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Scottish Education Department Correspondence

Correspondence and copy letters between the Scottish Education Department (SED) and Glasgow School of Art concerning matters such as: conversion studies; validation and revalidation of courses; Institutional review; CNAA reviews; Art Therapy Course; salaries and qualifications of teaching staff; visiting lecturers; SED campaigns e.g. 'Be a Good Neighbour'; Postgraduate awards; students' allowances scheme; student numbers; differentiation of degrees; categorisation of courses; corporate plans; SED visits; student grants; course proposals; CNAA approval procedure: AC/6/1/1: Folder of SED correspondence, 1973-1980 (1 folder) AC/6/1/2: Folder of SED correspondence, 1980-1988 (1 folder)

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Legal Documentation and Regulations

Legal Documentation and Regulations relating to the Glasgow School of Art: GOV/4/2/1: Act granting to Her Majesty Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices, 22 Jun 1842 (1 folder) GOV/4/2/2: Collection of published legislation, regulations, and reports, mostly from the Education (Scotland) Office, 1878-1918 e.g. Education (Scotland) Act 1908; Minutes of meetings of the Committee of Council on Education in Scotland; Reports upon Openings in Industry suitable for Sailors and Soldiers, 1918; Circulars from the Scotch Education Department (1 volume) GOV/4/2/3: Board of Education, South Kensington Directory with Regulations for Establishing and Conducting Science and Art Schools and Classes, 1900 (1 volume) GOV/4/2/4: Report by Departmental Committee to Enquire into the Administration of the Board of Manufacturers, Volume 1. Report, 1903. Annotation reading 'contains ref to GSA P20 page 128' (1 document) GOV/4/2/5: Extract Registered Supplement to Deed of Trusts, concerning John Keppie endowing Scholarships in Architecture and Sculpture, 1923 and 1936 (1 folder) GOV/4/2/6: Companies Act Returns 1932-1940 (1 folder) GOV/4/2/7: Bond of Annuity for the sum of £150 from Frederick Henry Young to the Glasgow School of Art annually for seven years, 1943 (1 document) GOV/4/2/8: Statutory Instrument, Governance Order: The Glasgow School of Art (Scotland) Order of Council 1996, No. 120 (S.8). (6 copies) Includes a cover letter about the Governance Order from McClure Naismith, Anderson & Gardiner solicitors to Mike Foley, Company Secretary, 07 Feb 1996. The Order concerns the Governors; the powers of the Governors; and the administration of the institution.(1 document) GOV/4/2/9: Scottish Statutory Instrument, Amendment Order: The Glasgow School of Art (Scotland) Amendment Order of Council 2005, No.525. Amended Order for Order of Council 1996.

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Agreements with the University of Glasgow

Documents and correspondence relating to agreements between the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Glasgow. GOV/4/4/1: Folder of minutes, reports and correspondence concerning relations between Glasgow School of Art and the University of Glasgow, 1901-1913 (1 folder) GOV/4/4/2: Minute of Agreement between the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art regarding the University of Glasgow making a lantern slide collection of paintings and the School of Art making a lantern slide collection of design and other branches of Fine Art, 1950 (1 document)

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Agreements with other institutions and individuals

Records relating to agreements between Glasgow School of Art and other insitutions, bodies, or individuals: GOV/4/5/1: Correspondence between the School Board of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art concerning the scheme of affiliation between Glasgow High School for Girls and the Glasgow School of Art, 1910-13. Also includes copies of the Glasgow School of Art Prospectuses for 1910-11 and 1912-13 (1 folder) GOV/4/5/2: Two letters pledging money to the Glasgow School of Art (1 folder) (a) Sir Daniel MacAulay Stevenson, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, 15 Jun 1939 (b) John Arnold Fleming, 22 Jul 1945 GOV/4/5/3: Minute of Agreement between Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow 1999 Festival Company. The company agree to provide Glasgow School of Art a grant towards the procurement of the design and manufacture of a prototype luminaire, 1999 (1 document)

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Structure of the Board of Governors

Folder of papers and correspondence concerning changes in the structure and responsibilities of the Board of Governors: GOV/4/6/1: Papers and correspondence, 1982-1989 (1 folder) GOV/4/6/2: Papers and correspondence, 1991 (1 folder) GOV/4/6/3: Papers and correspondence, 1993 (1 folder)

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The Architectural Competition

Includes:

  • Conditions of competition, 1896
  • plan of proposed new school, 1896
  • list of architects, 1896
  • correspondence with architects, 1896
  • report relating to the design produced by the architects, Honeyman and Keppie, whose author is probably Charles Rennie Mackintosh and related correspondence, 1896
  • measurer's report, 1897
  • GOV/5/4/1: Conditions of the Competition of Architects for the Proposed new School of Art [3 copies, inc. Sec.'s], Jun 1896
  • GOV/5/4/2: Plan and sections of site for proposed new school [4 copies, inc. Sec.'s and Headmaster's], Jun 1896
  • GOV/5/4/3: Proposed list of architects, not dated
  • GOV/5/4/4: Letter from Campbell, Douglas and Morrison Architects re: cannot take part in competition, 23 Jul 1896
  • GOV/5/4/5: Petition from architects re: the Competition [plus copy], 24 Jul 1896
  • GOV/5/4/6: Reply by Governors to architects, 12 Aug 1896
  • GOV/5/4/7: Letter from architects asking for modification to conditions, 17 Aug 1896
  • GOV/5/4/8: Letter from Mr I. L. Watson, Architect, re: the conditions,  20 Aug 1896
  • GOV/5/4/9: Letter to architects amending conditions, 27 Aug 1896
  • GOV/5/4/10: Architect's Design for Glasgow School of Art, with a description and schedule of its contents, [On cover, an ink drawing of 3 wishbones on tracing paper, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh], 1896
  • GOV/5/4/11: Letter to Directors from James King and Renny Watson choosing the design marked by the "crossed bones", 7 Dec 1896
  • GOV/5/4/12: Letter from Colonel Festing, D.S.A re: his choice of design, 17 Dec 1896
  • GOV/5/4/13: Measurer's report by Robert Scott as to estimated cost of the chosen design, 11 Jan 1897

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie