Nominations for Membership
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Minute Book No 7, 07 November 1867 - 18 March 1879
Item — Volume MS 2918.1: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/7
Scope and Contents
Notebook containing minutes of ordinary meetings with 432 numbered pages. Full details of the Society's business is recorded including: details of honorary, corresponding and normal membership and diplomas awarded, reports from Annual General Meetings including details of office-bearers and their election, financial details, details of the publications of Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, details of donations for the Society's museum and...
Dates:
07 November 1867 - 18 March 1879
Minute Book No 8, 17 April 1879 - 29 April 1897
Item — Volume MS 2918.2: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/8
Scope and Contents
Notebook containing minutes of ordinary meetings with approximately 500 pages. Full details of the Society's business is recorded including: details of honorary, corresponding and normal membership. Also included are details of the nomination of the first lady associate, Grace Milne-Home on 04 May 1893 and the formation of a student membership class on 18 February 1892. Reports from Annual General Meetings include details of office-bearers and their election, financial details,...
Dates:
17 April 1879 - 29 April 1897
Minute Book No 9, 1897-1924
Item — Volume MS 2919.1: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/9
Scope and Contents
Volume containing minutes of ordinary meetings and details of the Society's business. This includes the nomination and election of members such as Henry Briggs in 1908. It also details excursions taken by the society, including one lead by Benjamin Neeve Peach to Lanarkshire. Papers read at meetings and publications in Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society are also covered. There is also an obituary to Charles Lapworth. Presidents during this...
Dates:
1897-1924
Minute Book No 10, 1924-1944
Item — Volume MS 2919.2: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/10
Scope and Contents
Volume containing minutes of ordinary meetings and details of the Society's business. This includes the nomination and election of members. It also details excursions taken by the society, papers read at meetings and publications in Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society are also covered. There are also obituaries to Benjamin Neeve Peach and Henry Moubray Cadell and details of the Clough Memorial Medal for geological work in Scotland and the north of...
Dates:
1924-1944
Minute Book No 11, 1944-1954
Item — Volume MS 2920.1: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/11
Scope and Contents
Volume containing minutes of ordinary meetings and details of the Society's business. This includes the nomination and election of members, accounts, reports and communications from other societies. There are details of excursions taken by the society and papers read at meetings. A large number of items are pasted into the notebook. These include billets of meetings, billets of excursions, lists of office-bearers and reports by office-bearers. Newspaper clippings, giving reports...
Dates:
1944-1954
Minute Book No 12, 1954-1964
Item — Volume MS 2920.2: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/12
Scope and Contents
Volume containing minutes of ordinary meetings and details of the Society's business. This includes the nomination and election of members, accounts, reports and communications from other societies. There are details of excursions taken by the society and papers read at meetings and notices relating to the Clough Memorial Research Fund. A large number of items are pasted into the notebook. These include billets of meetings, billets of excursions, lists of office-bearers and...
Dates:
1954-1964
Minute Book No 13, 1964-1972
Item — Volume MS 2921.1: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/13
Scope and Contents
Volume containing minutes of ordinary meetings and details of the Society's business. This includes the nomination and election of members, accounts and reports. There are also details of papers read at meetings. A large number of items are pasted into the notebook. These include billets of meetings, lists of office-bearers and reports by office-bearers.
Dates:
1964-1972
Minute Book No 14, 1972-1982
Item — Volume MS 2921.2: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-4/1/14
Scope and Contents
Binder containing minutes of ordinary meetings and details of the Society's business. This includes the nomination and election of members, accounts and reports by office bearers. There are also details of papers read at meetings and awards presented.
Dates:
1972-1982
Minute Book No I, 04 December 1834 - 13 August 1840
Item — Volume MS 2917.1: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/1
Scope and Contents
Small notebook containing minutes of meetings. These include: details of membership and those which attended each meeting, details of the development of "laws of the society" including subscription rates, and details of mineral and book purchases. A proposed merger with the Cuverian Society is also noted. Geological questions discussed and conclusions reached are minuted. These include "Is coal of vegetable origin?", "Is Arthur's Seat of acqueous or volcanic origin?" and "What...
Dates:
04 December 1834 - 13 August 1840
Minute Book No II, 27 August 1840 - 04 June 1842
Item — Volume MS 2917.2: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/2
Scope and Contents
Notebook containing minutes of meetings. These include: details of membership including those which attended each meeting and the financial affairs of the Society. Annual reports for 1840 and 1841 are included and summarise the society's activities and finances for the year. Lists of names and addresses of all members are included. Geological questions discussed and conclusions reached are minuted. 4 meetings were spent discussing "Is the glacier theory of Agassiz applicable to...
Dates:
27 August 1840 - 04 June 1842