'James Norval Dunfermline Alloa'
Sans titre17 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.
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Includes: small draft outline of programme and Outlook Tower Guide for an Edinburgh Winter Meeting; notice for Junior Outlook Tower Association; Outlook Tower, suggested subjects for photographs (possibly for publicity purposes). Manuscript and typescript.
Relating to a Hobby Exhibition and the J.B. Hodgkin Elocution Competition of which Patrick Geddes has consented to be a judge. Includes invitation card and programme of the exhibition.
Correspondence relating to Patrick Geddes' work at the School of Sociology and Economics, University of Bombay. Typescript.
Relates chiefly to Geddes's Indore report and Indian students in Britain. Manuscript and typescript.
Refers to Geddes's proposal to speak to some of the internees to persuade them that the remedy to the state's problems lies not in attacking the government but in effective social work. Manuscript and typescript.
The correspondence relates to Patrick Geddes’ planning proposal for the new Hindu University in Allahabad.
Correspondence regarding school curricula. Manuscript and typescript.
The correspondence documents the intention of organising a series of lectures for the London Summer Meeting of 1915 centred on humanitary aid for soldiers fighting the Great War. Manuscript, typescript and printed.
Includes a letter to the Earl of Aberdeen, advocating the need for strong protest; memorandum from educational institutions headed 'Louvain'; similar memorandum from Lord Mayors and corporations; and an application from Patrick Geddes for leave of absence from St. Andrews University. Manuscript, typescript and printed.
Two letters relating to the Crosby Hall Pageant Play.
Sans titreRegarding the mounting of the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition by the University of London.
Also copy letters from Patrick Geddes to Charles Robert Ashbee and John Ross. Mentions Raymond Unwin and Thomas Adams. Typescript.