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Glasgow School of Art: Architectural details

Free hand sketch showing the stonework and railings detail. "This detail is similar to one used in the Scotland Street School which helps to reduce the effects of the wall being a barrier between the building and the onlooker".

Platt, Christopher

Glasgow School of Art memoranda

Conrad McKenna’s memoranda from The Glasgow School of Art, correspondence and materials reflecting his experience as both a student and teacher at The Glasgow School of Art. Includes a combination of typed and hand written materials, photocopies, clippings and printed ephemera. Includes correspondence in English with: The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections, The Glasgow School of Art, The Staff Association (The Glasgow School of Art), The British Council, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Glasgow Museums & Art Galleries, Dante Alighieri Society (Glasgow), W. H. Emmett (Scotland) Limited. Correspondence generally relates to The Glasgow School of Art, regarding: Conrad McKenna’s time as a student and employee of GSA as a tutor in The Glasgow School of Art Evening School, the General Course (Department of Design) and First Year Course. Also include references for Conrad McKenna by Edward G. Powell, Douglas Percy Bliss and H. Jefferson Barnes; correspondence regarding Conrad McKenna’s print designs for Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow; correspondence regarding Conrad McKenna’s Travelling Scholarship; Conrad McKenna’s confirmation of Post Diploma study, with a hand written recommendation from Douglas Percy Bliss; and Conrad McKenna’s donation to The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections and includes a transcript of an interview conducted by Susannah Waters, Archivist at The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections, 3 May 2014.

McKenna, Conrad

Glasgow School of Art prospectuses

The prospectuses include lists of governors and staff, a brief history of the School, plans of the School, information on the organisation and administration of the School, the enrolment of students, courses, classes, lectures, fees, examinations, scholarships and bursaries, prizes, School clubs and lists of results, occupations of students and appointments.

The prospectuses frequently outline courses offered by GSA for the year, and so would have likely been published prior to this date so that prospective students could view relevant information and apply for the courses in advance.

The run is incomplete (missing years are: 1894-95, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1901-02, 1903-04, 1991-1994, 2012-2013). Prospectuses are kept in chronological order, bound in the following volumes: REG/1/1: 1893-1914 REG/1/2: 1914-1934 REG/1/3: 1934-1947 REG/1/4: 1947-1959 REG/1/5: 1959-1965 REG/1/6: 1965-1971

The Glasgow School of Art

Glasgow School of Art teaching notes

Conrad McKenna’s teaching notes during his various teaching roles at The Glasgow School of Art. Including a combination of typed materials, hand written notes, annotated diagrams and drawings by Conrad McKenna for delivery of the First Year Course including: course overview, course topics, exercises and talks. Materials outline and discuss: materials, processes, techniques, definitions and references relating to: printing, papers, typography, wood and metal work, pattern, drawing, colour, shape and volume, tone, communication, photography, design and design theory. The majority of the material is titled "First Year Course".

McKenna, Conrad

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Circulation & fire escapes

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing three isometric plans of the circulation and fire escapes from the second to first down to the basement floor, in scale 1:500, of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the second item on the left hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama. The fire escapes have been coloured with red to identify these from the other vertical circulations within the building. This sheet also includes the upper part of the enlarge section, in scale 1:20, which has been presented with the lower part of the third item on the left hand side of this whole panorama.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Cross section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing part of a cross section, in scale 1:50, from the right hand side of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached to the previous item to complete the elevation/section panorama. The enlarged scale allows the architect to create as much architectural details as this design stage presents the technical study. This drawing comes with no materials indicated, but the drawing is coloured.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Cross section

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing an enlarged cross section, in scale 1:20, of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. It includes the whole construction details for: pitched roof construction, internal ceiling to main hall, flat roof construction, external walls, cavity blockwork, typical internal wall finish, upper floor - upper lounge, ground floor - circulation area under gallery, and ground floor - hall floor. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the third item on the left hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Entrance elevation

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing part of the entrance elevation, in scale 1:50, from the left hand side of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached to the next item to complete the elevation/section panorama. The enlarged scale allows the architect to create as much architectural details within the entrance elevation as this design stage presents the technical study. This drawing comes with no materials indicated.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Roof structure, and warm air input & extract/structure

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing isometric section, in scale 1:20, of the roof structure of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. It includes the whole construction details for the central area of the hall's roof including the skylights. This sheet also shows the design of the heating system including the warm air input presented in red , and the extract air presenting in blue. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the fourth item on the right hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama. Note: the roof structure comes with scale 1:100, the correct and actual scale shown in this drawing is 1:20.

Platt, Christopher

Graduation hall for Strathclyde University: Upper lounge & Gallery corner

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing part of an enlarged plan, in scale 1:50, from the upper lounge and gallery corner of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University, where the cross section in the previous item has been taken. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the item on the right hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama. The enlarged scale allows the architect to create as much architectural details of the structural elements and construction system. This drawing comes with no materials indicated.
This sheet also includes the upper part of the enlarged section which will present the fifth item of the lower part on the left hand side of this whole panorama.

Platt, Christopher

Graphic designs for school magazines

Four printed graphic designs featuring school magazine covers, annotated "Coatbridge Secondary School Magazine" and "Airdrie Academy Magazine." The designs are attached to backing paper and two of them are dated 1937 and 1938. This work was used as teaching material in schools in Scotland, as marked the level of students "Fifth year."

Murphy, Gerard V

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside students and staff of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller in the centre of the image, alongside a group of sixteen males and one female in a studio. The man on the right end of the image seems to be an academic. The annotations show the text "MARR SCHULE. MUNICH ACADEMY April 1909", lists the names of some of the people in the photograph and is supported by a map placing them in the photograph.

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1909".

*Not available / given

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich

The item shows two different photographs. The first photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller smoking a pipe in the centre of the image, alongside a group of seventeen male and one female students. The annotations below the photograph inform it was taken at the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. The text reads "The Marrschule. Munich Akademie 1909. [...] as G.C. with halo hold by Baliut".

The second photograph features John R. Covert sitting in a rocket chair. The annotations on the left hand side show the text "John R. Covert. American faint abstract painter. In Munich 1910". The annotation on the right hand side show the text "Here he is – a malen. Oh see [...] he sits and [...]. He'll paint – perhaps. And perhaps? –".

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1909-10".

The reverse of the cardboard lists the names and background of the nineteen students in the first photograph. It is supported by a map placing the subjects in the photograph.

*Not available / given

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside three students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller in the centre back of the image alongside three other students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. The annotations below the photograph show the names "John R. Covert", "Oliver Smock", A Haswell Miller ("Glasgow-Muller"), and "Louis ("Consul") Miller". They also show the text "Vier Kunstakademiker. München 1909 - / John R. Covert / Oliver Smock / A Haswell Miller ("Glasgow-Muller") / Louis ("Consul") Miller. I [...] taken at a small fair in Munich Spring 1909. The screen represents the [...] of a Zeppelin airship the first of which had just visited Munich with great excitement."

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1909".

*Not available / given

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside three students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller in the centre back of the image alongside three other students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. The annotations below the photograph show the text "R. Covert" and "A Haswell Miller".

The reverse of the photograph shows the text "AEHM in Germany (Munich) as a student (about 21 yrs)".

*Not available / given

Group photograph of Haswell Miller alongside a group of students representing Rembrandt's 'Anatomy Lesson'

The photograph features a group of eleven male students. One of them is lying on an elevated flat surface with his core undressed, while the others gather around him.

The reverse of the photograph shows the text "E; J; C. Haswell doing a tableau of Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson at Glasgow School of Art (1903-4?)".

*Not available / given

G.S.A. Students' Association weekly publication 'BLANK' and variations

Pack including year long (1984-1985) editions of G.S.A. Student's Association hand out issues 1 - 30 (excluding issues 19,20 + 25), and a Christmas special with information about accessing benefits in the holidays. Initially, the publication is called 'BLANK' but this varies across issues.

Pack includes:

  • BLANK, issue no. 1, 03 Oct 1984 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 2, 10 Oct 1984 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 3, 17 Oct 1984 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 4, 24 Oct 1984 (3 copies)
  • PLANK, issue no. 5, 31 Oct 1984 (2 copies)
  • CLONK, issue no. 6, 07 Nov 1984 (3 copies)
  • SPANK, issue no. 7, 14 Nov 1984 (2 copies)
  • BLINK, issue no. 8, 28 Nov 1984 (1 copy)
  • FLUNK, issue no. 9, 06 Dec 1984 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 10, 13 Dec 1984 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, Christmas special, 1984-1985 (1 copy)
  • DRUNK, issue no. 11, 09 Jan 1985 (1 copy)
  • FREEG, issue no. 12, 16 Jan 1985 (1 copy)
  • EORGE, issue no. 13, [23 Jan 1985] (2 copies)
  • JACKS, issue no. 14, 30 Jan 1985 (3 copies)
  • ONNOW, issue no. 15, 06 Feb 1985 (4 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 16, 20 Feb 1985 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 17, 17 Feb 1985 (1 copy)
  • BLANK, issue no. 18, 6 Mar 1985 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 21, 17 Apr 1985 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 22, 24 Apr 1985 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 23, 01 May 1985 (1 copy)
  • BLANK, issue no. 24, 08 May 1985 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 26, 21 May 1985 (1 copy)
  • BLANK, issue no. 27, 29 May 1985 (1 copy)
  • BLANK, issue no. 28, 05 Jun 1985 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 29, 12 Jun 1985 (2 copies)
  • BLANK, issue no. 30, 18 June 1985 (1 copy)

The Glasgow School of Art Student Association

G.S.A. Students' Association weekly publication 'SPANK'

Collection of year long editions of GSA Students Association newsletter 'SPANK', mostly from 1985-1986, with some later issues dating from 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1991. A large quantity have neither issue no. nor exact date of publication. Organised chronologically.

Collection includes:

  • SPANK, issue no.1, [18] Sep 1985 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no.2, [25] Sep 1985 (including sheet summary of minutes from the last SRC meeting, 18 September 1985) (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no. 3 , [02] Oct 1985 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no. [5] , [16] Oct 1986 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no.6, [30] Oct 1985 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no..[7], [06] Nov 1985 (3 copies)
  • SPANK, issue no.8, [13] Nov 1985 (3 copies)
  • SPANK, issue no.9, 20 Nov 1985 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no.75, [15] Jan 1986 (3 copies)
  • SPANK, issue no. [ ] , [29] Jan 1986 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no. [ ] , [05] Feb 1986 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no. [ ] , [09] April 1986 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no. [ ] , May 1986 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no. [ ] , May 1986 (3 copies)
  • SPANK, issue no. [ ] , 15 Oct 1986 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no. [ ] , March 1987 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no. [ ] , May 1987 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no. [ ] , Feb 1988 (1 copy)
  • SPANK, issue no. [ ] , Oct 1990 (1 copy)
  • SPANK 10, Feb 1991 (1 copy)

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