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DM162 - Brunel Collection

1 - Sir Marc Isambard Brunel: Diaries

2 - Papers, reports, and letters of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel concerning the Thames Tunnel

Expand 3 - Memoranda and notebooks of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

3 - Memoranda and notebooks of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Expand 4 - Letters from Bradford Leslie to Isambard Kingdom Brunel

4 - Letters from Bradford Leslie to Isambard Kingdom Brunel

5 - Drawing instruments

Expand 6 - Henry Marc Brunel: letterbooks, sketchbooks, diaries, and financial records

6 - Henry Marc Brunel: letterbooks, sketchbooks, diaries, and financial records

Expand 7 - Letters to and from Henry Marc Brunel and others

7 - Letters to and from Henry Marc Brunel and others

Expand 8 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel Sketchbooks and Calculation Books

8 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel Sketchbooks and Calculation Books

Expand 9 - Isambard Brunel's correspondence

9 - Isambard Brunel's correspondence

Collapse 10 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel Letterbooks

10 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel Letterbooks

Collapse 1 - Letterbook 1: 1832-1839

1 - Letterbook 1: 1832-1839

contents index A-C - Index A-C

contents index D-G - Index D-G

contents index H-L - Index H-L

contents index M-R - Index M-R

contents index S-Z - Index S-Z

folio 3 - Letter to Newburn and Coates

folio 4 - Letters concerning the Bristol and Exeter Railway and payment of an account

folio 5 - Letter to Charles Turner

folio 6 - Letter to Thomas Griffith

folio 7 - Letter to R Osborne

folio 8 - Letter to R Osborne

folio 9 - Letters to Charles Wickens and to Mr Trollope

folio 10 - Letter to R Ward

folio 10a - Letters to R Osborne

folio 11 - Letter to JA Sandford

folio 12 - Letters to W Johnson and to G Ashwin

folio 15 - Letter to Charles Lawrence

folio 16 - Letter to Cooper Abbs

folio 17 - Letter about insurance, letter to JT Ashwin

folio 18 - Letters to Thomas Griffiths and to Charles Lawrence

folio 19 - Letter to WG Owen

folio 20 - Letters to BH Garland and to Mr Elliott

folio 21 - Letters to Captain Chapman and to TC Bell

folio 22 - Letter to GE Frere

folio 23 - Letter to R Osborne

folio 24 - Letter to WO Hunt

folio 25 - Letter to D Bowlby/Bawlby

folio 26 - Letter to RF Rickards

folio 27 - Letters to Thomas Griffith and to F Newburn

folio 28 - Letters to Captain Chapman and to Mr Sweet

folio 29 - Letter to Thomas Osler

folio 30 - Letter to G Harrison

folio 31 - Letter to R Osborne

folio 32 - Letters to WH Townsend and to Thomas Griffith

folio 33 - Letter to Robert Osborne

folio 34 - Letter to Thomas Osler

folio 35 - Letter to WO Hunt

folio 36 - Letter to CA Saunders

folio 37 - Letter to J Wickens

folio 38 - Letter to M Broadmead

folio 39 - Letter to M Broadmead

folio 40 - Letter to WO Hunt

folio 41 - Letters to C Vignoles and to C Stevens

folio 42 - Letter to Mr Hyett

folio 43-44 - Letter to Thomas Gill

folio 45 - Letter to Cooper Abbs

folio 46 - Letter to C Lawrence

folio 47 - Letter to R Osborne

folio 48 - Letters to WO Hunt and to C Vignoles

folio 49 - Letter to WH Townshend

folio 50 - Letter to WH Townshend

folio 52 - Letters to WO Hunt and to C Bailey

folio 53 - Letter to Captain Chapman

folio 54 - Letters to CA Saunders and to RC Sale

folio 55 - Letters to CA Saunders and to WO Hunt

folio 56 - Letter to G Whateley

folio 57 - Letter to Revd Proctor Thomas

folio 58 - Letter to Revd Proctor Thomas

folio 59 - Letter to C Stevens

folio 60 - Letters to Mr Troughton and to Mr Little

folio 61 - Letter to J Walker

folio 62 - Letters to W Elliot and to W Glennie

folio 63 - Letter to Mr Little

folio 64 - Letter to Few, Hamilton, and Few

folio 65 - Letter to J Neeld

folio 66 - Letter to Revd P Thomas

folio 67 - Letter to Thomas

folio 68 - Letter to Francis Newburn

folio 69 - Letter to Cooper Abbs

folio 70 - Two letters to J Walker

folio 71 - Two letters to GE Frere

folio 73 - Letter to JJ Guest

folio 74 - Letter to B Currey

folio 75 - Letter to M Broadmead

folio 77 - Letter to WL Moorsom

folio 78 - Letter to Richard Ball

folio 79 - Letter to Thomas Gill

folio 83 - Letter to GF Davenport

folio 84 - Letter to Rev P Thomas

folio 85 - Letters to [JM] Evans and to Rev Procter Thomas

folio 86 - Letter to J Osborne

folio 87 - Letter from George Harrison

folio 88 - Letter from George Davenport

folio 89 - Letter to G Davenport

folio 90 - Letter to G Harrison

folio 91 - Letter to the Secretary of the Great Western Railway from T Byam Martin

folio 92 - Letter to T Byam Martin

folio 93 - Letter to E Vines

folio 94 - Letter to JM Rendel

folio 95 - Letter to an unnamed correspondent

folio 96 - Letter to Revd MP Thomas

folio 97 - Letter to Revd P Thomas

folio 98 - Letter to Sir J Willoughby Gordon

folio 101 - Letter to C Abbs

folio 102 - Letter to JM Rendel

folio 103 - Letter to J Osborne

folio 104 - Letter to GM Davenport

folio 105 - Letter to J Kemp

folio 106 - Letter to T Morris

folio 107 - Letter to WH Evans

folio 109 - Letter to G Jones

folio 110 - Letter to WH Evans

folio 111 - Letter to CG Jones

folio 112 - Letter to T Osler

folio 113 - Letter to Sir TB Martin

folio 115 - Letter to W Evans

folio 116 - Letter to JM Rendel

folio 117 - Letter to JB Croker

folio 118 - Letter to R Fletcher

folio 119 - Letter to Messrs Grissel and Peto

folio 120 - Letter to R Wolsely

folio 121 - Letter to C Claxton

folio 123 - Letter to Hawes from JT Clarke

folio 124 - Letter to T Osler from JT Clarke

folio 125 - Letters to Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railway, and to Parrett Navigation

folio 126-128 - Estimate of the costs of the Hungerford Suspension Bridge and letter to William Glennie

folio 128 - Letter to Messrs Orton and Paxton

folio 129 - Letters to JH Howard and to Joseph Burke

folio 130 - Two letters from GT Clarke to J Bayley

folio 131 - Letters from GT Clarke

folio 132 - Letters to Chapman and to J Kemp

folio 133 - Letter to J Yates

folio 134 - Letter to Messrs Walch and Davenport

folio 135 - Letter to the Bristol Docks Committee

folio 136 - Letter to JB Bayly

folio 137 - Letter to R Dymond

folio 138 - Letter to WH Evans

folio 139 - Letter to Mr Lane

folio 140 - Letter to JG Guest, MP

folio 141 - Letter to C Lawrence

folio 142 - Letters to Frere and Foster and to Stokes Hollingsworth

folio 143 - Letter to J Kemp

folio 144 - Letter to J Naylor

folio 145 - Letters to J Hammond and to an unnamed correspondent

folio 146 - Letter to Thomas Osler

folio 147 - Letter to J Kemp

folio 148 - Letter to R Dymond

folio 149 - Letter to George Bush and to C Richardson

folio 150 - Letter to Lane

folio 151 - Letter to R Helps

folio 152 - Letter to W Coffin

folio 153 - Letter to William Cubitt

folio 154 - Letter to G Whatley

folio 155 - Letter to JB Bailey

folio 156 - Letter to Frere and Foster

folio 157 - Letter to JM Evans

folio 158 - Letter to Whitcombe and Helps, Solicitors

folio 159 - Letter to Henry Scale

folio 160 - Letter to E Vines

folio 163 - Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel and HH Price

folio 165 - Letter to JJ Guest

folio 167 - Letter to I Osborne

folio 168 - Letter from GT Clark to Whitcomb and Helps

folio 169 - Letter to DW Acraman

folio 170 - Letter to JJ Guest

folio 171 - Letter to Captain Moorsom

folio 172 - Letter to Mr Coffin

folio 173 - Letter to Messrs Walsh and Davenport

folio 175 - Letter to C Lawrence

folio 176 - Letter from GT Clark to RC Smith

folio 177 - Letter to A Merrick

folio 178 - Letter to J Ball

folio 179 - Letters to C Richardson and to R Osborne

folio 180 - Letter to CM Tulk

folio 181 - Letter to M Lane

folio 182 - Copy of an agreement between William Hoskins and Isambard Kingdom Brunel

folio 183 - Letter to Messrs Chadburn and Weedon

folio 184 - Letter to D Powell

folio 185 - Letter to Martin Hilhouse

folio 186 - Letter to J Walker

folio 187 - Letter to R Fletcher

folio 188 - Letter to G Davenport

folio 189 - Letter to Richard Few

folio 190 - Letter to JM Rendel

folio 191 - Letter to JM Rendel

folio 192 - Memorandum about the Oxford Railway

folio 193 - Letter to Sir B Stephenson

folio 195 - Letter to W Claxton

folio 196 - Letter to W Meyrick

folio 197 - Letter to J Ball

folio 198 - Letter to WH Evans

folio 199 - Letter to WH Townsend

folio 200 - Letter to J Naylor

folio 201 - Letter to J Naylor

folio 202 - Letter to Isambard Kingdom Brunel from Samuel Baker

folio 203 - Letter to Samuel Baker

folio 204 - Letter to HL Orton

folio 205 - Letter to WH Townsend

folio 206 - Letter to Thomas Coates

folio 208 - Letter to J Ball

folio 209 - Letter to James Kemp

folio 210 - Letter to A Merrick

folio 211 - Letter to Samuel Hall

folio 212 - Letter to J Kemp

folio 213 - Letter to the Secretary of the Irish Railways Commission

folio 216 - Letter to the Dowlais Iron Company

folio 217 - Letter to the Committee of Works of the Clifton Suspension Bridge

folio 218 - Letter to A Tulk

folio 219 - Letter to Anthony Hill

folio 220 - Letter to J Kemp

folio 221 - Letter to JJ Guest

folio 222 - Letter to Edward Weedon

folio 223 - Letter to Edward Weedon

folio 224 - Letter to Messrs Orton and Paxton

folio 225 - Letter to the Directors of the Great Western Railway Company

folio 226 - Letter to J Reynolds

folio 227 - Note listing costs of works on the Taff Vale Railway

folio 228 - Letter to the Bristol Dock Company

folio 229 - Letter to Richard Lawrence

folio 230 - Letter to P Henderson

folio 231 - Letter to Mr Evans

folio 232 - Letter to an unnamed correspondent

folio 234 - Letter to W Coffin

folio 235 - Letter to W Palmer Knight

folio 236 - Letter to JM Rendel

folio 237 - Letter to James Russell

folio 238 - Letter to W Tothill

folio 241 - Letter to Samuel Hemming

folio 242 - Letter to George E Twiss

folio 243 - Letter to Samuel Hemming

folio 244 - Letters to an unnamed correspondent and to GJ Twiss

folio 245 - Letter to W Evans

folio 247 - Letter concerning the Taff Vale Railway

folio 248 - Letter to John Edmunds

folio 249 - Letter to an unnamed correspondent

folio 250 - Letter to the Directors of the Taff Vale Railway Company

folio 251 - Letter to Samuel Waring

folio 252 - Letter to Gravatt

folio 253 - Letter to Evan Evans

folio 254 - Letter to Mr Blakeman

folio 255 - Letter to F Ricketts

folio 256 - Letter to Gravatt

folio 257 - Letter to TR Badham

folio 258 - Letter to WH Evans

folio 259 - Letter to Charles Lawrence

folio 260 - Letter to G Bush

folio 261 - Letters to Morgan Thomas and to Edward Wells Wren

folio 262 - Letter to Edward Wells Wren

folio 263 - Letter to WH Evans

folio 264 - Letter to F Davenport

folio 265 - Letter to WH Evans

folio 266 - Letter to G Hennett

folio 267 - Letter to Charles Lawrence

folio 268 - Letter to Charles Lawrence

folio 269 - Letter to JM Rendel

folio 270 - Letter to Captain Clackstone

folio 271 - Letters from J Bennett

folio 272 - Letters to R Young and to N Merrick

folio 273 - Letters to an unnamed correspondent and to Christopher Claxton

folio 274-275 - Letters to Lane, C Gainsford, Messrs Allison & Abbs

folio 276-277 - Two letters to E Merrick

folio 278 - Letter to A Meyrick

folio 279-284 - Letter to N Wood

folio 285 - Letter to Anthony Hill

folio 286 - Letter to B Hawes

folio 287 - Letter to W Cubitt

folio 288 - Letter to Charles Fowler

folio 289 - Letter to JU Sims

folio 290 - Letter to A Merrick

folio 291 - Letter to W Allison

folio 292-293 - Letters to Captain Claxton and to C Richardson

folio 294-296 - Letter from J Bennett to C Lawrence and from Brunel to C Lawrence

folio 297 - Letter to G Jones

folio 298 - Letters to Laurence and to Messrs Smith and Sons

folio 299-301 - Three letters to George Bush, J Trinder, and Charles Lawrence

folio 302-305 - Letters

folio 306 - Letter to C Laurence

folio 307-308 - Letters to Messrs Grissell and Peto, William Alison, and E Oldham and Son

folio 309 - Two letters to Messrs Grissel and Peto

folio 310 - Letter to C Lawrence

folio 311 - Letter to Lawrence

folio 312 - Letter to W Coffin

folio 313 - Letter to William Goodrich

folio 314 - Letter to Lawrence

folio 315 - Letter to Lawrence

folio 316-317 - Letters to George Bush and to J Ball

folio 318-319 - Three letters to Charles Richardson, George Bush, and Messrs Smith and Son

folio 320 - Letter to George Bushe

folio 321-323 - Letters to Charles Lawrence and to Daniel Thomas

folio 324 - Letter to A Merrick

folio 325 - Letters to Charles Richardson and to William Gunn

folio 326 - Letter to A Merrick

folio 327 - Letters to RB Grantham and to C Richardson

folio 328-329 - Letters to Lawrence, RC Richardson, and to James Osborne

folio 330 - Letters to Lawrence and to A Merrick

folio 331-332 - Letters to Messrs Freshfield and Son, to Lawrence, and to JW Lyon

folio 333-335 - Letters to G Bushe, to E Maw, to Charles Gainsford, and to Lawrence

folio 336 - Letter to R Donkin

folio 337-338 - Letter to RB Grantham, to C Lawrence, and to C Richardson

folio 339 - Letters to Charles Lawrence and to C Richardson

folio 340 - Letter to JE Harrison

folio 341-343 - Letters to C Lawrence, to Captain Claxton, and to R Roy

folio 344-346 - Letters to J Grantham, to Charles Lawrence, to Bryan Donkin, and concerning the SS Great Western

folio 347-349 - Report about slide valves by Bryan Donkin

folio 349-353 - Notes about the SS Great Western, letters to Captain Claxton and to Messrs Seward and Co

folio 354 - Letter to Lawrence

folio 355-356 - Letters to William Clay and to Thomas Page

folio 357 - Letter to Messrs Harford, Davies and Co

folio 358-359 - Letters to A Merrick, to J Field, and to WH Hyett

folio 360-363 - Letters

folio 364-368 - Letters

folio 369-372 - Letters

folio 373 - Letter to Charles Fowler

folio 374-375 - Letters to GE Frere, to A Meyrick, and to Captain Moorsom

folio 376-378 - Letters to C Lawrence, to WH Townshend, to E Weedon, and to Cripps

folio 379-386 - Letters to C Richardson and to William Gravatt

folio 387 - Letter to the Directors of the Wearmouth Dock Company

folio 388-389 - Letter to F Scheers, specification

folio 390 - Letter to Claxton

folio 391-393 - Letters to Charles Lawrence and to R Gordon

folio 394-395 - Letters to Lawrence, to JD Robertson, and to Maudslay and Co

folio 396 - Letter to WN Hyett

folio 397 - Letters to Mr Humphries and to Christopher Claxton

folio 398-400 - Letters to Charles Gainsford, to Raymond Cripps, to Lawrence, and to A Merrick

folio 401-402 - Letter to R Osborne

folio 403 - Letter to Messrs Bailey and Janson

folio 404 - Letter to Lawrence

folio 405-406 - Letter to CR Fripp

folio 407-408 - Letters to JH Gandell and to Lawrence

folio 409-411 - Letters to J Bethell, to Edward Weedon, to John Bailey, and to R Cripps

folio 412 - Letter to RB Grantham

folio 413-415 - Letter to J Ball

folio 416-419 - Letters to W Muller, to GF Davenport, to CT Sage, and to Cripps

folio 420-421 - Letters to W Tierney Clarke, to RB Grantham, and to Mr Cripps

folio 422 - Letters to RB Grantham and to J Bethell

folio 423-426 - Letters to A Merrick, C Sage, J Bethell, Stothert and Co, and W Hawes

folio 427-428 - Letter to J Hinde

folio 429 - Letter to R Fletcher

folio 430-433 - Letters to G Frere, to George Jones, and to RB Grantham

folio 434-437 - Letters to TJ Croggan, to Claxton, to William Fairburn, and to Cripps

folio 438-441 - Letters to W Morgan, to B Fletcher, and to Claxton

folio 442-443 - Letter to W Morgan

folio 444-445 - Letter to J Vivian

folio 446-447 - Letters to the Directors of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway

folio 448-449 - Letter about a depot

folio 450 - Letter about a drag boat

folio 451 - Letter to C Abbs

folio 452-453 - Letter to J Osborne

folio 454-455 - Letter from Humphrey Jeffreys

folio 456 - Letter to J Osborne

folio 457 - Letter to J Osborne

folio 458 - Letter to M Hilhouse

folio 459-460 - Letter about the Bristol Docks

folio 461-462 - Letter to J Osborne

folio 463-465 - Letter about Wearmouth Docks

folio 466 - Letter to Paul Methuen

folio 467 - Letter to Paul Methuen

folio 468 - Letter to RC Sale

folio 469 - Letter about the Clifton Suspension Bridge

folio 470 - Letter to William McAdam

folio 471 - Letter to Paul Methuen

folio 472 - Letter to Paul Methuen

folio 473 - Letter to Earl Carnarvon

folio 474 - Letter to RC Sale

folio 475 - Letter to Dymond

folio 476-477 - Letter about Wearmouth Docks

folio 478 - Letter about Bristol Docks

folio 479-480 - Letter about the Bristol and Gloucester Railway

folio 481-482 - Letter to Messrs Fry and Co

folio 483 - Letter to G Dymond

folio 484 - Letter to Messrs Allison and Abbs

folio 485 - Letter to Messrs Allison and Abbs

folio 486-487 - Letter to Cooper Abbs

folio 488-489 - Letter to the Directors of the Wearmouth Dock Company

folio 490-491 - Letter to Cooper Abbs

folio 492-493 - Letter to Cooper Abbs

folio 494-495 - Letter to Messrs Allison and Abbs

folio 496-497 - Letter to E Miller

folio 498 - Letter to Jeremiah Osborne

folio 499 - Letter to Jeremiah Osborne

folio 500 - Letter to Sir Samuel Whalley

folio 501 - Letter to W Tike

folio 502-503 - Letter to the principal Committee of the Bristol and Exeter Railway

folio 504 - Letter to WO Hunt

folio 505-506 - Agreement between the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway

folio 507 - Rough pencil index

folio 508 - Rough pencil notes

Expand 2 - Letterbook 2: 1836-1855

2 - Letterbook 2: 1836-1855

Expand 2a - Letterbook 2a: 1839-1854

2a - Letterbook 2a: 1839-1854

Expand 2b - Letterbook 2b: 1839-1842

2b - Letterbook 2b: 1839-1842

Expand 2c - Letterbook 2c: 1842-1844

2c - Letterbook 2c: 1842-1844

Expand 3 - Letterbook 3: 1843-1845

3 - Letterbook 3: 1843-1845

Expand 4 - Letterbook 4: 1845-1846

4 - Letterbook 4: 1845-1846

Expand 5 - Letterbook 5: 1846-1848

5 - Letterbook 5: 1846-1848

Expand 6 - Letterbook 6: 1847-1849

6 - Letterbook 6: 1847-1849

Expand 7 - Letterbook 7: 1849-1850

7 - Letterbook 7: 1849-1850

Expand 8 - Letterbook 8: 1850-1852

8 - Letterbook 8: 1850-1852

Expand 9 - Letterbook 9: 1852-1854

9 - Letterbook 9: 1852-1854

Expand 10 - Letterbook 10: 1854-1858

10 - Letterbook 10: 1854-1858

11 - Letterbook 11: 1858-1860

Expand 12 - Letterbook 12: 1841-1866

12 - Letterbook 12: 1841-1866

11 - Great Western Railway

12 - History of the SS Great Western

Expand 13 - Notebook of data collected during trials of steamships

13 - Notebook of data collected during trials of steamships

Expand 14 - Notebook of data from trials of the Rattler steamship

14 - Notebook of data from trials of the Rattler steamship

15 - Notebook re Great Eastern steamship

16 - Calculation book: Great Eastern steamship

17 - Index volume of miscellaneous projects

18 - Number not used

Expand 20 - Accounts

21 - Agenda book

22 - Report on the atmospheric railway by Robert Stephenson

Expand 23 - Bristol docks

23 - Bristol docks

24 - Bristol Railway

25 - Number not used

26 - Cheltenham Railway

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