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Reports, itineraries, notes and papers on travels abroad. Folders as follows: DIR/12/2/12/1: Italy, 1953-c1960s Includes details of suitable hostels and other arrangements for students, and a report on Bliss' 1957 tour of Italy. DIR/12/2/12/2: Belgium & Holland, c1955-1960 Includes handwritten and typed versions of notes on trips to Holland and Belgium. DIR/12/2/12/3: Denmark & Sweden, 1960-1962 Includes a report on William Gray's travelling scholarship to Stockholm, prepared for 'Scottish Field' and Messrs. Wylie & Lochhead, a report on Bliss' tour to Denmark and Sweden, with ephemera (business cards, exhibition pamphlets, guide to 'what the art student should see', etc.), and correspondence from G. A. Urquhart concerning Prof. Erik J. Lundberg's proposed 1962 trip to Scotland.

Travel reports submitted to the School by students who undertook a travelling scholarship, plus travel itineraries created by Douglas Percy Bliss during his time as Director of The Glasgow School of Art.