Uddevalla (Sweden)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.54, June 1834- June 1834
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/54
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains Lyell's notes from Sweden, in ink and pencil. The notebook contains sketches, a significant number of blank pages. The front cover is titled "Sweden June 1834". The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and...
Dates:
June 1834- June 1834
Notebook No.57, 29 July 1834- July 1835
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/57
Scope and Contents
This black leather notebook contains Lyells notes, with citations, on Deshayes' book 'Description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris'. The notebook also contains notes on Kinnordy, London, and Paris. Addresses of correspondents are throughout the notebook and referenced in Lyell's Own Index. The index is pasted to the back cover, and the front cover reads "No 57, July 1834 to July 1835, Kinnordy, London, Paris". The following...
Dates:
29 July 1834- July 1835
Notebook No.66, July 1837- July 1837
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/66
Scope and Contents
This green leather notebook contains Lyell's notes from his trip to Norway in July 1837. Notes are primarily in pencil with ink amendments and sketches in margins. Reference to Keilhau is likely Baltazar Mathias Keilhau, the father of modern geology in Norway. A list of "shells received" on p. 66. Front cover reads "C. Norway July 1837 - Index p. 147"; the back cover is blank. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied...
Dates:
July 1837- July 1837