Endorsed on reverse with some manuscript notes in pencil.
Zonder titelRegarding amendments and additions to a [bibliography] which Mumford has been compiling. Mention of: Patrick Geddes; Gooch; J.M. Robertson; Farquharson, Ruskin and his St. George's Guild; August Comte; J.J. Findlay; Herbert Spencer; F.S. Marvin; R.M. Maciver; Harriet Martineau; the Masques of Learning; [Eliseé Reclus]; [Halford John] Mackinder; H.J. Fleure; J.W. Slaughter; Amelia Defries; Jane Harrison; [William Richard] Lethaby; C[harles] R[obert] Ashbee; Sir W.H. Hadow; Brother Lawrence; Richard Rolle; Walter Hinton; AE [George William Russell]; George Meredith; Rachel Annand Taylor ['Banabhard']; Michael Foster; Claude Bernard; and A. H. Gibson.
Zonder titelBranford's descriptions of a visit to Rome, especially the new University City (Citta Universitaria) in Rome and the possibility of establishing a Sociological Institute there. Also mention of a new fruit and vegetable market; an agricultural co-operative bank; a working class quarter in the style of a garden-city; textile factories; the transformation of a street into an incipient 'Rue des Nations'; the Pincian gardens; Villa Medici; Ludovisi Quarter; International Institute of Agriculture; Mussolini; fascism in Italy; St. Peter's cathedral. Branford plans to use these observations in a lecture on 'Incipient Rome and its Region'. He suggests a town planning exhibition in Rome would be a modest beginning to 'a sociological mission to the Fascists'. Typescript with manuscript annotations.
La Colline, Territet, Switzerland.
With reference to [Cities and Town Planning] Exhibition and to the financing of U[niversity] & C[ity] A[ssociation] in London. Branford gives various names of people who may be of some aid and to the possibility of a Civics Department in [ ] University.
Zonder titelWith reference to the Chelsea Association and papers on Civics by Patrick Geddes especially 'Life Theory' and the work being done in the field.
Mention of Claude Bernard and Colonel Roberts. Reference to Branford's work on Havana.
Reply to GB 249 T-GED 9/820/2 [https://www.ica-atom.org/strathclyde/copy-letter-from-patrick-geddes-to-victor-branford;isad].
A discussion of the problems inherent in the proposed revitalisation of the country of Paraguay and its railway, and asking for financial aid to counter the policy of some who would like minimal development and quick dividends.
Asks for assistance in reorganising the Paraguay railway, refers to Geddes's experience of the Botanical Survey of Scotland and mediterranean agriculture. Mentions Sir Frank Crisp and Mr. Rodriguez, Chairman of the Railway Company. Involves revitalisation of the capital city, Asuncion.
Zonder titelDiscusses Geddes' recommended corrections to a paper that Branford has written and which he accepts, including the substitution of 'formalist' for 'ceremonialist'. Refers to a special committee meeting of the Sociological Society in relation to Herbert Spencer.
Zonder titelSending him proof of papers, including one by Mr. Ratcliffe. Suggestion for an exhibition by Alasdair Geddes about war. [John] Ross and [ ] Berrington are working on 'the emergency exhibition'. Business involving [ ] Robinson, [ ] Ford, Lady Aberdeen and [ ] Nolan. Alasdair's literary promise.
Zonder titelHe and J. Arthur Thomson believe that the professor [possibly Patrick Geddes] should keep the Dundee chair. Financial business involving [ ] McLeod and [ ] Hellyer. Incomplete. Headed notepaper: 'Sociological Society'.
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Letter from Victor Branford to [ ].
Arrangements for a Religious conference. Mention of AE (George Russell). Fragment. -
Paper, probably relating to above, found with letter, concerning science and religion.
Bartholomew has asked Branford to produce a chart by the Spring, showing chronological racial evolution. Branford states he is having difficulty expressing diagrammatically all that Bartholomew wants. His desire not to lose this opportunity of advertising Geddes's 'diagrammatic historic method'. He is also working on an economic and historical bibliography, and on the Eastern Question, showing the 'historic degeneration of the Turks'. Agrees with Geddes that military energies should be directed to engineering. Comments on 'the Grassmarket at 11 p. m.'
Zonder titelConcerning shares in the Financial News. 2 documents.
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