The Scottish Architects' Papers Preservation Project and the Dick Peddie & McKay Collection Project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, catalogued and conserved 195,800 drawings, photographs and manuscripts from the following 25 collections, 1999-2004. Catalogue information and full collection essays for all the collections can be accessed using the Canmore database. Further images from the collections can also be found in the Highlights section. The original collection material may be studied at the RCAHMS public search room, 16 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh, +44 (0)131 662 1456, info@rcahms.gov.uk, unless otherwise stated. Appointments are not required but are advisable for complex enquiries.

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Buchanan Campbell
The Collection consists of approximately 11,300 items of which 5,481 items have been catalogued, encompassing 53 projects undertaken by this Glasgow-based practice. The remainder have been handlisted. Alexander Buchanan Campbell (b.1914) was apprenticed to Jack Coia in the late 1920s and studied at the Glasgow School of Art between 1931 and 1937, where he later taught architecture. The Collection contains all projects commissioned by East Kilbride Town Council and the neighbouring 5th District Council of Blantyre; these projects constitute almost 40% of the catalogued material and show the development of public facilities in the New Town during the 1960s. Aproximately 1,275 drawings dating from c.1961 to 1969 document comprehensively Campbell's best known project, the Dollan Baths, Brouster Hill, East Kilbride (1961-69). There are also drawings for the adjacent Key Experimental Youth Centre (1966-70). Other catalogued projects include Craigie College, Ayr (c.1963-71) and alterations to Gillespie Kidd & Coia's Notre Dame College, Bearsden (1977-88).

Carr and Matthew
The Collection comprises 544 drawings and 591 photographs dating from 1920s to the 1980s and incorporates the work of both Carr & Howard and Carr & Matthew. The practice of Carr & Howard was formed in 1936 when David Carr (1905-1986) went into partnership with W F Howard following a successful joint competition entry for the design of Kirkcaldy Municipal Buildings. In 1950 Carr formed an additional partnership with Stuart Russell Matthew (1912-1996). Known as Carr & Matthew, the two architects worked together until 1959. The Collection includes competition entries by Carr & Howard from the 1930s including designs for Kirkcaldy Municipal Buildings (1938-56); Parliament House, Zimbabwe [then Rhodesia] (1936); St Georges Hospital, London (1939); and English civic centres at Tunbridge Wells (1934), Newport (1936) and Scunthorpe (1937). The Collection also contains drawings of housing schemes in war-damaged Clydebank by Carr & Matthew for Nairn Street (1953-58), Mountblow (1959-61), and Perth Crescent (1960-67). Many post-1945 projects by Carr & Matthew, including The Royal Blind Asylum, Edinburgh (1950-56), are held in the Lorimer & Matthew Collection.

· Collection gifted to RIAS by Stewart Tod, 1982. Transferred to RCAHMS, 1999 (Accession No. 2001/75).

J. and J. A. Carrick
The Collection represents a selection from the office archive of this Ayr based practice, comprising 100 drawings, including several presentation drawings, and 53 photographs. This material encompasses 14 projects from the West of Scotland dating 1931 to 1939, and includes villas in Greenfield Avenue, Alloway (built 1930-34); premises from the Irvine and Fullarton Co-operative Society Ltd, Irvine (1931); Coatbridge public baths and swimming pool (1934); the restoration of Stair House, Ayrshire (begun 1934); Cragburn Pavilion, Gourock (1935); Ayr Ice Rink (1937); and Rothesay Pavilion, Bute (1937).

· Collection gifted to RIAS by J A Carrick, 1985. Transferred to RCAHMS, 1999 (Accession No. 2001/68).

Cowie and Seaton
The Collection consists of 10,388 papers, of which 5,801 dating 1886-1960 have been catalogued. The catalogued material includes projects by Leadbetter, Fairley and Reid, as well as projects begun by them in the mid-1940s and finished by the new firm of Morton J H Cowie. Approximately 10% of the Collection comprises drawings of various buildings for Edinburgh Academy, Henderson Row, including the library (1899, altered 1930) and a war memorial building with gymnasium and workshops (1922-23). Other significant projects include alterations to Auchindinny House, Midlothian (1914-1930); the conversion of 24 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh and the adjoining 13-15 Hope Street into bank premises for the North of Scotland Town and Country Bank (1922-45); alterations to Longmore Hospital, Edinburgh (1923-37); and several buildings for J & G Cox's Glue Works, Gorgie Mills, Edinburgh. The Collection also includes 250 drawings acquired from other practices and businesses such as Hippolyte J. Blanc, David Bryce, F. T. Pilkington, Rowand Anderson and Paul, Gillespie Kidd and Coia, Dick Peddie and McKay, Lorimer and Matthew, Leslie Grahame Thomson MacDougall, and Alexander Nisbet Paterson.

· Collection gifted to RIAS by Douglas William Seaton, 1993. Transferred to RCAHMS, 1999 (Accession No.1992/52).

Find out more about this collection on the Cowie and Seaton Exhibition Highlight.

Dick Peddie and McKay
The Collection consists of 36,134 drawings, which are a testimony to the practice's reputation as one of Scotland's leading architects of the mid- to late 19th century. The firm worked on a huge variety of building types, and although an Edinburgh-based practice, it is not difficult to find at least one building designed, or significantly altered, by the practice in every major town in Scotland. John Dick Peddie (1824-1891) founded the practice in 1845 and was joined in 1856 by Charles George Hood Kinnear (1830-1894). Subsequent partners in the firm included John More Dick Peddie (1853-1921), George Washington Browne (1853-1939), W J Todd (1884-1944), D J Chisholm (1885-1949), Lindsay Auldjo Jamieson (1905- c.1960) and John Ross McKay (1884-1961). Major projects in the Collection include Cockburn Street, Edinburgh (c.1858-73); Morgan's Hospital, Dundee (1860-67); Municipal Buildings, Aberdeen (1861-71); Blythswoodholme Hotel, 97-99 Hope Street, Glasgow (1876-79); Callendar Hydropathic (1879); Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh (c.1890-1912); Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh (1925-31); and Binns Department Store in Edinburgh (c.1934).

· Collection acquired by RCAHMS with a purchase grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, 1999 (Accession No. 1999/90).

Find out more about this collection on the Exhibition Highlights page.

Duncan and Munro
The Collection consists of 4,500 drawings and 1,400 manuscripts, dating 1862-1975. The Turriff-based practice, founded by James Duncan (1828-1902) and continued by his son William Liddle Duncan (1870-1951), was responsible for the erection of a significant number of farm buildings, which reflect the agricultural expansion that occurred between 1860 and 1975. Many of the commissions undertaken by the Duncans and their successor James Munro (d.2001) were from estate owners in the region. This not only included work on farm buildings and workers' housing but also larger commissions such as the alteration of substantial houses. Notable examples are Scobbath House on the Ardmiddle estate, where James Duncan worked in the 1870s; Fyvie Castle, where Duncan provided designs for a tennis court and bowling alley in the 1880s; and Muiresk House where alterations took place in the 1930s. The Collection includes a significant number of commissions for the erection and improvement of schools, such as Ythanwells School (1878-1934) and the Gordon Schools, Huntly (1940-49); churches; manses; and commercial premises, such as Glenglassaugh Distillery (1880s).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by David Smith (Accession No. 2000/245).

NOTE: This Collection is available for study in Aberdeen City Archives, Old Aberdeen House, Dunbar Street, Aberdeen.

Ground and first floor
plans of an unidentified
villa at Gullane, 1897.
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Dunn and Findlay
The Collection contains 4,182 drawings, approximately two-thirds of which originate from the practice of James B. Dunn (1861-1930), with the remainder belonging to the practice of Arthur Hugh Mottram (1886-1953). Both worked independently from 14 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Significant projects by James B Dunn's practice include The Scotsman Building (1899-1904), Jenner's Repository (1925-26), and George Watson's College (c.1925-26), all in Edinburgh. The Collection also includes Dunn's designs for several villas in East Lothian, most notable Gullane, between the 1890s and the 1920s. Mottram's involvement in housing development is represented strongly in the Collection, which includes drawings for his work at Rosyth (1917-25); designs for housing at Greenock for the Scottish National Housing Company (Housing Trust) Limited (1926); and tenement housing for the Edinburgh Welfare Housing Trust Ltd at Stevenson Avenue (1928-33) and Bonnington Avenue (1936-37). The Collection also contains Mottram's designs for 'house types' executed for the Scottish Special Area Housing Association (1925-30) and The Scottish National Housing Association (1937-8).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by Mottram Patrick and Dalgleish, 1981 (Accession No. 1981/10).

Find out more about this collection on the 'Career Builders' Exhibition Highlight.

A. A. Foote and Son
The Collection consists of 115 drawings, dating 1922-64, predominately for domestic and commercial work in and around Edinburgh, including many drawings by Alexander Allan Foote (1886-1969) for new houses in the Barnton area of the City. Foote began his Edinburgh based practice in the 1920s and was joined in partnership by his son, George Edward Foote (1916-1991), in 1946. The manuscript component of the Collection comprises brochures and miscellaneous office papers, including two souvenir booklets commemorating the opening of the Phoenix Cinema in Kirkwall (1955) and the Langlee Community Centre, Galashiels (1966); and two pamphlets on school camps, one of which is annotated to indicate Foote's supervision of work at Middleton, Broomlee and Dounans camps (c.1950-60).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by George Edward Foote, 1982 (Accession No. 1982/2).

Haxton and Watson
The Collection comprises approximately 15,000 drawings relating to North East Fife. 7,343 drawings, dating from the 1910s to the 1960s, and with a pre-dominance from the 1930s, have been catalogued. Projects included range from those undertaken by Andrew David Haxton (1878-1960) and William Walker (1881-1923), who began independent practice in 1907 at Leven, Fife, to those executed by Haxton and Adam Watson (1908-1996) after World War Two. Material catalogued includes designs for cinemas and social housing schemes for which the practice had established a reputation. The 15 cinemas held in the Collection include the Globe Electric Theatre, Buckhaven (1914-15); conversion from school to cinema, Pittenweem (1920); Troxy, North Street, Leven (1934-35, 1938); Regal, Greendykes Road, Broxburn (1936, 1941); Regal, South Street, Armadale (1937, 1946); Regal, North Bridge Street, Bathgate (1937-39, 1946); and the Regal, Main Street, West Calder (1938-39, 1948-55). The social housing commissions were largely inter- and post-war schemes for the local authorities grouped around Anstruther, Bo'ness, Cupar, Elie, Falkland, Leslie, Leven, Lochgelly, Markinch and Methilhill.

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by David Moir, 1985 (Accession No. 2003/123).

Houston and Dunlop
The Collection contains 7,253 drawings and practice papers, dating 1919-76, almost all of which are for buildings in North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire. In 1925 James Houston (1893-1966) set up office in his native Kilbirnie where his son, James B. G. Houston, joined him in partnership in 1956. William MacDougall Dunlop became a partner in 1972 and the practice became Houston & Dunlop in 1976. Within the Collection are several projects for the Ayrshire textile industry, including alterations and additions to the Dennyholm and Stoneyholm Mills, Kilbrinie for W & J Knox Ltd (1919-74); the expansion of the war-damaged Worsted Mills site, Drumfrochar Road, Greenock for Fleming Reid & Company Ltd (1948-57) and new buildings at New Cumnock for Charles W Hall Ltd (1949-73). The wealth of buildings for the area's other major industry of leisure and tourism is also apparent in the Collection. Perhaps the most well known examples are three themed buildings: the Moorings Cafeteria, Largs (c.1935, demolished 1989); the Radio Cinema, Kilbirnie (1938); and the Viking Cinema, Largs (1938-39).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS in two stages by James B.G. Houston, 1989 (Accession No. 1989/7) and 1995 (Accession No. 2002/225).

J. and F. Johnston and Partners
The Collection contains over 52,000 items of which 1,231 drawings and photographs, dating 1900-1992 have been catalogued. The Edinburgh based practice was founded by Joseph Marr Johnston (1871-1934) in 1900 following his successful competition entry for a new Poor Law Hospital, Leith, Edinburgh (1906). Joseph's son James (1901-1992) took over his father's practice in 1934 and was subsequently joined by his brother Frank (1906-1994). The practice was renowned for its school designs and the catalogued part of the Collection features papers for several Edinburgh schools built between 1930 and 1960, including Carrickvale Secondary (1935-36), Ainslie Park High School (1939-45), Burdiehouse Primary (1950-52), a new science wing for the Daniel Stewart College (1959-60) and the Sighthill College Complex (1966-71). Other projects in the Collection include the Alhambra Theatre, Leith Walk, Edinburgh (1914); competition designs for the Art Deco Wilson Memorial Church, Portobello, Edinburgh (1933); and the conversion of C & J Brown's warehouse at Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh into offices for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1989-92).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by Sandy Brown and Robert Adams, 1994 (Accession No. 1995/6).

Ian G. Lindsay
The Collection contains approximately 26,000 drawings, mostly dating from the 1920s to the 1980s. These mostly encompass jobs undertaken during the working lifetime of Ian Gordon Lindsay (1906-1966), but also include projects carried out by B H N Orphoot (1880-1964) and F E Whiting (b.1883) prior to Lindsay joining them in 1931. The Collection also includes projects undertaken by Ian G Lindsay & Partners after Lindsay's death under the auspices of the senior partner John H Reid. In the 1930s Lindsay became an expert in the conservation field, working on Iona Abbey (1931-66) and Pluscarden Abbey (1938). Consequently his practice became specialists in the restoration and adaptation of dilapidated building stock in small communities such as Falkland, Fife (1936-48); Dunkeld, Perthshire (1953-63); the Royal Burgh of Culross, Fife (1950-67); Cramond, Edinburgh (1958-63); and Kenmore, Argyll (1960-66), projects which are all contained in the Collection. Also included is the complete restoration of the Duke of Argyll's 18 th century planned town of Inveraray, Argyll (1955-62) and the residential buildings at Robert Owen and David Dale's industrial planned village of New Lanark (1965-73). New housing designed by Ian G Lindsay & Partners is also represented with large schemes for Canongate, Edinburgh (1957-64); Lochgilphead (1960-62); and Newhaven (1961-79).

· Collection presented to RCAHMS in two stages by John H Reid, 1973 (Accession No. 1973/12) and 1992 (Accession No. 1992/50).

Find out more about this collection on the Ian G Lindsay Exhibition Highlight.

Lorimer and Matthew
The Collection totals 35,220 items comprising 33,000 drawings and 2,220 photographs, dating from the 1890s to the 1960s. The Collection reflects Sir Robert Lorimer's (1864-1929) position as one of Scotland's leading country house architects during the first two decades of the 20th century. His 'traditionalist' beliefs are well illustrated by papers for houses such as Rowallan, Ayrshire (c.1901-6); Ardkinglas, Argyll (1906-12); Rhu-Na-Haven, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire (1907-11); and Formakin, Renfrewshire (1903-20). Other significant projects held within the Collection include the Thistle Chapel, St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh (begun 1909), for which Robert Lorimer received a knighthood; and the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle (1919-27), for which there are over 1,000 drawings. The work of Lorimer's partner, John Matthew (1875-1955), is evident in the Collection which incorporates projects he continued after Loirimer's death, such as the King's Buildings, Edinburgh (1926-34), as well as his own projects such as Granton Parish Church, Edinburgh (1934-36). John Matthew's son, Stuart Matthew (1912-1996), succeeded his father in 1946 and examples of his work in his post-1950 partnership with David Carr (1905-1986), including Thistle Foundation, Craigmillar, Edinburgh (1945-50), are also well represented in the Collection.

· Collection deposited at RCAHMS by Stuart Matthew, 1968, with further deposits made in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Purchase supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 1998 (Accession Nos 1978/20, 1980/8 and 2001/87).

Find out more about this collection on the Exhibition Highlights page.

Sinclair Macdonald and Son
The Collection consists of 7,689 drawings and 319 manuscripts, dating c.1890- c.1940. Sinclair Macdonald (1864-1936) founded the practice in Thurso in 1889, and in 1931 his son Hugh (1903-1979) became a partner. Projects from the first three decades of the practice include designs for church and manse buildings such as Invergordon (1895), Brora (c.1900, manse 1902), Lybster (c.1908, manse c.1900) and Keiss Manse (1909-22). The Collection includes designs for the Ross Institute village hall, Halkirk (1909) and drawings for the Northern Gate House (originally named Dwarwick House), Dunnet (c.1910). The practice's provision and improvement of education buildings throughout the North Highlands is evident in the Collection as is the substantial amount of reconditioning work that the practice undertook on workers' housing in Caithness between the late 1920s and the 1950s. Sinclair MacDonald's firm designed Town Halls for both Wick (c.1920-31) and Thurso (c.1931-47), and in the 1950s and 1960s they were commissioned to restore the sixteenth century Castle of Mey for HM The Queen Mother, which had been altered by William Burn in 1819 (whose designs survive in the Collection).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by James Campbell, 1996 (Accession No. 2001/40).

NOTE: The Collection is available for study in the North Highland Archive, Wick Library, Sinclair Terrace, Wick.

Leslie Grahame Thomson MacDougall
The Collection consists of 2,060 items for over 100 projects undertaken in the Lothians, the city of Edinburgh itself, the Borders, and Argyll and Bute, from the 1920s to the 1970s. Leslie Grahame Thomson (1896-1974) set up his practice in Edinburgh in 1926, and was joined in partnership by Frank Connell from 1936-39. The Collection illustrates Thomson's position as one of Scotland's leading traditionalist architects of the 20th century, and demonstrates his advocacy of local materials. Projects contained in the Collection include the Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh (1929-33); his own house at Srongarbh, West Linton (1935); Isobel Fraser Home of Rest, Inverness (1936); National Bank of Scotland Head Office, Edinburgh (1936-42); Fairmilehead Church, Edinburgh (1937); Caledonian Insurance Company Offices, Edinburgh (1938-40); and Christ's Church, Oban (1954-57). Thomson also entered many competitions, both nationally and internationally, including the new RIBA premises in London (1932); Coventry Cathedral competition (1950-51); and the National Opera House, Sydney, Australia (c.1955).

· Collection partly gifted to RCAHMS by Madame MacDougall, 1983, and partly purchased, 1983 and 1994.

George Bennett Mitchell and Son
The Collection comprises 15,000 drawings and business records relating to buildings in the North East of Scotland, of which 10,235 have been catalogued. The remainder have been hand-listed. The catalogued material encompasses 215 projects begun between 1904 and 1939. George Bennett Mitchell (1865-1941) established his own practice at 148 Union Street, Aberdeen in 1904. His son George Angus (1896-1964) joined the practice in 1921 and the following year the practice moved to 1 West Craibstone Street, Aberdeen, from where it operated until its closure in 2004. Notable projects in the Collection include the Royal Insurance Company building in Union Street, Aberdeen (1910-11); the conversion of William Adam's Duff House (1739-45), Banff from a hotel into a private hospital for people with nutrition-related diseases (1913); the restoration of Cluny Castle Chapel (1927-32) and Haddo House (1930-31); and Boots the Chemist, The Green, Aberdeen (c.1932-38).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by Robert Alexander and Alan Hamilton, 1996 (Accession No. 2001/5).

NOTE: The Collection is available for study in Aberdeen City Archives, Old Aberdeen House, Dunbar Street, Aberdeen.

Sydney Mitchell and Wilson
The Collection consists of 6,700 drawings and encompasses around 170 projects that span the main years of the practice's history from the 1880s to the 1930s. Arthur George Sydney Mitchell (1856-1930) set up the practice in 1882 in Edinburgh where he was joined by George Wilson (1844-1912). Later partners included E. A. Auldjo Jamieson (c.1880-1937) and James Arnott (1871-1950). Significant buildings featured in the Collection include Well Court, Edinburgh (1883-85) for The Scotsman owner John R. Findlay; Ben Nevis Observatory for the Scottish Meteorological Society (1883-89); and the Church of Scotland Offices, 117-121 George Street, Edinburgh (1908-1951). A dominant feature of the Collection is the range of hospital work tackled by the practice, which offers a unique perspective on changes taking place in asylum design and the treatment of patients at the end of the 19th century. Examples include Montrose Asylum (1887); the Thomas Clouston Clinic, Craighouse, Edinburgh (1888); Dingleton Hospital, Melrose (1895); and Southfield Sanatorium, Edinburgh (1902). The Collection also includes papers for the practice's many commissions for the Commercial Bank of Scotland, including the head office at Glasgow (1884), and branches at Kirkintilloch (1886), Oban (1888), Comrie (1889), Dumfries (1889) and Kyle of Lochalsh (1895).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by Mike Henderson, 1995 (Accession No. 1997/209).

Find out more about this collection on the 'Changing Buildings : Changing Times' Exhibition Highlight and the 'Career Builders' Exhibition Highlight.

Monro and Partners
The Collection comprises 895 drawings and 397 photographs, mostly from the period 1890-1909, and largely for commercial properties in the West of Scotland by James Milne Monro (1840-1921), his son Charles Ernest Monro (1876-1945) and his grandson Geoffrey James Monro (1907-1985). Projects held in the Collection include a number of commissions for hotels, notably The Grand Hotel, St Andrews (1893-99); the rebuilding of the Callander Hydropathic (1896-1907); and the Alexandra Hotel, Oban (1898-1904). Under the charge of C. E. Monro, the practice was commissioned to design nine Scottish stores for Marks and Spencer and by 1984 had carried out work on a total of 126 of their properties. Another significant commercial client was the de Havilland aircraft company. From the 1930s to the 1950s the Hatfield estate was developed by the practice with commissions from de Havilland, Hawker Siddley, Rolls Royce Aero Engines, and a flight shed for the Comet jet passenger aircraft.

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by William Monro, 2000 (Accession No. 2000/100).

NOTE: The Collection is available for study in Glasgow City Archives, The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow.

Scott Morton
The Collection consists of 4,680 drawings, photographs and trade literature from the architectural woodwork firm, Scott Morton and Company Ltd. Founded by William Scott Morton (1840-1903) and his brother John (1842-1904) in 1870, the company first specialised in furniture and then diversified into interior decoration. In 1881 the brothers invented the successful 'Tynecastle Tapestry', a luxurious looking wall covering formed from embossed canvas, of which the Collection holds several examples. After William's death in 1903, the firm continued under William's three sons, receiving notable commissions from Scottish architects including Sir Robert Lorimer and Reginald Fairlie & Partners. In 1948 Peter Miller became director until 1966 when the Edinburgh-based firm Whytock & Reid purchased the goodwill of Scott Morton & Company. The Collection contains a press cuttings book that includes several projects undertaken by the firm such as 25 Learmonth Terrace, Edinburgh (1893) and the Queen Mary Cunard-White Star ocean liner (launched 1936).

· First part of the Collection gifted to RIAS by Peter Miller, c.1985. Transferred to RCAHMS, 1999 (Accession No. 2002/179). Second part of the Collection gifted to RCAHMS by Elspeth Hardie, 1991 (Accession No. 1991/11).

Find out more about this collection on the 'From Sketch to Sculpture' Exhibition Highlight.

John L. Paterson
The Collection consists of 2,250 items relating to specific projects, including photographs, slides, film reels, books, drawings, manuscripts, sketch books, exhibition panels, and ephemera, dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. Edinburgh-based John Lamb Paterson (1931-1989) was an architect, designer, writer, photographer and filmmaker. In 1984 he became Principal of the Edinburgh College of Art. Represented in the Collection is student material including his thesis 'A Film Centre' (c.1958); early collaborative work including an entry for the international city planning competition, Hauptstadt, Berlin (1958); photographs from his years with Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall and Partners showing the construction of Hutchesontown B, Glasgow (1958); independent designs mostly for permanent exhibition areas or installations in arts/visitor centres including the Landmark Visitor Centre, Carrbridge (1969-73) and Theatre Museum, London (1976-84); temporary exhibition designs including '200 Summers in a City', Waverley Market, Edinburgh (1967); written work including an allegorical book on architecture A Design Odyssey (1976); two published collections of his own photography - Imagined City (1984) and Iona (1987); and films which he directed including We Build Houses (1953); The Flowering Stone (1957); New Town Blues (1966); and The Iron Rose (1968).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by Balfour & Manson Solicitors, 1989 (Accession No. 1991/36).

Alan Reiach
The Collection consists of 487 drawings, 73 photographic postcards, and 134 negatives spanning from Alan Reiach's (1910-1992) student days in 1932 to just after his retirement in 1976. The 93 represented projects reflect Reiach's enthusiasm for a new architecture that was influenced by contemporary continental work while being sympathetic to the Scottish environment. Included in the Collection are drawings for the College of Agriculture at King's Buildings, Edinburgh (1948-60), which Reiach designed as part of a single project partnership with Ralph Cowan, the Head of the School of Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art. The Collection also contains drawings for many other Edinburgh-based projects including Appleton Tower, George Square (1962-72); the new wing of the Royal Victoria Hospital (1964-75); the New Club on Princes Street (1967-69); and offices for Scottish Life Assurance Company, Orchard Brae (1971). Projects outside Edinburgh include a competition entry for the University of Sheffield (1953); a church at Easthouses, Dalkeith (1953); Kildrum Parish Church, Cumbernauld (1955-66); Knox Academy, Haddington (1956-8); St Mungo's Church, Cumbernauld (1962-64); Dumbarton Civic Theatre and Community Centre (1962-6); Stirling University Sports Centre (1969-70); and a development for George Square, Glasgow (1973).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS by Mrs Patricia Reiach, 1993 (Accession No. 1993/104).

Details of sundial for the
Clan Donnachaidh Centre,
Bruar, 1970.
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Walter Schomberg Scott
The Collection consists of 1,830 drawings and 840 photographs, dating mostly from the 1950s to the 1970s. These reflect Walter Schomberg Scott's (1910-1997) specialism of providing alterations and additions for country houses throughout Scotland, making many of them fit for habitation, sometimes after decades of neglect or wartime use by the military. Such commissions contained in the Collection include Abbotsford House, Roxburghshire (1957-58); Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian (1970-73); Mellerstain, Berwickshire (1972-75); Hamilton House, East Lothian (1975-76); and Gordon Castle, Aberdeenshire (1964-70). The Collection contains over 200 drawings of Monteviot House, Roxburghshire where Schomberg Scott worked between 1957 and 1963. Work undertaken by the architect for the National Trust for Scotland can also be seen in the Collection. This includes papers for Falkland Palace (1964-73) and designs for rebuilding the fire-damaged Queen Anne wing of Crathes Castle, Aberdeenshire (1972). The photographs in the Collection comprise interior and exterior views of Schomberg Scott's work as well as images that he took for a monograph of Reginald Fairlie (1883-1952).

· Collection gifted to RCAHMS in four stages by Walter Schomberg Scott and Anthony Dixon, 1977-1998 (Accession Nos. 1979/13, 1997/39, 1997/99 and 1998/67)

Shearer and Annand
The Collection consists of over 20,000 drawings and 205 boxes of manuscripts. 14,400 drawings and all manuscripts relating to those drawings have been catalogued. The selection of material catalogued, dating 1907 to 1962 was restricted to the lifetime of James Shearer (1881-1962); the remainder of the Collection has been hand-listed. Shearer based his practice in Dunfermline and was joined in partnership by George Annand (1915-1964) in 1952. Shearer & Annand had three principle clients: the Scottish Youth Hostel Association, the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, and the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board. Significant projects in the Collection include Dunfermline Fire Station (1934-36); the war memorial in Bee Alley Gardens, Dunfermline (1947-54); Dunfermline Abbey (1951-59); David Marshal Lodge, Aberfoyle (1957-60); Dunfermline Athletic Football Ground, Halbeath Road, Dunfermline (1959-68); and hydro electric power-generating schemes at the Conan Valley (c.1946-60), Glen Affric (c.1946-60) and Loch Shin (c.1955-60).

· Collection gifted to RIAS by Marcus Johnston, 1994. Transferred to RCAHMS, 1999 (Accession No. 2000/237).

Find out more about this collection on the Shearer and Annand Exhibition Highlight and on the 'From Sketch to Sculpture' Exhibition Highlight.

Spence Glover and Ferguson
The Collection consists of 14,400 drawings, photographs and slides from Sir Basil Spence's (1907-1976) office at Moray Place, Edinburgh. The drawings, dating from 1931 to the 1980s, incorporate earlier work by Sir Basil Spence (1907-1976) and William Kininmonth (1904-1988) who were both employed by Rowan Anderson Balfour Paul. Also included is the work of the later partners John Hardie Glover and Peter Ferguson. The Collection contains drawings for Gribloch House, Stirlingshire (1937-39); Quothquhan Lodge, Lanarkshire (1937); local authority housing at Dunbar, for which Spence received a Saltire Award (c.1945-52); Newhaven Harbour housing (c.1961-62); and the Hutchesontown 'C' blocks at the Gorbals, Glasgow (1958-64). Spence was sough after as a school and university architect and many examples of this aspect of his work - including Kilsyth Academy (1938-53), Glasgow University Natural Philosophy Department (1950-57) and Thurso High School (1956-62) - are contained in the Collection. The photographic component of the Collection includes construction photographs and copies of drawings that are not part of the Collection.

· Collection gifted to RIAS James Beveridge, 1992. Transferred to RCAHMS, 1999 (Accession No, 1992/53).

Wittet
The Collection consists of 44 items from the Elgin based practice, dating from c.1880 to 1925 and includes student drawings and lecture notebooks. The Collection offers an insight into late 19th century and early 20th century architectural education in Scotland. The earliest items are student drawings by John Wittet (1868-1952), completed before he was assumed into partnership with A & W Reid to form A & W. Reid & Wittet in 1893. These include details of Holyrood Abbey (c.1887) and measured details of doors and decorative moldings from Glasgow Cathedral (c. 1890). Within the Collection there is also work by Wittet's son William Wittet (1900-1990) who studied architecture at Aberdeen. These include designs for a swimming clubhouse, a customs house and a sketch design for a memorial to Professor Hamilton (all 1921).

· Collection gifted to RIAS Stanley Mitchell, 1993. Transferred to RCAHMS, 1999 (Accession No. 1993/175).

Find out more about this collection on the 'From Sketch to Sculpture' Exhibition Highlight.