Visual Correspondence

Analysing Letters through Data Visualisation

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  • 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.

  • Bess of Hardwick

    Bess of Hardwick

    A formidable Elizabethan figure, Bess of Hardwick figured prominently in the politics and social life of her time. One of the wealthiest women in Britain and a favorite at court, she was also jailor to Mary, Queen of Scots. Find out more.

  • Alfred Russel Wallace Letters Online

    Alfred Russel Wallace Letters Online

    If you came up with one of the most important ideas in history, would you give up the credit? Alfred Russel Wallace developed the Theory of Evolution independently to Darwin, but held off publishing his ideas until the older man published his. Explore the world of one of Science's unsung heroes.

  • 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.

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Letters on this Date

  • From Joyce, James To Mathews, Elkin (1907)
  • From Joyce, James To McAlmon, Robert (1922)
  • From Gleichen-Rußwurm, Emilie von To Jähns, Friedrich Wilhelm (1862)
  • From Wallace, Alfred Russel To Poulton, Professor Edward Bagnall (1909)
  • From Clemens, Orion To Clemens, Samuel L. (1886)
  • From Wilder, Thornton To Hemingway, Ernest (1938)
  • From MacWhite, Michael To Walshe, Joseph P. (1932)
  • From Darwin, Charles Robert To Darwin, W. E. (1853)
  • From Bate, C. S. To Darwin, Charles Robert (1869)

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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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