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Student notebooks

Contains notebooks from Sylvia Chalmer's time as a student at the Glasgow School of Art:

Includes notebooks for:

  • "General Knowledge"
  • "History and Methods"
  • "Methods"
  • "History of Styles"
  • "Architecture"
  • "Miss Meek's Design Notes".

Notebooks include handwritten notes; illustrations clipped from magazines and newspapers; postcards; and hand-drawn pencil, ink & watercolour sketches and diagrams.

Chalmers, Sylvia

Student Finances and Expenses

Harry Barnes' papers relating to Student Finances such as Grants, Allowances, and Expenses. NB Most of 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. Folders as follows: DIR/13/7/3/1: Folder of papers relating to Student Allowances, 1961 (1 folder): Includes: Questionnaires filled out by students about their Allowances for a Scottish Education Department, Standing Advisory Committee on Grants to Students exercise. DIR/13/7/3/2: Folder labelled 'Student Grants', 1965-1966 (1 folder): Mostly documents estimating student expenditure on materials. Includes: Expenditure statement of the 'Matriculation Fund'; document: 'Scottish Education Department, Standing Advisory Committee on Grants to Students, Inquiry re Cost of Materials'; correspondence about the costs of student materials; correspondence about specific student grants; correspondence with the Scottish Education Council about their Standing Advisory Committee on Grants to Students; correspondence about Maintenance Grants; lists of the costs of instruments and materials for students, handwritten and typed; estimates of student expenses for different departments. DIR/13/7/3/3: Folder of papers about student expenditure, 1965-1969 (1 folder): Includes: Handwritten expenses for the DWT Cargill Hostel, Culzean Castle, 1967; handwritten expenses for the 'Wester Ross Survey'; typed expenses for the DWT Cargill Hostel, Culzean Castle 1967; correspondence with the Scottish Education Department about sums allocated for vacation courses and study visits; document: 'Estimate of Expenditure on Study Visits and Industrial Experience for Session 1967-68'; 'Scottish Central (Art) Institutions, Student Expenses'; list of the cost of instruments and materials for students, 1965; correspondence with the Scottish Education Department about 'Students' Allowance'. DIR/13/7/3/4: Papers Relating to the Glasgow Educational Trust, 1972 (1 folder): Includes references for Glasgow School of Art students applying to the Glasgow Educational Trust for study grants and bursaries and correspondence about student applications.

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Student Correspondence Files

Harry Barnes' alphabetical student correspondence files. Correspondence between Barnes and GSA students about topics such as: invitations to parties; references and reports; placements and internships; scholarships and prizes; student performance; commissions and projects; student accomodation; appeals; student allowances; and applications for further study. Correspondents include individuals such as John Byrne and Alasdair Gray. NB: These papers contain sensitive information and are therefore closed for 75 years in line with Data Protection Legislation. Folders as follows: DIR/13/7/7/1: Student Files, 'A-B', 1964-1980 DIR/13/7/7/2: Student Files, 'C-F', 1964-1980 DIR/13/7/7/3: Student Files, 'G', 1964-1980 DIR/13/7/7/4: Student Files, 'H-J', 1964-1980

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Structure and Constituton

Papers relating to the administration of the Glasgow School of Art and the constitution of its governing bodies. Folders as follows: DIR/13/2/1/1: Document titled 'The Administrative Organization of the Glasgow School of Art', by H Jefferson Barnes, Jan 1969 (1 document). Includes information about the Board of Governors, and its sub-committees. DIR/13/2/1/2: Folder titled 'New Constitution', 1970-1973 (1 folder). Includes papers and correspondence regarding the constitution of the Board of Governors, and the Scottish Education Department's views on appointing bodies.

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Strathclyde Theatre Group

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver in relation to performances of The Strathclyde Theatre Group. Most are annotated. Includes: 'The Golden City' performed in Glasgow Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, Melmoth and Everyman.

Oliver, George

Staff Timetables

Collections of Staff Timetables including weekly timetables for specific courses and sections, specific staff timetables and departmental timetables. Folders as follows: DIR/13/8/5/1: Folder labelled 'Mrs Bennet, Staff Timetables', 1966-1969 (1 folder) Includes: First Year General Course Timetable, 1968-1969; Second Year General Course Timetable, 1968-1969; Specific staff timetables from the Department of Modelling & Sculpture, 1966-1967 e.g. Mr Dobson, J Norman Martin, P Zunterstein, J Barr, M Allan; list of Visiting Day Staff, 1966-1967 with details of hourly rate and hours worked; collected staff timetables from all departments. DIR/13/8/5/2: Folder labelled 'Mrs M Bennet, Staff Timetables, 1968-1969' (1 folder): Includes: list of Visiting Day Staff, 1968-1969 with details of hourly rate and hours worked; and collected staff timetables from all departments.

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Staff Association

Harry Barnes' Papers relating to the Glasgow School of Art Staff Association. Papers include: Report of the Staff Association Nov 1973, including membership and finance information; correspondence about diploma assessment organisation; Staff Association News bulletins; minutes of meetings; financial and accounts information; agendas; correspondence between Harry Barnes and the Staff Association; Conditions of Service document; further Annual Reports of the Association; some minutes of a meeting of the Principals and Directors of Central (Art) Institutions of Scotland, including Staff Association Representatives; information sheets about the Staff Association; minutes of meetings of the Association of Lecturers in Scottish Central Institutions (ALSCI); information about the School and Staff Committee; report of a School inspection, May 1976, into Student Organisation and Welfare; Staff Association Newsletters; forms for the nomination of a Staff Association member to sit on the Board of Governors. Correspondence deals with topics such as: staff conditions and pay; staff events; and salary scales. Folders as follows: DIR/13/8/3/1: Papers relating to the Staff Association, 1967-1973 (1 folder). DIR/13/8/3/2: Papers relating to the Staff Association, 1970-1976 (1 folder).

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Staff and Departments

Harry Barnes' papers relating to Staff and Departments. Each folder tends to contain papers and correspondence about a few specific departments. Folders as follows: DIR/13/8/4/1: Folder labelled 'Staff & Departments', 1958-1971 (1 folder) Papers and correspondence with departmental staff and about departments. The majority of this folder refers to the Embroidery and Weaving Department. Correspondence is about subjects such as: Staff exhibitions; collaborations with industry including businesses such as Pringle, Mcinnes Textiles ltd, ICI Fibres, Liberty, Beadec Textile Printers Ltd, and Brown Brothers Gallashiels Ltd; the Diploma show private view; staff contracts; scholarships; staff research and travel leave; student projects including those from industry, organisations and businesses; Reports of visits to other Art Colleges; teaching posts and contracts; course content; prospectuses; some job application papers; course timetables; student visits; the Scottish Education Department; staff salaries; student placements; student and staff references; departmental equipment e.g. looms; papers about the 'Glasgow School of Art Former Students' Embroidery Association'; the Textile Council. DIR/13/8/4/2: Folder labelled 'Staff & Departments', 1964-1970 (1 folder): Papers and correspondence with departmental staff and about departments. Much of the correspondence in this folder is related to the Industrial Design Department and the Departments of Ceramics, Interior Design, and Silversmithing and Jewellery. Correspondence includes topics such as: Student competitions; visits to Departments; lectures for students; appointments to the staff; collaboration with industry and businesses such as: General Time limited, Shell Chemicals limited, The Scottish Design Centre; student projects with industry partners; conferences; correspondence with other Universities e.g. University of Technology, Loughborough; student visits to factories and businesses; visits to other ceramic departments e.g. the Edinburgh College of Art; the re-planning of the Ceramic Department of the Glasgow School of Art; equipment and machinery e.g. kilns and power tools; student competitions and prizes; departmental exhibitions; student and staff references; the Scottish Education Department; the School Prospectus; proposed timetables; some correspondence, in French, between J Leslie Auld, Silversmithing and Jewellery, and correspondents including Monsieur Calmette, President of Cartier (translations are provided); study visits for students; departmental accomodation; departmental commissions. Also includes papers such as: workshop regulations for Interior Design; a Report on a Visit to the LCC School of Silversmithing and Allied Trades by John Leslie Auld, 1965. Includes 13 black and white photographs. DIR/13/8/4/3: Folder labelled 'Staff & Departments, Honours Courses', 1964-1970 (1 folder): Papers and correspondence with departmental staff and about the departments of Textiles, Industrial Design, and Ceramics, related to Honours Courses. Correspondence includes topics such as: student visits; equipment and machinery; student placements in factories and businesses; collaborating with industry e.g. Pringle; student references; the Scottish Education Department; positions and appointments to the staff; correspondence with other Art Schools and Departments and visits; correspondence with the Textile Council; donations to departments from companies; exhibitions of student work; correspondence with industry to research techniques e.g. The Plasics Institute; student projects; staff retirements; competitions; health and safety; the purchase of materials by students; student examinations. DIR/13/8/4/4: Folder labelled 'Staff & Departments', 1964-1971 (1 folder): Papers and correspondence with departmental staff and the Heads of Departments. The majority of papers relate to School accounts, the post of Secretary and Treasurer 1969, the School of Architecture, the Department of Industrial Design, Saturday Morning Childrens' Classes, and the Department of Planning. Correspondence includes topics such as: the Scottish Education Department about Examination of Accounts; the School Accounts; the Decimilisation of the Glasgow School of Art Accounts; teachers' travelling expenses and conference fees; competitions and prizes; correspondence with the Glasgow Arts Centres; salaries; student debts; student fees; insurance arrangements; external examiners; student visits; collaboration between the School of Architecture and University of Glasgow departments; visits to the School from RIBA; staff references; classes for apprentice Carpet Designers; a conference for Carpet Designers; the Council of Industrial Design; a Carpet Design Exhibition; staff vacancies and appointments; the Saturday Morning Childrens' Classes; the Town Planning Institute; student projects; Department of Planning projects; staff/student statistics; links with the University of Glasgow in terms of Planning; staff regrading. Also includes papers relating to: the post of The Secretary and Treasurer of the Glasgow School of Art; the Chair of Architecture at the University of Glasgow; Outline of Courses in Town and Country Planning at the Glasgow School of Art; draft application forms for 'Admission to full time training in Planning'; papers from Ian Morrison about his commencing at the Art School as a staff member, the General Course and other matters. DIR/13/8/4/5: Folder labelled 'Staff & Departments, 1966-1970' (1 folder): Papers and correspondence with departmental staff and about the departments of Silversmithing & Jewellery, Embroidery and Weaving, Printmaking, Graphic Design, and the School of Design. Correspondence includes topics such as: enrolment figures; the duties of the Head of the School of Design; section meetings; visits to the Diploma Show; agendas for staff meetings; lectures from visiting professionals; appointments to teaching posts; departmental supplies; exhibitions; staff timetables; student and staff references; equipment; job advertisments; regrading of staff; student scholarships and travel abroad; student placements; student projects; student visits to factories; guest lectures; competitions; Notice of congratulations to Gordon Huntly for winning the competition to design the Robert Burns Anniversary Stamp, 1965; departmental libraries; orders to the Graphic Design Department for School stationery and prospectuses; commissions for departments; student membership of the 'Society of Industrial Artists'; Glasgow College of Printing, information about College Diploma in Graphic Communications; student Summer projects for the Department of Graphic Design; donations of equipment; papers about a Glasgow School of Art Christmas Card competition, 1967; papers about Graphic Design Research Projects; staff salaries; papers about the addition of Photography to the Graphic Design Department. DIR/13/8/4/6: Folder labelled 'Staff & Departments', 1966-1970 (1 folder): Papers and correspondence with departmental staff and about departments. The majority of this folder refers to the Department of Sculpture. Correspondence includes topics such as: appointments to the staff; collaborations with industry; research visits; staff and student references; commissions; equipment and orders; post-diploma studies; diploma show arrangements; assessments and assessors reports; student visits to factories; Government scholarships; Culzean Hostel; the moving of the departments of Sculpture and Pottery; regradings; staff meetings; advertisments for posts within the Sculpture Department.

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St Patrick's Cemetery, Bearsden

Correspondence and press cuttings relating to the project, with reference to cemeteries at Lambhill; St Peter's, Bearsden; includes newspaper cuttings from the Glasgow Herald with article entitled 'The Inspiration of the Necropolis' (dated 22 Jul 1949).

Gillespie, Kidd and Coia

SMT Ads

Folder containing various published illustrations for Scottish Motor Traction (SMT) by Cordelia Oliver. Various sizes. Black and white and colour. Includes illustrations for: trips to the theatre, Blackpool Illuminations, continental tours and Scottish tours.

Oliver, Cordelia

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