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Geological Mapping

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

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Thomas Lauder Brunton to William Sweetland Dallas, 1857-1913

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/10
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Thomas Lauder Brunton to William Sweetland Dallas sub-series consists of:


  1. 74 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie, alphabetically arranged (1857-1913)
Dates: 1857-1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H)

Correspondence: WA Herdman to Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1872-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/3
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: WA Herdman to Joseph Dalton Hooker sub-series consists of:


  1. 33 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1900)
Dates: 1872-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie, 31 May 1861

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/50
Scope and Contents

Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie sending him the dry proofs of the Edinburgh [geological map] for correction. He discusses Ramsay's editorial comments concerning sensitive material about the School of Mines and the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and justifies their inclusion in his 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. He apologises that the passage has caused distress but regrets that it is now too late to remove them as the book had gone to press.

Dates: 31 May 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

Drainage Map, showing a portion of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, 1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/9
Scope and Contents

Drainage Map, showing a portion of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, 1879, surveyed by the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Primary triangulation by AD Wilson; Topography by Henry Gannett, GB Chittenden, Gustavus R Bechler and FA Clark.

Dates: 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Boston lectures

Economic Map of Colorado, c1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/17
Scope and Contents

Economic Map of Colorado by the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories.

Dates: c1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Boston lectures

Geological Map of Scotland, 1876

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/11
Scope and Contents

Hand coloured geological map of Scotland produced by Sir Archibald Geikie.

Dates: 1876
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 26, 1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/4/2
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of parts of Berwickshire, Selkirkshire and Roxburghshire, from a survey of or prior to 1879 by Sir Archibald Geikie, James Geikie and Benjamin Neeve Peach as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Survey Maps of Scotland (2)

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 31, 1875

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/3/1
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of counties of Dumbarton and parts of the surrounding counties, from a survey of or prior to 1875 by Sir Archibald Geikie, James Geikie, Edward Hull, Benjamin Neeve Peach and Robert Logan Jack as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Maps Survey of Scotland (1)

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 32, 1892

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/4/3
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of Edinburgh and part of Midlothian, from a survey of or prior to 1859 by Sir Archibald Geikie and Henry Hyatt Howell as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Survey Maps of Scotland (2)

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 32, 1863

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/4/4
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of part of Berwickshire, from a survey of or prior to 1863 by Sir Archibald Geikie and Henry Hyatt Howell as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1863
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Survey Maps of Scotland (2)

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