Visual Correspondence

Analysing Letters through Data Visualisation

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  • Bram Stoker

    Bram Stoker

    Monsters inhabited every part of Bram Stoker's life. The Irishman who created Dracula was also as the personal assistant of the overbearing Shakespearean actor Henry Irving. Many see Irving as the model for the Transylvanian count. Find out more through Stoker's correspondence.

  • James Joyce Letters

    James Joyce Letters

    A bold revolutionary in the world of fiction, James Joyce was a literary genius. He was also a traveller. The author of Ulysses went on his own unique odyssey, travelling with his family around Europe for much of his life. Discover more through his letters.

  • Albert Einstein Letters 1921

    Albert Einstein Letters 1921

    By 1921, Albert Einstein was already a household name. As his fame grew, his circle of correspondents also expanded. Find out more about his life and social circle through his letters.

  • 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.

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Letters on this Date

  • From Gilder, Richard Watson To Rice, Julia B. (1907)
  • From Darwin, Charles Robert To Spencer, Herbert (1867)
  • From Dorman-Smith (O'Gowan), E. E. To Hemingway, Ernest (1923)
  • From Brennan, P. J. To Ceannt, Áine (1948)
  • From Weber, Carl Maria von To Lichtenstein, Hinrich (1824)
  • From Darwin, Charles Robert To Darwin, W. E. (1858)
  • From Joyce, James To Ruggiero, Paul (1938)
  • From Engels, Frederick To Kautsky, Karl (1884)
  • From Ellwood, G. M. To Lay, Cecil Howard (1927)

More letters for 9th December

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.