Norfolk (England)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
A Suffolk Ox, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/918
Scope and Contents
Illustration of a Suffolk ox 'bred by Mr. Brett of Burnham near Holkham, Norfolk.'
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Correspondence: John Phillips to Frederick William Rudler, 1845-1901
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/18
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence: John Phillips to Frederick William Rudler sub-series consists of:
- 40 letters, alphabetically arranged (1845-1901)
Dates:
1845-1901
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
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Daniel Gregory Mason, 12 September 1924
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1404
Scope and Contents
Letter, 12 September 1924, Connecticut, Daniel Gregory Mason to Donald Francis Tovey. Informing Tovey that Mason is going to attend the Pittfoddels festival. Holograph signed.
Dates:
12 September 1924
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from H, 06 August 1922
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1975
Scope and Contents
Letter, 6 August 1908, Norfolk, H to Donald Tovey. Travel arrangements. Holograph signed, in pencil.
Dates:
06 August 1922
Nine letters and manuscripts on various topics, April 1598-1821
File
Identifier: Coll-1388/4/2
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous documents and manuscripts, some English - from Norfolk - and one in Italian.
Letter from Lucrezia Borgia to Cardinal Bembo - copy of MS from Biblioteca Imbrosiana. Date of original c. 1500.
4th April 1598, note of a shipment from Picardy to Ostend.
List of deputy lieutenants of Norfolk and Norwich, c.1662
J Mitchell, notes on militia money,...
Dates:
April 1598-1821
Notebook No.74, March 1839 - May 1839
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/74
Scope and Contents
This red leather notebook focusses on Charles Lyell's study of Norwich shells and crags, with George Sowerby and others. Other than a tour of Cambridge, he seems to be based in London in this notebook. He lists specimens and queries for colleagues including other collectors, such as Captain Alexander, and Mrs. Powers [Madame Jeannette Power, who is noted in the Magazine of Natural history 1839 as having formed a collection of Argonauta in 1838, and publishes in 1839]. From p. 19 and p. 46,...
Dates:
March 1839 - May 1839
Notebook No.76, 4 June 1839-24 June 1839
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/76
Scope and Contents
This dark maroon coloured leather notebook contains Lyell's notes including geological observations and sketches in pencil, some specimen lists and queries, many blank pages. The front cover is blank and the index is written in front and back inside covers. 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...
Dates:
4 June 1839-24 June 1839
Notebook No.77, 24 June 1839-11 August 1839
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/77
Scope and Contents
This dark maroon coloured leather notebook includes Charles Lyell's notes and geological observations and sketches in pencil. There are some specimen lists and queries, notes on fossil shells of Tertiary period. There are many blank pages. Index is located in the front and back inside covers. 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...
Dates:
24 June 1839-11 August 1839
Notebook No.255, 18 March 1869-28 April 1869
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/255
Scope and Contents
This dark red Notebook is annotated with Lyell's name, address at 73 Harley Street, London. The Notebook documents work based along the coast of Norfolk, as Lyell travels with Mary [presumed as she is not mentioned], Buckley and his nephew Leonard Lyell - who is credited with observations and finds. From Norfolk, they head to Hull and Withernsea. In this Notebook, not every page is numbered. This Notebook contains sections where Buckley describes their field work, recording observations like...
Dates:
18 March 1869-28 April 1869