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Details of arrangements for City and Town Planning Exhibitions when held in Edinburgh. Gives list of prospective helpers; programme details; exhibits; lectures to be held and arrangements for various committees.

Refers to Patrick Geddes's scheme of developments in Edinburgh. Gives details of work required and maps and drawings needed to make work ready for publication.

Refers to a scheme of the development of Edinburgh and Mears wishes to work on the architectural aspects of it. Refers to 'Slaughter's model school' and to Cannonball House. Includes a sketch of section of Royal Mile. Mentions Schultz.

Refers to Japan and their town planning methods. Suggests that 'some sociologically minded person' should travel there to study their methods.

A ‘dispute’ involving Mears, Geddes, Dr. [Magnes] and Professor Brodetsky, involving the R[oyal] I[nsitute of] B[ritish] A[rchitects]. Reference to Mears’ losing all those perspectives in the recesses of London University’.

With further reference to proposed Edinburgh Zoo. Proposed animals and facilities. Includes list of ‘Gifts of Probable Loans or Gifts of Stock’ to Zoo.

Preliminary investigations and plans for zoo at [Corstorphine, Edinburgh]. Mears gives some opinion on site and suggestions for housing animals. Mention of [Thomas] Whitson and [ ] Gillespie.

Anon.

Plans of Scottish Zoological Garden, Edinburgh.

Patrick Geddes and Frank Charles Mears.

Various scales.

Reproduction of a photograph.

'Ainslie Place from Glenfinlas Street'
'Photo: F.C. Mears'

From an unidentified publication.

On the reverse, text referring to architecture in Edinburgh.

'Killester Garden Village near Dublin 3 Room Bungalow Type - ('A')/2'
'F. C. Mears, Architect, 4 Forrest Road, Edinburgh July 18th 1921'

Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet

'(2nd [print])' endorsed bottom right corner.

'[C]ivic Museum and Outlook Tower For An American City.'

'P. Geddes' signed in manuscript in pencil in bottom margin.

'F. C. Mears. Architect. Edinburgh 1923.' endorsed in bottom margin.

Frank Charles Mears for Patrick Geddes.

Two sheets with plans and sections of the design.

'University of Jerusalem. Proposed Building for National Library'
'Prof. P. Geddes and F. C. Mears, Architect. Outlook Tower, Edinburgh, October 1925'

Scale: 1:200

Two perspective views of the Hebrew University design.

From an unidentified publication.

'University of Jerusalem. Balfour-Einstein Institute. Rough sketch from South'
'F C Mears Architect June 1925'