Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh)
Person
Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Home-Milne, David to Charles Lyell, 24 August 1871 - 9 May 1874
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/135
Scope and Contents
Lyell's own summarises are given in quotation marks:
1) Milne Home Aug '71 Macclesfield Shells'
2) Milne Home- The pact-Roman use in Firth of Forth, June 1872'. The letter discusses Home's work on a discovery of a stone covered in Roman Sculpture at Bo'ness on the Forth Estuary.
3) Letter contains information about the Roman tablet found about 15 feet above the Kish Water Mark.
4) Milne Home 'on Post Roman use of land, Sept 5 1872'. Milne-Home to visit where the...
Dates:
24 August 1871 - 9 May 1874
Lochs Eport and Maddy, c1877
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/9/6
Scope and Contents
To an 1865 reprint of the map created from a survey of 1859, covering parts of North Uist, minor annotations have been added.
Dates:
c1877
Lock of hair, late 19th century
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/10/1
Scope and Contents
A lock of blond hair, possibly from one of James Geikie's children.
Dates:
late 19th century
Map of Lewis, c1875
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/10
Scope and Contents
Geologically annotated map of the Isle of Lewis.
Dates:
c1875
Map of Vissoye, 1892
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/2
Scope and Contents
Map of the area of Switzerland around St Luc with minor annotations.
Dates:
1892
Maps, 1805-1915
Series
Identifier: Coll-99/11
Scope and Contents
- annotated geological maps
- ordnance survey maps
- general maps
- specialist maps
- guidebooks and related material
Dates:
1805-1915
Minute Book No 8, 17 April 1879 - 29 April 1897
Item — Volume MS 2918.2: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/8
Scope and Contents
Notebook containing minutes of ordinary meetings with approximately 500 pages. Full details of the Society's business is recorded including: details of honorary, corresponding and normal membership. Also included are details of the nomination of the first lady associate, Grace Milne-Home on 04 May 1893 and the formation of a student membership class on 18 February 1892. Reports from Annual General Meetings include details of office-bearers and their election, financial details,...
Dates:
17 April 1879 - 29 April 1897
Miscellaneous, late 19th-early 20th century
Series
Identifier: Coll-99/10
Scope and Contents
- awards & commemorations
- legal documents
- presscuttings
- publications
Dates:
late 19th-early 20th century
Notebook, 1882-1889
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/10/11
Scope and Contents
Notebook entitled 'Catalogue of Microscopic Sections, James Geikie, 1882)', also containing exam marks for the 'Ladies [Geology] Class' (1889), with enclosed exam papers and notes.
Dates:
1882-1889
Notebook No.256, 20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/256
Scope and Contents
This dark green notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 20 April 1869 to 10 September 1869. Lyell starts in England and travels through Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria, with special attention to the Lake District. He then travels to Scotland, and from Edinburgh through Perthshire and the Highlands. Transcription note: This notebook was written by Charles, Mary and Arabella Buckley. The index is written entirely by...
Dates:
20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869