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A collection of Kath Whyte's diaries and one calendar containing personal engagements and notes.

A collection Kath Whyte's drawings, sketches and embroidery designs.

Consists of loose sketches and sketchbooks which contain sketches and drawings done in various mediums such as pencil, pastel, and watercolour. Subjects include florals, trees, birds, cats, mermaids, boats, ecclesiastical figures, death masks, fashion, and weaving designs; etc. Some sketchooks also contain notes.

Included are design drawings for: Creation pulpit fall, 1959; chair for Eaglesham Church, c1961; Mayfield cloth, 1972; Old Parish Church Gourock, 1973; double bow & silver cross, 1973; Live Coal, not dated; long lecturn fall for Cathcart South, 1978/79; studies for last piece of work, early 1980s; Prestonkirk Pulpit Fall (includes some correspondence), 1984; and poppies panel in V&A collection, not dated.

There are a number of outsize folders which contain design material for:

• "Dove Fall"; includes paper dove cutouts, design on tracing paper, postcards and cuttings, and illustrations of grouse and owls.
• "Tay Bridge Stole"; includes news cuttings, textile sample, photographs, and design drawing.
• Design for quilted panel for Netherlee Figure.
• Folder of lettering and graphic work , life drawings, and "proposed design for embroidery 'Rosemount', Linlithgow"; including a Norwegian Art Treasures poster, and piece of graphic work signed by "E. Younger".
• Folder of designs for "Hand of God"; including a folder labelled "Queen Mother's, Yorkhill 1971".
• Designs for Arbroath Panel, 1943 and Design for Communion Cloth for Shawlands.
• Designs for St Martins Church, Port Glasgow, 1959.
• Folder entitled "Architecture & Interior Decoration" but containing portrait and life drawings done in pencil.
• Folder of material relating to "Tree of Light"; includes a scenic watercolour signed Leslie Bewes 12/1/83.
• Folder of designs for Life Force Lectern, Cathcart South, Celestia, Last Supper etc.

Also included is a folder of cuttings from "The Scottish Annual & Braemar Gathering Book" featuring Kath Whyte artwork; as well as some other artwork.

Other designs:

• Hand of God, Lettering and graphic work; life drawings; design for Rosemont, Floral Sketches, Design for Arbroath panel, Design for communion cloth shawlands, Dove Fall, Floral Sketches and abstract drawings and paintings, Tree of light, Floral Sketches and sketch of a bench, Welcome to Britain design, street scene etching, The Flowers in the Valley, Scenic watercolours, floral sketches, embroidery design, pictorial embroidery, build sketches, Portraits and life drawings, St Martins Church, Tay Bridge Stole, The Scottish Annual & Braemar Gathering artwork, Design for quilted panel for Netherlee figure.

Papers and photographs relating to the Eaglesham Art Society and Kath Whyte's participation in the Eaglesham Art Society.

Contains papers relating to the activity programme for the Eaglesham Art Society including Lectures, Film Nights and Excursions.

Contains one letter from The Scottish Arts Council dated 14 June 1978, including model constitution for a local arts guild; one Scottish Arts Council list of Documnetries on The Arts 1980-81; one letter from The Scottish Arts Council May 1982; one letter from "Jacki" dated 15 October 1982; one letter from Islay Donaldson dated 14 November 1982; Arts Council Film Library catalogue 1982-83; Arts Council Film Library price list 1982; list of Films Recently Puchased by The Scottish Arts Council January 1984; list of films included in the Films On Art Scheme 18 March 1983; The Arts and Design 16mm film and video catalogue and accompanying letter April 1986; one letter from The Scottish Arts Council September 1988; three leaflets for the Eaglesham Art Society lecture September 1988; one handwritten list of dates hall booked for Eaglesham Art Society 1988-89; one letter from Robert Campbell; one postcard from the The Scottish Arts Council; and one leaflet for Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by Cyril Wilson.

Contains Eaglesham Art Society declaration.

Contains Eaglesham Art Society Financial Records: Society and Exhibition Accounts, Cash Book Summaries and Budgets.

Contains two copies of the Eaglesham Art Society circulation list members and visitors, 1985-1988; biographical list of members, n.d.; and handwritten list of office bearers, 1978-79.

Contains papers relating to the operation of the Eaglesham Art Society.

Collection of programmes listing meetings held 1978-79 (2 copies), 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86 (2 copies), 1986-87 (2 copies), and 1987-88 (2 copies).

Contains Eaglesham Art Society promotional material.

Handmade calender for 1961, including a photograph of Eaglesham taken in 1960 by Betty Whyte.

Contains items relating to Kath Whyte's activities with Eaglesham Old and Carswell Parish church.

Contains list of condemned property and gap sites; and list of gap sites, condemned and derelict properties.

Contains Scotland's Country Houses and Gardens leaflet.

Contains papers relating to the history of Eaglesham village; including photographs, news cuttings, publications, and memorabilia.

Contains a calendar and postcards picturing Eaglesham.

1 set of blank postcards of Eaglesham and 1 loose postcard of Eaglesham sent by Kath Whyte.

Contains papers relating to various preservation activities in Eaglesham.

Contains Eaglesham Preservation Society letter, 11 June 1956; and Eaglesham Preservation Society Report, n.d.

Contains documents relating to specific properties in Eaglesham.

Contains Eaglesham Restoration Joint Committee Minutes, 4 Sept 1968; Notice of Meeting, 24 Sept 1969; Minutes, 18 June 1969; Agenda and Eaglesham Restoration Committee Composition, n.d.; and Long Term Policy, n.d.

Papers and photographs relating to Kath Whyte's home village of Eaglesham Activities and Interests; Including materials relating to Eaglesham preservation activities, the history of Eaglesham village and Kath Whyte's involvement with her local parish church.

Contains a black & white photograph of Eaglesham's first queen Betty McGhie (dressed by K Whyte) and her two maids listed as Cowan and Shearer.

Canvas padded and attached to wooden frame. Design of squares containing stylised flowers. Yellow, red, blue and grey with navy edging.

Possibly a work bag. Circular embroidered design in thick linen thread, shades of blue and cream. Star in centre and 6 covered buttons with loop fastenings on flap.

Picture of female figure in blue dress wearing red scarf and carrying bowl on head. Embroidered in tapestry wool of various colours. Attached paper label "fish wife", Kath Whyte student piece.

Rectangular bag tapestry woven with tree and sun design. Initials 'BDW' on inside flap. Stud fastener on inside corners of flap. Green lining and small inside pocket, mainly shades of purple, green and orange.

Sampler worked on loosely woven cream cotton and wool material. Abstract garden design with large loose straight stitches in variety of yarn types. Shades of green, brown, cream and orange.

Cream raffia plain woven fabric embroidered with coarse linen thread in grey, beige and cream. Stored with KW22 and KW23 in binder.

A collection of embroidery and weave samples done by Kath Whyte and her students.

Includes "making colour move" samplers produced with members of the Embroiderers' Guild and block/grid counted samplers done post-retirement.

Also included are a ringbinder of Cults (38/T/1/3) weave samples, weave samples by Mrs Mairet (38/T/2) and cuttings from a handwoven cape by Hannah Frew Paterson (38/T/2/1).