University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections

Fragment of cover of monograph advertising 'Le Vérascope: Jumelle Stéréoscopique', a telescope produced by J. Vial, Paris, engineer

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Parte dePatrick Geddes papers

Printed.

Miscellaneous notes by [Patrick Geddes and others] on the relationship between spiritual power and temporal power

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[c. 1888 - 1911]

Parte dePatrick Geddes papers

The majority of notes focus on the spiritual and temporal aspects of life. Patrick Geddes seems to make connections between the spiritual and the biological evolution, the moral and economic aspects of life, in a system that encompasses all human activities. Includes also sketches for valley sections, thinking machines, botanical drawings, maps, globes. Sketches on the Outlook Tower, detailing the ideology behind it and linking it to a live organism. Mentions Auguste Comte, Spencer, Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Plato, Carlyle, Rousseau, Reverend St. Miller, Muller and Lavelaye. Manuscript.

Detailed notes, partly bibliographical, by [Patrick Geddes] headed 'Christians and Evolution'

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[c. 1887]

Parte dePatrick Geddes papers

Manuscript. Paginated.

Abstract from 'Through Nature to Christ' by Edwin A. Abbott, 1877

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[c. 1877]

Parte dePatrick Geddes papers

Written in unidentified script on headed notepaper, 9 Whitehouse Terrace, Edinburgh. The abstract explains why Greek philosophers were unable to 'unlock the secrets of nature'. Manuscript.

Two portraits of Patrick Geddes in slightly different poses

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Parte dePatrick Geddes papers

'James Norval Dunfermline Alloa'

Norval, James, 1862-1936, photographer

Dunfermline

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Parte deBritish Isles: Scotland: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Mill Lade at Dunfermline.
Offprint of figure 85 in Geddes, 'City Development', p.127.

Anon. [James Norval].

Norval, James, 1862-1936, photographer

Dunfermline

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Two reproductions of photographs of houses in Dunfermline before and after improvement, mounted on one sheet.

Anon. [James Norval].

Figures 3 and 4 in Geddes, 'City Development', p. 15.

Norval, James, 1862-1936, photographer

Dunfermline

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Parte deBritish Isles: Scotland: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Photograph of the Tollbooth at Dunfermline mounted on cardboard.

'Jas. Norval'

'Dunfermline' endorsed on reverse in manuscript in red crayon.

Norval, James, 1862-1936, photographer

Letter from Henry Vaughan Lanchester, Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, to Mabel Barker

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21 September 1915

Parte dePatrick Geddes papers

Discusses dispatch of plans to the Outlook Tower. Mention of the town planner, Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie and British Civic Survey Plans.

Lanchester, Henry Vaughan, 1863-1953, architect and town planner

Business card of the Rev. Thomas D. Christie, with note of introduction

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November 1896

Parte dePatrick Geddes papers

Business card with note of introduction to Smyrna Missionaries

Christie, Thomas Davidson, 1843-1923, clergy and educator

Letter from Alwin Berger, Italy, to Patrick Geddes

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14 March 1907

Parte dePatrick Geddes papers

Thanks Patrick Geddes for all his work towards Sir Thomas Hanbury's album in honour of his 75th Birthday. Short account of his funeral. Headed notepaper. Reference to Mr. Home.