Iceland
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = Iceland
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Associations between the bovine major histocompatibility complex (BoLA) and milk production in Icelandic dairy cattle, 1990
Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/2/782
Scope and Contents
Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1990. Part 2.
Dates:
1990
Certificate entering Appleton into the Icelandic Order of the Falcon, 1963
Item
Identifier: Coll-37/A.38
Scope and Contents
Certificate entering Sir Edward Appleton into the Icelandic Order of the Falcon, dated 1963.
Dates:
1963
Correspondence and Icelandic material collected by Charles F. Scott
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1501
Scope and Contents
The material bequeathed by Charles F. Scott to Edinburgh University Library (along with a number of book/journal items) is composed of: Correspondence and other items:
Letter to Scott, from Landsbokasafn Islands, Reykjavik 12 April 1966, referring to his article on libraries in Iceland
Postcard from Neskaupstad, 2 January 1968, to Mr and Mrs C.F. Scott, London, with message...
Dates:
1960-2006
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Scandanavian and Danish geologists, 1876-1906
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/14/2
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Scandanavian and Danish geologists sub-series includes letters from:
- Waldemar Christofer Brögger (1889-1902)
- Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (1882-1904)
- Hans Henrik Reusch (1880-1906)
- Jakob Johannes Sederholm (1899-1906)
- Thorvaldur Thoroddsen (1896-1906)
Dates:
1876-1906
J. Sigurjonson [Johann Sigurjonsson?] On Iceland Pony, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2287
Scope and Contents
Photograph of a man, J. Sigurjonson, riding an Iceland pony in a field in the early 20th century. Possibly this is Johann Sigurjonsson (1880-1919), the Icelandic playwright and poet.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
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
Notebook No.29, July 1829- July 1829
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/29
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains geological notes on Scottish and Yorkshire geology, Edinburgh and Forfarshire, Newcastle and York. The index is adhered to the back cover, the front cover reads 2.4. The two has been struck through. 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....
Dates:
July 1829- July 1829
Notebook No.53, May 1834- May 1834
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/53
Scope and Contents
Red leather notebook, cover reads "Sweden, May 1834". The contents include lists of books, packing lists, geological observations with small and large sketches. p.23 - List of clothing to pack; p.105 - Strata in Taleren Notes are made in pencil with some ink edits or additions and are notes often only on one side of a page. The index is pasted to the back cover. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's...
Dates:
May 1834- May 1834
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
Notebook No.67, July 1837- August 1837
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/67
Scope and Contents
This green leather notebook contains notes by Lyell on works by others on shells, fossils, chalk in a variety of localities. Dr. Beck features in Lyell's notes, including his notes on the latest edition of Principles of Geology. Notes are made primarily in pencil with amendments made in ink. The front cover reads "Copenhagen, July + August 1837, Index p. 117". The back cover is blank. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words,...
Dates:
July 1837- August 1837