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Collection of typewritten notes for lectures on architecture by Francis Lorne of Burnet, Tait & Lorne.

Collection includes:

• Menus and dinner invitation to artistic gatherings with a sketch by James E Christie
• London Sketch Club ephemera including menus, invitations, cards with sketches by Shepperson, W Lee Hank, Rene Butt and Jock Bere, 1902-1906
• F. Carruthers Gould ephemera containing invites to private views
• tudies for Pictures by J Moyr Smith, 1868
• Information on John Burnet, Architect, 1814-1901
• Photograph album, c1893

The photograph album contains photographs of "The Immortals", including Jessie Keppie, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Herbert MacNair, Frances Macdonald, Margaret Macdonald and others of their circle.

The Moyr Smith sketches are from Moyr Smith's first published book Studies in Pictures. Smith trained in Glasgow, becoming influenced by Alexander Thomson and Daniel Cottier, moving to London in 1864.

Of great importance in this collection is a sketchbook of drawings by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The sketchbook, dating from the 1890s, consists of 19 drawings of flowers, furniture sketches, and interior sketches of Craigie Hall, Pollokshields, Glasgow.

Papers and correspondence relating to the development of the teaching of Design at the Glasgow School of Art. Papers as follows: DIR/5/38/4/1: Letter from Robert Anning Bell to Newbery regarding the post of Head of Design, 07 Jun 1910 (4 sheets). DIR/5/38/4/2: Letter from Lindsay P Butterfield to Mr Morton regarding Butterfield's professional opinions on the teaching of Design,14 Jun 1910 (5 sheets). DIR/5/38/4/3: Correspondence, mostly between Newbery and James Morton, about the teaching of Design at the School of Art, Jun 1910 (5 letters): (a) Letter from James Morton to Newbery about his collecting reports and experiences of the teaching of Design from Boston and Vienna, 11 Jun 1910 (1 sheet). (b) Letter from James Galbraith to Newbery about his opinions on the teaching of Design, 14 Jun 1910 (2 sheets). (c) Letter from James Morton to Newbery regarding the School of Art in Vienna and acquiring information from them about the teaching of Design,30 Jun 1910 (1 sheet). (d) Letter from James Morton to Newbery suggesting individuals with good experience in the area of Design to consult regarding the reaching of Design at the School of Art, for example Lindsay Butterfield, Sidney G. Mawson, Vesper Lincoln George, etc, 26 Aug 1910 (2 sheets). (e) Letter from John James Burnet to Newbery about Burnet's opinions on the teaching of Design, c.Jun 1910 (1 sheet). DIR/5/38/4/4: Francis Newbery's report on tours of London, Paris & Berlin, c.Jun 1910 (12 sheets). DIR/5/38/4/5: Letter from Vesper Lincoln George to James Morton about his opinions regarding the teaching of Design, 28 Jul 1910 (3 sheets). DIR/5/38/4/6: Letter from Sidney Mawson to Mr Morton regarding his opinions on the teaching of Design, 08 Aug 1910 (3 sheets). DIR/5/38/4/7: 'Design-Opinions of Experts'- table of remarks of Artists regarding the teaching of Design. Names include: Anning Bell; James Galbraith; Lindsay P Butterfield; Sidney Manson; Vesper L George, Boston; Mr James Morton; Vienna School of the Arts and Crafts, c1910 (1 sheet). DIR/5/38/4/8: Letter from Ann Macbeth, Queen Margaret Hall, to Newbery regarding her opinion on the teaching of Design, c1910 (2 sheets). DIR/5/38/4/9: Letter from Robert Anning Bell expressing his opinions on the teaching of Design, c1910 (1 sheet).

Notebook containing lecture notes and a letter to James Salmon from Frances Newbery. Also includes several sheets of notes on loose paper.

Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.

To mark the centenary of the First World War, GSA’s Archives & Collections and Exhibitions worked with Louise Welsh, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow and Edwin Pickstone, GSA Lecturer, to create a memorial to GSA students, staff and governors who undertook work on the home front.

Consisting of three panels with text written by Louise and letterpress prints created by Edwin, the memorial was informed by archival research. The frame was designed and made by Steven Higgins with lettering from Erin Bradley-Scott.

This memorial is a partnership piece to GSA’s WWI Roll of Honour, created in 1925 by Dorothy Doddrell to commemorate students, staff and governors who had served in the armed forces.

The project was generously funded by Mr James McBroom whose father, James Nicol McBroom, was a prize-winning student at the School and who undertook munitions work during the war.