GEO-HISTORICAL ARCHIVES

Short overviews of Archives from around the world that are relevant for research on the History of the Geological Sciences are provided in order to highlight their existence and help foster scholarly interest in their content. We hope to thus encourage the use of these fundamental resources by INHIGEO members worldwide and underline the key importance of this historical-scientific heritage for studies of the global development of the geological sciences.

Information on Archives are regularly included in our newsletter, the INHIGEO Quarterly Circular, since 2025 and listed here below.

December 2025, Historical Archive of the Geology Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

September 2025, The Geologist’s Archive – Universitätsbibliothek of the University of Freiburg i.Br. (Germany)

June 2025, Charles Lyell collections of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)

March 2025, History of Science Collections of the University of Oklahoma (USA)


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