Edinburgh -- Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes, 23 October 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/18
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes explaining that pressure of work completing explanantions to Irish geological maps means he cannot help further with information on Edward Forbes. He suggests a meeting in Edinburgh on 01 November 1860 as he will be there giving evidence at a trial concerning Burghead coal.
Dates:
23 October 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport, 29 March 1877
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/10
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport declining his offer of rock specimens from the Edinburgh area, as these would be duplicates, and asking if it would be possible to send him some specimens from Fife.
Dates:
29 March 1877
Minute Book No IV, 17 October 1850 - 04 June 1857
Item — Volume MS 2917.4: Series Coll-43/1
Identifier: Coll-43/1/4
Scope and Contents
2 notebooks pasted together containing minutes of meetings. Membership details include: details of new and retiring members and those who attended each meeting. A list of names and address for members in 1858 is pasted into the back of the book. The financial affairs of the Society are reported, and the annual report for 1850 is pasted into the front of the book. The reading of member's papers are minuted, along with the resultant discussions, although many abstracts have been...
Dates:
17 October 1850 - 04 June 1857
Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents
The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of:
personal, organisational and scientific correspondence
geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours
reprints of his work
miscellaneous lecture notes
student's lecture notes
lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston
proofs for...
Dates:
1851-1921
Proof copy of article on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History', 1881
Item
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
Publication proofs and lecture syllabuses, 1867-1881
Series
Identifier: Coll-74 Gen. 522/3
Scope and Contents
The Publication proofs and lecture syllabuses series consists of:
- lecture syllabuses, 1867-1869
- publication proofs, 1879 and 1881.
Dates:
1867-1881