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Fife Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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:


  1. 67 letters and postcards, alphabetically arranged (1878-1907).
Dates: 1878-1907

Geological Survey notebook 'V', 1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/1/3
Scope and Contents

Drawings and notes on the geology of parts of Scotland, particularly Fife (including Elie, Largo and Burntisland) and also of Elgin. Geological features include limestone, shale, tuff and basalt.

Dates: 1879

Geological Survey notebook 'W W', 1897

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/1/9
Scope and Contents

Drawings and notes on the geology of Ireland and Lowland Scotland, particularly Fife and the Ochills, and also of the Isle of Man. References are made to crystalline rocks at Donegal, clays at Sligo and Elie, shale at Dura Den and Blebo (both Fife) and marine terraces at Kincraig (near Elie).

Dates: 1897

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

Notes on white-traps in Museum of Science and Art and Geological Survey Collection, the Office, Edinburgh, late 19th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/5/9
Scope and Contents

Notes on white-traps from various parts of Scotland (Ayrshire, Fife, Linlithgowshire) held either in the Museum of Science and Art or the offices of the Geological Survey in Edinburgh.

Dates: late 19th century