| Reference number | HS/1 |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Title | Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 1 Abbe-Auwers |
| Date | 1819-1875 |
| Description | Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Prominent correspondents include: Cleveland Abbe; Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland; John Couch Adams; the Admiralty; George Biddell Airy; Giovanni Battista Amici; Andre Marie Ampere; Thomas Andrews; Francois Jean Dominique Arago; Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander; Matthew Arnold; Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex; Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur Auwers. |
| Extent | 1 volume; 426 letters |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders. |
| Dimensions | 405mm x 280mm |
| Arrangement | Roughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group. |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |