In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/79

Date

21 October 1839 - February 1840

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This dark leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes in pencil and ink, field notes, thinking and 'to do' lists. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/7

Date

December 1827 - March 1828

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This noteboook contains gostly geological notes; lists of books to be read. Features a passage on respect for human opinions.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/52

Date

October 1833 - March 1834

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This brown leather notebook contains Lyell's notes, queries, and references to other works and geologists. The notebook also contains sketches, and notes are in pencil and ink.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/40

Date

March 1831 - May 1831

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This brown leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from a visit to Horsham, Hastings, Lewes. Notes are primarily made in pencil with sketches. The front cover is labeled March 1831.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/36

Date

18 August 1830 - 31 August 1830

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This brown leather notebook contains pencil notes, sketches with labels, artistic sketches, long form essays on geological phenomena, mostly focused on the Pyrenees region and the Canary Islands. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/244

Date

23 July 1860 - 1 November 1860

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

Teal coloured leather Notebook documents Lyell’s travels from Liege to Bonn, Weimar to London. During this time, he is preparing the manuscript for his ‘The Antiquity of Man’. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/17

Date

16 October 1828 - 30 October 1828

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This brown marble notebook was kept during Lyell's trip from, Radicofani to Ischia. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/15

Date

14 September 1828 - 9 October 1828

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This notebook, with marbled brown covers, documents Lyell's trip from Verona to Florence, Italy. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/138

Date

20 March 1846 - 27 March 1846

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

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In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/12

Date

30 June 1828 - 21 July 1828

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This notebook, of natural red leather, contains journal style entries in Lyell's hand with illustrations, mostly of mountain ranges, extinct volcanoes. …