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 →

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 →

Lyell Inspires! TAGS: Archives | Archives Access and Engagement | Archives Cataloguing | Archives Transcription | Geology | marine biology | Mollusc | Sir Charles Lyell (1795-1875) This month we learn that Erin, one of our Lyell project volunteers, has had her eyes opened to the present-day natural world – thanks to inspiration from our Sir Charles …Continue reading →

In Lyell’s Own Words TAGS: Archives | Archives Cataloguing | Archives Transcription | Fossils | Mollusc | Sir Charles Lyell (1795-1875) | Student Experience | volunteers This month we hear from Lyell Project Archivist Elise Ramsay and Project Volunteer Erin McRae. Elise and Erin each reflect on their recent progress transcribing the Sir Charles Lyell notebooks …Continue reading →