The College holds significant collections relating to its famous alumnus Charles Darwin, including numerous first editions of his works and a series of letters to William Darwin Fox.
All printed items have been catalogued on the union catalogue , and can be made available to interested researchers by appointment.
Please contact library staff (email library@christs.cam.ac.uk) for further information.
An exhibition entitled 'Charles Darwin: On Land and at Sea' was curated in 2009 to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of Darwin's birth. It showcases some of the most significant items from our Darwin holdings.
Click to view the exhibition contents. A catalogue is also available.
Image: Mount Sarmiento (1834), watercolour by Conrad Martens. Cambridge University MS.Add. 7983: 32v. Reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library.