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Archive File

Geological rambles around Hull: partial draft of a proposed book, by Thomas Sheppard

Sheppard, Thomas

c.1896

Also, a transcript made in 1896 by Thomas Sheppard of A.J. Jukes-Browne, 'The boulder clays of Lincolnshire', Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 41 (1885), pp.114-131 (18 ff.)

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Sender: Airy, Wilfrid

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 1

Date(s): 24 Apr 1913

Location: SC MS 436/103

Note: Thanks for help; sends a copy of his paper. Extracted from

Airy, "Ancient Weights of Britain".

Sender: Armstrong, A Leslie

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 1

Date(s): 13 Apr 1921

Location: SC MS 436/115

Note: Authenticity of artefacts found at Grime's Graves, Norfolk.

Extracted from an offprint of his "Discovery of engravings upon

flint crust at Grime's Graves, Norfolk", "Antiquaries Journal"

(1921).

Sender: Bell, Alfred

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 1

Date(s): 29 Oct [1915]

Location: SC MS 436/68

Note: His work on fossiliferous horizons. Extracted from Bell, "Description of the sub-Crag detritus bed", "Proceedings of the Prehistorical Society of East Anglia", date inferred.

Sender: Buckley, Francis

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 2

Date(s): 16 Aug 1921 - 15 Mar 1925

Location: SC MS 436/120-121

Note: 1) Forwards a copy of his pamphlet on Yorkshire flint industry. Extracted from Buckley "A Microlithic industry...". 2) His work on glass and glasshouses.

Sender: Judd, John Wesley

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 1

Date(s): 3 Jun 1908

Location: SC MS 436/385

Note: His writing reviews.

Sender: Kendall, Percy Fry

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 1

Date(s): 12 Oct 1894

Location: SC MS 436/107

Note: The effects of Lce Age glaciation. 2 ff. Extracted from

Kendall, "System of Glacier Lakes in the Cleveland Hills".

Sender: Needham, James

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 1

Date(s): 11 Jan 1910

Location: SC MS 436/114

Note: Forwarding an old bank note; his guide to Hardcastle Crags.

Sender: Newton, Edwin Tulley

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 1

Date(s): 4 Nov 1920

Location: SC MS 436/117

Note: Mutual exchange of publications.

Sender: Preston, Henry

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 1

Date(s): 11 Jun 1904

Location: SC MS 436/116

Note: Reference to his paper on the geology of South Lincolnshire; apologies for not meeting.

Sender: St Quentin, William Hubert

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 1

Date(s): 26 May 1908

Location: SC MS 436/112

Note: His work on leaf insects.

Sender: Sheppard, George

Recipient: Sheppard, Thomas

Letters: 1

Date(s): 31 Dec 1909

Location: SC MS 436/141

Note: Geological deposits at Sand-le-Mere (alias Sandley Marr) near

Withernsea; speculation as to the recent geology of the area.

2 ff.