6 votes Charles Darwin's young children painted pictures and wrote stories on the back of draft manuscripts of Darwin's books and notes, and therefore a few original copies of his important works survived Posted May 7, 2022 by asteroid Tags: children, archivists, charles darwin, manuscripts, history, united kingdom, darwin manuscripts project, family, source.amnh https://www.amnh.org/research/darwin-manuscripts/surviving-pages-from-the-first-draft-of-the-origin/children-drawings