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Charles Thomas Whitmell Archive
Whitmell, Charles Thomas (1849-1919)
1863-1919
This archive reflects the life and work of Charles Thomas Whitmell, an English astronomer, scientist, mathematician and educationalist. The collection includes a series of notebooks, scrapbooks, diari...
Astronomical Notebooks
Dec 1893 - Dec 1919
Collections of notes, drawings, diagrams, newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to astronomy.
Poetry Notebooks
1864 - 1917
Collections of poems by Charles Thomas Whitmell and Lucy Whitmell. Some are handwritten, some typed and some cut out from publications. There is also some correspondence, mainly relating to Lucy Whitm...
Geology Notebooks
1869 - 1871
Collections of geology notes, both theoretical and from field work in Yorkshire. Notebooks include descriptions, notes and diagrams.
Miscellaneous Notebooks (B)
c.1906 - 1917
Weekly expenditure notebook, including envelope of papers relating to the death of Lucy Whitmell and photographs of Charles Thomas Whitwell, and an address book.
Tonbridge School, Kent
1876 - 1881
Bound brochures, pamphlets and school magazines relating to Tonbridge School, where Charles Thomas Whitwell worked as Assistant Master.
Miscellaneous Notebooks (C)
1882 - 1887
Collections of notes, diagrams and clippings from lectures on Greek philosophy, electricity and magnetism, and zoology. The zoology notebook begins as a household account book before being repurposed.
Diaries
1866 - 1919
Run of diaries from 1866 to the year of Charles Thomas Whitmell's death in 1919. Earlier diaries from 1863 to 1865 can be found in the Personal Papers series.
Miscellaneous Notebooks (D)
1841-1879
Bound papers. The first is noted as 'Leeds Bank' and includes refrence to the Bank of Leeds; Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society; the Yorkshire College of Science in Leeds and the College of Phys...
Bound Volumes
Jan 1875 - 1902
Including bound copies of the South Wales and Monmouthshire University College magazines and lectures, addresses, treatise and papers by Charles Thomas Whitmell on subjects in science and education.
Personal and Professional Papers
1863-1913
A collection of personal and professional papers from the Charles Thomas Whitmell Archive, touching on the subjects of personal life, education and science.
Observational Notebooks
May 1896 - Mar 1919
Collections of notes, drawings, diagrams, newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to scientific observations.