Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
- Abstract:
- A collection of letters related to English author and cleric, Charles Kingsley.
- Extent:
- 1.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Charles Kingsley correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was an English was a Church of England priest, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Sotheby's, July 1970.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Huntington Library Staff in 1971; in October 2023, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Charles Kingsley correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191