Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1840-1861, [18--] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Discovered by W. G. Rimmer in the course of researches on the Marshall family of Leeds, apparently in an outbuilding of a Marshall house in the Lake District. Given to R. Robson at some point prior to 1964 for deposit in Trinity College Library and… read more
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Horace and T. H. Marshall via W. G. Rimmer and R. Robson, 1970.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The third and fourth boxes of five containing letters from William Whewell to his family (Add.MS.c.191-193), arranged roughly chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Finding aids
A list of the chronological order of Whewell's letters to his family in Add.MS.c.190-193, and Add.MS.a.273 has been scanned and attached to this record.
Allied materials area
Related units of description
See also Add.MS.c.191 and 193, and a related group of William Whewell letters to Ann Newton which arrived at the library via a different source, now housed as Add.MS.a.273. In addition, there are letters from Ann Newton in the William Whewell papers… read more
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Archivist's note
The item records were created from a partial listing of the Whewell papers produced by William J. Ashworth in 1994-1996. These entries were emended by Diana Smith in 2020.