Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:)
Organization
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Professor Alphonse Favre, 03 April 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/1/10
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Alphonse Favre enquiring whether it would be possible for the central public library at Geneva to continue receiving Geological Survey publications, an arrangement first brought into operation the previous December by Sir Henry de la Beche and Sir Roderick Impey Murchison.
Dates:
03 April 1872
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from H Arnold Bemrose, 10 September 1897
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/39
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from H Arnold Bemrose congratulating him on his book The ancient volcanoes of Great Britain, ( 1897) . He reports that he has not found any basalt rock while undertaking geological mapping in Derbyshire but has photographs and thin sections of bedded ash. He reports that his work is 3 months behind due to a knee injury but he is now recovered. He remarks that he is glad to see the Annual Report of the Geological Survey in print but...
Dates:
10 September 1897
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Frederick Blake, 15 November 1876
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/54
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Frederick Blake enclosing 2 copies of [an article in] the Yorkshire News and an account and receipt for the Geological Survey (not attached).
Dates:
15 November 1876
Letters to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 1843-1879
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/1
Scope and Contents
The Letters to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay sub-series consists of:
- 14 letters from a variety of European correspondents concerning geological papers and research (1843-1879).
Dates:
1843-1879
Papers of Professor James Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-99
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Geikie consist of:
original lecture notes
reprints of scientific papers
correspondence relating to the publication of scientific papers
personal correspondence and photographs
a copy of The Great Ice Age and its Relation to the Antiquity of Man, (1877), 2nd ed with hand-written...
Dates:
1872-1917
Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents
The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of:
personal, organisational and scientific correspondence
geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours
reprints of his work
miscellaneous lecture notes
student's lecture notes
lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston
proofs for...
Dates:
1851-1921