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Three watercolour artworks on paper by Veronica Matthew

Includes a copy of DC 101/6/2/1 with different writing on the back; the content on the back was asked by the donor to not be public information. Includes two people and a bird carved into the scraperboard in cream and black; says "A good new year and a Merry Xmas to Veronica from Alasdair."

Three Christmas cards addressed to Veronica Matthew made by Alasdair Gray.

Framed embroidered horse includes a gold speckled frame with a black felt like background. A grey horse is stitched on to the black background with a flower on its back; numerous and colourful decorative embroidered stitches surrounding the horse. Includes a few beads and sequins in the design. Allander Framing framed the textile art.

Includes two letters, a flyer, a leaflet, and a brochure surrounding Veronica Matthew's education and experience with art therapy and Project Ability.

Embroidery sampler on blue/grey linen with green, white, orange, and gold wool

Embroidery sampler on cream linen with pink, black, white, and gold wool

Glasgow School of Art charities week fashion show brochure from January 1955 made with the cover design made by Robert Macgowan. Includes the members of committee, a description, mannequins, and the programme.

Includes two pieces of art pasted onto a white paper. First artwork is an abstract watercolour with orange mountains or trees, white and orange faces, and other brown parts. Second artwork is a brown paper with blue and purple splotches. Includes drawn boats on water with fish.

Includes a print of an oil painting of a little girl with a red hat, blue coat, and a beach ball. "The Lord MacFarlane of Bearsden K.T. has great pleasure in inviting you to the private view of the exhibition The Glasgow Girls 1920-1960 in Kirkcudbright Town Hall on Friday, June 27th, 2014 at 6pm drinks will be served (for) Ms. Veronica Matthew and guest. RSVP by Friday 20 June to Kirkcudbright 2000 c/o 6 Woodlands Ave., Kirkcudbright, DG6 4BP or by email to devereuxdf@gmail.com"

Postcard of the interior of the Mackintosh House drawing room with a desk and chair. Includes three stamps. Believed Joanne Semple had mixed up the number of the month.

Includes:

• 9 Alasdair Gray newspaper clippings collected by Veronica Matthew
• 3 Valerie Bloomfield-Ambrose newspaper clippings collected by Veronica Matthew

Nine different newspaper clippings ranging from May 21, 2000 to December 30, 2019. Include a range of topics surrounding Alasdair Gray including reviews of his book "Lanark", personal interviews, him leaving his post at the University of Glasgow, exhibitions celebrating his life, an advertisement of a new book of his, an art showing of his, and finally his obituary. Newspaper companies range from the Sunday Herald, Herald Magazine, and Sunday Times. Includes a few annotations including dates and topics on some of the clippings by Veronica Matthew. Most include images of Alasdair and his art. One of the nine clippings is a photocopy of a newspaper clipping but the remainder are all originals. Comes in a brown paper folder with "Alisdair's card. 2 / newspaper articles relating to / Lanark + Alisdair".

Includes two photocopies of newspaper clippings and one original. Clippings talk about Valerie Bloomfield-Ambrose, her life, her art, and about another student's work that Valerie had sent Veronica Matthew. Includes written annotations by Valerie or Veronica.

Framed textile landscape includes a white felt like background and mesh blue representing water and linen like green to represent land. Includes various pieces of metallic fabric and stitches throughout. Includes an orange grid like mesh within the art and a wood gold frame.

Includes a colourful watercolour pasted onto a white background acting as a frame. Abstract art includes orange in the background, white mountains or waves in the top, and white, pink, grey, blue, and purple marks that seem to be flowers.

The collection includes:

• Textiles by Veronica Matthew;
• Artworks on paper by Veronica Matthew;
• Material relating to Art Therapy;
• Newspaper cuttings;
• Photographs;
• Personal papers.

Includes:

• GSA fashion show advertisement including Valerie Wilson (Bloomfield-Ambrose) as a mannequin in 1955
• Three Christmas cards made by Alasdair Gray for Veronica Matthew
• Valerie Bloomfield-Ambrose (nee Wilson) Floridian business
• Mackintosh postcard from Joanne Semple to Veronica Matthew in 2008
• Invitation to the Glasgow Girls exhibition in 2014.

A4 sized paper scan of a black and white blown up image of a lady in white patterned headscarf. Verso " Mrs Kopaloff - 88 yrs - Stepney, East London / 1977 / A reduced cope of the original, part of our / exhibition of East End Faces, held at / Toynbee Hall - The Universities' Settlement in East London." Per DC 101/3/1, Mrs Kopaloff was sitting at her kitchen table in her pre-fabricated home shelling peas. She had escaped from Jewish persecution in Lithuania and found refuge in the United Kingdom; Veronica Matthew knew her well.

Includes a smiling Valerie in her home in Florida with cast sculptures, paintings, framed pictures, and a living room behind her; "Val Ambrose / Florida, 2010" verso. Has small white border and is glossy.

Includes a corner of Valerie's home with painted artworks on the wall, cast sculptures, and a Tiffany style lamp; " Val + John's house / Florid. Oct. 2010" with a printed image verso. Has small white border and is glossy.

Includes a view of a living room with a focus on six sculptures of different people on a coffee table; "X Val's self portrait / Val's sculptures in their house / Florida, 2010" verso. Has small white border and is glossy.

Includes a black and white glossy photograph of a smiling Veronica Matthew in a white dress made with a printed shawl by Valerie Wilson (Bloomfield-Ambrose) in 1956 or 1957. "Weekly Scotsman. Edinburgh." written at bottom on the white border. Verso "Veronica Matthew / G.S.A. Fashion Show, 1956 or 1957 / The white dress belonged to Valerie Wilson, (now V. Ambrose), + made by her. The stole was a screen printed textile made by me in greens, red + a kind of Kakhi colour. The headdress was red knitting pins stuck into my bun. I was a student of Robert Stewart's / Printed Textiles Dept. + Kathleen Whyte's Modern Embroidery / 10 Aug 2016." Verso also includes a stamp that indicates the copyright and reference number for printing purposes.

Includes a sepia photo of Veronica Matthew, Valerie Wilson, Alan Fletcher, and Douglas Abercrombie; a photograph of Veronica Matthew wearing a white dress photo made by Valerie Wilson in 1956/1957; a photograph of Mrs Kopaloff in 1977 and three photographs of Valerie Bloomfield-Ambrose in Florida in 2010.

Includes a coloured print of a female with a period outfit, large thistle beside her, and a hat with a feather that says "Alasdair and Morag hope Veronica has a happy Christmas and 2012" around her.

Includes a single piece of paper folded twice to make a three page brochure with black and white images. Includes information on what Project Ability is, their aims, how people can support Project Ability, contact details, and the Scottish Committee for Arts and Disability.

Includes one folded sheet of paper with 24 sections of Project Ability's activities including upcoming three week long exhibitions and events in October 1983 (DC 101/3/3), theatre productions, conferences, bookshop, community workshops, music lessons and concerts, poetry night, art therapy support, film productions, ceilidh, talks, exhibition descriptions, acknowledgements, box office information, the people behind Project Ability, their hours, and location.

An introductory letter addressed to Pierre from Veronica Matthew about the documents surrounding art therapy and Project Ability. Talks about her art therapy training and experience, a lady named Mrs Kapaloff, and a book she provided him.

Includes one printed textiles, two embroidery samples, and two framed textile art pieces

Includes a business card with a sculpture and two oil paintings as images along the top. Written below "Valerie Bloomfield-Ambrose / Portrait painter and sculptor" and address.

Includes a scanned copy of a three page letter by Veronica Matthew addressing her education, experience, and time in art therapy and with Project Ability.