Miscellaneous papers relating to the Outlook Tower activities

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Includes lists of Outlook Tower committee members; notes on work done at the Outlook Tower; sketch plans of layout of Tower, sketch plans of ponds at [Zoological Garden]; postcard of the Tour de Galata, Constantinople, 1896; syllabuses of Outlook Tower lectures; resolution of Outlook Tower education sub-committee on occupational education; press-cuttings on activities at Outlook Tower. Also includes a notice about Huntly House, Canongate.
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Patrick Geddes papersT-GED

Town Planning and Regional PlanningT-GED/1

EconomicsT-GED/2

SociologyT-GED/3

HistoryT-GED/4

ArtT-GED/5

ExhibitionsT-GED/6

Edinburgh and the Outlook TowerT-GED/7

Regional Developments in Edinburgh - Cockburn AssociationT-GED/7/1

'Regional survey of Edinburgh' by W. StevensT-GED/7/1/1

Memorandum relating to Princes Street Gardens and Esplanade, EdinburghT-GED/7/1/2

Cockburn Association for the improvement of Edinburgh and the neighbourhood. Annual Council reports.T-GED/7/1/3

Edinburgh City Improvement Scheme and University Hall School of Art. Cash book of expenses incurred by Patrick GeddesT-GED/7/1/4

Edinburgh City Improvements petty cash bookT-GED/7/1/5

Copy letter relating to the formation of a society for the preservation of historic features of the Old Town of EdinburghT-GED/7/1/6

Press-cuttings relating to proposed reorganisation and lack of funds of the Cockburn AssociationT-GED/7/1/7

'The Civic Survey of Edinburgh' by Patrick Geddes with illustrations by F.C. MearsT-GED/7/1/8

Notes on proposed site for Usher HallT-GED/7/1/9

Proof of report on proposed sites for the Usher Town HallT-GED/7/1/10

Press-cutting relating to the site of the Usher Town Hall. Edinburgh Evening Dispatch.T-GED/7/1/11

Letter from Victor A. Noel Paton to Patrick GeddesT-GED/7/1/12

Draft letter from [Patrick Geddes] to Bailie Fraser DobieT-GED/7/1/13

Letters from N. Fraser Dobie and William Black to Patrick Geddes relating to Scottish National Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1907T-GED/7/1/14

Catalogue of the Edinburgh and Midlothian Seventh Annual Competitive (Home workers) Exhibition, EdinburghT-GED/7/1/15

Advertising notice for 'My Two Edinburghs: Searchlights through the mists of thirty years' by S.R. CrockettT-GED/7/1/16

Preliminary memorandum by the town clerk of Edinburgh, regarding Edinburgh as a site for factories and industrial worksT-GED/7/1/17

Pamphlet entitled 'Place your factory in Edinburgh'T-GED/7/1/18

Illustrated brochure entitled 'A garden village near Murrayfield, Edinburgh'T-GED/7/1/19

The Edinburgh Association. Presidential address by Professor G. Baldwin Brown.T-GED/7/1/20

Proofs of reprint of addresses delivered on the occasion of a Town Planning Exhibition, EdinburghT-GED/7/1/21

Building News and Engineering JournalT-GED/7/1/22

Edinburgh Evening DispatchT-GED/7/1/23

Collection of press-cuttings relating mainly to events in EdinburghT-GED/7/1/24

Letter from William J. Hay to Frank C. MearsT-GED/7/1/25

Letter from William J. Hay to Andrew MurrayT-GED/7/1/26

'Knox statue and associated improvements'T-GED/7/1/27

Letter from Patrick Geddes to unknown person, concerning the development of the 'Outlook Tower' idea, particularly in ChelseaT-GED/7/1/28

Extracts of correspondence from Mrs. L.L. Wilson, Mr. W.P. Wilson, J. A[rthur] Thomson, Sir Clement Markham, Professor R.G. Moulton and Dr. Tolman.T-GED/7/1/29

Miscellaneous papers relating to the Outlook Tower activitiesT-GED/7/1/30

Notebook: a summary of 'visits to the peasants of Central France' by Daniel HelevyT-GED/7/1/31

Printed ephemera relating to Outlook TowerT-GED/7/1/32

Proofs of part of 'Scottish Biographical Dictionary'T-GED/7/1/33

Catalogue of views, possibly lantern slides, illustrating the geographical history of EdinburghT-GED/7/1/34

Pamphlet entitled 'A first visit to the Outlook Tower'T-GED/7/1/35

Advertising notice for the Outlook TowerT-GED/7/1/36

'Some Ancient Landmarks of Midlothian' by Henry M. CadellT-GED/7/1/37

Letters on the schemes of the Edinburgh Improvement Committee by W.B.R.T-GED/7/1/38

'Notes on the Geography of the Edinburgh District' by James CossarT-GED/7/1/39

Lecture: 'Edinburgh Merchants and Merchandise in Old Times'T-GED/7/1/40

Paper: 'An economic and social survey of Edinburgh'T-GED/7/1/41

Programme for 'A masque of Edinburgh'T-GED/7/1/42

Outlook Tower and MuseumsT-GED/7/2

Outlook Tower: Miscellaneous Printed NoticesT-GED/7/3

Outlook Tower: Manuscript, typescript, printed matter and newspaper cuttingsT-GED/7/4

Outlook Tower: Collection, Activities, Events, Architecture in EdinburghT-GED/7/5

Outlook Tower and Outlook Tower AssociationT-GED/7/6

Outlook Tower: Teaching Classes 1931T-GED/7/7

Outlook Tower: Facilities, Programmes, ExcursionsT-GED/7/8

Correspondence with some related papers: EdinburghT-GED/7/9

Correspondence with some related papers: Outlook TowerT-GED/7/10

Town and Gown Association Ltd.T-GED/7/11

Edinburgh and the Outlook Tower: Miscellaneous MaterialT-GED/7/12

Evergreen - Verse - OlympusT-GED/8

General correspondenceT-GED/9

Financial and business papersT-GED/10

Religion and PhilosophyT-GED/11

EducationT-GED/12

GeographyT-GED/13

Classification of the SciencesT-GED/14

AstronomyT-GED/15

Meteorology and hygrometryT-GED/16

Life: Outlines of General BiologyT-GED/17

Biology - BotanyT-GED/18

Biographical material relating to Patrick GeddesT-GED/19

Post-1932 papers relating to Patrick GeddesT-GED/20

MiscellaneaT-GED/21

Maps, plans, photographs, prints and drawingsT-GED/22

PamphletsT-GED/23

BooksT-GED/24