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Plastic copy of a 1:1250 scale free-hand plan of the University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (76cm x 135cm) with listed building marked in colour with "letratone". The grade of architectural or historical listing is indicated in the legend.

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1/16" scale copy floor plans (70cm x 85cm) for the original Heriot-Watt College building on Chambers Street in Edinburgh, by the Heriot-Watt University Works Department. Sheets are numbered 1-7, corresponding to floors A-F.

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Paper copies of a portfolio set of plans (A1 size), at 1/8" to 1' scale and 1' scale, of the proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and extension to the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. There are 8 floor plans, 4 sections and a structural plan. In addition there is a copy of a plan entitled "Chambers Street Museum, survey of west elevation" by the Ministry of Buildings and Works, dated 1970.

Scope and Contents Plans: National Library of Scotland feasibility studies consists of the following sets of plans and photographs: Chambers Street - plans as existing, (1971) Heriot-Watt site, (c1971) perspective drawings of planned additions to the National Library of Scotland (c1971) National Library of Scotland, (1973) Heriot-Watt University facade...

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Chambers Street development consists of:

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Plans of proposals for the Museum of Scotland consists of:

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Reports by Ian G Lindsay & Partners into the history of the disused Argyle Brewery site and a development proposal for student housing on the site. The reports were produced as part of the plans for redevelopment of areas around Chambers Street by the University of Edinburgh.

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Papers copies of the original linen floor plans (60cm x 84cm) for the ground, first floor and roof of the Royal Scottish Museum in Chambers Street in Edinburgh. An elevation to Chambers Street, along with a cross-section are also included.

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Story about the book of the Bishops of Kilchiaran, collected from John Black, aged eighty-six, Killean, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire. Black states that he saw the book of the bishops of Kilchiaran [Kilcheran], which was written in Latin on one page and English on the other, and that it said that the Castle of Achnanduin [Achadun] was built in 1209. The place Lithe-sgeir [Liath Sgeir] is mentioned at the end of the story but with no indication of why.

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A file of manuscript and published pamphlets and leaflets giving architectural historical guides to Edinburgh, and in particular the area occupied by the University of Edinburgh. There are also programmes for exhibitions which focused on the history of the city.