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Notices and Correspondence Project Committee - Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
Dec 5, 2025 - The committee has reinstated the partnership with the IRS to review, update and improve notices and general correspondence letters.
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/people/german-and-dutch-photograph-albums/photograph-album-german-and-austrian-scientists
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists | Darwin Correspondence Project
The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/curious/darwin-s-networks
Darwin's Networks | Darwin Correspondence Project
Darwin wrote to around 2000 people all over the world to help him tackle some fundamental questions about life on earth. Discover how Darwin's ideas spread in...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/human-nature/expression-emotions/emotion-experiment
Emotion Experiment | Darwin Correspondence Project
Between March and November 1868, while Darwin was researching his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, he showed a succession of visitors a...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/historical-sources
Historical documents | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/origin-species
On the Origin of Species | Darwin Correspondence Project
From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/universities/getting-know-darwins-science/biogeography
Biogeography | Darwin Correspondence Project
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Observations aboard the Beagle During his five year journey around the world on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin encountered...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/darwin-and-experimental-life/animals-ethics-and-progress-science
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science | Darwin Correspondence Project
Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/110-rajon-etching-variant-state
1.10 Rajon etching, variant state | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/human-nature/origin-language/language-key-letters
Language: key letters | Darwin Correspondence Project
How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/people/about-darwin/darwin-s-first-love
Darwin's first love | Darwin Correspondence Project
Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/universities/women-and-science/suggested-reading
Suggested reading | Darwin Correspondence Project
Contemporary writing Anon., The English matron: A practical manual for young wives, (London, 1846). Anon., The English gentlewoman: A practical manual for...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/religion/science-and-religion-interviews/interview-john-hedley-brooke
Interview with John Hedley Brooke | Darwin Correspondence Project
John Hedley Brooke is President of the Science and Religion Forum as well as the author of the influential Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/tags/video
video | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://prisonercorrespondenceproject.com/writers-block/
Writer’s Block – Prisoner Correspondence Project
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/442-punch-sambourne-cartoon-3
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3 | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/7-11/darwin-the-collector
Darwin The Collector | Darwin Correspondence Project
Look at nature more closely and create and record your own natural collections.
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/universities/getting-know-darwins-science/floral-dimorphism
Floral Dimorphism | Darwin Correspondence Project
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/darwins-works-letters
Darwin's works in letters | Darwin Correspondence Project
For the 163rd anniversary of the publication of Origin, we've added a new page to our Works in letters section on Cross and self fertilisation. These...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/darwins-works-letters/rewriting-origin-later-editions
Rewriting Origin - the later editions | Darwin Correspondence Project
For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/457-silhouette-cartoon
4.57 silhouette cartoon | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/curious/darwin-cats-and-cat-shows
Darwin, cats and cat shows | Darwin Correspondence Project
One of the more unusual invitations Darwin received was to be a patron of the Crystal Palace cat show, the first nationwide cat show in Britain. The man who...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/universities/getting-know-darwins-science/instinct-and-evolution-mind
Instinct and the Evolution of Mind | Darwin Correspondence Project
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Slave-making ants For Darwin, slave-making ants were a powerful example of the force of instinct. He used the case of...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/universities/getting-know-darwins-science/barnacles
Barnacles | Darwin Correspondence Project
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Darwin and barnacles Darwin’s interest in Cirripedia, a class of marine arthropods, was first piqued by the discovery...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/216-horace-montford-statue-shrewsbury
2.16 Horace Montford statue, Shrewsbury | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/fake-darwin
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions | Darwin Correspondence Project
Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/about/publications/evolution-selected-letters-charles-darwin-1860-1870
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870 | Darwin Correspondence Project
This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/darwins-life-letters
Darwin's life in letters | Darwin Correspondence Project
For all his working life, Darwin used letters as a way both of discussing ideas and gathering the ‘great quantities of facts’ that he used in developing and...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/religion/essays-reviews-asa-gray
Essays & reviews by Asa Gray | Darwin Correspondence Project
Asa Gray wrote a series of reviews of Darwin’s works for American magazines such as Atlantic Monthly and The Nation. These gave publicity to Darwin’s theories,...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/426-christmas-card-caricature-monkeys
4.26 Christmas card caricature, monkeys | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/33-maull-and-polyblank-photo-2
3.3 Maull and Polyblank photo 2 | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/topics/life-sciences/darwin-and-vivisection/vivisection-baas-committee-report
Vivisection: BAAS committee report | Darwin Correspondence Project
Report British Assoc. Edinburgh 1871 p. 144 I No experiment which can be performed under the influence of an anasthetic ought to be done without it. II No...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/universities/getting-know-darwins-science/earthworms
Earthworms | Darwin Correspondence Project
As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/universities/letters-primary-source/discussion-questions-and-essay-questions
Discussion Questions and Essay Questions | Darwin Correspondence Project
There are a wide range of possibilities for opening discussion and essay writing on Darwin’s correspondence. We have provided a set of sample discussion...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/444-puck-cartoon-1
4.44 'Puck' cartoon 1 | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/7-11/darwin-and-evolution
Darwin And Evolution | Darwin Correspondence Project
What is evolution? What did Darwin discover and how did he come to his conclusions?
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/favourite-letters/your-letter-eternalized-us-n-d-doedes-27-march-1873
Your letter eternalized before us: From N. D. Doedes, 27 March 1873 | Darwin Correspondence Project
Geoff Belknap looks at his favourite set of letters between two Dutch student fans of Darwin and the photographs they exchanged with each other.
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/people/about-darwin/what-darwin-read/books-beagle
Books on the Beagle | Darwin Correspondence Project
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/459-simplicissimus-cartoon
4.59 'Simplicissimus' cartoon | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/443-illustrated-london-news-article
4.43 'Illustrated London News' article | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/darwins-works-letters/movement-plants
Movement in Plants | Darwin Correspondence Project
The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/life-sciences/darwin-and-vivisection
Darwin and vivisection | Darwin Correspondence Project
Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/darwins-works-letters/climbing-plants
Climbing plants | Darwin Correspondence Project
Darwin’s book Climbing plants was published in 1865, but its gestation began much earlier. The start of Darwin’s work on the topic lay in his need, owing to...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/universities/letters-primary-source/scientific-practice
Scientific Practice | Darwin Correspondence Project
Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/universities/darwin-and-human-nature
Darwin and Human Nature | Darwin Correspondence Project
There is substantial correspondence to illuminates Darwin’s published work on human evolution in Descent of Man and Expression of the Emotions. The letter sets...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/learning-resources/exploring-evolution
Exploring Evolution | Darwin Correspondence Project
Exploring Evolution is a training programme for trainee teachers. It is designed to support and inspire educators to deliver engaging, relevant lessons on...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1861-gaining-allies
Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies | Darwin Correspondence Project
The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt...
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https://prisonercorrespondenceproject.com/getting-a-penpal/
Getting a Penpal – Prisoner Correspondence Project
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/about/awards
Awards | Darwin Correspondence Project
In 1991 the Modern Language Association of America awarded its first ever Morton N. Cohen Award for a Distinguished Edition of Letters to the editors of The...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/darwins-works-letters/origin-big-book
Before Origin: the 'big book' | Darwin Correspondence Project
Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/human-nature/expression-emotions
The expression of emotions | Darwin Correspondence Project
Darwin’s work on emotional expression, from notes in his Beagle diary and observations of his own children, to questionnaires, and experiments with...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/religion/re-design-dramatisation/dramatisation-script
Dramatisation script | Darwin Correspondence Project
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/favourite-letters/darwin-s-favourite-photographer-o-g-rejlander-30-april-1871
Darwin's favourite photographer: From O. G. Rejlander, 30 April 1871 | Darwin Correspondence Project
In the 1860s Darwin began collecting photographs of emotional expression. They seemed to capture fleeting movements of the face, and allowed him to observe...
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https://darwinproject.ac.uk/learning/universities/getting-know-darwins-science/climbing-plants
Climbing Plants | Darwin Correspondence Project
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under...
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/422-gegeef-et-al-our-national-church-2
4.22 Gegeef et al., 'Our National Church', 2 | Darwin Correspondence Project
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https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/curious/behind-scenes
Behind the scenes | Darwin Correspondence Project
What is it like to work on the Darwin Correspondence Project? Watch these short films to find out about day-to-day life on the Project, including how the...
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