| Description | Letters to De Beer regarding his research into the volcanoes of Auvergne, and Sir Humphry Davy's European trip, 1812-1815. Accompanying the letters are postcard images of les Monts-Dome, and photostat excerpts from Davy's travel diary.
The research was used in two of De Beer's publications, "Sir Humphry Davy at Chamonix", Alpine Journal, No. 69, (1964), pp. 284-285; and "The Volcanoes of Auvergne", The Annals of Science, No. 18, (1964), pp. 49-61. |