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56 letters of David Octavius Hill to Sir Joseph Nöel Paton.
File
Identifier: Acc.11315
Dates:
1851-1855.
Copy of photographic portrait of George Combe, by David O Hill.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4557
Dates:
circa 1843-circa 1848.
Drawings, photographs, maps, plans and prints, largely from the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition devised by Sir Patrick Geddes.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13319
Scope and Contents
The Cities and Town Planning Exhibition was originally conceived in conjunction with the first Town Planning Conference of 1910 organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects, at Burlington House, London, to mark the passing of the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909. Patrick Geddes was asked to be its Director and used it to demonstrate his method of city survey. After the conference, Geddes toured the exhibition to cities interested in learning about the latest developments in...
Dates:
1649-1919, undated
Letter of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, to David Octavius Hill.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10400
Scope and Contents
Concerns a visit of Hill and Robert Adamson to Bonaly House with their [photographic] "apparatus".
Dates:
circa 1845.
Letters and documents of and concerning David Octavius Hill, his family and friends.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11782 -is now MS.23636
Dates:
1828-1899.
Letters of, to and concerning David Octavius Hill.
File
Identifier: MS.23636
Scope and Contents
Among the subjects covered are Hill`s role in the Royal Scottish Academy, developments in photography, and his role in producing `The Land of Burns`.Also included is the Diploma admitting Hill as ordinary fellow to the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts.Includes letters between Ian H Macdonald and Katherine Michaelson relating to the use of the letters for an exhibition, and an inventory of all items contained in the file.Five Letters of Ian H Macdonald to...
Dates:
1828-1899.