Architecture and History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = PJM
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Buildings of architectural or historical interest, 1962
Item
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/1.8.18
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1962
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962)
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962): general maps and plans
Chambers Street plans as existing, 1971
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.1.1
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1971
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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Plans of Chambers Street development, Edinburgh
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Plans: National Library of Scotland feasibility studies
Plans for the proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Museum extension, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, 1970
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.2.2
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1970
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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Plans of Chambers Street development, Edinburgh
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Plans: Proposals for the new Museum of Scotland
Plans: National Library of Scotland feasibility studies, c1971-1973
Archival Record
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.1
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...
Dates:
c1971-1973
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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Plans of Chambers Street development, Edinburgh
Plans of Chambers Street development, Edinburgh, 1925-1973
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7
Scope and Contents
Chambers Street development consists of:
- plans: National Library of Scotland feasibility studies, (c1971-1973)
- plans: Proposals for the new Museum of Scotland, (1925-1973)
- report on the Argyle Brewery Site, (1973)
Dates:
1925-1973
Plans: Proposals for the new Museum of Scotland, 1925-1973
Archival Record
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.2
Scope and Contents
Plans of proposals for the Museum of Scotland consists of:
- plans: Royal Scottish Museum, (1925-1957)
- plans: proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Museum extension, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, (1970)
- plans: proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, (1973)
Dates:
1925-1973
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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Plans of Chambers Street development, Edinburgh
Report on the Argyle Brewery Site, 1973
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.3
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1973
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
/
Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
/
University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
/
University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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Plans of Chambers Street development, Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Museum plans, 1925-1957
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.2.1
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1925-1957
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
/
University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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Plans of Chambers Street development, Edinburgh
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Plans: Proposals for the new Museum of Scotland
Story about the book of the Bishops of Kilchiaran, September 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/63
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
September 1870
University of Edinburgh development: collected associated material: miscellaneous historical guides to the university area, 1971-1977
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/H/3
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1971-1977