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Printed, manuscript and typescript. Includes:

• Pamphlet relating to the Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, and a Shakespeare Festival, under the direction of F.R. Benson. 1912.
• Letter to Patrick Geddes mentioning a season of Shakespearean plays by F.R. Benson and his company at the Coronet Theatre, London. 20 November 1912.
• Programme, with cast list: The Passing of the Third Floor Back by Jerome K. Jerome at Terry's Theatre.
• Cutting showing illustration of Sir Lumley Skeffington.
• Notice and subscription form of the Eager Heart Company; manuscript note on mystery plays.
• 'Thinking machine' based on the swastika and incorporating Art and Law.

• 'Three H's, not three R's: Professor Patrick Geddes on Schools Hard-Boiling Young Minds'. Source unknown. 1 document. No date
• 'E. I. S. Congress: The Power of the Teacher: Sir G. Adam Smith's address'. Source unknown. 1 document. No date
• 'Invicta Road L.C.C. School, Westcombe Park. A particularly interesting occasion'. Source unknown. 1 document. No date.
• 'Scientific notes'. Source unknown. 1 document. No date.
• 'Racial Prejudice in School Children: Educational Associations' Conference: Nature Study and Art: A Critic of Whitehall'. Source unknown. 1 document. No date.

Includes:

• Plan of University Hall of Residence and Crosby Hall, Chelsea.
• Pamphlet: 'Residential Flats'.
• Pamphlet: 'Proposed Hall of Residence for Women in London'.

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.

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.

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 mainly to the re-establishment of Scots College, accomodation arragements for Scottish students in Montpellier, and discussions on educational reform.

The letters discuss the Ilford Educational System, including elementary and secondary schools, evening school and University Extension course, as well as the Ilford Conference on Education.