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Notes for lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', late 19th century

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Lecture notes

Papers relating to Raised Beaches, 1890s-1900s

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Identifier: Coll-74/3
Scope and Contents

The Papers relating to the Raised Beaches series consist of:


  1. Correspondence, notes and illustrations concerning Raised Beaches and other related geological matters.
Dates: 1890s-1900s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

Peach and Horne: Replies to Queries, 1890s-1900s

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Identifier: Coll-74/3/18
Scope and Contents

Replies to queries by John Horne and Benjamin Neeve Peach (1842-1926) on Raised Beaches, with reference to locations in Scotland and Ireland, what had been mapped and by whom.

Dates: 1890s-1900s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Papers relating to Raised Beaches

Poem beginning 'Seven years before that awfull day', 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/312
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Seven years before that awful day' by Dr Smith of Campbeltown, Kintyre [Ceann Loch Cille Chiarain, Cinn TÌre] about Iona [Ì Chaluim Chille] surviving a flood which will deluge Ireland [Eireann] and Islay [Ìle]

Dates: 1886
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Tha coig coigeamh an Eirinn', c1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/96
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Poem beginning 'Tha coig coigeamh an Eirinn, Us coig coigeamh an Strath Eirinn' [Ireland, Srath Èireann/Strathearn, Siorrachd Pheairt/Perthshire]. The poem is composed of four lines.

Dates: c1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem entitled 'A Mhuillearstach' and accompanying notes, 20 October 1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/33
Scope and Contents Poem entitled 'A Mhuillearstach' collected from Donald Maclellan or Donl mac Iain bhain ic Neil, aged 84 years S[outh] Hacleit, Benbecula, S[out] Uist [Haclait/Hacklet, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning ''S la dha'n Fheinn eir Tullach Eirinn, 'S i g amharc Eirinn ma timicheall'. The song is composed of two hundred and four lines, two of which have been written in pencil transversely, probably after the whole text had been written. A preamble to the story is...
Dates: 20 October 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Poem entitled 'Clann An Lir' and accompanying story, 4 April 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/12
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Poem entitled 'Clann An Lir' [Children of Lir] collected from Hector Maciosaig, Eachann mac Ruarai [Hector MacIsaac], Ceannlangabhat, Iocar, South Uist [Iochdar, Uibhist a Deas] and accompanying story which explains that the verse was said to the gravedigger when he was digging the grave of the Children of Lir in Larne, Ireland and explains the enchantment under which the children were put. Additions have been made to the text in pencil and ink.

Dates: 4 April 1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem entitled 'Fionn', 1 August 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/31
Scope and Contents

Poem entitled 'Fionn' collected from Murdoch MacLeod, Skye [An t-Eilean Sgitheanach] beginning 'An dara cos aig Fionn'.

Dates: 1 August 1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Proof copy of article on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History', 1881

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Identifier: Coll-74/8/4
Scope and Contents First proof copy of an article by Sir Archibald Geikie on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History' from printers Clay, Sons and Taylor, for Macmillan the publisher in 1881. This looked at ancient peoples and legendary figures, puting them in the context of the evolution of the natural world. Including elements such as the impact of the devlopment of commerce and the move from an agricultural to an urban industrial society, Sir Archibald Geikie mapped them...
Dates: 1881
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Publication proofs and lecture syllabuses

Roscommon Ram, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2761
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Roscommon ram that was owned by Matthew Flanagan of Lomona, Tulsk Co. Roscommon, Ireland in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection