Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 T-GED/9/668
Title
Letter from Cecil Reddie, Abbotsholme, Derbyshire, to Patrick Geddes, Edinburgh
Date(s)
- 10 July 1906 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
4 ff.
Context area
Name of creator
(1858-1932)
Biographical history
Reddie was Headmaster of Abbotsholme, a private, progressive school in Derbyshire, from 1889 to 1927.
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Scope and content
Refers to the progress of the Outlook Tower 'under official approval'. Discusses plans for the school garden and requests Patrick Geddes' help. Describes school garden growth, creation of a reservoir, with reference to Walter Crane's 'Flora's Feast: A Fairy's Festival of Flowers'. Discusses his plans for teaching botany at Abbotsholme with mention of assistant Professor Ealand from Belfast. Describes an excursion with students to Kinder Scout, mention of Mr Arnold Bemrose. Invites Patrick Geddes and his family to spend some of their summer vacation at Abbotsholme.
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Conditions governing access
Open
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Language of material
- English