Lyell’s Islands We’ve been lucky to have had Harriet Mack, who is heading into her 3rd Year of a joint honours degree in Archaeology and Classics working with us as our Lyell …Continue reading →

The Case of the ‘L’Homme de la Denise’ We are grateful to present another guest blog! This time from Timothé Lhoste who is currently completing his master’s degree studying History of Science at the School for Advanced Studies …Continue reading →

Spending a wee while with Lyell  Following in the brilliant footsteps of Claire, Sarah and Joanne – we have been lucky to have Sarah Partington working on conserving the Lyell Collection. For 14 weeks, Sarah was …Continue reading →

Review 2022 and a look towards 2023 TAGS: Archives | Archives Access and Engagement | Archives Cataloguing | Archives Conservation | Archives Digitisation | Archives Transcription | Earth Science | Sir Charles Lyell (1795-1875) A lot has happened in 2022! Supported by both core and external funding, and with a return to more normal ways of working, we have been able to re-start and …Continue reading →

“An epoch in history” – Charles Lyell in Nova Scotia 1842 TAGS: Archives | Archives Digitisation | Centre for Research Collections | collections | Earth Science | Geology | Image Collections | Nova Scotia | Sir Charles Lyell (1795-1875) We are delighted to welcome Tim Fedak – a Curator and Palaeontologist based at Nova Scotia Museum – to our blog! Tim has been waiting ever so patiently for access …Continue reading →

Considering labels TAGS: Archives | Centre for Research Collections | Earth Science | Fossils | Geology | Sir Charles Lyell (1795-1875) | Specimens | Student Experience | University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections The Cockburn Geological Museum at the Grant Institute holds an extensive collection of over 130,000 geological specimens that reflect the whole spectrum of earth science materials, including minerals, rocks and …Continue reading →

Conservator Claire turns to the dark side (but it all ends well). I am now in my final week of the Lyell Project; time has flown by as myself and our exceptional interns have breezed through the plethora of material in this …Continue reading →

New blog from the Digitisation Service Its taking teams of multi-skilled people to open up the Charles Lyell collection! Read all about the Cultural Heritage Digitisation Service Team’s efforts to digitise the Notebooks on their latest …Continue reading →

Lyell staff update the Murray family donors It was a great pleasure for some of the Lyell project staff to welcome the Murray family to the Library, and to show them how their generous support is allowing …Continue reading →

Hello from Pamela, new Strategic Projects Archivist TAGS: Archives | Archives Access and Engagement | Centre for Research Collections | collections | Earth Science | Geology | Image Collections | Sir Charles Lyell (1795-1875) | Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) | University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections Strategic Projects Archivist, Pamela McIntyre started in mid January, and will be leading on the Charles Lyell Project. Pamela introduces herself, and shares her insight on the internationally significant Sir …Continue reading →