M.S. Johnston album 2 - index, GA 'Carreck Archive'

M.S. Johnston album 2 - index

Page number refers to the page numbers of the digital version of the album held here. In most cases in this volume two physical pages in the original volume = 1 digital page.

Mary Sophia Johnston (1875-1955) albums

Page 1

Front cover

Page 2

Left leaf

Bought by M.S. Johnston, and bequeathed by her to the Association

Right leaf

Blank

Page 3

Left leaf

Envelope with Geologists' Association London. University College stamp.

Right leaf

Photograph of George Potter posed next to Nautilus Imperialis.

Handwritten note about the photograph, George Potter, where the photograph was taken and 'Last of the three founders of Geologists Association 1858.

Nautilus Imperialis London Clay Highgate Archway - Photo of only [?word illegible] copy of this fossil [?] which was [words illegible] J. Sowersby 1812. The specimen which is in the British Museum/Nat Hist/ was labelled "[word illegible] collection history un-recorded" It was identified from this print C.1900 by G. Potter [?]

For description see Mineral Conchology Vol. June 1812 [first column of hand-written text below photograph]

George Potter Born Hornsey side of Highgate Village. Sept 25th. 1837.

Taken in library Literary & Scientific Institution Highgate Nov. 1921 of which Institutio I was elected as Associate 1847.

Last survvors of the three founders of Geologists Asso-ciation [hyphenated in letter at page margin] 1828.

Page 4

Left leaf Letter to Mr. Potter. 1st Novr. 1911 re receipt of the photograph.

G.A [hand written on letter][another hand-written comment above address illegible]

The Maples, Hitchin. [printed address]

1st Novr. 1911

Dear Mr. Potter,

Thanks for your letter & the very excellent likeness of yourself, which I shall certainly subit to the illustration Committee for publication, I don't see how it is to be got into the Jubilee Volume but it would make a good frontispiece to the next number -the first of the Volume - of our Proceedings, together with a brief note of your work for the Association. [uderlined in green pencil]

No one has a greater right or could

[end of page one of a letter which has a black rim]

Right leaf

Letter to Mr. Potter 8th November 1918, from the GA President. The letter expresses the GA Council congratulations on the approach to the sixtieth anniversary of the GA.

THE GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. LONDON. W. C. [Letteread with GA Crest]

8th. NOVEMBER 1918. [handwritten date with another word written to left of crest illegible]

Dear Mr. Potter,

On the approach of the sixtieth anniversary of the Geologists' Association, the Council desire to express to you their congratulations and their hopes for your continued health. They feel that the Association is fortunate in being still honored with the membership and support of one who took part in its foundation.

[typed letter]

Yours very sincerely J.Fredk N Green [?] President

[hand-written signature]

George Potter Esq., F.R.M.S., 10 Priestwood Mansions, Archway Road, N.6.

[typed address]

Page 5

Left leaf

Rear of letter shown in Page 4, left leaf.

respond more ably to the toast of "The Geologists' Association" than yourself. I do not think you will be too long. I dare say I shall see you on Friday night, but I shall not be up on Saty [? Saturday shortened?] till the dinner, for the loss of our member (Dr. Hillier) has thrown me into the turmoil of another election.

With kind regards

Believe me Yours very truly Wiliam Hill [letter and signature][someone has pencilled "died" below this]

P.S. With regard to Lobley [?] I see he is a member of the Association therefore I presume not eligible as a guest. [Footnote to letter]

Page 6

Right leaf [something written top left at an angle looks like acres but that doesn't make sense]

18 West View

Highgate Hill

N.19

17 Oct 1918

Dear Mr Potter

It is particularly delightful to have such kind and strengthening words from the founder of the Geologists' Association and I value them very greatly. I hope I shall prove not unworthy of the honour with which I have been entrusted.

At the present crisis, there have been many difficulties

[first page of a handwritten letter]

Page 7

Right leaf in keeping the flag flying and, but for the earnest help of old supporters of the Association, our fumbles [?] might have led almost to a suspension of our activities. But we have managed to keep up short excursions, to maintain lectures and papers and to produce Proceedings which, I venture to believe, are worthy of our history.

You may have heard that the late [insert] Dr Fonlerton [?], who did so much for the Association in earlier days, arranged for us to receive from his estate, £250, which will be devoted

[end of second page of letter from page 6]

to an annual award. This is a new and helpful departure.

It seems to me of great importance that the Wetherill specimens should be preserved. Many, I suppose, are from Highgate Archway. The Hampstead Scientific Society has, I believe, some nucleus for a local museum, and I gave them some flint cores I found. And Mr Barrow has some idea of a local collection at University College. I shall take an opportunity of discussing the matter with anyone likely to be able to make a suggestion

[end of third page of letter from page 6]

Page 8

Left leaf [folded out fourth page of letter started on page 6]

May I offer my congratulations on the mental and physical energy with which you still spur us youngsters. It is with the greatest pleasure that I learn that you will be exhibiting again on Saturday and that we shall have with us one to whom we are indebted for many pleasures and our [word crossed out] loved science for much advancement. Believe me

Yours sincerely

J. Fredk N Gassu [signature illegible]

Right leaf [nothing on the right leaf]

Page 9

Left leaf George Potter [caption in handwriting beneath a photograph]

J. Slade [?] [signature beneath a photograph] 1893 [handwritten on photograph] Born 1828 Deid [sic] 1905 [hand written beneath photograph

H S Atkinson [?] hand written on photograph of a man sitting and woman standing]

E.T. Newton 1897 [signature on photograph]

Right leaf

[Photograph with no inscription top]

[illegible][writing to top left of letter pasted sideways] MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY [ impressed crest as letter head]

Ruiller [?][hand written top right of letter; different penmanship than letter itself as also word to lhs]

5th May, 1900

Dear Miss Potter,

Pardon me for not replying to your enquiry yesterday, but the fact is I wanted to ascertain before writing whether there were any works specifically treating [could be treatises] of sponges and corals, which were not familiar to me. However I have not been able to hear of any [page 1 of a letter hand written]

Right leaf

Page 10

[Photographs as per page 9]

[unfolded two further pages of letter pasted sideways started on page 9][impressed crest faintly visible no text]

books, and have therefore to face facts upon our knowledge. [section uncertain]

If it is only a Science and popular account of sponges & corals which your friend requires I do not think that he can do better than refer to some modern work on Zoology like Lydekkers [?] "Rural [?] Natural History" [second page of letter]

or Cassele's [?] "Natural History" - the latter edited by the late Dr. Duncan, who was a high authority on Corals. The articles in the Encyclopaedia Britannica [underlined] are, of course, known in every Library.

There is a nice little book by the late J.D. Dana entitled "Corals and Coral Islands".

I presume you do not specially want fossil [underlined] sponges & corals. [third page of hand written letter]

Page 11

[photographs as page 9] [fourth leaf of letter started on page 9]

If you do, our chief sources of reference are the monographs of the Palaeontographical Society and the British Museum Catalogues.

I have appealed to our mutual friend Norton [?] but he can not suggest more appropriate works than those I have mentioned.

Faithfully yours,

With kind regards

F.W. Rudlen [?]

G. Potter. Esqre., [?][two "notes" uncertain] [last page of letter started on page 9]

Page 12

Left leaf [second page presumed of a letter] [first word illegible] to be measured [additional word illegible] in the number [word crossed out] or [?] the opportunities [?] [other words illegible] of the [word illegible] is [words illegible][insert] on the 26 [words illegible] was a success. For [?] the

[blank area below]

[word illegible], & [?] which [words illegible] but be profitable -

Right leaf

[two letters, one overlapping the other, both from the same individual][The letter underneath commences] My dear Sir

[I have checked the next few pages but am unable to see this letter at the moment]

[second letter on top]

3 Downshire Hill

Hampstead NW 2 Septr 1872

Dear Sir

Many thanks for your letter and information. It has arrived very opportunely as I was not aware of these excavations and as I am at present examining North Middlesex I shall not fail to look after it.

I have returned this evening loaded with stone [?] of the Basement bed of the London clay from Finchley. It contains casts of Cyprecia Panspaca [?] [?] and has been found in a well now being sunk

[letter ends]

Page 13

[same part letter on left leaf of Page 12][many words illegible and the whole upper part appears to have been crossed out]

Page 14

Left leaf

Tottenham & Hampstead Inn.n [?] Railway

2, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. [printed address in italicised script]

17th May 1866 [hand written on pre-defined line]

Sir [?], I have forwarded some [?] note of yesterday's date to E. [?] Bellamy Esq. [?] of [?] Westminster Chambers , he [?] being Secretary to the Edgeware Highgate [next word illegible] [part of next word illegible] Company.

Yours very faithfully [?]

[signature illegible]

[?] Cumming Esq [?] Hon Sec [?] Geologists Association [letter hand written]

[second page of letter bottom left corner diagonal writing all illegible]

Page 15

[letter][top left hand written note could be "answered" in shorthand Ansed]

3 Downshire Hill Hampstead NW 10 May 1872

My dear Sir

It would give me much pleasure if you will come and have a look at my fossils on next Wednesday evening (15th).

I am asking a few other Members of the Association and we shall take tea about 6 o'clock.

Yours sincerely

C Evans [?] [hand written Letter] [bottom left in different pen note illegible]

[sellotaped leaf of another note folded out but extreme right hand side appears cut so parts of some words may be missing]

by the Barnet Water Company They are now about 270 feet from the surface. I have also been examining some additional drains at Childs [?] Hill which have given me some interesting hints [?] though no good fossils.

I shall not forget the Association though I do not yet know if these sections will furnish materials enough for a regular paper.

Hoping you will tell us something of the Palaeozoic as the result of your trip to the west.

I remain

Yours sincerely

C. Evans.

Page 16

[second letter over the top of the letter transcribed on page 15 where the second page of this letter may be transcribed]

[top left has a note in different handwriting saying [?] check]

3 Downshire Hill Hampstead NW 2 Sept 1872

Dear Sir

Many thanks for your letter and information.

It has arrived very opportunely as I was not aware of these excavations and as I am at present examining North Middlesex I shall not fail to look after it.

I have returned this evening loaded with stones of the Basement bed of the London Clay from Finchley. It contains casts of Cyprenia Panspaea [?] and has been found in a well now being [last word illegible] [letter transcribed]

Page 17

[Left leaf] [Letter with notes in a different hand-writing and ink] Answrd [?] Geol Asso died

11 Fortress Terrace, N. W.

19 July 1873.

My dear Sir,

There was not the least need to explain, or apologize for, your leaving when you did the other night. I was quite sure that it was some obligatory call that made you leave, & guessed it might be some such as you have stated. Railways are the masters; & the Train (as we used in our semi-civilized days to say of Time} stays [?][seems to be crossed out] for no man. I only wish I had not [word illegible] so long as I did [?] have [?] been glad to hear y. [?] opinion before leaving.

[Right leaf]

[Letter][note in different handwriting and ink to the side of My dear Sir] Re Hint [?][overlaps another letter dated 1879]

379 Euston Rd. N.W

May 1. 1877 [underlined]

My dear Sir

I am very much obliged to you for the reference to [word illegible] paper - I am not acquainted with it at all. - and shall be glad to get an opportunity of seeing it some day

Meanwhile I have noted it carefully

Yours very truly

M. Hawkins Johnson

G. Potter Esq. F.R.M.Ste [?]

Grove Rd. M [?]

Page 18

[Left leaf][Letter two pages opened out] We elected [underlined in different hand writing], as you may have heard, Mr Pattinson as Treasurer [underlined as previous]. I am afraid I may have been regarded by some of our friends as formative [?] in proposing, & pertinaceous [?] in refusing to withdraw, Mr P's name [insert] or postpone the election. But I felt that at this juncture it was of especial importance that we should have a treasurer, & that (as rumours may spread abroad of what has occurred) our treasurer should be a known man, a man of business, & of substance. All this [end of first page of letter] will [word uncertain] to you a sense of security to our members, & silence any idle gossip. The Solicitor to the Geological Society & the head of a large & well known Lombard-Street firm is not a [word illegible] likely (it will be felt) to [word unclear] such a [word uncertain] in an association [word underlined in different handwriting as above] that is in difficulty or danger. On the other hand it will be of great convenience to have a legal man on our Committee, & at least [?] for the President & Sec.[?] [both underlined] to consult, just now when we may have to put a little gentle pressure, whilst we have considerable difficulty in legally enforcing it. On the whole then [?] I think this letter [?] to him a very beneficial election, - & though all clear [?] was not down [?] [end of second page of letter]

Page 19

[continuation of letter page 18] that might have been, I think our Evening's work [two words underlined as previous page] left us in a much better position [two words underlined], than it found us. We are to have another meeting [next line appears to have been inserted] when President & Sec . have anything definite to state.

But I don't know why I should bestow all this tediousness upon you. You are I hope now [?] pleasantly occupied [word illegible] in considering Association defaults & difficulties, & I wish you much enjoyment in your holiday. (if it is [?] holiday.) making [?].

Believe me

Yours very truly

James [surname illegible]

George Potter, Esq. [end of letter]

Page 20

[left leaf] [Repeat of the letter from Page 17] [not transcribed again]

[right leaf] [Repeat of the letter from Page 17] [not transcribed again]

Page 21

[Left leaf] [Letter which might be the same as Page 20 and therefore Page 17 too][Partially obscured by blank page of another letter unfolded]

[Right leaf] [Letter] [top left a word or initials in a different handwriting illegible]

379 Euston Road. N.W.

Dec. 15. 1879. [date underlined]

My dear Sir

The meeting of the Geol. Soc. is on Wednesday 17th. at 8 PM. Entrance direct from Piccadilly by a door eastward from the grand en=trance [word split by page width] of Burlington House.

Dr. Wallich's paper is the first on the list. I should recommend you to be there about 1/4 to 8 - Enter your name in the Visitor's book and write mine alongside of it.

I am not at all well and have scarcely life enough to write this, so unless I should be decidedly

Page 22

[Left leaf] [letter partially obscured by blank page of the letter on the right leaf see below]

[Right leaf] [continuation of letter transcribed on Page 21]

better I shall not be there.

I enclose my card but I do not think you will need it.

With kind regards

Yours very truly

M. Hawkins Johnson

To

G. Potter Esq. F.R.M.S.

Genover Rd. N. [address underlined]

Page 23

[Left leaf] [Letter on top of two other notes which are obscured so not added here]

[note in top left in diferent handwriting and ink - looks like L. Sally died]

Neasden Road Willesden May 16th 1887

Dear Mr Potter,

I am sure you will thank me very [word illegible] in each writing [word illegible] to [word illegible could be thank but doesn't seem to make sense] you for your obliging letter but I have been so [two words illegible] since the Excursion [?] that I hope you will [word illegible could be forgive in the sense but doesn't look like it] me.

There was a [word illegible] accountant [?] at the [several words illegible]. The Association gave us a [two words illegible]

[Right leaf]

[Different letter] [Note in different handwriting top left of letter] [word illegible] Sept 4 92

C. DAVIES SHERBORN, 540, King's Road, London, S.W. [typed header]

Jn 23/92

Dear Mr Possen [? uncertain]

I am very sorry to hear you have been so ill & so painfully so. Margate is a wonderful place. I spent a fortnight there after my illness & found the changes just as you have done. I am very much better able to go to the Museum in the mornings & hence am much more alive

[end of page]

Page 24

[Left leaf] [Reverse of letter on the left leaf of page 23]

and we stayed at the hotel till between nine and ten o'clock.

There was a [word illegible] Report in the Willesden [word ilegible] but [?] very official Report was printed in last Saturday's "Weekly News & Clerkenwell Chronicle" (76 Goswell Road S.C.[?]).

I am sorry I haven't a [two words illegible] to send you.

With kind regards

Yours Sincerely

[signature illegible]

George Potter Esq. F.R.[?] S.

[Note on blue paper previously covered on Page 23 by the letter transcribed there]

P.S. Was "C.J. Richardson, Ph.D [?]"[Richardson underlined in pencil] the great Temperance [?] doctor who used to lecture a great deal some years ago?

[In pencil and different handwriting] I believe so JW [initials uncertain]

[Another note on yellowed paper second page of something][also previously obscured on Page 23]

with others.

There does not appear to be any likelihood now of [name unclear could be Morris'] life being ever published [most of sentence underlined in pencil] so I will buy stamps on [?] Monday & refund to [illegble] & others.

[Yrs ?] B.B. Woodward

[in different handwriting at foot of page] died

Page 25

[Left leaf]

[Reverse - but actually the front - of the yellowed note from page 24]

[Geologists' Association stamp top left]

23, BATOUM GARDENS. W. [typed]

15. VI. 89

Dear Sir,

Your note & P.O. has come safely to hand. I shall be writing to the Printers in a day or two & will enclose your order

Page 26

[Right leaf]

[Note in pencil top left of letter illegible but could be ansrd?]

21 TURL DTREET, OXFORD, [Typed address]

June 7 1909

[handwritten note [?] Geol Asso[?]]

My dear Potter

While I think of it I send you a specimen of the "[?][?]" [two words illegible] of which I spoke - ([word illegible] to the [word illegible]).

= I have not forgotten the Portrait [?] but I want to send [?] out a [word illegible] and am waiting [?] til I have got some [two words illegible] for the Photographs

Yours truly J Pas[rest illegible]

G. P[rest illegible] Esq FRMS

Page 27

[Left leaf][second page of letter folded out]

of Drift & will act on your advice on March 31st & invite discussion upon this difficult problem. I thought you might have some papers that had escaped the notice of previous directors of excursions.

As you will see by my programme I have consulted all that I could find.

I remain

with Kind regards

Yours sincerely

Griffith Humphreys. [?][underlined signature]

George. Potter Esq [?]

[Left leaf][first page of letter]

[G.A handwritten in pencil at top of page]

TELEGRAMS-"DISTRARE, LONDON." TELEPHONE-55B P.O.HAMPSTEAD [Stamped in red at an angle top left of letter page]

[something handwritten at an angle could be acknd]

1, BELSIZE AVENUE, HAMPSTEAD, N.W. [In red typewritten or stamped]

Sunday Feb 25th /06

Dear Sir

Pray accept my best thanks for your kind letter. I much regret that a previous engagement prevented me from having the pleasure of meeting you at Stanfield House (my old school) last Thursday. Re Finchley [underlined in different material] I have had some correspondence with Dr Salter [underlined likewise] on the subject

[Right leaf see page 26]

Page 28

[Left leaf][Letter]

Wellesley Court, Wellesley Rd. Croydon, 23.2.22

Dear Potter

Thanks for your kind letter which I am sending on to Knight [?], so that it may be kept with others.

Clearly we Highgaters haven't done badly!

I did not expect to see you on the 25th, as I know that you have to be careful, and ought not to go out larking [?] of evenings. Newton also has to avoid such things, but he's a very good attendant at meetings.

It is really a very flattering thing for the G.A. folk to give me a dinner, & I hope that it may be the means of reviving the dinners we used to have now and then. The social side of things should not be neglected.

Trusting that you keep pretty fit and go on accumulating various treasures, I am, yours truly,

[signature illegible but assume from Dinner Menu - next page - it is W Whitaker]

[Right leaf][Dinner Announcement]

[GA Letterhead paper printed pasted sideways]

Geologists' Association

COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO Mr. W. WHITAKER

Saturday, March 25th, 1922

S. HAZELDINE WARREN, F.G.S.

(President) IN THE CHAIR

STEWART'S RESTAURANT, 50 OLD BOND STREET, W.

[Hand written note pasted sideways belwo Dinner note] [First word illegible] Mar 20 1922

My dear [name illegible]

I am [word or words illegible] to learn that the G.A. [crossed out] Council of the G.A. have [word illegible] tp [rest of note covered by next piece]

[Printed page and a half pasted sideways. Half page not transcribed here]

YUGO-SLAVIA

Banque Commerciale Yougoslave, Belgrade. Banque du Pays Serbe, Belgrade. Banque Nationale du Royaume des Serbes, Croates and Slovenes, Belgrade. Banque Russo-Slave, Belgrade. Hrvatsko-Slavonska Zemaljiska Hippotekarna Banka (Banque Hypothecaire de Croatie et Slavonie), Zagreb. Jugoslavenska Banka D.D. (Bank of Yugoslavia, Ltd.), Zagreb and Osijek. Zentral-Eskompte und Wechslerbank A.G., Zagreb

OTHER PLACES

Bank of Esthonia, Reval, Esthonia. Bank of Hawaii, Ltd., Honolulu. Bank voor Indie, Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Banque de Commerce de Varsovie, Danzig. Banque de Lichtenstein, Vaduz, Lichtenstein. Danziger Bank Aktiengeselleschaft, Danzig. Islands Bank, Reykjavik, Iceland. Lietuvos Komercijos Bankas, Kaunas, Lithuania. The National Bank of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank, Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Petrograd-Riga Commercial Bank, Riga, Latvia. Revaler Aktienbank, Reval, Esthonia. Rigaer Borsen Bank, Riga, Latvia. Societe Luxembourgeoise de Credit Industriel et Com-mercial [page end] et de Depots, Luxembourg. Tallina Kredit Bank, Reval, Esthonia.

Page 29

[Left leaf] [Hand written letter repeat of Page 28 left leaf]

[Right leaf] [Printed sheet of Toasts presumably from the dinner announced on Page 28 right leaf][pasted sideways]

Toasts.

The King.

Proposed by THE PRESIDENT.

The Guest of the Evening.

Proposed by THE PRESIDENT.

Seconded by SIR JETHRO J. H. TEALL, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S.

Supported by DR. J.S.FLETT, O.B.E., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.

Response by MR. W. WHITAKER, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.

The Geologists' Association.

Proposed by MR. R.S. HERRIES, M.A., F.G.S.

Response by MR. J.F.N. GREEN, B.A., F.G.S.

The Kindred Societies and Institutions.

Proposed by PROFESSOR W.W. WATTS, LL.D., Sc.D., M.Sc., F.R.S.

Response by DR. J.W. EVANS, LL.B., F.R.S.

Page 30

[Upper document repeat of the Complimentary Dinner Announcement from earlier Page 27 or 28]

[Lower document hand written letter pasted sideways]

[notation illegible] Mar. 20 1922

My dear Whitaker I am [one or two words illegible] to learn that the G.A. [crossed out] Council of the G.A. have decided to have a dinner in your honour & deeply [three words illegible]. Will we

[The rest of the letter is illegible partly because it is pasted sideways but also the writing is not easy to read]

Page 31

[Left leaf] [Hand written Note]

Note by E.T.N Aug 1923

Lucas Barrett [?][bold and underlined] in July 1857 offered to the Palaeont. Soc. [partially underlined] to complete Sharps [?] Monograph on the "[word illegible] of the Chalk".

This offer was accepted; but nothing further was done.

Bowerbank [?] [underlined] was Secretary to the Palaeont Soc [partially underlined] from about 1848 to 1863 and President from 1864 to 1877

[Two other papers partly lying beneath this note, both blank]

[Right leaf] [Photograph of two people one seated with a hammer the other standing in front of what looks more like a wall than an outcrop]

[There is a blank page partially underneath the photo]

Page 32

[Left leaf as per Page 31 with the addition of another note opened up beneath the E.T.N. note]

If the word "injury" above is intended to apply to bodily injury, the Excursion Secretary expresses no opinion as to its legality, but reminds members that insurance tickets may be had at the Railway station for a few pence

Geologists Assocn Thomas Leighton July 4 1890

[Right leaf as per Page 31 photograph]

Page 33

[Left side of page][Taped handwritten note opened out]

Robert Lloyd

St Annes. Bethesda

N Wales

& [?word unclear] "Trilobite"

Recd. from Mr. George W. Card of the Mining Museum Sydney New S. Wales on 15 July 1922.

W.W.

[Right side of page][Letter taped sideways]

TEL. [bracketed] HEAD OFFICE, CITY 4493 MUSEUM AND LABORATORY [bracket] CITY 2261

[Crest in Centre of letterhead]

MINING MUSEUM [stamped] George Street North [stamped] GEOLOGICAL SURVEY N.S.WALES, DEPARTMENT OF MINES [crossed out address lines] SYDNEY. [Typed address] 27 MAY 1922 [Date Stamp]

[Handwritten note below this address indecipherable but initialled W.W.] [Handwritten letter] The Secretary

Geologists Association

London

Dear Sir

Shortly before leaving England, I had the very great pleasure of attending ["the" crossed out] a long excursion of the Association to North Wales. (After 30 years of routine work, one looks back with longing to such things as that.) In turning over some old papers today the photo enclosed herewith was brought to light. Mr Lloyd was with our party on that occasion, but must have passed away by now. It occurred to me that some Society, or perhaps a relative, might like to have the photo of one who was, I believe a working [word uncertain may be warrior?] doing useful geological service. Please do anything you like with it.

Yours faithfully George W. Card

Page 34

[Left leaf]

[Handwritten note top left] Many thanks for your most informative letter

H.E.A.

[Above Newspaper photograph captioned] Professor HENRY E. ARMSTRONG, F.R.S.

[Newspaper Article with photograph captioned Prof. H.E.Armstrong]

Golden Wedding Reflections of a Professor.

Sixty years ago, then a very young man, Pro-fessor [hyohen inserted due to column width] H.E. Armstrong started breaking lances. He is breaking the still, and yet when an "Evening Standard" representative called on him at his home at Lewisham to-day, on the occasion of his golden wedding, hefound [typo] him the mildest-mannered professor who - scientifically speaking - ever cut a throat.

Sitting in an armchair in his pleasant study, gently dangling gold-rimmed spectacles, with his sweet-faced wife flitting in and out of the room, the white-bearded professor in a soft voice soundly de-nounced the methods of teaching science, the tendency of the generation, and even the direction of Dean Inge's pessimism.

This distinquished chemist has had a re-markable career. He has been Professor of Chemistry at the Lon-don [hyphen inserted due to column width] Institution and the City and Guilds Technical College, pres-ident of the Chemical Society, and winner of the coveted Davy Medal of the Royal Society. He was asked in what way he thought science had progressed most in the last half-century.

"In men's minds," was the devastating reply, "science has not progressed one iota in 60 years. I mean, of course, in the sense of the advance made by the great mass of the people. A hearer goes to a scientific lecture to-day with no better mind than he did 50 years ago.

"Mechanical aids have obviously advanced remarkably, but these depress rather than stimulate intelligence. People do not exert themselves. Everything is done for them. They will not think, that is the trouble.

"Even studious friends of mine get more and more inclined to turn on the wireless instead of reading.

"This tendency will land us in very great difficulty unless we are careful. People do not seem to realise the danger of 'putting out their thinking.'

"I do not see any signs, or indeed any hope of improvement. Teachers ae not competent to deal with the problem. The real fact is that science is beyond the masses. There is not much doubt that the scientific fraternity to-day are a set of freaks. They are not normal people. They are artists, and as you know, there are not many good artists. Science is just like art, only more difficult.

"The real progress that has been made is in social hygiene. Through that people to-day are able to live happier lives. But their lives are no fuller in what really matters."

[Right leaf] [Two photographs] [Left photo captioned by hand] William Whitaker F.R.S.

[Right photo captioned by hand] Sir Jethro Teale [?] F.R>S.

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[Left leaf] [Four postcards pasted sideways overlapping in places]

[Bottom left on the page as viewed][The Cornish Riviera]

E S Palemar [?][signature pretty illegible] W [?] Brindley Barnes [signature initial uncertain] J.F. Sibley [signature] Heloton [?] 1913 [hand written note diagonally across top][another word also handwritten across top uncertain] Hearty greetings to the father [?] of the assocn

John Evans [?][signature] Alfred E Youngs [signature] Aurthur [?] W. Oke [?][signature] E.W. Tunbridge [signature] Edith Cadmore [signature] A.P. Young [signature] W.W. Whitaker [signature] H.H. Blu [?][rest of signature illegible] [signature illegible][signature illegible] E P Ridley [signature] H W Penny [signature] Robert [?middle initial illegible] Herries [signature] Eleanor Pearse. [signature] Douglas Lei [? rest illegible][signature on the side of the postcard]

[Addressee side] Geo. Pott [rest obscured] 10 Pries [rest obscured] Arch [rest obscured]

[Postcard top left][postmark Minehead over 1/2 penny George V green stamp] Geol. Assoc Minehead [rest illegible][handwritten presumably on receipt] Potter we have missed you!

W W Whitaker [signature] L. Richardson [signature] [first name unclear ??field] Green [signature] W.H. Wickes [signature] John W. Evans [signature] A. Smith Woodward [signature] S W Reader [signature] [? first name illegible] Sherborne [signature sideways] Herbert Neale [?][signature] [? first name illegible] Woodward [signature]

[Addressee side] Geo. Potter Esq [?] F.G.A. [crossed out] 10 Priestwood Mansions Highgate London N

[Postcard bottom right][Mere Wilts printed on edge]

Greetings from. M. [?} Crosfield [signature diagonally top left] Edith Cadmore [signature] E [?] Whitles [?][signature] E G Ridley [signature] W.J. Cousins [signature] E.M. Goodman [signature] Alfie [see above should be the same] W. Oke [signature] Ray [? or Roy] Chatterton [signature] J [?] C. Yates [signature] M.S. Johnston [signature] W. Mawby [signature] P.G.H. Boswell [signature] Frank Morey [signature] W.W. Watt [?][signature] Frank Morey [signature] Robert Herries [signature] Mabel Herries [signature] F [?] Nichols [signature] E Pearse [signature] I. [? smudged] A. Nolealls [?][signature] Alfred C Youngs [signature] Thomas W Reader [signature] Mathias M. Bolastein [?][signature] H. Vassally [signature] Geo Barrow [signature][parallel with card divider] Mere. Wilts [handwritten note]

[Addressee side] Geo. Pot [rest obscure] 296 [rest partially obscured] High [rest obscured] Lon [rest obscured]

[Postcard top right][Lanark printed on side][Postmark Cumnock]

Heartiest greetings from G.A. at Glasgow

G W Young [signature] J.W.Gregory [signature] & [? could be W] Gregory [signature] W.J. Gordon [signature] Alex Scott [signature] F.W Bennett [signature] M.S. Johnston [signature] C M Given [?][signature] E W Tunbridge [signature] E P Ridley [signature] N. Benrose [signature] M Benson [signature] B Hobson [signature] Charles [? surname illegible] [signature] J.V. Harrison [signature] G.W. Tyrrell [?][signature] H Goulborn [signature] S.H.Reynolds [signature] I.A. Nolealls [? smudged see above smudged signature should be the same] W.R. Smollie [?][signature] E.E. Lowe [signature] W. Mawby [signature] Alex Fleck [signature] G.M. Bauer [signature] Jas Nielsen Glasgow Geol. Soc. [signature written between the two columns]

[Addressee side] [something handwritten adjacent postmark]

G. Potter Esq Waverley Hotel Bournemouth

Geol. Asso [word illegible][handwritten]

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[Left leaf][As Page 35]

[Right leaf] [Also as Page 35 but as that wasn't done when Page 35 was lost I'll transcribe it here] [4 postcards pasted sideways]

[Bottom left][Postmarked Bruxelles]

Greetings G.A. Augt. 1921

W W Whitaker [signature] A. Smith [?][uncertain rest of signature] Mary S Johnston [signature] Maud [signature surname illegible] R S Herries [signature] Margaret Crosfield [signature] S W Davies [?] [signature] P. [?][?] Boswell [signature] R H Rastall [signature] Dorothy [?][smudged] M. Woodhead [signature] F Ross Thomson [?] [uncertain signature] Evan Whiley [?] [signature uncertain] W W Wright [signature]

[Addressee side] M. G. Potter 296 Archway Road London N. 6 Angleterre

[Postcard top left][Postmarked Keswick] 10.8.20 Keswick

Greetings from W W Whitaker [signature] Grace M Bauer [signature] N. S. Neats [?][signature] Ernest W. Skeate [signature] Dor. H. Woodhead [signature] Margueritte Grosfield [signature] F Goseling [?] [signature] G W Young [signature] A L Leach [signature] W Wright [signature] A H Williams [signature] M.S. Johnston [signature] I.A. No [?][signature mostly illegible] H. Vassall [signature] J. M [?][signature mostly illegible] Frank Morey [signature] W.W.Watts [signature] Samuel Mikelson [signature] E W Tunbridge [signature]

[Addessee side] G. Potter 10 Priestw [rest obscured] Highg [rest obscured] London

[Postcard bottom right] [Postmark only partially visible ? eux at end] G.A. Excursion June 1923.

Greetings from

W. Wright [signature] [diagonal line with see at end] M. M. Allorge [?][signature] H Dewey [signature] G Dollful [signature] P H [?] B Martin [signature] Cosmo Johns [signature] H Fleck [signature] Frank Morey [signature] A.E. Green [signature] J.C.M. Given [? clearer on next postcard][signature]

[Addressee side][partialy obscured] G. Pott 296 Lon

[Postcard top right][Postmark possibly Norwich][Osborne House, Cromer printed]

Hearty greetings and Kind regards fro G.A. friends at Cromer

G W Young [signature] E.H. Reynolds [signature] P. A. No [signature partly illegible] [signature or test illegible] Grace M Bauer [signature] J.C.M. Given [signature] W L Leach [signature] E W Turnbull [?][signature] A E [? signature illegible] Sidney Spokes [signature] J I Dumble [?][signature] John Schwartz [?][signature] J. H. Boswell [signature] R H [? signature illegible] W. J. Cousins [signature] W L Turner [signature] H. Dixon Hewitt [signature] A. G. Bull [signature] [sideways] G Slater [signature] Miss Slater [signature] S H Warren [signature]

[Addressee side] G. Potter 296 Archway Rd London N.6

[writing over addressee unclear could be Card to W Young Barnes?]

Page 37

[Left leaf][possible rear side of a letter with stamped logo at top. Writing faintly visible in reverse but not legible to transcribe]

[Right leaf] [Letter] The [next word illegible crossed out?] of the [word illegible] who were the [?word illegible] Blakiston [?] [next word illegible] this firm of wine and spirit merchants [?are] there still, I will remember my Brother M Henry J Jones [?], who was Manager of this Bank then [?]

I hope that the [word uncertain] will have a pleasant excursion with the advantage of [word unclear] yourself & R.A. [name uncertain] for Guides & [word uncertain], if fine weather favours you [?] it will be a delightful time for all.

Yours Truly V. Rupert [?] [surname uncertain]

To Mike Crosfield

[Note] Since this was written, a band of clay in the upper beds of the Lower Greensand was found and traced. It is this band which I saw in a trench years ago in the roadway N. of tunnel and which [insert marked] occurs in the Sandpits E of Doods [?] Road (faulted) see Gossling etc [?].

23.iii.1939. M.C.C.

[half a Postcard]

Greeting [sic] from the G.A. Northampton [different handwriting]

May 1921

W Whitaker [signature] President [different handwriting] Becky Thompson [signature] Director [different handwriting same as President] L. Richardson [signature] John [?] Hartley [?][signature] S. Michelom [?][signature] John Ramson. [?][signature] W. L. Turner [signature] E W Tunbridge. [signature] Cosmo Johns [? could be Joanna see also earlier][signature] D A Bighty [?][signature] A.J. Bull [signature] Excursion Sec. Arthur H. Williams [signature][diagonal]

Page 38

[Left leaf][same as page 37 left leaf]

[Right leaf][same as page 37 except the card with signatures is replaced by the other side of the card][picture of a church with caption part cut maybe Northampton] [handwritten note on the base] Which [rest illegible] tomb of William Smith

Page 39

[Left leaf][folded out letter seen on pages 37 and 38] [first page]

I am very much occupied so that I may not always be able to return a paper at the right time but please do not allow that to interfere with the regular transmission of papers to me, the chief thing is to work up the subject & write the answers, the comments are a secondary consideration, very necessary of course but not quite so important as the other.

As regards books you will I think find the following useful:-

Buchan: Introductory [words illegible] meteorology.

Tyndall: Forms of Water.

Croll: Climate & Time caps [? poss chaps] ii. xiii. xiv.

Ramsay: Physical Geology of Great Britain.

Honbell [?]: Physical Geography

Believe me [?]

Yours faithfully

W.J. Sollas

[second sheet][letter] [printed crest]

Novr. 20th. 1829

Dear Madam,

I fear I have allowed a rather longer time than I should to elapse before returning your paper. I have looked it carefully through and think it is a promising beginning, you will find with this a few comments rather hastily written and I should feel obliged if you would kindly pass them on when you have finished with them to :-

[?word uncertain] E [?] A. Lott,

2 [?] [next word illegible] Common,

nr [?] Derby.

Page 40

[Left leaf] [Newspaper article] New York Times JANUARY 1922 [printed but not newspaper print]

[Newspaper Article] IGUANODON'S FOOTPRINT.

Trace of Prehistoric Monster Found Near Hastings, England.

LONDON, Jan. 9. - A footprint made by an animal believed by scientists to be the grandfather of the kangaroo has just been found in an ancient lagoon in the Hastings district.

The animal which made the imprint, many thousands of years ago, is called by experts the iguanodon, one of the members of the dinosaur family, of which numerous traces have been found in America and reconstructed in Amer-ican [hyphen to fit text in column] museums.

The iguanodon is supposed to have been twenty to thirty feet in height. Its footprint, a cast of which has just been exhibited to the members of the Geolo-gists' [hyphen to fit text in column] Association here, covered an area of nearly four square feet.

Imprints of its toes indicated thatthis iguanodon was in rapid motion, sug-gesting [hyphen to fit text in column] the possibility that an ancient sabre-toothed tiger was on its trail.

[Newspaper Article] THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

NOVEMBER 28, 1908.

FIFTY YEARS OF GEOLOGY.

Yesterday the Geologists' Association of London held its jubilee celebration, the society having been founded in 1858. Knowledge of the earth's crust was late in taking its rank among the sciences, but its progress has been rapid, and to its foundation and advancement British investigators have made the most splendid contributions. In the last fifty years the Geologists' Association have done excel-lent [hyphen to fit text in column] field work over a large area of the country. The present celebration began with a conversazione at University College, the headquarters of the asso-ciation [hyphen to fit text in colum], where visitors were received by the pre-sident [hyphen to fit text in column], Professor W. Watts, F.R.S., Sec. G.S. in the Flaxman Galleries were arranged a series of exhibits of much scientific interest contributes by the president, and by Dr. Teall, Dr. Abbott, Mr. E.J.Bennett, Mr Beadness, Professor Garwood, the Rev. H.N. Hutchinson, the Imperial Institute, Miss Johnston, Professor Jukes-Browne, Dr. H. Woodward, Mr. Whitaker, and many others. These exhibits set out almost a complete mineralogical and biological history of the globe from the early rocks of Charnwood Forest down to the gravels on Clap-ham-common [firts hyphen to fit text in column] and the boulder-clay of Finchley. The programme included two short addresses by Professor Garwood on the "Himalayas," and Mr. G.W. Young, the secretary, on "Reminiscences of Association Excursions." This morning the mem-bers [hyphen to fit text in column] visit at eleven a.m. the Paleontological Gal-leries [hyphen to fit text in column] of the Natural History Museum, and at three p.m. the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn-street [sic], and in the evening dine at the Criterion Restaurant.

[handwritten note in margin but illegible]

[Right leaf]

[Newspaper article]

The Daily Mail

A HOLIDAY H [obscured by the next printed page][see page 41 for the transcription of this Article]

[Typed page]

EVOLUTION MADE EASY

or

RHYME, REASON and UNREASON.

A BALLAD FOR TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.

SCENE: the Geological Department of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. The spirit of the "ape-man" of Java regards a group of visitors gazing at a cranium labelled "Pithecanthropus erectus," while a lecturere expounds the characteristics of the skull and of the brain which it once enclosed. The shade of Pithecanthropus thus meditates:-

[in poem format]

I was born long ago And my mother Pogo

Thought me almost if not quite a HOMO;

But my nose was too flat And my tummy too fat

And my skull much too thick in the bone-oh.

My legs were all shrunk And my eyes deeply shrunk,

'Neath those ridges you call supra-orbital;

How I gnashed my canines! Till mama cried "He pines

For a drink of warm blood To absorb it all."

Though my femur was straight My brain lacked in (weight [printed at end of next line lack of space]

Pray don't turn up your nose With indignant pose

But excuse my low mental capacity.

I was not quite an ape Not quite human in shape

And my jaw lacked a film hero's chin;

But I drank water "neat" Thought raw slugs a great (treat [printed at end of next line lack of space]

And my face wore a quite pleasing grin.

At least so thought SHE Who winked back at ME

And gave my hand such a hard squeee-oh

That a little PITHIE Now grins on her knee

In our little green home in the trees-oh.

So though my poor brain Wasn't up to your strain

Hadn't much of a speech convolution;

Life and Love went their way In those Pliocence days

And aided YOUR human evolution.

For listen to this If I hadn't met Miss

Pithecanthropus Up in the tree-top;

YOU wouldn't be able To sit at a table

And gossip so long in a tea shop.

You can thank my poor skull With its intellect dull

That you know all the secrets of lava;

Your life had its start With its science and art;

When I first saw the sun rise o'er Java.

Though my song is full long 'Twill do you no wrong

If you've patience until it is ended.

To all those who at Eltham, Marylebone, Plumstead, Paddington and elsewhere have listened, looked and (occasionally) laughed,

With the season's greetings

from A.L.L. Giltar, Shrewsbury Lane, Woolwich, S.E.18.

CHRISTMAS, 1927.

Page 41

[Left leaf]

[As page 40]

[Right leaf]

[Newspaper Article obscured by the poem on page 40]

The Daily Mail June 4, 1925.

A HOLIDAY HOBBY:

The Delights of Geology.

Started as a holiday hobby, geology will prove to many girls an abiding all-the-year-round interest. When the summer goes, the long, dark evenings can be spent enjoyably trim-ing [hypen inserted to fit column], mounting, labelling, cataloguing, and in-dexing [hyphen inserted to fit column] the fruits of the holiday excursions.

A useful first step is to join the Geologists Asso-ciation [hyphen inserted to fit text] (secretary, Mr. E.E.S. Brown, Wisteria House, 22 Wisteria-road [sic], Lewisham, S.E.13). The qualifications for membership are an interest in geology and the ability to pay a small annual sub-scription. [hyphen inserted to fit column]

For those at a distance from London there are local associations and branches of the "G.A." throughout the country.

The beginner will find her fellow-members only too willing to put her on the right track, and she will also find that the association promotes de-lightful [hyphen inserted to fit column] excursions to the various happy hunting grounds. With such guidance she will soon pick up the A B C of things, but a few points may be mentioned.

Apart from serviceable clothing and footwear, the outfit costs but a few shillings for a suitable satchel and a geologist's hammer and chisel.

Beginners at all hobbies are generally advised to study textbooks for a start, but, in the opinion of Dr. W.T. Gordon, professor of geology at King's College, London, the novice will do better to begin by collecting specimens, having ascertained from the association or her local club a suitable field and the technique of taking a specimen.

Identifying the Specimens. [header]

Having found her specimens, let her proceed to identify them by comparison with those in mu-seums [hyphen inserted to fit text in column] and books.

But - and the point is important - every speci-men [hyphen inserted to fit text in column] should be immediately labelled with its place of origin and the conditions in which found.

For example, a fine specimen of unknown origin may be of little value, but a mere fragment may be of supreme scientific interest if its location is known; for it may be the first of that type to be found in a particular locality, or the nature of its environment may be abnormal.

Specimens cover an immense range. They may, however, be roughly divided into rocks, fossils and minerals, each [possible word cut?] having numerous subdivisions, almost any one of which will provide a lifelong study. Some women prefer fossils, but minerals furnish, perhaps, a showier and more varied line.

Here it shuld be pointed out that al-though [hyphen inserted to fit text to column] our land is small and its princi-pal [hyphen inserted to fit text to column] pits and fields well known, its geo-logical [hyphen inserted to fit text to column] possibilities are far from being exhausted.

It is only about ten years since botanical science and history were revo-lutionised [hyphen inserted to fit text to column] by the discover of the fossil plants of Aberdeenshire, and it is not long since Yorkshire yielded another scientific epoch-making find in its fossil remains of primitive flowering plants.

Page 42

[Left leaf][cut out article from a Company Magazine that I assume is BP as Britannic House is mentioned][first part column on fold out]

Dr. J.V.HARRISON, who recently resigned his posi-tion [hyphen inserted to fit column] as one of the Senior Geologists of the Company to take up a Lectureship in Geology at Oxford University, was presented with a microscope as a farewell gift from his friends and colleagues at Britannic House on May 3rd. The presentation was made by Mr. J. Jameson in the presence of a large gathering of members of Head Office staff.

Dr. G.M. Lees opened the proceedings by expressing the very genuine regret they all felt at severing their long [continued in next full column]

association with Dr. Harrison. He had gone on his first expedition for the Company as long ago as 1919. In the years which followed he had worked indefatigably in the Company's interests, and much of the geological recon-naissance [hyphen inserted to fit column] work in Iran had been done by him. As a colleague whose qualities were known to them all. his departure would be felt to an exceptional degree.

Mr. Jameson, in making the presentation, said he could not let the occasion pass without congratulating Dr. Harrison on the fact that he had at long last decided to take the somewhat inevitable step of getting married. Continuing, Mr. Jameson referred to the excellent work which Dr. Harrison had done for the Company, and stated that his expeditions had always been very well organised and had never been known to go wrong, an aspect of exploration which was often lost sight of.

In thanking the donors for the gift Dr. Harrison said that he regarded himself as exceptionally fortunate in that his colleagues, of whom in particular he would mention his first associate, Mr. Wyllie, were also his friends; and while it was inevitable that this happy relationship would undergo a change with the breaking of their mutual interests, he would always know where to find his friends.

Dr. Harrison was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, Allen Glen's School, Glasgow, and Glasgow University. He studied geology at the University under the late Professor Gregory and obtained his B.Sc. degree in 1914 with distinction in chemistry and geology. He remained at the University as McKinnon Scholar and Baxter Demonstrator in Geology until the War interrupted his work and was thereafter engaged at first on chemical research work, and subsequently upon work in connection with explo-sives [hyphen inserted to fit column] until 1916, when he went out to Mesopotamia with the Royal Engineers.

In December 1918 he joined the Company's Geological staff at the same time as Messrs. Wyllie and Shand, and, as mentioned by Dr. ees, has since done extensive geo-logical [hyphen inserted to firt column] reconnaissance work in Iran. He also carried out exploratory work for the Company in Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuala, Colombia and Borneo.

Following the presentation of a thesis on the subject, "Geology of Salt Plugs in Laristan, South-West Persia," he received the degree of Doctor of Science from Glasgow, [sic] University. In recognition of his work he has also been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Geological Society.

As one of the most valued and most generous con-tributors [hyphen inserted to fit column] to the pages of this journal Dr. Harrison will, we feel sure, carry with him the good wishes of all Naft [italics in article] readers and their regrets at his departure.

[Photograph with caption beneath] Dr. J.V. Harrison

[Photograph with text beneath] EDITOR FOR FIFTY YEARS OF THE "MIN-ERALOGICAL [hyphen inserted to fit column] MAGAZINE": DR. L.J. SPENCER: Recently completes fifty years as Editor of the Mineralogical Magazine [name in italics]. Until his retirement in 1935, he was keeper of Minerals at the British Museum (Natural History). Although he is eighty, he is still able, when occasion demands, to rise at 4.30 a.m. to work on proofs of a forthcoming number.

[Right leaf] [Two further photographs pasted sideways][see Page 43 for captions]

Page 43

[Left leaf][same as Page 42 except fold out of article is closed]

[Right leaf] [Two Photographs pasted sideways as per Page 42 right leaf]

[caption handwritten beneath bottom left hand photo] Sir Arthur Smith Woodward F.R.S.

Sir Jethro Leall. [surname uncertain]

Page 44

[Left leaf][Page of signatures cut from letters]

Harold F Barke Yours faithfully Arthur Bennett Yours truly H.J.W.Brown [?] Yours sincerely W. Dack [?] William Platt [?] Yours faithfully J [?middle name uncertain] Robinson [?] Yours faithfully W.L.Turner Yours truly J. Hall Renton Truly yours [initials uncertain] Scott Yours sincerely, [initial uncertain] Smith [?] Yours sincerely Charles. H. Goss [?] H.H. Gregory Yours sincerely Robert M Shackleton. Yours sincerely [typed] Robert Legget F.L. Arken [?rest uncertain] B. Webster Smith Yours sincerely E. Boughton Yours sincerely Alex H Davison Robert Wallace J. Fowler Yours sincerely A. Farrar

[Right leaf][Page of signatures cut from letters] Yours sincerely M. A. An [rest uncertain] Yours truly A Gunner Yours sincerely [?] H.H.Read. Yours sincerely J H S [?] Joseph F. E. Zeuner [signature] F.E. Zeuner [typed] Yrs sincerely E.J. Ashley [surname uncertain] Yours faithfully J.Flynn [both uncertain] Morris Yours sincerely T G [both uncertain] Martin [?] Yours sincerely J. Allcher [?] Yours sincerely Christopher A. Gaster [?] Yours [part obscured by flap of paper] E. [?initial part obscured] Neaverson Yours sincerely David Bowen [?] Yours sincerely Sue H Hagon [?]

Page 45

[Left leaf][As Page 44]

[Right leaf][As Page 45 but with flap of paper removed]

Page 46

[Left leaf] [Photograph]

Professor John Morris.

President 1868-1871. [typed captions]

[Right leaf] [Photograph]

Professor T. Rupert Jones F.R.S.

President 1879-1881. [typed captions]

Page 47

[Left leaf][sellotape at top of page]

[Newspaper cutting] Daily Mail 17 Nov 1921 [handwritten on side of cutting]

[Photograph of a bearded gentleman measuring a skull being held by a gentleman with a moustache]

A LINK IN HUMAN EVOLUTION.- The prehistoric skull of the African ape man found recentl [rest obscured by flap of cutting]

by some anthropologists to be hundreds of thousands of years old, is now in charge [sic] of Dr. Arth [rest obscured by flap of cutting]

Department of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. Left: Dr. Woodward measurin [rest obscured by flap of cutting]

Barlow, well known for his restoration of the Piltdown skull. Right: A "close-up" photogra [rest obscured by flap of cutting]

state of preservation.

[Right leaf][Handwritten "Poem"]

In days of long ago.

Said the little Eohippus:

"I am going to be a horse,

And on my middle finger-nails

To run my earthly course;

I'm going to have a flowing tail.

I'm going to have a mane.

I'm going to stand fourteen hands high

On the psychozoic plain".

The Coryphodont [?] was horrified [ends]

Page 48

[Left leaf] [see Page 47 with the sellotape where a cutting has been opened out]

The finding of Eoliths only in the large Resor-voir [sic and hyphenated due to column width] _ though I offered a high bonus to the workmen for Palaeoliths_ naturally elated me, and I was prompted to put the case in verse on the lines of the well-known song "The Men of Kent."

In case any present may not be familiar with our County Anthem I will quote the opening verse.[in italics]

THE MEN OF KENT.

When Harold was invaded,

And failing lost his crown,

And Norman William waded

Through gore to pull him down

When counties round, with fear profound

To mend their sad condition

And lands to save, base homage gave

Bold Kent made no submission.

Chorus - Then sing in praise of the Men of Kent

So loyal, brave and free,

Midst Britain's race if one surpass

A Man of Kent is he.

My versing carries man back to a remote period, certainly long before the Norman, and possibly before the Glacial invasion. [also in italics]

THE WEALDEN MAN,

Before to-day's Earth sculpture

Ere present rivers ran,

Our area was invaded

By good old Plateau man,

Whose early home, was wealden dome

(Oh! sad was his condition),

Spurred on by fate to emigrate

He moved to our position.

The [sic] sing in praise of Plateau man

So low and rude yet free,

Of Britain's race if one be first

A man of Kent was he.

[top of next column] In later days the ice age

Came o with might and main

The relics of this past stage

On our hill tops remain.

Entombed in chalks' high plateau

So rolled and stained and rude,

Contrasted with the later pals

Their shape and working crude.

Then sing in praise of Plateau man

Whose early work you see,

'Tis long ago, yet I will show

A Wealden man was he.

For in these very early days

The chalk it then extended

Much further south o'er greensand scarp

Perchance on Sussex ended,

Then rivers ran on solid land

Now only clouds and sky,

Long since [?missing patch] moved by ice and flood

To picture [?missing patch] I try.

Then sing in praise of Plateau man

Who rud [?e in] work we see

Although [?in ?missing patch] Kent, he manhood spent

Yet Wealden born was he.

For though these ancient relics

In Kentish soil are found,

Yet we can trace this early race

To earlier Wealden ground,

Upon the chalks' high summit

At 770 O.D.

Derived from vanished southern land

His lowly tools we see.

Then sing in praise of Plateau man

Like Bushman rude but free,

In later Palaeolihic stage

A man of Kent was he.

Benjamin Harrison [handwritten signature]

[See Page 47 Newspaper cutting opened out so I have added the missing bits]

A LINK IN HUMAN EVOLUTION.- The prehistoric skull of the African ape man found recently in Broken Hill Mine, Rhodesia, and believed by some anthropologists to be hundreds of thousands of years old, is now in charge [sic] of Dr. Arthur Smith Woodward, Keeper of the Geological Department of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. Left: Dr. Woodward measuring the skull with the assitance of Mr. F.O. Barlow, well known for his restoration of the Piltdown skull. Right: A "close-up" photograph of the skull which is in a remarkably fresh state of preservation.

[Daily Mail. [in italics]

[Right leaf as per Page 47 with part of poem][See Pages 49 and 50 for completion of poem]

Page 49

[Left leaf][As per Page 47]

[Right leaf][First part of poem from Pages 47 & 48][see also Page 50 for its ending]

THE EOHIPPUS

There was once a little animal

No bigger than a fox.

And on five toes he scampered

Over Tertiary rocks.

They called him Eohippus,

And they called him very small,

And they thought him of no value

(When they thought of him at all)

For the lumpish [?] Dinoceras

And Coryphodont so slow

were the heavy aristocracy

In days of long ago.

Said the little Eohippus:

"I am going to be a horse,

And on my middle finger-nails

To run my earthly course;

I'm going to have a flowing tail.

I'm going to have a mane.

I'm going to stand fourteen hands high

On the psychozoic plain".

The Coryphodont [?] was horrified [ends]

Page 50

[Left leaf][As per Page 47]

[Right leaf][continuation of poem from Pages 47 & 48]

Then [?] Dinoceras shocked [?]:

And they chased young Eohippus

But he skipped away unnocked [?].

Then they laughed enormous laughter,

And they groaned enormous groans.

And they bade young Eohippus

Go & view his father's bones.

Said they: You always were as small

And mean as now we see.

And therefore it is evident

That you're always going to be"

"[?word unclear maybe To not] be a great, tall handsome beast

With hoofs to gallop on?

Why you'd have to change your nature

Said Loxolophodon.

They considered him disposed of,

And retired with gait serene.

That was the way they argued

In the early Eocene.

Charlott P. Gilman.

Page 51

[Left Leaf]

Profile of Bearded man making a speech. [Handwritten annotation of a sketch of a piece of rock]

Carshalton Park FOW [initials] 1945 [Handwritten annotation below sketch]

F. Owen Whitaker [Handwritten annotation above photograph of a baerded gentleman]

AGE 60 [Typed annotation on photograph]

W. H. Shrubrale [?] [Signature]

[Cartoon] PRE-HISTORICUS Proposes a Toast "Here's to [blank] Auld Lang Syne"!!! [Annotation on Cartoon] C J THOMPSON PHOTO [printed on Cartoon]

Yrs. sincerely G.S. Bongler [?] [signature]

[Right leaf]

Yrs faithfully G Abbot [?] [signature] [folded paper from news article][see page 52 for transcription]

Page 52

[Left leaf] [As per Left leaf Page 51]

[Right leaf] [Newspaper Article from Page 51 unfolded]

[Photograph with Article]

Photo by Johnson, Bird and Co. [Printed below photograph of a bearded gentleman seated with a Table of relics]

A CHARACTERISTIC STUDY OF DR. ABBOTT [Article header]

A Keen Geologist. Death of Dr. G. Abbott [sub-headers]

6.1.25 Tunbridge Wells Advertiser [handwritten note on Article]

Yet another prominent and highly res-pected [hyphen inserted to fit column] townsman has passed away in the person of Dr. George Abbott, L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S. England, F.G.S.., the end coming at his residence, 2, Rusthall Park, in his 82nd year, he having been born on the 25th March, 1844. The deceased gentleman came to Tunbridge Wells as far back as 1878, and in 1892 mar-ried [hyphen inserted to fit column] the daughter of Mr. H. P. Robinson, a resident of the town. Shortly after coming here he established the Eye and Ear Dis-pensary [hyphen inserted to fit column] on the Pantiles, which eventually developed into the present Eye and Ear Hos-pital [hyphen inserted to fit column]. He was, too, in the main, responsible for the establishment of the Technical In-stitute [hyphen inserted to fit column], for it was about the year 1890 that he started technical classes in the basement of the Hospital, afterwards removing to the Corn Exchange. These developed into the Technical Institute at the foot of Mount Sion, which was subsequently taken over by the Town Council and removed to Calverley- [hyphen inserted for some reason] road, and afterwards to the present build-ing [hyphen inserted to fit column] in Monson-road [sic].

The part he took in these directions are now somewhat ancient historical facts, which have been dwelt upon many times, but the present generation, enjoying as they do the fruits of the energy and strenuous labour of men like Dr. Abbott in the years past, hardly appreciate or are apt to forget the work and perseverance needed so long ago by those early pioneers. It may be remembered that not long since a few of his older friends presented to the Corporation an excellent portrait in oils of the doctor, [end of first column] in appreciation of his public work, and this now hangs in the library of the Insti-tute [hyphen inserted to fit column] for which he did so much to found.

Dr. Abbott was an enthusiastic geologist, and was responsible for the founding of the Tunbridge Wells Natural History Society in the early nineties. About the same time, too, the founding of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies was due to him, and this has since grown to such an extent that it now embraces many South-Eastern counties.

Later came the Tunbridge Wells Museum, which was established in 1918, and to this the deceased gentleman devoted much of his life as the enthusiastic Hon. Curator, being responsible for the getting together of much of the valuable collection in Crescent-road of geological, ornithological, botanical and other specimens, chiefly of local association. It is known as the Municipal Educa-tional [hyphen inserted to fit column] Museum, classes for the children of the local elementary schools being held there weekly.

For the past few years his public service has not been so prominently before the town, but he has really been working all the time in completing the Museum, the collection in which only needs better dis-play [hyphen inserted to fit column] to prove of wide service and interest. By giving two or three days each week, he has succeeded in arranging and sorting the thousands of specimens, which hitherto re-mained [hyphen inserted to fit column] unsorted and undisplayed.

His greatest interest of the last quarter of a century, however, had been the study of the concretionary magnesium limestone of Fulwell, Sunderland, and other concre-tionary [hyphen inserted to fit column] structures, about which he had been in continual correspondence with distin-guished [hyphen inserted to fit column] geologists all over the world. A later interest was the welfare of the ele-mentary [hyphen inserted to fit column] schools, in promoting interest in them in the study of nature in its various [end of second column] forms. This interest gained for him the title of "Fairy Godfather" in the group of schools to which he gave his personal care and support, and with which he was in constant and close correspondence. His loss in this direction especially will be great.

For six years, from 1898 to 1904, Dr. Abbott was one of the representatives of the South Ward on the Town Council, and had served on a number of local commit-tees [hyphen inserted to fit column], particularly those connected with education.

He took his last walk on Christmas Eve, [end of column] when he was out delivering cards to his friends. To know him well was to appreci-ate [hyphen inserted to fit column] him. Unselfish, humble-minded and brave, he worked for the town for many years without self-seeking, and Tunbridge Wells, and its young people especially, will continue to enjoy, perhaps unknowingly, the fruits of his labours.

Much sympathy will be extended to Mrs. Abbott and other members of the family left to mourn their loss. The funeral takes place to-day [sic] (Friday), at the Borough Ceme-tery [hyphen inserted to fit column], at 2 o'clock.

Page 53

[Left leaf] [Page of signatures cut out of letters or other documents with Dates of their presidencies appended]

The Presidents [handwritten underlined] 1946 - [start date but no end date]

C.N. Bromehead 1946 - 48

E. Everest [?] Brown 1948 - 50

J. Eastwood 1950 - 52

Godfrey W. Humies [?] 1952 - 54

L.R. Con [?] 1954 - 56

C. W. Wright 1956 - 58

David Williams 1958 - 60

[signature illegible] 1960 - 62

J. F. Kirkaldy [?] 1962 - 64

Dennis Curry [?] 1964 - 66

J Sutter [?] 1966 - 68

[signature illegible] 1968 - 70

[Right leaf] [Typed page]

This page contains signatures of GA Presidents from 1970 to 1991

S.C.A Holmes 1970-72

Muriel A. Arber 1972-74

D.V. Ager 1974-76

F.H. Moore 1976-78

A.C. Bishop 1978-80

A.J. Smith 1980-82

John Knill 1982-84

Tony King 1984-1986

Jake Hancock 1986-88

J.M. Evans 1988-90

Beverly Halstead 1990-91

Page 54

[Left leaf] [typed page listing presidents names and dates]

This page contains signatures of GA Presidents from 1991 to 2010

Eric Robinson 1991-94

Christopher Green 1994-96

Robert Symes 1996-98

Richard Moody 1998-2000

Susan Brown 2000-02

Bill French 2002-04

Robin Cocks 2004-06

Michael Benton 2006-08

Danielle Schreve 2008-10

[Right leaf] [Blank]

Page 55

[Left leaf] [Two photographs with caption]

Benjamin Harrison 1837-1921.

Pioneer investigator of the Palaeolithic. Discoverer of Eoliths.

[typed caption]

[Right leaf] [Photograph]

Worthington G. Smith [signature or handwritten caption]

Page 56

[Left leaf] [Page of signatures][transcribed left to right]

gift [end of letter?] Yours Sincerely H.J. Gordon

Yours sincerely J W Woolander [?]

N.G. Pettitt [?] Librarian. [typed]

Yours sincerely [first name illegible] Wills [there may be a middle initial J?]

Yours sincerely W Lauree [uncertain]

Yours sincerely O M B Bulman [initials uncertain]

Yours sincerely Arthur Raistuets [?]

H Dimple [unclear]

Sincerely Yours Howel Williams.

Yours very truly W.J. Sollas

Yours Sincerely Stanley Smith

[S missing] incerely Alan Stuart

Yours sincerely, [typed] T. Neville George.

Yours sincerelt W J Arkell

Yours sincerely Arthur J Aiers [uncertain] excellent [note below signature]

Yours sincerely Harry C.K. Henderson

Yours sincerely R L Cheesman [?] Librarian

[Right leaf] [signatures continue]

Yours sincerely, W.E. Howarth

A. Barber Librarian. [typed]

Yours sincerely Cameron Dorly [uncertain]

Page 57

[Left leaf] [page of signatures][signatures from left to right]

Yours sincerely G.W. Grabham [initial and surname uncertain]

Yours very sincerely James Edmonds

Yours sincerely H. B. Maufe

Yours sincerely B Lightfoot

Yours sincerely G. L. Hall [?] GENERAL SECRETARY. XV International Geological Congress. [typed]

Yours sincerely, Sidney H. Haughton.

Yours sincerely [?] Alex L. [rest of signature illegible]

Yours sincerely, Edna Janisch [?]

[Right leaf] [two photographs uncaptioned] [top photograph of a town/city vista] [lower photograph of a formal group of people in field gear]

Page 58

[Left leaf] [Page of signatures][signatures left to right] [same as Page 57]

Yours sincerely G.W. Gnablam [?]

Yours very sincerely James Edmonds

Yours sincerely H.B. Maufe

Yours sincerely B Lightfoot

Yours sincerely A. L. Hall GENERAL SECRETARY. XV International Geological Congress. [typed]

Yours sincerely, Edna Janisch.

Yours sincerely [?] Alex L. duStort[/] [illegible]

[Right leaf] [Two Postcards] [Top Postcard with ?George Vi stamp] GROW MORE FOOD DIG FOR VICTORY] [postmark] BATH 9.30PM 25 MCH 1940 [rest of postmark obscured]

Hearty Greetings from the members of the G A assembled at Bath, Easter 1940 [handwritten]

[signatures] A. Templeman H H Gregory H H [or M?] Muir-Wood J W Harries G. Evans [very faint] G E Woodhouse [initals uncertain] C.W. Arbley [?] Ewan [?] surname unclear] H F Barke. L. R. Cox R.V. Melville A. J. Bull K. P. Oaklea [?] [next signature on right illegible] G. J. Simmonds W Bromel [rest of signature illegible] R [next initial illegible] Cummington[?] G. A. Kellaway E. A. Midgley B. G. Kel [rest of surname obscured by postmark] K. L. Goskar G. R. G [rest of surname illegible] E. W. Tunstall [?] A Barne [?] B. W. Tunbridge [?] [lowest signature in right column very faint and obscured by postmark] M. Papule [?] [foot of postcard at right angles to the rest]

[Addressee side] Miss Grace M. Bauer, 387 Harborne Road Birmingham 15.

[next postcard] [George V stamp - maybe] GLOUCESTER 10.- PM DEC 28 10 [postmark]

Bell County Hotel Gloucester 28 XII 10 [handwritten]

Many thanks for your elegant swastika and good wishes for the season. I would wish you also a Happy New Year. We are having a most illigant [?] time and periqu [?] Walesward. William G. Fearnides [?]

[Address side] The Misses Bower 16 Selbornes Road Handsworth Wood Birmingham

Page 59

[Left leaf] [Page of signatures] [from left to right]

Yours sincerely G.B Canteliell [?]

Yours faithfully Francis G. [?] Limes [?][first letter uncertain]

Yours sincerely S R A Pamford [?]

Yours sincerely [typed] P. A. Sabine

Yours sincerely J. H. Taylor.

[Right leaf] [Two photographs with typed descriptions]

[top photograph][group seated on hillside] Excursion to Derbyshire July 29th 1914. The pary in Tansley Dale.

[circled numbers to identify some of the party]

1. Miss Goodman. 2. D. Leighton. 3. Dr. Bemrose. 4. Mrs Bemrose. 5. Miss G.M. Bauer. 6. W. Whitaker. 7. Mr. Cousins.

[lower photograph] [5 peopale standing][typed key below]

G.A. party at Penicuik, Scotland. 5th August 1913. Showing from left to right, White? Dr. Cambell, W. Whitaker, Dr. Gordon, Miss G. M. Bauer. j

Page 60

[Left leaf] [Signatures possibly foreign][left to right]

B. Dardes [?] Pericas [?]

Dane [?illegible]

Yours sincerely [signature illegible]

Suyo afectisimo servidor Joaquin Novella Valero

I am very truly yours Ivan Carandell

XIV International Geological Congress [typed] [first part of signature illegible] ale Lorne

[?] [?] Oberman [?]

MANUEL DE CINCUEGUI IGENIERO DE MINAS [typed] begs to thank you for your kind transmission of the very interesting paper. [handwritten note] NUNEZ DE BALBAO, 29

[Right leaf]

[postcard or photo of waterfall with text] Terr. Neuguen. MARTIN DE LOS ANDES, Cascada Gingins 8239

Between May and Frank The Grouts Send Greetings

Christmas 1949

[Photo of a gentleman]

Page 61

[Left and Right leaves as Page 60 but with sellotaped postcard rear view in the center] Le Plate [?], Argentina

May this jolly [?word illegible] bring you boundless cheer with joy that will continue throughout the coming year and bring you back Buenos Aries.

Much obliged to your kind-ness &[?] have good recollection excursion CAM [?]

Dr Carlo A. Marelli [?]

Edicien Bourquin y Kohlmann, Buenos Aries Quedo hecho el Deposito que marca la Ley [typed derivation of postcard]

[Addressee side] Miss Mary [middle initial uncertain] Johnston 276 Kew Road, Kew Surrey England

Page 62

[Left leaf] [signatures]

Ethel Shakespeare

Gaynor E. Evans [signature] (Gaynor E. Evans) Guide Lecturer [typed]

Yours sincerely, Margaret Morris

Yours sincerely Rosemary L. Ellis

[Right leaf][blank]

Page 63

[Left leaf] [Top left bluish coloured paper with sketches including a Trilobite, a holly leaf, a hand or two, a graptolite maybe and a couple of others unidentifiable]

[?] first part of signature illegible] B Bulman [signature on bluish paper]

B. [or D] Bulman [handwritten below]

[Bottom left][possible Newspaper cutting with Poem] A GEOLYRIC.

On reading that the Keweenawan quartz diabse near Killarney is metamorphosed into amphibolites. [Typed in italics]

By Killarney's lakes and rills,

Mountain glens and winding ways,

Peeps from old Huronian hills

Metamorphosed diabase;

Where the daring foot of man

Clambers up those emerald heights,

Slumbers quartz (Keweenawan)

Changed into amphiboles.

Wonderworld Killarney,

Granite schist Killarney!

Where the white arbutus blows,

On the isles of dark Loch Lean,

Timiskaming series rose,

Mesozoics supervene;

Tame are all your charms to-day

When I learn the age of ice

Wore your Grenville rocks away,

Leaving you your granite gneiss,

Beautiful Killarney,

Stratified Killarney!

A.W. [Typed poem]

A. Williams [handwritten beneath poem in the same handwriting as the writing below the blue paper]

[Top right] [cut out piece of white paper with two sketches of Trilobites (different)] Olenellus [handwritten on the paper]

Dr Grabau [?] [handwritten in the same handwriting as the previous annotations across the page and the stuck paper]

[Bottom right] [Cheque stub of orange paper with serrated right edge]

No. I.68878 [stamped] June 9th 1899 [18 pre-printed] Surplus from Brittany excursions and Mason's [?] grant for expenses paid back to Mr Meeson [handwritten] £8.10.10 [pound sign pre-printed]

[Right leaf] [Top left Newspaper cutting]

"SAW THINGS AHEAD OF HIS TIME"

SIR H. HARTLEY'S TRIBUTE TO H.E. ARMSTRONG

The part taken by Henry Edward Arm-strong [hyphen inserted to fit column] in the development of technical edu-cation [hyphen inserted to fit column] in this country, and in the establish-ment [hyphen inserted to fit column] of the City and Guilds Central Col-lege [hyphen inserted to fit column] as a centre of scientific activity, was described by Sir Harold Hartley, F.R.S., in the first Armstrong Memorial Lecture at the Royal Institution last night before the Society of Chemical Industry. The president, Professor E. K. Rideal, pre-sided. [hyphen inserted to fit olumn]

SIR HAROLD HARTLEY, who spoke with the authorityof over 40 years of "happy friend-ship," [hyphen inserted to fit column] said that for more than half a century Armstrong - whose own training began in 1865 - was one of the dominating personalities among chemists. His devotion to chemistry, his belief in the power of scientific method, his wide outlook, and his gift of arousing the in-terest [hyphen inserted to fit column] of young people made him a great teacher. "He held strong opinions and never hesitated to express them."

Wherever Armstrong taught - at the London Institution, at the Finsbury Technical College, or at the City and Guilds Central College - his students were trained in method; they learnt to think for themselves. Armstrong always chose problems of real significance, but per-haps [hyphen inserted to fit column] his greatest contribution was the stimulus ha gave to his colleagues, his students, and his friends.

In many ways he "saw things ahead of his time," and having seen them "he lost no opportunity of preaching the gospel in trenchant phrases - the place of science in edu-cation, methods of teaching, the effect of diet on health, the value of fresh food, especially milk, the place of science in agriculture, the need for surveys of natural resources, fuel effi=ciency [hyphen inserted to fit column] and conservation, His utterances on all of them had the prescience that sets men's minds stirring long before the current of thought and knowledge has made things obvious."

[Top right] [Cartoon cut from a newspaper] [Map of England with all its Counties - NORTHAMPTON labelled in the centre with right leg outstretched to form Cornwall with the left leg and foot with toes as Sussex and Kent and a bearded face as Yorkshire][very cleve] [Sitting on a plinth with inscription]

FOSSILIZED REMAINS OF AN EXTINCT S{ECIES OF MAN (Discovered at NORTHAMPTON) SUPPOSED TO BE A "LITTLE ENGLANDER" [initial uncertain] inscribed on plinth]

What we may expect to see in the British Museum. [Caption beneath Cartoon]

Page 64

[Left leaf]

[Technical drawing of Burlington House with Union Flag] ALBERT WARREN [capitalised signature]

[Right leaf] [intricate printed drawing with various fossils including Trilobites, Belemnites, Molluscs, Fish, Gastropods, Nautilus, Corals etc inscribed around a central plaque]

PALAEONTOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 1847-1947

CENTENARY DINNER 31st March 1947 [in centre]

TALLOWCHANDLERS HALL. DOWGATE HILL CITY OF LONDON

Page 65

[Left leaf]

[Card of Burlington House opened out to reveal typped italicised greeting]

With All Good Wishes

for Christmas

and the New Year

from

Eleanor + S.W. Heslen [?]

Geological Survey & Museum. [Printed at foot of card]

[Right leaf] [As right leaf on Page 64]

Page 66

[Left leaf] [As per Page 65 drawing of Burlington House]

[Right leaf] [Card from Page 65 opened out to reveal Menu and Toasts of Christmas Dinner]

Menu [printed]

Hors d'Oeuvres

or

Soup

Roast Turkey

Fruit Pudding

Dessert

Coffee

[recommended drinks to left side of Menu]

Sherry [against Soup] Burgundy or Graves [against Turkey] Port [against Dessert]

[Signatures of attendees scribed on this page] P.R. Sainsbury [?signature illegible] F.W. Anderson [signature uncertain] N J S Sheels [signature illegible][written beneath Menu] [?] V. Stephens [signature illegible] A. G. Bul C [uncertain signature] Walter H. Bennett [beneath Sherry]

D, [?] Nickolson [could be Micholson or other combination][written beneath Port A W Woodland W.G. Fearnsides V. Wilson Robert K B Cundell [not entirely sure]

E S Pinfeld [uncertain] Cameron D. Orzy [uncertain] L J Chubb W N [?] edwards [uncertain] R W Pocock [?]X Hubbert [very unclear] G. E. Adlanes [illegible]

[Right side of Menu Card]

Toasts [printed]

THE KING

THE SOCIETY

Proposed by Sir Henry Dale, O.M., G.B.E., F.R.S.

Replied to by The President, Professor H. L. Hawkins, F.R.S.

KINDRED SOCIETIES

Proposed by Dr. A.E.Trueman, F.R.S.

Replied to by Professor H.H. Read, F.R.S.

THE GUESTS

Proposed by Dr. C.J. Stubblefield, F.R.S.

Replied to by Mr. M.A.C. Hinton, F.R.S.

[signatures on this side of the Menu Card] [down the left side of the Toasts page]

H. Dighton Thomas L Banistor [uncertain] Percy J [?] Channon [?unclear ending of surname] K.P. Oakley [next signature illegible] [next signature very whispy also illegible] C.W. Wright Stanley W. [?] Wells C.P. Chatwin W M M [?] Kibbing [? unclear] D Baden Powell [interesting] W D Whittan C W [?] Bromehead R G H Boswell [uncertain] W. [?][?] Whitock [uncertain] Hubert [uncertain and surname illegible] L.R. Case [?]

[signatures to right of Toasts card] J. Eastwood [Initials unclear] Bulman A.J. Burke Samuel [?] Begg E Ernest Brown John F. Hayward Jas Wright C.H. [?][first part of surname obscured over F.R.S] ham Malcolm Smith R.V. Melville [?] [next signature illegible] D Williams [next signature illegible] John Smart E.D.[?] Garwood H H Dale A.E. Trueman Alistair [?very uncertain] A C Hat [rest illegible] Randall H Monier Wilkes [could be Williams or Wilson]

Page 67

[Left leaf] [same picture of Burlington House part obscured by page opened out from right leaf]

[Right leaf] sellotaped diagram of numbered fossils with key opens onto left leaf]

TRIBUTE TO SOME OF THE FOUNDERS AND THOSE PROMINENT IN THE WORKOF THE SOCIETY WHO HAVE BEEN COMMEMORATED BY FOSSILS [typed header of page with fossil outlines numbered]

1 Becheiceras. 2 Cephalaspis lyellii. 3 Searlesia. 4 Cardium ibbet-soni [hyphen inserted to fit page] 5 Bowernakella. 6 Morrisiceras. 7 Synhelia sharpeana. 8 Gari edwardsi. 9 Parasmilia fittoni. 10 Forbsiceras. 11 Elonichthys eger-toni [hyphen inserted to fit page] 12 Prestwichianleea. 13 Phillipsia. 14 Ophioglypha wetherelli. 15 Septastraea haimei. 16 Azygograptus lapworthi. 17 Crangopsis huxleyi. 18 Darwinula. 19 Salterella. 20 Foordella, [sic] 21 Davidsonina. 22 Stylo-nurus [hyphen inserted to fit page] powriei. 23 Kingena. 24 Cylindroteuthis owenii. 25 Lycettia. 26 Trochocyathus wiltshirei. 27 Hindeodella. 28 Crirostomum bradyi. 29 Kirkbya. 30 Hudlestonia. 31 Verrucocoelia whidborni. 32 Anthra-comartus [hyphen inserted to fit page] hindi. 33 Sphenopteris woodwardi. 34 Peltastes wrightii. 35 Reedolithus. 36 Williamsonia. 37 Carbonicola boltoni. 38 Cephal-apsis [hyphen inserted to fit page] woodwardi. 39 Hyphantoceras woodsi.

[Right leaf][second page of letter pasted sideways with letterhead showing faintly through] You will appreciate all this and I expect we should be respecting your wishes best [?] if we treat your bequest also as capital. I really cannot adequately say how grateful the Society will always be to you. There is so much that we could usefully do if we had the means!

We were all pleased at the A.G.M. the other day to see Mr. Stabbing, who seems to come to London only rarely nowadays. He gave us a beautiful Inoceramus [underlined] from the Chalk of Kingsdown.

With best wishes, Yours sincerely, Richard V. Melville [very uncertain surname]

Page 68

[Left leaf] [as per previous pages drawing of Burlington House mostly obscured by letter on Right leaf opened out]

[Right leaf][Front page of Letter from Page 67] [Printed Letterhead] PALAEONTOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY INSTITUTED 1847

[Handwritten letter pasted sideways]

Geological Survey & Museum, Exhibition Road, London, S.W.7.

24th May, 1954.

Dear Miss Johnston,

Thank you very much for your letter and for the copy of the obituary - notice of Miss Crosfield [?], which I am glad to have. I am delighted to learn that you will serve on the Council. Our meetings are few and irregular, but there [word crossed out] are seldom more than four in one year. Generally speaking they fall in October, December and March, with one at the end of April coinciding with the Annual Meeting; but they usually depend on there being bills to pay and these come in at odd times. I try and give about a fortnights' notice of meetings.

It is nobly generous of you to bequeathe something to the Society - though I hope it will be many years before it becomes ours. Mr. Woods's £5,000 will be most helpful, but there was some difference of opinion as to whether it should be treated as capital or as income. Fortunately, in my opinion, it has been treated as capital, but the interest from it does not mean vast wealth, as some people seem to imagine. It just about enables us to carry on as before without having to go begging for occasionl grants-in-aid. I know [see Page 67 for second sheet where the letter continues]

Page 69

[Left leaf][sheets of paper aaparently stuck in but blank]

[Right leaf] [Letter]

DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDIAEVAL ANTIQUITIES, BRITISH MUSEUM,

London : W.C.1 [All Header Typed]

8/9/36.

Dear Bibley [?uncertain],

My suspicions are con-firmed [hyphenated as side of paper] by the Egyptian & Assyrian Dept. & your stone carving, returned herewith, must be regarded as a modern work, more or less in imitation of the antique [?], with badly copied cuneiform inscription. The horns were often used as divine attributes, & even Moses wore them!

Yours ever,

Reginald A Smith

Found in Dartford Borough Museum.

December 1955, By J.M. Carreck. [Typed notation]

Page 70 [Left leaf][Unfolded sheet as described for left leaf Page 69]

[Typed sheet][[some of the letters are less distinct and the punctuation might be commas rather than full stops in places]

A Literary Conglomerate of the Geologists' Association.

Llangollen Excursion Aug.16th to 23rd 1919

A is the Ass: the Director takes round,

Weak though it's tail, it's legs are quite sound;

B is for Boswell who knows all about bricks,

He can tell us the difference twixt. 3 &. 6;

Also Miss Bau er [space in typing], our active young sec.

Before we have finished she may be a wreck;

C's for Miss Crossfield, most learned & keen,

of women geologists, easy the queen;

also for Carley, the thing with an axe

He walks rather wobbly as if upon tacks;

D is for Dayia, a nasty wee brach.;

When unable to see her, the rock give a smack;

E is for Everard, both hubby & wife,

A model young pair who suffer no strife;

F is for Fowler, who cannot afford

To supply with tobacco the great Dr. Ford;

Green on excursions whether easy or rough,

The first rock he sees he regards as a tuff;

H is the Hand, he places where the Colonel,

Knocks up the house after revels nocturnal;

I are the innocents who thought that this trip

Was meant as a rest cure, they now have the pip;

J's for Jones, & his bally Bala beds.

Where fossils are found minus tails & heads;

Also for jokes which keep us so bright,

Our congrats. to Slater, a real witty wight;

K is for Katalyst; we heed not the scoff

That will welcome this rhyme from our eminent Prof.;

L is for Lightfoot. if nowhere near,

It,s [sic] safe to assume he,s [sic] after the beer,

M is for Moses who struck thr [sic] rock first,

But instead of a fossil some water outburst;

N is for Nicholson, the man with the car,

Who augments the party with friends from afaf [sic];

O isthe [sic] occasion that brings us all here,

It,s [sic] excellent coffee, but oh! for some beer;

P is for Peace, Paris& [sic] President,

Llangollen is proud to have him as resident;

Q for the questions we all rush to ask,

O poor Mr Wills what a horrible [second r missing in text] task!;

R is the 'reck that happened to Reader,

The wasps got Miss Woodhead & proceeded to bleed her;

S is for Stebbing, an old reprobate,

He always is early but never too late;

Also for Sweeting, the young man so rash.

Alas! he but ends with a somersault smash;

Ii [?] fine, for Slater, a friend of Reid Wolf,

We,re [sic] soon to lose him & say au revoir;

The best of his jokes, it was made yesterday,

'Twas where there's a Wills there's always a way;

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[Left leaf] [Page folded out further from Page 70 continuation of Poem]

T is for Treckman who smiles in excess,

On the music hall stage, he would make a success;

U is the usual yearning for tea

Which gets very violent soon after three;

V [hand written in ink] is for Vassal, the humorous man [overwritten in ink],

Who smiles very quickly whenever he can;

W,s for Wright, the man with the brandy.

Who says it,s [sic] for stings, but it's really quite handy; [h hand written]

Also for williams, the man without guile,

Whom Heaven has blessed with a beautiful smile;

X for 'xertions required to climb styles,

X for 'xtras they add to Welsh miles;

Y is Miss Yeates, who says the machine :

Is booked as a mother [?] for quite se v enteen [?];

Also Young, Ex. President , as fond of a talk,

Tho'll instruct you for hours on the [h hand written] zones of the chalk;

His weaknesses chief are tea & plumcake.

He had better indulge [i handwritten] in Wills' Golden Flake.

Z is the zeal that pervades us all,

But in some I regret it's alarmingly small'.

[next sheet of paper]

Our Director [D hand written] is Leonard J. Wills,

Who chivvies us up & down hills,

Whilst we all tried to see

The pre-glacial Dee,

Revealed amidst tumbles & spills.

[The typewriter ribbon was clearly wearing out]

From D. M. Woodhead,

64, Ampthill Rd.,

Fulwood Park

Liverpool

[hand written at foot of last page of poem]

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[Left leaf][Two photographs of a GA Field Excursion labelled A. and B.]

[Line sketches of the personnel below, each annotated with a number, with the key below]

[First column][relates to photograph A] 0. H.B. WOodward. 1. A.C. Young 2. G.W. Young 3 P.W. Rudler 4. [line of dots to indicate person unknown]

[Second column] 5. Mrs. A.S. Woodward (Lady W.) 6. Miss T. Bosanquet. 7. [no name] 8. W.Whitaker.

[Third column] 9. [no name] 10. [no name] 11. Miss M.E. Spottiswoode. 12. Miss G.C. Dixon (Mrs W.D. Lang)

[Fourth column][relates to photograph B] 1 [no name] 2. Miss G.C. Dixon 3. Miss M.S. Johnston. 4. [no name]

[Fifth column] 5 [no name] 6. [no name] 7. Mrs. A.S. Woodward. 8. [no name]

Geologists Association Excursion, Easter, 1906. On Hardown Hill, 14th. April.

(See H.B. Woodward & G.W. Young, 1906, Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xix, pp.328, 329)

A. Collecting fossils from the Foxmould in Verriott's Lane, Hardown.

B. Examining Chert in the Chert-bed quarries on Hardown.

[Right leaf] [Photograph with a gentleman standing on an outcrop]

George William Young, 1862 - 1929 [handwritten partially underlined]

[Handwritten text] Amateur geologist and zoologist, G.W. Young owned a Printing business in Battersea. He was one of the founda-tion [hyphen inserted to fit text] members of the Battersea Field Club, which was star-ted [hyphen inserted to fit text] in 1893, and from that date until his death was its Chairman. He was elected a member of the Geologists Association in 1894, and to the Council of that body in 1906, serving as its Secretary from 1907-1912, and a excur-sion [hyphen inserted to fit text] Secretary in 1913; while from 1914-1916 he was Presi-dent [hyphen inserted to fit text], and from 1916-1921, a Vice-President. In 1925 he was made an Honorary Member. In 1906 he was elected Fellow of the Geological Society and served on its Council from 1980-1911.

With H.B. Woodward, he directed the Geologists Association excursion to Lyme at Easter, 1906, acting also as Excursion Secretary; and while President, in 1914, he directed, with W.D. Lang the Geologists Association Whitsun excursion to Charmouth and Lyme. It was during the 1906 excursion that the photograph shown above was taken.

Young's chief geological published work was on the zones of the Chalk in Surrey.

DOnated by Dr. W.D. Lang. [Typed on a piece of paper stuck below the hendwritten text]

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[Left leaf][Photograph of an excursion pasted sideways][the photograph appears to be obscuring some text]

[handwritten caption to the right of the photograph] An account of this Excursion, lasting from 12th - 17th April, and attended by 85 members and their friends, is given in Proc. Geologists Association - vol. xix (1906), pp 320 - 340.

Members of the Geologists Association on the Long Excursion, 1906, Easter. [handwritten and underlined]

E.T. Newton. H.B. Woodward. (Director) G.W. Young (Director) Reader.

R. Herries. (Secretary) [may not be the right caption]

Miss M.S. Johnston. A.C. Young

- Nichol. F.W. Rudler. W. Whitaker. Williams. W. Johnston.

Rev [?] H.H. Winwood.

Donated by Dr. W.D. Lang. [typed note pasetd below captioned photograph]

[Right leaf] [Photograph of a large group seated or standing on a grassy hill]

A field class led by Professor Lapworth to Bewdley, Worcs. in 1896. Showing Professor Lapworth front row sixth from the right, and Professor Boulton extreme right, and W. Wickham King back row third from right. [Typed caption]

[Photograph of an exposure with one gentleman and one lady]

[Typed caption to right of photograph] G.A. excursion to Howe Hill Pit, Greenhithe.

Showing W.H. Bennett and Mrs. E.E.S. Brown.

photo T.W. Reader.

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[Page 74 both left and right leaves are identical to page 73]

Page 75

[Left leaf]

[Key to the photograph on Page 76 with circled numbers identifying the people named] [Typed captions]

[Column 1] 1. Mr. A.C.Young. 5. T.F. Sibly. 6. W.R. Watt. 9. Professor S.R. Reynolds. 10. Baker (Bristol). 11. A. Harker. 12. S.A. Notcutt. 13. H. Barnes. W.J. Harrison. 18. Dr. Bemrose. 19. Dr. S.F. Spokes. 21. Mr. H. Dewey. 23. E.W. Tunbridge. 24. A.G. Stenhouse. ? [question mark is in typing]

[Column 2] 27. Mrs. H. Dewey. 29. Mrs Bemrose. 30. Mrs A.C. Young.

31. Spencer Spokes. 32. E.P. Ridley. 34. Dr. Given. 35. Mrs. Reynolds. 41. Miss G.M. Bauer. 42. Sir John Flett. 43. Dr. J.W. Evans. 44. Mrs J.W. Evans. 46. R.S. Herries.

[Column 3] 51. Mr. Golborn. 52. Professor A.H. Cox. 53. Douglas Leighton. 54. Miss U. Grant. 55. Miss A. Grant later Mrs G.M. Davies. 56. Lady Flett. 57. Miss Rachel Workman later Lady MacRobert. 59. Mrs Everard. 60. Mr. Everard. 61. F.W. Penny.

Donated by Miss G.M. Bauer.

[Right leaf][Two photographs with caption] [First photograph group seated on a beach with The Lizard in the background] Field meeting to the Lizard.

Easter 1913. don. Miss G.M. Bauer.

[Second photograph below captio of a large outcrop with people standing on the top of the hill]

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[Left leaf] [Photograph of excursion attendees posing][caption see page 75]

[Right leaf] [As per right leaf Page 75]