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- 1905-1906 (Creation)
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5 booklets
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Glasgow School of Art Club "At Home" Programmes with frontispieces by Catkins, Charles M. Scott and Dawson Constable.
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This material has been appraised in line with Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections standard procedures.
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Administrative history
The Glasgow School of Art Club was formed under Fra. Newbery in 1885/1886 to enable former students access to GSA and allow for informal meetings between staff, former and present students. The Club's activities included exhibitions, "at homes", theatrical productions and the Vacation Prize Scheme, which was developed to encourage sketching and painting in the open during the summer months. The Clubhouse was in Blythswood Square.
A later iteration was established by The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, in 1969. The Club was affiliated to the Students Union and was therefore open to present students and also current staff. The society's constitution claims that it object was "the provision for for the members thereof of recreational, social and educational facilities." The Club provided a snack bar and licensed bar as well as meeting rooms.