Skip to main content

Greenland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

Box 1: Early work - observations in Iceland and East Greenland.

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8386/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers relating to Manley's work in England and overseas

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Item

'Geological Investigations in East Greenland Part I General Geology from Angmagsalik to Kap Dalton' by L. R. Wager, 1934

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/23/Wager/5
Scope and Contents

Offprint from Meddelelser Om Grønland Udgivne Af Kommissionen For Videnskabelige Undersøgelser I Grønland Bd. 105, Number 2.

Dates: Publication: 1934
 Item

'Geological Investigations in East Greenland Part II: Geology of Kap Dalton' by L. R. Wager, 1935

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/23/Wager/6
Scope and Contents

Offprint from Meddelelser Om Grønland Udgivne Af Kommissionen For Videnskabelige Undersøgelser I Grønland Bd. 105, Number 3.

Dates: Publication: 1935
 Item

NS I Continental Extensions-6 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: D17r
Scope and Contents

During Miocene or old Pliocene climate apparently warmer than now & yet many species of shells in common


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

NS I Glacial Period-13 Note, 1859-12-16

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: E19
Scope and Contents

Hooker in letter says many plants the commonest on W[est] side of Baffin Bay including species found all over Siberia N[orthern] Europe & Lapland are not found in Greenland


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1859-12-16
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

NS I Glacial Period-48 Note, 1857-01-01 - 1882-04-30

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: E58r
Scope and Contents

In a Danish Catalogue...


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1857-01-01 - 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

NS II Means of distribution-80 Note, 1846-05-20

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 80
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1846-05-20
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.
 Item

NS II Means of distribution-124 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 126r
Scope and Contents

If plants on alpine summits of U[nited] S[tates] are similar to those of Europe it might be used, almost proof, that Glacial epochs contemporaneous


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.
 Sub-Series

Papers on transit of Venus, 1870 - 1882

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/275
Scope and Contents Reports and charts on the stations for the transit of Venus, 1874. The reports include miscellaneous information on Egypt; the topography of New Zealand around Christchurch; the meteorology of New Zealand; the advantages of the province of Otago; the differences of longitudes in New Zealand; the longitude of Wellington; the advantage of Hobart Town; the topography and meteorology of Kerguelen Island; and the topography of Prince Edward and Crozet Islands and of the Sandwich Islands. The...
Dates: 1870 - 1882
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).
 Series

Scientific work, 1938 - 1951

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/PRTZ 2
Scope and Contents

This series includes material relating to Max Perutz's work, mostly in relation to his research work on glaciers during the Second World War and the Habakkuk project.

Dates: 1938 - 1951
 Item

'The Eskimo Music' by Hjalmar Thuren and William Thalbitzer, 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/3377/CSMyers/5/1/9
Scope and Contents

There are two parts to this: Part I, 'On the Eskimo Music' and Part II, 'Melodies from East Greenland'.

Dates: 1911
 Item

'The Form and Age of the Greenland Ice Cap' by L. R. Wager, 1933-04

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/23/Wager/3
Scope and Contents

Offprint from the Geological Magazine, Volume LXX, Number 826.

Dates: Publication: 1933-04