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118 pages with 11 original illustrations by Margaret Lee Thompson.

Correspondence re: Feu at Kilmaurs, wallpaper, paint and repair to doors at Kilmaurs.

Folder contains:
SOURCE MATERIAL CONT'D:

• GKC/MBH/3/2/1: Maryhill Public Hall, upper floor plan, with annotations: 3/2"=10' (Office of Public Works)
• GKC/MBH/3/2/2: Maryhill Public Hall, upper floor plan, with annotations: 3/2"=10' (Office of Public Works)
• GKC/MBH/3/2/3: (107B) Municipal Buildings, section through hall: 3/2"=10'
• GKC/MBH/3/2/4: (107B) Municipal Buildings, elevation to Wyndford Street, with annotations: 3/2"=10'
• GKC/MBH/3/2/5: sketch of proposed additions to Maryhill Hall, ground floor plan: 3/2"=10' (Office of Public Works)
• GKC/MBH/3/2/6: sketch of proposed additions to Maryhill Hall, elevation to Maryhill Road: 3/2"=10' (Office of Public Works)
• GKC/MBH/3/2/7: Maryhill Halls, platform details in plan and sections: 3/2"=5'
• GKC/MBH/3/2/8: Maryhill Public Hall, upper floor plan as existing (Office of Public Works)
• GKC/MBH/3/2/9: (B7/D) Maryhill Public Hall, alteration to emergency exit from hall: details (Office of Public Works)
• GKC/MBH/3/2/10: (B7/4) Maryhill Public Hall, proposed alterations to platform: plans and sections, existing and proposed (Office of Public Works)

Letterbook of outgoing correspondence, pages 1-359- includes letters re: Decorative Art Studios Teachers (357); letters to Professor Bourdon re: Architectural Studies Class (85) and the lecture scheme (324); letters about the progress of Highland Society Bursars (251); letters to the British Empire Shakespeare Society re: Recitals (24); letter to C Thorpe Davie re: invitation to a Vocal Recital (145); letter to Sir James Fleming re: Reception at the Art Club (44); letters to Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh re: the new lecture theatre (16) and updates on the progress of various parts of the School (79), etc; letter to Hutcheson's Boys Grammar School (254); letter to Sir John Stirling Maxwell about what was discussed at a meeting he could not attend (92); correspondence with Charles Rennie Mackintosh about details of the School of Architecture (55) etc; letters to Baron Van Overloep (53); letters to Dorothy C Smyth re: costumes for the School wardrobe (319).

Includes correspondence with M. Baltus, Professor of Technics & History of Art.

Glasgow School of Art Club: Programme for Re-Union and exhibition of GSA Club Work, 1908 and GSA Students, 1909. With reception at GSA and Theatrical Productions.

Details of designs & correspondence re: costs, fittings, contractors, etc.

Progress reports, queries and general correspondence.[also includes notes from I.M. Boyd]

[From 11 July 1910 ff. address given as The Bungalow, Kilmaurs] Enquiries about fittings, decorating, description of problems and general correspondence.

Correspondence re: reports on visits to the house and work being undertaken.

Correspondence, booklets of Bye-Laws for Eton Rural District Council and Amersham Rural District Council; plan of the Circle Land Cos. Estate.

Correspondence re: the buying of the site, planning for the house, mention of the death of Fulton's mother [17/3/2/5 - with list of names (for funeral?)]; details of garden; lists of repairs needed at the house and in the garden; reference to a robbery at the house.

Correspondence re: the purchase of a site in Gerrard's Cross with plan and conditions of sale.Plan and conditions of sale is outsize and stored separately.

Correspondence re: the site for the house; to Charles Kilsby re: the site; Mr Green the builder re: plans & insurance.

Letterbook of outgoing correspondence, pages 360-718 - includes letters to Frances MacNair re: unable to undertake enamel and metalwork classes (367); W Heath Wilson re: a visit to the School (374); to Rodin requesting the reproduction of one of his statues (403); Hilaire Belloc re: lecturing at GSA (424); the Formal Opening Masque (448, 474-5, 477, 504, 621, 645, 653, 666 & 683); notes to Mr. Baltus about presenting a lecture (498); to Charles McLure & R. Currie Robertson re: scholarship travel in Spain (518, 577); the Opening Exhibition of past student's work (548); E. Lagorara, Italian Consul General for Italy re: explanation of 1902 Turin Exhibition (575); E.A. Hornel re: the loan of a painting (599); correspondence, re: the Diploma and design for the certificate (608-9, 629); to Mr Rennie re: the best way to lecture to Art Students (620); to Dr. Struthers, Scottish Education Department re: a visit by Newbery to Egypt, Greece and Constantinople (695). Letters re: the New Building: choice of School Chairs by Mackintosh & Newbery (382); fittings required by Pr. Baltus for the Composition Department (387); to Mackintosh requesting that the furnishing of rooms be hurried forward (397); Scott St. Railings -problems with children climbing on them (407); the furnishing of the Dark Room as (410); to Professor Britten re: the Professor's Private Studios (418); to architects re: easels (428); stone carving room (445); coloured stickers on furniture to keep them in their correct rooms (491); to A. Proudfoot re: furnishing the Common Room (514); to Mackintosh re: fittings for the Metalwork Rooms (528); to Mackintosh re: tree trunk in Metalwork rooms (572); to Mackintosh re: screens between Architecture and Ornament Rooms (673). Please note: DIR/5/5 is Vol 2 of DIR/5/4.

Correspondence re: building work at the house, reports on work, queries about material, orders, etc. [17/1/5/1-2, 23 & 27 are to Mr & Mrs Boyd].

Various papers and correspondence of Newbery relating to Needlecraft instruction in Secondary Schools. Some correspondence and reports from individuals such as Ann Macbeth and Margaret Swanson. Papers and follows: DIR/5/38/5/1: Letters from Ann Macbeth to Newbery, press-cuttings and papers about the Needlework scheme, 1910-1912 (1 folder). Includes: correspondence; presscutting from the Glasgow Herald, 23 Jan 1911, about Ann Macbeth and her address to the Glasgow Ruskin Society about needlecraft; cuttings from 'The Educational News' about the scheme, 1910; copy letters from Macbeth to Newbery, 1912, reporting her findings of the standard of needlework in Queen's Park and Shawlands Schools; memo regarding the Needlework and Embroidery, Article 55, Saturday Classes. DIR/5/38/5/2: Document- 'Suggested Scheme for Secondary School Course' in Needlework, giving specific information about the curriculum and course details for different ages, c1910 (7 sheets). DIR/5/38/5/3: Document- 'Scheme of Needlecraft in Secondary Schools' report by Margaret Swanson, Instructress in the Glasgow School of Art, 22 Mar 1912 (11 sheets, 2 copies). DIR/5/38/5/4: Document' 'Killearn School Board. Killearn Public School Continuation Classes. Approved Scheme of Instruction for Art Needlework Arranged as Required under Section 17 (7) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1908.', c1910-1912 (3 sheets, 5 copies)

2-10 Sep 1910: (a-c) J. Bailey, Gerrard's Cross 2 Sep 1910: (d) J.W. Falkner, London 23 Sep 1910: (e) G. Biggs, High Wycombe

Includes:

• GSAA/EPH/9/1/4/1 Draft copies of information relating to the Catalogue for the Needlecraft and Embroidery exhibition, 1915-1916.
• GSAA/EPH/9/1/4/2  Document titled 'Needlework Exhibition' - explaining what 'petit point' is, 1915-1916.
• GSAA/EPH/9/1/4/3 Paper samples from stationer's Begg, Currie & Russell for exhibition catalogue, c1915-1916.
• GSAA/EPH/9/1/4/4 Business card from Tillotson & Son Limited, c1915-1916.

Includes estimates & costs, abstracts, drawings, notes, measurements.

Contains five drawings.

Includes:

• GSAA/EPH/9/2/2/1 Photographs and photographic copies of the material displayed, c1915-1916.
• GSAA/EPH/9/2/2/2 Photographic examples of work for display, c1915-1916.
• GSAA/EPH/9/2/2/3 Folio titled the History of British Embroidery illustrated with photographic examples of material from 13th -16th C, c1915-1916. Please note this material is currently inaccessible due to its fragility.

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).

List of Gifts and Loans to the School, with donors.

Onc calendar extract

Correspondence re: tiles specifications and prices.

Correspondence re: the marble slabs ordered and responsibility for payment.

Orders and letters re: gas fittings.

Correspondence re: slatework and plumbing at Kilmaurs, with account.

Correspondence re: contractors, visiting the house, fittings.

Correspondence re: the purchase of a site on the Latchmoor Estate, Gerrard's Cross, Bucks. [incl. brochure & plans for estate]. Plans are outsize and stored separately.

Includes letters to J.B. Fulton about building the house, estimate & receipts.

Correspondence with & about W.E.F. Britten, Professor of Design & Decorative Art, about teaching and timetables.

(a-b) re: fire insurance.

22 Feb 1911 - 01 Mar 1911: (a-b) James Naylor & Sons, Harrow 08 Mar 1911-13 Mar 1911: (c-e) William T. Joy, Gerrard's Cross [with sketch plan of garden] 13 Mar 1911: (f) E.H. Lofty, Chalfont St. Peters DC 17/3/12/4: (e) is outsize and stored separately.

(a-b) William Taylor, Hammersmith; 01 Feb 1911-03 Feb 1911 (c-e) W Maddison, Canning Town; 02 Feb 1911-17 Mar 1911 (f) Nicholls & Sons, Finchley; 02 Feb 1911 (g) T Holliday & Sons, North Finchley; 03 Feb 1911

Correspondence with Robert Anning Bell, Professor of Design, about position of Director of Design.

Letterbook of outgoing correspondence - includes letters to Mr Nunn Ayles re: role of art teachers (16 Feb); to Professor Britten re: use of models in the Architect's Life Class and the Composition Class (31 Jan & 1 Feb); Anning Bell re: post of Director at LCC School of Arts & Crafts being offered to Newbery (10 Mar); Anning Bell: re: post at GSA in Design Dept. (Mar-Apr); Sir William Bilsland re: the success of lectures at GSA (1 May); Reference for P. Wylie Davidson (8 Mar); Mr Ewen re: Children's drawing at Higher level (2 June); Messrs. Grindlay, Staffs. re: work by Herbert MacNair (10 Jan); Mr Gray re: the misbehaviour of architectural students (19 May); to Greiffenhagen re: officialdom, including comparison of Scottish Education Department with South Kensington system & remark about ECA (27 May); to Housekeeper at GSA re: dusting of casts and cases (10 Jan); Mr Whitelaw Hamilton re: Glasgow Artistic Circles (25 May); Mrs Talwin Morris re: the purchase of books and bookbinding equipment (May); C.R. Mackintosh re: the lift (1 Feb), invite to lunch to meet Anning Bell (11 Feb), request for name-plate for Entrance Hall (23 Mar); Baltus re: lectures at GSA (28 Jan); to Mary Newbery re: family arrangements, etc. (20 Mar); Pr. Orlik, Berlin re: exchange of students' works for comparison (Jan-Feb); Mr Orr: re art education, etc. (June); George Pirie: re becoming a Visitor to GSA Animal Class (4 & 9 June); David Rollo re: scholarship travel in Italy (23 Mar); W.G. Strickland, National Gallery of Scotland re: Henry MacManus, first Headmaster of GSA (1 Mar); to Bernard Shaw asking him to give a lecture at GSA (4 May); Mr Weeks, Bridport re: design for a memorial to John Beard (May-June).

General correspondence re: alterations and repairs to the house.