Aberdeen City Building Warrants Architectural drawings of buildings dating from 1871 to 1946. The vast majority are drawings of proposed building work in the City which were submitted to the local authority for their approval; these are known as "building warrant drawings". The remainder were produced or used by the Corporation of the City of Aberdeen Burgh Surveyor's department in the course of their other duties. The drawings have been listed according to their provenance, as follows - BW/A + sequential number Building warrant drawings (folded series, submitted before Dec 1879) BW/Original number (no prefix) Building warrant drawings (folded series, submitted after Dec 1879) - An Asterisk in the reference number indicates that the number is not written on the plan, but has been gleaned from the House Plans books BW/P + original number Building warrant drawings (rolled series) BW/TP + original number Town Planning Committee drawings BW/M + sequential number Other drawings 19th - 20th century