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Group of miscellaneous photographs that do not fit an existing theme and do not have any notes indicating a collector/tutor, except one photograph which has a handwritten note "J Keppie" (John Keppie). Includes architectural photographs and photographic prints of various artwork and ornamental details.

Booklet includes the following: Minutes for the Needlework Exhibition Committee and the following Sub-Committees: -Catalogue Committee -Finance Committee

Memos from Edinburgh College of Art (ECA), Glasgow School of Art (GSA) & Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, answering a questionnaire from the Scottish Committee of the Council for Art and Industry about organisation of the Schools.

Memorandum from Mr Kenneth Cuthbertson, Points requiring attention in regard to Art in Schools.

Papers and correspondence relating to the 'Masque of the City Arms', a show organised by the School of Art in 1905. (13 items) Papers and correspondence include: passage explaining that the 'Masque of the City Arms' was performed by students of the School of Art in Dec 1904, and outlining the circumstances for its repeat in March 1905; lists of names of cast and orchestra members; correspondence regarding obtaining musicians, and organising venues, for the Masque; flier for the 'Masque of the City Arms', in St Andrew's Halls, 30 Mar 1905.

List of Gifts and Loans to the School, with donors.

Library opening hours sign, no date.

Library Guides to Classification System and Arrangement of Books.

Harry Barnes' papers regarding Liberal Studies at the Glasgow School of Art. Folders as follows: DIR/13/4/15/1: Papers relating to Liberal Studies, and some miscellaneous papers, 1964-1970 (1 folder): Includes: information about a Language Seminar; correspondence about a Hopetoun House student visit; correspondence about potential evening classes; correspondence about staffing; correspondence about the Bookbinding class; correspondence thanking those who have given talks to the students; correspondence with Alasdair Gray about Section 5 course in Liberal Studies; papers about a symposium: 'Africa Awakening'; correspondence about the hire of screens for a film screening; correspondence about posts at the School; correspondence about visits to the School; papers about building maintenance like plumbing and carpet cleaning; document: 'History of Art and Ideas, session 1971-1972, Proposed procedures for assessment of student work'; Second Year Liberal Studies essay topics; History of Art Revised Programme; correspondence with Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology about Liberal Studies; correspondence about library books and the Art School Library. DIR/13/4/15/2: Folder labelled 'Liberal Studies 1966' (1 folder): Includes papers of a Liberal Studies Conference on Housing, 15-17 Feb 1966 e.g. programmes, correspondence on arrangements for lecturers and speakers, correspondence thanking speakers, organisers, and commenting on the success of the conference. DIR/13/4/15/3: Folder labelled 'Liberal Studies 1967' (1 folder): Includes papers of a Liberal Studies Conference on Government, 15-16 Feb 1967 e.g. correspondence thanking speakers, organisers, and commenting on the success of the conference, programmes, arrangements for lecturers and speakers. DIR/13/4/15/4: Papers relating to Liberal Studies, 1967-1972 (1 folder): Includes: Papers and correspondence, such as references, CVs and applications, about a position within the Liberal Studies Department (restricted access); document: 'Proposals for Liberal Studies: 1970-1971'; timetables for Liberal Studies; provisional timetable for the Liberal Studies Conference on Government, 1967; document: 'Proposals: History of Art and Ideas'; papers about the Committee on the Lectureship in the History of Fine Art; papers about a vacancy for the Lectureship in the History of Fine Art, including applications, CVs etc. NB includes sensitive material, for example applications and references, that will be closed for 75 years. DIR/13/4/15/5: Papers relating to Liberal Studies, 1974-1977 (1 folder): Includes: Papers, minutes and agendas of the Liberal Studies Co-ordinating Committee; correspondence about staffing; proposals for including Architecture within Liberal Studies; document: 'History of Art and Ideas, Facets of Art in the 20th Century', programme of talks; advertisment for a lecturer in Liberal Studies.

Folder of circular letters from D P Bliss to staff at the Art School. Subjects including: fire alarms & fire drill; attendance of students and importance of registers; 'Areas of Study' identified by National Advisory Council on Art Education in England; observations on various aspects of School life and student behaviour; overview of 1959-60, 1960-61 sessions and thoughts on coming year.

General administration. Includes correspondence with: Sir John Stirling Maxwell, asking for his opinion on student work; James Huck, about his employment at the School; R R Gunn, Hutchison asking the Governors if they can lend the School a Morning Coat or similar garments for teaching students to draw clothes; Alex N Paterson, about the membership of the Library Committee; testimonial for Richard Mervyn Noad, who has applied for the 'Athens Bursary'; Report to staff from the Finance Committee about staff unrest - explains current situation & plans for the future, 1935; Miss Dorothea Hannah, about her resignation; speech made at leaving party for P W Davidson, 1936; resignation letter of Kathleen Mann; circular to staff about the processes of raising grievances; correspondence with Mr Wilson, Mr Mackie, Miss Smyth, H Y Alison, and others about obtaining new costumes for the School; retrospective speech made at Diploma presentation, 1936, refers to Diploma passes and Kinecraft Society; circular about the behaviour of students during the Diploma Giving event; circular about the creation of a new timetable for the School; circular about arranging for Christmas presents to be given from the School to students and alumni serving in the Armed Forces.

Letters including: Gray to Anning Bell, Feb 1933 re: the death of Dorothy Smyth; to Governors re: the death of D. Smyth & appointment of Olive Smyth as Head of Commercial Art, Feb 1933; confidential letter to Keppie from Anning Bell describing conditions at GSA and changes needed, Mar 1933; arrangements for the Kinecraft Society, Mar 1933; letter from Fra Newbery re: duplication of the Newbery Medal; correspondence about the adjudication of Diplomas.

General administration. Includes: circular about the re-opening of the School, 1940; letters to staff about a salary cut of 10% owing to the War; Miss G G Killin about returning books to the library; Ian Fleming, about the teaching of History of Art at the School, and personal matters; James Crawford, about the situation of the School, Sep 1940; Henry Y Alison, about covering Evening School teaching; Maurice Thomas, Hutchison asking if he can come back to teach at the School; personal references for Jack Coia & T Howath; W D Bone, about helping in the Evening Classes; Ancell Stronach, about fire fighting at the School; circular about the SRC and student agendas; Henry Y Alison, about fire fighters at the School; circular about fire watching at the School.

Outgoing letters, D-G: Instructions to Mr. Dunlop about the Evening School (Oct); Editor of the Daily News re: the role of the machine in arts and crafts, refers to William Morris, Walter Crane, Mackintosh, Voysey, etc. (Oct); James Dron re: Artist Teachers' Exhibition Society & lecture from E.A. Walton (Oct-Dec); Norah Neilson Gray re: organisation of classes (Oct); John R. Findlay re: suggested British Industries Fair in Glasgow (Dec).

Anderson apologising for giving offence over certain remarks about admission of students to Glasgow School of Art.

A folder with lists of objects regarding the lending museum scheme.

Folder of papers concerning the Lending Museum Scheme, including lists of items, lists of schools, correspondence etc.

Glasgow School of Art Loans Department Inventory of Material c1914-1918, concerning the Lending Museum Scheme.

Lists of objects, loans supplied to other schools.

Notes and papers for lectures by Bliss, 1946-1947. Including: address to students at opening of 1946 academic year; Diploma Distribution Annual Report (1947); sketches titled 'Awful apparition in the Edgeware Road' and 'One of Punch's many cartoons of the Monument, vol XXI, p265'; paper titled 'The Colossus of Hyde Park Corner' (in relation to Haig Memorial, and to previous 'Monument' sketch); paper on Edward Bawden; extract from address written by Keith Henderson; paper on art history and illustration; paper on Engraving; paper titled 'The Scottish Pre-Raphaelites'; brief resume of D P Bliss; book list (with names of illustrators); series of notes on paintings ('Reading Wycliffe's Bible' by Clausen, 'View of Arles' and 'The Zouave' by Van Gogh, 'St Francis and the Birds' by Giotto, 'Seine at Verneuil' by Monet, 'Head of a Lady' by Van Der Weyden, 'Portrait of Beatrice D'Este' by Da Predis, 'Queen Elizabeth and Sir Francis Drake' by Lawrence, 'Tahitian Subject' by Gauguin, 'View of Delft', 'A Street in Delft', and 'The Lady at the Virginals and a Gentleman Listening' by Vermeer, 'Boats' by Van Gogh, 'Bacchus and Ariadne' by Titian, 'Winter' by Brueghel the Elder, 'A Calm' by Van De Cappelle, 'Gabriel' by Da Forli, 'The Vision of St Eustace' by Pisanello, 'View of Arc Vallery' by Cezanne, 'Coeur De Lion Departing for the Crusade' by Philpot); notes on artists (Botticelli, Courbet, Durer, Furse, Kunisada); poem titled 'The Laird o' Cockpen'; draft of after dinner speech; paper by Bliss titled 'Modern Book Illustration' (an 'Introduction'); notes on teaching of painting, drawing, and memory drawing; notes on a visit to Staffordshire and Manchester (1947); paper titled 'Memorandum of the RSA'; typed copy of Psalm 144, Verse 12; paper on Sadie McClellan's stained glass at Broomhill; review of Gordon Roe's 'Rowlandson: The Life and Art of a British Genius'.

Folder of correspondence dating to after Douglas Percy Bliss left the School. Mostly copy 'out' letters to Bliss from the Secretary and Treasurer of the School, David C Black. Includes correspondence with the Secretary and Treasurer of the School about matters such as Assessor's Reports, the Annual Report, the Diploma Presentation, news about the Alasdair Gray film 'Under the Helmet', a project 'Discovering Art', expenses for lectures delivered by Bliss, information about student visits to London, and general news of the School.

Correspondence with The Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts on the award under the J Arnold Fleming Bequest to Angus Neil.

Inventory of furniture, books, statuary, pictures, stores etc.

Inventory of equipment of the Department of Printed Textiles, 05 Jan 1954.

Inventory of casts including their locations in the Mackintosh Building (in 1953). Organised by type of ornament, ie. French Renaissance; Byzantine; Egyptian etc.

Inventory and Valuation of School property.

Inventory and Valuation of School property.

Inventory and Valuation (Old Building).

Inventory and Valuation of school property.

Inventory of School property including plaster casts. Volume also includes photographs of casts.

1 folder of Harry Barnes' papers regarding Interior Design at the Glasgow School of Art. Includes: Correspondence with a researcher of Mackintosh; Christmas Task from the Interior Design Department, session 1971-1972; correspondence about student commissions in Interior Design; correspondence about the security of the workshop; correspondence about a student who wishes to visit London; correspondence about student performance on the course; copy of Report to the Chairman of Governors of the Glasgow School of Art on Interior Design 3rd Year Results; correspondence about Interior Design competitions; request for space alterations for the Interior Design department.

Insurances for School property.

1 folder of Barnes' papers relating to the Ingram Street Tearooms. Includes: Correspondence with Keppie, Henderson & Partners about the Ingram Street Tearooms restoration project; costs and estimates for the removal of the interiors of the Ingram Street Tearooms; correspondence about the progress of the removal of the Ingram Street Tearoom interiors; correspondence with the Corporation of Glasgow about the sale of the Ingram Street Tearooms and the restoration and re-installation of the Mackintosh Interiors.

Folders of papers about the teaching of Industrial Design and new Industrial Design Courses. Material includes: Undated obituary of Sir Ambrose Heal and newspaper articles, including Alister Maynard's 'Industrial Design: A New Profession' (Glasgow Herald, 1 April 1958); Sir Charles Tennyson's 'Better Design In Industry' (February 1959); Sir Gordon Russell's 'Art in Industry'; 'Outward From Glasgow: Is Overspill Plan Workable?' (letter to The Times, 28 January 1959); and 'Overspill Plan For Glasgow'; correspondence of August 1959-August 1960 between Bliss and Joseph F. Walker (Committee for Technical Education) relating to GSA's Industrial Design Course, including details of course and course pamphlets; correspondence of February 1962 between J. F. Walker and The West of Scotland Committee for Technical Education, copied to Bliss; and correspondence of c1953-1957 relating to details of Industrial Design Engineering course. Folders as follows: DIR/12/2/11/1: Industrial Design, New Courses, 1953-1958 DIR/12/2/11/2: Industrial Design Course, 1959-1960 DIR/12/2/11/3: Industrial Design, 1959-1962 DIR/12/2/11/4: Industrial Design, Engineering Courses, 1961

Harry Barnes' papers regarding Industrial Design at the Glasgow School of Art. Folders as follows: DIR/13/4/13/1: Papers relating to Industrial Design and Technical Illustration Evening Classes, 1958 (1 folder): Includes: Copy of City and Guilds of London Institute 1958 Intermediate Examination Paper; enrolment forms for Technical Illustration Evening Classes; student forms for Courses in Technical Illustration; Minute of a Working Party for Glasgow and West of Scotland Regional Advisory Council for Technical Education, 1958; correspondence about the Working Party on Technical Illustration; student lists for Technical Illustration. DIR/13/4/13/2: Folder containing blank Marks Registers for Insutrial Design, session 1958-1959 (1 folder): Also includes 3 copies of a brochure for the Industrial Design Course at the Glasgow School of Art. DIR/13/4/13/3: Folder containing blank Marks Registers for Industrial Design, session 1959-1960 (1 folder).

Index book referring to student record numbers 583-1299.

Index book referring to student record numbers 1-582.

Index - degree student record numbers and university diploma 100-.

Address book covering session 1912/12 to 1913/14.

Index of student record numbers from 1300-c3500.

Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington.

2 folders of papers about Honours Courses at the Glasgow School of Art. Papers include: Correspondence and notes relating to entrance requirements and introduction of Honours courses; booklet titled 'First Report of the National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design'; correspondence relating to Three Dimensional Design courses with Interior Design and Industrial Design (Engineering) as chief studies; papers on Associateship/Honours Courses; minutes of meeting of Heads of Four Colleges of Art; report on number of final year students in various departments of 'four colleges'; report on 'Complementary Studies'; Duncan of Jordanstone's (Dundee) and Gray's (Aberdeen) proposals for Honours Course; Programme of Study for General Course, 1st & 2nd year; report on 'Alternative Proposal for the Introduction of a Diploma or Associateship Course with Honours Recognition and the Award of Diplomas with Distinction; memorandum by Scottish Education Department, 'Courses in Colleges of Art', detailing needs, problems, and proposals; report on 'The Claymore'. DIR/12/2/28/1: Honours Courses, 1961-1963 DIR/12/2/28/2: Honours Courses II (a continuation of the previous folder), 1961-1963

Harry Barnes' papers regarding Honours Courses at the Glasgow School of Art. Folder as follows: DIR/13/4/12/1: Papers relating to new Diploma and Honours Courses, 1961-1963 (1 folder): Includes: Copy of the 'Ministry of Education, First Report of the National Advisory Council on Art Education, 1960'; copy of 'Ministry of Education, Vocational Courses in Colleges and Schools of Art, 1962'; correspondence about these reports; minutes of the Conference of Representatives from the Central (Art) Institutions of Scotland, 1930s; document: 'The Glasgow School of Art, Advanced or Honours Degree Course'; document: 'Alternative Proposal for the Introduction of a Diploma or Associateship Course with Honours Recognition and the Award of Diplomas with Distinction'; information sheet for 'Honours Degree Course'; 'Courses in Colleges of Art' memorandum by the Scottish Education Department (SED); papers from a meeting between Principals of the Four Colleges of Art and representatives of the SED to talk about the proposed Honours Course in Art; 'Art Examinations' memorandum by the SED; correspondence with the SED about the proposed Honours Course; document: 'Summary of Educational Qualifications of First-Year Students attending Central (Art) Institutions, 1961-1962'; further statistics about diplomas and occupations, for Central (Art) Institutions; memorandum from SED on Honours Courses in Art; Papers of the Annual Conference of the Scottish Central (Art) Institutions, 23 Nov 1962; 'Memorandum to accompany application to the appropriate Burnham Committee for recognition of the Diplomas of the Four Central (Art) Institutions in Scotland'; Questionnaire concerning proposed Honours Courses in Art; Working Party on the Distribution of Scottish Teachers, Report 1962; Programme of Study for the General Course, 1st and 2nd Year. DIR/13/4/12/2: Folder labelled 'Honours Course, 1965-1967' (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with the Edinburgh College of Art, Dundee, and Aberdeen about the question of Honours Courses in Art; draft document: 'Course for University Honours Students. Some suggested topics to be converted into a definite timetable'; document about Associateship Courses; correspondence with SED about Honours Diploma Course in Art; draft document: 'Glasgow School of Art Proposals for Introducting an "Honours" Diploma Course, 1967'; Precis of a statement made by Barnes about Honours Courses, 1966.