Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1574 - 1954 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Maps, plans, photographs, prints and drawings of Afghanistan, Africa, Algeria, Antarctica, Arabia, Arctic and North Pole, Asia, Australasia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, British Isles, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, China, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Indies, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland and Greenland, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Natal, Nepal, The Netherlands, New Zealand, North America, Norway, Nyasaland Protectorate, Pacific Islands, Palestine, Panama, Persia, Poland, Polynesia, Portugal, Rhodesia, St. Helena, Scandinavia, Siam, South America, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tibet, Transjordan, Turkey, Uganda, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United States of America, West Indies, The World, Yemen and Yugoslavia, various countries and unidentified and unallocated cities, landscapes, gardens and architecture. There is also a series of ideal and speculative town planning schemes and architectural designs.
The series reflects the national-political background against which Geddes was pursuing his idea of regionalism.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The series is organised alphabetically by country/geographical entity. Regarding national borders, the year of Patrick Geddes' death, 1932, has been chosen to locate those places that belonged to different nations during their history.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Arabic
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Irish
- Italian
- Latin
- Spanish
- Swedish
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
The links below are to descriptions of items within this series relating to individual countries/regional entities.