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Includes a library classification scheme with references to Horace Plunkett, J. A[rthur] Thomson, John Dewey, Gandhi, G[ranville] Stanley Hall, [Thorstein] Veblen; and thinking machines with reference to [Auguste] Comte, [Frédéric] Le Play and Spencer. Manuscript.

Mentions graphics; 'IX-9'; child education; occupations. Manuscript.

'Memorandum by the directors of the observatories on Ben Nevis and at Fort William in connection with their closure' and 'Remarks by Sir Arthur Mitchell, Honorary Secretary of the Scottish Meteorological Society and of the directors of the Ben Nevis Observatories after reading to the meeting of the Society.... the Memorandum of the Directors of the Ben Nevis Observatories in connection with their closure'.

Possibly relating to Geddes and Branford's proposed institute of synthetic studies. Topics include: classification of the sciences; life notation; religion and the Church; neo-politics; 'present world - ideal world'. Mentions [Rudolf Hermann] Lotze. Some notes written on the reverse of a copy of Geddes's application to the S[cottish] E[ducation] D[epartment] for the directorship of the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, 4 March 1903. Manuscript and typescript with diagrams.

On 'E. M. H. O. Spiral'; 'Too good to be true'; 'Young Scots'; 'Conclusion of the whole matter'. Manuscript with diagrams.

Includes Tower diagrams. Mentions necrology; 'phantomology'; 'biotechny'; 'sociotechny', the classification of politics; the popular conception of science as passionless; literary man; 'Scientia Scientiarum'; the use of 'Towers'; PWF/FWP; synthesis; eupsychics; the real evils of poverty and romance of the past. Also refers to Capt. Petavel, Miss Ker, American Study Bureau, Collège des Ecossais. Manuscript with diagrams.

67 copy photographs or illustrations, marked up in Geddes' handwriting with the proposed figure number in relation to layout of Geddes' report 'City Development: a study of parks, gardens and culture-institutes' (1904). Not all report figures are represented, some images are annotated by Geddes' with comments or have comments noted on a separate piece of paper, remarks on chapters and how images relate to each chapter.

7 copy photographic prints relating to Dunfermline, marked up with order dimensions and re-touching notes. These images were undertaken by James Norval, as a commission from Patrick Geddes as part of his survey of Dunfermline. The survey informed his report to the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust 'City Development: a study of parks, gardens and culture-institutes' (1904). These images appear in the final report. The images are held on fine thin paper.

Correspondence relating to the proposed Edinburgh Summer Meeting, 1905. Manuscript.

Copy photographic prints of a row of modern villas at Dundee, designed for college use, showing before and after images, the latter demonstrating improvements as a result of 'gardenesque' treatment. These images appear as figures 3 and 4 in Geddes' report to the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust 'City Development: a study of parks, gardens, and culture-institutes' (1904).

17 photographic prints, probably copies, of images taken by James Norval, a photographer operating in Dunfermline. Geddes commissioned Norval to visually document Dunfermline in its entirety as part of his survey of the town on behalf of the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust. The images were used to inform his report 'City Development: A study of parks, gardens and culture-institutes' (1904). This file of images do not appear in the final report.

Copy illustrations, plans, sections and elevations of proposed new structures or proposed revised structures to be situated in Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline. These are included as illustrations in Geddes' report to the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, 'City Development: a study of parks, gardens and culture-institutes', (1904).