Zoology
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
24 drawings of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects by James Tait Black
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1317
Scope and Contents
24 pen and ink drawings of quadrupeds, birds, fish, reptiles and insects by James Tait Black. There are two suites of work (1840 and 1841) with the same title but with a different set of 12 illustrations. The bindings of the two sets are in very poor condition. The illustrations from the 1840 suite, one of which is coloured, are:
The elephant
The tiger
The gnu
...
Dates:
1840-1841
Entomology book by William E. Sharp: 'Collecting Days, No.3'
Item
Identifier: Coll-1907
Scope and Contents
Book on entomology entitled 'Collecting days, no 3', by William E Sharp, created between 1909 and 1918.
Dates:
1909-1918
Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, 1990-1993
Archival Record
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/C1
Scope and Contents
- 'SPACE'
- Planning Executive Committee
- School of Biology: Planning and Policy Group and Steering Committee
- Division of Biological Sciences Working and Advisory Group
Dates:
1990-1993
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
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from B.L Seawell, 07 October 1901
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/24
Scope and Contents
Seawell, a former pupil of Ewart's, writes as a teacher of biology at a State Normal School in Warrensburg, Missouri, where he has recently been conducting general botany and zoology research. In particular he has been investigating the ecological relations of the life-forms of a series of small freshwater lakes in the area. He would like to know how he might go about studying for the degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Edinburgh.
Dates:
07 October 1901
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir John Graham Kerr, 04 November 1918
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/24/3
Scope and Contents
Kerr apologises that he is unable to provide Ewart with a copy of the University of Glasgow's Natural History Department syllabus, as such a thing does not exist. He describes some aspects of the course and complains that ten weeks is an insufficient period to teach the Zoology course. He hopes that one day a satisfactory course in Zoology for medical students is devised.
Dates:
04 November 1918
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Arnot Fleming, 26 February 1925
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/31/2
Scope and Contents
Fleming writes to inform Ewart that the University Court have decided that accommodation should be provided for the Department of Zoology on the University site at West Mains Road.
Dates:
26 February 1925
Mineralogical Notes on Scotland, March 1816
Item
Identifier: Coll-1373/11
Scope and Contents
Volume of 48 pages containing a few geological observations and drawings, and a short digest of someone's zoological voyage around the world.
Dates:
March 1816
Minutes, 12 January 1808-16 April 1858
Series
Identifier: Coll-206/1
Scope and Contents
- details of the constitution of the society
- minutes concerning the scientific papers read at society meetings
- minutes concerning membership applications and acceptances by the society
- minutes concerning business matters of the society
Dates:
12 January 1808-16 April 1858
Notes for lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', late 19th century
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/9/1
Scope and Contents
Notes for 6 lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', encompasing a wide variety of related subjects. Sir Archibald Geike looked at various geological periods and how both the areas occupied by land and water changed over time. He looked at the creation of many geological formations, at the materials they were composed of and the processes involved, including the infleunce of different elements within the natural world. He used as examples numerous locations, mostly within the British Isles but...
Dates:
late 19th century