Documents and objects related to Alfredo Avella's teaching career at GSA and work as an artist. Includes sketches and finished artworks, correspondence, photographs, two- and three-dimensional designs, printed ephemera, etc.

Correspondence, sketches and blueprints related to commissions for St Mungo's Academy F.P. Centenary Club, Greenock New Town Centre, a Mrs Muirhead, Kilsyth Church, Arnene Taverns Limited, Queen Victoria School in Dunblane, Strathclyde Country Park Centre, Renton Howard Wood Associates, the Church of Christ the King, Bishopbriggs Sports Centre, Craiglockhart Parish Church, Greenock Shopping Centre and a Mr and Mrs Mathieson. Folder also contains correspondence related to the potential sale of Avella's work in Nova Scotia (14 Jul 1975) and a financial document for the year to 5 April 1976. Original folder labelled "Alfredo Avella, DKF Avella Commissions".

Sketchbook containing notes, sketches and coloured drawings and paintings. Several pages of notes appear to be related to teaching material. Outside cover has 'laaveal' written in pencil, possibly an anagram of A Avella.

Black sketchbook containing notes, sketches and coloured drawings. Several pages are labelled with locations including Bishopbriggs, Queen Victoria School Dunblane, Greenock Dunblane, Strathclyde Park and Bearsden Cross, likely in relation to commissions. The sketchbook also contains several pages of notes related to teaching material. Contains loose pages including correspondance with Lieutenant Colonel C. J. F. Russell, dated 7th June 1979, regarding a stained glass commission.

Includes a number of designs for both stained glass and murals, as well as paintings, drawings, etc.

Painted wood and metal maquette of three-dimensional mural design for Bishopbriggs Sports Centre, featuring the Bishopbriggs coat of arms. Typed label affixed to bottom left corner reads "Proposed Mural Construction - Bishopbriggs Sports Centre" and lists Alfredo Avella's name and address.

Two ink drawings on a page that has been folded in half, one drawing above and one below the fold line. Below the fold line is a plan for a metal mural featuring a crest with a crown, seemingly the Bishopbriggs coat of arms, bounded by a rectangular shape that has been shaded in. The installation itself has been shaded with hatching and blocks of shadow .Above the fold line is a sketch, apparently a detail of a larger structure. Two edges are shown, a curved vertical and a straight horizontal, as well as intersecting lines creating a grid. Circles along the curved edge mark the end points of the horizontal lines. In relation to 1973 commission for the Bishopbriggs Sports Centre.

Plan for an installation featuring a crest with a crown, seemingly the Bishopbriggs coat of arms. Annotations read "possible spots to increase movement" and "scale 1/2" = 1'." In relation to 1973 commission for the Bishopbriggs Sports Centre.

Plan for metal mural featuring a crest with a crown, seemingly the Bishopbriggs coat of arms, mounted on a brick wall. The installation has been shaded with hatching. In relation to 1973 commission for the Bishopbriggs Sports Centre.

Two drawings of an installation featuring a crest with a crown, seemingly the Bishopbriggs coat of arms. The drawing at the top of the page is smaller and has fewer details, showing the installation bounded by a rectangle. The drawing underneath shows the installation mounted on a wall with doors to the left. At the bottom of the page is a sketch that appears to be a top-down view of the installation when mounted, represented by a curved dashed line with clusters of straight lines where the wall and crest would be. In relation to 1973 commission for the Bishopbriggs Sports Centre.