Sir Charles Lyell correspondence, 1811-1882

Mss.H.S.Film.4

Date: 1811-1882 | Size: 10 microfilm_reel(s)
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Abstract

From negative microfilm held by Dr. Leonard G. Wilson, the collection consists mostly of incoming correspondence from English and American scientists, with a small section of correspondence from Lyell.

Background note

Charles Lyell was a geologist and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1842.

Collection Information

Physical description

10 microfilm reels.

Provenance

Purchased and accessioned, 1961 (1961 735mf). See in-house shelf list for additional accession numbers.

Location of originals:

Originals in University of Edinburgh Library,

Early American History Note

This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

Indexing Terms


Family Name(s)

  • Wills, W. R.

Genre(s)

  • Microfilm Collection

Personal Name(s)

  • Hicks, Henry
  • Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
  • Hopkins, William
  • Horsfield, Thomas, 1773-1859
  • Hull, Edward, 1829-1917
  • Hunt, Thomas Sterry, 1826-1892
  • Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880
  • James, Sir Henry
  • Jamieson, Thomas
  • Judd, John W. (John Wesley), 1840-1916
  • Jukes, Beete
  • Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875
  • Lyman, Theodore, 1792-1849
  • Milne-Home, David, 1805-1890
  • Whewell, William, 1794-1866
  • Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896
  • Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911
  • Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797-1875
  • Williamson, William Crawford , 1816-1895
  • Wollaston, Alexander R.
  • Wood, Searles
  • Woodward, Samuel, 1790-1838
  • Wyman, Jeffries, 1814-1874

Subject(s)

  • Geology.
  • Natural history.
  • Science.