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On 'the Eutopia of Labour'; families and heredity; women's work and their role in history; Spencer and evolution; 'Classification of Science and Arts correlated with social transition'. Also includes a list of male types and part of a letter from Victor Branford regarding a sociological study group in Chelsea, on reverse of note. References to Sir C[hristopher] Wren, [William] Willett, V[ictor] Branford, B[ertrand] Russell, Henri Bergson and Arthur Geddes. Manuscript and typescript.

Five versions of a photograph of a group of people in the courtyard of Ramsay Garden, each photograph shows the group in a slightly different pose. Patrick Geddes: second row, left of centre; Anna Geddes: second row, fourth to the left of Patrick Geddes; Thomas R. Marr: front row, fifth from the right; [Victor Verasis Branford]: third row, second to the right of Patrick Geddes.

'1894' endorsed in manuscript in pencil in bottom margin.

Anon.; Alexander A. Inglis

Numbered in manuscript in ink in bottom left corner [number in brackets after title].

Six versions of a photograph of a group of people in the courtyard of Ramsay Garden, each photograph shows the group in a slightly different pose. Patrick and Anna Geddes: second row, centre; Thomas R. Marr: front row, furthest to the right.

'1896' endorsed in manuscript in pencil in bottom (in one case top) margin.

Anon. [Alexander A. Inglis]

Labels with numbers in top margin [number in brackets after title].

Includes a chart showing the relationship between Emotion, 'Ideation' and Imagination; a poem headed 'Tower. Nature-Man', endorsed 'Expansion of Life'; and card-notes for a chapter of unspecified book. Manuscript and typescript.

Alo includes a chart showing the six-fold drama of life. Manuscript.

Includes charts showing the transition from 'Imperial IX' to 'Progressive 9'; and a jotter with notes on the classification of biology. Manuscript and typescript.

Includes large charts possibly for display purposes. Manuscript with diagrams.

Correspondence related to the introduction of a course of Nature Study for adults and teachers, and efforts to have it included in the national syllabus. Manuscript, typescript and printed.

Topics mentioned include: town planning; medicine; sex; the sciences; archaeology; education; life theory; economics; biology; botany; photosynthesis; ethics; evolution; peace and war; art; geotechnics; the slave trade; and Germany. Also references to: V[ictor] B[ranford]; J. Arthur Thomson; Rabindranath Tagore and [Wilhelm] Liebknecht. Manuscript.

Includes a photograph of the globe at Swanage. Manuscript and typescript.

1. Thanks Patrick Geddes for his letter. Discusses his ideas regarding the influence primary schools should have on the character and manner of youths. Printed copy.

2. Handwritten manuscript of the printed letter.

Correspondence relating to the values, goals and aims of the Future Career Association.

'Artificial Reseau Photospherique' by the Rev. Arthur East.
'Photographs of the Nebulae M8 Sagittarii etc.' by Isaac Roberts.
'Astronomy without a telescope' by E. Walter Maunder.
'Chemical Evolution: a chapter of History' by G. Cecil Fry.

On the classification of the sciences; life notation; the construction of a 'Thinking Machine'; religion and life; 'Phylogeny' and 'Ontogeny'. Also chart on 'Place, Work, Peoples'. Manuscript.