Owen, David Dale, 1807-1860 (American geologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 24 June 1807 - 13 November 1860
Created for
Charles Lyell Project, April 2021
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Foster, John Wells to Charles Lyell, 2 February 1846 - 30 January 1853
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/81
Scope and Contents
Written whilst in Zanesville, Ohio, and Brimfield, Massachusetts. Subjects include Casteroides, limestone, sandstone, Silurian, schist, a comparison of fossil elephants from Ohio and Oregon, and, the U.S. government. The summaries created by Lyell and his team are given below:
Foster of Zanesville on Casteroides & Mountain Limestone of Ohio Feb[ruar]y 2nd 1846 [supplement is written in light pencil]...
Dates:
2 February 1846 - 30 January 1853
Letters from Hitchcock, Edward to Charles Lyell, 17 December 1843 - 30 August 1860
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/133
Scope and Contents
The correspondence between Charles Lyell and Edward Hitchcock is mainly concerned with geology, specifically sandstone footprints. Lyell or his team, have summarised the letters, either on the envelope, or on the letter itself - usually in the space allocated to the address. Where there is a summary, it has been transcribed here.
'Hitchcock Dec[ember] 1843'. This letter is concerned with newly discovered...
Dates:
17 December 1843 - 30 August 1860
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.75, 3 May 1839 - 4 June 1839
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/75
Scope and Contents
This red leather notebook continues Charles Lyell's work on studying and listing Crag and Touraine shells and specimens, continued from notebook 74, with GB Sowerby. Lyell appears to be based solely in London in the notebook. He notes queries for colleagues and observations on other's collections - Captain Alexander, Mr Bean, Mr Colchester, and Mrs. Power's [sic Madame Jeannette Power, who is noted in the Magazine of Natural history 1839 as having formed a collection of Argonauta in 1838]. A...
Dates:
3 May 1839 - 4 June 1839
Notebook No.80, 5 February 1840 - 25 June 1840
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/80
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebooks contains inventories of shells and fossils, Lyell's thinking on geology. There are mentions of Darwin and Playfair; London and France; References to Darwin, Tertiary shells, etc. The index is on p. 113-116. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus....
Dates:
5 February 1840 - 25 June 1840
Notebook No.86, 8 December 1840 - 4 February 1841
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/86
Scope and Contents
This dark leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes in ink, occasional pencil, mostly relates to notes on Touraine shells and notes by Mr Bunbury. Short index written in the back of the notebook, along with a list of Touraine shells - and there are links between this list and correspondence with Colonel E.R. Wood. Covers are blank. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the...
Dates:
8 December 1840 - 4 February 1841
Notebook No.87, February 1841 - June 1841
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/87
Scope and Contents
This dark leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes which appear to be continuation of discussion on Touraine shells, notes of list of books to go to America, notes on correspondence sent and received, and notes on lectures. On p. 106 Lyell makes reference to Timothy Abbot Conrad's New York Geological Survey of 1840. The covers of the notebook are blank, the index is written on the last pages of the book. The following table of...
Dates:
February 1841 - June 1841
Notebook No.88, 16 June 1841 - 23 July 1841
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/88
Scope and Contents
This green leather notebook contains diverse notes by Lyell, including lists, observations, sketches, and plans for future tours to Wales and North America. Notes are in pencil and ink. There is a sketch of a compass p. 21, and a list of books on American geology at the Geological Society of London on p. 101. The index is the last three pages of the notebook, both covers are unmarked. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words,...
Dates:
16 June 1841 - 23 July 1841
Notebook No.105, 27 September 1842 - 10 December 1842
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/105
Scope and Contents
This green leather notebook contains diverse notes on geology of Perthshire, London, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and proceedings likely of the Geological Society of London. Starts with the inclusion of a poem by Thomas Moore. The index also appears to feature the first mention to Hamilton Couper by Lyell, who notes his paper. The index is written on the final three pages of the notebook, the front and back covers are blank. ...
Dates:
27 September 1842 - 10 December 1842
Notebook No.139, 27 March 1846 - 4 April 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/139
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from March 27th to April 4th 1846. The notebook starts in New Madrid, Missouri as Lyell travels north along the Ohio River, visiting Illinois, New Harmony, Indiana, and Kentucky. The index is located in the back of the notebook on 9 unnumbered pages. Content warning: Lyell uses his Scientific Notebooks to gather evidence, based on both his own observation, by reviewing other people's works, by...
Dates:
27 March 1846 - 4 April 1846