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Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/3/934
Scope and Contents
Located in Poultry Research Centre Staff Papers 1974.
Dates:
March 1974
Item — Box Box C: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/23/17
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Most likely a facsimile of an engraving portrait of Allan Ramsay by George Vertue and engraved by Smibert. Ramsay built the original Ramsay Lodge (nicknamed "The Goosepie") in his youth. Engraving, "J. Smibert P(inxit), Geo. Vertue S(culpit )." Number on back: A3. Geddes employed Henbest Capper and Sydney Mitchell to create the Ramsay Garden complex for use as student and lecturer's residences. It accommodated a large flat for himself and his family. The common room in Ramsay Lodge contains...
Dates:
c 1914
Item — Box Box A: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/23/18
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Most likely a facsimile of an engraving portrait of Allan Ramsay. The poet aged 39, painted by Aikman in 1723, "Allan Ramsay - William Aikman (pinxit), William Howison (sculpit). Published by Blackie & Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London." The picture has a rounded top and has obviously been removed from a book. Geddes employed Henbest Capper and Sydney Mitchell to create the Ramsay Garden complex for use as student and lecturer's residences. It accommodated a large flat for himself and...
Dates:
c 1914
Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/J/16
Scope and Contents
Two drawings mounted on card, each shows an angel and cherubs for plaster decoration in a semi-circular frame, signed by Palin.
Dates:
1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/J/17
Scope and Contents
Drawings mounted on card, each shows an angel and cherubs for plaster decoration in a semi-circular frame, signed by Palin.
Dates:
1895
Item — Box Box 2 of 7: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/26/15/2
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Note that the usual spelling is Ann Street. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. A print of this glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Strata of Edinburgh: Best of the New Town" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exihibition." See Coll-1167/B/18.
Dates:
c 1890-c 1910
Item — Box Box 3 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/27/15/2
Scope and Contents
Note that the usual spelling is Ann Street. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes. A print of the corresponding glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Strata of Edinburgh: Best of the New Town" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exihibition." See Coll-1167/B/18.
Dates:
c 1985
Item — Box Box F: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/12/7
Scope and Contents
Print from an etching showing the appearance of the ruins on the eastern side of Parliament Square after the mines were sprung at noon on Saturday 20 November, 1824
Dates:
c 1914
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/30
Scope and Contents
The lecture outlines the concept and possible explanations for a differential birth rate, and the relationship between family size and intelligence. Thomson describes the purpose and findings of the Scottish Mental Surveys and follow-up studies.
Also includes invitation from the BBC to undertake the talk, and copy of the agreement form.
Dates:
13 May 1949
Item — Box Box 2 of 7: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/26/14/1
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Area Garden, St. Andrew's Square. The images in this section show how, in Geddes' estimation, dull basement areas may be improved by plants. This is not simply a statement of the obvious fact, it is a manifestation of an ecological and "green" culture, as a botanist and town planner. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "Open Spaces as Gardens and Playgrounds" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See...
Dates:
c 1890-c 1910
