Urban History
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = PJM
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Early nineteenth-century manuscript notes kept by a hospital doctor, [c 1818-1820]
Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/23-0184
Scope and Contents
This is a doctor's manuscript casebook, recording his practice among the urban poor in the South East District of an unidentified city (probably Glasgow).In an "Introduction", the author explains that he began recording cases "at the time Typhus Fever was so prevalent in this town and neighbourhood" (the name of the town is not given, but it is probably in Scotland given the recurrence of names such as "Baird", "Stirling", "McLachlan" and "McFadyen"). He continues that his notes...
Dates:
[c 1818-1820]
General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar, 1940-1961
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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4
Scope and Contents
Photographs of London County Council Comprehensive development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar:
east end 1940s, (1940s)
east end after reconstruction, (c1955-1961)
aerial views, (1937-1951)
basic house layouts, (1956)
London County Council Housing Department visit, (c1958)
historic map of the area, (1950s)
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Dates:
1940-1961
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: historic map of the area, 1950s
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4f
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographic print (17cm x 24cm) showing the eastern sheet of "Cassell's Map of London" c1865. This is accompanied by a large format black and white negative of the same map (12cm x 17cm) and a note by Percy Johnson-Marshall concerning the state of development in Stepney / Poplar at that date.
Dates:
1950s
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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London County Council
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London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas
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Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar
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Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs
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General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar
Toronto Facts, Canda, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2496
Scope and Contents
Description of facts about Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1920.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
University of Edinburgh development: collected associated material, 1964-1977
Series
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/H
Scope and Contents
University of Edinburgh development: collected associated material consists of:
- Edinburgh City Council reports, (1964-1974)
- press clippings and media articles, (1965-1976)
- miscellaneous historical guides to the university area, ( 1971-1977)
Dates:
1964-1977
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
University of Edinburgh: teaching duties, 1959-1988
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: PJM/EUT
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Percy Johnson-Marshall's teaching duties at the University of Edinburgh consists of:
Chair of Urban Design and Regional Planning - personal letters of congratulation on Percy Johnson-Marshall's appointment, 1964
applications for the Robert Adam Chair of Architecture, 1968
Faculty of Social Science - reports and minutes, and papers relating to a...
Dates:
1959-1988