Angus (Scotland)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
"Lavia of Glamis", Aberdeen -Angus Heifer, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1352
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the Aberdeen-Angus heifer, "Lavia of Glamis" standing in a field in the late 19th or early 20th century. The heifer was bred and owned by the Earl of Strathmore, Glamis Castle.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder regarding the geology of Forfarshire, 16 March 1825
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Identifier: Coll-203/3/18
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder discussing various geological matters including the heights of diluvium in the Forfarshire area, the lochs in the Forfarshire area and his suspicions that land near Cortachie had once been a lake, marl deposition in the Forfarshire and Borders areas of Scotland and flints found in Aberdeenshire, 16 March 1825.
Dates:
16 March 1825
Notebook No.83, 30 July 1840-12 October 1840
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/83
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains notes on France, London, and Kinnordy, predominantly pencil in first part, containing field notes and multiple sketches of geological formations. Notes include significant list of Norwich Crag fossils sent to Dr Fleming, some drawings with use of colour evident; notes on glacial moraines observed in Angus with Dr. Buckland. Index on p. 113-116, both covers are blank. The following table of contents is Lyell's...
Dates:
30 July 1840-12 October 1840
Notebook No.85, 21 October 1840-8 December 1840
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/85
Scope and Contents
This marbled paper and red leather notebook includes Charles Lyell's geological notes on Kinnordy and surrounding area, as well as other areas of Scotland, illustrated with a watercolor cross section on page 61. There are also 'to do' lists, notes on correspondence sent, meeting agendas and lists of persons to whom papers were sent, and notes on conversations with Agassiz. He makes more observations on glacial moraines, and lists of Faluns fossils. Notes are in pencil and ink and complete index...
Dates:
21 October 1840-8 December 1840
Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire, 1817-1841
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.21 (Formerly Gen 118): Series Coll-203/2 (Lyell 2); Series Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3); Series Coll-203/4 (Lyell 4)
Identifier: Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3)
Scope and Contents
The notes and correspondence on the Geology of Forfarshire consist of:
- notes
- sketchbooks
- geological cross sections
- correspondence
Dates:
1817-1841
Notes for paper on Sections of Isla, [Melgus], Prosen and South Esk, c1822-1824
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Identifier: Coll-203/3/16
Scope and Contents
Notes for a paper on sections of Isla, [Melges], Prosen and South Esk containing information from publications and other scientists about rock types in Forfarshire. c1822-1824.
Dates:
c1822-1824
Notes on sandstone and alluvium, c1822-1824
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Identifier: Coll-203/3/15
Scope and Contents
Notes relating to the way in which sandstone and alluvium beds have been formed in the geology of the Cortachy and Prosen areas of Forfarshire and notes relating to Sir Charles Lyell's disagreement concerning Sir Fleming's reasoning about alluvial hills near Arbroath, c1822-1824.
Dates:
c1822-1824
Notes on specimens collected in Forfarshire, c1822-1824
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Identifier: Coll-203/3/17
Scope and Contents
Numbered list of locations where Sir Charles Lyell collected rock samples, c1822-1824.
Dates:
c1822-1824
Section of Marl opposite the house at Kinnordy, 1827
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/3/19
Scope and Contents
List of layers of material forming marl opposite the house at Kinnordy (Angus) with measurements for the depths of layers, 1827.
Dates:
1827
Section of Part of Forfarshire from N.N.S. From Glen Moy Through the Bahie Loch to Dundee, c1822-1824
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Identifier: Coll-203/3/4
Scope and Contents
Geological cross-section in watercolour and ink showing Sidlaw Hills, Strathmore and the Grampians in Forfarshire. Scale: half an inch to a mile. c1822-1824
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Dates:
c1822-1824