Allport, Samuel, fl1870-1882 (geologist and librarian)

Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt, 17 November 1860 - 01 December 1900

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6

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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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H)

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport, 16 February 1870

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/6

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport inviting him to come and see his collection of igneous rocks and thin sections on the 28 February 1870 or 01 March 1870 .

Dates: 16 February 1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport, 14 February 1874

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/7

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport asking him for a copy of his recent paper on the connection between metamorphism and volcanic action.

Dates: 14 February 1874

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport, 03 October 1874

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/8

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport thanking him for copies of his papers, and telling him that as he had already seen the one on earth sculpture he had passed them on to other parties.

Dates: 03 October 1874

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport, 24 March 1877

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/9

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport asking for the address of a rock collector, employed by the Geological Survey, who would be able to procure him rock specimens from a number of locations.

Dates: 24 March 1877

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport, 29 March 1877

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/10

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport declining his offer of rock specimens from the Edinburgh area, as these would be duplicates, and asking if it would be possible to send him some specimens from Fife.

Dates: 29 March 1877