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Includes correspondence received and sent relating to: the acquisition of textile specimens; J & P Coats Ltd regarding funding of the Scheme; financing the scheme and payment of needlework teachers; meetings concerning the Needlework Development in Scotland scheme between the Scottish Art colleges; minutes for meetings of the NDS permanent committee; draft statement of aims of the NDS and format of the scheme.

Includes correspondence received and sent relating to: committee meetings; personnel; J & P Coats Ltd regarding finance; J & P Coats Ltd regarding the acquisition of foreign works; Edinburgh College of Art regarding marking and numbering of items within the collection; Minutes of the NDS permanent committee; Statements of expenditure on the collection; Embroidery exhibition of February 1935.

Includes correspondence received and sent relating to: finishing of work, transport and expenses of institutions involved in the scheme; exhibitions, purchasing and work and rotation of works between locations; recruitment of judges for an embroidery exhibition to be held by the Handicraft section of the Scottish Women's Rural Institutes at which the NDS awarded a prize; minutes of NDS permanent committee; statements of expenditure, Nov 1935-Nov 1936.

Includes correspondence received and sent relating to: Scottish Women's Rural Institute exhibition; minutes of NDS permanent committee; meeting arrangements; exhibiting work at the Empire Exhibition, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow.

Correspondence relating to the loan of Needlework Development in Scotland materials to schools and societies. Correspondents include: County Council of Dumbarton Education Committee 1938-1939; Corporation of Glasgow 1938-1939; County Council of the County of Lanark 1938-1939; Glasgow High School for Girls 1939; National Union of Townswomen's Guilds, Kensington, London 1940; The Scottish Townswomen, Glasgow 1938.

Statements of success of Needlework in Scotland scheme 1935-1941; minutes of NDS permanent committee 1939; correspondence between committee members rearding winding-up of the scheme 1939-1941; statements of NDS expenditure 1934-1938.

The correspondence within the collection relates to the establishment and management of the Needlework Development in Scotland scheme than ran from 1934 until 1939 when the 1939-1945 World War lead to its suspension. It was re-established as the Needlework Development Scheme in 1945. Subjects covered within the correspondence include management issues; acquisition of needlework samples; finance; correspondence with J & P Coats Ltd who funded the scheme; minutes of meetings; aims and objectives of the scheme; exhibitions; loans of examples.

British. Copy of traditional design. Hand stitched.

Deep turquoise silk with black ends. Applique designs with satin stitch outline. Two stars at top and lily with butterfly at bottom. Possibly by Ann Macbeth.

British. Large blue cotton circular cushion with floral design worked in white wool. Designed by J. Cochrane. Worked by E. Pallett, London.

British. 'Balkan' design worked on natural linen in red and blue cross-stitch. Cushion cover fastens with ties at the back. Worked by a sailor in Wormwood Scrubbs.

Scottish. Crewel work on natural linen. Basket of flowers motif, worked predominently in shades of green, orange and pink. Woollen fringe. Has label from G.S.A. Needlework Exhibition of 1916. Designed by Mrs. Newbery (Jessie Newbery). Worked by Mrs. Rowat (her aunt), Glasgow.

Possibly German. Circular mat with three couples. 'Art Deco' influence in the design.

German. Circular table cover, embroidered in white thread on net in needle-run, darned, and cross-hatched stitches, design of fish and flowers. This is one of a set made for the first class saloon of the SS. Bremen and identical to one exhibited at the 'Modern Embroidery' exhibition, Victorian and Albert Museum 1932.

British. Made from tan, black and plum felts. Richly decorated with applied felts, beads and metal threads. South American flavour to design and colouring. By Shirley Tweedale, Rochdale Grammar School.

Indian. Rust cotton background tie-dyed deep brown and embroidered with geometric design. Cotton and silk embroidery in subtle colour scheme.

With foreword by Ulla Kockum.

Publications published by NDS. Contains copies of Book No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

71 textiles originating from Great Britain.

54 examples of non-British work including examples from Greece, India, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey and Bosnia.

Small booklet illustrating basic embroidery stitches.

British. Three small panels, showing experimental use of domestic sewing machine. Interesteing textures achieved. Designed and worked by Robert Stewart, Glasgow.