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Notebook No.53, May 1834- May 1834
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/53
Scope and Contents
Red leather notebook, cover reads "Sweden, May 1834". The contents include lists of books, packing lists, geological observations with small and large sketches. p.23 - List of clothing to pack; p.105 - Strata in Taleren Notes are made in pencil with some ink edits or additions and are notes often only on one side of a page. The index is pasted to the back cover. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's...
Dates:
May 1834- May 1834
Notebook No.61, September 1835- January 1836
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/61
Scope and Contents
This black leather notebook contains notes from Lyell's trip to Denmark, and from meeting with Dr. Heinrich Beck. There are also notes on scholarship and news from other notable natural history correspondents. Notes are in a mixture of pencil and ink, there are some sketches, and multiple blank pages. The index is pasted to the back page, and the front cover is blank. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from...
Dates:
September 1835- January 1836
Notebook No.63, August 1836- April 1837
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/63
Lyell's Own Index
This black leather notebook contains Lyell's notes on current scholarship from other well-known natural history colleagues, including Darwin, Deshayes, Blackadder, Owen, and more. Notes are made in pencil and ink with some sketches. The index is pasted to the back cover, and the front cover is blank. This notebook has a reference in the index on page 56, to 'Darwin St Helena Shells' which links to a specimen held by the Cockburn Geological Museum reference EUCM.0180.2013....
Dates:
August 1836- April 1837
Notebook No.65, June 1837- June 1837
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/65
Scope and Contents
This green leather notebook contains Lyell's notes while traveling in Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyell's address is written on the inside cover, "Charles Lyell, 16 Hart St, Bloomsbury Sq, London". Notes are hasty lists and reflections in pencil and ink, with some blank pages and only small sketches. Notes pertain largely to shells, mollusks, and work done by Dr. Heinrich Heinrichsen Beck, likely from his 1837 'Index of Mollusca'. The following...
Dates:
June 1837- June 1837
Notebook No.68, August 1837- September 1837
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/68
Scope and Contents
This black and red marbled paper covered notebook contains Lyell's notes from Copenhagen to Paris, focusing on scholarship of shells from notable colleagues. The index is located in the last pages of the notebook, p. 119-121, and the address index is written in the inside cover. The front cover plate reads "No. 68, E, Charles Lyell, Aug[ust]-Sept[ember] 1837, Copenhagen to Paris, Index p. 119". The following table of contents is Lyell's...
Dates:
August 1837- September 1837
Notebook No.79, 21 October 1839- February 1840
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/79
Scope and Contents
This dark leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes in pencil and ink, field notes, thinking and 'to do' lists. There are many references to Darwin; 'Elements' published - and page 79 includes workings on edits. Index is in written in alphabetical order at the back of the notebook. The front and back covers are blank. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and...
Dates:
21 October 1839- February 1840