Professional Correspondence

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

Scope and Content

c200 letters, chronologically arranged, including those from J Peter Lesley, Sir Joseph Prestwich, Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, Grove Karl Gilbert, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and James Dwight Dana. Subjects covered include many aspects of geology and related matters.

Administrative / Biographical History

In the course of his professional life, James Geikie exchanged correspondence with a number of geologists and other scientists at home and abroad.