Concerning shares in General Theatre Corporation Limited.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistRelating to financial affairs with some personal remarks as regards health and acquaintances. Mentions Madame de Ligne, Nevile Foster and [ ] Schiff. Also includes lists of securities belonging to Victor Branford's estate. Typescript and manuscript.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologist11 documents.
1669/1: Purchase of Argentine Land shares.
1669/2: Purchase of Argentine Land shares.
1669/3: Sending of cheque to Laurie, Milbank and co. re purchase of shares. No name of sender.
1669/4: Letter to Victor Branford re purchase of Argentine Land shares, from Laurie, Milbank and co.
1669/5: Sending of receipt for purchase of shares to Laurie, Milbank and co. No name of sender.
1669/6: Sending of cheque to Victor Branford re purchase of shares, from Laurie, Milbank and co.
1669/7: Letter to Victor Branford from Laurie, Milbank and co. noting that a cheque will be forwarded to him shortly.
1669/8: Receipt to Victor Branford from Laurie, Milbank and co., enclosing certificate for shares [not extant].
1669/9: Letter to Laurie, Milbank and co. regarding Paraguay Government Bonds. No name of sender.
1669/10: Letter to Victor Branford from Laurie, Milbank and co. regarding selling of Paraguay Government Bonds.
1669/11: Letter to Laurie, Milbank and co. enclosing certificate for 200 shares of the British North Borneo Company and receipt [not extant].
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistConcerning shares in the Financial News. 2 documents.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistRegarding amendments and additions to a [bibliography] which Mumford has been compiling. Mention of: Patrick Geddes; Gooch; J.M. Robertson; Farquharson, Ruskin and his St. George's Guild; August Comte; J.J. Findlay; Herbert Spencer; F.S. Marvin; R.M. Maciver; Harriet Martineau; the Masques of Learning; [Eliseé Reclus]; [Halford John] Mackinder; H.J. Fleure; J.W. Slaughter; Amelia Defries; Jane Harrison; [William Richard] Lethaby; C[harles] R[obert] Ashbee; Sir W.H. Hadow; Brother Lawrence; Richard Rolle; Walter Hinton; AE [George William Russell]; George Meredith; Rachel Annand Taylor ['Banabhard']; Michael Foster; Claude Bernard; and A. H. Gibson.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistBranford's descriptions of a visit to Rome, especially the new University City (Citta Universitaria) in Rome and the possibility of establishing a Sociological Institute there. Also mention of a new fruit and vegetable market; an agricultural co-operative bank; a working class quarter in the style of a garden-city; textile factories; the transformation of a street into an incipient 'Rue des Nations'; the Pincian gardens; Villa Medici; Ludovisi Quarter; International Institute of Agriculture; Mussolini; fascism in Italy; St. Peter's cathedral. Branford plans to use these observations in a lecture on 'Incipient Rome and its Region'. He suggests a town planning exhibition in Rome would be a modest beginning to 'a sociological mission to the Fascists'. Typescript with manuscript annotations.
La Colline, Territet, Switzerland.
With reference to articles on the Religion Congress and their publication in the [Sociological] Review, to Patrick Geddes's article 'Mapping of Life'; and to forthcoming Congress in Naples on Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology. Mention of Christopher Dawson.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistManuscript.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistReprinted from The Sociological Review.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistThanks her for letter enclosing unspecified cutting from The Scotsman and a cheque for Outlook Tower subscription to the Sociological Society and asks if his subscription for the Outlook Tower is paid up. Mentions Dr. Muniston's work in Durham. Discusses a manuscript relating to the Northern College, and says he will restart quarterly issues of the Sociological Review. He is interested in the 'Blue Laides' [sic] and would like information. Typescript.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistFrom The Scotsman.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistRelating mostly to shares, dividends, income tax and the settlement of his estate. Typescript, manuscript and printed.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistTypescript and manuscript.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistRefers to [ ] Montague and the possibility of an introduction for Patrick Geddes to Jagadish Chandra Bose. Discusses the printing and publishing of 'Cities in Evolution'; to Alasdair and Arthur Geddes; to Town Planning Review and Sociological Review, to [H. J.] Fleure's 'Human Geography - Western Europe' and to issue of pamphlet 'Spirit - Creature - A Study in Social Renewal' by George Sandeman.
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologistDiscusses a financial issue that Geddes is experiencing, and mentions an unsuccessful discussion with [ ] Hobson. Refers to two lectures Branford's wife is giving on social finance and mobilisation of credit at the Sociological Society, and an upcoming talk by [John] Ross..
Branford, Victor Verasis, 1863-1930, sociologist