The Grace Melvin Textile Collection, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
- GM
- Collection
- c1918
14 textile items, thought to have been designed as part of Grace Melvin's diploma show c1918.
Melvin, Grace
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The Grace Melvin Textile Collection, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
14 textile items, thought to have been designed as part of Grace Melvin's diploma show c1918.
Melvin, Grace
The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection
Collection of items related to the Glasgow based firm J. Giusti & Co. which specialized in the production of plaster figures, mould making, statuary repair, and other plaster work. The collection is primarily composed of plaster busts and portraits, six moulds, and two medals. The casts and moulds are formed after a range of sculptural styles including ancient Greek and Roman, French Gothic, Italian Renaissance, and 19th century anatomical studies.
The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection highlights mould making and casting processes that were used to produce objects for retail and to repair existing plaster casts. Records from The Glasgow School of Art document purchases and repairs from J. Giusti & Co. from as early as 1890, and casts related to those in the collection were widely used as teaching and learning tools at the GSA through at least mid-20th century.
As most of the items in the collection were used in commercial casting processes, very few items have a plain white, white washed, or decoratively painted surface that are often observed in plaster cast collections. Many of the plaster casts and all of the plaster moulds are widely covered with uneven layers of shellac that appear yellow, red, or brown. Shellac was applied as a sealant and resist agent to prevent existing plaster elements from sticking to fresh plaster elements during the casting process.
In addition to the plaster casts and plaster moulds, several items provide further insights into the material processes employed by J. Giusti & Co. Two medals (likely bronze) showcase the company's involvement with mould making for metal casting, and a gelatine mould is a surviving example of a traditional process used to produce detailed casts in small quantities.
Proudfoot, Alexander
The George and Cordelia Oliver Archive
The George and Cordelia Oliver Archive consists of:
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Oliver, Cordelia
The Duncan Brown Photographic Collection
The collection consists of 305 photographs taken between 1853 and 1896. Sitters included local dignitaries, friends and family including John Brown, Queen Victoria's Ghillie. The collection also includes landscapes and the streets of Glasgow, particularly around the Pollokshields area on the south side of the city. Other subjects include ships, ship yards and stately houses.
Brown, Duncan
Student material by Donald Melvin, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A collection of sketches, designs, photographs and lithographs by Donald Melvin completed during his time as a student at Glasgow School of Art in the 1960s.
Includes work carried out as part of courses such as, for example, Interior Design, the History of Furniture, the 2nd Year General Course, the Pre-Diploma /Foundation Course and Woodcarving.
Also includes sketches carried out during GSA summer schools abroad in Florence and in Norway, and materials relating to extra-curricular activities such as photographs of productions staged by GSA Dramatic Club and Christmas ball posters.
Melvin, Donald V
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Mackintosh Students' Association of the Mackintosh School of Architecture
Records of the Glasgow School of Art Modern Embroidery Group, alumni society, Glasgow, Scotland
Includes:
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Glasgow School of Art Modern Embroidery Group
Records of the Glasgow School of Art Club, student association, 1969- , Glasgow, Scotland
Minute book including lists of members, notes relating to the formation of the club and its constitution 1969-1970.
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
The Glasgow School of Art Club
Records of The Glasgow School of Art Club
This collection includes ephemera from meetings, programmes and prizegivings.
The Glasgow School of Art Club
Presscuttings book belonging to Archibald McGlashan, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Presscuttings book of reviews of exhibitions including those at the GSA Club, RSA and Glasgow Institute of Fine Art, 1913-1959.
McGlashan, Archibald A
Papers of John Walter Lindsay, architect and student of the Glasgow School of Art
This collection contains:
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Lindsay, John Walter
Papers of Garcia Hunter, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Includes:
This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.
Hunter, Garcia
Variety of materials relating to the works of Dorothy Doddrell, including designs relating to the creation of First World War Roll of Honours; designs created by Doddrell; life drawing studies; and reference materials.
Doddrell, Dorothy Maria F
Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller
A variety of loose artworks, cover designs, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs completed by and belonging to Archibald Haswell Miller. The collections includes proofs for book covers and pamphlets, personal correspondence relating to his studies and subsequent career, different ephemera relating to Haswell Miller's student days and photographs of artworks and students and staff members of The Glasgow School of Art.
This collection also includes material relating to Georges-Marie Baltus (DC 098/2) , including photographs of his artworks and his Italian and European trips, and Francis H. Newbery (DC 098/3).
Miller, Archibald E Haswell
Papers of Andrew Samuel, architect and student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
This collection includes architectural drawings and related material from Andrew Samuel's time as a student at Glasgow School of Art and from his later career.
Samuel, Andrew
Pamphlet from the Glasgow Art Club Jubilee Dinner, Glasgow, Scotland
A Retrospective read at the Jubilee Dinner in the Club House, 151 Bath Street, 30 November 1917.
The Glasgow Art Club
A variety of loose artworks and six sketchbooks completed by Mary Ramsay, including life drawings, portraits, architectural studies, designs, prints, and illustrations. Some of these items are dated to her time as a student at The Glasgow School of Art. Most items are pencil on paper, with a few further studies in paint. This collection also includes a portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4) and personal papers (DC 110/3).
This collection includes one item by Jessie Wilson (DC 110/1/1/18), another student of The Glasgow School of Art, with whom Mary Ramsay and Margaret Macdonald started a pottery decorating business at The Studio, Strathyre, in 1926.
Ramsay, Mary
Lecture Notes from Scottish Architect James Salmon
Notebook containing lecture notes and a letter to James Salmon from Frances Newbery. Also includes several sheets of notes on loose paper.
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Salmon, James
Fashion Illustrations and associated Press Cuttings by Margaret Oliver Brown
Fashion illustrations and press cuttings of Glasgow-based artist Margaret Oliver Brown, c1951-1958.
Brown, Margaret Oliver
Colin D A Porteous Collection - North Sun Conferences
The collection consists of job files and photographs for North Sun 1994 Conference, organised by Professor Colin Porteous.
Porteous, Professor Colin D A
Colin D A Porteous Collection - Easthall Solar Demonstration Project
The collection consists of job files, photographs, and architectural drawings and plans related to Easthall Solar Demonstration Project.
Porteous, Professor Colin D A
86 Architectural Postcards belonging to former Architecture student William B F Williamson. Locations include Italy, Brazil, France, Glasgow, Canada, Egypt, Spain.
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Williamson, William B F