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Old Red Sandstone

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence: John Edward Marr to C Neaves, 1852-1899

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/16
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: John Edward Marr to C Neaves sub-series consists of:


  1. 54 letters, alphabetically arranged (1852-1899)
Dates: 1852-1899

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

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

Geological Survey notebook 'T', 1877

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/1/1
Scope and Contents

Drawings and notes on the geology of various parts of Scotland, including Stonehaven, Pentland, Nairn and the Braid Hills. Geological features include curved silurian and old red sandstone.

Dates: 1877

Lecture on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles', 1884

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/7/1
Scope and Contents

Notes for 5 lectures on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles' given to the Royal Institution in 1884, along with printed abstracts. Sir Archibald Geikie focused on geological formations around the British Isles, with comparisons from European and North American locations, looking at the materials of which they are composed and the processes which went into their creation.

Dates: 1884

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

Lectures on American geological history, c1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/4
Scope and Contents

Notes and text for seven lectures looking at the geological history of the American continent, looking at specific locations therein, based partly on results from American survey work. These locations were related to to other places around the world, particularly in Britain and Europe. A variety of geological formations were looked at, including that of the continent itself, considering the materials which make them up and the geological timeframe.

Dates: c1879

Letter from Hugh Miller to Alexander Rose, c1845

 Item
Identifier: Coll-43 ::: MS 2935.8
Scope and Contents

Letter from Hugh Miller to Alexander Rose, originally accompanying some Old Red Sandstone fossils which he comments on. He also refers to the space they will occupy and to an article Rose had sent him.

Dates: c1845

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

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/4/1
Scope and Contents

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

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George Barrow, 27 August 1898

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/28
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George Barrow accepting work in north Staffordshire. He welcomes the opportunity of at least 2 months break from the difficult geological work which the old red sandstone in the highlands of Scotland present, and the change to a pleasanter climate.

Dates: 27 August 1898