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Papers of the Board of Governors of the Glasgow School of Art. Includes: GOV/1: Annual reports, 1847-2016 GOV/2: Minutes, 1854-2017 GOV/3: Registers of attendance, 1943-1991 GOV/4: Foundational and Legal Documents, 1842-1999 GOV/5: Property Records, 1845-1949 GOV/6: School Committee and Finance Committee requirements book, 1899-1911 GOV/7: Inventories and Insurances, 1844-1976 GOV/8: Planning Documents, 1988-2001 GOV/9: Reporting Documents, 1893-2000 GOV/10: Correspondence and Working Papers, 1854-1932 GOV/11: Bursaries, Grants and Prize Funds, 1883-1993 GOV/12: Sub-Committees of the Board of Governors, 1987-2017 GOV/13: Other Committees, 1984-2017 GOV/14: Board of Governors Biographies, c2001-2003 GOV/15: Register of Interests, 2006-2009 GOV/16: Register of Directors, 1922-2002 Access Restrictions: Most records which are over 30 years old are available for public consultation. Records which are less than 30 years old can be accessed with the permission of the head of the relevant department of the school. Records containing sensitive information about individuals have been collected into separate folders that will be closed for 75 years, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Records relating to the properties and premises of the Glasgow School of Art. The majority of these records relate to the construction of the Mackintosh Building: the premises of the Glasgow School of Art on Renfrew Street. The erection of the Mackintosh building is well documented, and the records cover all aspects of the creation of the building from early financial records from 1883 to receipts for fittings in 1912. The records of the Mackintosh Building are divided into ten sub-series (GOV/5/1-GOV/5/9): GOV/5/1: Building Committee Papers, 1896-1910 GOV/5/2: Financial Records, 1883-1912 GOV/5/3: Subscriptions and the Building Fund, 1894-1910 GOV/5/4: The Architectural Competition, 1896-1897 GOV/5/5: Contracts, Agreements and Tenders, 1897-1907 GOV/5/6: Estimates and Specifications, 1897-1912 GOV/5/7: Receipts, 1897-1912 GOV/5/8: Plans and Outsize Material, c1909-1918 GOV/5/9: Miscellaneous, 1897-1914 GOV/5/10: The property records also include those relating to the Glasgow School of Art Extension Scheme between 1926-1934 and these can be found at GOV/5/10. GOV/5/11: The earliest property records for the Glasgow School of Art are those relating to the Ingram Street property, dating from 1845-1869, and can be found at GOV/5/11 as a later addition to the finding aid. GOV/5/12: Copies of Dispositions, 2003

Records relating to the Glasgow School of Art's first properties on Ingram Street: GOV/5/11/1: Copy Offer letter from the Union Bank of Scotland to sell the Ingram Street property, on the corner of Ingram Street and Montrose Street, to the Glasgow School of Art for £3,500, 1845 GOV/5/11/2: Letter from Thomas Binnie and William McCall, surveyors, to the Glasgow School of Art about a valuation of the Ingram Street property at £3,870, 31 Jan 1861 GOV/5/11/3: Mutual Discharge by The Union Bank of Scotland and The Glasgow School of Design, 1869

Building fund cash books, ledgers, statements, balance sheets, abstracts, miscellaneous accounts, receipts 1883-1912, banking papers 1897-1911. GOV/5/2/1: Building Fund Cash Book [with enclosures], 1883-1905 GOV/5/2/2: Building Fund Cash Book & Capital Expenditure A/C [with enclosures], c1906-1912 GOV/5/2/3: Building Fund Ledger [with enclosures], 1883-1902 GOV/5/2/4: Building Fund Ledger & Capital Expenditure A/C, 1907-1912 GOV/5/2/5: Building Fund Contracts Ledger, 1907-1909 GOV/5/2/6: Building Fund Statements, Balance Sheets Abstracts [7 pieces], 1897-1899 GOV/5/2/7: Building Fund Abstract of Income & Expenditure [2 pieces], 1900 GOV/5/2/8: Building Fund Statement, Abstract & Balance [3 pieces], 1901 GOV/5/2/9: Building Fund Statement, Abstract & Balance [2 pieces], 1902 GOV/5/2/10: Building Fund Charges A/C, 1897-1901 GOV/5/2/11: Building Fund Statement for Estimates per Minute of 7 Oct 1897, not dated GOV/5/2/12: Building Fund Receipts & Expenditure of Balance Sheet, Nov 1906-Oct 1910 GOV/5/2/13: Building Fund Statement [working papers], Dec 1908 GOV/5/2/14: Building Fund Statement of Accounts, Apr 1910 GOV/5/2/15: Building Fund Abstract of Vouchers, Oct 1910 GOV/5/2/16: Formal Opening A/C [incl. opening acc. for 1899], 1899 & 1909 GOV/5/2/17: Formal Opening A/C [working papers], 1909 GOV/5/2/18: Architect's Statement of Accounts paid, [incl. letter from J Keppie, d. 15 Jan 1900], not dated GOV/5/2/19: Union Bank of Scotland Bank Statements, 2 Mar 1898 GOV/5/2/20: as above, 1900 GOV/5/2/21: Union Bank of Scotland Current Account Book, 1897-1901 GOV/5/2/22: Union Bank of Scotland Current Account Book, 1901-1903 GOV/5/2/23: as above, 1907-1910 GOV/5/2/24: Union Bank of Scotland Capital Expenditure Account, 1910-1911

Items in The Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh collection include: furniture, watercolours, drawings, architectural drawings, design drawings, sketchbooks, metalwork and photographs.

Mackintosh studied evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art between 1883-1894, winning numerous student prizes and competitions including the prestigious Alexander Thomson Travelling Studentship in 1890. Mackintosh and his contemporaries also produced four volumes of a publication called "The Magazine" during their time as students, which included examples of their writing and artworks. GSA Archives and Collections hold Mackintosh's Italian Sketchbook, as well as all four volumes of The Magazine, all of which can be browsed on our catalogue.

The majority of Mackintosh's three-dimensional work was created with the help of a small number of patrons within a short period of intense activity between 1896 and 1910. Francis Newbery was headmaster of The Glasgow School of Art during this time and was supportive of Mackintosh's ultimately successful bid to design a new art school building in 1896 - his most prestigious undertaking. For Miss Kate Cranston he designed a series of Glasgow tearoom interiors and for the businessmen William Davidson and Walter Blackie, he was commissioned to design large private houses, 'Windyhill' in Kilmacolm and 'The Hill House' in Helensburgh. In Europe, the originality of Mackintosh's style was quickly appreciated and in 1900 he was invited to participate at the 8th Vienna Secession.

In 1902 Mackintosh was invited to participate at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in Turin and later at exhibitions in Moscow and Berlin. Despite this success Mackintosh's work met with considerable indifference at home. Few private clients were sufficiently sympathetic to want his 'total design' of house and interior and he was incapable of compromise.

By 1914 Mackintosh had despaired of ever receiving true recognition in Glasgow and together with his wife Margaret Macdonald he moved, temporarily, to Walberswick on the Suffolk Coastline (in England), where he painted many fine flower studies in watercolour. In 1915 the Mackintoshes settled in London and for the next few years Mackintosh attempted to resume practice as an architect and designer. The designs he produced at this time for textiles, for the 'Dug-out' Tea Room in Glasgow and the dramatic interiors for 78 Derngate in Northampton, England show him working in a bold new style of decoration, using primary colours and geometric motifs.

In 1923 the Mackintoshes left London for the South of France, finally living in Port Vendres where Mackintosh gave up all thoughts of architecture and design and devoted himself entirely to painting landscapes. He died in London, of cancer, on 10 December 1928.

The majority of Mackintosh's design work, (including furniture and metalwork), architectural drawings, textile designs and watercolours are in the possession of three public collections - The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Museums, and the Hunterian Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow - although significant (individual) pieces can be found in museums across the UK and Europe, North America and Japan. However, some of Mackintosh's most important, symbolist watercolours from the early to mid-1890s are to be found in the collection of The Glasgow School of Art.

The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections hold a large number of items by Mackintosh, giving us one of the largest collections of his work held in public ownership. The collection is one of 50 Recognised Collections of National Significance to Scotland. We continue to investigate new routes of engagement for the collection. For example, our Mac(k)cessibility project in conjunction with GSA’s School of Simulation and Visualisation explores digital display and loans of our Mackintosh furniture. Find out more about the Mac(k)cessibility project here.

This sketchbook consists of 81 pages of sketches made by Charles Rennie Mackintosh during his trip to Italy in 1891 funded by his Greek Thomson travelling scholarship prize money. The subjects he sketched are mainly architectural, with the one he felt to be most impressive being labelled 'A Caution'. Each sketch is labelled with the name of the city or town in which it was sketched. In 1890 Mackintosh won the Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Travelling Scholarship with a design for a public hall, which enabled him to take an extensive tour abroad from February to July 1891. He left Glasgow for London on 21 March 1891, sailing from Tilbury on the Thames on 27 March and arriving in Naples on 5 April. He then visited Palermo in Sicily, Rome, Orvieto, Siena, Florence, Pisa, Pistoia, Bologna, Ravenna, Ferrara, Venice, Padua, and Vicenza, arriving in Verona on 10 June 1891. The Sketchbook contains drawings from the later part of Mackintosh's tour, from 10th June, with sketches, mostly of architectural and sculptural details, beginning with Verona. It covers Verona (11-14 June); Mantua (14 June); Cremona (14-15 June); Brescia (16 June); Bergamo (17 June); Lecco (18 June); Cadenabbia and Lake Como (19-25 June); Como (26-27 June); Milan (28 June-6 July); Pavia (7 July-?); Certosa di Pavia (probably several days around 12 July); Paris and Chateau d'Ecouen (late July?); Antwerp (late July? - briefly visited on his return journey). It also contains several pages of designs for the Glasgow Art Club (1892-3) and the Glasgow Herald Building (1893-5). The drawings themselves are almost all pencil sketches, some of which are now quite faint.

Letters relating to acquisition of site 1894-1896, records relating to fundraising 1899-1910. GOV/5/3/1: Correspondence with the Bellahouston Bequest Fund re: the site on Renfrew Street and funding, Oct 1894-Jun 1896 GOV/5/3/2: List of subscriptions to the Building Fund, not dated GOV/5/3/3: Letters from subscribers, incl. Bellahouston Fund, SED & J. Keppie, 1901 GOV/5/3/4: Subscriptions received to Building Fund Bundle of letters, nos. 1-45, 1906-1907 GOV/5/3/5: as above., nos. 46-68, 1906-1907 GOV/5/3/6: as above., nos. 69-94, 1906-1907 GOV/5/3/7: Building Fund Bank receipts [bundle] 1899, 1907-1910 GOV/5/3/8: List of subscriptions for the first portion of the building [2 copies], not dated GOV/5/3/9: List of subscriptions for the completion of the building [2 copies], Jun 1907 GOV/5/3/10: Letters refusing subscription [5 items], Jan-Apr 1907 GOV/5/3/11: Notebook - School Extension Fund - lists of subscriptions received and list of deposit receipts, 1906-1910 GOV/5/3/12: Receipts of Deposit and Notices of Loans for money placed in the Glasgow Corporation Loans Fund [14 items], 1907-1909 GOV/5/3/13: Fund-raising Pamphlet for the completion of the School building [4 copies], not dated [c1907] GOV/5/3/14: Miscellaneous papers re: fund-raising [3 items], not dated

Includes:

• Conditions of competition, 1896
• plan of proposed new school, 1896
• list of architects, 1896
• correspondence with architects, 1896
• report relating to the design produced by the architects, Honeyman and Keppie, whose author is probably Charles Rennie Mackintosh and related correspondence, 1896
• measurer's report, 1897
• GOV/5/4/1: Conditions of the Competition of Architects for the Proposed new School of Art [3 copies, inc. Sec.'s], Jun 1896
• GOV/5/4/2: Plan and sections of site for proposed new school [4 copies, inc. Sec.'s and Headmaster's], Jun 1896
• GOV/5/4/3: Proposed list of architects, not dated
• GOV/5/4/4: Letter from Campbell, Douglas and Morrison Architects re: cannot take part in competition, 23 Jul 1896
• GOV/5/4/5: Petition from architects re: the Competition [plus copy], 24 Jul 1896
• GOV/5/4/6: Reply by Governors to architects, 12 Aug 1896
• GOV/5/4/7: Letter from architects asking for modification to conditions, 17 Aug 1896
• GOV/5/4/8: Letter from Mr I. L. Watson, Architect, re: the conditions,  20 Aug 1896
• GOV/5/4/9: Letter to architects amending conditions, 27 Aug 1896
• GOV/5/4/10: Architect's Design for Glasgow School of Art, with a description and schedule of its contents, [On cover, an ink drawing of 3 wishbones on tracing paper, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh], 1896
• GOV/5/4/11: Letter to Directors from James King and Renny Watson choosing the design marked by the "crossed bones", 7 Dec 1896
• GOV/5/4/12: Letter from Colonel Festing, D.S.A re: his choice of design, 17 Dec 1896
• GOV/5/4/13: Measurer's report by Robert Scott as to estimated cost of the chosen design, 11 Jan 1897

Building Committee minutes 1896-1899, 1907-1910, Extension Committee minutes 1906-1907, correspondence and papers 1897-1911. GOV/5/1/1: GSA Building Committee Minute Book May, 1896-Dec 1899 GOV/5/1/2:  Report of the Building Committee (copy) [original in Minute Book - 5/1/1], 07 Oct 1897 GOV/5/1/3: GSA Building Committee - Extensions & Alterations Minute Book 1 (with index), Oct 1906 - May 1908 GOV/5/1/4: GSA Building Committee - Extensions & Alterations Minute Book 2 (with index), Jun 1908 - Oct 1910 GOV/5/1/5: Letter Book - Correspondence between GSA, Building Committee and the Architects, 1905-1910 GOV/5/1/6: Bundle of papers - includes notes on statements of accounts, grant matters, SED correspondence, Form 114 returns and general correspondence about the building, 1906-1910 GOV/5/1/7: Bundle of papers - as above, 1906-1910 GOV/5/1/8: Bundle of papers - as above, 1907-1911 GOV/5/1/9: Misc. correspondence to Newbery & Building Cttee. re: the new building, Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh scrap notes on fittings, etc., 1908-1909 GOV/5/1/10: Letter from Honeyman & Keppie re: Clause 21 of the Conditions and the architect's fee [with scrap note from Building Cttee. re: Clause 21], 21 Apr 1897 GOV/5/1/11: Misc. corresp. from Honeyman & Keppie to the Building Committee - (a) Electric lighting, 22 Nov 1898 (b) Contracting of Mr Sayers, the electrician, [incl. letter from Building Cttee. agreeing to appointment], 29 Nov 1898 (c) Location and design of the Technical Studios, 10 Apr 1899 (d) Brackets on the windows - costs, 5 May 1899 (e) Request for payment, 06 May 1899 GOV/5/1/12: Misc. corresp. from Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh to the Building Cttee. & Newbery - (a) Note of fees [cf. 5/1/3, p.333], 5 Jun 1906 (b) Regarding outstanding account, 19 Oct 1906 (c) Acknowledgement of cheque & contribution of balance remaining, 20 Dec 1906 (d) List of offers for various contracts, 8 Oct 1908 (e) Addressing problems: air ducts, sound-proofing floors, etc., 12 Nov 1908 (f) Declaration that architects will not be responsible for any accident if there is dancing on the ground or first floors, 25 Nov 1908 (g) Referring to 5/1/12 (f) and dancing at GSA, 26 Nov 1908 (h) Discs & Lamps, 27 Nov 1908 (i) Heating arrangements, 27 Nov 1908 (j) Modelling Rooms & travelling crane, 19 Aug 1909 (k) Elevator (with figures), 9 May 1909 (l) Letter accompanying statement of charges, 24 Jul 1909 (m) Heating for the library, 29 Nov 1909 (n) Heating arrangements, 20 Jan 1910 (o) Heating arrangements, 24 Jan 1910 (p) Heating report, 19 Feb 1910 (q) Heating, 10 Mar 1910 (r) Fittings, incl. Catalogue Stand in the Library, 21 Mar 1910 (s) Cases, 23 Mar 1910

Estimates for works, specifications of works, tenders, reports on tenders, related correspondence, 1897-1912. GOV/5/6/1: Estimate No.1 for mason work, by Robert Scott & Son (no. 3419), 1897 GOV/5/6/2: Estimate - proposed extensions & alterations by Robert Scott & Son - Masonry, etc. works, 1907 GOV/5/6/3: Estimate - extensions & alterations by Robert Scott & Son - Heating & Ventilation apparatus (no. 5216), 1908 GOV/5/6/4: Estimate No. 1 - mason work - accepted by J. Kirkwood (no. 3419) [Cref. 5/7/121], 1897 GOV/5/6/5: Report on tenders for the several works, 17 Sep 1897 GOV/5/6/6: Copy letter from Robert Scott to Honeyman & Keppie re: cost of excavations, 22 Sep 1906 GOV/5/6/7 File - Tradesmen's Estimates [c122 items] , 1896-1904 GOV/5/6/8: Letter from Keppie with two estimates re: blinds for windows [3 items], 31 Aug 1899 GOV/5/6/9: Estimate by G. Smith, Slater & Plasterer re: holes under the eaves,  6 Sep 1906 GOV/5/6/10: List of offers for alteration & extensions of GSA (for mason & carpenter work only), not dated GOV/5/6/11: Report on tenders for alterations and extensions, 1907 GOV/5/6/12: Memo on lowest tenders showing provisional sums allowed and extra costs of Arbroath stone over concrete for steps and supplementary offers and fees [2 copies], 1907 GOV/5/6/13: Specifications and schedules for electric power and lighting: (a) Summary of offers for electric lighting, with letter from James E. Sayers & Caldwell, 13 Jun 1908 (b) Letter from architects enclosing estimates, 15 Jun 1908 (c) Letter from architects enclosing copies of letters from Osbourne & Hunter, 2 Jun 1908 (d) Specifications and schedule from James E. Sayers & Caldwell, Jun 1908 (e) Letter from architects re: choice of tender, 23 Jun 1908 GOV/5/6/14: Specifications for the installation of a Lightning Conductor at GSA: (a) Messrs. Anderson & Munro - specification, Apr 1909 (b) Covering letter from Anderson & Munro, Apr 1909 (c) Osbourne & Hunter - specification, Apr 1909 (d) Telford, Grier & Mackay - specification, Apr 1909 (e) Claude Hamilton Ltd. - specification, Apr 1909 (f) Corresp. from James E. Sayers & Caldwell, May 1909 (g) List of tenders, not dated GOV/5/6/15: The National Telephone Company, estimates for telephone lines and telephones [2 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/6/16: Halliwell Furnace & Engineering Co., London: (a) particulars, May 1910 (b) business card (c) article in the Sanitary Record & Municipal Engineering Vol XLV, No. 1067 [3 items] GOV/5/6/17: Tenders for the installation of an electric lift: (a) A & P Steven, Provanside Engine Works, estimate for an electric passenger lift, 17 Jan 1908 (b) R. Waygood & Co. Ltd., estimate for an electric lift and specification (inc. notes on requirements for lift from GSA, d. Dec 1911), Oct 1910 (c) A & P Steven, Provanside Engine Works, estimate for an electric goods lift, 20 Jan 1911 (d) A & P Steven, Provanside Engine Works, specification for a passenger lift at GSA, 8 May 1911 (e) British Engine, Boiler & Electric Insurance Co. Ltd., estimate for lift insurance, 31 Jan 1912 GOV/5/6/18: Estimate for fitting electric radiators into the Library, delayed, not dated GOV/5/6/19: Speirs A/C: scrap detailing excess over estimate lists extra fittings required, not dated GOV/5/6/20: Comparative statement of estimates and measurements for building, Jul 1909 GOV/5/6/21: Estimates & Corresp. re: clocks (a) Dykes Bros. Mar-Sep 1909 (b) The Magenta Company Mar-May 1909 GOV/5/6/22: Estimates re: window cleaning (a) Glasgow Corporation Water Works, 5 Nov 1908 (b) Estimate from Moses, Speirs & Sons with covering letter from architects, 17 Nov 1908 GOV/5/6/23: Estimate from Victor Devine, Plumber, 3 Dec 1907 GOV/5/6/24: Estimate from W.A. Davidson for Repousse Work, 17 Apr 1910 GOV/5/6/25: Estimate for insurance of Steam Boilers, 29 Jan 1908 GOV/5/6/26: Estimate from Wm. Douglas & Sons re: Painter Work in the Ornament Room, 27 Oct 1910 GOV/5/6/27: Estimate from M Stewart, Builder for work in the Animal Room, 20 Oct 1909 GOV/5/6/28: Estimate from G. Ferguson & Sons for platform for Animal Room, 12 Mar 1910

Architects' certificates of payments to be made to contractors and contractors' receipts 1897-1912. [These fall into two major groups, 1897-1901, where the receipts are listed individually in chronological order; and 1907-1912, where the receipts are kept in the original bundles, each relating to the individual contractors/job]. GOV/5/7/1: Sundry payments to Charges A/C, 29 Mar 1897 GOV/5/7/2: Feu Duty, 15 May 1897 GOV/5/7/3: Scottish Imperial Insurance, Co. 29 Sep 1897 GOV/5/7/4: Feu Duty, 9 Nov 1897 GOV/5/7/5: Water rates, 11 Nov 1897 GOV/5/7/6: Honeyman & Keppie, 27 Nov 1897 GOV/5/7/7: Clerk of Works, 30 Nov 1897 GOV/5/7/8: Clerk of Works, 31 Dec 1897 GOV/5/7/9: Clerk of Works, 31 Jan 1898 GOV/5/7/10: Police Rates, 2 Feb 1898 GOV/5/7/11: Clerk of Works, 1 Mar 1898 GOV/5/7/12: Robert Scott, 3 Mar 1898 GOV/5/7/13: John Kirkwood, 3 Mar 1898 GOV/5/7/14: Clerk of Works, 30 Mar 1898 GOV/5/7/15: Scottish Imperial Insurance Co., 20 Apr 1898 GOV/5/7/16: Clerk of Works, 25 Apr 1898 GOV/5/7/17: Commissionaires, May 1898 GOV/5/7/18: Feu Duty - Lord Blytheswood, 16 May 1898 GOV/5/7/19: John Kirkwood, 17 May 1898 GOV/5/7/20: Postages - Memorial Stone, 24 May 1898 GOV/5/7/21: Clerk of Works, 26 May 1898 GOV/5/7/22: Miss King - design for document for memorial stone, 27 May 1898 GOV/5/7/23: Memorial Stone Account, 1 Jun 1898 GOV/5/7/24: Walter Blackie & Co.- Printing Cards, 3 Jun 1898 GOV/5/7/25: Gratuities to workmen, 7 Jun 1898 GOV/5/7/26: Ferguson & Forrester, Purveyors, 7 Jun 1898 GOV/5/7/27: Boiler Insurance Co. Inspection, 9 Jun 1898 GOV/5/7/28: John Dupdale, measurement of 15" pipe sewer in Dalhousie Street,  9 Jun 1898 GOV/5/7/29: P & R Fleming, steel work, 25 Jun 1898 GOV/5/7/30: Clerk of works, 27 Jun 1898 GOV/5/7/31: John Kirkwood, Mason, 7 Jul 1898 GOV/5/7/32: Clerk of Works, 14 Jul 1898 GOV/5/7/33: Wm. McFarlane, Clerk of Works, 3 Sep 1898 GOV/5/7/34: John Kirkwood, Contractor, 14 Sep 1898 GOV/5/7/35: Clerk of Works, 29 Sep 1898 GOV/5/7/36: Honeyman & Keppie, 6 Oct 1898 GOV/5/7/37: John Kirkwood, 6 Oct 1898 GOV/5/7/38: Petty Charges, 8 Oct 1898 GOV/5/7/39: Clerk of Works, 24 Oct 1898 GOV/5/7/40: Feu Duty, 11 Nov 1898 GOV/5/7/41: Clerk of Works, 21 Nov 1898 GOV/5/7/42: Honeyman & Keppie, 29 Nov 1898 GOV/5/7/43: P & R Fleming Ltd., steel work, 29 Nov 1898 GOV/5/7/44: Geo. Adam & Son, metal workers, 29 Nov 1898 GOV/5/7/45: James Morrison, Carpenter & Joiner, 29 Nov 1898 GOV/5/7/46: Kesson & Campbell, Engineers, 29 Nov 1898 GOV/5/7/47: Insurance, 7 Dec 1898 GOV/5/7/48: Clerk of Works, 20 Dec 1898 GOV/5/7/49: John Kirkwood, 30 Dec 1898 GOV/5/7/50: Poor Rates, 31 Dec 1898 GOV/5/7/51: Bannnatyne & Kirkwood & Co., 11 Jan 1899 GOV/5/7/52: Clerk of Works, 17 Jan 1899 GOV/5/7/53: Clerk of Works, 16 Feb 1899 GOV/5/7/54: Moses, Speirs & Sons, 22 Feb 1899 GOV/5/7/55: John Anderson, 22 Feb 1899 GOV/5/7/56: Clerk of Works, 13 Mar 1899 GOV/5/7/57: John Gardner & Co. Lightning Conductors, 17 Mar 1899 GOV/5/7/58: Kyle, Dennison & Frew, Surveyors, 12 Apr 1899 GOV/5/7/59: James Morrison, Carpenter & Joiner, 13 Apr 1899 GOV/5/7/60: Corporation Gas Dept., 13 Apr 1899 GOV/5/7/61: Clerk of Works, 17 Apr 1899 GOV/5/7/62: John Kirkwood, 6 May 1899 GOV/5/7/63: Honeyman & Keppie, 9 May 1899 GOV/5/7/64: Clerk of Works, 6 May 1899 GOV/5/7/65: Feu Duty, 11 May 1899 GOV/5/7/66: Petty Cash, 15 May 1899 GOV/5/7/67: Fiends, 17 May 1899 GOV/5/7/68: Clerk of Works, 5 Jun 1899 GOV/5/7/69: Chas. R. McIntosh, 6 Jun 1899 GOV/5/7/70: Insurance, 7 Jun 1899 GOV/5/7/71: Geo. Adam & Son, Iron Brackets, 7 Jun 1899 GOV/5/7/72: Moses, Speirs & Sons, plumbers, 20 Jun 1899 GOV/5/7/73: R.A. McGilvray, plasterers, 20 Jun 1899 GOV/5/7/74: Clerk of Works, 28 Jun 1899 GOV/5/7/75: Clerk of Works, 9 Aug 1899 GOV/5/7/76: McCulloch & Co., Glaziers, 18 Aug 1899 GOV/5/7/77: James Morrison, Joiner, 21 Aug 1899 GOV/5/7/78: John Anderson, Slater, 19 Aug 1899 GOV/5/7/79: Clerk of Works, 5 Sep 1899 GOV/5/7/80: Osbourne & Hunter, Electricians, 12 Sep 1899 GOV/5/7/81: A & P Steven, Hoist, 14 Sep 1899 GOV/5/7/82: Clerk of Works, 3 Oct 1899 GOV/5/7/83: James Morrison, Joiner, 17 Oct 1899 GOV/5/7/84: Moses, Speirs & Sons, Glaziers, 23 Oct 1899 GOV/5/7/85: Clerk of Works, 1 Nov 1899 GOV/5/786: G. Adams & Son, Metal Workers, 2 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/87: Bryden & Sniddleton, iron works, 2 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/88: McGeoch & Kemp, ironmongers, 2 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/89: Corporation Water meter, 2 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/90: Clerk of Works, 2 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/91: W.B. Sayers, Consultant Engineer, 2 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/92: D. Russel, Rent for House, 4 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/93: Anderson & Munro, experimental lighting, 4 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/94: Honeyman & Keppie, 4 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/95: David Rattray, painter, 18 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/96: James Morrison, Joiner, 23 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/97: Cormack & Son, Engineer, 23 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/98: Opening Expenses, Sundry Charges, 28 Dec 1899 GOV/5/7/99: Cousland & Son, wirework, 16 Jan 1900 GOV/5/7/100: Osbourne & Hunter, Electricians, 16 Jan 1900 GOV/5/7/101: McCulloch & Sons, Glaziers, 16 Jan 1900 GOV/5/7/102: Ferguson & Forrester, Purveyors, 20 Jan 1900 GOV/5/7/103: Osbourne & Hunter, electricians: list of all work undertaken, Oct 1899, 2 May 1900 GOV/5/7/104: Wm. McFarlane, Clerk of Works, 2 May 1900 GOV/5/7/105: Osbourne & Hunter, electricians, 2 Jun 1900 GOV/5/7/106: Cormack & Son, Heating engineers, 7 Jun 1900 GOV/5/7/107: W.B.Sayers, Engineer & Electrician: Balance of account, 23 Nov 1900 GOV/5/7/108: Misc. receipts - exhibitions, carriages, hire of musical instruments, etc., 1899-1900 GOV/5/7/109: Holmes & Jackson, Carving, 25 Jan 1901 GOV/5/7/110: Geo. Neilson, Court Expenses, 18 Jan 1901 GOV/5/7/111: Moses, Speirs & Sons, 2 Mar 1901 GOV/5/7/112: John Kirkwood, 18 Sep 1901 GOV/5/7/113: Moses, Spiers & Sons, 18 Sep 1901 GOV/5/7/114: James Morrison, Joiner, 18 Sep 1901 GOV/5/7/115: James Hutcheson, electrics, 21 Sep 1901 GOV/5/7/116: J Kirkwood, 15 Oct 1901 GOV/5/7/117: J Morrison, Joiner, 21 Oct 1901 GOV/5/7/118: J Kirkwood, 23 Oct 1901 GOV/5/7/119: Honeyman & Keppie, architects,19 Dec 1901 GOV/5/7/120: Robert Scott, Measurer, 19 Dec 1901 GOV/5/7/121: John Kirkwood, Mason & Brickworks, Balance - Bill No.2 (B. 1850), 1907-1912, 7 Nov 1901 GOV/5/7/122: M. Stewart & Co., Mason Work [7 items], 1908-1910 GOV/5/7/123: Daniel McCallum, Mason Work [1 item], 16 Sep 1908 GOV/5/7/124: Redpath brown & Co., Steel Work [6 items], 1908-1909 GOV/5/7/125: George Adam & Son, Wrought Iron Work [4 items], 1908-1909 GOV/5/7/126: Bryden & Middleton, Railings [2 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/127: R. Smith & Sons, Railings [1 item], 27 Jul 1909 GOV/5/7/128: G. Ferguson & Son, Joiners [12 items], 1908-1910 GOV/5/7/129: Wm. Buchanan, Joiner [5 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/130: Osbourne & Hunter, Electricians [10 items], 1908-1910 GOV/5/7/131: Limmer Asphalte Co., Asphalte Work [3 items], 1908-1909 GOV/5/7/132: Walter McFarlane & Co., Spiral Stairs [1 item], 29 Sep 1908 GOV/5/7/133: Haddow Forbes & Co., Tile Work [2 items], 1908-1909 GOV/5/7/134: Galbraith & Winton, Marble Work [1 item], 27 Jul 1909 GOV/5/7/135: Alex. Cousland & Son, Wire Work [2 items], 1908-1909 GOV/5/7/136: William Douglas & Sons, Painter Work [3 items], 1908-1910 GOV/5/7/137: H.L. Anderson & Co., Painter Work [4 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/138: R.L. Paterson & Co., Glazier Work [6 item], 1908-1910 GOV/5/7/139: McCulloch & Co., Glass Work [1 item], 16 Nov 1909 GOV/5/7/140: Jas. Cormack & Sons, Ltd., Heating [3 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/141: Jas. Cuthbertson & Sons, Slater Work [3 items], Feb-Dec 1909 GOV/5/7/142: Moses, Spiers & Sons, Plumbers [5 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/143: V. Devine, plumber Work [1 item], 8 Dec 1908 GOV/5/7/144: H. Hope & Sons, Casements [1 item], 30 Mar 1909 GOV/5/7/145: William Forbes, Plaster Work [3 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/146: N.B. Appliances Co., Travelling Crane [1 item], 27 Jul 1909 GOV/5/7/147: James Boyd & Co., Conservatory [1 item], 27 Jul 1909 GOV/5/7/148: Anderson & Munro, Lightning Conductor [1 item], 27 Jul 1909 GOV/5/7/149: Glasgow Corporation, Water Meter & Sewer Pipes [2 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/150: National Telephone Co., Telephones [2 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/151: Dykes Bros., Gongs & Clocks [2 items], Apr-Dec 1910 GOV/5/7/152: Fittings [59 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/153: Pettigrew & Stephens, Cork Carpet, etc. [3 items], Mar-Oct 1909 GOV/5/7/154: William Kemp & Sons, Grates [1 item], 27 Jul 1909 GOV/5/7/155: G. Hammer & Co., Chairs [3 items], Oct - Dec 1909 GOV/5/7/156: Ratner Safe & Co., Safe [1 item], 20 Oct 1909 GOV/5/7/157: William Miller, Extincteurs [2 items], Oct - Dec 1909 GOV/5/7/158: Books [21 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/159: Casts [17 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/160: Costumes & Draperies [12 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/161: Official Opening Expenses [22 items], 1909-1910 GOV/5/7/162: Charges [16 items], 1907-1909 GOV/5/7/163: Fees: Architects, Honeyman, Keppie, & Mackintosh [5 items]1908-1910 GOV/5/7/164: Measurers, Robert Scott & Son [3 items], 1908-1910 GOV/5/7/165: J. Montgomery, Clerk of Works [35 items], 1907-1910 GOV/5/7/166: James E. Sayers & Caldwell, Electrical Engineers [1 item], 9 Aug 1910 GOV/5/7/167: Bannatyne, Kirkwood, France & Co. Lawyers [1 item], 14 May 1909 GOV/5/7/168: Fittings - Various [15 items], 1910-1911 GOV/5/7/169: Casts, Books, Prints, Lantern Slides, etc. [13 items], 1908-1911 GOV/5/7/170: Electric Lift [5 items], 1911-1912 GOV/5/7/171: Osbourne & Hunter, electricians [1 item], 11 Sep 1911

Papers and correspondence relating to: building contractor's claim 1897-1907; appeal against building consent 1907; valuation of site 1907; butresses of the Panorama Building, 1896-1907; Extract of Disposition 1908; fittings and equipment 1909-1912; the Glasgow Sanitary Department, 1909-1929; plan of site 1914. GOV/5/9/1 Mr John Kirkwood's Claim - (a) Letter to Mr. Kirkwood from Honeyman & Keppie appointing him as building contractor [COPY], 13 Oct 1897 (b) Letter from Kirkwood to Honeyman & Keppie re: claim to be contractor for extension, 18 Jun 1907 (c) Letter from J Kirkwood & Smith, Contractors to Governors of GSA re: tender for extension, 20 Sep 1907 (d) Letter from Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh enclosing copy of letter from lawyers re: Mr Kirkwood's claim, 5 Oct 1907 (e) Extracts from Minutes [Copy], 1897 (f) 2 lists of material used to dispute claim, not dated GOV/5/9/2: Joint Minute, I.C. The Glasgow School of Art v Thomas Nisbet & others (recorded at the Dean of Guild Court, Glasgow), with letter explaining the Minute from Bannatyne, Kirkwood, France & Co., Lawyers, 14 Nov 1907 GOV/5/9/3: Valuation of Site: (a) Valuation of west portion of school ground by Thomas Binnie & Son, 23 Feb 1907 (b) Plan of area under valuation, Feb 1907 (c) Copy of (a) & annotated copy of (a), 23 Feb 1907 (d) Copy of letter to Newbery from Bannatyne, Kirkwood, France & Co. re: conditions of land use, 1 Mar 1907 GOV/5/9/4: Craft Studios - (a) Letter from Newbery re: craft studios and tables used [refers to b], 12 Mar 1910 (b) Plan of craft table, signed CJR Smith, not dated GOV/5/9/5: Petition from Staff for Passenger Lift, 19 May 1910 GOV/5/9/6 Misc. requisition forms from staff re: new building: (a) Anatomy Room, James M. Dunlop, not dated (b) Store Cabinet, J.J.F.X. King, 13 Jun 1910 (c) Boiler Guards, D. Moffat, 17 Jun 1910 (d) Library catalogues, J.J.F.X. King, not dated (e) Easels, Allan D. Mainds, not dated (f) General heating needs, not dated (g) scrap figures for Library fittings, not dated GOV/5/9/7: Office Equipment Booklets, not dated GOV/5/9/8: Projector Lantern - Correspondence, technical specifications, catalogues, etc. relating to the Projector Lantern fitted in the Lecture Theatre, GSA, [c61 items], 1909-1912 GOV/5/9/9: Valuation of Building - scrap note not dated GOV/5/9/10: Plan of site behind GSA, on Dalhousie St. side: (a) Plan of site by J Andrew Millar. Architect, Jan 1914 (b) Letter from Mitchells, Solicitors re: above space & possible uses, 14 Jan 1914 GOV/5/9/11: Papers and correspondence regarding the butresses of the Panorama Building, 1896-1907 (a) Agreement between the Glasgow Real Ice Skating Palace and the Trustees of the Bellahouston Bequest regarding the butresses of the Panorama Building, 1896 (b) Letter from Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh to E. R. Catterns, Secretary of Glasgow School of Art regarding the Agreement document above, 03 Oct 1907 GOV/5/9/12: Extract of Disposition by the Glasgow School of Art in favour of themselves imposing burden on the use of their property, 1908 GOV/5/9/13: Glasgow Sanitary Department, 1909-1929 (a) Certificate from the City of Glasgow Sanitary Department to certify that the Drainage System of the Glasgow School of Art is in satisfactory condition, 18 Aug 1909 (b) Letter from Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh regarding the certificate listed above, 23 Aug 1909 (c) Certificate from the Corporation of the City of Glasgow Public Health Department to certify that the Drainage System of the Glasgow School of Art is in satisfactory condition, 27 Sep 1929

Includes:

• Agreements with measurer, architects and clerk of works, 1897-1907
• pecification of material, 1907
• general conditions of contracts, 1907
• lists of tradesmen and contractors invited to tender 1907
• GOV/5/5/1: Signed agreement by Robert Scott to undertake the duties of Measurer, 20 Apr 1897
• GOV/5/5/2: Appointment of architects, Jan 1906-Mar 1907
• GOV/5/5/3: Signed agreement by Honeyman, Keppie and Mackintosh to conditions [with enclosure written by Mr Burnet, an architect],  1 Feb 1907
• GOV/5/5/4: Extracts on condition of appointment of architects, Feb 1907
• GOV/5/5/5: General Specification of material for the Extension, 1907
• GOV/5/5/6: GSA Extensions & Alterations: General Conditions of Contracts, 1907
• GOV/5/5/7: List of contractors invited to tender, 1907
• GOV/5/5/8: List of tradesmen invited to tender, 1907
• GOV/5/5/9: Signed agreement by Robert Scott & Son to conditions as to appointment as Measurers [4 items], Mar 1907
• GOV/5/5/10: Correspondence & testimonials re: the appointment of John Montgomery as Clerk of Works for the new building [5 items], 1907

An Art-Lover's house competition. Portfolio published 1902. In 1901 the Zeitschrift fur Innen-Dekoration of Darmstadt organised an international competition for the design of an Art Lover's House. The 1st prize was shared among 16 entrants, Baillie Scott recieved 2nd prize and 3rd prizes were also awarded. Mackintosh's entry was disqualified as his interior drawings were not finished in time for the competition deadline, but when they arrived he was awarded a special purchase prize of 600 marks by the publishers. The original drawings cannot now be traced, but in 1902 Alexander Koch published them as a portfolio in 'Meister Der Innenkunst' with an introduction by Herman Muthesius. A portfolio was presented by Mackintosh to the GSA and a 2nd set of prints, framed, is in the GSA collection.The central feature of the house is the large hall - two storeys high - communicating directly with the dining room, reception and music room, which can be adapted to provide a stage. On the South side a terrace room runs outside the reception and music room. On the North side are the entrance, the hall and dining room, which are separated by a moveable partition. On the upper floor, the principal bedroom suite is partitioned off in the South-East corner; numerous guest rooms are provided and a playroom is in the attic above the childrens' bedrooms. The kitchen and servants' rooms are in the basement.

An Art-Lover's house competition. Portfolio published 1902. In 1901 the Zeitschrift fur Innen-Dekoration of Darmstadt organised an international competition for the design of an Art Lover's House. The 1st prize was shared among 16 entrants, Baillie Scott recieved 2nd prize and 3rd prizes were also awarded. Mackintosh's entry was disqualified as his interior drawings were not finished in time for the competition deadline, but when they arrived he was awarded a special purchase prize of 600 marks by the publishers. The original drawings cannot now be traced, but in 1902 Alexander Koch published them as a portfolio in 'Meister Der Innenkunst' with an introduction by Herman Muthesius. A portfolio was presented by Mackintosh to the GSA and a 2nd set of prints, framed, is in the GSA collection. When the dividing partition between the reception and music rooms was removed, these two elevations would have faced each other. The piano with its fantastic superstructure, is on of Mackintosh's most elaborate inventions, based on the organ at Craigie Hall (Roger Billcliffe). 'This instrument is before everything else a piece of decorative art, and is designed to match the rest of the room... four tall corner posts, crowned with groups of figures and reaching to the ceiling, form a sort of baldachin round it. The front is composed of an oval framework containing a tall thin female figure flanked by roses, with a pair of doves meeting overhead. This fanciful composition is supported artistically by two large decorative panels on the walls on either side of the piano, representing two highly spiritualised Astarte-like figures.' (Muthesius). The large projecting fireplace on the opposite wall is a more elaborate version of that in the Mains Street drawing room. Its decoration consists principally of a pair of tall upright candelabra; the inlaid panels above are by Margaret Macdonald.

An Art-Lover's house competition. Portfolio published 1902. In 1901 the Zeitschrift fur Innen-Dekoration of Darmstadt organised an international competition for the design of an Art Lover's House. The 1st prize was shared among 16 entrants, Baillie Scott recieved 2nd prize and 3rd prizes were also awarded. Mackintosh's entry was disqualified as his interior drawings were not finished in time for the competition deadline, but when they arrived he was awarded a special purchase prize of 600 marks by the publishers. The original drawings cannot now be traced, but in 1902 Alexander Koch published them as a portfolio in 'Meister Der Innenkunst' with an introduction by Herman Muthesius. A portfolio was presented by Mackintosh to the GSA and a 2nd set of prints, framed, is in the GSA collection.

An Art-Lover's house competition. Portfolio published 1902. In 1901 the Zeitschrift fur Innen-Dekoration of Darmstadt organised an international competition for the design of an Art Lover's House. The 1st prize was shared among 16 entrants, Baillie Scott recieved 2nd prize and 3rd prizes were also awarded. Mackintosh's entry was disqualified as his interior drawings were not finished in time for the competition deadline, but when they arrived he was awarded a special purchase prize of 600 marks by the publishers. The original drawings cannot now be traced, but in 1902 Alexander Koch published them as a portfolio in 'Meister Der Innenkunst' with an introduction by Herman Muthesius. A portfolio was presented by Mackintosh to the GSA and a 2nd set of prints, framed, is in the GSA collection.The central feature of the house is the large hall - two storeys high - communicating directly with the dining room, reception and music room, which can be adapted to provide a stage. On the South side a terrace room runs outside the reception and music room. On the North side are the entrance, the hall and dining room, which are separated by a moveable partition. On the upper floor, the principal bedroom suite is partitioned off in the South-East corner; numerous guest rooms are provided and a playroom is in the attic above the childrens' bedrooms. The kitchen and servants' rooms are in the basement.