Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Darwin Online 
The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online includes 20,000 private papers, the largest Darwin bibliography and manuscripts catalog, hundreds of supplementary works: specimens, biographies, obituaries, reviews and reference materials, and approximately 100,000 images.   Courtesy of Cambridge University Library (UK), the collection includes notes and drafts of Darwin’s scientific writings, and notes from the voyage of the Beagle.  It also contains photographs of Darwin and his family, newspaper clippings and reviews of his books. 

Darwin Correspondence Project
A searchable online archive of 9,000 letters written by, or sent to, Charles Darwin. Founded in 1974 and housed at the University of Cambridge (UK), home of Darwin’s papers, the project originally set out to locate, research, and publish summaries of all letters written by Darwin. Following a pilot project, it was decided to include letters written to Darwin  - an unusual step for a collection of correspondence at the time - and to publish complete transcripts of all letters in chronological order.

Darwin Papers and Darwin’s Library
(Cambridge University Library)
Francis Darwin published two editions of his father's letters, in 1887 and 1903. For these he collected as many of Darwin's letters and papers as possible.  These remained in the family after Francis died.  In 1942 the Pilgrim Trust and the Darwin family gave most of these papers to Cambridge University, another portion being given to the museum recently established at Down House. Due to wartime conditions, it was only in 1948 that the papers actually arrived at Cambridge.  Cambridge acquired an important supplementary collection of Darwin papers from Sir Robin Darwin in 1975. Over the years, further papers have been acquired by gift from the Darwin family, by other deposits, and by purchase; the collection is accruing continually.

DARWIN AND THE GALAPAGOS

Charles Darwin Foundation: Checklist of Galapagos Species

Galapagos Conservation Trust

Parque Nacional Galapagos, Ecuador (Spanish/English)

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

Darwin (American Museum of Natural History)

Darwin (National Museum of Australia)

Orchids Through Darwin’s Eyes (Smithsonian Institution)

Darwin Portal (Guardian)

Times Topics: Charles Darwin (New York Times)

Charles Darwin:  After the Origin
(Cornell University Library)

Guide to Charles Darwin and On the Origin of the Species