31 Offprint of an article by Thomas Whittaker entitled ‘“Mind-Stuff” from the Historical Point of View’, reprinted from Mind, no. xxiv (Oct. 1881) Item 1881
32 La Semaine Littéraire, containing an article on ‘Mrs. W.-K. Clifford’ by Henry-D. Davray Item 26 July 1902
6 Notes by A. M. Dilke on Leslie Stephen: His Thought and Character in Relation to His Times, by Noel Annan (1951) Item 1970s?
9 Letter from W. K. Clifford to William Clifford Item 17 Nov. 1868
10 Letter from W. K. Clifford to Mary F. Clifford Item c. 1870?
A2 Letters to Lucy Clifford, née Lane, and verse File 1870s
4 Letter from W. K. Clifford to Lucy Clifford Item Mar. 1877?