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Kingsley (Charles) Correspondence
mssHM 32204-32261
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Charles Kingsley correspondence
Creator:
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 32204-32261
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1855-1869
Abstract: A collection of letters related to
English author and cleric, Charles Kingsley.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Charles Kingsley correspondence, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Sotheby's, July 1970.
Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was an English was a Church of England priest, a university
professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet.
The collection consists of letters written by Charles Kingsley to Dr. James Hunt
(1833-1869), an ethnologist and writer on stammering. Kingsley consults Hunt about his own
stuttering and describes its effects. Kingsley also discusses Darwin's evolutionary theory
and his friendship with Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895). The collection also includes four
letters from Kingsley's wife, Fanny Grenfell Kingsley, to James Hunt.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff in 1971; in October 2023, Gayle M. Richardson created
the finding aid.
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, English -- 19th century
Evolution -- History -- 19th century
Stuttering
Letters (correspondence)
Hunt, James,
1833-1869
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
Kingsley, Frances Eliza
Grenfell, 1814-1891