Spencer, Herbert, (1820-1903), philosopher

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Surname:	Spencer
Forenames:	Herbert
Gender:	Male
Date:	1820-1903
Biography:	ODNB link for Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903), philosopher
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P157447 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P26828 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Herbert Spencer

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1844-1903: corresp and papers	London University: Senate House Library	MS 791	NRA 16253 Spencer
2	literary MSS	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 36883-96, 43831
3	1849-1903: corresp (148 items)	Knox College		See NUC MS 66-835
4	1882-95: letters (39) to Sir Percy Bunting	University of Chicago Library: Special Collections Research Center		See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
5	1883-1903: letters (44) to Andrew Carnegie	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division		See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
6	1851-1902: letters from Mary Ann Cross, with rel corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 65530
7	1864-94: letters (51), mainly to John Fiske	Huntington Library		See Guide to literary MSS 1979
8	1853-81: letters (15) to Alexander Campbell Fraser	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Dep.208
9	1888-97: letters to Sir Francis Galton	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	GALTON	NRA 19968 Galton
10	1873-96: corresp with WE Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 44441-785 passim
11	1877-1898: misc corresp mainly with Sir Patrick Geddes	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 10291, 10525-10530, 10993 Passim
12	1885-1901: letters (20) to Frederic Harrison	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections		See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
13	1869-86: letters (13) to Rowland G Hazard	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
14	corresp with Sir John Herschel (14 items)	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803
15	1860-1903: letters (24) to George Jacob Holyoake	Co-operative Heritage Trust Archive	MM/96636/1-12	NRA 16403 Holyoake
16	1852-1900: letters (83) to Thomas Huxley	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	B/HUXLEY	NRA 8194 Huxley
17	1875-1903: corresp with Elizabeth Lecky	Trinity College Dublin	TCD MS 1931
18	letters to Sir J Norman Lockyer	University of Exeter Library (Special Collections)		NRA 11128
19	corresp with John Stuart Mill (c50 items)	Northwestern University Archives		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
20	corresp with George Croom Robertson	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ADD 88	NRA 14256 Robertson
21	letters to James Sully	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ADD 158	NRA 14257 Sully
22	1900-03: letters to Sidney and Beatrice Webb	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	Passfield	NRA 7533 Webb
23	letters (86)	Royal Institution of Great Britain		NRA 9522
24	1887-1902: letters to his American publisher William Henry Appleton (1814-1899), of D Appleton & Company, New York	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89031