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All that remains of MacManus' correspondence is two letters written to him by Charles Heath Wilson in 1846 while the latter was an Inspector at Somerset House, London.

Volume 3 contains 37 images. The images are mainly portraits but also include some scenes of Edinburgh and St Andrews. Some of the portraits within the collection are of Hill and Adamson themselves and members of their families. This collection is unfortunately too fragile for users to handle, however the material has been fully digitized and is available to view online both via this catalogue and on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsalib/sets/72157623414969565/

Volume 5 contains 50 images. The images are mainly portraits but also include some scenes of Edinburgh and St Andrews. Some of the portraits within the collection are of Hill and Adamson themselves and members of their families. This collection is unfortunately too fragile for users to handle, however the material has been fully digitized and is available to view online both via this catalogue and on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsalib/sets/72157623414969565/

Volume 1 contains 46 images. The images are mainly portraits but also include some scenes of Edinburgh and St Andrews. Some of the portraits within the collection are of Hill and Adamson themselves and members of their families. This collection is unfortunately too fragile for users to handle, however the material has been fully digitized and is available to view online both via this catalogue and on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsalib/sets/72157623414969565/

Volume 2 contains 44 images. The images are mainly portraits but also include some scenes of Edinburgh and St Andrews. Some of the portraits within the collection are of Hill and Adamson themselves and members of their families. This collection is unfortunately too fragile for users to handle, however the material has been fully digitized and is available to view online both via this catalogue and on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsalib/sets/72157623414969565/

Volume 4 contains 29 images. The images are mainly portraits but also include some scenes of Edinburgh and St Andrews. Some of the portraits within the collection are of Hill and Adamson themselves and members of their families. This collection is unfortunately too fragile for users to handle, however the material has been fully digitized and is available to view online both via this catalogue and on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsalib/sets/72157623414969565/

7 loose photographs. The images are mainly portraits but also include some scenes of Edinburgh and St Andrews. Some of the portraits within the collection are of Hill and Adamson themselves and members of their families. This collection is unfortunately too fragile for users to handle, however the material has been fully digitized and is available to view online both via this catalogue and on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsalib/sets/72157623414969565/

Only four items of the working papers of Charles Heath Wilson survive.

8 prints from book by Moyr Smith.

Letter to Greenlees from James MacClure & Son.

Includes a Haldane medal awarded to Hugh Biggar.

Includes:

• correspondence sent by Thomas Simmonds, July - December 1885
• correspondence received by Thomas Simmonds July - December 1885
• correspondence from Glasgow School of Art to the Derby School of Art, September - October 1885
• correspondence from the Derby School of Art to Glasgow School of Art, October 1885
• Mr. Simmonds' cash book, 1881-1885.

All the correspondence listed here occurred after Simmonds left the Glasgow School of Art. The major correspondent is the School Secretary, Edward Catterns, and all the letters from him to Simmonds are the draft or copy letters kept by the school office. Other correspondence includes the letters between Catterns and the Derby School of Art regarding the situation with Simmonds.

Contains marriage, birth, and baptismal certificates, as well as other family papers.

Educational certificates of Robert C. Lockhart and sons.

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.

Watercolour sketches and bookplate relating to Violet McGlashan.

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 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.

Collection of various London Sketch Club invites.

Collection of invites to private views of F. Carruthers Gould's works.

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.

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

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

Contains student work completed at Edinburgh Academy by James Lovat Hosack Fraser, brother of Kenneth Murray Fraser.

Papers and photographs from the war years.

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.

A variety of architectural drawings and studies completed by Mary Ramsay. These items are dated to her time as a student at The Glasgow School of Art, between the years 1915-1917, and bear labels details her teachers from this period. Most items are pencil on paper, with a few further studies in paint.

The Palette, Glasgow School of Art Annual, including articles by staff and students, colour plates and advertisements. Includes the following issues: Vol.1, No.1 - Dec 1919 (1 copy); Jun 1920 (2 copies); 1922 (3 copies).

The Henderson papers consist of one file of miscellaneous material including correspondence 1911-1922, five letters written by Fra Newbery to Henderson between 1918 and 1923, reports 1922-1923 and papers relating to art education in secondary schools 1917-1924.

A variety of life drawings and portraits completed by Mary Ramsay. Some of these items are dated to her time as a student at The Glasgow School of Art. Most items are pencil on paper, with a few further studies in paint.

This series includes one item by Jessie Wilson, another student of The Glasgow School of Art, with whom Mary Ramsay and Margaret Macdonald started a pottery decorating business at The Studio, Strathyre, in 1926.

A variety of illustrations and designs completed by Mary Ramsay. Most of these items are undated, though one bears a label referring to Ramsay's studies during the 1915-1916 session at The Glasgow School of Art. These items include pencil and paint on paper.

Life drawings and sketches created by Dorothy Doddrell.

Photographic portraits of Mackintosh and associated individuals.

Variety of designs created by Dorothy Doddrell.

Variety of works created by Dorothy Doddrell relating to the Rolls of Honour of The Glasgow School of Art, Busby Parish Church, and Stevenson Memorial Church.

Drawings and plans related to the project.

A variety of letter received by Archibald Haswell Miller. One of this letters dates to his time as a student at the Glasgow School of Art, whereas the others date to his time as a lecturer at the same institution.

Collection of papers relating to Kath Whyte's time at Loreto Convent in Darjeeling, India which includes personal correspondence between Kath and her family; ephemera relating to school events, including a school performance by Kath; photographs of Loreto Convent; and a friendship book.

A variety of designs completed by Archibald Haswell Miller, including book covers, commercial artworks, and religious designs. Some of these items are dated to his time as a lecturer at The Glasgow School of Art.

The postcard collection consists of images of buildings and artworks, with postcards dating between c1900 and the present. Many of the more modern postcards from the 1970s onwards within the collection are produced by the Glasgow School of Art and depict student work. The postcard collection also includes images used as teaching aids. These images date from the 19th-20th Century and include images of Renaissance architecture, the works of Glasgow Boy George Henry, Moorish architecture, Roman architecture, Egyptian architecture, Irish architecture, British architecture and European Architecture.Many images are stamped "Haldane Academy".

This series contains lantern slides showing images used at The Glasgow School of Art for a wide range of teaching purposes, including European and Asian art history, costumes, ethnography, anatomy, animals, lettering and illumination, typography and architecture. The lantern slides are in the format of an English lantern slide (82 x 82 mm and 85 x 100 mm). The series also contains glass plate negatives showing images of Glasgow School of Art student work, predominantly architecture and sculpture. However there are also negatives showing stage costumes, leatherwork, textiles design, ceramics and silversmithing. This series also contains a small amount of private photographs of staff and students as well as images of GSA's Mackintosh Building. The negatives are in various formats, most of them are an English Non Standard (Half Plate 122 x 167 mm) and a Daguerreotype Traditional (Quarter Plate, 84 x110 mm). A considerable amount of the glass plate negatives contain images for teaching purposes, mainly reproductions from GSA library books ("Fragments Antiques", "A History of Greek Art", "A History of Art in Ancient Egypt"). Their size is an Daguerreotype Traditional (Quarter Plate, 84 x110 mm). The organisation and numbering of the material reflects a previous cataloguing scheme: P4/1-2896: Lantern Slides P4/10/01-10/43 and P4/11/74-79: Glass Plate Negatives of students work, staff, students and Mackintosh Building P4/11/1/254 -589 and 11/01/01-63: Glass Plate Negatives used for teaching purposes

Correspondence relating to Glasgow School of Art staff, 1930; folder of speeches, seating plans, lists of diplomas awarded and arrangements for diploma awarding ceremonies, 1927-1928, 1930; and correspondence with other educational institutions including Jordanhill College, the Educational Institute of Scotland and the Royal Technical College in Glasgow, 1930-1932.

Includes:

• graphic designs
• watercolours
• architectural drawings
• sketches.