Claim: The Darwin Industry is a community of historians who intensified and professionalised the studies of Darwin during the 1970's to 1980's and launched the Darwin Correspondence Project  in 1974 and the Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online which makes available all of Darwin's print publications, private papers and manuscripts,
Evidence: The Darwin Industry refers to historical scholarship about, and the large community of historians of science working on, Charles Darwin's life, work, and influence. Since 1974 the Darwin Correspondence Project has been locating, annotating and publishing the complete surviving correspondence of Darwin, including sixteen volumes (of an expected 30) published between 1985 and 2008 (covering the letters through 1868). The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online makes available all of Darwin's print publications, private papers and manuscripts, together with a growing number of supplementary works.