Whymper, Edward, (1840-1911), wood engraver and mountaineer

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Surname:	Whymper
Forenames:	Edward
Gender:	Male
Date:	1840-1911
Biography:	ODNB link for Whymper, Edward (1840-1911), wood engraver and mountaineer
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P145968 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P30456 )
Online related resources	Artists' Paper Register link for Edward Whymper	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Edward Whymper

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1853-1911: journals and notebooks	Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute	MS 822	See Guide 1982
2	1865-1911: corresp	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 63084, 63090, 63112
3	1867-1901: papers incl 3 notebooks rel to Greenland expedition (1867)	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	Z MSS WHY
4	1871-1911: misc papers	Royal Geographical Society	EWH
5	1875-1908: letters (37) to Royal Geographical Society	Royal Geographical Society	RGS/CB	See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
6	1881-84: letters to Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society	Derbyshire Record Office	D7676/Bag C	NRA 7871
7	1867-68: letters	Alpine Club Archives	B1P48	NRA 25500