Coll-1167: Archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies
The Photographs from the Survey of Edinburgh are part of a larger collection formerly held within the Outlook Tower on Castlehill. The collection as whole was catalogued while still at the Outlook Tower, this catalogue published as a 2-volume set Catalogue of the archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies, the second volume focussed solely on the Edinburgh Survey photographs. It is this volume which has now been revisited, its contents keyed, with minor alterations, into a database, accessible below.
It is hoped to address the rest of the collection in due course. Meanwwhile a full digital copy of the first volume is available in pdf format (9MB file)
/1: Photographs from the Survey of Edinburgh
/A: The Castle and Castlehill
/12
| Full reference code | Coll-1167/1/A/12 |
| Title | Outlook Tower Garden from above |
| Original title | O. TOWER GARDEN from above |
| Date | c1904-1910 |
| Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
| Scope and content | East and below Outlook Tower. The establishment and maintenance of gardens such as these were part of Professor Geddes's programme for the social development of slum areas, and the education of the deprived children who lived in them. This is the theme of all pictures showing either garden-space or children. |
| Author of original title | Alasdair Geddes |
| Negative number | Box 5, 9 |
| Note | See Prints Coll-1167/1/A/13 and Coll-1167/1/A/14. See, also particularly, Sections J and Y, but there are several relevant individual prints in other sections. |
| Related items | Coll-1167/1/A/13 Coll-1167/1/A/14 |