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

Zone d'identification

Cote

Add. MS c/65

Titre

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

Date(s)

  • [16th-19th cent.] (Production)

Niveau de description

Dossier

Étendue matérielle et support

1 box

Zone du contexte

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Bequest of William Whewell, 1866.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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

Zone des sources complémentaires

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.