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Papers of Isobel Alison Mitchell Shearer

  • DC 122
  • Collection
  • 1948-1949

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

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

Shearer, Isobel Alison Mitchell

Sketchbook

A sketchbook with 29 loose leaf sketches and second year exam papers. The name Antony J H Miles, Sect. 4, Second Year 1950, are all recorded on a cream label attached to the grey card cover above an unfinished sketch of the head of a man wearing glasses.

*Not available / given

History of Styles

Small bound essay written by George Oliver. Appears to have been a Glasgow School of Art assignment. Inscribed, "V.G. An interesting & concise effort" and contains illustrations and photographs.

Oliver, George

Illumination/Lettering

Illumination/Lettering

A brief history of The Glasgow School of Art, listing directors and departments of the School.

This piece was entered by the artist into a summer competition for students. It was then chosen by Director DP Bliss to be framed and displayed in the entrance hall of the Mackintosh Building. It was removed following redecoration of the entrance hall in 2006-2010.

McInnes, Allan

Travel Report

This report details student John Holmes Gray's experiences when he traveled to Stoke-on-Trent, Holland, Belgium and Paris upon recieving a Travelling Scholarship at The Glasgow School of Art in 1954. Gray recieved the Haldane Travelling Scholarship which was the value of £75. Gray attended The Glasgow School of Art between 1949 and 1954 and studied Pottery. A large focus of the report is on the manufacturing processes that Gray learned in the Pottery Factories in Stoke on Trent and Holland. He includes various sketches of how these processes work throughout the report. He then goes on to detail his time spent in various art galleries and museums in Holland, Belgium and Paris.

Gray, Holmes

Minutes of GSA Magazine Folio

  • DC 048
  • Collection
  • c1949

Meetings of the committee 'Glasgow School of Art Magazine Folio' at The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street. Members include James Meechan, Charles Crole, Barbara G. Coulter, James McHury and Avril Burgess. Documents the restart of the magazine in December 1949 with discussions about printing and accounts. Includes details of advertising space and 4 loose postal receipts.

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

Glasgow School of Art Magazine Folio

H A Wheeler volumes of illustrated essays

  • DC 118
  • Collection
  • c1940s

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).

Wheeler, Sir Harry Anthony

Sketchbooks belonging to Jean H Irwin, student at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

  • DC 015
  • Collection
  • 1931-1956

This collection contains:

  • Sketchbook - pencil drawings: landscape and portrait [15 folios], 1931-1932
  • Sketchbook - pencil drawings: landscape and portrait [15 folios], 1933
  • Sketchbook - pencil drawings: landscape and portrait [8 folios], 1936-1937
  • Sketchbook - pencil drawings: landscape and portrait, sketches of costume [38 folios], 1938
  • Sketchbook - generally portraits [46 folios], 1940-1965

Irwin, Jean H

Travel Report

This report details student G H Barcham Green's travel experiences in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1957. Green won the Haldane travelling scholarship, a cash prize of £75 awared to one student per year at this time. Green was an Interior Design student at The Glasgow School of Art between 1952 and 1958. The report reads very much like a diary and gives a very personal account of Green's experiences. Also included is a list of addresses for both Italy and Spain.

Green, Geoffrey H Barcham

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