Mears, Norah, Lady Mears, wife of Sir Frank C., Architect, nee Geddes, 1887-1967
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Letters of Norah, Lady Mears, née Geddes, to her father, Sir Patrick Geddes, but also to her mother and brothers, 1908-1914.
File
Identifier: Acc.13852/1
Dates:
1908-1914.
Wedding invitation, notes and printed papers of and relating to Norah, Lady Mears, 1915-1937, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.13852/4
Dates:
1915-1937, undated.