Collection of Drawings of Minerals
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-542
- Dates of Creation:1830-1836
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:1 box containing 4 volumes, 1 separate volume.
Scope and Content
The collection is composed of highly colourful drawings of minerals and are organised into five volumes of accompanying notes. Manuscript notes in the volumes indicate that the drawings are arranged in families according to the system of Professor Robert Jameson (1774-1854).
Administrative / Biographical History
The geologist Richard Cust was born in 1754. The five volume work containing drawings of minerals was executed while in his eighties. He died in 1844.
Access Information
Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance.
Acquisition Information
Drawings transferred from Geology Library, 1994, Accession no. E94.32.
Other Finding Aids
Important finding aids generally are: the alphabetical Index to Manuscripts held at Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and Archives, consisting of typed slips in sheaf binders and to which additions were made until 1987; and the Index to Accessions Since 1987.
Accruals
Check the local Indexes for details of any additions.
Related Material
The UK National Register of Archives (NRA), updated by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, notes: drawings of minerals (5 vols), Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle Headquarters.
Subjects
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