Ref NoLDGSL/791
TitleScrapbook, 'Sir Archibald Geikie in America'
Date1897
LevelFile
Extent1 file
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
Description'Sir Archibald Geikie in America', a scrapbook recording Geikie's visit to Maryland, April-May 1897, comprising: newscuttings, mainly taken from the local US press; black and white photographs of geological formations, some with Geikie and the visiting party included; ephemera such as dinner invitations, lecture notices and postcards & passenger list from the Cunard Steamship Company.
ProvenanceGiven to Geikie by William Branwhite Clarke.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam
Previous referenceLDGSL 791
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/13GEIKIE; Archibald (1835-1924); geologist and historian1835-1924
DS/UK/254CLARKE; William Branwhite (1798-1878); geologist and Church of England clergyman1798-1878
Places
CodePlaceName
NA198Maryland
NA300United States of America
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