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Sketches and illustrations for product promotion, catalogues, flyers and advertisements.

Sketches carried out during Glasgow School of Art summer schools abroad in Florence and Norway.

Contains notebooks, scrapbooks, a sketchbook and student work from John Walter Lindsay's time at The Glasgow School of Art.

One bound sketchbook and one set of loose pages from a sketchbook.

Sketchbooks from James Cosgrove's time as a student at the Glasgow School of Art, as a member of staff of the Glasgow School of Art, and as a Director of the House for an Art Lover. Also includes travel journals and sketchbooks documenting trips to Mexico, the United States of America, the Highlands of Scotland, London, Paris and Amsterdam.

Sketchbook created throughout Christopher Platt's study at The Mackintosh School of Architecture covering different buildings, locations, and landscape.

Scrapbook containing material collected throughout Christopher Platt's study at The Mackintosh School of Architecture. Contents include different articles, photos, and subjects from different magazines and other sources.

Loose material grouped together under the title "Scopebook", including material relating to several buildings from different places and date periods. Some are related to the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The book contains orders for work and materials. Details recorded include date, order number, note of work/materials ordered, by whom ordered, cost.

Contains photocopied press cuttings of reviews for Liz Arthur's book 'Robert Stewart : Design 1946 - 95' and the associated exhibition.

Contains photocopies of press cuttings regarding Robert Stewart and his works with some handwritten annotations by Liz Arthur, photocopies of printed illustrations of Robert Stewart's works, photocopies of Robert Stewart's correspondence and correspondence regarding Robert Stewart.

Contains colour photographs as well as colour and black & white reproductions of Robert Stewart's works from 1946 to 1986, along with Liz Arthur's notes on these works. Files correspond to chapters in the book 'Robert Stewart : Design 1946 - 95'.

A series of facsimile armchairs were commissioned by GSA between 2003 and 2005 to replace the original armchairs (from 1904 and 1906) that remained in situ and in daily use within the Director's Room and Board Room of Glasgow School of Art.

Various reports relating to the Glasgow School of Art departments, schools and courses. (Excluding the published Annual Reports and Accounts that are listed at GOV/1). Includes: GOV/9/1: Reports of Deputations appointed to visit other art and craft institutions, 1893-1906 GOV/9/2: Interviews with Department, 1901-1923 GOV/9/3: Audit Reports, 1996-1998

Papers and documents pertaining to reports, reviews, and quality assessments of the Glasgow School of Art and its Courses. Glasgow School of Art undertakes both internal and external reporting and review processes regularly to ensure the quality of teaching. This is a requirement of the Scottish Funding Council and has long been a requirement of the organisations that fund the School of Art. As part of the internal Annual Reporting Process, departments were asked to submit Course Reports for the academic year just passed, and in some years, Academic Plans for the years ahead. In some years the Course Reports, Academic Plans, and External Examiner's Reports were used in the creation of the Report to the Senate of the University of Glasgow. The Report to Senate includes: Overview of the Session; Annual Course Monitoring Reports; Response to External Examiners' Comments; and Student Statistics. These files also include draft reports, meeting notes, and files of correspondence and papers relating to the reports. Reports over 30 years old are available for public consultation. Permission from the board of governors is needed for access to those which are less than 30 years old. Reporting and Review papers as follows: AC/5/1: Reports to the Senate of the University of Glasgow, 1998-2012 AC/5/2: Annual Course Reports, 1991-2000 AC/5/3: Academic Plans, 1992-2000 AC/5/4: External Examiners' Reports, 1979-2001 AC/5/5: Responses to External Examiners' Reports, 1993-2000 AC/5/6: Annual Course Reporting Correspondence and Working Papers, 1987-2000 AC/5/7: Course Reviews, c1980-2000 AC/5/8: Quinquennial Reviews, 1978-2000 AC/5/9: Institutional Reviews, 1980-2010 AC/5/10: CNAA papers, 1971-1990 AC/5/11: Quality Audit and Assessment Papers, 1991-1997 AC/5/12: Strategic Change Initiative, 1998 AC/5/13: Research Assessment Exercise, 1999 AC/5/14: Appendices for a Review, 1995

Log of attendance at Board of Governors meetings. Details recorded are name of governor, date of appointment to governing board, details of death/resignation/retirement etc., and record of attendance. Volumes: GOV/3/1: 1943-1946 GOV/3/2: 1946-1982 GOV/3/3: 1982-1991

Register of Interests of the Board of Governors. Forms record information such as: employment; holding an office or directorship; honoraria payments; contracts with Glasgow School of Art; ownership of significant land or building interests; shares and securities; and non-financial interests such as membership of public bodies, Trade Unions, or clubs and societies. GOV/15/1: Folder contains a code of conduct for Governors and returned 'Register of Interests' forms completed by the members of the Board of Governors, 2006-2009

The collection consists of correspondence and other materials relating to the exhibition and includes: a draft of the preliminary application form to participate in the exhibition, including the names of exhibitors and their works, 1900; correspondence from The London Exhibition Co Limited inviting Glasgow School of Art to participate in the exhibition, including a prospectus and uncompleted contributor's form, 5 Mar 1900; letter to Fra Newbery from The London Exhibition Company on the insurance of the exhibits, 20 Apr 1900, letter to Glasgow School of Art from the Curator, Applied Art Section enquiring after the value of the exhibits, 22 Jun 1900; letter from The London Exhibitions Company to Glasgow School of Art from the Secretary of the Applied Arts Section, enclosing receipts for the exhibits accepted (receipts attached), 6 Jun 1900.

This material relates to the School's involvement in the Turin Exhibition. Material includes: correspondence relating to the exhibition, transport of items and insurance, as well as lists and descriptions of the items exhibited at the exhibition, which included works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald, Frances Macdonald, Herbert MacNair and Jessie King. There is also a copy of Relazione della Giuria Internazionale, an account of each country's participation in the exhibition written in Italian.

Material includes: typescript list of 1012 items exhibited with descriptions and their purchasers when appropriate, 1916; photographs of individual items exhibited, 1916; financial records relating to the opening ceremony, 1916; printed stationery made for the exhibition, 1916; minutes of the Needlework Exhibition Committee, Oct 1915-Apr 1916; folder of papers relating to the organisation of the Exhibition including stationery, correspondence and a speech/forwarding address by Fra Newbery, 1915-1916.

The material in this collection relates to the Glasgow School of Art's participation in the Glasgow International Exhibition of 1901. The surviving records relate to the women's section of the exhibition and the bookbinding stall that was run by the School. Fra Newbery was Director at the time and there is some correspondence to him concerning the event.

This material relates to Glasgow School of Art's participation in the Exhibition of Modern Furniture, Budapest, 1902, and comprises of: a printed circular concerning the exhibition, 1902; a letter from the secretary of the exhibition concerning the exhibition's postponement to September, with covering letter from H. Thomas Lyon stating that Fra Newbery has requested the circulars, 1902; and a list of articles sent to the exhibition including sale prices, 15 Apr 1902.

This material relates to the Glasgow School of Art's participation in the Cork International Exhibition, 1902. It comprises of: lists of exhibits, 1902; three letters between Fra Newbery and the Cork International Festival Women's Section concerning display cases for the exhibits, 1902; a circular from the Cork International Festival concerning carriage, packing and insurance of exhibits and a list of the School expenses, 1902.

This material relates to the Glasgow School of Art's participation in the Brussels Exhibition in 1910. It comprises of: a list of artists, titles of paintings, insurance values and sale prices of works sent to the exhibition, including works by Fra Newbery, EA Hornel and EA Walton, 1910; correspondence received by Fra Newbery concerning the insurance of works sent to the exhibition, 1910; insurance quotes sent to Fra Newbery from Fine Art & General Insurance Co Ltd and North British Mercantile Insurance, 1910; and receipts for transport of items to Brussels and picture framing, 1910-1911.

Includes accounts, correspondence, floor plans and ephemera relating to the Belgium Tryst, 1914-1915.

Includes materials relating to the publication of Facet magazine by Glasgow School of Art between 1968 and 1969. Includes administrative paperwork, drafts and photographs.

Contains John Walter Lindsay's recollections of staff & fellow students at the school during his time at the GSA (photocopies on loose leaf paper). Makes mention of Campbell Mackie, Alan Walton, Mr. 'Willie' Letham, Henry Y. Allison, John Cunningham, Danny Ferguson, Alix Dick, Mr. 'Fanny' Adams, Sir Harry Jefferson Barnes, Tom Howarth, Robbie Macindoe, Harry McLean, Marion McDougall, Lesley Taylor, Harry Swan, Freida Ewart (Scott), Jean Parlett, Olga Maxwell, W. Scobie, Avril Gibb, Margaret Taylor, Joyce Peterkin, Jimmy Stewart, Kelvin McEvoy, Jack Notman, Jean Parlett, Edgar R. I. Allen, Connie Gibb, Sylvia Charmers, Ian Hepburn, Maureen Roxburgh. Contains illustrations and a copy of a newspaper clipping.

This material consists of small publications such as exhibition catalogues, magazines and event programmes which relate to GSA's activities and alumni.

Includes magazine and newspaper articles publicising the Archives and Collections at The Glasgow School of Art.

The publications of the Needlework Development Scheme were central to its aims. The two bulletins, "And So to Sew" and "And So to Embroider" published three times a year, were issued free until 1958 until demand led to a charge being levied for orders of over 24 copies. At its height in the 1950s, the scheme spent the current equivalent (2003) of £1 million printing the bulletin and distributing it primarily to school girls as well as other interested parties. Other publications featured accounts of the Scheme's development along with images of selected needleworks or focused on particular themes within the collection, such as Swedish needlework.

A collection of publications featuring work by George or Cordelia Oliver, some of which is collaborative. Includes: art catalogues and magazines.

A collection of exhibition catalogues (many of which William Drummond Bone features in), leaflets and exhibition invitations. Also included is a folder containing a print of a design he was commissioned for, for a leaflet about Broughty Ferry, Dundee.

4 publications about the career and work of Dugald Cameron.

Five magazines produced by the students and staff of the Department of Printed Textiles containing illustrations and photographs of the students' work.

Records relating to the properties and premises of the Glasgow School of Art. The majority of these records relate to the construction of the Mackintosh Building: the premises of the Glasgow School of Art on Renfrew Street. The erection of the Mackintosh building is well documented, and the records cover all aspects of the creation of the building from early financial records from 1883 to receipts for fittings in 1912. The records of the Mackintosh Building are divided into ten sub-series (GOV/5/1-GOV/5/9): GOV/5/1: Building Committee Papers, 1896-1910 GOV/5/2: Financial Records, 1883-1912 GOV/5/3: Subscriptions and the Building Fund, 1894-1910 GOV/5/4: The Architectural Competition, 1896-1897 GOV/5/5: Contracts, Agreements and Tenders, 1897-1907 GOV/5/6: Estimates and Specifications, 1897-1912 GOV/5/7: Receipts, 1897-1912 GOV/5/8: Plans and Outsize Material, c1909-1918 GOV/5/9: Miscellaneous, 1897-1914 GOV/5/10: The property records also include those relating to the Glasgow School of Art Extension Scheme between 1926-1934 and these can be found at GOV/5/10. GOV/5/11: The earliest property records for the Glasgow School of Art are those relating to the Ingram Street property, dating from 1845-1869, and can be found at GOV/5/11 as a later addition to the finding aid. GOV/5/12: Copies of Dispositions, 2003

Material created for Project 5, First Year which relates to the design of a study bedroom including the analysis sheets of the required data for the heating, lighting, and ventilation and the technical information for the functions: writing, reading, sketching, watching TV, listening to radio, entertaining, sleeping, and washing. In addition, the project includes the tracing papers for all the design criteria and space requirements.

Material created for Project 4, First Year which relates to the analysis of selected objects, a new idea for uninhabited building, photograph analysis.

Material created for Project 3, First Year which relates to the history and design of The Glasgow School of Art building. Six Drawing and presentation sheets of architectural floor plans, elevations, and details.

Material created for Project 2, First Year which relates to the study of the historical buildings, in particular the Greek Temple.

Material created for Project 1, First Year including Site Analysis and buildings' facades for selected locations, one from global and the other from Glasgow Area. 6 Drawing sheets of architectural elements and details.

Folder containing one programme for "A centenary exhibition to celebrate the founding of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists in 1882".

Photographs relating to the professional design work of C A Wallace Shaw.

Product design prototypes completed as projects for various courses in the graphics department. Inludes a BBC language guide, retail packaging, and a Transport Museum Guide which was degree show work.

Product catalogues and flyers for companies such as McDonalds Ltd, Watt Brothers and Whitney's Ltd, featuring fashion illustrations by Garcia Hunter.

A selection of printed textiles created during Fraser Taylor's time as a student at the RCA.

5 printed textiles, including printed lengths, a square scarf and a sample fashion textile.