Visual Correspondence

Analysing Letters through Data Visualisation

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  • Mark Twain Letters

    Mark Twain Letters

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens was quite simply an institution, and in many ways still is. Taking his pen name from a boat man's cry, he was never more serious than when he was being comic. Find out about one of America's greatest satirists through his letters.

  • Thomas and Kathleen Clarke Letters

    Thomas and Kathleen Clarke Letters

    Thomas Clarke was one of the key architects of the 1916 Easter Rising, while his wife Kathleen was a founder member of Cumann na mBan and became Dublin's first female Lord Mayor. Find out more about them both.

  • Elia Kazan: Selected Letters

    Elia Kazan: Selected Letters

    A cultural giant of the Twentieth Century, Elia Kazan directed productions like 'On the Waterfront' and 'A Streetcar Named Desire' for the stage and screen. He worked with writers such as John Steinbeck, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller, as well as actors such as Marlon Brando, James Dean and Robert De Niro. Find out more about his life through his letters.

  • 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.

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Letters on this Date

  • From Darwin, Charles Robert To Hooker, J. D. (1866)
  • From Darwin, Charles Robert To Hooker, J. D. (1875)
  • From Forman, William (for James Watt & Co.) To Wormald, Fountaine & Gott (1792)
  • From Poulton, Edward Bagnall To Wallace, William Greenell [ARW's son] (1931)
  • From Haslett, Mrs. John J. To Smyth, Mr. Andrew (1892)
  • From Walker, Francis To Darwin, Charles Robert (1843)
  • From Scribner's (Charles) Sons To Harrison, Katherine I. (1897)
  • From Darwin, Charles Robert To Huxley, T. H. (1875)
  • From Miller, Madelaine Hemingway Mainland To Hemingway, Ernest (1951)

More letters for 10th 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.