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Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton, 05 March 1880 - 06 June 1891

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton sub-series consists of:


  1. 18 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) concerning geological observations in the United States and the organisation of the USGS (1880-1891)
Dates: 05 March 1880 - 06 June 1891
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Drainage Map, showing a portion of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, 1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/9
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Drainage Map, showing a portion of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, 1879, surveyed by the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Primary triangulation by AD Wilson; Topography by Henry Gannett, GB Chittenden, Gustavus R Bechler and FA Clark.

Dates: 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 21 July 1884

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/16
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton telling him that he is undertaking field work in New Mexico. He is concentrating on the plateau country aided by good topographic maps of the region. He tells Geikie that there are landforms and cliffs similar to those in Utah and Arizona with exposures of Triassic, Permain and Cretaceous strata. These are overlain with evidence of volcanic activity, ancient basalt of 50-200 feet depth on the plateau. Young basalt, in vast lava...
Dates: 21 July 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton, 05 March 1880

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/1
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton asking him to suggest 100 possible British and Irish recipients for gratuitous copies of his monograph on the volcanic geology of Utah: Report on the Geology of the High Plateaus of Utah, with Atlas, ( 1880) Includes a pencil list of possible recipients.

Dates: 05 March 1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Map of the Green River, 1873

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/16
Scope and Contents

Map of the Green River from the Union Pacific Railroad to the mouth of the White River.

Dates: 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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

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Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey) 3
United States Geological Survey 3
American Institute of Mining Engineers (1871-:) 1
Ames, Mary L, fl1904 (daughter of J Peter Lesley and cousin of Benjamin Smith Lyman) 1
Ami, Henry Marc, 1858-1931 (Canadian scientist) 1
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Bascom, Florence, 1862-1945 (American geologist) 1
Bechler, Gustavus R, fl1879 (topographer, United States Geological Survey) 1
Becker, George Ferdinand, 1847-1919 (American geologist) 1
Bell, Robert, 1841-1917 (Director of the Geological Survey of Canada) 1
Chittenden, GB, fl1879 (topographer, United States Geological Survey) 1
Clark, FA, fl1879 (topographer, United States Geological Survey) 1
Clark, William Bullock, 1860-1917 (American geologist) 1
Clarke, John Mason, 1857-1925 (American geologist) 1
Davis, William Morris, 1850-1934 (American geographer and geologist) 1
Gannett, Henry, fl1879| geographer, United States Geological Survey 1
Geological Society of London (1807-:) 1
Geological Survey of Canada (1842-:) 1
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918 (American geologist) 1
Hague, Arnold, 1840-1917 (American geologist) 1
Hayden, Ferdinand Vandiveer, 1829-1887 (American geologist) 1
Hobbs, William Herbert, 1864-1952 (American geologist) 1
International Geodetic Association (fl1904) 1
Johns Hopkins University (1876-:) 1
Le Conte, Joseph, 1823-1901 (American physiologist and geologist) 1
Lesley, J Peter, 1819-1903 (American geologist) 1
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920 (American geologist and mining engineer) 1
MacMillan Publishers Ltd (1843-:) 1
Maryland Geological Survey (1896-:) 1
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906 (American geologist) 1
Stevenson, John James, 1841-1924 (American geologist) 1
Thoroddsen, Thorvaldur, 1855-1921 (Icelandic naturalist) 1
Walcott, Charles Doolittle, 1850-1927 (American geologist) 1
Washington, Henry Stephens, 1867-1934 (American petrologist and geologist) 1
Wilson, AD, fl1878 (topographer, United States Geological Survey) 1
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