Papers of W. K. Clifford

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
1 Letter from James Clerk Maxwell to Frederick Pollock Item 12 Apr. 1876
9b Leaf from the proof of a pamphlet issued by University College, London, entitled Recommendation of the Faculties of Arts and Laws and of Science on the Teaching of Mathematics and Physics Item 1879
10 Letter from W. H. Thompson to Frederick Pollock Item 28 Mar. 1881
2 Letter from James Knowles to Frederick Pollock Item 26 Apr. 1876
2 The National Reformer Item 26 Sept. 1880
3 Cutting from The Examiner, containing what appears to be the conclusion of an obituary of W. K. Clifford Item c. 1879
4 Cutting from The Academy, containing a review by R. Tucker of Clifford’s Elements of Dynamic Item 25 Jan. 1878
6 Letter from Ellen M. Watson to Lucy Clifford Item 2 Feb. 1880
8 Leaf from The Times, containing a review of Clifford’s Lectures and Essays Item 22 Oct. 1879
11 The Literary World, containing a review of Clifford’s Lectures and Essays Item 19 Sept. 1879
12b Cutting from the Dublin Evening Mail, containing a review of Clifford’s Seeing and Thinking Item 18 Nov. 1879
5 The Academy Item 15 Mar. 1879
7 The Jewish World Item 21 Mar. 1879
9 The Inquirer Item 5 Apr. 1879
11 Modern Thought Item 1 Feb. 1880
2 Exercise book, containing notes, essays, etc., in W. K. Clifford’s hand Item c. 1866
3 Exercise book, containing two stories in W. K. Clifford’s hand Item 1860s?
4 Albumen cabinet card of W. K. Clifford by Portbury & Co., 7 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater (2 copies) Item 1870s
6 Albumen carte-de-visite of W. K. Clifford by Barraud & Jerrard (2 copies) Item 1873 x 1879
12 Wrapper marked ‘photographs of W.K.C.’ Item late 19th c.
13 Envelope marked ‘Photo’s’ Item late 19th c.
2b Printed syllabus of ‘Lecture I. Of Boundaries in General’ Item 1869
4b Part of a draft syllabus of a paper entitled ‘On the Relations between Science and Some Modern Poetry’ Item 1873
5b Part of a paper ‘On Mr Spottiswoode’s Contact Problems’ Item c. June 1873
7 Part of a monograph (corresponding to The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences, pp. 12-32) Item 1875
1 Proof of a handbill for a lecture by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘The First and the Last Catastrophe; a criticism on some recent speculations about the duration of the universe’, to be read before the Sunday Lecture Society on 12 April 1874, including a syllabus of the lecture Item 30 Mar. 1874
3 Printed pamphlet entitled On the Scientific Basis of Morals, being the text of a lecture to be read (by W. K. Clifford before the Metaphysical Society) at the Grosvenor Hotel on 9 Mar. 1875 Item 1875
5 Proofs of leaves from the Contemporary Review, containing part of an article entitled ‘The Ethics of Belief’, corrected by hand; with mathematical notes on the back Item 1876
21 Draft syllabus of Clifford’s paper ‘The Ethics of Belief’ Item 1876?
23 Notes beginning ‘But to the question “How do I come to exist, having just such a conscience as I have?” I answer after the teaching of Mr Darwin’ Item 1870s