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In a week when Mount Etna is erupting & we mark the 146yr anniversary of Sir Charles Lyell's death (14 Nov 1797-22 Feb1875) - we welcome Senior Lyell Archivist, Elaine MacGillivray, as she reflects on Lyell's contribution to our understanding of the world https://t.co/vLno3TziTo

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In a week when Mount Etna is erupting & we mark the 146yr anniversary of Sir Charles Lyell's death (14 Nov 1797-22 Feb1875) - we welcome Senior Lyell Archivist, Elaine MacGillivray, as she reflects on Lyell's contribution to our understanding of the world https://t.co/vLno3TziTo

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Charles Lyell's papers and notebooks are currently the subject of an archives cataloguing project at the CRC. Read more and follow our progress here: https://t.co/dZs2xQa2wH @cockburngeol @GeosciencesEd @EdUniLibraries @CRC_EdUni

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Charles Lyell’s 1828 study of thick layers of oyster fossils between layers of lava on Mt. Etna were key to his theories around geological time. Lyell's observations at #Etna were part of a revelatory shift in our understanding of time/our place in the universe. (Coll-203 Uncat.)

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Join us on 10 December for a virtual behind-the-scenes look at the geological collection of Sir Charles Lyell and his connection with #Darwin and #climatechange research.

https://t.co/6TNwRjIh6T

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Halloween won't be the same this year but here are some ideas to inspire you. Have some frightening fun with our beastly books!!! #Halloween2020 #books #fun #creative

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#AudioVisualHeritage is more than just moving images 📽️ or sounds 📼 – it's a part of our identity.

On World #AudiovisualHeritageDay, let’s keep on discovering & sharing the heritage that that connects our past, present and future & makes us who we are!

https://t.co/6JWPrGmKmD

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📣New blog post from the Lyell Project📣 What did Charles Lyell, the great Victorian geologist, take with him into the field nearly 200 years ago? https://t.co/LnO4QrQ4J0

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☀️Trip to the sea today with #Lyell ☀️

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Cataloguing work in the stores on Lyell has recommenced! See the thread for revelations!

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📢New Blog post📢 Update on discoveries in the #Lyell Collection #Dante #blogpost #archives #poesia #DivinaCommedia https://t.co/LnO4Qs7FAy

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Have you heard of EdHelp? It's our brilliant new service that brings together Library, IT, finance and student admin information into one place. Have a look! --> https://t.co/A9WxFBubax

#EdHelp #WelcomeWeek #EdWelcome #EdWelcome20 https://t.co/A9WxFBubax

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Here's a lovely postcard of 'Old Scone Village, near Perth' from circa 1907.

#Archivesathome

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It's lovely welcoming students back to @EdUniMainLib this week! CRC is still running an appointments-only service so get in touch if you'd like to come and see gems like this beautiful photo of the Main Library when it was constructed (EUA Acc.2009/001) https://t.co/lw0sYr504U

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A donation of 19th-century photographs of Scotland and Geneva came in at @CRC_EdUni today - including this great photo of the Forth Bridge being built in 1888. Fascinating!

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N is for the North Edinburgh School of Nursing!

This page is from a booklet designed to provide more information to prospective nursing students (Ref: Acc 09/023)
#ArchiveZ #Edinburgh #HistoryOfNursing #Nursing #YearOfTheNurseAndMidwife

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Thanks to our cataloguing system ArchivesSpace, we are still able to publish new finding aids online from home! The latest one is for the Papers of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (Coll-1036), Scottish musician and folk-songs collector: https://t.co/MXyPHRX5KO

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Another series of #ArchivesChat for @ICArchiv #InternationalArchivesWeek, this time talking about the importance of archives and other topics with @garyjwest

The series can be found on the channel with @euarchives here: https://t.co/Igxf6vUQub #IAW2020