| Ref No | LDGSL/1110/B |
| Title | Postgraduate field notebooks of Michael Peter COWARD |
| Date | 1966-1968 |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Extent | 26 notebooks |
| Format | Document |
| Description | Twenty-four geological field notebooks containing rough notes, mapping and sections on South Uist compiled by Mike Coward as a postgraduate student at Imperial College, London, 1966-1968. Comprising the following dates:
Vol 1 – 22-23 Jul 1966
Vol 2 – 23 Jul-2 Aug 1966
Vol 3 – 3-17 Aug 1966
Vol 4 – 18 Aug-3 Sep 1966
Vol 5 – 4-14 Sept 1966
Vol 6 – 15-?17 Sep 1966
Vol 7 – 6-14 May 1967
Vol 8 – 15-29 May 1967
Vol 9 – 30 May-12 Jun 1967
Vol 10 – 13-18 Jun 1967
Vol 11 – 19-27 Jun 1967
Vol 12 – 29 Jun-17 Jul 1967
[Vol 13 - missing]
Vol 14 – 3-17 Aug 1967
Vol 15 – 17-26 Aug 1967
Vol 16 – 28 Aug-18 Oct 1967
Vol 17 – 23 Apr-1 May 1968
Vol 18 – 2 May-11 Jun 1968
Vol 19 – 12-17 Jun 1968
Vol 20 – 18-26 Jun 1968
Vol 21 – 27 Jun-2 Jul 1968
Vol 22 – missing
Vol 23 – 17 Jul- 8 Aug 1968
Vol 24 – 9 Aug-4 Sep 1968
Vol 25 – 5-16 Sep 1968
Vol X – 13 Aug 1966 & Feb ?1967.
Also two small notebooks describing specimens collected probably from 1966.
Note: the notebooks make reference to photographs and specimens, which are not extant in this collection. |
| Provenance | Donated by his wife Dr Alison Ries in 2014. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only, Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| ArchNote | Source: Ries, A & RWH Butler, RH Graham, 'Deformation of the Continental Crust: The Legacy of Mike Coward, Geological Society Special Publication, vol 272 (2007), front matter, vii-xii; GSL Obituary, 2003 [https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/About/History/Obituaries-2001-onwards/Obituaries-2003/Michael-Peter-Mike-Coward-1945-2003 accessed 22 July 2019]. Description by Caroline Lam |
| CreatorName | COWARD | Michael Peter | 1945-2003 | structural geologist |