Buckley, Arabella Burton, 1840 – 1929 (Writer and Educator)
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Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Buckley, A.B., to Charles Lyell, 16 March 1865
File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/18
Scope and Contents
Discussion on the habits of pigeons alighting on trees
Dates:
16 March 1865
Notebook No.248, 30 March 1863-29 July 1863
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/248
Scope and Contents
This dark green Notebook documents Lyell's work whilst in London, and on location in Suffolk and Kent, Lyell is considering the antiquity of man, flints, hatchets and heights and depths of sea levels. The two previous notebooks 246 and 247 - have no indexes. This notebook is the first one featuring Lyell's Secretary, Arabella Buckley. Born in 1840, Buckley started to work as secretary to Lyell at the age of 24, and remained with him until his death in 1875. The index starts in...
Dates:
30 March 1863-29 July 1863
Notebook No.249, 30 July 1863- April 1864
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/249
Scope and Contents
Red leather bound notebook, dated July 30 1863 to April 1864 covering Lyell's research in Wales, including mountains - Moel Tryfan, Snowdon - quarries caves and beaches. Lists significant corrections necessary for 'Antiquity of Man'. Lyell's own index Index
July 30 1863 to April 1864
p. 1 Llanberis. Lakes of
- [Llanberis] Perched block
- Tarn near in [perched block]
p. 3 Absence of shells...
Dates:
30 July 1863- April 1864
Notebook No.251, 8 June 1865-2 August 1865
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/251
Scope and Contents
This dark red Notebook details Lyell's travels in Bavaria, Germany, joined by Mary, Leonard Lyell, his secretary Arabella Buckley, and expert companions. The book contains detailed drawings, notes and queries. The itinerary begins on page 4 on 8th June 1865 in London, before Lyell travels to Dover, Calais, Luxembourg, Burgen, Coblenz, Frankfurt then to Kissengen, Nuremberg. Munich, Innsbruck, Klobenstein, Finsterbach, Eiggshorn, Viesch and Aletsch Glaciers before descending into Italy,...
Dates:
8 June 1865-2 August 1865
Notebook No.254, August 1868-1 March 1869
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/254
Scope and Contents
This dark red Notebook starts in London with Mary and Leonard Lyell, and documents travels in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with an index created by Arabella Buckley. Lyell studies submerged forests, beaches, caves and iron works making notes and sketches, and referencing experts as well as local guides. Several meetings 'with Darwin'. Final pages relate to Grindle Pit, Bury St Edmunds, with sections written by Buckley that appear to be dictated by Lyell. ...
Dates:
August 1868-1 March 1869
Notebook No.255, 18 March 1869-28 April 1869
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/255
Scope and Contents
This dark red Notebook is annotated with Lyell's name, address at 73 Harley Street, London. The Notebook documents work based along the coast of Norfolk, as Lyell travels with Mary [presumed as she is not mentioned], Buckley and his nephew Leonard Lyell - who is credited with observations and finds. From Norfolk, they head to Hull and Withernsea. In this Notebook, not every page is numbered. This Notebook contains sections where Buckley describes their field work, recording observations like...
Dates:
18 March 1869-28 April 1869
Notebook No.258, 22 April 1870-3 July 1871
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/258
Scope and Contents
This black Notebook is annotated with Lyell's name, address at 73 Harley Street, London. The Notebook begins with the end a tour of Devon - started in the previous Notebook 257 - with Lyell in Barnstaple. Mostly written by Buckley, there are sections of very poor writing at times, which could be Lyell's own. From Devon to Bristol Clifton Bridge and Bath. Time following up queries and visiting the British Museum in London is followed by train to Glasgow with Mary and Leonard, then to the Isle...
Dates:
22 April 1870-3 July 1871
Notebook No.259, 4 July 1871-21 September 1871
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/259
Scope and Contents
Red leather notebook, with index at the back. Page 1 starts with a list of Books taken on Summer Tour, including ‘Prehistoric Archaeology’ 1858, ‘Fuel of the Sun’, ‘Astronomy without Mathematics’, Black’s ‘Atlas’ and Notebooks 256, 211, 210 and 117. Lyell’s group left London on the 4th July, for Derby, then tours the Lake District Lyell's own index Notebook is written by Lyell – scrappy writing and corrections at times – as well as Arabella...
Dates:
4 July 1871-21 September 1871
Notebook No.260, 27 September 1871-7 May 1872
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/260
Scope and Contents
Red leather Notebook starts at Penrith, as Lyell then travels south, via Appleby, Lancaster to Lichfield, to London then Folkestone and into France. He travels with Mary, Hughes, Beovill, and meets with many experts along the way. Most of the notebook is written by Buckley, who orders the narrative by date using the Itinerary – with sections added by Lyell in poor writing, and others – perhaps Mary, as well as local people noting down journey times. Whilst travelling in France, Lyell makes...
Dates:
27 September 1871-7 May 1872
The Geological Club, 27 February 1874
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B3/6
Scope and Contents
Written by Arabella Buckley. Summarised as 'Lyell - answer to Geol. CLub Testimonial'. Includes Lyell's comment "I can truly say that my fifty years of intercourse with the Club has been uninterrupted by a single jar. and if during so long a period as half a century many of my deariest friends & companions have, in the course of nature, passed away yet my feelings towards those of a younger generation who fill their places is one of the warmest interest & pleasure as I see them...
Dates:
27 February 1874
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- Caves 3
- Elephant bones 3
- Bones 2
- Geology, Stratigraphic Cambrian 2
- Lake District (England) 2
- Moel Tryfan 2
- Raised Beaches 2
- Abbeville Jaw 1
- Aldborough (North Yorkshire, England) 1
- Amiens (France) 1
- Artesian wells 1
- Arthur, King (Legendary Character) 1
- Athenæum Club (London, England) 1
- Aurignacian culture 1
- Aurignacian culture--France 1
- Australia -- Queensland 1
- Bangor (Wales) 1
- Barry Island (Barry, Wales) 1
- Bordeaux, France 1
- Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France 1
- Ceratodus 1
- Clay 1
- Cromer (England) 1
- Darwinism 1
- Demerara 1
- Devon, England 1
- Drift 1
- Druids and druidism 1
- England -- Suffolk 1
- Folkestone (England) 1
- Formations (Geology) 1
- Fossil Wood 1
- Fossil shells 1
- Fossils 1
- Fossils, Classification of 1
- Geology Museums 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Miocene 1
- Germany 1
- Glacial Epoch 1
- Glaciers 1
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Scotland 1
- Gold mines and mining 1
- Guiana 1
- Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales 1
- Herne Bay (England) 1
- Hippopotamus (Genus), Fossil 1
- Hoxne (England) 1
- Hull (England) 1
- Iron-works 1
- Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland 1
- Italy 1
- Lancaster (England) 1
- Lichfield (England) 1
- Llandudno (Wales) 1
- Lochranza 1
- Lomond, Loch (Scotland) 1
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence from 1
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 1
- Malta 1
- Mammalian remains (Archaeology) 1
- Margate, Kent, England 1
- Martello towers 1
- Mastodon 1
- Menai Straits Bridge (Wales) 1
- Museums 1
- New Caledonia (Colony) 1
- New Zealand 1
- Norfolk (England) 1
- Paleolithic period 1
- Paris basin (France) 1
- Pembrokeshire (Wales) 1
- Penrith (England) 1
- Proteaceae 1
- Puy-de-Dôme (France : Department) 1
- Severn River (Wales and England) 1
- Sills (Geology) 1
- Snowdon (Wales) 1
- Sweden 1
- The Trossachs, Stirling, Scotland 1
- Toulouse (France) 1
- Trees 1
- Valleys 1
- Wales -- Gwynedd -- Caernarfon 1
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