Darwin200 sent out occasional newsletters during the anniversary celebrations this year. I suggested to Bob Bloomfield that one newsletter should inform newsletter readers of the variety of blogs that shared or discussed Darwin anniversary events and gave him a bunch of links. The program’s final newsletter was sent out yesterday and included a list of blogs:

Here are just a few of the blogs that have commented on activity during Darwin year and touch on some of the variety that has been achieved:

http://thedispersalofdarwin.wordpress.com/

http://thebeagleproject.blogspot.com/

http://citizenship.typepad.com/blogfordarwin/

http://scienceblogs.com/bloggingtheorigin/

http://darwinfestival.blogspot.com/ http://charliesplayhouse.blogspot.com/

http://www.darwin150.com/

http://darwin200news.blogspot.com/

http://www.evolvingwords.org/

http://ncseprojects.org/news

http://evolvingwithdarwin.blogspot.com/

http://blog.friendsofdarwin.com/

http://roughguidetoevolution.blogspot.com/

http://sosimpleabeginning.com/

http://wellcometreeoflife.blogspot.com/

http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/

http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/

http://blogodarwin.blogspot.com/

http://www.scientificblogging.com/darwin_day_2009

From the December 11, 2009 issue of Science:

Lumpers and Splitters: Darwin, Hooker, and the Search for Order

Jim Endersby

Classification was a key practice of the natural history sciences in the early 19th century, but leading taxonomists disagreed over basic matters, such as how many species the British flora contained. In this arena, the impact of Charles Darwin’s ideas was surprisingly limited. For taxonomists like Darwin’s friend, Joseph Dalton Hooker, the priority was to establish a reputation as a philosophical naturalist, and to do so Hooker embarked on a survey of global vegetation patterns. He believed that taxonomic “splitters” hindered his ambition to create natural laws for botany (and hence establish it as a prestigious science) by generating a multitude of redundant synonyms for every plant variety. Despite the fact that Darwin’s ideas apparently promised a justification for splitting, they also offered a philosophical justification for Hooker’s taxonomic practice, and so he enthusiastically championed his friend.

The journal Science & Education is devoting two 2010 issues to “Darwin and Darwinism: Historical, Philosophical, Cultural and Pedagogical Studies” [Volume 19 (3-7), 2010, PDF], including the following articles (click the links for their abstracts):

Science & Education Volume 19 Nos. 3-5 March-May 2010, “Darwin and Darwinism: Historical, Philosophical & Cultural Studies”:

DAVID RUDGE & KOSTAS KAMPOURAKIS / Introduction

MICHAEL RUSE / Darwinism Then and Now: The Divide over Form and Function

DAVID J. DEPEW / Darwinian Controversies: A Historiographical Recounting

JOHN HEDLEY BROOKE / Darwin and Religion: Correcting the Caricatures

ROBERT PENNOCK / The Postmodern Sins of Intelligent Design Creationism

KOSTAS KAMPOURAKIS & WILLIAM F MCCOMAS/ Charles Darwin and the Human Aspects of the Nature of Science

SHERRIE LYNNE LYONS / Evolution and Education: Lessons from Thomas Huxley

BILL COOKE / Joseph McCabe: A Forgotten Early Populariser of Science and Defender of Evolution

JULIE HOMCHICK / Objects and Objectivity: The Evolution Controversy at the American Museum of Natural History, 1915-1928

C MACKENZIE BROWN / Hindu Responses to Darwinism: Assimilation and Rejection in a Colonial and Post-Colonial Context

JOHN CARTWRIGHT / Naturalising Ethics: The Implications of Darwinism for the Study of Moral Philosophy

TONIE LOUIS STOLBERG / Teaching Darwinian Evolution: Learning from Religious Education

LESLIE L HEYWOOD, JUSTIN R GARCIA & DAVID S WILSON / Mind the Gap: Appropriate Evolutionary Perspectives for the Integration of the Sciences and Humanities

Science & Education Volume 19 Nos. 6-7 June-July 2010, “Darwin and Darwinism: Pedagogical Studies”:

MIKE U. SMITH / Current Status of Research in Teaching and Learning Evolution: I. Philosophical and Epistemological Issues

MIKE U. SMITH / Current Status of Research in Teaching and Learning Evolution: II. Pedagogical issues

ESTHER MARIA VAN DIJK & THOMAS A.C. REYDON / A Conceptual Analysis of Evolutionary Theory for Teacher Education

MARIA FÁTIMA MARCELOS & RONALDO L NAGEM / Structural Models of Similarities and Differences between Vehicle and Target in Order to Teach Darwinian Evolution

MARINA L. TAVARES ,MARÍA PILAR JIMÉNEZ-ALEIXANDRE, & EDUARDO F. MORTIMER / Articulation of Conceptual Knowledge and Argumentation Practices by High School Students in Evolution Problems

PAUL THAGARD & SCOTT FINDLAY / Getting to Darwin: Obstacles to Accepting Evolution by Natural Selection

DENIZ PEKER, GULSUM G COMERT & AYKUT KENCE / Three Decades of Anti-Darwinism in Turkey and Its Results: Turkish Undergraduates’ Acceptance and Understanding of Biological Evolution Theory

ANYA PLUTYNSKI / Should Intelligent Design be Taught in Public School Science Classrooms?

JOACHIM ALLGAIER / Scientific Experts and the Controversy about Teaching Creationism in the UK Press

creation_ver2, originally uploaded by MyCine.

Creation will open in New York, LA, San Francisco, Boston, and DC on Friday, January 22nd. Information on additional cities shortly.

It has been a while since I posted new content from Darwin Online. These were added to The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online between March 25 and November 24, 2009:

Online Variorum of Darwin’s Origin of Species edited by Barbara Bordalejo. Introduction

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of species in November 1859: Francis Darwin’s annotated copy of the Origin of species (1859). Introduction Image PDF Through the kind courtesy of a Private Collection, Virginia.

Murray, John. 1909. Darwin and his publisher John Murray. Science progress in the twentieth century: a quarterly journal of scientific work & thought. 3: 537-542. Text

Foote, G. W. 1889. Darwin on God. London: Progressive publishing company. Text Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. ‘D^r Munro Anatomy’. [Edinburgh University lecture notes]. (1825) Text & image Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe.

Darwin, C. R. [Memorial of A. R. Wallace for a Civil List Pension]. (1880) Text & image Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe.

Darwin, C. R. ‘Old & useless notes about the moral sense & some metaphysical points’. (1837-1840) Text & image Transcribed and edited by Paul H. Barrett. Transcription now available side-by-side with images of the manuscripts.

Darwin, C. R. ‘Macculloch. Attrib of Deity’ [Essay on Theology and Natural Selection] (1838). Text & image Transcribed and edited by Paul H. Barrett.

Darwin, C. R. ‘Macculloch. Attributes of Deity Vol I.’ [1838] Text & image

Darwin, C. R. ‘With respect to whether Galapagos beings are species’ [abstract of Macculloch Attributes of deity vol 1]. [1838] Text & image

Darwin, C. R. ‘Coral Islands’. (1835) Text & image Transcribed and edited by D. R. Stoddart. Transcription now available side-by-side with images of the manuscript.

Darwin, C. R. nd. [Draft fragment of Descent]. Text & image Transcribed by Milton Forsyth.

Armstrong, Patrick. 1992. Charles Darwin’s last island: Terceira, Azores, 1836. Geowest no. 27. Text

Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: Galapagos. (10.1835). Introduction Text & image Transcribed and edited by K. Thalia Grant and Gregory B. Estes. Published here for the first time.

Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: Tahiti. (11.1835) Text & image Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker.

Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: Bay of Islands, New Zealand. (12.1835) Text & image Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker.

Darwin, C. R. [c. 1876] [Draft fragment of autobiography 'I gained much by my delay'] Text & image Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker and edited by John van Wyhe.

Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: King George’s Sound. (3.1836) Text & image Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker.

Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: King George’s Sound. (3.1836) Text & image Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker.

Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: Mauritius. (5.1836) Text & image Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker.

Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: Terceira (Azores). (9.1836) Text & image Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker

Darwin, C. R. [Beagle field notes] ‘Bahia Brazil Aug: 1836′ Text & image Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker.

Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: Cape of Good Hope (6.1836) Text & image Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker.

Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: Ascension. (7.1836) Text & image Transcribed by Guido Chiesura.

Armstrong, Patrick. 1985. Charles Darwin in Western Australia: A young scientist’s perception of an environment. Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press. Text

Armstrong, Patrick. 1991. Under the blue vault of heaven: A study of Charles Darwin’s sojourn in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Nedlands: Indian Ocean Centre for Peace Studies. Text

Armstrong, Patrick. 1992. Darwin’s desolate islands: A naturalist in the Falklands, 1833 and 1834. Chippenham: Picton Publishing, 1992. Text

Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. 7th thousand. London: John Murray. Vol. 1. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1882. The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. 6th thousand (corrected). London: John Murray. Image PDF

Preyer, W. T. 1891. Briefe von Darwin. mit Erinnerungen und Erlaeuterungen. Deutsche Rundschau 17, no. 9 (June): 356-390. Text Image

Darwin, C. R. 1868. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 1st ed., 1st issue.Vol. 2. Text Image PDF Vol. 2. Text Image PDF New colour images.

FitzRoy, Robert. [Letter to N. Ogle on appointment of A. Derbishire to the Beagle] (30.06.1831). Text & image A newly published FitzRoy letter!

Darwin, C. R. 1865. On the movements and habits of climbing plants. [Read 2 February] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany)9: 1-118, 13 text figures [offprint]. Text & image PDF A newly discovered variant of this Darwin publication.

‘Insecta June’. [Beagle insect notes] (6.1833) Text & image

‘Pediculus. Chiloe.’ [Beagle insect notes] (7.1834) Text & image

‘Observat[ions] on Maldonado birds’ [Beagle animal notes] Text & image

Darwin, C. R. 1860. Het ontstaan der soorten van dieren en planten door middel van de natuurkeus, of het bewaard blijven van bevoorregte rassen in de strijd des levens. With a preface by the translator Tiberius Cornelius Winkler. 1st ed. 2 vols. Haarlem: A. C. Kruseman. Vol. 1 Text Image Vol. 2 Text Image

Spengel, J. W. 1872. Die Darwinsche Theorie: Verzeichniss der über dieselbe in Deutschland, England, Amerika, Frankreich, Italien, Holland, Belgien und den Skandinavischen Reichen erschienenen Schriften und Aufsätze. 2d enlarged ed. Berlin: Wiegandt und Hempel. Text Image

Bettany, G. T. 1887. Life of Charles Darwin. London: Walter Scott. Text

Richardson, R. 1888. Darwin’s geological work. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society 1-16. Text

1909. Darwin Centenary Number. Christ’s College Magazine. XXIII, Easter Term. Text

Geikie, A. 1909. Charles Darwin as geologist: The Rede Lecture given at the Darwin Centennial Commemoration on 24 June 1909. Text

Judd, J. W. 1910. The coming of evolution: The story of a great revolution in science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Text

Ward, H. 1927. Charles Darwin: The man and his warfare. London: John Murray. Text

And transcriptions of 10 reviews of Darwin’s works here.

Laugel, A. 1860. Nouvelle théorie d’histoire naturelle: l’origine des espèces (On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin; London, John Murray, 1859). Revue des deux mondes 26, no. 3 (1 April): pp. 644-671. Image

De la Beche, H. T. 1830. Geological notes. London: Treuttel. Text Image

Lindley, J. 1840. The theory of horticulture; or, an attempt to explain the principal operations of gardening upon physiological principles. London: Longman. Text Image

Lindley, J. 1853. The vegetable kingdom; or, the structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. 3d ed. London: Bradbury & Evans. Text Image

Darwin, C. R. 1874. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d edition; tenth thousand. Text

Darwin, C. R. 1997. Viagens do Adventure e do Beagle: Diário e anotações, 1832-1836. (Journal and remarks, chapter 1) Translated by Helena Barbas. Lisbon: Expo’98. Text

Busk, G. 1852. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cheilostomata (part). London: Trustees of the British Museum. Text

Busk, G. 1854. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, Part II. Cheilostomata (part). London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). Text

Busk, G. 1875. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, Part III. Cyclostomata. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). Text

And transcriptions of more than 50 reviews of Darwin’s works here.

Darwin, C. R. c. 1827. [Notes on a zoological walk to Portobello]. Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker and edited by John van Wyhe. Text & image

Darwin, C. R. 1832-1836. ‘Shells in Spirits of wine’. (Beagle specimen list) Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker. Text & image

New editions courtesy of the History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries:

Darwin, C. R. 1874. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d edition; tenth thousand. Image PDF F944

Darwin, C. R. 1868. De la variation des animaux et des plantes sous l’action de la domestication. Paris: C. Reinwald. Vol. 1 Image PDF Vol. 2 Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1871[-2]. Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl. Translated by J. V. Carus. 2d ed. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. Vol. 1 Image PDF Vol. 2 Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1872. Der Ausdruck der Gemüthsbewegungen bei dem Menschen und den Thieren. Translated by J. V. Carus. Stuttgart: Schwiezerbart. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1872-3. La descendance de l’homme et la sélection sexuelle. Translated by J. J. Moulinié. Preface by Carl Vogt. Paris: C. Reinwald. Vol. 1 Image PDF Vol. 2 Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1874. L’Expression des émotions chez l’homme et les animaux. Translated by Samuel Pozzi and René Benoit. Paris: C. Reinwald. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1877. Les plantes insectivores. Translated by E. Barbier. Introduction and notes by Charles Martin. Paris: C. Reinwald. ImagePDF

Darwin, C. R. 1878. Des différentes formes de fleurs dans les plantes de la même espèce. Translated by Édouard Heckel. With an analytical preface by Amédée Guillaume August Coutance. Paris: C. Reinwald. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1879-80. De la variation des animaux et des plantes à l’état domestique. Traduit sur la seconde édition anglaise par Ed. Barbier; préface de Carl Vogt. Paris: C. Reinwald et Cie. Vol. 1 Text Image PDF Vol. 2 Text Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1882. The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects. 2d ed., revised. 3d thousand. London: John Murray.Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1882. La faculté motrice dans les plantes. Translated and with notes and a preface by Édouard Heckel. Paris: C. Reinwald.Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1882. Role des vers de terre dans la formation de la terre végétale. Translated by M. Levêque. Preface by Edmond Perrier. Paris: C. Reinwald. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1882. Die Bildung der Ackererde durch die Thätigkeit der Würmer. Translated by J. V. Carus. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. ImagePDF

Darwin, C. R. 1884. The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. 3d thousand. Preface by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1888. Insectivorous plants. 2d edition. Revised by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. Image PDF

Darwin, F. ed. 1888. La vie et la correspondance de Charles Darwin avec un chapitre autobiographique. Translated by H. C. de Varigny. Paris: C. Reinwald. Vol. 1 Image PDF Vol. 2 Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. [Notes on preserving Beagle specimens]. Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker and edited by John van Wyhe. Text & image

Darwin, C. R. [Edinburgh diary for 1826]. Text & image Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe and published here for the first time.

Harmer, S. F. 1901. List of specimens collected on the Beagle which were kept or discarded, with extracts from Darwin’s manuscripts referring to specimens kept in the museum. University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Image With thanks to the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.

Darwin, C. R. ‘Books [read]‘ notebook. (1838-1858). Text & image Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker.

[Charles Darwin autograph signature, nd] Reproduced courtesy of Doug Carnick, Waterville, Maine, USA. Image

Huxley, Thomas Henry. [c. 1887] [Reminiscence of the reception of the Origin.] Text & image

Darwin, Emma. [1882?] [Reminiscences of Darwin on the 'Beagle'] Text

New editions courtesy of the History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries:

Darwin, C. R. 1877. Les mouvements et les habitudes des plantes grimpantes. Ouvrage traduit de l’anglais sur la deuxième édition par le Dr Richard Gordon. Paris: C.Reinwald et Cie. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1883. I diversi apparecchi col mezzo dei quali le orchidee vengono fecondate dagli insetti. Translated by Giovanni Canestrini and Lamberto Moschen. Turin: Unione. Image PDF

Text now available side-by-side with corrected images of the notebooks:

Darwin, C. R. Notebook A: Geology (1837-1839). Text & image

Darwin, C. R. Glen Roy notebook (1838). Text & image

Darwin, C. R. Questions & experiments [1839-1844]. Text & image

Darwin, C. R. Torn Apart notebook (1839-1841) Text & image

New edition courtesy of the History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries:

Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. New York: D. Appleton. Vol. 1. Image PDF Vol. 2. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1883. [Extract of a letter on classical education] In Farrar, F. W. ‘General aims of the teacher. A lecture in Cambridge teachers’ training Syndicate course. March 3, 1883′, American Journal of Education (Hartford, Conn.) 32: 129-154 (139-40). Text

New editions courtesy of the History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries:

Darwin, C. R. 1868. Das Variiren der Thiere und Pflanzen im Zustande der Domestication. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. Vol. 1. Image PDF Vol. 2. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1876. Variazione degli animali e delle piante allo stato domestico. Turin: Unione. Image PDF

Utricularia [draft of Insectivorous plants, p. 427] Transcribed by John van Wyhe and Kees Rookmaaker. Text & image

New editions courtesy of the History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries:

Darwin, C. R. 1862. De l’origine des espèces ou des lois du progrès chez les êtres organisés. Translated and with preface and notes by Mlle Clémence-Auguste Royer. Paris: Guillaumin et Cie. Image PDF (first French edition)

Darwin, C. R. 1866. L’origine des espèces par sélection naturelle ou des lois de transformation des êtres organisés. Traduit en Français avec l’autorisation de l’auteur par Clémence Royer avec une préface et des notes du traducteur. Deuxième édition augmentée d’après des notes de l’auteur. Paris: Victor Masson et fils; Guillaumin et Cie. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1870. L’origine des espèces par sélection naturelle ou des lois de transformation des êtres organisés. Traduction de Mme Clémence Royer avec préfaces et notes du traducteur. Troisième édition. Paris: Victor Masson et fils; Guillaumin et Cie. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1870. De la fécondation des orchidées par les insectes et des bons résultats du croisement. Trans. by Louis Rérolle. Paris: C. Reinwald. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1878. The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. London: John Murray. 2d ed. Text

Darwin, C. R. 1882. The movements and habits of climbing plants. London: John Murray. (Final text) Text

Darwin, C. R. 1882. The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. London: John Murray. 7th thousand. Corrected by Francis Darwin. Text

Darwin, C. R. 1902. Observations géologiques sur les iles volcaniques. Image PDF Courtesy of of the History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries.

Judd, J. W. 1911. Charles Darwin’s earliest doubts concerning the immutability of species. Nature 88, No. 1292 (2 November): 8-12. Text

New editions courtesy of the History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries:

Darwin, C. R. 1860. On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. New York: D. Appleton. (1st American edition) Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1875. Voyage d’un naturaliste autour du monde. Trans. by Éd. Barbier. Paris: C. Reinwald. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1878. Les récifs de corail leur structure et leur distribution. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1876. The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London: John Murray. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. Text Image PDF [First issue of the final definitive text]

Darwin, C. R. 1890. The expression of the emotions in man and animals. 2d edition. Edited by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. Text

Darwin, C. R. 1884. Le diverse forme dei fiori in piante della stessa specie. Image PDF

Gray, Asa. 1861. Natural Selection not inconsistent with Natural Theology. A free examination of Darwin’s treatise on the Origin of Species, and of its American reviewers. Reprinted from the Atlantic monthly for July, August, and October, 1860. London: Trübner & Co., Boston: Ticknor and Fields. Text

Wright, C. 1871. Darwinism: Being an examination of Mr. St. George Mivart’s ‘Genesis of species,’ [Reprinted from the 'North American Review,' July 1871, with additions.] London: John Murray. Text

Herbert, Sandra, Gibson, Sally, Norman, David, Giest, Dennis, Estes, Greg, Grant, Thalia and Miles, Andrew. 2009. Into the field again: re-examining Charles Darwin’s 1835 geological work on Isla Santiago (James Island) in the Galápagos Archipelago. Earth Sciences History 28, No. 1, pp. 1-31. Text Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1-2.1832. Geological diary: St Jago. Text & image Newly transcribed by Guido Chiesura, Gordon Chancellor and Kees Rookmaaker.

Records of the David Stanbury collection (focusing on Darwin and the Beagle voyage) at Christ’s College, Cambridge have been added to the manuscript catalogue here.

Darwin, C. R. ‘Books Read’ and ‘Books to be Read’ notebook. (1852-1860). CUL-DAR128.- Text & image

Kees Rookmaaker. 2009. Darwin’s itinerary on the voyage of the Beagle. Text The first complete chronology of every day of the Beagle voyage!

Martínez, S. and G. Veroslavsky. 2000. Darwin, la geología y el Uruguay. In Carlos A. Altuna and Martín Ubilla eds. El prisma de la evolución A 140 años de El origen de las especies. Montevideo, Uruguay: DI.R.A.C., pp. 81-98. Text PDF

Darwin in Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 64, No. 1 (Feb. 2009): 1-180. Text PDF (Reproduced with permission of the Asociación Geológica Argentina)

[Darwin, C. R.] 1851. Died [Anne Elizabeth Darwin]. The Times (28 April): 9. Text

Lowe, Robert. ‘Journal kept by H. P. Lowe & R Lowe during 3 months of the summer 1831. at Barmouth. North Wales. Forsitan haec olim meminisse juvabit.’ [Nottinghamshire Record Office] Introduction Text NRO-DD.SK.218.1 A newly discovered recollection of Darwin!

Darwin, C. R. [1842]. [Outline of the 1842 sketch of species theory]. Text & image

Darwin C. R. ‘Books to be read’ and ‘Books Read’ notebook. (1838-1851) Text & image

Büchner, Ludwig. 1901. [Recollection of Darwin's religious views]. Last Words on Materialism and Kindred Subjects, translated by Joseph McCabe. London: Watts and Co., pp. 147-8. Text

Darwin, George H. 1872. Development in dress. Macmillan Magazine 26: 410-416. Text

Darwin, C. R. ‘Recollections of the development of my mind & character’ [Autobiography [1876-4.1882] Text & image A new transcription available side-by-side with images of the original manuscript.

Darwin, Francis. [nd] [recollections of Darwin Charles Robert by Marshall W]. Text & image

Darwin, George Howard. [nd] Description of my father’s ordinary habits during the latter years of his life. Text & image

Darwin George Howard. [nd] On my father’s conversation. Text & image

Darwin, George Howard? [nd] It was curious that Dr D[arwin] being a freethinker my father should have been so orthodoxly brought up.Text & image

Darwin George Howard. [nd] Stories told by my father. Text & image

Judd, John Wesley. [nd] [Recollections of Charles Lyell]. Text & image

James, J. F. 1882. [Obituary of] Charles Robert Darwin. The journal of the Cincinnati society of natural history 5, No. 2: 71-77. Text Image PDF Courtesy of Glenn Storrs.

Darwin, C. R. 1844. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise. [2 vols. in 1] Image PDF Courtesy of the Natural History Museum (London)

Seven volumes of Darwin in Polish courtesy of Jakub Jakubowski:

Darwin, C. R. 1884-5. O powstawaniu gatunków drogą naturalnego doboru czyli o utrzymywaniu. Translated by Szymon Dickstein and Jozef Nusbaum. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Przeglądu Tygodniowego. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1873. Wyraz uczuć u człowieka i zwierząt. Translated by Konrad Dobrski. Warsaw: Drukarnia Józefa Sikorskiego. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1875-6. Dobór płciowy. Translated by Ludwik Maslowski. Lwów: Księgarnia Polska.Vol. 1 Image PDF Vol. 2 Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1884. O pochodzeniu człowieka. Translated by Ludwik Maslowski. Lwow, Księgarnia Polska. 2d Polish ed. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1888-9. Zmienność zwierząt i roślin w stanie kultury. Translated by Józef Nusbaum. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Przeglądu Tygodniowego. Vol. 1 Image PDF Vol. 2 Image PDF

Journal of researches in Swedish courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum (London): Darwin, C. R. 1872. En naturforskares Resa omkring jorden. Translated by G. Lindström. Landskrona: J. L. Törnqvists. Image PDF

Maxwell, G. S. 1927. [Recollections of Darwin] Just beyond London: home travellers’ tales with some glimpses of rus-in-sub-urbe. London: Methuen. Image

From the News Shopper (UK, 5 Dec. 2009):

Rose Garnson, 6, with fellow pupils

CUDHAM: Youngsters dredge Darwin’s Pond

YOUNGSTERS spent the day replicating Charles Darwin’s experiments to mark 150 years since the scientist published his most famous work.

Pupils at Cudham Primary School collected mud samples from the same pond used by Darwin which still exists in their school grounds.

The samples were then taken back to the classroom to see if plants can grow from seeds in the pond mud.

A spokesman for Bromley Council’s world heritage team said: “Cudham Primary School will be linking up with schools in the Galapagos who are also investigating and comparing the observations and experiments that Darwin carried out in their local area.”

Youngsters also visited Down House in Downe to mark 150 years since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species.

Evolution of Christmas

Via PZ, via Blag Hag.

Other Darwin/Santa renditions:

From the HIST-NAT-HIST listserve:

Prehistoric Minds: Darwinism, Culture and Human Origins during the 19th Century
Kohn Centre, The Royal Society of London
11 December 2009

PROGRAMME

9.00am Registration and coffee
9.15am Welcome and introduction – Prof. Chris Stringer FRS, Natural History Museum, London

9.30am Session I. ORIGINS AND SOCIETY
Primitive Minds: Hugh Blair and Early 19th Century Natural Histories of Language
Dr Matthew D Eddy, Durham University
The Victorian Human-Origins Debate and ‘Darwin’s Sacred Cause’
Dr Gregory Radick, Leeds University

11.00am Tea/coffee

11.30am Session II. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS
“Primitivity” and the Origin of Art
Prof. Claudine Cohen, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Histories of the ‘Missing’ Link
Dr Peter C. Kjaergaard, Aarhus University

1.00pm Lunch

2.00pm Session III. REINTERPRETING ARTEFACTS
Changing Interpretations of Tools and Visual Representations of Human Phylogeny
Prof. Robert N. Proctor, Stanford University
The Time Revolution of 1859: Mapping the Landscape for the Primeval Mind
Prof. Clive Gamble, Royal Holloway, University of London

3.30pm Tea/coffee

4.00pm Session IV. HISTORY AND PREHISTORY
Eoliths and the Mind of Primitive Man
PD Dr. Marianne Sommer, Science Studies, ETH Zurich
Cave Men: Stone tools, Victorian Antiquarians and the Primitive Mind of Deep Time
Dr Mark White, Durham University
Dr Paul Pettitt, Sheffield University

5.30pm Close

For information on registration, please see the conference website:
http://www2.royalsociety.org/event.asp?id=8663

Conference Organiser: Dr Matthew D Eddy, Department of Philosophy, Durham University, 50/51 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN, United Kingdom. http://www.dur.ac.uk/m.d.eddy/.

The American Computer Museum in Bozeman has recently moved to a new location, essentially on the Montana State University campus. I’ve posted about the museum before here, here, here, here, here, and here.

If you are in the area in December, admission to the museum is free for that month. It’s worth spending a little time there, for according to E.O. Wilson, ACM is “Inch for inch, the best museum in the world.”

My photos from the museum’s exhibits: Bacon to Bits, Women in Science, and Darwin/Lincoln.

Possibly because this blog is without an RSS feed, I left it out of my list of history of science blogs I put together for my talk in Phoenix last month. The blog is PACHSmörgåsbord from the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science, and has been around since January 2009:

Our Center is entering its second year of activity.  Our fellowship program is up and running.  We have a colloquium series, brown bag lunches, public lectures and scholarly symposia.  This website offers lots of information including a rich calendar of events sponsored by the Center, by members of our consortium, and other institutions in the area.  We are working on exhibits and events and online research tools.  In other words, things are hopping around here.

Some of that activity is already represented on this site.  Much of it is not, yet.  This blog will have posts about our events, about area exhibits, about interesting meetings that don’t quite fit on our calendar, courses being offered, job openings in the area, and about life in Philly.  The contributors will be our fellows and staff as well as our friends and colleagues.

So come back to see whats happening, post your comments, and send us items that you think might be interesting to post here.