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Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland Folder
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Accounts

Includes:

  • GSAA/SEC/30/1/4/1 Workbook titled 'The Tryst Cash Accounts', Jan 1915.
  • GSAA/SEC/30/1/4/2 Calculations regarding the income and expenditure of the events held at the Belgium Tryst, Feb 1915.
  • GSAA/SEC/30/1/4/3  Typed list of the funds raised by the 'Belgian Market' stall at the Belgium Tryst, Feb 1915.
  • GSAA/SEC/30/1/4/4   List of funds raised through sales, subscriptions and admissions for the first day of the Belgium Tryst, Feb 1915.
  • GSAA/SEC/30/1/4/5 List of funds raised through sales, subscriptions and admissions for the second day of the Belgium Tryst, Feb 1915.
  • GSAA/SEC/30/1/4/6 Current account pass book for the Belgium Tryst, c1915.

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Activities Week

Activities Week

Harry Barnes' papers relating to Activities Week at the Glasgow School of Art. Papers are mostly about the invitation of interesting speakers from the Arts sector to speak to students at Activities Week but also include other organisational papers. Activities Week began in 1971 with a circular letter to staff dated 04 Feb 1971 reading: "Arising out of a decision taken at a School Council meeting, a Committee of staff and students have prepared a programme of Activities which it is hoped will act as a stimulus to both staff and students midway through the Session" (within folder: DIR/13/13/5/4). Folders as follows: DIR/13/13/3/1: Activities Week Papers, 1971-1972 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence about the Chairman's Lunch; correspondence thanking participants following Activities Week events; draft timetables and programmes; correspondence about visiting, travel and board arrangements for speakers at Activities Week including: David Hockney, Kenneth Grange, Magnus Pyke, J McGrath, and Eduardo Paolozzi; programme from the 'Dunstable Consort', a musical group providing a concert at Activities Week 1971-1972. DIR/13/13/3/2: Activities Week Papers, 1972-1973 (1 folder): Includes: Papers of the 'Action Group' for Activities Week e.g. notes of meetings; correspondence with invited speakers about matters such as travel and board arrangements, and thanks for participation, including the speakers: Peter Blake, Professor Reyner Banham, G M Shaw, John Gretton, Brian Ansen, Robert Mansley; copy of the published Activities Week 1973 programme; Activities Week work schedule providing details of what is required for each event; Activities week list of lunch invitations; correspondence with official bodies about aspects of Activities Week e.g. permission for the release of balloons; draft programmes for Activities Week; copy of printed magazine 'The Lifetime of my Bumpy Days' produced for Activities Week; list of names of those on the Action Group Committee; correspondence with School staff members and others involved in the organisation of Activities Week thanking them for their efforts; programme for a symposium on 20 Feb 1973 with the title 'Glasgow + or -'; document 'Outline Proposals for Symposium'; correspondence with speakers at the Symposium; correspondence about a display of Town and Country Planning artistic posters for Activities Week; correspondence about the organisation of an Activities Week Ceilidh; pressclipping about John Berger adding funds to the Booker Prize; notes about Activities Week costs. DIR/13/13/3/3: Activities Week Papers, 1973-1974 (1 folder): Includes: Draft programmes; correspondence about arrangements, travel and board for Activities Week speakers e.g. Michael Gold, Graham Caine, Bruce Haggart, Colin Moorcraft, Lutz Becker, Richard Smith, Chris Orr, Emilio Coia, Peter Cook, Ron Herron, Martin Dalby, L A Bawden, Andy Park; correspondence about insurance for a Richard Smith Exhibition; Activities Week Group Meeting minutes; financial estimates for Activities Week; biography notes about Richard Smith. DIR/13/13/3/4: Activities Week Papers, 1974-1976 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence regarding the Student Representative Council, meetings to discuss Activities Week and student/staff communication; informational memoranda about Activities Week 1976; Activities Week meetings minutes; notices of Activities Week meetings; correspondence with the Scottish Arts Council about Activities Week; correspondence with official bodies such as Strathclyde Police, Council, and the City of Glasgow Parks Department about activities on Sauchiehall Street for Activities Week 1976; updates on Activities Week progress; correspondence with Radio Clyde about Activities Week events; correspondence with school staff in various departments about contributions to Activities Week; correspondence about a change in dates for Activities Week 1976; papers about a Lute Concert in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre; correspondence with invited speakers/participants including: Patrick Heron, Geoffrey McNab from Scottish Ballet, Victor Papanek, John Foreman, John Young, Rigby Graham, Paul Findlay, Derick Jarman; copy of a printed programme for Activities Week 1975; draft programmes for Activities Week; correspondence with the Corporation of Glasgow Planning Department about a poster display; papers about a Norman Adams Exhibition; notes regarding possible speakers for Activities Week; draft programmes for Activities Week 1974; lunch invitations 1974.

Administrative paperwork

Administrative paperwork relating to the publication of Facet 1 by Glasgow School of Art in 1968. Consists of: correspondence, including responses to specimen copies of Facet, requests for copies, and letters from the Facet editorial board concerning specimen copies and the donation of printing blocks; invoices and order forms, mostly from various school boards and educational establishments in central Scotland; names of subcribers, inlcuding list of those who have paid, are receiving complimentary copies and sales records; list of Facet staff, brief minutes from several meetings, notes on printing and publication and outline of the next issue, Facet 2.

Administrative paperwork

Administrative paperwork relating to the publication of Facet 2 by Glasgow School of Art in June 1969. Consists of: correspondence, inlcuding a letter from The Arts Club of Chicago granting reproduction permission to use a photograph of 'Red Petals' by Alexander Calder, a letter from Pringle of Scotland concerning as request by Facet for 500 extra pulls of a Pringle print page, and an invitation to the 'Sehen' exhibition at GSA; list of illustrations for an article titled 'Movement in Sculpure' by David K. Dobson and an article titled 'Industrial Patronage at Glasgow School of Art'; notes on a Facet 3 including ideas for articles, contributors and staff.

Animal prints

Collection of various animal prints including sheep, cows, horses, dogs, and deer with focus on different parts of the anatomy (full body, heads, horns, hoofs, tails, etc). Many prints with French labels. Some prints signed by Robert Hills (1769-1844).

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Annual Report Papers

Papers and draft documents for the Annual Reporting Process, and information about Diploma shows. Includes: Reports to the Governors for the Session 1955/56, Governors' Report (July 1957), Report by the Governors for Session 1956/57, Draft report by the Director on the Work of the Session 1961/62, Report by the Governors for Session 1960/61, Report by the Director on the Work of the Session 1960/1961, Annual Report 1955, and correspondence and notices relating to Diploma Shows.

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Application Correspondence

1 folder of correspondence between Harry Barnes and individuals applying for a staff position at the Glasgow School of Art. NB these papers contain sensitive information about individuals and will be closed for 75 years from the date of the material, in line with Data Protection legislation. They are therefore unavailable to researchers.

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Architectural prints

Includes two copies of architectural sketches for an early English doorway, entrance to Chapter House, Glasgow Cathedral. Sketch is dated 28 January 1903, supplement to The Builder's Journal and Architectural Record, measured and drawn by Charles Forsyth. Also includes collection of architectural lithograph prints, sketches, and watercolours of various locations including Paris, Rome, Cairo, and throughout the UK, some by E. Hildebrandt. Two have a stamp on corner of work, "Department of Science and Art, Specimen presented to schools". Also includes coloured prints of various rooms in the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. Views include halls, courtyard, indoor garden, holy vestibule, throne room. Labelled in Russian and French, some include English labels written in pencil. Also includes collection of printed architectural plans and designs including two ordinance surveys of Garnethill and City Centre/Sauchiehall St., three copies of a poster of "100 Years of British Architecture" by The Observer, a floor plan of the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow, a poster of "James Caldwell & Co. Abbotsford Stained Glassworks" designs, and three small architectural sketches/plans/designs of Grey Friars Church in Edinburgh, Chartres Cathedral in France, and Candlish Memorial Church in Glasgow.

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Architecture

Harry Barnes' papers regarding the Glasgow School of Art Department of Architecture, the Glasgow School of Architecture, and relationships between the Glasgow School of Art and the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. Papers include correspondence with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), correspondence and agreements with the University of Glasgow and their Architecture lecturers, correspondence with the University of Strathclyde about the teaching of Architecture, and papers of the Joint Board of Studies for B Arch degree. Folders as follows: DIR/13/4/1/1: Folder labelled 'Joint Committee on the Glasgow School of Architecture', 1961-1968 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with the University of Glasgow about the Committee; Constitution of the Committee, 1919; agendas and minutes of meetings of the Committee; Glasgow School of Architecture, award of Diplomas, Certificates and Prizes for session 1963-1964; correspondence with the University of Strathclyde about the Committee; and draft statements about the Glasgow School of Architecture. DIR/13/4/1/2: Folder labelled 'Glasgow School of Architecture, Constitution and History', 1962-1964 (1 folder): Includes: Document headed 'The University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art, Some probable points of contact and common interest', 1964; and document titled 'Glasgow School of Architecture, Constitution and History (exclusive of town planning)', 1962. DIR/13/4/1/3: Folder labelled 'School of Architecture & University of Strathclyde', 1964 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with the University of Strathclyde about the School of Architecture and regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of Architecture. DIR/13/4/1/4: Papers about the Department of Architecture at the Glasgow School of Art, 1964-1967 (1 folder): Includes: A circular statement to staff and students of the Department of Architecture about the future of the department, 1967; correspondence with the Glasgow Institute of Architects; discussion about courses for staff; requirements for entry to the part-time course in Architecture; proposals for the development of the departments of Architecture and Planning; correspondence with the SED about a meeting with the University of Glasgow; a 'Statement on Architecture, Glasgow School of Art', 1965; copies of press cuttings about the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); correspondence with RIBA about the teaching of Architecture; copy of document 'The University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art, Some probable points of contact and common interest'; Extract from an address given by Professor Smith on the Glasgow School of Architecture, in 1954; a case for the Schools of Architecture in Glasgow; Statements, nos 1-4, by the Department of Architecture and Planning for the Governors and Director, 1964. DIR/13/4/1/5: Folder labelled 'School of Architecture & University of Glasgow', 1964-1968 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with the University of Glasgow regarding the School of Architecture; proposals for Architecture courses; minutes of the Joint Meeting with Representatives of the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Glasgow; notes about meetings between the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art; reasons for establishing full time courses in Architecture in the Glasgow School of Art; correspondence with the Glasgow Institute of Architects about the Glasgow School of Architecture; correspondence with Councillor John D Kelly; paper 'A New School of Architecture in Glasgow'; 'Some Draft Proposals for Setting up a New School of Architecture'. DIR/13/4/1/6: Folder labelled 'RIBA', 1964-1972 (1 folder): Correspondence and papers relating to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Including: correspondence; reports; note on RIBA and Recognition; reports of student awards; papers about RIBA visits to the School of Architecture; papers about RIBA Research Awards; correspondence about examination papers; Reports of RIBA visits, Oct 1968 and Nov 1966. DIR/13/4/1/7: Folder labelled 'Dept of Architecture Correspondence with RIBA', 1965-1966 (1 folder): Correspondence regarding visits, meetings and RIBA policies. Also correspondence with the University of Glasgow about RIBA. DIR/13/4/1/8: Folder labelled 'Architecture Correspondence with University of Glasgow', 1965-1967 (1 folder): Correspondence regarding proposals, reports, the Glasgow Institute of Architects, RIBA visits, meetings, staff salaries, etc. DIR/13/4/1/9: Folder labelled 'Proposals for Department of Architecture & Planning', 1965-1968 (1 folder): Proposal documents: 'Proposals for the Development of the Departments of Architecture and Planning', 29 Nov 1965; 'Recognition of Architectural Courses at the Glasgow School of Art, Department of Architecture, by the RIBA', 09 Mar 1967; 'Some general proposals regarding the type of Degree Course in Architecture to be established by the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art', 1968. DIR/13/4/1/10: Folder labelled 'Architecture', 1965-1971 (1 folder) Includes: Report on the Glasgow School of Art Department of Architecture, by Keppie, Henderson & Partners, Oct 1968; correspondence and papers about RIBA Visiting Board; correspondence about External Examiners; papers and correspondence about the Annual Assessment of the Department of Architecture; correspondence about Architecture Prizes; Report of apparatus and material purchased; Annual Requisitions of Apparatus and Equipment, 1971; correspondence about Department requisitions and finances. DIR/13/4/1/11: Report: 'School of Architecture, Department of Architecture and Planning, Glasgow School of Art, Visiting Board RIBA, 19-20 May 1966' (1 folder): 234 page report by RIBA about all aspects of the Department of Architecture and Planning at the Glasgow School of Art. DIR/13/4/1/12: Folder labelled 'Architecture & Planning Course', 1966 (1 folder): Includes: Suggested syllabus for Department of Architecture & Planning; correspondence with the University of Glasgow; copies of University of Glasgow information sheet on Graduate Courses in Town and Regional Planning; notes on collaboration with the University of Glasgow; content of planning courses; brochure for University of Manchester, Design Procedure in Architectural Practice, Apr 1966; correspondence about meetings of the Department of Architecture & Planning; 'Outline Suggestions for Study', for Landscape Architecture. DIR/13/4/1/13: Folder labelled 'RIBA Visiting Board, 19-20 May 1966', 1966-1968 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence and papers about the RIBA Visit to the Glasgow School of Art, 1966; correspondence about the associations between the Glasgow School of Art and The Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde; a report 'Recognition of Architectural Courses at the Glasgow School of Art Department of Architecture by the RIBA'; papers recording 'Discussions with staff and RIBA resulting from changes in Post Intermediate Recognition by RIBA, negotiations with RIBA to postpone this from Jun 1966 to Jun 1967, and negotiations with Staff regarding future procedure and publication of exam results etc'; copies of the Report of the RIBA Visiting Board on its visits to the Glasgow School of Art 19-20 May 1966. DIR/13/4/1/14: Folder of material relating to the Joint Board for the Degree of B Arch, 1966-1970 (1 folder): Includes: agendas, minutes, and papers of meetings of the Board; report to the Senate of the University of Glasgow; correspondence about the Board; notes on the Architectural Course; The Mackintosh School of Architecture, Curriculum of the Degree Course; minutes of meetings of the Committee on Architecture; Action Programme for Course Planning Committee; notes for an Ad Hoc Committee for Architecture; draft of Staff establishment for the Mackintosh School of Architecture; memoranda about the Department of Architecture; copy of document 'A New School of Architecture in Glasgow'; document 'Some general proposals regarding the type of Degree Course in Architecture to be established by the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art'; letters for the School of Art Board of Governors; correspondence with the University of Glasgow about the Chair of Architecture, etc. DIR/13/4/1/15: Folder labelled 'GSA Department of Architecture Link with University of Glasgow Meeting', 1967 (1 folder): Papers regarding the meeting between University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art 02 May 1967. Includes minutes, correspondence, and papers about the meeting. Also includes correspondence with the Scottish Eduction Department about a joint School of Architecture and correspondence with the University of Strathclyde. DIR/13/4/1/16: Folder labelled 'Chair of Architecture', 1967-1969 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence, applications, CVs, and papers relating to the position of Chair of Architecture at the University of Glasgow. NB Contains sensitive material so will be closed for 75 years. DIR/13/4/1/17: Folder of papers relating to the Department of Architecture at Glasgow School of Art, 1967-1970 (1 folder): Mainly correspondence between D S R Waugh, Head of the Department of Architecture, and Barnes about various aspects of Architecture courses. Includes: document 'The Glasgow School of Art, Department of Architecture, Points for Retention of Part-Time Studies'; correspondence about apprenticeships; correspondence about staff leaving; correspondence about students and student admissions to the course; itineraries for the Department of Architecture visits e.g. Reima Pietilae, Apr 1969; correspondence and papers about examinations and results; lists of prize winners in School Architectural prizes; correspondence about the School Library and the needs of Architecture; papers relating to student statistics; copies of minutes of Academic Board meetings for the Department of Architecture; correspondence and papers about significant changes in the entry system, curriculum, and administration of the part-time course in the Department of Architecture. DIR/13/4/1/18: Folder of papers relating to the Department of Architecture at Glasgow School of Art, 1967-1971 (1 folder): Includes: correspondence about RIBA; draft document about the Mackintosh School of Architecture, 1970; notes about the GIA Newsletter; 'some general proposals regarding the type of Degree Course in Architecture to be established by the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art'; correspondence about Culzean Hostel; copy of a newspeper clipping from the Sunday Times about the Future of Art; copy of a RIBA Journal article about Education and architecture, 1970; Timetables for Mackintosh School of Architecture courses, 1970-1971; correspondence about life drawing for Architecture students; draft timetables for Architecture Courses; correspondence about entry requirements; papers about external examinations; confidential discussion paper about Image and Public Relations; paper: 'RIBA Board of Education, The Concentration of Courses'; correspondence with the University of Glasgow about the appointment of Architectural Staff; correspondence about a brochure for the School of Architecture; draft papers for the Mackintosh School of Architecture brochure; meetings papers for a School of Architecture meeting; correspondence about a RIBA Urban Design Diploma; copy of the Glasgow School of Art Students' Association revised constitution. DIR/13/4/1/19: Folder labelled 'Degree Course Architecture', 1969-1970 (1 folder): Papers relating to the Mackintosh School of Architecture. Includes: Copy of the Curriculum of the Degree Course of the Mackintosh School of Architecture; copy of the brochure for the Mackintosh School of Architecture; copy of a hand-drawn plan for the layout of the Mackintosh School of Architecture brochure. DIR/13/4/1/20: Papers relating to the Department of Architecture/Mackintosh School of Architecture, 1969-1972 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence with the Scottish Education Department regarding the development of the Architectural Building at the Glasgow School of Art and relationship with the University of Glasgow;correspondence with Keppie, Henderson & Partners about the School of Architecture building; correspondence about appointments to the staff of the Mackintosh School of Architecture and other staffing issues; correspondence and meetings notes regarding RIBA examinations; document: 'Mackintosh School of Architecture: An Outline Structure for Post-graduate Studies'; correspondence about the examination marking procedure; draft document: 'Proposals for the revision of Diploma Courses and the introduction of Associateship Courses'; correspondence regarding Associateship Courses; papers regarding the revision of existing courses and the introduction of new courses. DIR/13/4/1/21: Folder of papers relating to staffing of the Architecture Department, 1970 (1 folder): Papers and correspondence relating to interviews for filling staff positions at the Mackintosh School of Architecture (closed for Data Protection) DIR/13/4/1/22: Folder of papers relating to the Department of Architecture, 1970-1972 (1 folder): Includes: Correspondence about the death of John Harold Westgath Voelcker, Professor of Architecture, University of Glasgow; correspondence about a visit of John McHale to the Art School; correspondence about external examiners; correspondence about the John Keppie Scholarship in Architecture; memorandum about the duties of the Professor of Architecture of the University of Glasgow; information about Professor John Voelcker; Background to the Mackintosh School of Architecture; notes on a brochure for the Mackintosh School of Architecture; correspondence with the University of Glasgow about various aspects of the School of Architecture. DIR/13/4/1/23: Papers relating to the Departments of Architecture and Planning, 1970-1973 (1 folder): Mainly papers and minutes for the Joint Board for the Degree of B Arch. Includes: Memorandum about the 'Discontinuation of Urban Rural Industrial Context on a Fixed Year Basis'; project paper for the Mackintosh School of Architecture; copies of papers, agendas, minutes and Reports for the Joint Board for the Degree of B Arch; admission statistics for B Arch; Proposed Degree in Planning, Draft Regulations; correspondence with the University of Glasgow; memo about the Mackintosh School of Architecture Diploma Course. DIR/13/4/1/24: Folder labelled 'Report to RIBA, 1973' (1 folder): Report prepared for the visit of RIBA to the Glasgow School of Art, 15-16 Nov 1973.

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Architecture Papers

2 folders of papers about the study of Architecture. Folders as follows: DIR/12/2/25/1: Architecture and Planning Papers, 1960-1964. Includes correspondence relating to Town Planning course; a part-time course in Architecture; notes on annual assessment of Certificate Course and Post-Certificate Course in Architecture; report on Architectural Education in Glasgow; note on RIBA prizes and studentships; note on students selected to proceed with final drawings for Soane Medallion; other records of RIBA prize winners including J B Browne, William M Dunlop, and Graeme M Morland from Glasgow School of Art; notes on structures of Architecture courses; list of 'buildings of architectural and historic interest in the City of Edinburgh'; resignation letter from John D Kelly (Chairman of GSA Governors); note on Dept of Architecture & Planning accommodation and requirements; notes on award of Diplomas and Prizes; correspondence from Keppie, Henderson & Partners re. proposed mezzanine floor of Assembly Hall. DIR/12/2/25/2: Architecture and the Governors of GSA, 1964 Includes: Agenda for meeting of Chairman's Committee, 01 May 1964; excerpts from minutes of Extraordinary Meeting of Governors on state of architectural education in Glasgow (with accompanying report) 25 Mar 1964; and report on 'Proposed Courses in Architecture in the School of Art, Present and Future Carricula'.

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