List of Papers

Sir A. C. Ramsay FRS 1814-1891

Imperial College Archives

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IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

( University of London )

SIR ANDREW CROMBIE RAMSAY

1814 1891

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LIST OF PAPERS

Compiled by J Pingree

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IMPERIAL COLLEGE ARCHIVES

1 986 ;1 Copyright f Imperial College Archives

Artwork by David Rowe and David Jones

Imperial College Union Print Unit OUTLINE OF THE LIFE OF SIR ANDREW CROMBIE RAMSAY

1814 Born at Glasgow, 31 January, third child of William Ramsay, a manufacturing chemist, and his wife Elizabeth Crombie.

1827 Death of his father. Became clerk in a cotton-grower's office.

1840 British Association meeting at Glasgow: ACR did major part of work on a map and model of the Isle of Arran.

1841 Published book on Isle of Arran; visited London at the invitation of Sir Roderick Murchison: appointed Assistant Geologist on the Geological Survey.

1845 Appointed as Local Director.

1848-51 Professor of Geology, University College, London.

1849 Election as Fellow of the Royal Society.

1851-76 Professor of Geology, Royal School of Mines (affiliated to the Geological Survey).

1852 Marriage to Louisa Wi1liams, 20 July.

1858 Death of ACR's mother.

1862-4 President of the Geological Society.

1867-81 Director for England and Wales, Geological Survey.

1871 Received Wollaston medal of the Geological Society.

1871 Awarded Royal medal of the Royal Society.

1881 Knighted.

1891 Death on 9th December.

vi I N T ROD U C T ION

The papers of Professor Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay were given to Imperial College by his daughters in 1934. They remained in the Geology Department until their transfer to the archives in 1970. For one reason or another detailed listing of the papers has not been completed and it is now only possible to produce this handlist.

The collection has however been consulted by a number of distinguished scholars; one of the most recent is Dr James Secord (1) a member of the Imperial College staff. Material from the collection has been displayed at a number of exhibitions, including the Huxley Building centenary in 1972, the Lyell Centenary Symposium in 1975, with a display on 'A C Ramsay and his circle'; and for small exhibitions on the Geology Department, the sesqui­ centenary of the Geological Survey, and other events.

The archivist would like to express her gratitude to Professor Philip F Rehbock who sorted and foliated the correspondence with Edward Forbes (2).

Sir Andrew was a very endearing character with wide interests; this is reflected in his diaries and correspondence, which repay detailed study. The reference number for the papers is KGA/RAMSAY. There are 19 boxes.

(1) James A Se cord

The Geological Survey as a research school. In HISTORY OF SCIENCE, vol. 24, part 3, September 1986, pp.223-275.

Controversy in Victorian Geology: the Cambrian-Silurian dispute. Prince ton University Press, 1986.

(2) Philip F Rehbock

Edward Forbes. An annotated list of published and unpublished writings. In JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NATURAL HISTORY, vol. 9, pp.7l-2l8.

J Pingree December 1986

v CON TEN T S

Frontispiece: drawing of Andrew Crombie Ramsay. Enlargement of 4/5/2

Introduction v

Outline of the life of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay vi

1 Notebooks and diaries 1

2 Lecture notes 8

3 Miscellaneous notes. printed papers etc. 8 Examination papers 9

4 Drawings 10

5 Miscellaneous printed papers 11

6 Family correspondence 11

7 Sir Henry de la Beche 12

8 General correspondence 13

9 Other related material 28

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NOTEBOOKS AND DlARI~S

Earlier diaries are ' generallY in much greater detail than the later. Notes include geological observations and drawings, sketches of land­ scapes, etc, details of expenses, such as transport and accommodation, both personal and official; occasional verses, etc. Earlier diaries also include inserted copies of correspondence, and later diaries have a number of notices of deaths. References are given to relevant material in Archibald Geikie : Memoir of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, Macmillan, 1895.

1/1 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 11 x 19 cms, 118ff, and two loose sheets of index. Observations on levellings at Fishguard, 1841, and in Wales, 1842, etc; field notes, 1848-9, Wales, Studland Bay, etc.

1/2 Rees' improved diary and almanack, for 1842. Paper covers, 14 x 9 ems, 28ff. Daily diary.

1/3 'Geological notebook etc .•. 1st January 1842'. Notebook, 18 x 23 cms, 39ff, loose sheets ff72 - 80. There are a few geological and chemical notes and verses by ACR and Edward Forbes, up to 1846. p. 80: 'The lay of Sir Roderick the Bold and the Emperor of All the Russias'. [1857: Geikie, 241-3]

- 1/4 Rees' improved diary almanack for 1845. Red leather cover, 14 x 10 cms, 29ff. Daily diary.

1/5 Rees' improved diary and a1manack for 1846. Paper covers, 14 '/~ ' 9 cms, 29ff. Daily diary.

1/6 Fie1 notebook. Leather covers, metal clasp, 7.5 x 12 cms· • "\

~.: " ~2~ . ffl - 71, notes on field work, Wales, 14 July 1846 - 19 ~' August 1849. f 90: half sheet torn away.

1/7 Notebook, paper covers, 18.5 x 11.5 cms, 816ff. Field notes, in pen and pencil. September 1846.

1/8 Letts's diary no.2, 1847, boards, 25 x 20 cms, 123ff. Detailed daily diary, and monthly accounts at end . Some verses.

1/9 Notebook, paper covers, 18 x 12 cms, 47ff and three loose sheets. Label '1847'. Field notes, on Wales etc.

1/10 Letts's diary no.1, 1848. Boards, 25 x 20 cms, 203ff. Detailed daily diary, and monthly accounts.

1/11 Field notebook, leather cover, 8.5 x 13 cms, 56ff. Label '1850'. Field notes from 22 August 1848. f56 is loose sheet.

1/12 Notebook, boards, metal clasp, 6.5 x 10 cms, 37ff. Odd notes, addresses, [18481]

1 1/13 Letts's diary no. 1, 1849. Boards (lock removed.) 25 x 20 cms, 231ff. Daily diary, in parts in very great detail, dealing principally with ACR's love affair with Miss Sarah (Sally) Jukes, cousin of J B Jukes and apparently also related to Mrs Playfair. Monthly accounts at end. ff.84, 86 : letters from J B Jukes on the love affair; f93, on his own marriage. f£.103, 106, 110, 122, 157, 161, and 172: letters on the same subject from Lyon Playfair who acted as a go between. ff.119, 131, 151, 165, 176, 184, 190: letters from his wife, Margaret P1ayfair, also on tHe same subject. f.230 is a despairing poem, with a profile sketch of a woman's head on the back of the sheet. The tone of the diary may be represented by the entry on f.145, September 17: 'A day of horror and unutterable depression. Life seems a blank to me'.

1/14 Letts's diary no.l, 1850. Boards, with damaged lock, 25 x 20 cms, 202ff. A continued detailed account of ACR's love affairs: decline of f~eling for Miss Jukes (who from being an angel becomes an icicle) and first meetings with Miss Louisa Williams. f43, 19 April: account of R I discourse. 'Playfair's fortune is made now I believe' f.74: letter from Mrs Playfair. Monthly accounts at end.

1/15 Notebook, leather cover, metal clasp, 11 x 19 cms, 92ff. Label on cover '1850', loose sheets ff.93-7. Field notes, sketches etc. from 7 September 1850. f.l0: sketch of a woman's profile. Wales, 1.0.\01. -;0;

1/16 Letts's diary no.1, .1851. Boards, damaged lock, 25 _ ~ 20 cms, 207ff. Label ~ 1851'. Detailed diary; account of arrangements leading to the establishment of the Government School of Mines, difficulties with Sir Henry de la Beche, development of love affair with Miss Williams and a love affair of Howell's. f.14~ comments on character of Sir Henry; 'artful dodger'; f.30: discussions with Forbes; f.77, 82: comments on Playfair's relations with his wife; f.106v: resignation of UCL chair; f.144, 152: letter from Mrs Playfair. f.168: interview with Louisa's father: engagement, 15 November; notes by Geikie. Monthly accounts at end.

1/17 Notebook, leather covers, broken clasp, 11 x 19 cms, 92ff, 111pp, 3ff. Field notes, sketches, 6 October 1851 to July 1853, on Wales, Cheltenham etc. Notes on glaciers, sketches, mostly in pencil.

1/18 The literary and scientific almanack for 1852 ••• 'Diary, leather covers, 12 x 7.5 cms, 10ff. A few field notes, details of accounts etc. only.

1/18a Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 11 x 14 cms, 78ff. Notes drawings, of Rhine, 28 July-27 August 1852.

1/19 Letts's diary no.l, 1853. Boards, damaged lock, 25 x 20 cms, 76ff. Diary, in less detail than those preceding; a long gap between February and June, with no entries. f.12, June 3: birth of a daughter. Detailed annual accounts, month by month at the end of the diary.

2 1/20 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 1 x 19 cms, 90ff. Label: '1853'. Field notes, sketches, July 1853-May 1854, on Wales etc. ff.87-8: poem on clay.

1/21 Letts's diary no. 1, 1854. Boards, 25 x 20 cms, 33f:f. Few diary entries, monthly accounts at end of book. f6; 6 June: copy of a letter to Playfair on his pay and that of Aveline. f8, 6 August: birth of his son William A1an; possible end of love affair of Howe11 and Amy. f9, 3 September; baptism of son. f11, 12 October: visit to Edinburgh to discuss with F.orbes, Sir Henry's 'queer and oscillating fast and loose conduct'. Copy of a note to Sir Henry. f15: correspondence with Sir Henry and official minute on the publication of work by officers of the Survey and the need for previous official sanction. ff.16, 17, 13 November: copy of unofficial letter to Sir Henry on this subject, f18, further letter, 17 November to Sir Henry on this subjec~. f19, death of Forbes and regret that he (ACR) was not present.

1/22 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasps, 11 x 19 cms, 89ff. Label: '1854'. Field notes, sketches, 4 May 1854 to August 1855. Wales, Malvern etc.

1/23 Letts's diary no.1, 1855. Boards, damaged lock, 25 x 20 cms, 54ff. Diary entries, monthly accounts at end of book. f.5: lists of officers of the Geological Survey and their salaries f.13, 3 January: remarks on Sir Henry's altered appearance. f.13, Forbes' will and the 'cold calculating spirit' of Mrs Forbes. No entries between 28 January and 2 August, or after 1 September. f.21, 4 August: trip to Paris. f.36, verso and ffs. 37, 38: letter in form of a poem to James Sharpe.

1/24 Letts's diary no.1, 1856. Boards, 25 x 20 cms, 174 ff. Diary, monthly accounts at e,nd. f£'1,2: leave of absence of Survey officers, quarterly returns. £,13, 16 .Ianuary: letter from Sir R Murchison on Survey reports. f.13v, copy of reply: impossi­ bility of preparing report at time required. f32v, 24 February: visit to Playfair: 'It was so strange to approach and enter the old familiar house with no Mrs Playfair there to welcome me'; f.42v, 15 March: dinner with the Huxleys, and Mrs Ramsay's alarm at Huxley's want of faith; 'this may break up our projected journey to Switzerland together'. f.51v, 2 April: comment on the slowness of Bauerman's work. f.62: April 23. account of a naval review; Playfair of the party. Comments on his extensive acquaintance with the peerage 'indeed he spoke so much of lords and ladies that I who am of the Commons felt almost annoyed at my acquaintance with him'. ffs.154v, 155, 25 October: death of his mother in law, Mrs Williams.

1/25 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 11 x 19 cms, 88ff. Label on cover: '1856'. Field notes, numerous sketches, in pencil only, 9 May 1856 to 7 January 1857. Journeys in Isle of Wight, Yarmouth, We1shpoo1, Edinburgh, Wales. ffs. 81v, 82v, 83, 87, 88: poems.

3 1/26 Letts's diary no.10, 1857. Boards, 19.5 x 12.5 ems, 25 ff. Diary entries, monthly accounts. No entries until July 24, and account then of visit to Canada which began on 29 July. No entries between 27 August and 19 October.

1/27 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 11 x 19 ems, 88ff. Label on cover '1857 Canada'. ; Detailed diary of visit, with geological observations, and numerous sketches. Begins with trip to Haslemere, 30 April 1857. f14, 6 August: sketch of iceberg. Sketches of and notes on the St. Lawrence River. f36, 26 August: sketch of the Ottawa suspension bridge, ffs. 41, 42: views of French Creek on the St. Lawrence. f53v, et seq: notes on Niagara: sketches.

1/28 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 11 x 19 cms, 83ff. Label on cover '1857 Canada'. Notes on Canadian travels, from 18 September, 1857, in Richmond Valley; notes on Albany Katskill [sic} mountains, etc. f53v, voyage on river Hudson.

1/29 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 11 x 19 ems, 60ff. Label on cover, '1857. Canada. end'. Further notes on Canadian journey, from 6 October, 1857, in Quebec. f.17, 31 October: sketch of the hard at Hythe. f.23 et seq. sketches of North Berwick. Desultory notes until 10 June 1862. ffs.58v, 59: poem; f.60, view from porthole.

1/30 Notebook, leather covers, gilt stamped, 18 x 11 cms. 87ff, one ;' ~j loose sheet. Diary at the beginning, and monthly accounts kept from the other end of the book. Entries from 1 January 1858. f4v, 5 February: birth of a daughter Frances, f5, 5 March; death of Robert Crombie. ffs.6, 7: reprimands to Hull, f9v, 16 July: trip abroad with Tyndall; death of his mother [quoted Geikie, p.257} f.16, 20 November: observations on Sir Roderick's decision about a Local Directorship for Scotland; copies of correspondence. f23, 21 September: death of brother John: f24, 20 December: diary ends with pencil note on this sheet, 20 December: 'Reeks dines with me and we agreed that Jukes should take my lectures this season'. ffs.25-87, accounts, 1 January 1858 to December 1860.

1/31 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 11 x 19 ems, 68ff. Label on cover: '1858'. Field notes, accounts of journeys, from 19 March, 1858, journey to Swindon, to 21 December 1860.

1/32 Leather notebook, metal clasp, 1 x 19 ems, 82ff . Label on cover: '1858 Highlands'. Begins with journal of visit 16 July-14 August 1858, with Tyndall, to Switzerland; sketches; f.20, climb of Aeggishorn [quoted, Geikie, pp. 254-6} f.47v et seq, notes on houses: size of rooms etc. f52, 28 July 1859: travels in Scotland; some watercolour sketches.

1/33 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp. 6.5 x 9.5 ems, 26ff. Miscellaneous notes, expenses, addresses, December 1859 to November 1860.

4 1/34 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 9.5 x 16 cms, 87ff. Label on cover: '1860'. From 3 April, 1860 (journey to Bonn) to September 1860, (visit to Munich) ffs. 7 et seq: sketches of Godesberg. f19 et ~ ~eq: i views oft Rhine, Mosel. Numerous other sketches, notes ot 'Rhine journey. f85, 5 September: visit to Basel, for the 500th anniversary of the university.

1/35 Letts's no.11 diary, 1861. Boards, 20 x 13 cms, 64ff. Brief diary entries, monthly accounts at end. f25v: proposed as President of the Geological Society.

1/36 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 10 x 18 cms, 79ff. Label on cover: '1861'. Account of travels from 25 July to 7 September 1861, in Bohemia, Switzerland etc. f7: meeting with Tyndall.

1/37 Diary, 1862. Boards, 20 x 13.5 cms, 46ff. Brief diary entries, monthly accounts at end. f2: saw his doctor [Seymour] Haden's collection of Turners; f11: consulted him about his health, as proposed President of the Geological Society [quoted, Geikie, p.270] f12, 21 February: elected President; f23; 20 July: birth of a daughter.

1/38 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 9.5 x 16 cms, 77ff. Label on cover '1862'. Notes on a journey on the continent, from September to November, 1862; Paris, Rhone valley, Switzerland etc. Observations on glaciers. f68v, 7 July 1863: Anglesey, f70 et seq: notes on houses.

1/39 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp, 11 x 19 cms, 96ff. Label on cover: '1866'. Some loose sheets. Notes for field trips in England, from August 1863 to June 1866, in the north, Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire etc. Numerous sketches.

1/40 Notebook, leather covers, metal clasp: stamped 'Geological Survey of Great Britain', 11.5 x 18.5 cms, 79ff. Paper label '1866'. Rather soiled. Notes on field trips in England (Matlock, Kendal etc.) July 1866 to November 1870. Numerous notes on expenses. f70: notes on work for J W Judd.

1/41 Notebook, leather covers, 17.5 x 11.5 cms, 67ff. Household and Survey accounts, January 1870 to April 1873.

1/42 Almanack and diary, 1871. Paper covers, 12 x 8 cms, 33 ff. Very brief entries, appointments etc.

1/43 Notebook, leather covers stamped 'Geological Survey of England and Wales', metal clasp, 11 x 18.5 cms, 79ff. Paper label, '1872'. Rather soiled. Notes on field trips in Great Britain, August 1871 to December 1872. f4: copies of letters to S 0 Wi1liams and Mr Spargo [?] on sale of land at Llanrhy, August 1871.

1/44 Almanack and diary, 1872. Paper covers, 12 x 7 . 5 cms, 23 ff. A few very brief entries.

5 1/45 Blackwood's shilling scribbling diary, 1873. Paper covers, 32 x 21 cms, 14ff. A few very brief entries on appointments , etc.

1/46 Notebook, leather covers stamped 'Geological Survey of England and Wales', metal clasp, 11 x 18.5 cms, 94ff. Paper label '~~73'. Field notes, sketches, from 21 July 1873, in Wales, etc. f.70: account of a trip to Gibraltar [see Geikie, pp.337-8] ffs.82-90: travelling, household expenses, 15 July 1874 - October 1876.

1/47 Notebook, linen covered boards, 12 x 16 cms, 40ff. Paper label '1873'. Notes on travel on the continent from 18 August to 25 September 1873; Germany, Switzerland etc. ffs. 26, 27: photographs of rocks in the Lake District. Notebook paginated by ACR. [see Geikie pp. 326-7].

1/48 Letts's diary no.42, 1875. Boards, 33 x 21 cms, 80ff. Label on spine '1875'. Entries for meetings of Geological Society, dinners, etc. Detailed accounts of series of lectures to working men, beginning f2, 4 January; also, anecdote of Playfair. f.7: comments on letter to 'Times' on the Metallurgical Laboratory at RSM; f14, 27 February: Lord Sandon's visit to the Survey and possible removal of office to that 'nest of jobbers and jobbing, South Kensington'. f14v: funeral of Sir Charles Lyell. f16: evidence of Reeks before the Civil Service Commission. ffs. 20-22: visit to Dolaucothi, 25 March to 5 April. f65: remarks on Rudler's resignation.

1/49 PettitF's folio diary, 1876. Boards, stamped 'Director General', 33 x 21 cms, 167 ff. Entries on meetings, lectures given, etc. f46, 13 April: -visit to Dolaucothi; f57, 9 May : farewell to the students of the RSM and the lectureship 'forever ••• it is a pang to break a connexionof 25 years, albeit I am glad of the relief'. f59, 13 May: private visit of Queen Victoria to the Collection of Scientific Apparatus; f65v, 29 May; printed notice of proposed testimonial to ACR from past and present students of the RSM. Note by ACR 'heard nothing of this till late in November just before going to Dolaucothi'. f84, 11 July: called on Donnelly' about Huxley's drawing £600 a year from the Survey and doing nothing for it ••. ' f97, 8 August: letter from A Horsfall, in appreciation of ACR's books on glaciers in Wales, etc, 4ff. f105, 19 August: newscutting of account of the murder of Mr Johnes, etc, with comments. ffs. 105v-111, 113, 114: further newscuttings, etc; fl08, printed obituary notice of Mr Johnes, letter from WaIter Lloyd. ffs. 119-138: travel in Gibraltar , Algeciras, Tangier etc. f143v, 10 November: visit to South Kensington: interview with Huxley about use of his room at Jermyn Street; f144, 11 November: interview with J W Judd 'he is a very exacting and obstinate man'; f148v, 21 to 29 November; visit to Dolaucothi, 21 to 29 November; f 158v, 15 December: presentation of RSM students' testimonial; ffs, 160, 164: newscuttings on presentation; f162: letter from Mrs Johnes [Cookman] thanks for gift [portrait of her father?]

6 1/50 Pettitt's folio diary, 1877. Boards, stamped 'Director General'. 33 x 21 cms, 152ff. f23: 9 March: notice of the death of David .Young. f30, 22 March: letter from the Colonial Offide, with thanks for the report on the supply of fresh water t~ Gibraltar; f35, 2 April: consulted Haden and Hulke about his eye; f81, 20 July: Silver wedding; recollections of wedding day. f90-102, 10 August to 7 September: tour in Ireland. f132v: account of the honorary degree ceremony, Cambridge: Darwin awarded DCL. f141, list of chapter headings.

1/51 Notebook, leather covers, stamped 'Geological Survey of England and Wales', metal clasp, 11 x 19 cms, 94ff. Label on cover '1877'. Field notes, expenses, etc, 7 April 1877 to 8 September 1881. f50 et seq: notes on work of Goodchild.

1/52 Letts's no.42 diary, 1878. Stamped 'Director General', bottom right hand corner of cover torn away, 33 x 20.5cms, 53ff. Brief entries. f64v, 25 July: 'at home too ill to work'. f71v, 21 September: 'up to this date nearly useless with my eye and its consequences'. f76, 19 October: 'went to see Hulke who after hearing my explanations said that my left eye must be removed to save the right one'. f76v: eye operation. 'it was all over in a few minutes without my feeling anything'. Later, various entries about different glass eyes.

1/53 Letts's no.42 rough diary or scribbling journal ••• 1879. Cover marked 'Director General'. 33 x 20 cms, 107ff. f1: printed notice of the death of Bartolomeo Gastaldi. f13v: invitation to be President of the British Association, 1880. f35, 5 May: death of Trenham Reeks. 'except Playfair and Percy I think he was my oldest surviving friend'; 6 May, appointment of successor. f42, 28 May: letter from Donnelly, on the appoin,tment of Rudler. f43, 3 June: Mrs Huxley presenting ,I prizes' at the RSM Athletic Sports 'since the begin.nilng this is the first time she [Mrs Ramsay) has not delivered the prizes'. f54v: elected a corresponding member of the Society of the Lincei. f56: told by Sir W Huggins that he is to receive a Royal Medal; f94: letter from the PRS, W Spottiswoode, on the award of a Royal Medal. f100v: installation of Mr Gladstone as Lord Rector of Glasgow University; ACR awarded honorary LLD. f103v: RSM anniversary dinner. f106v: Percy and the removal of the metallurgical laboratories.

1/54 Letts's no.42 rough diary and scribbling journal for 1880. 32 x 20 cms, ·103ff. Entries for appointments, Survey business, etc. A number of inserted printed notices of deaths. f20, 13 March: 'to see Mr Walker for my portrait' . f26: printed notice of the death of Pierre Henri Nyst. f33v, 24 April: his daughter Ella presents the RSM sports day prizes. f41, 24 May: visit to Hyeres where his wife and invalid daughter Frances were spending the winter: details of travels, to Geneva etc. f45, 10 June, return home. f65, 25: August, Presidential address, British Association meeting. ffs. 66-71: newscuttings about the address from the Guardian,

7 Western Mail, Public Opinion. f73, 2 to 14 September: visit to Dolaucothi.

1/55 Pettitt's universal diary for 1880; leather covers, 12 x 8 cms, 10ff. Very brief entries for appointments etc.

1/56 Pettitt's pocket book diary for 1881. Leather covers, very damaged, 10.5 x 7 cms, 12ff. Very few brief entries.

1/57 Letts's no.31 rough diary and scribbling journal for 1882. Cover soiled, 32.5 x 20.5 cms, 37ff. f7, 11 February: , consulted with Donnelly about his pension. ffs: 9-22, February " 23 to 27 May, travels in France.

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\. LECTURE NOTES

Rough notes for lectures at the Royal School of Mines, discourses at the Royal Institution etc. One box.

See also

KG/8 WATSON, David (1846-1899) Student, RSM, 1864-67. Notes on Professor Ramsay's lectures nos.I - XXXIII, n.d. it 3

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, PRINTED PAPERS etc.

3/1 The Renfield Rocket, vol. 11, no.697, 28 February 1840. MS newssheet, with supplement. 3ft. 34 x21 cms·

3/2 Agreement between Richard Griffin and Co. Booksellers in Glasgow and Andrew Ramsay, merchant in Glasgow, for the publication of 'The geology of the island of Arran', 2 November 1840; and the assignment of copyright in the book from ACR to Griffin and Co, 1841. 2ff.

3/3 Notebook, red leather cover; rough notes on Arran, with pen and ink map. 75ff. 15 cms.

3/4 The geology of the island of Arran, from original survey, by Andrew Crombie Ramsay. Illustrated by engravings. Glasgow, Griffin, 1841. 78pp. 21.5 cms·

3/4a Correspondence on the publication of a new edition of W D Conybeare and W Phillips 'Outline of the geology of England and Wales (1822)':-

William Daniel Conybeare, (1787-1857) Seven letters to the publishers, Longmans, 1828, and one letter to Sir Henry de la Beche.

8 Sir Henry de la Beche (1796-1855) one letter to Longmans and their reply, 7 March 1844.

Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) two letters, 1836, 1837. Agreement between Longmans and Edward Forbes (1815-54) and A C Ramsay, 8 April 1844.

See Geikie, pp.58-9, p.72.

3/5 'Letters connected with my appointment at University College and introductory lecture there'; one packet. Includes letters from Charles Atkinson, J B Jukes, Sir R Murchison etc. 1847-9. 34 items.

3/6 Articles by ACR in the 'Saturday Review, 1858-73. Newscuttings.

3/7 The Physical geology and geography of Great Britain. Six lectures to working men delivered in the Royal School of Mines in 1863 by A C Ramsay FRS, 2nd ed. London, Stanford, 1864.

3/8 Les inondations en Italie ed il fiume Po. Turin, Candeletti, 1873. Estratto dal bollettino del Club Alpino Italiano, no.20, vol. VI, 1873. Pamphlet. Also proofs in English of ACR's paper on the Po.

3/9 List of lectures by ACR 1874-6. 3ff.

3/9a Bedfordshire palaeontology: Rock formation of Bedfordshire. MS notes. One packet •

. 1( 3/10 'The sunken is1atrd of At1antis', 19ff, and other MSS. Notes on Shakespeare etc.

,~ 3/10a Passport for Frances Louisa Margaret Ramsay, 2 April 1889.

3/11 MS of a book on geology, partly written in another hand than ACR's, with corrections by him.

3/12 Collection of verses, 12ff. They include the following:

An orthodox history of some passages in geology Lines for music The lay of the pa1aeozoic boulders Heart be still now idly beating Music MS: Forgive brown sand the tributary tear.

3/13 EXAMINATION PAPERS

A collection of papers, not all of which were set by ACR: some have not been identified. Unless otherwise stated they are printed. They include the following:

1 Cambridge University: St John's College etc. 1848-75.

9 2 Geological Survey and Royal School of Mines, 1852- MS.

3 Indian Civil Service, 1869.

4 Queen's University, Ireland, 1851. Examiner, J B Jukes.

5 London University and University College: syllabus and papers, 1860-68.

6 Royal Geographical Society. 1874.

7 South Kensington certificates, 1858-63.

8 Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1870.

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DRAWINGS

4/1 Sketch book (cover missing); of pencil drawings of scenery in Arran; some portrait heads etc. 22ff, 14 x 23.5 cms.

4/2 Sketch book (cover missing); pencil drawings of Scottish scenery, Southampton etc. 18ff, 14 x 23 cms.

4/3 Loose sheets of pencil drawings of Scottish landscape etc. 9ft.

4/4 'Drawings of engraved diagrams probably all inserted'. Geological sections etc. ,One packet, 27 items.

4/5/1 'Roi~ ' inap of Wales to illustr:ate" the roUles of the Geological Survey from actual observations by A C Ramsay'. Pen and ink ske~{~. s~pwing all roads leading ~ to D ,OI~~.~~, th, i, pierced hear,ts ete~ ' ll 'x 18 cms. ' L _

4/5/2 'Ye Sims Ramsay as he appeared when singing at ye Exeter Hall Friday nt May 24 1850'. Pen and ink sketch. portrait head. of ACR 7.5 x 4.6 cms. See frontispiece.

4/5/3 Pencil sketch of Edward Forbes and Trenham Reeks showing two pretty young girls round the Museum of Practical Geology, with detailed humorous caption. 19 x 22.5cms

4/5/4 'Taff of ours'. Pencil sketch.

4/5/5 Drawings of mermaid and seated woman.

4/5/6 Watercolour drawing of a Scottish figure in national dress in a mountain landscape, gazing at a giant hammer labelled °Hutton' propped against a boulder with the crossed hammers of the Survey and the statement. 'And there were giants in those days' inscribed on it. 17.5 x 24 cms.

10 4/6 Watercolour of 'Roche montonnee nr. Satterterwaite, N. Lancashire, 1874' 17.5 x 25 cms.

4/7/1,2 Two unidentified landscape drawings.

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MISCELLANEOUS PRINTED PAPERS

5/1,2 'Rules of the Brotherhood of the Order of Youth. Established by Edward Forbes ••• of which I was admitted a member in 1841 .•• ' Signed ACR 1858. If. Also, 'Constitution and government of the order'. 2ff.

5/2a Card for Red Lion function at Anderton's Hotel, 12 November 1836.

5/3 'Soliloquy composed by a R[ed L[ion] who came down to Andertons July 15, 1852 ••• ' Verses by Edward Forbes, drawings by T H Huxley. 3ff. 22 x 34 cms.

5/4 'Presented to the Red Lions in their den at Exeter, 1869. An elegy written in a country bone-cave by Dr Stoke Poges Gray' By [W.P] 2ff.

5/5 Metropolitan Red Lion Association; note dated 'Dec. 11 1854', stating 'that this Association is dissolved'.

5/6 Cartoons from 'Punch': 23 September 1865: The British Association; 8 September 1866: The philosophers of Nottingham.

5/7 Obituary notices of ACR.

Presidential address, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, May 1892, pp.38-47. Offprint.

Memoir on the late Sir Andrew Ramsay, FRS • .• by John Young. From the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow. Offprint.

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FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE

1 RAMSAY, Catherine 1814-91 (sister in law, Mrs W Ramsay) One letter, congratulations on engagement, 1851.

2 RAMSAY, Dorothea (daughter) Two letters: one, n.d, to her mother; one to Professor P G H Boswell, 25 August 1933

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3-9 RAMSAY, Elizabeth Crombie. Mrs William Ramsay d.29 (mother) July 1858 Letter to her husband and ACR. 1819, 1837-1854. .I: ~ Seven packets. .. , 10-16 RAMSAY, Eliza. Mrs Robert Dymock : ' 1810- (sister) Letters, 1829 (from ACR) 1837-185,(+i.t Seven packets. :'j 17-20 RAMS AY , John Crombie. 1816-1859 (brother) Letters, 1836-52. Four ;~ packets. ~~~; 21 RAMSAY, Louisa. Lady Ramsay. nee Williams, (wife) Letters to and from ACR, 1852- One packet.

, > ,~ ~r~ 22 RAMS AY , Violet. (daughter) Three letters to Professor Boswell, 1937-8, on Ramsay relics, daguerrotype portrait of her grandmother. See below, Section 9. " 23 RAMS AY , William. d.1827 (father) Three letters to his wife, 1812, 1817, 1824.

24-27 RAMSAY, William. 1811- (brother) Letters: 1835-54, 1879. Four packets.

7 f~~ :~ SIR HENRY DE LA BECHE (1796-1854)

.~:; . There are 390 letters from Sir Henry to ACR, from 1841 to 1854. There a typed is list with the date of each letter, found with the correspondence. See also 3/4A, 8/288

7/1-17 1841

7/18-82 1842

7/83-119 1843

7/120-122 1844

7/123-148 1845

7/149-194 1846

7/195-223 1847

7/224-249 1848

7/250-282 1849

7/283-318 1850

7/319-331 1851

12 7/332-344 1852

7/345-358 1853

7/359-390 1854

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GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

8/1 ANDERSON,Thomas (1819-74) One letter, 28 November 1848.

8/2,3 ANSTED, David Thomas (1814-80) Two letters, 1845, 1848.

8/4 ARNOTT, Neil (1788-1874) One letter. 7 July 1864.

8/5 ATTWOOD. One letter. 12 February 1861

8/6 AXERIO. J One letter. 24 July 1879. In French.

8/7-75 AVELINE. William Talbot (1822-1903) Correspondence. 1845-58. Three packets.

8/76-79 AVELINE. H T Miss Four letters. 1842-43.

8/80-82 BALFOUR. James Hutton (1808-84) Three letters. 1848. 1859. 1864.

8/83 BARLOW. Henry Clark (1806-76) Letter. 30 April 1874.

8/84-86 BARLOW. John (1798-1869) Three letters. 1846. 1847.

8/87-97 BARRY. John H Eleven letters. 1834-1843.

8/98 BATEMAN. John Frederick La Trobe (1810-1889) One letter. 18 June 1878.

8/99-100 BAUERMAN. Hilary (1835-1909) Two letters. November 1876. on presentation of dessert service from the Royal School of Mines students' committee, at ACR's retirement. See above, 1/49.

8/101 BELGIUM. Academie Royale One letter from L A J Quetelet on ACR's election as member of the Academy.

13 8/102 BEST, Edward (1824-1906) One letter, 24 December 1858.

8/103 BIDEN, H B Undated geological notes on Wales, after 1871.

8/104 BINNEY, Edward (1812-1881) One letter, 4 November 1852.

8/105-107 BLANFORD, Henry Frances (1834-1893) , Three letters ,from India, .1865, 1875, 1876.

8/108 BLANFORD, William Thomas (1832-1905) One letter, 16 October 1862.

8/109 BOWERBANK, James Scott (1797-1877) One letter, 21 July 1852. " 8/110-241BRISTOW, Henry William (1817-1889) Correspondence on Survey matters etc. 1843-59. Three packets.

8/242-247 BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE Circular letter; report on sub committee on Arran, notes, letter from Douglas Galton asking if ACR will be President of the Association; 1840-79. Five items.

8/248 BRODIE, James '-f ~ Let ter, 11 May 1841. i 8/249 BROOKS, James P A Certificate from the University College of California, 11 July 1875.

8/250-2 BROWN, John T Two letters to ACR, 1844; letter to Lady Ramsay, 11 February 1895.

8/253 BROWN, P. Miss Letter, 27 September 1851.

8/254-5 BRYN, J Two letter, 1851, 1872

8/256-61 BUCHANAN, George Six letters, 1842-1852.

8/262-8 BUCHANAN, Grace Seven letters, 1840-4.

8/269 BURTON, M Letter, 31 July 1868.

8/270-2 CAMPBELL, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900) Three letters, 1872, 1875, 1880.

14 8/273-4 CAMPBELL, John Francis (1822-1885) Two letters, 1869, 1872.

8/275-6 CAN:-VjR, Thomas Two ',i atercolour drawings of Edmoniston Island, November 1836.

:j~< 8/277 CAPEi LINI, G Letter, 25 Nov~mber 1881. In French.

8/278 CARDWELL, Edward Viscount Cardwell (1813-1886) Let ter, 1864.

8/279 CAW, A B Family letter, 31 October 1835.

8/280 CHALMERS, Thomas (1780-1847) Dictated letter, 1 November 1845.

8/281-6 CHAMBERS, Robert (1802-1871) Six letters, 1848-52.

8/287 CHIHATAEV, P de Letter from Paris, 1877.

8/288-92 CLEMENT, John H "Five letters, 1846, on possible misuse of comments by Sir Henry de la Beche on a Welsh gold mine.

".j 8/293 COOKE, Josiah Parsons (1827-1894) Letter, 10 February 1876.

8/294-301 CROMBIE, .Andrew, Janet and John Eight letters, 1830-52.

8/302 CROSSE~ ~CJrnelia Augusta Hewitt (Mrs Andrew Cross~) Letter from Heidelberg, 28 January 1861.

8/303-4 GUMMING, J G Rev. (1812-1868) Letter, and draft of letter [by ACR?].

8/305 DANA, James Dwight (1813-1895) Letter, 8 July 1862.

8/306/1-8 DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) Eight letters, 1846-64, 11ff.

8/307 DAUBREE, Gabriel-Auguste (1814-1886) Six letters from Paris, 1862-80. In French.

8/308 DAVIDSON, Thomas (1817-1885) Letter to ACR, 20 December 1872, written on blank sheet of letter to TD from De Koninck, Liege, 18 December 1872, in French, on ACR's election as Associate of the Royal Academy of Science of Belgium.

15 8/309 DAVIE, John Letter, 14 August 1861.

8/310-12 DAVIES, Morgan Three letters, April to July 1850, on the illness and death of his son William.

8/313-9 DAVIES, Will~~ (d.1850) Letter, 1845; six letters February to June 1850, on his health.

8/320 DAWKINS, William Boyd (1837-1929) Letter, 14 July 1864.

8/321-2 DAWSON, George Mercer (1849-1901) Two letters, 1876, 1880.

8/323-5 DAWSON, Sir John William (1820-1899)

" Three letters from McGi11 College, Montreal: 1871, 1872, 1876. 8/326 DECHEN, Heinrich von (1880-1889) Letter from Bonn, 30 January 1870.

8/327 DEFERRARI, [P?] ~ Letter from Genoa, 26 July 1875 in French. I, 8/328-9 DELESSE, Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph (1817-1881)

~ J~ Two letters from the Ecole Nationale des Mines, Paris, 1873. In French.

~ > 8/330-6 DESOR, Pierre Jean Edouard (1811-1882) Seven letters from Kissingen, 1861-76.

8/337-46 DEWALQUE, Gustave (1826-1905) Ten letters from Liege, 1872-80. In French.

8/352-3 DREW, Frederick (1826-1891) Two letters; from Kashmir, 12 December 1862, 3ff; from Eton College, 17 October 1875.

8/354-6 DUNN, Edward John Three letters from Capetown, 1871, 1876.

8/357 DUPONT, E Letter from the Ecole des Mines, Paris, 1 February 1872. In French.

8/358 EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY Letter, 18 January 1873 on ACR's election as honorary member of club.

8/359-60 EGERTON, Sir Philip Malpas Grey (1806-1881) Two letters, 1850, 1854.

16 8/361-2 EHRENBERG, Two letters from Bonn. 1872, 1876.

8/363 EVANS, Elizabeth Letter from Llanberis, 1 January 1848.

8/364 EVANS, Sir John (1823-1908) Letter to Lady Ramsay, 9 November 1895.

8/365-81 FALCONER, Randle Wilbraham (1816-1881) Sixteen letters, 1848-54.

8/382-5 FAVRE, Alphons One letter, March 1862, three letters 1872, from Geneva. In French.

8/386 FIELD, P Letter, 7 October 1872.

8/387 FITTON, William Henry (1780-1861) Letter, 5 December 1851.

8/388 FLEMING, E B Letter, 21 October 1851.

8/389/ FORBES, Edward (1815-1854) 1-209 Eight packets of letters, 1844-54.

8/390-2a FORBES, Emily Marianne Mrs Edward Forbes Four letters, n.d.

8/393 FORBES, James One letter, 7 December 1854.

8/394-5 FORBES, James David (1809:""68) { Two letters, 1863, 1864.

8/396-8 FOSSETT, G Three letters, 1845-6.

8/399 FULLERTON One letter, 1836.

8/400-4 GAPPER, J C Five letter, 1847-51.

8/405/1-19 GASTALDI, Bartolomeo (d.1879) Letters, notes, 1862-76. In French, 19ff. \ 8/406 GAUDRY, Jean Albert (1827-1908) One letter, 29 December 1875.

8/407 GAU, One letter, 1862. In French.

17 8/408 GEDDES, Archiba1d One letter, 5 May 1849.

8/409-11 GEIKIE, Archiba1d (1835-1924) Three letters, 1856, 1873.

8/412/1-15 GEIKIE, James (1839-1915) t: J Fifteen letters, 1870-81.

8/413/1-13 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Memoranda and notes, etc; quarterly return of geologists, December 1854; notes on the organisation of the Survey, n.d, 6ff; memorandum on the appointment of Sir R Murchison, 18 April 1855; notes on history of the Survey. 1844-1876. 6 items, 13ff.

8/414 GIBB, Janet One letter, 2 September 1839.

8/415/1-12 GIBBS, Richard. (d.1878) Eleven letters, 1845-48; one letter from Elizabeth Gibb on the death of her father.

8/416 GLASGOW UNIVERSITY Letter from John Cairdon the award of an honorary degree to ACR, 24 November 1879.

~: 8/417/1-6 GODWIN-AUSTEN, Robert Alfred Cloyne (1808-1884) Six letters, 1854-1882.

~A ,~ 8/418-9 GOODSIR, John (1814-1867) Two letters, one dated 11 December 1854,

8/421 GOSSELET, Jules-Auguste (1832-1916) One letter, 31 January 1882. In French. 8/420-21 GORDON, George Two letters, 1871, 1872.

8/423 GOULD, Charles (d.1895) One letter, 19 November 1860, 5ff. 8/424-5 George, William Two letters, 1842, 1843.

8/426 GRANT, Robert Edmond (1793-1874) One letter, 10 October 1852. 8/427 GREENE, John One letter, 14 November 1854. 8/428 GREENWOOD, One letter, 1 January 1865.

18 8/429 GRIFFITH, Richard One letter, 1854.

8/430 GROVE, S One letter, 1 November 1872.

8/431 HAMILTON, Edward One letter, 17 June 1874.

8/432 HAMILTON, William John (1805-1867) One letter, 21 November 1854.

8/433 HANDCOCK, Sally One letter, 19 September [1850?].

8/434 HAU, Julius One letter, 6 February 1866, 3ff.

8/435 HARRINGTON, B J McGi11 University One letter, 7 August 1879.

8/436,437 HAUER, Franz von Two letters, 1861, 1882. In German.

8/438-42 HAYDEN, Ferdinand Vandeveer (1829-1887) Five letters, 1872-78.

8/443 HECTOR, James" Letter, 25 March 1862.

8/444-8 HELLAND, A Fdve letters: very long letter, 9 December 1875, 4ff: four letters, 1876-7.

8/449 HENFREY, Arthur (1819- ) One letter, n.d.

8/450/1-9 HENFREY, George Nine letters, 1845-6.

8/451 HENSLOW, John Stevens (1796-1861) Letter, 27 December 1860.

8/452-3 HOME, David Milne Two letters, 1872, 1878.

8/454/1-12 HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817-1911) Twelve letters, (one incomplete) 1846-78, 13f(:

8/455-61 HORNER, Leonard (1785-1864) Seven letters, 1845-60

8/462-5 HOWDEN, Ann and Eleanor Four letters, 1836-48.

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8/466-80 HOWELL. Henry Hyatt (1834-1915) Fifteen letters, 1850-79.

8/481-4 HOWIE, Robert Four letters, 1834-39.

8/485-6 HUGHES , John Two letters, 1842, 1843.

8/487-8 HUGHES, Terence McKenny (1832-1917) ,,,,",, Two letters, 1875, 1877.

8/489-91 HUGHES, W E Surgeon Three letters, 1850, on his patient, William Davies.

8/492-6 HUGUENIN, Jules Five letters, 1862-5. f " 8/497-505 HULL, Edward (1829-1917) Nine letters, 1850-78.

8/506/1-67 HUNT, Robert (1807-87) Sixty-six letters, 1845-54, one letter 1877.

{t , ;if,. 8/507 HUNT, Thomas Sterry One letter, 25 January 1872. , 8/508:"9 ') HUTTON, Frederick Wollaston (1836-1905) it '{ It . Two let'ters from New Zealand; 3 March, 1872, 5ff; 27 October 1873. It 1 8/510/1-7 HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825-95) Seven letters, 1854-5. Death of Forbes, etc. , 1 8/511-2 IBBETSON, Levett Landon Boscawen (d.1869) Two letters, n.d.

8/513-21 JAMES, Henry (1803-1877) Nine letters, 1843-75.

8/522-39 JAMES, Trevor Evans Eighteen letters, 1842-46.

8/540 JAMES, Maryanne One letter, n.d.

8/541 JAMIESON, Thomas F Letter, 26 July 1864.

8/542/1-7 JOHNES, Betha Seven letters, 1848-75, from Dolaucothi.

8/543/1-6 JOHNES, Charlotte Mrs Cookman Seven letters, from 1848.

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~ L-= 8/544/1-38 JOHNES, Elizabeth Charlotte (d.1848) Thirty eight letters.

8/545/1-15 JOHNES, John Fifteen letters, from 142-55.

8/546 JOHNSTONE, F Sonley Letter, 14 April 1877. 4ff.

8/547 JONES, H Stanley Letter, 29 March 1866.

8/548 JONES, T R Letter, 26 June 1862.

8/549 JUDD, John Wesley (1840-1916) Letter on appointment to Royal School of Mines, 13 August 1876. See also above, 1/40, 1/49

8/550/1-12 JUKES, G Augusta. Mrs J B Jukes Twelve letters, 1850-51.

8/551/ JUKES, Joseph Beete (1811-1869) 1-166 166 letters, 1846-1867. Many letters are printed in 'Letters and extracts from the addresses and occasional writings of J Beete Jukes' edited by his sister, London, Chapman and Hall, 1871. -

8/552/1-4 JUKES, Sarah. Mrs Alfred Jukes and her daughter Sarah. Four letters, n.d.

8/553 KINGSLEY, Charles (1819-1875) One letter, 4 November 1864.

8/554-6 KIRKPATRICK, James. Dumfries Three letters, 1838, 1841, 1842.

8/557-61 KONINCK, Laurent Guillaume de (1809-87) Five letters, 1871-74. In French.

8/562-3 LADINGHAM, Francis. .Edinburgh Two letters, 1842, 1848.

8/563-71 LANDSBOROUGH, David (1779-1854) Nine letters, 1839-48. 12ff.

8/572 LANKESTER, Phebe Mrs Edwin Lankester One letter from Manchester, 14 April [1848].

8/573 LAPPARENT, Albert-August Cochon de (1839-1908) One letter, 7 April 1880. In French.

8/574 LECKINGHAM, S. Glasgow One letter, 14 November 1842.

21 8/575 LECKY, Wil1iam Edward Hartpole (1838-1903) One letter, 4 January 1874.

8/576/1,2 LENNOX, Arthur Covering letter, 28 February 1875 with letter from the Duke of Richmond. ~~1 8}:577 LESLEY, J Peter. University of Pennsylvania One letter, 24 December 1838.

8/578 LESQUERIEUX, Leo (1806-1889) One letter, 24 December 1838.

8/579 LIE, Marius Sophus (1842-1899) One letter, 8 February 1876.

8/580 LLOYD, Thomas B One letter, 9 March 1854.

8/581 LLOYD, WaIter One letter, 26 June 1848, on death of Miss Johnes.

8/582 LOGAN, Sir Wi11iam, Edmond (1798-1875) Montreal Letter,-r-August 1857.

8/583 LOWRY, Joseph Wi1son (1803-1879) , One letter, 28, September [1846-7?]. ,\ " , 8/584/1-24 LYELL, Sir Charles (1797-1875) ·10' Twenty-one letters, 1841-72; copy of letter from ACR to Sir Charles, 1846: two letters from Miss Arabel1a Buckley, 1873, 1875.

8/584/25 Seven photographs and prints of Sir Charles Lye11: miscellaneous prints and diagrams.

8/584/26 Index to Sir Charles Lyell's lecture diagrams. Pen and ink sketches pasted into a paper covered album, 40 cms, 17ff .

8/584/27 Letter to G P Scrope, from Sir Charles Lye11 18 November 1859; two sheets of notes [by Scrope?] enclosed in reprint of article by Sir Charles, Proc. Geol. Soc., 19 December 1849.

8/585-6 MALLETT, Robert. Dublin Two letters, 1848, 1852.

8/587-95 MARCOU, Jules (1824-1898) Nine letters, 1871-82. In French.

8/596 MAURY, Matthew Fontaine (1806-1873) One letter, 28 January 1884.

8/597-8 MEDLICOTT, Joseph G. Dublin Two letters, [1846].

22 8/599/1-15 MILNE, John (1850-1913) Tokio Fifteen letters, 1875-81; details of the earthquake, 23 December 1880.

8/600 MOORE, John Carrick (1805-1898) One letter, 30 October 1878.

8/601-2 MORTILLET, Louis Laurent Gabriel (1821-1898) Two letters, 1862, 1871. In French.

8/603 MUNSIE, [WilUam] One letter, 31 January 1840.

8/604/1-10 MURCHISON, Sir Roderick Impey (1792-1871) Eight letters, to 1848: copy of letter from ACR, 22 May 1857; obituary notice of Lady Murchison, 1869.

8/605/1~9 MURRAY, Alexander Nine letters, 1842-4.

8/606/1-10 NICHOL, John Pringle (1804-1859) Ten letters, 1838-48.

8/607 NICOL, James (1810-1879) One letter, 22 September 1852.

8/608/1-28 NIMMO, Thomas Twenty-eight letters, 1833-52.

8/609 NOGGERATH, Johann Jakob (1788-1877) One letter, 14 July 1860. In German. ,

8/610/1-86 OLOHAM, Thomas (1816-1878) I l' : Eighty-six letters, 1846-62.

8/611 OMBONI, Giovanni (1829- ) One letter, 17 June 1865. In French.

8/612 ORMEROD, George Waring (1810-1891) One letter, 8 May 1849.

8/613 OWEN, Sir Richard (1804-1892) One letter, 8 May 1849.

8/614-5 PERCY, John (1817-1889) Letter, 24 November 1879, on an alleged attack on the Survey, and draft of ACR's reply.

8/616-20 PERKINS, A P Five letters, 1843-51.

8/621 PHILLIPS, John (1800-1874) Sixty-four letters, 1842-67.

23 8/622 PLAYFAIR, James. Montreal One letter, 13 June 1837.

8/623-4 PLAYFAIR, Janet. Mrs Playfair (d.1862) Two letters, 1848, n.d.

8/625/1-48 PLAYFAIR, Lyon 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews (1818-1898) .', Forty-seven letters, 1837-54: one to 'Prof Rams~y, 1892'.

8/626/ PLAYFAIR, Margaret (Margy) nee Oakes. Mrs Lyon Playfair 0;1-35 (d.1855). Thirty-six letters, 1849-54.

8/632 RAE, John. Orkney One letter, 19 January 1886.

8/633-4 RAWLINS, J . Two letters, 1842.

8/635/ REEKS, Trenham (1823-1879) Registrar, Royal School of Mines 0,1-32 Thirty-three letters, 1836, 1843-54.

8/636-8 REES, George Three letters, May 1845.

8/639-40 REES, Josiah Two letters, 1842, 1843. &'1; r.". 8/641 REID, Rugo One letter, 4 November 1843. "1 8/642:-3 RENEVIER, Lausanne Two letters, 1879, one in French.

8/644-52 RHYS, Sir John (1840-1915) Seven letters to Mrs Ramsay, 1865-72; MS notes on sound changes in Latin and Welsh, If.

8/653 ROBINSON, George Frederick Samuel, 1st Marquis of Ripon (1827-1909) Letter, 26 February 1872, offering Directorship of the Geological Survey to ACR.

8/654-5 RUDLER, Frederick William (1840-1915) Two letters, June 1876.

8/656 RUSSELL, Robert (1842-1900) One letter, 6 April 1879.

8/657-61 RUTlMEYER, Ludwig (1825-1895) Five letters, 1861-69.

8/658-9 RUTLEY, Frank Two monochrome watercolour drawings of rocky seascapes.

24 8/660/1-34 SALTER, John William (1820-1869) Thirty-three letters, {1846] to 1862; caricature 'Roderick - the last of the Goths' with verse.

8/661-2 SAMUEL, William Two letters, 1843.

8/663-6 SANDBERGER, F. Wurzburg Four letters, 1876-6. In German.

8/667-70 SANDERS, William (1799-1875) Four letters, 1843-52.

8/671 SCHONBEIN, E One letter, 5 August 1861.

8/672 SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT Letter to the S&AD from ACR with copy of reply giving permission for him to visit Gibraltar.

8/673-5 SCROPE, George Poulett (1797-1876) Three letters, 1869-74. See also above, 8/584/27

8/676-8 SEDGWICK, Adam (1785-1873) Three letters, 1865[1].

8/679 SELLA, Quintin (1821-1884) One letter, January 1878. ,"'".. o 8/680/1i 25 SELWYN, Alfred Richard Cecil (1846-81) Twenty-five letters, 1846-81. ~ , 8/681 SENFT, Karl Friedrich Ferdinand (1810-1893) One letter, 9 July 1874. In German.

8/682/1-29 SHARPE, James Twenty-nine letters, 1840-51.

8/683/1-16 SHARPE, John (d.1851) Fifteen letters, 1842-51, one letter from James Sharpe on his father's death.

8/684 SHARPEY, David One letter, n.d.

8/685 SIMMS, One letter, 10 October 1851.

8/686-91 SIMONS, John Six letters, 1835-6.

8/692-4 SISMONDA, A Three letters, 1863, 1873. In French.

25 8/695 SKERTCHLEY, Sydney Barber Josiah (1850-1926) One letter 13 July 1876.

8/696 SMITH, James (1782-1867) One letter, 31 December 1862.

8/697-9 SMYTH, Henrietta Three letters, 1845.

SMYTH, Sir Warington Wilkinson (1817-1890) 8/700 WWS Forty-six letters. Letter twenty-one has a sketch of travelling ~ith a young woman.

8/701 SOPWITH, Thomas (1803-1879) One letter, 5 October 1852.

8/702 SPENCE, William (1783-1860) One letter, 22 July 1852.

8/703-4 STANLEY, Arthur Penrhyn (1815-1881) Two letters.

8/705 STEWART, J One letter, 27 April 1843.

STOW, George W. Orange Free State Geological Survey 8/706 and Copies of correspondence. Covering letter, 1 June 1878, for letter, 10 May 1878 with sixteen enclosures, on his work the Survey and various claims for expenses etc 24ff.

8/707-0 STRICKLAND, Hugh Edwin (1811-1853) Three letters, 1849, 1852.

8/710-1 STUDER, Bernhard Two letters, 1875. In French.

8/712 STUTCHBURY, Samuel. Bristol One letter, 26 February 1845.

8/713-4 THOMSON, William Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824-1907) Two letters, August 1868.

8/715 TRENCH, Richard Chenevix (1807-1886) One letter, 20 January 1864.

8/716 TRIMMER, Edward J A One letter 20 June 1854.

TRIMMER, Joshua (1797-1857) 8/717/1-47 from Forty-seven letters: include notes from doctors, letters . J T' s brother [Kirkby?].

8/718 TRISTRAM, Thomas One letter 29 November 1842.

26 8/719-21 TYNDALL, John (1820-1893) Two letters 1859, 1864, one undated brief note.

8/722 VAMBERY, Arnim (1832-1913) One letter to Mrs Ramsay, [18671].

8/723 VERNEUIL, E de One letter, ~.d, in French (after 1855).

8/724 WARD, James Clifton (d.1880) One letter, 10 March 1877.

8/725/1-34 WILLIAMS, Anna Maria Mrs W Williams Thirty-four letters, 1842-52.

8/726/1-12 WILLIAMS, David Hiram d.1849 Twelve letters, 1844-6.

8/727-9 WILLIAMS, Emily, daughter of Anna Williams Three letters, 1846.

8/730 WILLIAMS, M. HQ Mafeking Letter to Lady Ramsay, 24 January 1906.

8/732/1-60 WILLIAMS, Stewart Fifty-eight letters and other papers.

8/733-7 WILLIAMS, Wilman Five letters, 1844-52.

8/738 WILSON, George. Edinburgh One letter, 22 July 1852.

8/739-42 WILSON, John Four letters, one dated 1846.

8/743 WOODWARD, Samuel Pickworth (1821-1865) One letter, 29 December 1841.

8/744-6 WRIGHT, Thomas (1809-1884) Three letters: one 1871, two 1878; with two mourning cards, on the death of his wife, on 24 September.

8/747 YOUMANS, Edward Livingston (182l-1887) One letter, 30 January 1872.

8/748-9 YOUNG, John (1835-1902) Two letters.

8/750 ZIEGLER, J M One letter, 1 May 1876.

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OTHER RELATED MATERIAL

Daguerrotype of Mrs Elizabeth Crombie Ramsay in gilt frame, 12.5 x 10 cms . . It was 'taken from a portrait by Cunningham Gilbert, a pupil of Raeburn' sent to Professor Boswell in March, 1938. See 6/22 above

Portrait, head and shoulders of ACR in old age, reading a book, by his duaghter Violet Ramsay. Oils, 44 x 34 cms. Left to Imperial College by , Miss Ramsay's will and received by Imperial College in December 1949. " Bronze plaque, mounted on wood, inscribed in Latin with citation of the election of ACR to the Lincei Academy, 7 August 1883. 17 . 5 x 14 cms . With the printed certificate of the award.

The college also owns the silver gilt dessert service presented to ACR by his students at the Royal School of Mines in 1876 and presented by Miss V G M Ramsay in 1947. See above,l/49. The correspondence relating; to this donation is in file MS/1/4, letters between the Misses Ramsay, Professor P G H Boswell and others, 1939-56.

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