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Addresses and Speeches, c. 1850s - 1870s
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 3.12: Series Coll-203/B14; Series Coll-203/B15
Identifier: Coll-203/B15
Scope and Contents
Series of printed addresses given by Charles Lyell, including:
1) Printed Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London, 15th Feb 1850 and awarding Wollaston Medal to Peter Hopkins. Unopened.
2) Printed Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London, 21st Feb 1851 and awarding Wollaston Medal to Adam Sedgwick. Unopened.
3) Manuscript speech delivered by Lyell at the [New York City] Crystal Palace Banquet,...
Dates:
c. 1850s - 1870s
Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche , 1831-1873
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Scope and Contents
This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury.Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...
Dates:
1831-1873
Ephemera relating to American Tour, 1840s
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 3.14: Series Coll-203/B18; Series Coll-203/B17
Identifier: Coll-203/B17
Scope and Contents
Card of Columbia College 1853;
Certificates from Niagara Falls recording the passing behind the falls to Termination Rock 7th June 1842. One issued for Charles Lyell and one for Mary Lyell, signed Isaiah Starkey;
Handwritten itinerary of US Tours 1845, 1845 - 1846;
Chronological time line of his life from 1804 to 1875.
Dates:
1840s
Letter from Alexis de Tocqueville to Louis Antoine Pagnerre relating to Charles Lyell, 31 December 1850
Item — Box CLX-A-387
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0048
Scope and Contents
Letter in French from Alexis de Tocqueville to Louis Antoine Pagnerre (Paris publisher of Tocqueville's Democracy in America), relating to the publication of Charles Lyell's book about the USA in French. Tocqueville is asking Pagnerre to publish Lyell's book, saying that Lyell doesn't want any money for it and will provide the engravings plates. Sorrento, Italy, 31 December 1850.
Dates:
31 December 1850
Letters from Abbot, Henry to Charles Lyell, 10 January 1866 - 8 May 1866
File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/1
Scope and Contents
Letters from Abbot responding to enquiries from Lyell on the Mississippi Delta. Includes a letter from Humphreys to Abbot.
Dates:
10 January 1866 - 8 May 1866
Miscellaneous Papers, 1831-1864
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.22 (Formerly Gen 119): Series Coll-203/5 (Lyell 5); Series Coll-203/6 (Lyell 6); Series Coll-203/7 (lyell 7); Series Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8)
Identifier: Coll-203/7 (lyell 7)
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous Papers consists of:
address by Sir Charles Lyell on Charles Darwin receiving the Copley Medal (1864)
list of mollusca by Searles Valentine Wood
printed pages from an article or book in German, translated as 'Excerpts from Letters of Professor Fr. Hoffmann, incomplete. Also, pages detailing in German, Aetna area, the foot of the mountain at the Simeto Valley...
Dates:
1831-1864
Notebook No.3, 1826- 1826
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 1: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/3
Scope and Contents
This notebook is written primarily in ink. Subjects include scholarship and university arrangements in other nations, religion, and notes on recent geological discoveries. on page 121 there is a list of ch[apters], indexed as 'essays' indicating Lyell's notes on his proposed book. Three pages are missing. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook,...
Dates:
1826- 1826
Notebook No.4, May 1827- June 1827
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/4
Scope and Contents
This notebook is a mix of geological observations, ruminations, and illustrations, Lyell also writes on law, society, and the church. A light natural leather journal, the cover reads "Index inside C" in ink. The notebook is written in pencil and ink. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform...
Dates:
May 1827- June 1827
Notebook No.41, June 1831- July 1831
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/41
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains two different handwriting styles, one definitively Lyell's. On p. 65 is "The Landing of the Pilgrims fathers in New England" dated 13 July 1851, handwriting differs from Lyell's; largely notes in pencil, subjects include Captain Cook on Mercia earthquake, volcanic activity, Sandwich island. The front cover reads "June 1831", the back page is missing, and the index is pasted to the back cover. The...
Dates:
June 1831- July 1831
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