Guide to the Collections of the University of Edinburgh (as filmed by the AJCP)

Collection Summary

Creator

Edinburgh University Library

Title

Collections held by the University of Edinburgh (as filmed by the AJCP)

Date Range

1798 - 1941

Collection Number

M1676

Extent

34 items

Language of Materials

English

Repository

Australian Joint Copying Project

Sponsor

The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Letters 1867-76 of T. Halliwell to J. Halliwell-Phillips describing life as a goldminer, shepherd and schoolteacher in New Zealand.

Papers 1837-74 of geologist Sir Charles Lyell, including letters of H. Brown, J. von Haast and Sir James Hector in New Zealand.

Papers 1846-70 of Sir Roderick Murchison, mainly relating to the first discovery of Australian gold, and including letters of W.B. Clarke, E.H. Hargraves, P.E. Strzelecki, W.T. Smith and P.P. King.

Papers 1879-1900 of Sir Archibald Geikie, comprising letters from Australian and New Zealand geologists, including E.J. Dunn, F.W. Hutton, J. von Haast and E.T. Hardman.

Letter 1879 of E. Schulyer to Lord Augustus Loftus on his appointment as Governor of New South Wales.

Diary 1914 of Professor J.H. Ashworth describing his voyage to and from Australia, visits to museums and universities, and meetings with Australian scientists.

Papers 1937-41 relating to writings of Marnie Bassett.

Papers 1830-41 of Professor Robert Jameson referring to fossils from New South Wales, emigration to Australia and appointment of naturalist for HMS Fly.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh.

For more information, contact the Centre for Research Collections [https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/crc].

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the University of Edinburgh and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the Centre for Research Collections. University of Edinburgh and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: Colonial Office Correspondence, 1901-1914, Papers of Professor Arthur Berriedale Keith (as filmed by the AJCP), Centre for Research. The University of Edinburgh. (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-771827086/findingaid#nla-obj-798920548).

Archival History

Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1982 (AJCP Reels: M1676). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

For more information see Centre for Research Collections (https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/).

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn730764] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Related Materials

The journals of James Mitchell (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn735434) and the papers of Arthur Berriedale Keith (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2257971) have been listed and filmed separately.

Finding-aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Advisory Statement

Maori, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased.

This Finding Aid and digitised material contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.

Subjects

Ashworth, J.H., Prof.; Australia: immigration to; Australia: visits to; Bassett, Mamie, Lady; Brown, H.; Clarke, William B., Rev.; Dunn, Edward J.; Fly, HMS (ship); Fossils; Geikie, Sir Archibald; Geologists; Geology: Australia; Geology: Australia; Gold and Goldfields: Australia; Gold and Goldfields: New Zealand; Governors and Governors General: New South Wales; Halliwell, T.; Halliwell-Phillips, J.; Hardman, E.T.; Hargraves, Edward H.; Hector, Sir James; Hutton, Frederick W.; Jameson, Robert, Prof.; King, Phillip P., Capt.; Loftus, Lord Augustus W., 2nd Marquess of Ely; Lyell, Sir Charles; Murchison, Sir Roderick, 1st Baronet; Museums; Naturalists; New Zealand; Registers of baptism, marriages and burials; Schoolteachers; Schulyer, E.; Smith, W.T.; Strzelecki, Sir Paul E. de. Count; Von Haast, Sir Julius

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 156, pp56-57.