Ref NoLDGSL/1075
TitleFormation of the Geological Society of South Africa
Date1895-1897
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
FormatDocument
DescriptionNewscuttings from 'Standard and Diggers News', reporting the formation of the Geological Society of South Africa on 4 February 1895, and also accounts of the first year of the organisation's meetings with a small amount of cuttings for 1896-1897. A number of the cuttings have lithographed likenesses of the officers of the new society. At the back of the volume is bound an issue of the 'Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa', parts I & II, February-March 1896.
ProvenanceCuttings were sent to J G Atherstone to T R Jones, and bound into a single volume.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/956Geological Society of South Africa; 1895-1895-
Places
CodePlaceName
NA160South Africa
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