Vesuvius (Italy)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 6 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:
- 67 letters and postcards, alphabetically arranged (1878-1907).
Dates:
1878-1907
General view of the Forum with the Temple of Jupiter. Vesuvius in the distance, September 1851
Item
Identifier: Coll-20/1/8/15
Scope and Contents
hotograph of general view of the Forum with the Temple of Jupiter and Vesuvius in the distance, Pompeii, Sep [18]51.
Dates:
September 1851
[House of Pansa from the street. Pompeii...], September 1851
Item
Identifier: Coll-20/1/8/7
Scope and Contents
Photograph of House of Pansa from the street, Pompeii with Vesuvius in the distance.
Dates:
September 1851
Manuscript Papers relating to Published Works, c. 1840 - c. 1855
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 3.14: Series Coll-203/B18; Series Coll-203/B17
Identifier: Coll-203/B18
Scope and Contents
Contains extensive autograph manuscript drafts of texts, with cancels, revisions and additions, with illustrative plates and maps:
1. 'On the Geology of some parts of Madeira' by Sir Charles Lyell. Notes on text about Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Index to Notebook 195.
2. Original packaging 'Original Geological MS Notes of Sir Charles Lyell (Lady Lyell preserved these - as she was asked at times for autographs, and as time advances, they may be still more valuable)'. Portion of the...
Dates:
c. 1840 - c. 1855
Notebook No.18, 31 October 1828-15 November 1828
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 1: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/18
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook covers Lyell's activity from Ishcia to Naples. It contains geological notes on Herculaneum, Pompeii, Versuvius; Notes on William Hamilton on great earthquakes in Calabria in 1782; 'Differences between geologist and ordinary observer'; 'Partial activity in the agents of change'; 'Migration'. The front cover plate reads "No 5 Italy 1828 Ischia to Naples Oct 31st to Nov. 15th." The following table of contents is Lyell's...
Dates:
31 October 1828-15 November 1828
[The Peristylum, surrounded with colonnade & Impluvium of the house of Pansa...], September 1851
Item
Identifier: Coll-20/1/8/6
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the Peristylum, surrounded with colonnade & Impluvium of the House of Pansa. In the background are the gardens behind & Vesuvius. Pompeii.
Dates:
September 1851