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Geology

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:

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all are metamorphic..., 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 78v
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Origin of species': portfolios II / Palaeontology, geology / NS II Palaeontology, geology-65 Note
 Fonds

Archives of the Department of Geology and the Woodwardian and Sedgwick Museums, 1731 - 1987

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/GEOL
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1731 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access: Personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records
 Fonds

Archives of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, 1891 - 1961

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/MPET
Scope and Contents

The archives comprise student attendance books, departmental and laboratory accounts and notes on students.

Dates: 1891 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records
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Catalogues of assorted geological specimens, part of the Students' Series, 1880 - 1930

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/GEOL 19
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1880 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records / Archives of the Department of Geology and the Woodwardian and Sedgwick Museums
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Copy papers of the Geological Survey Board, 1954 - 1958

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SCHO 6
Scope and Contents

With correspondence.

Dates: 1954 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Basil Schonland
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Falconer has discovered..., 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 272r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Origin of species': portfolios II / Palaeontology, geology / NS II Palaeontology, geology-244 Note
 Sub-Series

Field notebooks (numbered), 1818 - 1846

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/590/ADSW/01/01
Scope and Contents The field notebooks describe: The development of Sedgwick's geological ideas, and information about the structural geology of the areas he explored.The places Sedgwick visited, which included working copper/lead/tin mines and quarries. In one journal, he notes: '500 men employed and present expenses not less than £3000 per month, at present a very losing concern'.The specimens Sedgwick (or others) collected or purchased. For example in 1819 he refers to...
Dates: 1818 - 1846
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. The Collections Research Centre [West Cambridge] is open from Monday to Friday, 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:00. A prior appointment made at least two weeks in advance, and two forms of identification are required.
Found in: Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences / The Papers of Adam Sedgwick / Journals and Sketchbooks
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[fossil shells collected by Charles Robert Darwin, descriptions], 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 43.1: 58
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / Zoology and geology diaries and notes relating to the voyage of HMS Beagle / Geological notes: letters and memoirs on fossil shells relating to the voyage of HMS Beagle / Geological notes continued: fossil shells
 Series

Geology and palaeontology, 1943-07-30 - 1989-07-30

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/84
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

Dates: 1943-07-30 - 1989-07-30
Found in: Needham Research Institute / The Papers and Possessions of Joseph Needham / Science and Civilisation in China project / Research material
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Gravel about Southampton of an odd mixture of sub-angular flints & well rounded pebbles from some tert[iary] form[ation] / [with geological section diagram], 1874-08-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 52: C6-C9
Scope and Contents

Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp-and Charles Robert Darwin; written at Southampton


(Note)

Dates: 1874-08-20
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / Notes on botanical topics, variation and pangenesis / Notes on Southampton gravel, 1874
 Sub-Fonds

Hughes Papers, 1830 - 1915

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/GEOL 9
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1830 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records / Archives of the Department of Geology and the Woodwardian and Sedgwick Museums
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I believe that all persons who admit to gradual evolution of each step of the [illeg] of organic beings from the lowest & oldest forms, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 52: C5r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / Notes on botanical topics, variation and pangenesis / Notes on Southampton gravel, 1874
 Series

Journals and Sketchbooks, 1818 - 1846

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/590/ADSW/01
Scope and Contents

Comprising numbered and unnumbered field notebooks and sketchbooks. The notebooks include details of: daily excursions and geological features; places visited including working mines and quarries; specimens collected or purchased; expenses; health matters; and include some social history commentary. The sketchbooks include pencil, ink and watercolour stratigraphic sketches of places visited.

Dates: 1818 - 1846
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. The Collections Research Centre [West Cambridge] is open from Monday to Friday, 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:00. A prior appointment made at least two weeks in advance, and two forms of identification are required.
Found in: Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences / The Papers of Adam Sedgwick
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Minutes and papers of the Special Board for Biology and Geology (from 1926, part of the Faculty Board of Biology 'A'), successor and subordinate bodies, 1882 - 1996

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Min.V.1-6 etc
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Minutes of Boards of Studies, from 1926 known as Faculty Boards, may cover governance, appointments, budgets, curriculum development, examining and accommodation.

Dates: 1882 - 1996
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records / Minutes of University Boards of Studies, from 1926 known as Faculty Boards, and their subordinate committees; occasionally with related papers
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Minutes of conjoint meetings of Special Boards for Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, and Biology and Geology, 1885 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Min.V.44
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Minutes of Boards of Studies, from 1926 known as Faculty Boards, may cover governance, appointments, budgets, curriculum development, examining and accommodation.

Dates: 1885 - 1925
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records / Minutes of University Boards of Studies, from 1926 known as Faculty Boards, and their subordinate committees; occasionally with related papers
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Molluscs common to Cape of Good Hope & Europe, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 262.5: 8
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin in together with See next 3 items


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / Down House manuscripts / Down House manuscripts: Darwin biographical material and correspondence / Correspondence of Lawrence John Jones and Mary Treat
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Moral Sense-77 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 88: 125r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Descent of man': portfolios / 'Descent of man' second edition, 1874 / 'Descent of man' second edition: scraps relating to 'Moral sense', mammals and birds
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Notebook 180, covering 20 September to 8 October 1970, 1970-09-20 - 1970-10-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC14/6/2/1/180
Scope and Contents

Locations featured include: Brandstatt in Maltatal pages [3669-82] and [3756], Colfosc [3683-702], [3730-58] and Pralongia [3692-702], Rifugio Forcella Pordoi [3703-29] and Pizza Boe[ac] [3711-29] and Chambery [3758-74] and Cambridge [3775-76]. There are some descriptions of traditional Alpine buildings, for example at page [3730].

Dates: 1970-09-20 - 1970-10-08
Found in: Corpus Christi College Archives / Private papers of members / Papers relating to the research and intellectual interests of Professor Oliver Rackham. / Research notes / Red notebooks
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NS I Buried seeds-1 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: A1-A5, A5a, A6
Scope and Contents

An account of some seeds buried at a great depth in a sand-pit, which germinated; by Mr William Kemp of Galashiels in a letter to Charles Darwin Esqr


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Origin of Species': portfolios I / Materials for chapter 11: 'Geographic distribution' / Buried seeds of Galashiels
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NS I Chap 4-34 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 45: 49
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Origin of Species': portfolios I / Materials for 'Natural Selection' chapter 4: 'Variation under nature'
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NS I Chap 4-44 Note, 1868-09-06 - 1868-09-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 45: 59r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1868-09-06 - 1868-09-24
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Origin of Species': portfolios I / Materials for 'Natural Selection' chapter 4: 'Variation under nature'
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NS I Chap 4-83 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 45: 98r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Origin of Species': portfolios I / Materials for 'Natural Selection' chapter 4: 'Variation under nature'
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NS I Chap 7-62 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 47: 60
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Origin of Species': portfolios I / Materials for chapter 7: 'Laws of variation'
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NS I Chap 8-67 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 48: A76r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Origin of Species': portfolios I / Materials for chapter 8: 'Transition of organs' / 'Natural Selection' Portfolios, notes for chap. 8, 'Transitional varieties'
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NS I Continental Extensions-3 Note, 1856-02-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: D12-D13
Scope and Contents

Arguments against Atlantis


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1856-02-26
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Origin of Species': portfolios I / Materials for chapter 11: 'Geographic distribution' / Continental extensions Portfolio (DAR 50D)

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