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Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895)

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Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
 
[Repository details]
Title:Thomas Henry Huxley - Records
Reference:MS 134
Date Range:1851 - 1971
Description:Testimonials of Huxley in relation to his application for the Chair of Natural History, University of Toronto 1851; copy of an audiotape of an interview with Sir Leonard Huxley (distant cousin) 1971 (original held by the National Library of Australia) and part of a transcript.
Formats:Audio.
Quantity:0.02 m
Access:Available for reference
Online Finding Aid: 'Huxley, Thomas Henry - Ms 134', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms134.txt.
Related Entries:Huxley, Leonard George Holden (1902 - 1988)
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John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
 
[Repository details]
Title:Thomas Henry Huxley - Records
Reference:OM82-2
Date Range:1847 - 1848
Description:Photocopies of three letters written from Queensland to Henrietta Heathorn 1847-48, from originals in the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London [6 pages, OM82-2].
Quantity:6 pages
Access:Available for reference
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Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
 
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Title:Linnean Society of London - Records
Reference:FM 4/2699
Date Range:1792 - 1870
Description:Correspondence, 1805-1870, and manuscripts, 1792-1861.
Formats:Microfilm.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Archer, William (1820 - 1874) | Backhouse, James (1794 - 1869) | Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820) | Bauer, Ferdinand Lukas (1760 - 1826) | Bloxam, A. | Clarke, William Branwhite (1798 - 1878) | Cunningham, Allan (1791 - 1839) | Darwin, Charles Robert (1809 - 1882) | Gipps, George (1791 - 1847) | Gould, John (1804 - 1881) | Hooker, William Jackson (1785 - 1865) | Macarthur, D. | Macarthur, James (1798 - 1867) | Macleay, William John (1820 - 1891) | Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865) | McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848) | Swainson, William John (1789 - 1855)

Title:Thomas Henry Huxley - Records
Reference:A4000
Date Range:c. 1953 - c. 1956
Description:List of the records and drawings at the Unwin Library compiled c1953-56.
Formats:Microform.
Access:Available for reference

Title:Thomas Henry Huxley - Records
Reference:FM 4/216
Date Range:1846 - 1850
Description:Diary of the voyage of the "Rattlesnake" 1846-50 (typescript copy); selected papers and drawings (1 reel of microfilm copied from the originals in the Unwin Library of City and Guilds College, London). Includes letters to N. Mikluho-Maklai.
Formats:Microfilm.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Mikluho-Maklai, Nicholai Nicholaievich (1846 - 1936)
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National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
 
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Title:G. H. Inskip - Records
Reference:MS 3784
Date Range:1849 - 1950
Description:Journal kept from 8 March 1849 untill 3 November 1850. For much od this period Inskip served on HMS Bramble, the tender to the Rattlesnake.
Quantity:260 pages
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Stanley, Owen (1811 - 1850)

Title:James Thomas Stanton - Reords
Reference:MS 4029
Date Range:1849 - 1951
Description:Log of the proceedings of Her majesty's surveying ship "Rattlesnake", captained by Owen Stanley; log kept by James Thomas Stanton, midshipman, commencing Wednesday 2 May 1849 and ending Wednesday 13 March 1850. The log was complied during a survey of the eastern coast of Australia, from Port Jackson to Cape York and the southern coast of New Guinea.
Quantity:1 volume
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Stanley, Owen (1811 - 1850)

Title:Thomas Henry Huxley - Records
Reference:Mfm M876-916
Date Range:1825 - 1895
Description:Microfilm copy of the papers of T.H. Huxley, held by the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, including scientific notebooks, drawings, correspondence and other records.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:41 reels
Access:Available for reference

Title:William Henry Archer - Records
Reference:MS 264
Date Range:1847 - 1866
Description:48 Letters from a number of correspondents including: John Pascoe Fawkner, Carboni Raffaello, Rev. Patrick Smyth, Robert Hoddle, C.J. Tyers, Sir R.R. Torrens, F. Mueller, William Hovell and Owen Stanley concerning explorations, latitudes, the Eureka Stockade, meteorology, registration systems, Aborigines and other matters 1847-66.
Quantity:2 folders (0.03 m)
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Archer, William Henry (1825 - 1909) | Stanley, Owen (1811 - 1850)
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National Library of Australia Pictures Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Thomas Henry Huxley - Pictures
Reference:PIC R449 LOC1111
Date Range:1847
Description:Sketch of Dr. Huxley Botany Bay, Sydney, 1947. Pencil drawing by Owen Stanley.
Formats:Artwork.
Quantity:1 drawing

Title:Thomas Henry Huxley - Pictures
Reference:PIC R449 LOC1112
Date Range:1946
Description:'Huxley's idea of himself'. Pencil drawing by Owen Stanley.
Formats:Artwork.
Quantity:1 drawing
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State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Thomas Henry Huxley - Records
Reference:M876-916
Date Range:1825 - 1895
Description:Microfilm of various records from the archives of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, many dealing with Australian Aborigines c1825-95 [AJCP 41 reels positive microfilm M876-916].
Formats:Microform.
Quantity:41 reels
Access:Available for reference
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