Bonn (Germany)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Lady Charlotte Murchison from Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Clausthal, 20 August 1854
Item
Identifier: Coll-74 Gen. 523/1/1
Scope and Contents
Letter to Lady Charlotte Murchison from Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, addressed 'Clausthal in the Harz'. He describes the various parts of Germany he has visited, including Bonn, Brunswick, Harzburg and the Harz mountains.
Dates:
20 August 1854
Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 23 December 1901
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L570
Scope and Contents
Letter, 23 December 1901, Bonn, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Description of the nursing Tovey is receiving, his health and concern for ' the Princess '. Holograph incomplete.
Dates:
23 December 1901
Letter to Sophie Weisse from Therese Dabis, 12 December 1900
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2109
Scope and Contents
Letter, 12 December 1900, Bonn, Therese Dabis to Sophie Weisse. Discussing the convalescence of a child. Typescript copy.
Dates:
12 December 1900
Notebook No.41, June 1831 - July 1831
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/41
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains two different handwriting styles, one definitively Lyell's. On p. 65 is "The Landing of the Pilgrims fathers in New England" dated 13 July 1851, handwriting differs from Lyell's; largely notes in pencil, subjects include Captain Cook on Mercia earthquake, volcanic activity, Sandwich island. The front cover reads "June 1831", the back page is missing, and the index is pasted to the back cover. Transcription...
Dates:
June 1831 - July 1831
Notebook No.244, 23 July 1860-1 November 1860
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/244
Scope and Contents
Teal coloured leather Notebook documents Lyell’s travels from Liege to Bonn, Weimar to London. During this time, he is preparing the manuscript for his ‘The Antiquity of Man’. The research in this Notebook significantly changes his plans for the manuscript. The importance of this Notebook is highlighted by Claudine Cohen in the article ‘Charles Lyell and the evidences of the Antiquity of Man’ published 1998. Transcription note The following...
Dates:
23 July 1860-1 November 1860