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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence: Albert Auguste De Lapparent to Charles Lapworth, 1873-1911

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/11
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: Albert Auguste de Lapparent to Charles Lapworth sub-series consists of:


  1. 38 letters, alphabetically arranged (1873-1911)
Dates: 1873-1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Correspondence from Thomas Henry Huxley, 1860-1888

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/6
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Thomas Henry Huxley sub-series consists of:


  1. 15 letters, chronologically arranged (1860-1888)
Dates: 1860-1888
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Correspondence: John Strong Newberry to John Perry, 1863-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/17
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: John Strong Newberry to John Perry sub-series consists of:


  1. 37 letters, alphabetically arranged (1863-1900)
Dates: 1863-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists, 1878-1907

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/1
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists sub-series consists of:


  1. 67 letters and postcards, alphabetically arranged (1878-1907).
Dates: 1878-1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (international and T-W)

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Japanese geologist, 1870

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/14/6
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Japanese geologist sub-series includes letters from:


  1. 1 letter, (1870)
Dates: 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (European geologists)

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Letters from Sir William James Lloyd Wharton, 1884-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/11
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Letters from Sir William James Lloyd Wharton sub-series includes letters from:


  1. 18 letters, chronologically arranged (1884-1900)
  2. sample of obsidian
Dates: 1884-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (international and T-W)

Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith, 1863-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/19
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith sub-series consists of:


  1. 34 letters, alphabetically arranged (1863/1900)
Dates: 1863-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Duke of Argyll to William Talbot Aveline, 1873-1894

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/7
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Duke of Argyll to William Talbot Aveline sub-series consists of:


  1. 59 letters to the Duke of Argyll (1888-1893) arranged chronologically
  2. 4 telegrams from the Duke of Argyll (1890) arranged chronologically
  3. 4 letters to William Talbot Aveline (1873-1894) arranged chronologically
Dates: 1873-1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H)

Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: FW Egan to John Evans, 1866-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/16
Scope and Contents The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: FW Egan to John Evans sub-series consists of: 2 letters from FW Egan (1897-1900) 5 letters from Sir Philip De Malpas Grey Egerton (1871-1875) 4 letters from the Earl of Enniskillen (1884-1896) 9 letters from Robert Etheridge snr. (1869-1879) 2 letters from Robert Etheridge jnr....
Dates: 1866-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H)

Lecture on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', 1886

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/7/2
Scope and Contents

Notes for 4 lectures on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', given to the Royal Institution in 1886. Sir Archibald Geikie looked at the emergence of types of geological formations against a geological timeframe and how they have been affected by various processes, especially the action of volcanoes and materials produced by them, within the natural world. He used examples from numerous locations from different parts of the British Isles.

Dates: 1886
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Lecture notes

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