Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, (1806-1859), civil engineer

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Surname:	Brunel
Forenames:	Isambard Kingdom
Gender:	Male
Date:	1806-1859
Biography:	ODNB link for Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859), civil engineer
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275371 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P138129 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1820-1878: Special Collections: Briggs Collection	The National Archives, Kew	RAIL 1148
2	1830-1865: Special Collections: I K Brunel Collection	The National Archives, Kew	RAIL 1149
3	1840 - c1886: Board of Trade Railway Department: Drawings and Plans	The National Archives, Kew	MT 91
4	1827-1859: corresp and papers	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections		NRA 28085 Brunel See Museums and Galleries Commission report 1988-89 p72
5	further papers incl diaries, notebooks and bank books	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections		See Friends of the National Libraries Annual Report 1996
6	1842-1851: memorandum and letterbooks	Huntington Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
7	MSS and papers	Institution of Mechanical Engineers Archive		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
8	1826-1859: corresp and papers rel to Great Western Railway	The National Archives	RAIL 1008/70-75, 79, 1148-49
9	1843-1858: corresp rel to Cornwall Railway	Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)	TF	NRA 5005
10	1846-1853: corresp and plans rel to Great Western Railway	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	961M	NRA 9463 Kennaway
11	1834-1851: corresp (26 items)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Autogr c 6
12	1836-1844: letters rel to London-Birmingham, Great Western railways etc	Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre	56-63	NRA 6480 Fulham estate
13	1827-1857: letters (37) to Charles Babbage	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37184-200 passim
14	1830-1843: letters to Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	SDUK	NRA 22241 SDUK
15	1836-1837: copied letters relating to Great Western Railway	Ealing Local History Centre	Acc 52	NRA 35860 Ealing misc
16	1849-1904: Watcombe estate and family papers	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 1954 DM 1997	NRA 28085 Brunel
17	1833-1841: Great Western Railway drawings (20)	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 2010	See Annual Return 2005
18	1845-1852: plans and sections, Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 2031	See Annual Return 2005
19	1847: drawings of Saltash Bridge Cylinder	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 2057	See Annual Return 2006
20	1853: South Wales Railways plans, incl Swansea, Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 2077	See Annual Return 2006
21	1852-1859: corresp (transcript copies) with John Scott Russell	Bath University Archives	Hollingworth Collection