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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