Palaeogeology
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Series
Field and specimen notebooks, numbered, 1882-1892
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/590/HRKR/02/01
Scope and Contents
The notebooks contain notes whilst on location and elsewhere, sketches (mostly geological) in pencil, ink and watercolour. There is also ephemera such as business cards and railway timetables.
Dates:
1882-1892
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.
Series
Maps (M) and Plans, 1930-1992
Series
Reference Code: GBR/590/CSEC/04
Scope and Contents
This series includes annotated maps of Svalbard (with details of localities visited and specimens collected), printed maps and those published by expedition members in later journals, as well as plans of equipment such as the boats (Salterella, Collenia).The stratigraphic sections in this series depict the age, formation, thickness, sample number and lithology of a section. They include exact details of the locality, the scale, the date, and who they were measured and plotted by....
Dates:
1930-1992
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.
Fonds
Papers of Richard G. West
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10392
Scope and Contents
The papers include a series of research files maintained by West relating to his site investigations and associated subjects. These are comprised of various combinations of notes, drafts, data recording sheets, correspondence, maps, sketches, charts and tables, diagrams, photographs, and annotated copies of publications. There is also a separate series of notebooks containing field notes, laboratory notes and notes synthesizing information from multiple sources; a large series of...
Dates:
1800 - 2020, predominant 1952-2019
Conditions Governing Access:
The Papers of Richard West are generally available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Access to some files is restricted in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018. Access to some files is temporarily restricted pending conservation treatment. See individual file entries for details. Digital content requires further processing to make it accessible for consultation; this material does not currently appear in the catalogue.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library