File 65 - William Whewell papers: Cordelia Whewell autograph collection, A-L

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

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 16thread 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.