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The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Robert Harkness to Francis John Haverfield sub-series consists of:

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward Best telling him of his eventful journey from London to Bournemouth, in which his ship was stuck on a sandbank off Deptford for 2 hours. He remarks that raw sewage is present in the water at this location. He tells Geikie about the house he is staying in, the gardens and the surrounding countryside.

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from HF Blanford telling Geikie that he will bring the illustrations for the Geography [book] to London one day that week. He says that there will be 30 altogether, although some have been used in Blanford's previous publications.

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...

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The Publication proofs and lecture syllabuses series consists of:

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Syllabus for a series of 3 lectures Sir Archibald Geikie gave to The Royal Insitution of Great Britain in 1869, broadly focusing on valleys, hills and mountains, erosion, geological structure and related subjects.