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Found in 1130 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow, 18 May 1875

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/66
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow thanking him for his gift of a copy of his work Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Bart. : based on his journals and letters with notices of his scientific contemporaries and a sketch of the rise and growth of Palaeozoic geology in Britain, ( 1875) . He hopes that the publication will not reopen the historical controversy between Sir Roderick Impey Murchison and Adam Sedgwick.

Dates: 18 May 1875
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 James Bennie, 06 May 1874

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Identifier: Coll-74 Gen.524/8/43
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from James Bennie reporting that he had cleared out the cupboard at Ramsay Lodge, as instructed, and had left the specimens in the greenhouse and returned the papers and the bust of Shakespeare to the office. He thanks Geikie for a present.

Dates: 06 May 1874
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 John Ball, mid-late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/13
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Ball telling him that he will call at the museum the next day as he has to go to Kew on that day.

Dates: mid-late 19th century
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 Sir Robert Stawell Ball, 24 May 1895

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/20
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Robert Stawell Ball inviting Geikie to dine with him at hall in King's College, Cambridge the next day.

Dates: 24 May 1895
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 Spencer Fullerton Baird, 31 May 1878

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/5
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Spencer Fullerton Baird telling him that a letter and package addressed to Professor Jules Marcau has been sent to his address in error. Baird requests that Geikie either return the items to their sender William Wesley or send them on to Professor Marcau.

Dates: 31 May 1878
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 William Hellier Baily, 11 January 1870

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/2
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily thanking him for a postal order. He reports that he is about to visit the Jarrow colliery to try and find some more sauro-batrachian remains.

Dates: 11 January 1870
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 William Hellier Baily, 07 February 1871

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/3
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily telling Geikie that he believes that, in the new edition of an unnamed book, the lists of genera in the section "Life of the Period" should not be included as to make these up to date would require too much editorial work. He reports that he will correct some other portions, at the expense of his own book, but wonders whether Robert Etheridge would have been more suitable for the job. He congratulates Geikie on his forthcoming...
Dates: 07 February 1871
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 William Hellier Baily, 20 August 1875

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/4
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily thanking him for forwarding notices for his book. Baily suggests that the completion of the "Palaeozoic" volume would be a good opportunity to ask the University to subscribe, as formerly discussed.

Dates: 20 August 1875
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 Charles Hubert Hastings Parry from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 01 August 1891

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L117
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Letter, 1 August 1891, Moffat, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Hubert Parry. Description of sketches. Holograph unfinished.

Dates: 01 August 1891
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1892

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L118
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Letter, 1891, Moffat, Donald Tovey to Hubert Parry. Description of sketches. Ms. transcript by Mary Tovey.

Dates: c1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence