Key Information
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Title
Date(s)
- 1946-1964 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent
1.2 linear metres
Content and Structure
Scope and content
Working papers of Douglas Percy Bliss. Includes papers such as external Committee minutes and papers, for example the Scottish Central (Art) Institutions, and the Council for Industrial Design; notes for papers and lectures on Art subjects; correspondence on matters such as the training of Art Teachers; reports, itineraries and advice for travelling abroad; reports of visits to Exhibitions and other Art Schools; inventories and apparatus lists; Notices and circular letters for staff and students; Assessors' Reports; papers on School Departments such as Design & Craft, Drawing & Painting, a proposed Photographic Department, and Honours level; Timetables; and Governors Committee Meetings papers. Folders as follows: DIR/12/2/1: The Annual Conference of the Scottish Central (Art) Institutions, papers, 1921-1958 DIR/12/2/2: Lectures by Bliss, 1946-1947 DIR/12/2/3: Notices and Documents, 1949-1950 DIR/12/2/4: Reports of Visits to the Festival Exhibition in London, 1951 DIR/12/2/5: Notices and Reports, 1951 DIR/12/2/6: Visits to the English Provincial & London Art Schools, 1952 DIR/12/2/7: Apparatus & Equipment list, 1952-1959 DIR/12/2/8: Mixed Papers about Assessment, Departments and Courses, 1952-1959 DIR/12/2/9: Student Representative Council (SRC) and Exhibition Papers, 1952-1963 DIR/12/2/10: Assessors' Reports, 1953-1963 DIR/12/2/11: Industrial Design Papers, 1953-1962 DIR/12/2/12: Travels Abroad, Reports, 1953-1962 DIR/12/2/13: Inventory of Equipment, Textiles Department, 1954 DIR/12/2/14: Central (Art) Institutions Scotland, Minutes, 1954-1963 DIR/12/2/15: Annual Report Papers, 1955-1962 DIR/12/2/16: Teacher Training Papers, 1956-1962 DIR/12/2/17: Technical Illustration Papers, 1956-1964 DIR/12/2/18: The Council of Industrial Design, Papers and Minutes, 1958-1960 DIR/12/2/19: Letters to Staff, 1958-1962 DIR/12/2/20: Report on the Curriculum of Senior Secondary School, 1959 DIR/12/2/21: Proposed Photographic Department and Various Notices, 1959-1964 DIR/12/2/22: Two Papers by Misha Black, 1959-1960 DIR/12/2/23: Glasgow Arts Theatre Trust Papers, 1960 DIR/12/2/24: Design and Crafts Papers, 1960-1964 DIR/12/2/25: Architecture Papers, 1960-1964 DIR/12/2/26: Drawing & Painting Department Papers, 1961 DIR/12/2/27: 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Architect of the Glasgow School of Art' by D P Bliss, 1961 DIR/12/2/28: Honours Courses, Papers, 1961-1963 DIR/12/2/29: Scottish Certificate of Education, and other Papers relating to Art Training, 1962 DIR/12/2/30: Teachers' Timetables, 1962-1963 DIR/12/2/31: Governors Committee Papers, 1957-1964
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
This material has been appraised in line with Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections standard procedures.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically, based on the date of the earliest material within each folder, with the exception of DIR/12/2/31 which was a later addition.
General Information
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Biographical history
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Custodial history
Physical Description and Conditions of Use
Conditions governing access
Directors' papers which are over 30 years old are available for public consultation. Permission from the director is needed for access to those less than 30 years old.