Geology
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 195 Collections and/or Records:
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Papers on the Julian invasion, 1748 - 1852
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/466
Scope and Contents
Material relating primarily to Airy's paper on Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain and his path through South-East England. Airy asserted that Caesar landed at Pevensey, but this was challenged in a paper by F.B. Martin, which stated that he landed near Ramsgate. There is considerable correspondence on this topic, with a nautical chart of the Dover Straits; a map of the Goodwin Sands; and the 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities'. Other subjects covered include the geography of the...
Dates:
1748 - 1852
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Prove the amount of degradation In stationary (of course in rising) land, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 42: 210-211
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin once folded
(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.
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Queries / absence of organic R[emains] / Will pure water with no Carbonic acid dissolve any Lime?, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 52: C10-C11
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.
Fonds
Records of the Ray Club, 1837 - 1976
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.89
Scope and Contents
From the Management Group:
The category - Student administration and support records - comprises records relating to student admissions at all levels, graduate students, visiting senior scholars, student careers advice and welfare, together with the records of clubs and societies.
Dates:
1837 - 1976
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).
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Reflection on reading my Geological notes / V[ide] Calcleugh Geological Map, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 42: 93-96
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.
Series
Scientific Work, 1912 - 1961
Series
Reference Code: GBR/590/WBRK/01
Dates:
1912 - 1961
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 one form of identification is required.
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Slanymynech 16 miles N E of Shrewsbury: to the north of the village about 1/2 of mile is an extensive quarry of Limestone, 1837-01-01 - 1839-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 5: B1-B4
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1837-01-01 - 1839-12-31
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.
Fonds
Spencer George Perceval: Correspondence
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6330-6334
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with S. Allport, H.J. Carter, British Museums and others
Dates:
1870-1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Spencer George Perceval: correspondence, some on geological subjects
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6310-6311
Dates:
1866-1906
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
The Papers of Adam Sedgwick
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/590/ADSW
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises 64 notebooks and 11 boxes of annotated field maps, 1818-1858. There are also notes and papers relating to geology university teaching syllabuses, 1821 and 1832.
Dates:
1818 - 1856
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Fonds
The Papers of Alfred Harker
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/590/HRKR
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises notebooks, sketchbooks, and photograph albums detailing geological excursions in the U.K from the late nineteenth century. These mostly cover the Isle of Skye, Isle of Arran, Yorkshire (Scarborough), and other Scottish Highlands. There are also notebooks detailing specimens collected (catalogues); lecture note drafts; maps; and some personal records including details of an 80th birthday event.
Dates:
1860 - 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Fonds
The Papers of John Edward Marr
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/590/MARR
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises 68 field notebooks (1875-1925) covering work undertaken in a variety of places in the UK (e.g. Yorkshire, Wales, Cumbria) and Bohemia [Czech Republic]. They include maps, sketches and notes about fossils collected. There are also notes and some correspondence in the collection.
Dates:
1875-1933
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Fonds
The Papers of the Sedgwick Club
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/590/SGWC
Scope and Contents
The Sedgwick Club Archive contains administrative documents including minute books, 1880-1926; financial records, 1880-1989; handwritten copies of papers given at meetings, 1880-; excursion scrapbooks, 1882 to 1950; social events records including menu cards; copies of club photographs 1900-1974 [NB: a full set of club photographs are on display in Cambridge University Department of Earth Sciences] and digitized copies of all group photographs [until 2016].
Dates:
1880 - 2020
Conditions Governing Access:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.
Some scrapbooks are damaged and access is now restricted.
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
Fonds
The Papers of William Bernard Robinson King
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/590/WBRK
Scope and Contents
The collection contains notebooks from the Second World War concerning water boreholes; rolls of maps; lantern plates marked "Channel"; typed manuscripts; a presentation copy of "Work of Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-1919, Geological Work on the western Front 1922"; handwritten notes on the retreat to Dunkirk; reports on specimens; dress medals; OBE and Military Cross; a silver cigarette case from colleagues at the Geological Survey, 1916; certificates of honorary degrees and...
Dates:
1909 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access:
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 one form of identification is required.
Found in:
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
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The plains round the Caspian are 600 ft (Encyclop) above its level, 1854-10-01 - 1854-10-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 100: 80-81
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1854-10-01 - 1854-10-31
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.
Fonds
Thomas McKenny Hughes: personal and family papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9557
Dates:
1847-1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Under Patagonia insists on importance of Tertiary deposits extending from [outhern] Tierra del Fuego to S[anta] Fe 1700 British miles, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 42: 203
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.
Item
Upper true chalks d'Orbigny / Craie chloritique = Upper Greensand, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 43.1: 60-61
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.
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Wollaston T V [notes on a conversation], 1856-04-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 197.2: 1-4
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1856-04-28
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.
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Wollaston T V [notes on a conversation], 1856-05-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 197.2: 5
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1856-05-08
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.