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Correspondence from John Stuart Blackie, 1880-1882

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/9
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from the John Stuart Blackie sub-series consists of:


  1. 11 letters written from1880-1882
  2. 8 press clippings from the Scotsman, most dated 1873, written by John Stuart Blackie
Dates: 1880-1882

Correspondence: John Phillips to Frederick William Rudler, 1845-1901

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/18
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: John Phillips to Frederick William Rudler sub-series consists of:


  1. 40 letters, alphabetically arranged (1845-1901)
Dates: 1845-1901

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists, 1878-1907

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Identifier: Coll-74/13/1
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists sub-series consists of:


  1. 67 letters and postcards, alphabetically arranged (1878-1907).
Dates: 1878-1907

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Italian, Spanish and Portuguese geologists, 1871-1907

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Identifier: Coll-74/14/4
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Italian, Spanish and Portuguese geologists sub-series includes letters from:


  1. Giovanni Capellini (1886-1904).
  2. WP Jervis (1882-1889).
  3. Giuseppe De Lorenzo (1901-1906).
  4. Gaetno Platania (1893-1906).
Dates: 1871-1907

Lectures on American geological history, c1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/4
Scope and Contents

Notes and text for seven lectures looking at the geological history of the American continent, looking at specific locations therein, based partly on results from American survey work. These locations were related to to other places around the world, particularly in Britain and Europe. A variety of geological formations were looked at, including that of the continent itself, considering the materials which make them up and the geological timeframe.

Dates: c1879

Notes for lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-74/9/1
Scope and Contents Notes for 6 lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', encompasing a wide variety of related subjects. Sir Archibald Geike looked at various geological periods and how both the areas occupied by land and water changed over time. He looked at the creation of many geological formations, at the materials they were composed of and the processes involved, including the infleunce of different elements within the natural world. He used as examples numerous locations, mostly within the British Isles but...
Dates: late 19th century

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  • Names: Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) X
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