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Roads, Design and Construction

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Charm entitled 'Eolas Pronnai' and accompanying story, 3 February 1874

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/51
Scope and Contents Charm entitled 'Eolas Pronnai' [Charm for a Bruise] collected from Ranald MacDonald, aged 81 years, Geàrraidh na Mònadh/Garrynamonie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, beginning 'An ora chuir Cal[um]-cille ris cois a ghille sa ghleann. Iocai[dh] an cnei[mhe] lium'. MacDonald states that he still uses the charm and that people who fall and are bruised but not cut come to him for the charm. The story he tells describes how when the road at Trossaridh [Trosaraidh] near Geàrraidh na Mònadh/Garrynamonie...
Dates: 3 February 1874

Charm entitled 'Ora Criongain', 3 February 1874

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/52
Scope and Contents

Charm entitled 'Ora Criongaini' [Charm for a Bruise] collected from Ranald MacDonald, aged 81 years, Geàrraidh na Mònadh/Garrynamonie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, beginning 'An ora chuir Calum-cille ris cois a ghille sa ghleann. Iocaidh an cnei[mhe] lium'. A note beside the title reads 'Ora Latin word'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 3 February 1874

City of Edinburgh Planning and Transport Study - reports, 1971

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/1.2
Scope and Contents

3 reports commissioned for the City of Edinburgh Planning and Transport Study by the Corporation of the City of Edinburgh. These give proposals for managing traffic in Edinburgh, including provision for cars and pedestrians. The reports were collected by Percy Johnson-Marshall as part of his work for the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning.

Dates: 1971

City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning: minutes, reports and correspondence, 1964-1976

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/1.1
Scope and Contents

Mixed file of papers relating to Percy Johnson-Marshall's work for the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning. The papers document details of various schemes for a new road infrastructure for Edinburgh and include: feasibility reports, committee minutes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs of models, related articles and plans. Many of these papers document proposals for an inner ring motorway for Edinburgh.

Dates: 1964-1976

Collected reports concerning transportation planning in Edinburgh, 1963-1983

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/1.3
Scope and Contents

8 reports concerning transportation and pedestrian planning issues in Edinburgh, mostly collected by Percy Johnson-Marshall as part of his work for the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning.

Dates: 1963-1983

Committee Papers, 1962-1985

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A
Scope and Contents This consists of incomplete sets of papers for a variety of Committees, relevant to the development of the University of Edinburgh, in which Percy Johnson-Marshall participated: papers of the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning, (1963-1983) papers of the University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee, (1973-1985) papers of the University of...
Dates: 1962-1985

Committee reports and agenda: other committees, 1949-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/A/2
Scope and Contents

Committee reports and agenda: other committees consists of:


  1. Housing Committee and Housing Committee Development and Management Sub-Committee, (1952-1958)
  2. Education Committee (Further Education) Sub-committee and Schools Planning Sub-committee, (1957-1959)
  3. Full Council, Parks Committee and Roads Committee etc, (1949-1959)
Dates: 1949-1959

Committee reports and agenda: Town Planning Committee, 1950-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/A/1
Scope and Contents

Committee reports and agenda: Town Planning Committee consists of:


  1. agenda , (1950-1958)
  2. reports, (1945-1959)
  3. notes of decisions, (1958-1959)
  4. County Planning Report, (1950s)
  5. sub-committee papers, (1950-1959)
Dates: 1950-1959

Comprehensive Development Areas: Elephant and Castle, 1951-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Elephant and Castle consists of:


  1. assorted photographs and reports, (1955-1956)
  2. plans, (1951-c1955)
Dates: 1951-1956

Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar, 1940-1961

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Stepney / Poplar consists of:


  1. general papers, (1940-1961)
  2. Lansbury Comprehensive Development Area, (1940s-1950s)
  3. other areas, (1950s)
  4. plans, (1946-1950s)
Dates: 1940-1961