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Darwin Correspondence Project

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The Darwin Correspondence Project at Cambridge University Library has digitized and made freely available the full text of Darwin's May 22, 1860 letter to Asa Gray (DCP-LETT-2814), authenticating the ichneumon wasp passage and making it the most accessible it has ever been.

Overview

The Darwin Correspondence Project is an effort dedicated to locating, researching, transcribing, and publishing all known letters to and from Charles Darwin. Founded in 1974 by Frederick H. Burkhardt, Anne Schlabach Burkhardt, and Sydney Smith, the project aims to provide full texts, annotations, and appendices for modern comprehension, along with digital access to the letters. Managed by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and based at Cambridge University Library, the project's core output is the 30-volume *The Correspondence of Charles Darwin*, published between 1985 and 2023 by Cambridge University Press. The project also maintains a website (darwinproject.ac.uk) that provides searchable access to thousands of letters and resources.

Key Programs & Events

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Final Volume Publication

The 30-volume print edition of *The Correspondence of Charles Darwin* was completed with the publication of volume 30.

publication1985

First Volume Publication

Cambridge University Press published the first volume of *The Correspondence of Charles Darwin* and *A Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin: 1821-1882*.

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Project Founding

The Darwin Correspondence Project was founded by Frederick H. Burkhardt, Anne Schlabach Burkhardt, and Sydney Smith to locate, research, transcribe, and publish Darwin's letters.

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