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Correspondence and Working Papers of the Directors of the Glasgow School of Art from 1846 to the present day. Material from DIR/14 onwards is currently uncatalogued and therefore not accessible for researchers. Papers are arranged by Director into the sub-series below, and each sub-series is catalogued in further detail: DIR/1: Henry MacManus, Headmaster from 1844-1848 DIR/2: Charles Heath Wilson, Headmaster from 1849-1863 DIR/3: Robert Greenlees, Headmaster from 1863-1881 DIR/4: Thomas C Simmonds, Headmaster from 1881-1885 DIR/5: Francis H Newbery, Director from 1885-1918 DIR/6: John Henderson, Director from 1918-1924 DIR/7: John D Revel, Director from 1925-1932 DIR/8: James Gray, Interim Director from 1932-1933 DIR/9: William Oliphant Hutchison, Director from 1933-1943 DIR/10: Allan Walton, Director from 1943-1945 DIR/11: Henry Y Allison, Interim Director from 1945-1946 DIR/12: Douglas Percy Bliss, Director from 1946-1964 DIR/13: Harry Jefferson Barnes, Director from 1964-1980

Includes travel reports and itinararies.

Includes

• a selection of Christmas cards and other ephemera collected by Conrad McKenna, a former student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, plus typed and handwritten materials used by McKenna to deliver teaching at The Glasgow School of Art
• correspondence between Conrad McKenna and The Glasgow School of Art and members of staff, and correspondence and printed ephemera regarding The San Gimignano Summer School.

The cards and ephemera have been created by former Glasgow School of Art staff and students and friends of Conrad McKenna, including Gordon Huntly, Rosalind Bliss, Michael Moulder, Peter Sumsion, Michael Healey, Mark Severin and James Cosgrove.

This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.

DATA PROTECTION NOTICE: This collection contains sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information the collection will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete, the collection will be open for access with sensitive information closed for 75 years from its date of creation. The majority of the papers of Douglas Percy Bliss consist of general and personal correspondence divided by year with a number of individual subject files from 1946-1964. Notable correspondents include the young Alasdair Gray, Edward Bawden, John Betjeman, Nikolaus Pevsner, Anthony Blunt, Robert Stewart, Joan Eardley, Gilbert Spencer and many other figures of the 1950s and 1960s art world in both London and Scotland. Series as follows: DIR/12/1: Correspondence files of Douglas Percy Bliss, 1946-1971 DIR/12/2: Working Papers of Douglas Percy Bliss, 1946-1964 DIR/12/3: Desk Diaries of Douglas Percy Bliss, 1947-1953

This folder contains two travel reports produced by Douglas Percy Bliss when he visited Italy as well as Denmark and Sweden in 1957. It also contains several travel itineraries specific to different countries. These were presumably created as a starting point for bursary winning students going to particular countries. The are very detailed, advising students about particular areas of interest for their studies as well as offering advice about where to stay, how to use public transport and where to go for help. Within this folder are itineraries for London, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Italy and Belgium. In addition, the folder contains general information about staying in the Halls of Residence at the National College of Rubber Technology in London.

RESTRICTED ACCESS: Some files contain personal information and will therefore remain closed for 75 years. Correspondence files of Douglas Percy Bliss. Includes 'in' letters with copies of replies from Bliss attached. Includes correspondence about many aspects of directing the Art School, for example providing references for graduated students, advice for prospective students, and corresponding with the other main Art Colleges and Schools in Scotland. Also includes correspondence with Art Societies and Institutions throughout Britain, and letters inviting figures in the Art world to come and lecture at the School. See the catalogue below for a more detailed description of what is contained within the correspondence files. Files as follows: DIR/12/1/1: Correspondence, 1946 DIR/12/1/2: Correspondence, 1947 DIR/12/1/3: Correspondence, 1947-1948 DIR/12/1/4: Correspondence, 1948 DIR/12/1/5: Correspondence, 1949 DIR/12/1/6: Correspondence, 1950 DIR/12/1/7: Correspondence, 1951 DIR/12/1/8: Correspondence, 1952 DIR/12/1/9: Correspondence, 1953 DIR/12/1/10: Correspondence, 1954 DIR/12/1/11: Correspondence, 1955 DIR/12/1/12: Correspondence, 1956 DIR/12/1/13: Correspondence, 1957-1958 DIR/12/1/14: Correspondence, 1958-1959 DIR/12/1/15: Correspondence, 1959-1960 DIR/12/1/16: Correspondence, 1960-1961 DIR/12/1/17: Correspondence, 1961-1962 DIR/12/1/18: Correspondence, 1962-1963 DIR/12/1/19: Correspondence, 1963-1964 DIR/12/1/20: Later Correspondence, 1964-1971

Half length female figure with truncated arms and head.