SPENCER, HERBERT 1820-1903
The original manuscripts of most of his works, including a draft of Social Statics. BL Add. MSS. 36883-36896, 43831.
148 letters of Spencer to various correspondents on personal and professional matters, 1849-1903. Knox College Library, Galesburg, Illinois.
Correspondence, 1844-1903, and biographical material on Spencer. Spencer papers, London UL, MS. 791.
Six letters to various correspondents, 1863-1891. American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia.
Six letters between Spencer and various correspondents, 18601879. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Correspondents
CHARLES BABBAGE, seven letters, 1860-1864. BL Add. MSS. 37197-37201.
HENRY HOWE BEMROSE, four letters, 1897-1898. Derby Borough Library.
SIR JOSEPH EDGAR BOEHM, three letters, 1884. Darwin collection, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville.
EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON, Baron Lytton, three letters, 1859. Bulwer-Lytton papers, Hertfordshire RO
SIR PERCY BUNTING, 39 letters, 1882-1895. Bunting papers, University of Chicago Library.
ANDREW CARNEGIE, 44 letters, 1883-1903. Carnegie papers, Library of Congress.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, two letters, 1895. Chamberlain papers, Birmingham UL
JOHN CHAPMAN, 9 letters, 1851-1881. Darwin collection, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville .
FRANCIS POWER COBBE, five letters, 1866-1875. Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
MONCURE DANIEL CONWAY, four letters, 1872-1900. Conway papers, Columbia UL, New York.
JOHN FISKE, 41 letters, 1864-1894. Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, 17 items, 1873-1896. BL Add. MSS. 44441-44785.
FREDERIC HARRISON, 20 letters, 1885-1901. Harrison papers, BLPES
ROWLAND G. HAZARD, 13 letters, 1869-1886. Peacedale collection, Baker Library, Harvard University.
SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL, 11 letters, 1859-1865. Herschel papers, Royal Society Library, London.
GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE, 24 letters, 18G0-1903. Holyoake collection, Co-operative Union Ltd, Manchester.
THOMAS HUXLEY, 83 letters, 1851-1900. Huxley papers, Imperial College, London.
MANTON MARBLE, three letters, 1860-1873. Marble papers, Library of Congress.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MAXSE, typed copies of letters, 1870-1896. Maxse papers, West Sussex RO
JOHN STUART MILL, 24 letters, 1858-1869. Northwestern UL, Evanston, Illinois.
JOHN STUART MILL, letter or letters, n. d. Mill papers, Yale UL
STUART RENDEL, 1st Baron Rendel, three letters, 1898-1903. NLW, Rendel papers.
HENRY RICHARD, five letters, 1881-1882. NLW, MS. 5505.
GEORGE CROOM ROBERTSON, 23 letters, 1867-1892. Robertson papers, UCL
HENRY SIDGWICK, three letters, 1891-1897. Sidgwick papers, Trinity College, Cambridge.
BEATRICE WEBB (and members of the Potter family), 39 letters, 1853-1903. Passfield papers, BLPES
Printed Material
DAVID DUNCAN, Life and Letters of Herbert Spencer ( London, 1908).
HERBERT SPENCER, Works, 19 vols. (London, 1861-1902).
HERBERT SPENCER, An Autobiography, 2 vols. ( London, 1904).
ODNB; New Palgrave; ESS XIV 295; IESS xv 121.
Portraits: BL(P); NPG; BLPES; SNPG
