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Correspondence related to the syllabus structure, promotion, grant applications, expenses and receipts related to the Edinburgh Summer Meetings.

Correspondence relating chiefly to the establishment of University Halls on Patrick Geddes' model in Edinburgh and London. The correspondence also covers Geddes' initiative to set up an inter-library loan service for the University Halls in Edinburgh, student accomodation for international students, university organisation schemes and the role of universities in the educational system.

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.

This album was probably compiled by members of the Study Circle Committee from personal papers left by their leader, Robert Shanks. It includes: character testimonials in favour of Robert Shanks; election leaflets for Shanks as candidate for the Whitevale ward in the Glasgow Council elections of 1911 and 1914; newspaper reports of Shanks’ election campaigns and clippings of cartoons ridiculing his speeches to the Council; copy letter from William H. Martin of the Glasgow Branch of the Union of Democratic Control (UDC) to Captain Stevenson, Chief Constable of the City of Glasgow Police, 30 November 1916, explaining the circumstances of a recent disturbance at a UDC meeting chaired by Shanks; copy letter from Robert Shanks to Andrew Arnott, Organising Secretary of the Independent Labour Party, 29 December 1917, regarding Shanks’ application for membership of the party; letter from Andrew F. Arnott to Robert Shanks, 3 January 1918, informing Shanks that he ‘would be a decided acquisition to the Party in Glasgow’; Leaflet entitled ‘A Quaker Appeal to the Citizens of Glasgow’, annotated to substitute each instance of the word ‘Glasgow’ for ‘Dunfermline’; clippings of obituaries and tributes to Shanks published in various newspapers and magazines following his death in 1921.
The following loose items are enclosed with the album:

• Manuscript verses entitled 'a few lines on the work of Camlachie[‘]s G[lasgow] F[oundry] B[oys’] R[eligious] S[ociety] Bible Class', composed to mark the closing of the session;
• Set of printed testimonials in favour of Robert Shanks, supporting his application for the post of Organising Secretary and Registration Agent of the Liberal Associations of Flintshire, 1907 (the original manuscript versions of some of the testimonials are pasted into the album);
• Manuscript testimonial in favour of Robert Shanks by the Reverend James Barr, with a covering letter addressed to Shanks, 17 April 1907;
• Two typed copies of a testimonial in favour of Robert Shanks by the Reverend William Arnott, Minister of Dennistoun E.U. Church, 24 May 1894;
• Copy letter from Robert Shanks to James Henry, Pollokshields, making application for the post of Assistant Secretary to the Southern Section of the G[lasgow] U[nited] Y[oung] M[en's] C[hristian] A[ssociation], 25 May 1894;
• Copy letter from Robert Shanks, making application for the post of Assistant Secretary to the Southern Section of the G[lasgow] U[nited] Y[oung] M[en's] C[hristian] A[ssociation], 9 October 1896;
• Draft of a letter by R[obert] S[hanks], applying for the post of Assistant Secretary to an unnamed organisation, c 1900;
• Two incomplete, undated letters from Margaret Sackville to Robert Shanks, declining to come and deliver an address;
• Letter from John Paterson (junior), to George Prentice, indicating that he cannot attend a planned presentation to Mr Shanks due to illness;
• Manuscript text of a speech or article about Robert Shanks by William Niven;
• Copy of 'Foreign Affairs: A Journal of International Understanding', Volume III, number 3, September 1921. Includes a tribute to Robert Shanks by George Aitken, Organising Secretary of the Scottish Federation, on page 48.
• Pamphlet entitled 'The "Pax Christi" Plan', by the Reverend Dr Albert D. Belden;
• Letter from 'Lily "Mac"', Eirene, Garelochhead, Dumbartonshire, to '"Auntie"' [Mrs Catherine Shanks?], concerning 'the Doc' [Dr John Shanks, nephew of Robert Shanks] and the recipient's change of circumstances, 16 July 1941.

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].

Also endorsed by Jaqueline Tyrwhitt 'Early versions of An Evolutionist's Garden 1926'.

Enclosed: various draft versions of 'An Evolutionist's Garden' by [Patrick Geddes].

Typescript with manuscript annotations.

Includes corrected proof copy of annual report, March 1895.

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 a rough proof copy.

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

Photocopies of literature relating to the health effects of asbestos, dust in general, factory inspections, etc., consulted by Martin Stower at various London libraries c.1984-1986. Arranged alphabetically by name of author or where not known, title of publication. Includes an instruction from Nancy Tait, dating from 1996, to find more information on women inspectors.

Includes copies of K J Arul and P F Holt (1977), 'British medical journal' (May 1927), 'Building material' (1965), Burton Wood (1934, 1930), W E Cooke (1919, 1927, 1924), Myer Coplans (1913), N L Dolby (n.d., on Turner & Newall), W J Ellison (n.d., on Turner & Newall), W Glyn Own (1964), M Greenberg and T A Lloyd Davies (1974), R H Jones (1897, excerpt only), J F Knox et al. (1968), Sir T Legge (1934, excerpt only), Hilda Martindale (1944; excerpt only), E R A Merewether (1933-1934, 1930), 'Municipal engineering' (1968), M Newhouse and H Thompson (1965), 'New scientist' (1984, 1967; excerpts only), T Oliver (1902, excerpt only), Pancoast et al (1918, excerpt only), C W Price (1931), Report of the Medical Research Council (1915-1920, excerpts only), Report of the Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1921, excerpt only), L E Salt and R Sinclair eds (1970, excerpt only), F W Simson (1928), F B Smith (1979, excerpt only), Rose Squire (1927, excerpt only), H Taylor (n.d., on Turner & Newall), 'Thermal, acoustic, vibration insulation' (1966, 1967; excerpts only), and J C Wagner and K McConnochie (1983).

Hilda Martindale and Rose Squire were female factories inspectors.