Thomas Henry Huxley Collection
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Series 1N - Scientific and general correspondence: NASH - NORTON
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Date Rangec. 1845 - c. 1895
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1  Scientific and general correspondence c. 1845 - c. 1895

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• Letter from T H Huxley to NASH, Davyd William (1810-1876), 17 November 1868
Sent from London

The Ethnological Society needs more vitality and attention by the officers; Nash has not attended a single Council Meeting during Huxley's presidency, and such a state of affairs cannot continue
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.196
Date range 17 November 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.196 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NASH, Davyd William (1810-1876), 22 November 1868
Sent from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Tenders his resignation as joint Secretary of Ethnological Society as being unable to perform any duties; has continued in office at the special request of Crawfurd, the late President

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.198
Date range 22 November 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.198 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NEALE, G H, [20 March 1863]
Sent from London

Would like Huxley to review work by Vogt in the Leader; an article on spontaneous generation

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.200
Date range 20 March 1863
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.200 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NEALE, G H, 27 March 1863
Sent from London

Sends reference; hopes "Owen will blush"

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.201
Date range 27 March 1863
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.201 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NEEDLE, W J, 1 September 1892
Sent from Cardiff

Sends an issue of the Crusader, which he edits; as a Wesleyan preacher, he often repeats an anecdote related by Huxley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.202
Date range 1 September 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.202 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NESBIT, E P, 31 October 1893
Sent from Adelaide, South Australia

Sends local newspapers with accounts of fossil discoveries and of a lecture on Diprotodon by C W De Vis; is a brother of the late J C Nesbit, FGS

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.205
Date range 31 October 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.205 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NEWBERRY, John Strong (1822-1892), 21 September [1876]
Sent from Columbia College, USA

Sends his papers on Fossil Fishes published by Geological Survey of Ohio; the genus Nautilus is a good example of the "persistent types"

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.207
Date range 21 September 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.207 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NEWPORT, George, FRS (1803-1854), 13 October 1851
Sent from London

Testimonial for Toronto candidature [Testimonials of Thomas H Huxley, FRS, Candidate for the Chair of Natural History at the University of Toronto 9]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.209
Date range 13 October 1851
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.209 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NEWPORT, George, FRS (1803-1854), 22 March 1852
Sent from London

Thanks Huxley for extracts from a German paper about Yelk-segmentation; cannot read German; his papers on Meloe [Transactions of the Linnean Society xx, 297, 321]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.210
Date range 22 March 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.210 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NEWTON, Alfred, FRS (1829-1907). 18 November 1867
Sent from Magdalen College, Cambridge

Cornay's classification of Birds by the bones of the palate [Revised Zoology, 1847; Ibis, 1860, 325]; asks for Huxley's photograph

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.212
Date range 18 November 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.212 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NEWTON, Alfred, FRS (1829-1907). 20 January 1868
Sent from Magdalen College, Cambridge

Is sending skeletons of birds

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.214
Date range 20 January 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.214 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NEWTON, Alfred, FRS (1829-1907). 25 May 1879
Sent from Magdalen College, Cambridge

A case of specimens [cf ELLIS, H & Sons, No 1]; invitation

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.216
Date range 25 May 1879
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.216 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NICHOLLS, Horatio L, 8 February 1890
Sent from London

Huxley's essay in Nineteenth Century [January 1890]; an anecdote of Anselm Rothschild

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.217
Date range 8 February 1890
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.217 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NICHOLSON, Edward Williams Byron (1849-1912), 13 January 1880
Sent from London Institution

A proposed course of lectures by Fiske not feasible, as courses of lectures have been discontinued in favour of single ones, and no lectures are given after Easter

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.219
Date range 13 January 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.219 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NICHOLSON, Edward Williams Byron (1849-1912), 22 January 1880
Sent from London Institution

Has discussed with the Board Fiske's proposed lectures, but they consider May an unsuitable month

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.221
Date range 22 January 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.221 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to Mrs Huxley from NORTH, Marianne (1830-1890), nd
Sent from Victoria Street [?London]

Invitation; an anecdote of Huxley at a concert

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.222
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.222 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to Mrs Huxley from NORTH, Marianne (1830-1890), nd
Sent from Victoria Street [?London]

Invitation

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.225
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.225 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NORTHCOTE, Stafford Henry, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887), 19 April 1869
Sent from London

Invitation to entertain Huxley during the British Association meeting at Exeter

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.226
Date range 19 April 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.226 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NORTHCOTE, Stafford Henry, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887), 20 November 1885
Sent from London

Proposed to recommend Huxley for a Civil List Pension

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.227
Date range 20 November 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.227 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter from T H Huxley to NORTHCOTE, Stafford Henry, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887), 24 November 1885
Sent from London

Huxley's reply [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 108]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.228
Date range 24 November 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.228 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter to T H Huxley from NORTON, W C, 16 November 1875
Sent from West Brompton, London

Mrs Cooke, a relation of Huxley, has obtained credit by using Huxley's name

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.230
Date range 16 November 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.230 Box Number 23 Series 1n
• Letter from T H Huxley to NORTON, W C, [17 November 1875]
Sent from [London]

Is not responsible for Mrs Cooke's actions, who has no authority to use his name, and declines to meddle in her affairs
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.231
Date range 17 November 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.231 Box Number 23 Series 1n
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