Papers of W. K. Clifford

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
13 Partial draft of a paper entitled ‘On the Respect which is due to Opinions’ Item 1870s
14 Notes on ethics Item 1870s
5 Printed circular letter issued by W. H. Corfield as Honorary Secretary of the Organon Club, soliciting subscriptions for a testimonial for W. K. Clifford Item 16 Jan. 1879
6 Extract from the minutes of the Senate of University College, London, 19 Mar. 1879, expressing sympathy to Mrs Clifford on the death of her husband, signed by George Young, chairman Item c. 19 Mar. 1879
2 Printed pamphlet entitled Atoms, being the text of a lecture delivered before the Sunday Lecture Society on 7 Jan. 1872 and in the Hulme Town Hall, Manchester, on 20 Nov. 1872 Item 1872
12 Proof of two pages headed ‘Velocity. Uniform Motion.’ Item 14 Feb. 1878
15 Galley proofs of an article by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘The History of the Sun’, being the text of a lecture delivered before the Sunday Lecture Society on 16 Apr. 1871, and repeated at Exeter Item 3-5 May 1879
22 Offprint of an obituary of George Boole, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol. xv (1864). Item 1864
25 Paper for an examination in Higher Senior Mathematics in the Faculties of Arts and Laws and of Sciences, University College, London, on 6 June 1877, compiled by W. K. Clifford Item 1877
27 Corrected galley proofs of part of an article by C. S. Peirce entitled ‘The Logic of Science. First Paper. The Fixation of Belief’ Item 1870s?
30 Corrected proofs of leaves from Mind, Apr. 1881, containing an article by Edmund Gurney entitled ‘Monism’ and part of another (by Shadworth H. Hodgson) entitled ‘M. Renouvier’s Philosophy.—Psychology’ Item 1881
2 Leaves from a magazine, containing an article by Adrian Berry entitled ‘Breaking the Light Barrier’, concerning John A. Wheeler’s interpretation of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity Item 1971
3 Typed verses by John A. Wheeler entitled ‘To William Kingdon Clifford’ Item 1970s?
4 Photocopies of pages from the Scientific American, Feb. 1953, containing an article by James R. Newman entitled ‘William Kingdon Clifford’ Item 1970s?
2a Paper entitled ‘Of Boundaries in General' Item 1869
5a Introduction to a paper ‘On Mr Spottiswoode’s Contact Problems’, communicated to the Royal Society by W. Spottiswoode Item c. 19 June 1873
6 Historical table of scientists, perhaps compiled in connection with Clifford’s lectures on ‘The General Features of the History of Science’ Item 1875?
8 Part of a paper (‘The Ethics of Belief’) Item 1876
9 Copy of a letter from W. K. Clifford to the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette (Frederick Greenwood) Item late 1870s
7 Sheet of blotting paper Item c. 1880
9 Leaf from The Echo, probably kept for the sake of a letter on atheism Item 15 Jan. 1880
12a Note from Macmillan & Co. Item 24 Nov. 1879
3 Letter from Sir William Thomson to Frederick Pollock Item 21 Apr. 1876
5 Letter from Olaus Henrici to Frederick Pollock Item 29 Mar. 1878
8 Letter from Andrew Clark to Frederick Pollock Item 16 Mar. 1879
9a Letter from G. Croom Robertson to Frederick Pollock Item 7 May 1879
A2 Letters to Lucy Clifford, née Lane, and verse File 1870s
A3 Letters to Frederick Pollock, and draft letters File 1867-79?
A5 Final letters, etc. File 1879
E2 Manuscripts of lectures, and other papers File 1860s-70s