Italy

Collection of Admiral Henry Craven St John

Collection

Identifier: Coll-1872

Scope and Contents This collection is composed of effects that belonged to Henry Craven St John, a young Lieutenant (later Commander, then Admiral) who brilliantly fought against pirates in the Chinese Seas in the 1860s. It includes: a presentation scroll to Commander Henry Craven St John, conveying thanks for his fighting piracy at Laksui (1866); a covering letter from the Admiralty (1866); a mahogany and brass-fitted medicine box (1860s); and an album of c. 300 watercolours executed by Henry Craven St John,...

Dates: 1850s-1870s

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Admiral Henry Craven St John

Correspondence from John Stuart Blackie, 1880-1882

Sub-Series

Identifier: Coll-74/11/9

Scope and Contents The Correspondence from the John Stuart Blackie sub-series consists of:

11 letters written from1880-1882
8 press clippings from the Scotsman, most dated 1873, written by John Stuart Blackie

Dates: 1880-1882

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Coll-74, Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H)

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists, 1878-1907

Sub-Series

Identifier: Coll-74/13/1

Scope and Contents The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists sub-series consists of:

67 letters and postcards, alphabetically arranged (1878-1907).

Dates: 1878-1907

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Coll-74, Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (international and T-W)

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Italian, Spanish and Portuguese geologists, 1871-1907

Sub-Series

Identifier: Coll-74/14/4

Scope and Contents The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Italian, Spanish and Portuguese geologists sub-series includes letters from:

Giovanni Capellini (1886-1904).
WP Jervis (1882-1889).
Giuseppe De Lorenzo (1901-1906).
Gaetno Platania (1893-1906).

Dates: 1871-1907

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Coll-74, Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (European geologists)

Glass slides collected by Stanley Cavaye

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1328

Scope and Contents The glass slides measuring approximately 8.5 cms x 8.5 cms show classical scenes largely of 19th century Italy, a 'Grand tour of Italy' in effect - Rome and the Vatican, Venice, Vesuvius, Pompeii, Florence, Pisa, Naples, and the Italian Lakes. Some of the scenes are hand-coloured.

Dates: 1880-1920

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Glass slides collected by Stanley Cavaye