Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/3/50
• Dates of Creation:31 May 1861
• Name of Creator:
  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 letter

• Scope and Content

  Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie sending him the dry proofs of the Edinburgh [geological map] for correction. He discusses Ramsay's editorial comments concerning sensitive material about the School of Mines and the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and justifies their inclusion in his 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. He apologises that the passage has caused distress but regrets that it is now too late to remove them as the book had gone to press.

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Sarah Higgins 20 December 20000

• Subjects

  Criticism, Textual

  Geological Mapping

• Personal Names

  Forbes, 1815-1854 (professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)

  Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist)

• Corporate Names

  Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:)

  Government School of Mines and of Science as Applied to the Arts (1851-)