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Sample of an illuminated poem entitled 'The Vagabond'. Annotation in lower right corner of image attributes the design and execution to Dorothy Doddrell. Annotation on the reverse includes address 23 Blythswood Drive.

Originally located inside folder: Item DC 094/1/3/10 - Folder of calligraphic life studies

Illuminated manuscript page mounted on paper. Written in upper right corner is 'D. Doddrell No. 101'. Lower right corner has a The Glasgow School of Art student work tag which dates the piece to 1914-15, and ascribes the work to Dorothy Doddrell. Annotation beneath the mounted calligraphy states that it is copied from an old vellum.

Originally located in folder (DC 094/1/2/1).

Sample of an illuminated initial. The Glasgow School of Art tag in the lower right corner dates the work to the academic session 1915-16, and the artist as Dorothy Doddrell.

Titled "Houses by Lanarkshire Builders Limited". Located in Mossend and Bellshill in the county of Lanarkshire in Scotland. The document is from post World War II era. Contains 10 pages. Includes printed descriptions and various images throughout of different housing styles that the company offered.

Albion printing press. Message inside.

Copy of 'Fuse', Issue 1, Jan 2001, a Glasgow School of Art student led and produced termly listings guide.

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)

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)

Copy of GSA Students Association newsletter ‘TRASH’, published October 1988.

Copy of GSA Students Association newsletter 'think!', Jan 1990.

Two copies of GSA Students Association newsletter ‘stubble’, published 18 and 24 May 1988.

Pack including newsletters (x4) and a leaflet on Activities Week, 11 Feb 1985-14 Feb 1985, issue 15 of the newsletter 'ONNOW', 06 Feb 85 and ads/tickets to events (x4).

Two copies of leaflet for G.S.A. Students' Association yearly event 'AYE’, including events listings for 15 Feb 2005-18 Feb 2005.

Two copies of GSA Students’ Association 'Comic Book' issue 1, c 2000s.

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Design with Toby jugs.

Cutting from invite to private view of Gordon Huntly exhibition.

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".

Flyer for ball showing figure playing instruments. Shows use of mechanical tints. Possibly by John B Fleming (often known as Jack Fleming).

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.

Typed annual report on Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries with photographs. Features photograph of Jack Fleming and Conrad McKenna with a class in the bird room at Kelvingrove Museum on page 17.

Copy of comic 'Gallery of the Bizarre, Strange and the Deranged', curated by Doctor Simpo.

Copy of Freak magazine, December 2003.

Francis H. Newbery's application to the Committee of Management of The Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy to be Head Master of the School.

Purple and green design with buildings.

Issues 1 of 'FOLD', 'a collective of GSA students keen to support cross-school endeavours and enterprises', published in Dec 2011. Edited by Dan Aitken and David Farrar.

Family photographs, mostly of Francis Newbery and some of his paintings. Photographs as follows:
DIR/5/38/7/1: Photograph of Newbery, head and torso, taken by Annan, c1895 (1 item) DIR/5/38/7/2: Photograph of Francis Newbery, head and torso, wearing large beret style hat and draped with cloak around shoulders, c1903. Previous reference: 'GSA:MC:P:29'. (1 item) DIR/5/38/7/3: Photograph of Francis Newbery, head and shoulders, with an exhibition ticket of Newbery's pasted to the back, 1913. Previous reference: 'GSA:MC:P:30'. (1 item) DIR/5/38/7/4: Photograph album of the Newbery family, with note on the front reading: 'Newbery Photo Album. Donated to GSA 1986 by Mr F Lang from the estate of Mary Newbery Sturrock'. Photographs date from c1910-1929 and include: photographs of Francis and Jessie Newbery; views of Blashenwell Farm, Corfe Castle; Lottie Seymour, a Corfe Castle character; views of Eastgate, Corfe Castle; views of family gravestones; photographs of Corfe Castle pageants; views in and around Chideock, Dorset; and family members e.g. Fred Lang, grandson of the Newberys, as a baby. Some photographs have become detached over time and are no longer present. Requires careful handling. (38 photographs within 1 volume) DIR/5/38/7/5: Black and white photographs on a card of a mural triptych painting of the 'Annunciation' and the 'Adoration' by Francis Newbery. Card has a greeting written on the back by Francis Newbery: 'To my friend J T Ewen from the Artist, Corfe Castle, Christmas 1910' (1 item). DIR/5/38/7/6: Mounted photograph of Francis Newbery in painter's overalls and with palette, next to his large painting of 'The Annunciation'. Inscription on the photograph mount reads: 'The Annunciation, Lady Chapel-Church of the Holy Ghost & St Edward, Swanage, Dorset. Fra H Newbery, Pinxit, John T Ewen, with Seasonable Greetings, Corfe Castle, Dorset, Christmas 1930' (1 item). DIR/5/38/7/7: Black and white photograph of a painting by Newbery of Edward S Reynolds, 1919-1920, Mayor of Bridport, 1919 & 1945, painted 1925 (1 item). DIR/5/38/7/8: Colour photograph of one of Francis Newbery's paintings, of a young girl in a black dress leaning on a railing, looking out to a river with a paddle steamer in view (1 item). DIR/5/38/7/9: Sleeve of negatives of Newbery paintings that are in the Town Hall in Bridport, c1980s (24 negatives).

Papers of the Newbery family including papers dating to after Newbery's retirement; papers of his wife, Jessie Newbery; and documents relating to Mary Newbery Sturrock, daughter of Francis and Jessie Newbery. Papers as follows:

• DIR/5/38/6/1: Letter from F R Benson of the Royalty Theatre, Glasgow, to Miss Newbery enclosing tickets for a Box for the play 'Much Ado', 12 Mar 1906 (1 sheet).

• DIR/5/38/6/2: Headed letter paper of Francis Newbery, Eastgate, Corfe Castle, Dorset, c1918 (10 sheets).

• DIR/5/38/6/3: Order of Proceedings for the inauguration of the Sign of Saint Edward, King and Martyr, Patron Saint of the Village, at Corfe Castle. Newbery made many of the readings at the event, 02 Jul 1927 (1 item).

• DIR/5/38/6/4: Cardboard silhouette of Francis and Jessie Newbery in a photograph mount, c1930s (1 item).

• DIR/5/38/6/5: Letters and fragments of letters from Jessie Newbery to her daughter Elsie and perhaps Mary. One of the letters to Elsie is dated 24 Sep 1934. The other letters are fragmentary and include topics such as recipes, books and sewing projects, c1934. (4 sheets)

• DIR/5/38/6/6: Letter from George M Baltus to Mr and Mrs Newbery catching up with them following the Second World War, telling them of his experiences during that time, and telling them family news, 07 Jan 1946 (1 sheet).

• DIR/5/38/6/7: File of photographs, pressclippings, sketches, designs, documents and letters relating to Mary Newbery Sturrock, daughter of Francis and Jessie Newbery, c1930s-80s (1 folder). File includes:

• DIR/5/38/6/7/1: postcard of ‘Port Vendres’, watercolour by Charles Rennie Mackintosh c1926-27, dated 1979;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/2: mounted photograph of Mary Newbery Sturrock at South Gray Street Edinburgh, undated;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/3: letter from Mary Newbery Sturrock thanking her correspondent (name not given) for the Mackintosh card and about her memories of the doors of The Glasgow School of Art being white, 16 Oct 1984;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/4: mounted photograph of Mary Newbery Sturrock and another woman, front of mount reads ‘Wedding’, undated;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/5: pressclipping from the Helensburgh Advertiser about the opening of a special Mackintosh exhibition held at the Hill House, 03 May 1977;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/6: card addressed to Mary, from ‘Pamela’ thanking her for a recent note. Front of card depicts ‘Painted gesso panel set with glass beads and shell’ by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, 1904, card is undated.

• DIR/5/38/6/7/7: postcard from ‘Pat’ and Harry Barnes to Mary Newbery Sturrock, from Port-Vendres in France, 1981.

• DIR/5/38/6/7/8: postcard from Tom Howarth to Mary Newbery Sturrock, from Port-Vendres in France, undated; photograph of Jessie and Francis Newbery; photograph of Mary Newbery Sturrock and another woman; photograph of two women, one likely Mary Newbery Sturrock, signed ‘Whiteleigh, Christmas 66’, 1966;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/9: photographs of Mary Newbery Sturrock (x4), undated;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/10: photographs of Mary Newbery Sturrock (x3), undated; close-up photograph of a necklace, undated;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/11: photographs of Mary Newbery Sturrock (x2), undated;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/12: photographs of Mary Newbery Sturrock (x2), undated;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/13: photographs of Mary Newbery Sturrock and family (x4), undated;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/14: photograph of Eastgate, Corfe Castle, undated; photographs of Jessie and Francis Newbery at Eastgate (x3), undated;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/15: photograph of Jessie and Francis Newbery and family, undated; photograph of village street, likely Corfe Castle;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/16: letter from Rodrigo Rodriguez of Cassina S.p.A to Mary Sturrock regarding the terms of an agreement between them for the reproduction of items (cutlery and the 'Six Columns Clock') designed for Sturrock by C.R. Mackintosh, 30 Oct 1979;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/17: change of address card for Mr and Mrs A. R. Sturrock, from 2 Mansfield Place Edinburgh to 13 South Gray Street, c1945 (7 copies);

• DIR/5/38/6/7/18: two hand-printed floral designs with addition of watercolour, unsigned and undated (possibly 1937 based on related designs); two versions of a hand-printed design with addition of watercolour depicting a woman with floral headdress, signed ‘M.N.S.’, undated (possibly 1937 based on related designs);

• DIR/5/38/6/7/19: hand-printed floral Christmas card design with addition of watercolour and ink, back of card is signed ‘C.R., 1/-', dated 1937;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/20: bundle of sketchbook and loose pages featuring sketches of, notes about and designs for ceramics, unsigned and undated (one example, drawn on the back of a card to Mary reads ‘wishing her good business and good health in 1956’);

• DIR/5/38/6/7/21: invitation for exhibition of Sigrid Mavor (Ceramic flora and fauna) and M.N. Sturrock (Flower Drawings) from 30 Oct – 10 Nov at ‘The Open Eye Gallery’ Edinburgh [1982];

• DIR/5/38/6/7/22: letter from Alison Adburgham to MNS Sturrock in response to a letter sent by Sturrock related to her family history and relationship to Liberty fabrics, 01 Jul 1983;

• DIR/5/38/6/7/23: interview between Mary Newbery Sturrock and Tony Jones (director of GSA 1980-1986) about the history of The Glasgow School of Art, Fra Newbery and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, c1980.

Text on mount for Christmas card. Text by Conrad McKenna. Used as part of exhibition of Chrismas Cards at The Glasgow Art Club.

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