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Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, (1792-1871), 1st Baronet geologist

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Surname: Murchison
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Roderick Impey
Gender: Male
Date: 1792-1871
Biography: ODNB link for Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey (1792-1871), 1st Baronet geologist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P146774 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P20685 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Roderick Impey Murchison
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1814-71: corresp and papers
Geological Society of London
LDGSL 838-900; M/A-Z
NRA 28354 Geological Soc
2
1815-71: corresp (150 items)
Wellcome Collection
MS.5220
NRA 36155
3
1817-71: corresp and papers
British Geological Survey Archives
IGS3, GSM1/126-27
NRA 16681 Murchison
4
c1820-71: corresp
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 46125-28
5
1771-1935: personal and family corresp and papers
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
Coll/51
6
1829-44: notebooks, accounts and letters to his wife
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
7
1836: notebook
Cambridge University: Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
8
1827: maps and sections of Scottish rocks
London University: University College Department of Geology
9
1830-87: misc corresp and papers (48 items)
American Philosophical Society Library
See NUC MS 76-924
10
1853-54: corresp with Lord Aberdeen
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 43248-53
11
1829-57: letters to Charles Babbage
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 37184-201 passim
12
1856-60: corresp with RW Banks
Hergest Trust Archives
RWB/12,13
NRA 41662 Banks
13
letters to William Buckland
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
14
1861-64: corresp with Lord Cottesloe
Buckinghamshire Archives
D/FR
NRA 15283 Fremantle
15
1833-54: letters (22) to Sir Henry de la Beche
National Museum of Wales
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
16
1827-61: letters (90) to G Featherstonhaugh
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Add 7652
17
corresp with James Forbes
St Andrews University Library
msdep7
NRA 13132
18
1855-70: letters (14), mainly to Mrs Ford
Science Museum Library and Archives
MS 2108
NRA 25394 Science Museum Lib
19
1852-70: corresp with Jane Franklin
Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
MS 248
See Guide 1982
20
1814-29: letters (12) to Sir John Gladstone
Gladstone's Library
Glynne-Gladstone MSS 300
NRA 14174 Gladstone
21
1858-69: letters to WE Gladstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 44389-783 passim
22
1832-67: letters (80) to George Gordon
Elgin Museum
NRA(S)1989
NRA 22745 Gordon
23
1863-70: letters to JA Grant
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 17910, 17931
24
1852-69: letters (12) to Sir George Grey
Auckland Central City Library
Grey collection
NRA 28105 Grey
25
1850-70: letters (48) to R Harkness
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS Add.7652
NRA 44054
26
1830-1868: corresp with Sir John Herschel (61 items)
Royal Society
HS
NRA 8803
27
1855-69: corresp with Thomas Huxley (25 items)
Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit
B/HUXLEY
NRA 8194 Huxley
28
1863-69: letters (10) to Sir Austen Layard
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 38996, 39106-118
29
1854-68: corresp rel to David Livingstone
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 2522, 2618
30
1854-72: letters (94) from David Livingstone
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Clendennen & Cunningham, David Livingstone: a catalogue of documents, 1979
31
1856-68: corresp with David Livingstone
National Archives of Zimbabwe
LI1
See Guide to historical MSS in National Archives of Rhodesia
32
1825-52: letters (53) to Gideon Algernon Mantell
National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library
MS-Group-0305
NRA 40579

See Microfilm copies (ref.Xa 64) at East Sussex R.O.
33
1869-71: corresp with Lord Mayo
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS Add.7490
NRA 34983 Bourke
34
1856-66: letters to A Panizzi
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 36717-23 passim
35
1857-62: letters (10) to Charles Peach
British Geological Survey Archives
IGS1
NRA 18675 Inst of Geol

See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
36
1835-46: corresp with Sir Robert Peel
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 40419-584 passim
37
1828-71: letters (32, copies) from John Phillips
Oxford University: Museum of Natural History
John Phillips Archive/Folder 17
NRA 42482
38
1855-71: letters (54) to Trenham Reeks
British Geological Survey Archives
IGS1
NRA 18675 Inst of Geol

See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
39
1841-58: letters (15) to Duke of Richmond
West Sussex Record Office
vol 3
NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
40
1839-68: letters (388) to Royal Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society
RGS/CB
See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
41
1840-1869: letters (60) corresp with Sir Richard Owen and William Clift
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
L OC62
See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
42
1828-61: letters to Adam Sedgwick (transcripts)
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Add. 7652
NRA 44054
43
1827-1861: letters (131) to members of the Sowerby family
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
L Sowerby Coll A
See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
44
1822-67: letters to Sir Walter and Lady Trevelyan
Newcastle University: Special Collections
WCT
NRA 12238 Trevelyan
45
1830-62: corresp with William Whewell
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
WHEWELL
NRA 8804
46
1815-69: letters (10)
Science Museum Library and Archives
pp16,31-32
NRA 9524 Science Museum
47
corresp (1 file)
Wellcome Library
NRA 25910
48
1846-1870: misc corresp
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 9715, 9813, 10709, 10779-10780, 10997 Passim