Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist)

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

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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

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/47

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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'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 24 January 1860

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/55

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson concerning the ownership of letters which her late brother George Wilson had borrowed as background material for the 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. She suggests writing to the owners to let them know that she has transferred them to Sir Archibald Geikie, and writes a detailed action list. She discusses the health of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and her dislike of Emily M Yelverton.

Dates: 24 January 1860

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'

Letters from Darwin, Charles Robert to Charles Lyell, 13 April 1857

File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)

Identifier: Coll- 203/1/56

Scope and Contents

Darwin mentions that he is in the process of completing writing his book, however, he finds this process to be "overwhelming".

Dates: 13 April 1857

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Duke of Argyll [Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland] to Charles Lyell, 19 January 1850 - 30 April 1903

File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)

Identifier: Coll-203/1/9

Scope and Contents Lyell summarises the letters as: 1) Darwin's theory, pigeons not arboreal, 1860 2) Mull tertiary leaves, 1861 3) Non-arboreal habits of pigeons, March 22 1865 4) Darwin on correlation of growth, June 2 1865 5) Variety of Humming Bird, April 24 1867, Gould on ... of species in Humming Bird 6) Humming Birds, not opposed to Darwin's May 1 1867 7) Applicable to Humming Birds May 17 1867 8) Elephant in ivory of Perigord Cave, June 8th 1867 9)...

Dates: 19 January 1850 - 30 April 1903

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Duncan, Peter Martin to Charles Lyell, 3 February 1866 - 19 January 1870

File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)

Identifier: Coll-203/1/67

Scope and Contents Letters are summarised by Lyell as: 1) Dr Duncan on Bolderberg Flabellum [relating to Bolderberg formation in Northern Belgium] 2) Tropical corals, how far corals can indicate climate 3) Corals in Norway sea 4) 60 new Liassic [Early Jurassic] corals, showing imperfection of record 5) Lonsdale notes and Keeling island [Cocos, Australia] specimens 6) Scleractinia of antigua corals and explanation of Duncan's theory 7) reference to his paper on corals 8) Corals dredged up by the 'Porcupine'...

Dates: 3 February 1866 - 19 January 1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Manuscript Notebooks, 1855 - 1861

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Identifier: Coll-203/A3

Scope and Contents Specially created as a set of 7, separate from his run of Scientific notebooks, and labelled MS [Manuscript], these notebooks span a critical time in Lyell's life, beginning November 1855. He hears of Darwin's views on the origin of species five months later, during a visit to Down. When he closed the series in 1861, he began to write Antiquity of Man.Content warning: Lyell uses these MS [Manuscript] Notebooks to consider reading and his theories on...

Dates: 1855 - 1861

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

Manuscript Papers relating to Published Works, c. 1840 - c. 1855

Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 3.14: Series Coll-203/B18; Series Coll-203/B17

Identifier: Coll-203/B18

Scope and Contents Contains extensive autograph manuscript drafts of texts, with cancellations, revisions and additions, and with illustrative plates and maps: 1. 'On the Geology of some parts of Madeira' by Sir Charles Lyell. Notes on text about Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Index to Notebook 195. 2. Original packaging 'Original Geological MS Notes of Sir Charles Lyell (Lady Lyell preserved these - as she was asked at times for autographs, and as time advances, they may be still more valuable)'....

Dates: c. 1840 - c. 1855

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

Miscellaneous Papers, 1831-1864

Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.22 (Formerly Gen 119): Series Coll-203/5 (Lyell 5); Series Coll-203/6 (Lyell 6); Series Coll-203/7 (lyell 7); Series Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8)

Identifier: Coll-203/7 (lyell 7)

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous Papers consists of: address by Sir Charles Lyell on Charles Darwin receiving the Copley Medal (1864) list of mollusca by Searles Valentine Wood printed pages from an article or book in German, translated as 'Excerpts from Letters of Professor Fr. Hoffmann, incomplete. Also, pages detailing in German, Aetna area, the foot of the mountain at the Simeto Valley...

Dates: 1831-1864

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

MS Notes I - Scientific Journal No. I, 20 November 1855 - 29 April 1856

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Identifier: Coll-203/A3/1

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Scientific journal of Sir Charles Lyell, covers subjects such as creation of species - and thoughts on the evolution of man. Lyell refers to others such as Darwin, Hooker, Wollaston and topics such as the glacial epoch, rudimentary organs, volcanoes, Madeira, molluscs, fossil faunas, Australian fauna, Niagara, coal and New Zealand. Lyell provides his own index. Some writing is by Mary Lyell.

Dates: 20 November 1855 - 29 April 1856

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

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

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

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 24 January 1860

Letters from Darwin, Charles Robert to Charles Lyell, 13 April 1857

Letters from Duke of Argyll [Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland] to Charles Lyell, 19 January 1850 - 30 April 1903

Letters from Duncan, Peter Martin to Charles Lyell, 3 February 1866 - 19 January 1870

Manuscript Notebooks, 1855 - 1861

Manuscript Papers relating to Published Works, c. 1840 - c. 1855

Miscellaneous Papers, 1831-1864

MS Notes I - Scientific Journal No. I, 20 November 1855 - 29 April 1856

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