Beschreibung:

Westlake (Ernest, 1856-1922, geologist). An archive of notebooks and papers, c.1874-1910, including approximately 600 disordered quarto manuscript leaves of geological notes relating to the Dorset and Jurassic Coast, neatly written in ink with occasional diagrams and numerous corrections, a related exercise book of 19 leaves, all apparently in the hand of Ernest Westlake, together with two manuscript notebooks of mineralogical lectures given in 1874-75, by Professor [John] Morris [1810-1886, professor of geology at University College, London, 1854-77], neatly written in pencil in a different hand to the loose leaves, a total of approximately 140 leaves, contemporary quarter roan, some soiling and wear, oblong 8vo, plus a badly damp-stained and frayed notebook of a ‘Geological Tour in the Neighbourhood of Paris, July 1879’, possibly a contemporary fair copy in another hand, original wrappers, soiled and worn, 4to, plus a partially completed ‘Catalogue of Land and Fresh-Water Shells Collected by A[ubrey] T[homas] Westlake’, 1910, 20pp., plus a manuscript encyclopaedia, a general notebook, a manuscript book of bibliographical and other references, and a small almanac for 1877, the latter two possibly in Ernest’s hand, plus 6 assorted letters, 3 pamphlets and 2 leaflets (Qty: a small carton) Ernest Westlake was a naturalist, anthropologist and amateur geologist, best known as the founder of the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry in 1916. In the 1870s he studied geology and mineralogy at University College, London under the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley. The notebooks in this lot from the lectures of Professor Morris are apparently in another student’s hand. From the late 1870s onwards Westlake embarked upon a programme of geological research and fieldwork, visiting museums, private collections, and excavating coastal and inland areas all over the British Isles. His main areas of interest included: Artesian wells, Chalk formations and Tertiary deposits. Detailed records of his excavations filled volumes of notebooks and the huge amount of fossils and artefacts he collected were divided between Salisbury Museum in Wiltshire and the Geology Department of Southampton University. He published several works on woodcraft and geology and, with his son Aubrey (1893-1985), wrote and published Primitive Occupations as a Factor in Education, London: Order of Woodcraft Chivalry, 1918.