Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1794 - 1821 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
111 letters and 6 other papers, paper
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edward Daniel Clarke was a student at Jesus College from 1785 and a Fellow from 1795 to 1806. The publication of his travel journals from this latter period, in six vols (1810-23), gained him fame as an explorer. He was ordained in 1805 and appointed vicar of Harlton, Cambs.; from 1809 he was also rector of Yeldham, Essex. He was Professor of Mineralogy at Cambridge from 1808 and University Librarian from 1817 until his death.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Miss Dorothea Conybeare, except for item 117. Miss C. sent the letters to Dr Frederick Brittain of Jesus College.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection of letters written by Clarke to William Otter and Mrs [Nancy] Otter; with one written to T. R. Malthus; and a few other papers.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The sections were created for a typescript catalogue prepared by Patricia James. The letter descriptions here are closely based upon that catalogue.
Conditions of access and use area
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Finding aids
Patricia James's typescript catalogue is available for consultation in the College Archives.
Allied materials area
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Existence and location of copies
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Publication note
Copies of and extracts from many of these letters have been published in William Otter, Life and remains of Edward Daniel Clarke (1824).