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Autograph signed letter from Charles Hotham to Sir Roderick Murchison
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1731
Scope and Contents
Addressed from Port Philip Heads, Melbourne, 10 July 1855, the autograph letter signed by Sir Charles Hotham (then lieutenant governor of
the Australian colony of Victoria) is to the geologist Sir Roderick Murchison (1792-1871).The letter begins with Hotham assuring Murchison that with regard to the
'pretensions' of 'Mr. Clarke' (meaning the geologist William Branwhite Clarke, 1798-1878), in claiming to
have made the first discovery of gold in Australia, he is 'delighted' that Murchison...
Dates:
10 July 1855
Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents
The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of:
personal, organisational and scientific correspondence
geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours
reprints of his work
miscellaneous lecture notes
student's lecture notes
lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston
proofs for...
Dates:
1851-1921
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-203
Scope and Contents
- 10 boxes of correspondence
- 2 boxes of miscellaneous papers and lecture notes
- 24 boxes of offprints of papers
- 294 notebooks
Dates:
1820-1874
Papers of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison and his Family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-51
Scope and Contents
- Family papers
- Papers of Kenneth Murchison
- Papers of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison
Dates:
1771-1935
Records of Edinburgh Geological Society
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-43
Scope and Contents
The collection contains minute books of general and council meetings from 1834 to 1982; treasurer's accounts; laws, lists and rolls of members; membership applications; and, billets of meetings 1879 to 1939, and 1939-1990; correspondence; and, papers read 1863-64. Printed items include a history of the Edinburgh Geological Society; proceedings of the Society; copies of the Edinburgh Geologist; leaflets; and geological excursion guides.
Dates:
1834-1990
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- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 1
- Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856 (man of letters and geologist) 1
- Murchison, Kenneth, 1751-1796 (father of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison) 1
- Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist) 1
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