North America

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Notes and text for five lectures on geology. Sir Archibald Geikie placed civilisation, religion and mythology in the context of geological development, looking at geolgical formations and the processes and materials involved in their creation.

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Ilustration of a family of elk (male and female adults and young) in a forested setting from a book.

Scope and Contents Marked 'Mackinnon A14' and noted thus in previous historical records. The title of the booklet, Beatha an America mu Thuath, or, as it would be written in modern Scottish Gaelic, Beatha ann an Aimeireaga a Tuath translates to English as 'Life in North America'. The title is descriptive as this appears to be a booklet about why and how Scots would move to North America, with specific mention of Canada and New England. This does...

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Volume containing "Proceedings of His Majesty's Commissioners appointed ... to treat, consult and agree upon the means of quieting the disorders subsisting in certain of the Colonies, Plantations, and Provinces of North America. 1778-1779"; several different hands; marginal notes describing original contents; table of contents pp 361-365.

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The Correspondence: Sir John Stuart Keltie to Herbert Kynaston sub-series consists of:

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Notes for 5 lectures on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles' given to the Royal Institution in 1884, along with printed abstracts. Sir Archibald Geikie focused on geological formations around the British Isles, with comparisons from European and North American locations, looking at the materials of which they are composed and the processes which went into their creation.

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Notes and text for seven lectures looking at the geological history of the American continent, looking at specific locations therein, based partly on results from American survey work. These locations were related to to other places around the world, particularly in Britain and Europe. A variety of geological formations were looked at, including that of the continent itself, considering the materials which make them up and the geological timeframe.

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 6 June 1846 to 14 June 1846, while on the RMS Britannia, from the approximate midpoint through to the end of the ocean passage and arrival back home in England. The Lyells departed from Boston on 1 June, to Halifax, and and arrived in Liverpool on 13 June 1846. While the disembarkment is recounted at the end of the previous notebook, the last journal entry here was written on the following day recording Lyell’s observations enroute from...

Scope and Contents Notes for 6 lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', encompasing a wide variety of related subjects. Sir Archibald Geike looked at various geological periods and how both the areas occupied by land and water changed over time. He looked at the creation of many geological formations, at the materials they were composed of and the processes involved, including the infleunce of different elements within the natural world. He used as examples numerous locations, mostly within the British Isles but...

Scope and Contents Approximately 75 mostly handwritten leaves, including a 2-page colour drawing of Burrum chundalle, an extract from a history of Louisiana by W. de Page du Pratz (1783); extract from a history of Sumatra by William Marsden (1783); extract from the 'Constitution of the German Empire', s.n., s.d.; extract from 'Baretti's Account of the Manners and Customs of Italy' (1775); extract from 'Baretti's Travels Thro' England Portugal Spain & France to Genoa (1760); extract from 'Travels thro'...