Angus (Scotland)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 49, 1884
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/3/3
Scope and Contents
Colour-coded geological map of south-east Angus and north-east Fife, from a survey in 1884 by James Geikie, Henry Hyatt Howell and HM Skae as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.
Dates:
1884
Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 49, 1888
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/4/7
Scope and Contents
Colour-coded geological map of part of south-east Angus and north-east Fife, from a survey of or prior to 1884 by James Geikie and Henry Hyatt Howell as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.
Dates:
1888
"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
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/3/25
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...
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...
Dates:
21 October 1840 - 8 December 1840
Notebook No.153, 19 July 1847 - 6 September 1847
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/153
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 19 July 1847 to 18 September 1847 [the stated end date is inferred from the start date of the following notebook]. There is an abstract of a ‘Times Sept. 6. 1847’ article and a discussion in response to a letter from Charles Darwin dated 8 September 1847. Lyell is home in Kinnordy with no excursions or visited locales being explicitly recorded during this time. The approximate first third of the daily entries are focused on the management of...
Dates:
19 July 1847 - 6 September 1847
Notebook No.158, 16 December 1848 - 14 August 1849
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/158
Scope and Contents
This notebook is a record of Charles Lyell’s memoranda, writings, and reflections from 16 December 1848 - 14 August 1849 while he was in London and at Kinnordy. Approximately the first two thirds of the notebook covers his time in London, followed by his return to Kinnordy [definitively stated to be there as of 10 July 1849]. Lyell was primarily working on the final preparation of his manuscript of A Second Visit to the United States of North America for publication during the time he was in...
Dates:
16 December 1848 - 14 August 1849
Notebook No.159, 16 August 1849 - 20 September 1849
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/159
Scope and Contents
This notebook continues on from number 158, with Lyell at Kinnordy, Scotland, and continuing his study of the nearby geology, in discussion with Charles Bunbury and featuring sketches of sites and plants. On September 10th Lyell travels south, and is in Edinburgh at Mackay's Hotel, Princes Street with Dr. Fleming, then to Birmingham, Coventry and on to Warwick, Kenilworth Castle, Wolverhampton and into Shropshire and Staffordshire. Lyell's own...
Dates:
16 August 1849 - 20 September 1849
Notebook No.257, September 1869 - April 1870
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/257
Transcription note:
This dark green notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 10 September 1869 to 23 April 1870, and continues from the previous volume (256) starting in Scotland. Lyell travels from the Scottish Highlands, to Glasgow and Dumfries, then onto Devonshire, Suffolk, Somerset, and finishes back in Devon. Lyell attends meetings of various Societies, and writes about his correspondence with and the work of other notable researchers of the time. ...
Dates:
September 1869 - April 1870