Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist)

Class cards of Charles Robert Darwin, 1825-1826

Series — Folder EUA CA6/1825CRD: Series EUA CA6/1825CRD

Identifier: EUA CA6/1825CRD

Scope and Content 7 cards: Class card: Materia Medica; Diatectics & Pharmacy, 182_ [Andrew Duncan junr.] Class card: Principles and Practice of Surgery, 1825 [Alexander Monro] Class card: Chemistry & Pharmacy, 1825-1826 [Thomas Charles Hope] Class card: Clinical lectures, 1825 [Dr. [Robert] Graham and Dr. [William Pultney] Alison] Class card:...

Dates: 1825-1826

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Edinburgh University Certificates and Class Cards Collection

Copy correspondence, 1876-1914

Series

Identifier: Coll-99/5

Scope and Contents

family letters
professional correspondence

Dates: 1876-1914

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie

Correspondence from Charles Robert Darwin, 09 December 1874

Sub-Series

Identifier: Coll-74/11/12

Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Charles Robert Darwin sub-series consists of:

1 letter (09 December 1874)

Dates: 09 December 1874

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H)

Correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin, 1884-1887

Sub-Series

Identifier: Coll-74/11/13

Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin sub-series consists of:

13 letters, the bulk dated 1884-1887 and arranged chronologically

Dates: 1884-1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H)

Correspondence - Letters from Sir Charles Lyell , 1829-1874

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-203/B3

Scope and Contents A series of letters sent by Charles Lyell, to others. Some of these correspondents also appear in the two A-Z series. it is not clear why these letters have been separated from earlier series of records, however they may have been gathered together by Katharine Lyell in her editorial of 'Life, Letters and Journals', with some marked 'not copied' or unpublished. Agassiz Memorial Fund ...

Dates: 1829-1874

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie A-M, late 19th century

Series

Identifier: Coll-74/15

Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie A-M series consists of:

letters alphabetically arranged by sender, including those from Charles Robert Darwin, the Geological Society, Joseph Lister, Sir Charles Lyell and Sir Roderick Impey Murchison
postcards
obituaries

Dates: late 19th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

Correspondence - Transcripts of Letters by Sir Charles Lyell to Charles Darwin, 1837-1874

Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 3.10: Series Coll-203/B13; Series Coll-203/B12; Series Coll-203/B11

Identifier: Coll-203/B11

Scope and Contents

Transcripts of letters by Sir Charles Lyell to Charles Darwin, the originals being held in the Library of the American Philosophical Society

Dates: 1837-1874

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Index Book, Shells, c. 1860

Item

Identifier: Coll-203/A5/13

Scope and Contents

Notebook is identified on the inside first page as 'Alphabetical list of recent and tertiary fossil shells compared for identification'. This is followed by the note on the 'abbreviations of Localities'. Finally, there is the guidance ‘the figures in red ink shew the number of the Note Book, those in black ink the pages’. From page 29, the list is headed 'Mr Darwin's Shells'.

Dates: c. 1860

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Index Notebooks

Letter from Darwin, Charles, to Charles Lyell, 30 July 1837 - 16 February 1882

File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1

Identifier: Coll-203/B1/33

Scope and Contents

6 letters, and one partial letter, 4 envelopes, and typescript copy of two letters from Darwin to Lyell extracted from Notebook 69, additional listing and photocopies of Darwin letters, probably held elsewhere. Article ''On the Distribution of the Erratic Boulders and on the Contemporaneous Unstratified Deposits of South America'.

Dates: 30 July 1837 - 16 February 1882

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 'Acceptance in Lieu' tranche

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 19 June 1861

Item

Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/47

Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan lamenting the slow sales of his book 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' and suggesting this is due to the popularity of "the Gorilla book", [3rd edition Charles Robert Darwin's Origin of the Species].

Dates: 19 June 1861

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Class cards of Charles Robert Darwin, 1825-1826

Copy correspondence, 1876-1914

Correspondence from Charles Robert Darwin, 09 December 1874

Correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin, 1884-1887

Correspondence - Letters from Sir Charles Lyell , 1829-1874

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie A-M, late 19th century

Correspondence - Transcripts of Letters by Sir Charles Lyell to Charles Darwin, 1837-1874

Index Book, Shells, c. 1860

Letter from Darwin, Charles, to Charles Lyell, 30 July 1837 - 16 February 1882

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 19 June 1861

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