Box Box 1.2

Scope and Contents Three folders of correspondence, from James Croll - the first 2 folders only have been catalogued, and which differ in detail of cataloguing, the first one being done to a high level of detail, the second only capturing the summary created by Lyell's team: Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll regarding the velocity of light and the effects that has on the temperature of the earth during the glacial period. He mentions the theories of Foucault, Le Verrier and Legrange, 1 March...

Scope and Contents Crotch refers to his two visits to the Canary Islands and his plans to write an entomological history of the Island, refers to the works of M. Hastings, and includes photographs of his sketches of ‘the valley of Hermigua’. Lyell has summarised these letters as: 1) Crotch on canaries and old rocks of Hierro. 2) Crotch on Canary Islands This letter refers to the work of M. Hastings, and includes labelled diagrams of large caverns and the movement of water through them. There are 4...

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Summarise on the envelopes as:
1) Moel Tryfan shells, Nueula / Leda pemula / Saxicava rugosa, Augt. 26 1863, answered
2) Moel Tryfan, Height of Trimmer's shaft, Sept 1863
3) Moel Tryfan shells, climate of, Nov 3 1863
4) List of Moel Tryan Shells, 15 Nov 1863
5) D Macclesfield, Moel Tryfan Drift Shells, Sept 17/72

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Darwin mentions that he is in the process of completing writing his book, however, he finds this process to be "overwhelming".

Scope and Contents From the Series: 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...

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Written at Montreal, and addressed to Lyell via George Ticknor, Boston. On icebergs, including an account of viewing one on board the steamship Britainia [sic] on her voyage from Liverpool to Boston, 1845.

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One empty envelope with contents summarised as 'Principal Dawson On Genesis and Geology' Dec 26th 1855 - contents missing. Letter from George M Dawson, Junior, on his father's memoir, also not included.

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Written by Dawson whilst in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Contents include 'Dawson on geology of Nova Scotia', 'Shubenacadie section maps', 'Foot tracks of animals in coal strata', ‘Dawson Scriptural' , 'Prince Edward, coal? or New Red?', 'travels', 'animal tracks and the impact of rain on these tracks.

Scope and Contents Lyell's notes on the envelopes: 1. 'Delesse on Ch[apter] 28 Manual. June 30 1854' 2. 'Delesse Jan 1. 1855' [no corresponding letter] 3. 'Delesse on advance of [...] Feb 22 1860'. 5. 'Delesse Dec 1865. Metamorphism [wash] anticipated'. 6. 'Delesse May 16 1861. sending papers on [agate] in rocks and [...]. Asking for abstract of it for G.S. when presented. [...] and igneous in origins'. 7. 'Delesse, Société Philomathique' 8. 'Delesse, January 3...

Scope and Contents From the Series: 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...