The Darwin Correspondence Project, based at the University of Cambridge, is dedicated to collecting, transcribing, and publishing the complete letters to and from Charles Darwin. The digital edition hosts over 15,000 letters that cover Darwin’s scientific theories, personal life, and social networks during the 19th century.
The project’s online platform offers free access to fully annotated transcriptions and high-resolution manuscript images, facilitating research into Darwin’s intellectual development, correspondence with other scientists, and engagement with Victorian society. By making this extensive epistolary archive accessible, the project sheds light on the creation and dissemination of evolutionary theory and Darwin’s role in shaping modern science. It is a vital tool for historians of science, evolutionary biology, and Victorian studies.
