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Edinburgh South Side District Plan: general papers consists of:

Scope and Contents City planning maps, plans and studies by Percy Johnson-Marshall, undertaken whilst a student studying for the Certificate in Civic Design at the University of Liverpool, for his final project entitled "Newcastle-under-Lyme planning project". This project was submitted as the Town Planning Institute final exam. There are 4 plans: one detail (48cm x 48cm), one land-use plan, overlaid on an Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile plan with accompanying legend, and a blank Ordnance Survey plan at 6...

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General work file, compiled by Percy Johnson-Marshall. This relates to the work of the North East Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. The file is very mixed, with no discernible theme. It contains reports, copies of memoranda, notes of discussions and visits and conferences, correspondence and planning application statistics.

Scope and Contents This file contains a folder entitled Housing diagram for the ABT containing research for the diagram: notes, mixed correspondence and Ministry of Works forms and circulars. There is a set of minutes for the Association of Building Technicians and Association of Scientific Workers Joint Committee on Housing, dated 24 January 1947 . There is also a personal letter to Sris Chandra Chatterjee in Calcutta, dated 10 August 1947, concerning...

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Mixed personal letters to Percy Johnson-Marshall, collected for him during an absence from the Service Arts and Technical Organization office. The letters include one from Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson who at this time was Coventry City Architect.

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File of correspondence, minutes and lists of former students of the Liverpool School of Architecture. These relate to the formation of the Liverpool School of Architecture Society for former students of the School. The file also contains information concerning the organisation of the inaugural dinner on 25 March 1938, including a black and white photographic print (20cm x 30cm) and a seating plan.

Scope and Contents A set of 35 sociological reports written by Margaret Willis for London County Council's Architect's Department. The reports are based on primary research conducted through questionnaire and survey work and report on a number of factors which would influence housing design and amenity provision. There are different editions or drafts of some of the titles, and some include original photographs or are typescript. Subjects cover a wide range of issues, including: social surveys, high rise...

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Correspondence between Percy Johnson-Marshall and Colin Graeme Lindsay Shankland concerning the development of Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) courses in Malaya and Singapore. Includes a press clipping dated 6 December 1945 concerning the opening of the Singapore Forces' College.

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Correspondence with and information about the Organisation of Service Architects of Ceylon (OSAC). Includes broadsheets produced by OSAC, lecture notes and press clippings concerning the opening of the 12th Army SATO Polytechnic.

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Paper concerning the "Proposed faculties of planning, design and technics" for India which was submitted to General Headquarters by the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO). The file also contains correspondence concerning the procurement of books.