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Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie A-M, late 19th century
Series
Identifier: Coll-74/15
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie A-M series consists of:
- letters alphabetically arranged by sender, including those from Charles Robert Darwin, the Geological Society, Joseph Lister, Sir Charles Lyell and Sir Roderick Impey Murchison
- postcards
- obituaries
Dates:
late 19th century
Notebook No.105, 27 September 1842 - 10 December 1842
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/105
Scope and Contents
This green leather notebook contains diverse notes on geology of Perthshire, London, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and proceedings likely of the Geological Society of London. Starts with the inclusion of a poem by Thomas Moore. The index also appears to feature the first mention to Hamilton Couper by Lyell, who notes his paper. The index is written on the final three pages of the notebook, the front and back covers are blank. ...
Dates:
27 September 1842 - 10 December 1842
Printed Papers, c.1829-1864
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.23 (Formerly Gen 119): Series Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8); Series Coll-203/9 (Lyell 9)
Identifier: Coll-203/9 (Lyell 9)
Scope and Contents
Printed Papers consists of:
address delivered by Sir Charles Lyell at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London (1836)
Lithology of the Environs of Edinburgh by Dr Fleming (1856-1857)
Biographical notice of Sir Charles Lyell as President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1864)
press cutting of letter from Sir...
Dates:
c.1829-1864
Smyth, Professor Warrington , 17 June 1858
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B3/14
Scope and Contents
Lyell asks Smyth to loo at three specimens of lava, which he has just referred to in a lecture at the RS. He then showed them to Tennant, and Lyell summarises his opinion. Lyell instructs Smyth to leave the specimens with the porter at Jermyn Street Museum, where he will collect them. He wants to allude to these opinions at the next meeting of the GS 'when Abich's letter is read'.
Dates:
17 June 1858
The Geological Club, 27 February 1874
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B3/6
Scope and Contents
Written by Arabella Buckley. Summarised as 'Lyell - answer to Geol. CLub Testimonial'. Includes Lyell's comment "I can truly say that my fifty years of intercourse with the Club has been uninterrupted by a single jar. and if during so long a period as half a century many of my deariest friends & companions have, in the course of nature, passed away yet my feelings towards those of a younger generation who fill their places is one of the warmest interest & pleasure as I see them...
Dates:
27 February 1874