Fossils
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Archives of the Department of Geology and the Woodwardian and Sedgwick Museums, 1731 - 1987
The earliest records relate to Woodward's will, estates and the administration of his fossil collection. From the 1880s, administrative records of the burgeoning Department of Geology, its teaching, examining, and students, survive alongside papers for the lengthy project to build the Sedgwick Museum. The archives also include the papers of Professor T. McKenny Hughes, Woodwardian Professor 1873-1917.
Club activities, 1880 - 2020
This series comprises records which document the activities of the club. These include copies of papers read at meetings, scrapbooks and photograph albums detailing field trips, and ephemera documenting dinners and celebrations.
Fieldwork, 1878-1938
The series comprises numbered and un-numbered field notebooks;specimen catalogues; sketchbooks, photograph albums, and maps.
Miscellaneous papers on fossils, 1845 - 1907
The earliest records relate to Woodward's will, estates and the administration of his fossil collection. From the 1880s, administrative records of the burgeoning Department of Geology, its teaching, examining, and students, survive alongside papers for the lengthy project to build the Sedgwick Museum. The archives also include the papers of Professor T. McKenny Hughes, Woodwardian Professor 1873-1917.
Scientific Work, 1912 - 1961
Specimen Catalogues, 1949-1991
This series includes handwritten and typed specimen catalogues, many of which were written after the specimens arrived in the UK. There are also cabinets of index cards. The original handwritten specimen lists (often with accompanying location and photographic catalogues) can be located within the Expedition files (ref. CSEC 2).