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Correspondence:Henry Hyatt Howell to Arthur Roope Hunt, 1884-1909

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/5
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The Correspondence: Henry Hyatt Howell to Arthur Roope Hunt sub-series consists of:


  1. 22 letters, alphabetically arranged (1884-1909)
Dates: 1884-1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Letter to Alexander MacMillan from DT Austed, 09 June 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/3
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Letter to Alexander MacMillan from DT Austed thanking him for a copy of Memoir of Edward Forbes, FRS, ( 1861) and criticising its content. He requests the return of material he submitted from Sir Archibald Geikie.

Dates: 09 June 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'

Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie, 22 October 1862

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/4/1
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Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie. Geikie discusses Boog-Watson's geological mapping of the south end of Arran and compares it with his own mapping of the Isle of Bute, the Cumbrae Islands, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire. He discusses Scotland's old red sandstone unconformity. He extends an invitation to join him in mapping Tinto Hill as soon as his expected working visit from Lennox is over.

Dates: 22 October 1862
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence with Robert Boog-Watson

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from A Bachellery, 22 July 1898

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/1
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from A Bachellery thanking Geikie for letters of introduction to a number of geologists. He reports that these introductions had led to successful geological tours while he was visiting Great Britain.

Dates: 22 July 1898
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: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 17 November 1860

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/39
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan concerning a delay with the printer Thomas Constable. He also tells him that he is trying to trace James Scott Bowerbank via Thomas Henry Huxley and that he encloses a letter to be forwarded from Charles Kingsley to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay.

Dates: 17 November 1860
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'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 06 March 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/46
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan inviting him to dinner and commenting on the Yelverton bigamy case.

Dates: 06 March 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'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 11 January 1882

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/9
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton congratulating him on his appointment as Director General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 11 January 1882
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 05 May 1883

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/14
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton discussing the fossiliferous Upper Cambrian metamorphosed sandstone shales found at Lake Superior and the Grand Canyon. At Lake Superior these beds overlie 1400 feet of unfossiliferous sandstone and shale, interspersed with layers of copper bearing metamorphosed volcanic ash. These are the same as the Huronian metamorphic beds at Lake Huron which are possibly of the Lower Cambrian age due to an unconformity (as identified by...
Dates: 05 May 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward Best, 01 September 1884

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/47
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward Best telling him of his eventful journey from London to Bournemouth, in which his ship was stuck on a sandbank off Deptford for 2 hours. He remarks that raw sewage is present in the water at this location. He tells Geikie about the house he is staying in, the gardens and the surrounding countryside.

Dates: 01 September 1884
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: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from FJ Bennett, 29 July 1885

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/40
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from FJ Bennett enclosing 2 [newspaper clippings] and good wishes.

Dates: 29 July 1885
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: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

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