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GB 1671 272Z/F Buxton Museum and Art Gallery This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 19686 The National Archives 30SEP87 Sir William Boyd Dawkins, geologist, palaeontologist and antiquary: corresp and papers Buxton Museum & Art Gallery Terrace Road Buxton SK17 6DJ DERBYSHIR E RECOR D OFFIC E 272Z BUXTON M BOYD DAWKINS Papers relating to the life and career of Sir William Boyd Dawkins (1837-1929) ­ son of Rev. Richard Dawkins of Welshpool ­ educated Rossall School and Jesus College, Oxford (graduatedl860) - 1861-69 served on the geological Survey - 1869 appointed curator of the Manchester Museum and lecturer in geology at Owens College - 1874 first professor of geology at Owens College (Victoria University of Manchester 1880) until his retirement in 1909 - helped with exploration of Wookey Hole 1859 - published 'Cave Hunting1 1874 - 1875-78 excavated Creswell Crags with Rev. Magens Mello - 1903 excavated cave at Dove Holes - Fellow of the Geological Society 1861 - Fellow of the Royal Society 1867 - knighted 1919 - married 1) in 1866 Frances Evans (d. 1921) 2) the widow of Hubert Congreve. Life and Career Fl Testimonials in favour of W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A. 1874 F.R.S., F.G.S., F.S.A., a candidate for the Professor­ ship of Geology at Oxford. F2-5 Eminent Living Geologists - William Boyd Dawkins 1909 (Geological Magazine 1909) F6 Obituary Notice of Sir William Boyd Dawkins (with 1931 Portrait) 1837-1929 (Proc. of the Royal Society 1931) F7 Photograph of Boyd Dawkins by Lafayette of Manchester c.1910 Archaeological Works by Boyd Dawkins F8-10 Volumes of cuttings of reviews, articles etc. by 1868-1886 on archaeological, geological, anthropological etc. subjects. 3 vols: 1868-1870; 1870-1874; 1874-1886 Fll-14 On the Fossil British Oxen, Part I. Bos Urus, by 1866 W. Boyd Dawkins (Quarterly Journal of the Geolog­ ical Society of London) with letters from James Sinclair, Live Stock Journal and cutting from the Field, re. Chillingham Wild Cattle, 1890. F15 The Former Range of the Reindeer in Europe by W. n. d. Boyd Dawkins. The Fossil British Oxen. Part I 1866 Bos Urus by W. Boyd Dawkins (Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, November 1866) On the British Fossil Oxen. Part II Bos Longifrons 1867 by W. Body Dawkins (Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, August 1867) DERBYSHIRE RECORD OFFICE 272Z BUXTON /F BOYD DAWKINS F15 (cont) On the Dentition of Rhinoceros Leptorhinus, by 1867 W. Boyd Dawkins (Proc. of the Geological Society, August 1867) On a New Species of Fossil Deer from Clacton and On a New Species of Deer from the Norwich Crag, by 1868 W. Boyd Dawkins (Proc. of the Geological Society, June 1868) F16 Ms. notes re. Pleistocene Mammalia 1872 F17-24 Victoria Caves, Settle (Yk.) - Reports of the Committee appointed for the purpose 1873-1876 of exploring the Settle Caves, drawn up by Mr. Boyd Dawkins and R.H. Tiddeman - The Older Deposits in the Victoria Cave, Settle, Yorkshire, by R.H. Tiddeman 1873 (Geological Magazine, Vol.X, no.l) - The Work and Problems of the Victoria Cave Explor- 1875 ation by R. H. Tiddeman (readl to the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding) - On the Age of the Hyaena-Bed at the Victoria Cave, 1877 Settle and its Bearing on the Antiquity of the Man, by R.H. Tiddeman. (Journal of the Anthropological Institute) F25 Scrap book of reviews of 'Cave Hunting'; Researches on 1874-1875 the Evidence of Caves respecting the Earliest Inhabitants of Europe' by W. Boyd Dawkins F26 The Bone Caves of Creswell Crags, by Rev. J. Magens Mello 1876 and On the Mammilia and Traces of Man found in the Robin-Hood Cave, by W. Boyd Dawkins. (Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society F27 On the Evidence Afforded by the Caves of Great Britain 1877 as to the Antiquity of Man, by W. Boyd Dawkins (Journal of the Anthropological Institute) F28 Scrap Book of reviews of 'Early Man in Britain and 1880 his place in the Tertiary Period by W. Boyd Dawkins. F29-37 The Lake Village at Glastonbury - Report of the 1893 Committee consisting of D. R. Munro, A. Bulleid, W. Boyd Dawkins, Gen. Pitt-Rivers and Sir John Evans - with photographs of finds and reconstructions of the village. F38 The Place of the Lake - Dwellings of Glastonbury in 1893 British Archaeology, by Professor W. Boyd Dawkins (Natural Science, Vol III, no.21) F39-41 On the Relation of the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic 1894 Period, (with notes on exhibits) by Professor W. Boyd Dawkins. (Journal of the Anthropological Institute) F42 The British Lake Village near Glastonbury - letters 1895 and papers by Robert Munro, Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, DERBYSHIRE RECORD OFFICE 272Z BUXTON /F BOYD DAWKINS F42 (cont) Arthur J. Evans and Arthur Bulleid. (Glastonbury 1895 Antiquarian Socy.) F43 Corrected proof of "The Present Phase of Prehistoric 1897 Archaeology being the Address at the Opening Meeting of the Antiquarian Section (of the British Association) at the Dorchester Meeting, by Professor Boyd Dawkins. F44-47 On the Exploration of Sepulchral Remains of the Bronze 1901 Age at Bleasdale by S. Jackson Esq., by Professor Boyd Dawkins. (Trans, of the Lanes, and Ches. Antiquarian Socy. vol. XVIII) F48 On the Cairn and Sepulchral Cave at Qop. near Prestatyn 1901 by Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins (Archaeological Journal Vol. LXVIII) F49 Notes from the Manchester Museum - No.12, On Bigbury 1903 Camp and the Pilgrims Way, by W. Boyd Dawkins F50 On the Discovery of an Ossiferous Cavern of Pliocene 1903 Age at Dove Holes, Buxton (Derbyshire), by W. Boyd Dawkins (Quarterly Journal of the Geological Socy. vol.LIX) F51 Ms. of 'The Arrival of Man in Britain in the Pleisto- 1910 cene Age, by W. Boyd Dawkins (Huxley Lecture) F53 Note on a Find by Mr. T.R. Morrow in the Alluvium 1912 of the Mersey at Irlam, by W. Boyd Dawkins. (Trans, of the Lanes and Ches. Antiquarian Socy.) F53 The Settlement of Britain in the Prehistoric Age, 1913 by W. Boyd Dawkins. F54 On a Find of Neolithic Celts near Crickhowell, 1918 Breconshire by Hon. Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins. (Archaeolgia Cambrensis) F55 Typescript of "The Geography of Britain at the Time of 1920 the Arrival of Man', by Sir W. Boyd Dawkins. (lecture to Manchester Geographical Society) F55a Typescript of "The Age of Reptiles' (Manchester 1921 Guardian) F56-59 The Derbyshire Caves and the South African Discoveries 1922 by Sir W. Boyd Dawkins (typescript and cuttings from Manchester Guardian) 9 DERBYSHIR E RECOR D OFFIC E 272Z BUXTON /F BOYD DAWKINS F60-65 The Ethnology of Somerset from the Neolithic Age 1922 to the close of the Roman Dominion, by Hon. Prof. Sir W. Boyd Dawkins (Presidential address to the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Socy.) F66 Review by Boyd Dawkins of 'The Bronze Age and the 1923 Celtic World' by H. Peake (Manchester Guardian) F67 William Pengelly, F.R.S., and Kents Hole, by Prof. 1924 Sir W. Boyd Dawkins F68 Review by Boyd Dawkins of "Human Origins' by G. G. 1924 MacCurdy (Manchester Guardian) F69 The Gallilee Skull - its significance and age, by Sir W. Boyd Dawkins (Manchester Guardian) F70 (a) On the range of the Mammoth, by W. Boyd Dawkins 19c. (b) Pp. 149-172 of 'Pleistocene Mammilia - Felis 19c. Speloea' by W. Boyd Dawkins. F71 Ms. Draft of an article/talk? re. the history of 19c. British fauna. F72 Ms. draft of an anrticle/talk? re. prehistoric mam- 19c. milia of Britain, F73 Ms. review of 'Prehistoric Agriculture in Britain - 20c. Air Survey and Archaeology' by G.S. Crawford. F74 Ms. abstract of '0n the Decay of Teeth in Civilised 20c. and Uncivilised People' by Prof. Sir W. Boyd Dawkins. Archaeological Works by Others F75 Discovery of Ancient Pit-Dwellings at Fisherton, by 1866 Edward T. Stevens (Wiltshire County Mirror) - with sketches of finds and covering letter from Fisher to Dawkins. F76 Report on the Exploration of Shandon Cave, by A 1876 Leith Adams. (Trans of the Royal Irish Academy) F77 Account of a bronze bovine mask by C.D.E. Fortnum 1879 (Pore, of the Socy. of Antiquaries) F78 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 1881 F79 Is Fingal's Cave Artificial? by F. Cope Whitehouse 1882 (Popular Science Monthly) F80 Note upon the Mammoth Cave, by G. Darbishire 1883 (Proc. of Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc.) 10 DERBYSHIR E RECOR D OFFICE 272Z BUXTON /F BOYD DAWKINS F81 On Some small Highly Specialized Forms of Stone 1888 Implements found in Asia, North Africa and Europe (Journal of the Anthropological Institute) F82 The Rhind Lectures in Archaeology ­ Early Ethnology 1889 in the British Isles, by John Rhys (as printed in the Scottish Review) F83 The Orkney's in Early Celtic Times, by James M. 1892 Macbeth F84 Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, vol 1895 XIII, pt.l. F85 Notes on the Skeleton and Flints Found in Gough's 1904 Cave, Cheddar, - Roman Lead Coffin found at Marnhull, N. Dorset - Leaden Coffin found near Wiveliscombe, by H. St. George Gray (Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries) F86 Brighton and Hove Archaeological Club - Report and 1906-1907 Record F87/88 Cave Exploreres in County Fermanagh, by E.A. Baker, 1907/1908 et al. F89 The Marble Arch Caves, County Fermanagh: Main Stream 1909 Series, by H. Brodrick (Proc. of the Royal Irish Academy) F90 The Mitchelstown Caves, Co. Tipperary, by Charles 1909 A. Hill et al (Proc. of Royal Irish Academy) F91 Pigmy Flint Implements -their Provenance and Use - 1912 the Rochdale Floor, by W.H. Sutcliffe and W.A.
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