Category:History of the British Geological Survey: Difference between revisions

• Geological survey in transition

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• 1835 De la Beche starts alone - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• 1855 The Murchison succession - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• 1872 Ramsay, Director General - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• 1882 Geikie's accession - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• 1901 Teall's Directorate starts - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• 1914 Strahan promoted Director - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• 1920 Flett succeeds to Directorship - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• 1935 Bernard Smith, Director - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• 1936 Interregnum - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• 1937 Bailey returns as Director - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)

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• A Framework for government research and development':further developments under NERC
• A geological survey in transition
• A matter of gravity: the emergence of geophysics as a separate discipline
• A thorough jobber: De la Beche and the origins of the Geological Survey
• Another reorganisation, 1996–97 — a geological survey in transition
• Antecedents, first hundred years of the Geological Survey of Great Britain

B

• Bechuanaland Protectorate — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Belt tightening in the 1990s — a geological survey in transition
• British Geological Survey - the legislative framework
• British Geological Survey Directorate, 1979–2000 — a geological survey in transition
• British Geological Survey in Scotland
• British Geological Survey Programme Board, 1989–1997, and the BGS Board, 1998 onwards — a geological survey in transition
• British Guiana — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• British Honduras — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• British Solomon Islands Protectorate — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• British Territories in Borneo — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Butler — a geological survey in transition

C

• Celebration of the centenary of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1935
• Ceremonial opening of the new Museum of Practical Geology and offices of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 1935
• Cloak and dagger: geochemistry and the Atomic Energy Division
• Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956: a review of progress during the past ten years
• Commentary on a British Geological Survey Computing Archive 1965-85
• Commercialising a geological survey — a geological survey in transition
• Cyprus — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956

D

• David Hiram Williams and the search for coal — from South Wales to Bengal, 1839–1848
• Down to earth - one hundred and fifty years of the British Geological Survey

E

• Efficiency Scrutiny, Senior Management Review and Prior Options — a geological survey in transition

F

• Federation of Malaya — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Fiji — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• First hundred and fifty years — a geological survey in transition
• First hundred years of the Geological Survey of Great Britain
• From Stone-Age to microchip: the Geological Survey Drawing Office

G

• Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland: A contemporary account of the Survey, 1897
• Geological Survey under Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 1871–1881
• Geological Survey under Sir Archibald Geikie, 1882–1901
• Geological Survey under Sir Aubrey Strahan,1914–1920
• Geological Survey under Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche, 1835–1835
• Geological Survey under Sir Jethro Justinian Harris Teall, 1901–1914
• Geological Survey under Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1855–1871
• Gold Coast — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956

H

• Hercules - Down to earth
• History of photography in the British Geological Survey
• History of the British Geological Survey
• History of the British Geological Survey 1990–1997
• History of the dispersal of the British Geological Survey from London
• Home is where you hang your hat: locations where the Survey has been based

I

• Image — a geological survey in transition
• In all directions: developments under Sir Henry's fourteen successors
• Index to mineral occurrences — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Instructions for the Local Directors of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland Henry de la Beche 22nd May 1845
• IT into everything — a geological survey in transition

J

• Jamaica — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Joint BGS/Academic UK Geological Mapping Committee — a geological survey in transition

K

• Kenya — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Kenya — Colonial Geology Surveys 1947–1956

L

• Leeward Islands — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Lies, damn lies and the chequered history of mineral statistics
• List of delegates and overseas guests who attended the ceremonies of the opening of the new Museum of Practical Geology and the celebration of the centenary of the Geological Survey of Great Britain
• Lunch paper: the evolution of staff reports

M

• Manpower plan for the IGS produced by Sir Kingsley Dunham in December 1968, with accompanying memo
• Matrix — mark three — a geological survey in transition

N

• New beginnings — a geological survey in transition
• New Director, new structure: the first two matrices — a geological survey in transition
• New structure for the IGS introduced on 1 August 1967
• Nigeria — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Northern Rhodesia — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Nyasaland — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956

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• Of shoes and ships and sealing wax: the conditions of service for professional staff
• On the shelf: geology beneath the waves
• Our corporate history. Key events affecting the British Geological Survey 1967–1998 (report)
• Our corporate history. Key events affecting the British Geological Survey, 1967–1998
• Out and about: field survey and surveyors in the UK

P

• Post-Butler developments — a geological survey in transition
• Prelude - Geological Survey of Great Britain (by E.B. Bailey)
• Price Waterhouse report and its aftermath — a geological survey in transition

R

• R&D Programme — a geological survey in transition
• Rothschild and the impact on the funding of the BGS — a geological survey in transition

S

• Sierra Leone — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Somaliland Protectorate — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Songs of the Survey - Appendix to Down to earth
• Sources of information — a geological survey in transition
• Staff list of the Geological Survey and Museum, 1835–1935
• Staff lists — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Strategic planning and the NERC Corporate Plan, 1985 — a geological survey in transition
• Strategic planning, 1988 — a geological survey in transition
• Swaziland — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Synopsis and introduction — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• Synopsis and introduction — Colonial Geology Surveys 1947–1956

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• Take a little water with it: a century of hydrogeology
• Tanganyika — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
• The Geological Survey under Sir John Smith Flett, 1920–1935
• The Kidston Collection of fossil plants, with an account of the life and work of Robert Kidston
• The Mandarins: those set in authority over us
• The numbers game: computing and computers
• The Royal Hammerers and The Grizzly Bears - the dining clubs of the early Geological Survey

U

• Uganda — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956

V

• Visiting Groups — a geological survey in transition

W

• What next: the future of the Geological Survey
• Windward Islands — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956