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Glasgow Misc.

Folder containing 85 black and white photographs depicting Glasgow city scenes of various sizes. All taken by George Oliver apart from two dated c1897. Includes images featuring the Barrowlands, the Gorbals (high-rise flats and tennements), St. Enoch Station and Hotel, West End, New Bedford Cinema, Ingram Street, and the Old Fruitmarket.

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Individual Buildings

Folder containing 50 black and white photographs of buildings of various sizes, taken by George Oliver. Some annotated. All buildings featured are in Glasgow except one of a pub in London which dates from 1948. Also contains 2 photocopies of a line drawing by Thomas Williams depicting a busy cityscene beside a river. Photographs include: Templeton's Carpet Factory, Hampden Park, Glasgow Cathedral, St Enoch Station and Bute Hall.

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Shops B/W

Folder containing 44 black and white and colour photographs of mostly unidentified shops fronts, all taken by George Oliver. Locations include: Glasgow, Edinburgh, St Andrews, and London. Shops include: grocers, chemists, booksellers, tobacconists, butchers and ironmongers.

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Tenements & Terraces

Folder containing 60 black and white photographs depicting terraces and tenements in Glasgow, of various sizes and taken by George Oliver. Some are annotated.

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Glasgow BIC Contacts

Folder containing 19 black and white contact sheets of photographs taken by George Oliver. Some are annotated. Includes: Pollok House, Exhibition Centre, various Glasgow street scenes, the Clyde environment, high-rise flats and tenements.

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Edinburgh

Folder containing 8 contact sheets and 114 negative strip of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated.  Although the folder is entitled 'Edinburgh', some of the material is of scenes outwith Edinburgh and of cars. For example: scenes of George's Rolls Royce at Doune, Broughton House and an Albion car dating from 1920. The Edinburgh material includes: Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh University, New Town and George Street lane sales. Some negatives relate to photographs in the previous folder entitled 'Edinburgh Prints'.

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Italy

Folder containing black & white photographs and contact sheets taken by George Oliver. Most are unidentified. Includes: Milan, Florence, interior of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan showing Biffi Caffè, and a replica of Michaelangelo's David in Florence.

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Theatre

Folder containing contact sheets and negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver relating to theatres and performances within. Most are annotated. Includes: Mull Little Theatre, Perth Theatre, Eden Court, Tom Mariono in St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh and Traverse Theatre.

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Theatre Various Negs.

Folder containing contact sheets and negatives of photographs, taken by George Oliver in relation to theatre and performance. Includes: Mayfest, Eden Court Theatre, Ochtertyre Theatre and Scottish Baroque Ensemble.

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P - T Prints

Folder containing black and white photographs taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some are annotated. Many are prints from photographs from DC 066/2/60-61. Includes: Joan Eardley.

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Third Eye Performance Related

Folder containing 60 black and white photographs of performances at the Third Eye Centre, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Most have been annotated. Includes: Billy Connolly, Tom McGrath, music and dance performances.

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Mitchell Exhibits: Exhibitions & Transport Landscape and Cityscape

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Also includes a handwritten list. Includes: Leith docks 1966, Edinburgh, cars, Catterline, Crail, Rossyln Chapel, Festival of Britain 1951, start of Monte Carlo Rally at Blythswood Square in 1955, vintage motor cars in various locations, Richmond Horse Show 1948 and Glasgow.

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Colour Negs GAO

Folder containing colour negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes: Glasgow Green, Greenock, Exhibition of Scottish Art in North of England, London, Morgot's Studio, Border Warfare at Tramway 1989, Wines from Paris Opening, Holyrood Park Festival Fringe Day 1996 and Glasgow streets.

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Adam D O Hill

Folder containing contact sheets and negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes: D O Hill/Adamsonn exhibition, a copy of a photograph taken by Annan in 1914 of a Glasgow street scene, and copies of Annan portraits.

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Painters in Parallel et 1969: 35: 1970

Folder containing black and white negatives and contact sheets of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Also contains a handwritten list of titles. Includes: Porche cars, William Johnstone paintings and plaster, guild of motoring writers, Castle Donnington, Cartier Bresson exhibition, Margot Sandeman paintings and Joan Eardley pastel and motoring pre-war.

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Performers and Performance

Folder containing black and white photographs, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some annotated. Some photographs are duplicates of photographs in other folders. Includes: performers and performances from the Third Eye Centre and street performers from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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No Title

Folder containing colour and black and white negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver. Some annotated. Includes: cars, a model Midland Bluebird bus in colour, Joan Eardley and a ceramic studio.

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Clyde Environment

Folder containing 84 black and white photographs depicting the clyde environment taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some have been annotated but most are unidentified. Includes: numerous pictures of clyde puffers steaming up and down the river, Grangemouth pictured from South Alloa, St Enoch Subway in the 1950s and taxi rank, a sail to the Kyles of Bute from Glasgow, Govan, cranes, bridges and various dock scenes.

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Parks etc.

Folder containing 13 black and white photographs of parks in Glasgow, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some are annotated. Includes: Glasgow Botantic Gardens and The Necropolis.

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Untitled

Folder containing 3 photographs and 1 contact sheet of historic Glasgow and Dumfries. The contact sheet comprises of photographs of a book containing images of historic Glasgow taken by George Oliver and is dated 1989. The photographs date from c1900, photographer unknown. Includes: photograph mounted on board entitled ' High Street from North, Dumfries'.

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Negs to keep

Folder containing 4 black and white negative strips and 4 contact sheets of photographs taken by George Oliver. Some are annotated. Includes: high-rise flats, the Gorbals and the Clydeside.

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Glasgow People and Children

A folder containing 62 black and white photographs of Glasgow people and children, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Mostly unidentified. Includes: general street scenes, the Gorbals, Hutchesontown, demolision of tenements, Barrowlands, Ibrox, Glasgow Green, shops, and the Old Fruitmarket. Also includes a leaflet for 'Swing Hammer Swing' Citizen's Company, May 1996.

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Edinburgh

Folder containing 22 contact sheets and 224 negative of photographs taken by George Oliver. Majority are annotated. Includes: Museum of Childhood, Royal Scottish Museum, Henry Moore statues at Inverleith, New Town, Edinburgh University and Greyfriars graveyard.

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1974: special unit 1974 35 mm

Folder containing black and white and colour contact sheets, negative strips and photographs, of various sizes. Most are annotated. Includes: Barlinnie's Special Unit exhibitions and arts festivals, and James Cowie drawings.

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Cits

Folder containing negatives and contact sheets of photographs taken by George Oliver in relation to the Citizen's Theatre and The Goethe Institute. Includes: Goethe Institute, Goethe Medal presentation 1984, Mayfest press conference 1986, Citizen's Theatre board, canteen and backstage staff.

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Performance

Folder containing black and white photographs, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some annotated. Includes: theatre and musical performance.

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Performers & Personalities: Final!

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver featuring performers. Includes: Duke Ellington performing at the Glasgow Apollo in 1973, Edinburgh Festival, Allen Ginsberg performing at The Traverse Theatre, Manavishnu Orchestra at Kelvin Hall in 1973 and 'Magic Flute' performed by Scottish Opera at Macrobert Arts Centre in 1974.

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Pix of People Various

Folder containing 70 black and white photographs of performers and artists, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some annotated. Includes: Billy Connolly at the 3rd Eye Centre, Tom Flemming, Edith MacArthur, Walter Carr, Cordelia Oliver, Hugh MacDiarmid, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Knox.

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Portraits A - F

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs of people taken by George Oliver. Some annotated. Also contains a typed list of the people featuring in the photographs. Includes: many performances and performers at the Third Eye Centre - Polish Realities, Tom McGrath, John Byrne, Margaret Drabble, and Ashkenazy rehearsing at the Macrobert Arts Centre Stirling.

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G - K

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs of people taken by George Oliver. Also contains a typed alphabetical list of the people photographed. Includes: Whoopi Goldberg performing at the Third Eye in 1984, Sir Alexander Gibson, Alasdair Gray and Allen Ginsberg at Traverse Theatre.

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Art Various Negs Some Cons

Folder containing black and white negatives, contact sheets, photographs and colour prints by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Also contains a leaflet for building tours and exhibitions of Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1994. Includes: Dovecot Tapestry, Scotch Myth at St Andrews, ceramics workshop Edinburgh 1973 and Third Eye book shop.

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Third Eye

Folder containing 53 black and white photographs relating to the Third Eye Centre, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some have been annotated. Includes: various performers, performances and general events.

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Third Eye Exhibitions

Folder containing 49 black and white photographs of exhibitions held at the Third Eye Centre, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Most are annotated. Includes: 'Crawford and Company' curated by Cordelia Oliver, Joan Eardley exhibition and John Bellany exhibition.

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Mitchell, GAS exhib. 98

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes; Ashkenazy rehearsing at the Macrobert arts centre in Stirling, Compton McKenzie, Billy Connolly, Mayfest at the Third Eye with Whoopi Goldberg, John Byrne gable, Duke Ellington at the Glasgow Apollo, and Humphrey Lyttelton at the Clyde Fair.

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Glasgow

Folder containing 49 black and white photographs of various sizes. All are taken by George Oliver with the exception of one which has been taken by Flora Ritchie, the cousin of George's wife, Cordelia Oliver. This photograph depicts a street scene in Townhead, Glasgow, c1950s. The remaining photographs depict various street scenes in Glasgow from 1948-1980s, most of which have been annotated. The earliest photograph dates from 1948 and depicts traction engines pulling North British Loco. Co. engine along Sauchiehall Street en route for the docks. Other scenes include: the construction of the M8, Gorbals, Queen Street Station and trace horses on West Nile Street c1948.

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Glasgow: The General Scene

Folder containing 68 black and white photographs of various sizes. Taken by George Oliver and depicting Glasgow cityscenes from 1948-1980s.  Most have been annotated. Also contains a programme for Glasgow Coliseum dating from 1924. Includes general scenes of Glasgow including: Merchant City, construction of new flats at Anderston, Charing Cross and high rise flats of the Gorbals.

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Glasgow Various

Folder containing 84 black and white photographs taken by George Oliver, of various sizes and depicting Glasgow city scenes from the 1950s-1980s. Some have been annotated. Images include: St Enoch Station, Glasgow Coliseum, Lesser Hampden, Gorbals tenements, Glasgow Central Mosque, Exhibition Centre and Pollokshields.

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Mostly Gorbals

Folder containing 18 photographs of the Gorbals area, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some are annotated. Includes: Citizens Theatre, high-rise flats, tenements and residents.

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