Resources for researchers

Researcher_SI_croppedThis page provides direct links to resources on our site of particular relevance to researchers.  Complete, edited, texts of all known letters written by or to Charles Darwin are added to this site following publication in the print edition of the Correspondence.  The agreed interval between print and online publication is  four years.  The site also has brief biographies of all correspondents and all persons mentioned in the letters.  The letters, footnotes, and the biographies are all fully searchable.

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Complete list of Darwins correspondents
Complete list of Darwin's correspondents
Editorial policy and practice
Editorial policy and practice
Darwins student booklist
Darwin's student booklist
Darwins reading notebooks
Darwin's reading notebooks
The death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin
The death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin
Darwins notes on marriage
Darwin's notes on marriage
Essays & reviews by Asa Gray
Essays & reviews by Asa Gray
Books on the Beagle
Books on the Beagle
Abstract of Darwins theory
Abstract of Darwin's theory
Alfred Russel Wallaces essay on varieties
Alfred Russel Wallace's essay on varieties
Darwin & Geology
Darwin & Geology

Useful links:

The Darwin Archive page at Cambridge University Library

The Archives Hub: a gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges, with  a highlight on Darwin collections

An annotated calendar of the letters of Charles Darwin in the American Philosophical Society (PDF)

The Biodiversity Heritage Library: a multi-institutional project to digitize the world’s major collections of books on biodiversity

The Darwin Digital Library of Evolution: digitised resources including an edition of Darwin’s  notebooks

Darwin Online : a comprehensive collection of Darwin’s published writings and other material

ITIS: taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world

IPNI: the International Plant Names Index