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Mixed correspondence, papers and reports about courses, departments, assessments, visits, and other Art Colleges. Includes: circular letter to Staff about the removal of casts from their correct rooms, 1953; The Silk Centre, 'Second Report of the Education Committee'; correspondence with C d'O Pilkington Jackson, about a visit to the Art School and a 'Proposal for the Reorganisation of the Teaching into a Professional Diploma', 1954; Paper- 'Proposal for the State Patronage of the Visual Arts'; correspondence from LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts outlining entry requirements, courses, fees, etc., paper titled 'Visit to English Schools of Art, 28th April to 8th May [1952]'; correspondence from James Stewart; correspondence from Kathleen Whyte; correspondence from Peter Osborne; correspondence from Mario M Rossi; correspondence from J Smillie; correspondence from Winneba Training College about a proposed Bliss visit; correspondence and suggested syllabus for students at Ross Hall (Interior Design); copies of Reyner Banham's 'The Bauhaus Gospel', Joseph Rykwet's 'The Dark Side of the Bauhaus', and Peter Lloyd-Jones' 'The Fallacy of Basic Design'; correspondence outlining requirements for photographic exhibition of Scottish architecture; note on Architectural Assessors and the difficulty of getting someone to cover all four schools; report on session 1952-53; correspondence detailing problems with kiln and impact on students' work; note on 'Development of the Textile Department'; notes on departments' apparatus and equipment estimates (1953-54); correspondence from Jade Fleming about visits to Art Schools and reports; questionnaire and results for 'Art Schools and the Training of Craftsmen'; memorandum titled 'State of the Crafts in Scotland'; notes on 'Proposals for the Development of the Textile Department'; correspondence from R W Baker (Royal College of Art, School of Ceramics); notes on General Course; Diploma results (1911-1947); Diploma Adjudications: report on Architecture (1952, by Donald E E Gibson); Design & Crafts Adjudications (1952, report by Edward Bawden); Adjudication of Diplomas in Commercial and Graphic Art (1952, report by Cosmo Clark); Diploma Adjudications (1952, report on Design & Crafts by Grace Lovat Fraser); Diploma Adjudications (1952, reports on Drawing & Painting by Henry Lamb); Diploma Adjudications (1952, report on Sculpture by Siegfried Charoux); note on 'A Suggested Scheme for a System of Inter-Cooperation Between the Four Art School Libraries in Scotland'; Diploma Adjudication Reports, 1959 for: Commercial and Graphic Art (Mischa Black), Sculpture (Gilbert Ledward), Drawing and Painting (Ruskin Spear), Design and Crafts (Marianne Straub), Design and Crafts (FHX Henrion).

Papers and Report of the Working Party on the Curriculum of Senior Secondary School. Handwritten report by Robert K Simpson, notes, and correspondence with the Scottish Art Teachers' Association.

Papers relating to the Scottish Certificate of Education and other papers relating to training in Art. Includes: Minutes of Scottish Certificate of Education, Advanced Grade Art Committee meetings; programme for 'The Industrial Designer' conference; report on 'Comparison of Advanced Art Requirements in England'; draft exam paper for History & Appreciation of Art & Architecture (Advanced); report from Council of Industrial Design, Scottish Committee on problem of training of designers acceptable to industry.

Papers, minutes, reports and correspondence relating to the training of Art Teachers. Including: correspondence relating to provisions for the training of art teachers in both Scotland and England, and occasional difficulties of students trained in Scotland being accepted for work in England; Prospectus for Birmingham College of Art and Crafts, School for Training Art Teachers, 1955-1956; notes about Leicester College of Art's School of Teacher Training; the 'Scheme and Procedure of the Clearning House for Graduate Art Teacher Training Centres', Jan 1961; correspondence with the Graduate Art Teacher Training Centres Clearing House; correspondence to the Burnham Committees; information about Glasgow School of Art Endowments and Prizes; 'Report on Measures to Improve the Supply of Teachers in Scotland', by the Scottish Education Department, 1959; correspondence with the Scottish Education Department about the subject; 'Report on Proposed Changes in the Art Examinations and in the Length of the Diploma Course', The Ministry of Education National Advisory Committee on Art Examinations, 1957; Statutory Instrument No 1634, 'The Teachers (Training Authorities) (Scotland) Regulations', 1958; reports and minutes of meetings of the Joint Council for Scottish Central (Art) Institutions, 1958-1959.

Itineraries, reports and correspondence about the visits of Mr Bliss and Mr Armour to the English Provincial Schools of Art and to London Schools, 28 Apr 1952 to 08 May 1952.