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Collection of papers and correspondence relating to the publication history of Buildings of the Scottish Countryside by Robert Naismith
Collection
Identifier: Coll-2006
Content Description
This collection consists of typed and holograph contracts, correspondence, and associated materials concerning the publication of Robert J. Naismith’s Buildings of the Scottish Countryside (Gollancz, 1985). This publication was developed from 1982 onwards by David Burnett of Gollancz and Jan Magnus Fladmark of the Countryside Commission for Scotland. In 1982, the CCS commissioned a report on vernacular architecture in rural Scotland, which was written by the...
Dates:
1982-1996
Collection of papers and correspondence relating to the publication history of The Story of Scotland's Towns by Robert Naismith
Collection
Identifier: Coll-2007
Content Description
This collection consists of papers and correspondence relating to the publication history of Robert J. Naismith’s The Story of Scotland's Towns (1989). It contains typed and holograph contracts, letters, and associated materials between Naismith, his publisher Gollancz, and other interested parties. ‘The Story of Scotland’s Towns’ was intended as a companion volume to Naismith’s Buildings of the Scottish Countryside (see...
Dates:
1985-1986
Design thesis entitled, 'A centre for research and instruction in physical planning'
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1091
Identifier: Coll-1395
Scope and Contents
The title of the design thesis is A centre for research and instruction in physical planning and it relates to a proposal for Gordon Square, London W.1. The item is in typescript and has photographs inserted. The work traces the activities of the Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction, and offers a proposal for a new building for the Association.
Dates:
1943-1947
Drawings of George M. Sutherland, Architect, Galashiels
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1319
Scope and Contents
The drawings are of various sizes ranging from approximately A0 size down to 26cm x 35 cm and show the following:
- some pieces showing architectural features/mouldings generally
- George Heriot's Hospital Edinburgh - Details of Council Chambers - 1/2" scale
- George Heriots Hospital, Edinburgh. 1/2" detail of North Entrance Doorway
- Oak Cabinet...
Dates:
1900-1910
Notebooks and pamphlets of Edward Stratton, and other booklets
Collection — Box: CLX-A-1597
Identifier: Coll-1894
Content Description
This collection contains six notebooks of Edward Stratton containing handwritten ntoes and sketches on the following theme: 'history of ornament', 'architecture notes' from when Stratton was at Boroughmuir school, 'lecture and demonstration notes' (dated 1954), 'glaze recipes - tested' (c. 1966/67), 'records of work session 1952-1953', and a untitled notebook containing pencil sketches. Also includes a diary dated 1949, containing mostly comments on art.Also contains a booklet on...
Dates:
1949-1950
Notes on index-cards made by Clive Wainwright while researching for works on Abbotsford
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1299
Scope and Contents
This collection of around 200 index-cards with manuscript research notes written in ink (cards 20 cm x 13 cm dimension) are divided by 15-index tabs into the following sections:
WS Visits
Hay, Bullock, Terry, Blore, Atkinson
WS Tradition and Folklore
WS Friends and Visitors
WS on Collecting and Architecture
Abbotsford...
Dates:
1979-1989
Papers of George Ormerod
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-333
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of original sketches, mainly by Ormerod, of landscapes and buildings in Great Britain done during the first half of the 19th century.
Dates:
19th century
Papers of Peter Howard Jones, Professor of Philosophy
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1833
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of lecture courses, single lectures and notes (some revised and published later) delivered in the University of Edinburgh, or in its name elsewhere, by Professor Peter Jones FRSE, as Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Philosophy between 1964 and 1998, and as Emeritus Professor from 1998 onwards - including his unpublished Inaugural Lecture (1986) and Gifford Lectures (1995).Subjects of the lectures include, but are not limited to: Philosophy and...
Dates:
1964-1999; 2015
Papers of Sir Robert H. Matthew
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-89
Scope and Contents
A first tranche of papers of Sir Robert Hogg Matthew (acquired 1980) is composed largely of office papers, but does include personal material, letters of knighthood, and speeches. Otherwise, the papers are composed of: R.I.B.A material; and, material relating to other organisations including the Scottish Civic Trust; material relating to Department of the Environment enquiries; conference material, including the Vancouver Conference on the Environment; and, material on buildings in Hong...
Dates:
circa 1947-1979
Papers relating to the planning of the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1097
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of:
Conceptual briefs, reports and drawings including reports on the various themes for the new museum; exhibition briefs; and, material directly relating to themes on Beginnings, the Church, Jacobites, Enlightenment, the Union, the Victorians and Edwardians, Land, Trade and Industry.
...
Dates:
1985-2001