Visual Correspondence

Analysing Letters through Data Visualisation

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  • Ezra Pound

    Ezra Pound

    A close friend of writers such as James Joyce and T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound was instrumental in getting these writers (and many others) published and promoted. And of course he was a major poet in his own right. Find out more about his letters.

  • Virginia Woolf

    Virginia Woolf

    Writers such as Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound, were collectively known as the Modernists. They were also in close contact with one another. Find out more about their social circles.

  • Seán MacDiarmada Letters

    Seán MacDiarmada Letters

    Together with his close friend, Thomas Clarke, Seán MacDiarmada was crucial to the 1916 Easter Rising and a signatory of the Irish Proclamation. Discover more through his correspondence.

  • James Connolly Correspondence

    James Connolly Correspondence

    Commandant of the Dublin Brigade during the Easter 1916 Rising, James Connolly was a tireless worker in the Socialist cause and was in contact with many influential thinkers of his time (Eleanor Marx Aveling, for one). He also travelled extensively raising funds for unions in the USA and Ireland. Find out more through his letters.

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Letters on this Date

  • From Barnes-Elwood, J.F. To Williams, John Lloyd (1915)
  • From Wallace, Alfred Russel To Norris (1912)
  • From Joyce, James To Barnacle, Nora (1909)
  • From Darwin, Charles Robert To Strachey, Richard (1873)
  • From Haas, Jennie To Clemens, Samuel L. (1908)
  • From Langdon, Jervis II To Clemens, Samuel L. (1908)
  • From Darwin, G. H. To Jay, John (1897)
  • From Public Opinion Company To Harrison, Katherine I. (1897)
  • From Cadenbach, J. To Synge, John Millington (1894)

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Letter writing is a rich and ancient form of communication. It offers deep insights into the thoughts, feelings and experiences of people from every walk of life in a more immediate way than almost any other medium. As well as the content of letters, the set of circumstances surrounding a letter's creation, transmission and reception tells a story in itself.

Data visualisation strives to make sense of the large and complex, condensing and clarifying complicated data in a single image. It can achieve an impact that words simply cannot replicate.

Visual Correspondence uses data visualisation to makes sense of a person's life through their correspondence. Who they wrote to, who wrote to them, when and where - these flashes of detail unveil a rich narrative about people and our past through images.

As well as providing tools to visualise huge collections of correspondence, in bringing together detail on 165327 letters from 56 collections, Visual Correspondence provides a new way to explore the letters themselves. Links to the full text of the letters are provided were possible and added information helps put the letters in context. Hopefully in exploring this site, you will start to see correspondence in a new way.

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Niall O'Leary Services accepts no liability in respect of the accuracy of data on this website. All data on this site is presented as is and visitors use it at their own risk. Outside of metadata no letter content has been used on this website. All letters and detail on all people's letters are listed.