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Publications published by NDS on how to do various embroidered activities.
Contains copies of Bulletins 7B-28B, 29-39. All comprise of 2 copies other than 16B, 26B, and 38, which only contain 1 version.

Publication published by NDS on how to sew various textile activities.
Contains copies of Bulletins 1-6B, 8A, 9A, 13A-15A, 17A-28A. All comprise of 2 copies other than 8A, 13A, and 15A, which only contain one version.

Includes correspondence received and sent relating to: the acquisition of textile specimens; J & P Coats Ltd regarding funding of the Scheme; financing the scheme and payment of needlework teachers; meetings concerning the Needlework Development in Scotland scheme between the Scottish Art colleges; minutes for meetings of the NDS permanent committee; draft statement of aims of the NDS and format of the scheme.

Includes correspondence received and sent relating to: committee meetings; personnel; J & P Coats Ltd regarding finance; J & P Coats Ltd regarding the acquisition of foreign works; Edinburgh College of Art regarding marking and numbering of items within the collection; Minutes of the NDS permanent committee; Statements of expenditure on the collection; Embroidery exhibition of February 1935.

Includes correspondence received and sent relating to: finishing of work, transport and expenses of institutions involved in the scheme; exhibitions, purchasing and work and rotation of works between locations; recruitment of judges for an embroidery exhibition to be held by the Handicraft section of the Scottish Women's Rural Institutes at which the NDS awarded a prize; minutes of NDS permanent committee; statements of expenditure, Nov 1935-Nov 1936.

Includes correspondence received and sent relating to: Scottish Women's Rural Institute exhibition; minutes of NDS permanent committee; meeting arrangements; exhibiting work at the Empire Exhibition, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow.

Correspondence relating to the loan of Needlework Development in Scotland materials to schools and societies. Correspondents include: County Council of Dumbarton Education Committee 1938-1939; Corporation of Glasgow 1938-1939; County Council of the County of Lanark 1938-1939; Glasgow High School for Girls 1939; National Union of Townswomen's Guilds, Kensington, London 1940; The Scottish Townswomen, Glasgow 1938.

Statements of success of Needlework in Scotland scheme 1935-1941; minutes of NDS permanent committee 1939; correspondence between committee members rearding winding-up of the scheme 1939-1941; statements of NDS expenditure 1934-1938.

Publications published by NDS. Contains copies of Book No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Includes:

• Needlework Development Scheme: An account of its origins and aims
• Designing from Traditional Embroideries (Needlework Development Series)
• More Embroidery Stitches (Needlework Development Series Book No. 2)
• Embroidery Stitches by Iris Hills and Joan Whayman (Needlework Development Series No. 3)

A series of four branded packets containing bulletins from the series of NDS publications.