Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS c/65
Title
William Whewell papers: Cordelia Whewell autograph collection, A-L
Date(s)
- [16th-19th cent.] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bequest of William Whewell, 1866.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The first of two boxes of an autograph collection begun by Cordelia Whewell, and continued after her death, possibly by Lady Affleck, and William Whewell's executors.
Most of the autographs date from the 18th and 19th century, but there is one 16th… read more
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Forms part of the papers of William Whewell, housed under a variety of numbers in Additional Manuscripts a and c and Wren classes O and R. The collection is described briefly with all component parts listed in the collection level record linked below.
Archivist's note
The preliminary item records were added in 2020 by Diana Smith using the index entitled "Report on the papers of William Whewell" compiled by the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts in 1973.