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On localisation and communities. Mention of Elberfield in Edinburgh and of John Ruskin's Fors Clavigera. Manuscript.

Typescript. Attached: sheet with manuscript notes by [Jaqueline Tyrwhitt], describing the document as a 'second and incomplete copy' which 'could have been printed in Sociology Review [sic], Jan. 1924'.

For the [Sociological Review]. Typescript with manuscript annotations.

Relating to the old and new phases of the industrial age - the Paleotechnic and Neotechnic - and social problems. Typescript.

With extracts from reports by Inter-Universities Halls of Residence Committee. Edinburgh: Geddes and Colleagues.

Endorsed: 'J. Tyrwhitt'.

Paper read before the Civics Group of the Sociological Society, 19 November 1914.

Endorsed by [Patrick Geddes] 'Keep. P. G.' and endorsed by [Jaqueline Tyrwhitt] 'J. Tyrwhitt'. Heavily annotated in unknown script.

Note by Patrick Geddes regarding introductions in Athens, refers to Miss Trikoupis, sister of late prime minister Charilaos Trikoupis.

Letter possibly to Bertrand Russell, friend of Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson. Refers to enclosed introduction [not extant] from Bailie Pollard of Edinburgh. Seeks a meeting to discuss the Cyprus question and the Armenian refugees. Outlines his proposals for a labour colony at Cyprus. Incomplete. Draft letter to unidentified recipient on back of letter.

Ramsay Gardens. Setting out Geddes's negotiations with Mr and Lady Steele regarding the price of purchasing Mr Steele's annuity. Refers to his employment of Mr James Slater as an independent and impartial expert to value the property. Includes a note to advise that Geddes will incur additional costs due the architects instruction to have an engineer sink special foundations and abandoning plans to erect studios upon a portion of the ground. Includes mention of Messrs Condie & Co., and the Royal Scottish Academy.

Discusses the proposed Northern College.

Note written by Patrick Geddes, listing the names of C.S. Partter, Herbertson, Peterson, Mrs. Mavon, Mrs. Scott Elliot, and James Curle. Related to the University Extension Scheme.

One reproduction of a drawing and two reproductions of photographs of a model of the design for the Hebrew University, printed on one sheet.

'Design for Hebrew University at Jerusalem'.

[Patrick Geddes and Frank Charles Mears.]

From 'The Architect', June 11th, 1920.

Summary of the courses provided in the Faculty of Letters at Collège des Ecossais, Montpellier. Mention of: Chateau d'Assas; Dr. M.M. Barber; Miss Moya Jowitt; Les Eyzies museum and its conservator, M. Peyrony; the Dordogne valley; Paul Réclus. Typescript.

Autobiographical, and relating to education in Paris. Mention of [Thomas] Huxley, [Yves] Delage, Lavisse, Lacaze, [Louis] Pasteur, the national library of France, the Sorbonne, the Comedie Française, the Odeon, Sarah Bernhardt [Henriette Rosine Bernard], the Louvre, the Salon, the Conservatoire, the Opera and the Jardin des Plantes. Discussion of morality and various cities. Typescript with manuscript amendments.

Autobiographical, and relating to biology and botany, nature study, town planning in Edinburgh, Outlook Tower, Summer Meetings and regional and city survey. Mention of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Linnaeus, Humboldt, [Charles] Darwin, Gottfried Wilhelm] Leibnitz, [René] Descartes, [Emmanuel] Kant and [Henri] Bergson. Typescript with manuscript amendments.