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Notes by [Anna Geddes]
GB 249 T-GED/21/1/13 · Item · [c 1910 - 1914]
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

On personal matters; winter plans (1910-1911); the education of children; pragmatism; U[niversity] H[all]; 'Balanced Life' by Eustace Miles. Includes extracts from articles: by Wm. James on Bergson from the Hibbert Journal (April 1910); from 'Etudes d'histoire et de psychologie du mysticisme' by H. Delacroix; and from [Sadhana] by Rabindranath Tagore. Manuscript.

Geddes, Anna, 1857-1917, née Morton
Notebook by A[nna] Geddes
GB 249 T-GED/21/1/14 · Item · [c 1910]
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Including impressions of Santa Margherita; remarks on visit to Rome (April 1910), Sienna (May 1910) and Cortona (May 1910); places to see in Florence; Rudolf Herzog; bibliography of books on Italy; Dante.

Geddes, Anna, 1857-1917, née Morton
GB 249 T-GED/9/177 · Item · 28 November 1896
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Requests notice of when 'Evergreen' will arrive. Advises that Mr. Cuthbertson will update with news, has written to W.S. Pollard requesting London address.

Geddes, Anna, 1857-1917, née Morton
GB 249 T-GED/9/2063 · Item · 2 August [c.1911/1912]
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Personal, with request to Mears to help in drafting of circular (based on the Dublin exhibition circular) for Perth and the possibility of obtaining premises there. Mention of Mr. Ritchie and Miss Hay.

Geddes, Anna, 1857-1917, née Morton
GB 249 T-GED/9/2065 · Item · No date
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Incomplete. An article in the Nineteenth Century by Dr. Jessop on the superiority of the French in Literature and historical study, hinting that they are better than the Germans. 'You'll be pleased perhaps to find someone of this opinion'. The teaching of history in Britain and the stress on Technical Education. Also mention of Mrs. Buist, L. Walker, Miss M[ ], and Ellen [ ].

Geddes, Anna, 1857-1917, née Morton
Notes by [Anna Geddes]
GB 249 T-GED/21/1/42 · Item · No date
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

On Italian philosophical writers, including B[enedetto] Croce, G. Papini and A. Soffici; impressionism; pragmatism. Mostly extracts from books, with some personal remarks.

Geddes, Anna, 1857-1917, née Morton
Notes and papers
GB 249 T-GED/12/1/64 · Item · 1896 - 1906
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Manuscript and typescript.

  • Notes by Patrick and Anna Geddes on Child study and education, relating mainly to the education of Norah and Alasdair Geddes. Includes plan by Anna Geddes for their education, examples of their work, and transcript of a conversation with Alasdair (aged four and a half) on the relation of colour to sounds.
  • Newspaper cuttings of theatre programmes from unidentified source; syllabus of lectures in connection with St. Georges Classes, Edinburgh.
  • Leaflet: 'A Training Course for Teachers on the Series Method' by Howard Swan and Victor Betis.
  • Notes for address to the Episcopal Training College, Dairy, on nature study.
Geddes, Anna, 1857-1917, née Morton
GB 249 T-GED/9/733 · Item · 1 December 1906
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Refers to Patrick and Anna Geddes' upcoming sailing trip to Cyprus. Mention of Mrs. Murray, Mr. Cuthbertson and E. Philips, and her disappointment at the last issue of The Evergreen.

Geddes, Anna, 1857-1917, née Morton