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Box Lyell Box 1.17 (Formerly Gen 116)

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna, 1857-1858

 Series — Box: Lyell Box 1.17 (Formerly Gen 116)
Identifier: Coll-203/4 (Lyell 4)
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna consists of:


  1. Notes
  2. Sketches and Maps
  3. Geological Cross sections
  4. Correspondence
Dates: 1857-1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Correspondence and Papers concerning Sea Serpents, 1820-1848

 Series — Box: Lyell Box 1.17 (Formerly Gen 116)
Identifier: Coll-203/5 (Lyell 5)
Scope and Contents

Letters and Papers Concerning Sea Serpents consists of:


  1. Notes and clippings regarding sightings of sea serpents, 1820-1848
  2. Letters from Sir John William Dawson, John Fleming, William McGillivray, Alexander Gordon Melville, Patrick Neill, Colonel Parkins and George Robert Waterhouse regarding sea serpents, 1845-1848
Dates: 1820-1848
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Manuscripts on the New Zealand earthquake of 1855, 1855-1868

 Series — Box: Lyell Box 1.17 (Formerly Gen 116)
Identifier: Coll-203/6 (Lyell 6)
Scope and Contents Manuscript notes on the New Zealand Earthquake of 1855, with Lyell drafting his text together - sticking sections together, crossing out lines, and redrafting - including: Three rough working copies of a paper on New Zealand Earthquake of Jan[uar]y 23 1856 [sic] sent to Paris [?] 1856 - an unpublished article. Details conversations 'in London with several gentleman well qualified in scientific conversing...
Dates: 1855-1868
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell