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The collection consists of 305 photographs taken between 1853 and 1896. Sitters included local dignitaries, friends and family including John Brown, Queen Victoria's Ghillie. The collection also includes landscapes and the streets of Glasgow, particularly around the Pollokshields area on the south side of the city. Other subjects include ships, ship yards and stately houses.

A variety of drawings and graphic designs created by Gerard V. Murphy, a former student at The Glasgow School of Art in the 1930s. The diverse subjects of his drawings include animals, plants, architecture, human anatomy and figures. A subfonds titled 'Teaching examples' features his teaching materials as an art teacher at schools, intended for printmaking techniques and pattern design education.

Most items have been marked with his name or student registration numbers, assuming they were created during his time as a student at GSA. The dominant materials in his works are pencil and watercolour, worked on cartridge paper.

Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation was completed in 2019.

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.

Ink print (possibly lithograph) of the front elevation of the Mackintosh Building.

Silver medal, blank on reverse.

Medal awarded to Robert Elder for excellence.

Medal awarded to Robert Elder for excellence.

Includes:

• graphic designs
• watercolours
• architectural drawings
• sketches.

86 Architectural Postcards belonging to former Architecture student William B F Williamson. Locations include Italy, Brazil, France, Glasgow, Canada, Egypt, Spain.

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

Presentation sheet including copies of floor plan drawings and a photo of the east staircase at first-floor level. No references included.

The presentation sheet includes photos of some wrought iron features with descriptions about the functional and aesthetics values of using such features as they were attached to the windows, above the main entrance, and balcony railings. Photos' references are unknown.

The presentation sheet includes photos of some main features of the library such: pendant cluster of pierced metal lampshades, the construction of the coffered ceiling pillars and balusters. Photos' references are unknown.

Material created for Project 3, First Year which relates to the history and design of The Glasgow School of Art building. Six Drawing and presentation sheets of architectural floor plans, elevations, and details.

The Glasgow School of Art south elevation drawn as it was in 1910, without any written information about the architect, the history of the building.

The Glasgow School of Art north elevation as it drawn as it was in 1910, without any written information about the architect, the history of the building.

West elevation: drawn from a contract drawing of 1907 re-design of the original 1896 and altered by architect amending doorway, architrave, and corbels.
East elevation: drawing shows the building as built originally planned except for slight modifications.

Includes:

• Legal and Administrative Paperwork
• Correspondence and Information on Events
• Publications (including information on starting MAC magazine).

This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.

Architectural study of an archway and columns, including a caption 'ionic order'. This item bears a label for The Glasgow School of Art, listing the 1915-1916 session, and Professor McGibbon as the teacher.

On the reverse of this item are additional sketches and notes for the study.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

A variety of architectural drawings and studies completed by Mary Ramsay. These items are dated to her time as a student at The Glasgow School of Art, between the years 1915-1917, and bear labels details her teachers from this period. Most items are pencil on paper, with a few further studies in paint.

Architectural study of an archway and columns. This item bears a label for The Glasgow School of Art, listing the 1915-1916 session, and Professor McGibbon as the teacher.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Architectural study of a room interior. This item bears a label for The Glasgow School of Art, listing the 1916-1917 session, and Professor McGibbon as the teacher.

On the reverse of this item are some additional sketches.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Architectural design for an altarpiece. This item bears a label for The Glasgow School of Art, listing the 1915-1916 session, and Professor McGibbon as the teacher.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Architectural study of a room interior. This item bears a label for The Glasgow School of Art, listing the 1916-1917 session, and Professor McGibbon as the teacher.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Architectural study of an interior, featuring a young girl. This item bears a label for The Glasgow School of Art, listing the 1916-1917 session; due to damage the name of the teacher is illegible.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

A variety of artworks completed by Mary Ramsay, including life drawings, portraits, architectural studies, designs, prints, and illustrations. Some of these items are dated to her time as a student at The Glasgow School of Art. Most items are pencil on paper, with a few further studies in paint.

This subfond includes one item by Jessie Wilson (DC 110/1/1/18), another student of The Glasgow School of Art, with whom Mary Ramsay and Margaret Macdonald started a pottery decorating business at The Studio, Strathyre, in 1926.

A poster advertising "Haldane Connections" exhibition.

This poster advertised the publication of issue 11 of the Mackintosh School of Architecture magazine. The front of the poster features an illustration which was probably produced by Ingebjorg Smith while the reverse shows a number of architectural drawings. These include drawings for a refurbishment of the Glasgow Fish Market by Stephen Elliot as well as set design drawings for The Glasgow School Of Art Fashion Show by Adam Bell, Lucy Vaughan and Peter McIlhenny.

These posters advertised an exhibition of work by past and present students from the School Of Design and the Mackintosh School Of Architecture at The Glasgow School Of Art. Dominating both posters is a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith who was a prominent economist during this period. The quote states "It is on the artistic not less than on the engineering and scientific excellence that economic security and economic progress now depend," The exhibition was held between The Mackintosh Museum on The Glasgow School Of Art Campus and Kelvingrove Art Gallery And Museum and ran from the 9th of February to the 1st of March 1985.

Includes photographs collected by Alexander McGibbon, Charles Edward Whitelaw, and Eugene Bourdon. Also includes collection of cloud studies, copies of George Henry works, and miscellaneous photographs.

Includes flower prints, animal prints, architectural prints, and a print of a painting of a rhinoceros.

3 volumes, each consisting of text, drawings and photographs relating to the subject matter.

1. The Fair City. A review of the 18th and 19th century architecture of Perth and district. Dated 1948 – Rowand Anderson student.
2. A study of the Cantilever Principle in Architectural Design. Signed and dated 4th October 1949.
3. Contemporary Church Design. (Not signed or dated).

3 x 2nd year GSA student notebooks belonging to Isobel Alison Mitchell Shearer:

• History of Architecture
• History of Styles
• Dyed and printed fabric

The George and Cordelia Oliver Archive consists of:

• Newscuttings (featuring articles by Cordelia Oliver)
• photographs and negatives by George Oliver
• personal papers
• examples of artwork by Cordelia and George Oliver, various publications
• posters relating to cultural events in Glasgow and Scotland.

This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.