Morris, John, 1810-1886 (English geologist)
Person
Updated for
Charles Lyell Project, May 2021
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Additional themed folders
File — Box Lyell Box 1.18 (Formerly Gen 117): Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/7 (Lyell 7)
Identifier: Coll-203/7/1
Scope and Contents
A series of folders reflecting Lyell's work, which contain editorial manuscripts and correspondence; some with their original newspaper wrapping. Papers on lectures have been removed and placed with the other records in that series. These files were found at the end of the Offprints, but have originally been part of the 1927 gift from the family, but were separated at some point, and accessioned into the Library from the School of Geology in 1975. Their old references have been...
Dates:
1806-1874
Correspondence: John Edward Marr to C Neaves, 1852-1899
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/16
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence: John Edward Marr to C Neaves sub-series consists of:
- 54 letters, alphabetically arranged (1852-1899)
Dates:
1852-1899
Letter from Morris, John, to Charles Lyell, 6 January 1859
File — Box Box 3.3: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/72
Scope and Contents
Letter regarding identification of shells.
Dates:
6 January 1859
Notebook No.63, August 1836 - April 1837
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/63
Lyell's Own Index
This black leather notebook contains Lyell's notes on current scholarship from other well-known natural history colleagues, including Darwin, Deshayes, Blackadder, Owen, and more. Notes are made in pencil and ink with some sketches. The index is pasted to the back cover, and the front cover is blank. This notebook has a reference in the index on page 56, to 'Darwin St Helena Shells' which links to a specimen held by the Cockburn Geological Museum reference EUCM.0180.2013....
Dates:
August 1836 - April 1837
Notebook No.111, July 1843 - 11 August 1843
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/111
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from his travels through France (started in previous notebook, Number 110), London, and Bristol (continued in following notebook Number 112). It is dated July to Aug 11th 1843. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily field notes. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-116. Transcription note: The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own...
Dates:
July 1843 - 11 August 1843
Notebook No.245, 6 November 1860 - March 1861
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/245
Scope and Contents
Teal coloured leather Notebook, the index appears at the back of the book. On this occasion, Lyell creates the index chronologically, with the dates noted first, then page numbers and subjects. The notebook starts with Lyell in London. He creates a table for calculating the rate of rising of land. He is preparing to travel to Paris – listing maps and books to take, Notebooks which document earlier visits to Amiens, Abbeville, articles to read etc. Page 44 notes the weights of both Charles...
Dates:
6 November 1860 - March 1861