Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 (American naturalist and industrialist)
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of Alexander E.R. Aggasiz
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-96
Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Alexander E. R. Agassiz is mainly about coral reefs. There are letters to Sir Charles Wyville Thomson and to Sir John Murray (1841-1914). There is also material on Agassiz's life and scientific work.
Dates:
circa 1867-1910
Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt, 17 November 1860 - 01 December 1900
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/6
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt sub-series consists of:
- 20 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie, alphabetically arranged (1860-1900)
Dates:
17 November 1860 - 01 December 1900
Letters from Agassiz, Alexander to Charles Lyell, 1 December 1869 - 17 April 1874
File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/4
Scope and Contents
Letters from Agassiz on Temnechinus [Sea Urchin] of Crag, dredged off of Florida, and Salensia of Chalk. Makes reference to D'Archiac's research on Nummulites of India and similarities with Florida. Dredge depths given. Letters also on Glacial of America. On the death of his father, he writes to ask Lyell for any correspondence between him and his father, or reviews or publications, as he and his mother are compiling his father's biography. Final letter thanks Lyell for his contribution...
Dates:
1 December 1869 - 17 April 1874
Notebook No.257, September 1869- April 1870
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/257
Transcription note:
This dark green notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 10 September 1869 to 23 April 1870, and continues from the previous volume (256) starting in Scotland. Lyell travels from the Scottish Highlands, to Glasgow and Dumfries, then onto Devonshire, Suffolk, Somerset, and finishes back in Devon. Lyell attends meetings of various Societies, and writes about his correspondence with and the work of other notable researchers of the time. ...
Dates:
September 1869- April 1870
Postcard to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander Agassiz, c1861-c1873
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/2
Scope and Contents
Postcard to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander Agassiz thanking him for a copy of James Hutton's work Theory of the Earth, ( 1795) for the library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Dates:
c1861-c1873
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- Archival Object 4
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- Social Interaction 2
- Angus (Scotland) 1
- Ben Nevis Kilmallie (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Caledonian Canal (Scotland) 1
- Cambridge (Massachusetts, United States) 1
- Campsie (Scotland) 1
- Coral Reefs and Islands 1
- Dumfries (Scotland) 1
- Geologists 1
- Geology, Publications 1
- Glasgow (Scotland) 1
- Glen Clova 1
- Kilmarnock (Scotland) 1
- Kilmaurs (Scotland) 1
- Laggan, Loch (Highland, Scotland) 1
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 1
- Marine biology | 1
- Naturalists 1
- Professional Interaction 1
- Roy, Glen (Highland, Scotland) 1
- Scholarly Publishing 1
- Scotland -- Clyde River 1
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