Charles Kingsley Correspondence: Finding Aid mssHM 32204-32261

Gayle M. Richardson
The Huntington Library
October 2023
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San Marino, California 91108
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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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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Charles Kingsley correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Sotheby's, July 1970.

Biographical / Historical

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was an English was a Church of England priest, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet.

Scope and Contents

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.

Processing Information

Processed by Huntington Library Staff in 1971; in October 2023, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.

Arrangement

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

Box 1, Folder 1-58

Charles Kingsley correspondence 1855-1869