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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.

Folder containing black and white and colour negatives, contact sheets and photographs. Most have been annotated. Includes: Catterline, Crail (colour negatives), Glencoe and Rannoch Moor.

Folder containing contact sheets and negative strips of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes: St Andrews, Stirling, Culross, Drum, Pitlochry, Inverness, Crieff and Dumfries.

A box containing 4 black and white photographs of exterior and interior shots of the Scottish Exhibition Centre taken by George Oliver.

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver featuring performers. Includes: Duke Ellington performing at the Glasgow Apollo in 1973, Edinburgh Festival, Allen Ginsberg performing at The Traverse Theatre, Manavishnu Orchestra at Kelvin Hall in 1973 and 'Magic Flute' performed by Scottish Opera at Macrobert Arts Centre in 1974.

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs by George Oliver. Some are annotated. Includes: clocks in Kilmarnock, GSA's Mackintosh Building and Victoria street, Edinburgh.

Folder containing black & white photographs and contact sheets taken by George Oliver. Most are unidentified. Includes: Milan, Florence, interior of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan showing Biffi Caffè, and a replica of Michaelangelo's David in Florence.

Folder containing black and white photographs of landscapes taken by George Oliver. Some have been annotated. Includes: Brasov and Bucharest (Romania), Grangemouth, Aberdeen and various Scottish countryside scenes.

Folder containing 9 black and white photographs and 4 negative strips by George Oliver. Includes: Lumsden Sculpture Workshop.

Folder containing 70 black and white photographs of performers and artists, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some annotated. Includes: Billy Connolly at the 3rd Eye Centre, Tom Flemming, Edith MacArthur, Walter Carr, Cordelia Oliver, Hugh MacDiarmid, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Knox.

Folder containing black and white negatives, contact sheets, photographs and colour prints by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Also contains a leaflet for building tours and exhibitions of Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1994. Includes: Dovecot Tapestry, Scotch Myth at St Andrews, ceramics workshop Edinburgh 1973 and Third Eye book shop.

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes; Ashkenazy rehearsing at the Macrobert arts centre in Stirling, Compton McKenzie, Billy Connolly, Mayfest at the Third Eye with Whoopi Goldberg, John Byrne gable, Duke Ellington at the Glasgow Apollo, and Humphrey Lyttelton at the Clyde Fair.

Folder containing 49 black and white photographs of various sizes. All are taken by George Oliver with the exception of one which has been taken by Flora Ritchie, the cousin of George's wife, Cordelia Oliver. This photograph depicts a street scene in Townhead, Glasgow, c1950s. The remaining photographs depict various street scenes in Glasgow from 1948-1980s, most of which have been annotated. The earliest photograph dates from 1948 and depicts traction engines pulling North British Loco. Co. engine along Sauchiehall Street en route for the docks. Other scenes include: the construction of the M8, Gorbals, Queen Street Station and trace horses on West Nile Street c1948.

Folder containing 68 black and white photographs of various sizes. Taken by George Oliver and depicting Glasgow cityscenes from 1948-1980s.  Most have been annotated. Also contains a programme for Glasgow Coliseum dating from 1924. Includes general scenes of Glasgow including: Merchant City, construction of new flats at Anderston, Charing Cross and high rise flats of the Gorbals.

Folder containing black and white photographs taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some are annotated. Includes: Burrell Collection and Pollok House.

Folder containing black & white negatives and contact sheets of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes: general street scenes of London, London streetscenes featuring cars, Brighton, Liverpool, Tunbridge Wells and Burlington Arcade. The original packaging contains information about the camera George used and technical photographic information.

Folder containing black and white negatives, contact sheets and photographs taken by George Oliver. Most have been annotated. Includes: Venice, Bath, Canterbury, Aachen, Deutsches Museum Munich, Oxford and Canterbury.

Folder containing contact sheets, negatives and photographs taken by George Oliver. Various sizes. Some have been annotated. Includes: Falkland Palace, Kinross House, Brodick Castle, Drumlanrig Castle, Cullen House and Traquair House.

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most have been annotated. Also contains handwritten lists. Includes: Stirling, Liverpool, Edinburgh College of Art and Lillie Art Gallery.

Folder containing 68 black and white photographs taken by George Oliver, of various sizes and depicting Glasgow streets and buildings. Some have been annotated. Includes: Exhibition Centre, Gorbals, Necropolis, West End. "Moon 4.3.5/f8 AB/1"; "60/f8 AB1 Wj 50/f8 AB1 Simbey (?) 70/f8c"; "51/f5.6 Kantor 45/5.6" annotated on original packaging.

Folder containing black & white negatives and contact sheets of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes: 1951 Festival of Britain, 1949 Richmond Horse Show, London buildings and cars, Bath, Rye, Dover and Canterbury. The original packaging contains technical photographic information including the type of camera used.

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs by George Oliver. Some are annotated. Includes: Festival of Youth Art 1974, Goethe Institute and Hopetoun House ceramics workshop.

Folder containing colour negatives. Most are annotated. The photographs are presumed to have been taken by Cordelia Oliver as they are taken after George's death. Includes: Cordelia and her friends, Glasgow, The Vital Spark Clyde puffer and Pollokshields villas.

Folder containing 50 black and white photographs of buildings of various sizes, taken by George Oliver. Some annotated. All buildings featured are in Glasgow except one of a pub in London which dates from 1948. Also contains 2 photocopies of a line drawing by Thomas Williams depicting a busy cityscene beside a river. Photographs include: Templeton's Carpet Factory, Hampden Park, Glasgow Cathedral, St Enoch Station and Bute Hall.

Folder containing 44 black and white and colour photographs of mostly unidentified shops fronts, all taken by George Oliver. Locations include: Glasgow, Edinburgh, St Andrews, and London. Shops include: grocers, chemists, booksellers, tobacconists, butchers and ironmongers.

Folder containing 60 black and white photographs depicting terraces and tenements in Glasgow, of various sizes and taken by George Oliver. Some are annotated.

Folder containing 60 black and white photographs of performances at the Third Eye Centre, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Most have been annotated. Includes: Billy Connolly, Tom McGrath, music and dance performances.

Folder containing colour negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes: Glasgow Green, Greenock, Exhibition of Scottish Art in North of England, London, Morgot's Studio, Border Warfare at Tramway 1989, Wines from Paris Opening, Holyrood Park Festival Fringe Day 1996 and Glasgow streets.

Folder containing black and white photographs, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some annotated. Some photographs are duplicates of photographs in other folders. Includes: performers and performances from the Third Eye Centre and street performers from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Folder containing colour and black and white negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver. Some annotated. Includes: cars, a model Midland Bluebird bus in colour, Joan Eardley and a ceramic studio.

Folder containing 6 black and white photographs of Heron House, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, taken by George Oliver.

Folder containing black and white photographs, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some have been annotated. Includes: 2 copies of a photograph of Joan Earley painting of small boy with hands in pockets and 2 photographs of a Glasgow street scene.

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs of people taken by George Oliver. Some annotated. Also contains a typed list of the people featuring in the photographs. Includes: many performances and performers at the Third Eye Centre - Polish Realities, Tom McGrath, John Byrne, Margaret Drabble, and Ashkenazy rehearsing at the Macrobert Arts Centre Stirling.

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs of people taken by George Oliver. Also contains a typed alphabetical list of the people photographed. Includes: Whoopi Goldberg performing at the Third Eye in 1984, Sir Alexander Gibson, Alasdair Gray and Allen Ginsberg at Traverse Theatre.

Folder containing 53 black and white photographs relating to the Third Eye Centre, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some have been annotated. Includes: various performers, performances and general events.

Folder containing 49 black and white photographs of exhibitions held at the Third Eye Centre, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Most are annotated. Includes: 'Crawford and Company' curated by Cordelia Oliver, Joan Eardley exhibition and John Bellany exhibition.

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes: various performances at the Third Eye Centre and Polish Realities.

Folder containing 2 photographs of artworks and 2 negatives taken by George Oliver.

Folder containing black and white contact sheets and negatives of photographs of people taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Also contains a typed list of the people who are photographed. Includes: Dr. Lillie Recital, Edwin Morgan's 65th birthday at the Third Eye Centre, poetsound Festival at Third Eye Centre, Sir Compton Mackenzie and Sir William Mactaggart.

Folder containing photographs taken by George Oliver and of various sizes - many of which are prints of photographs in DC 066/2/60. Some have been annotated.

Folder containing black and white contact sheets of photographs taken by George Oliver.  Includes: College of Piping, Glasgow street scenes with children and general street scenes of Glasgow.

Folder containing 65 black and white photographs and 1 colour photograph of Glasgow's architecture, of various sizes, all taken by George Oliver. Some are annotated. Includes: Trongate, Templeton's Carpet Factory, The Mackintosh Building, Merchant City, towers of Park Church and Trinity College, St Andrews Parish Church, Adelphi Street UCBS bakery, fish market Clyde Street and Charing Cross Mansions.

Folder containing 58 black and white photographs of Pollokshields, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some are annotated. Includes street scenes of: Leslie Street, Kenmure Street, Barcaldine Terrace and shops at Nithsdale Road.

Folder containing black and white negatives and contact sheets by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes: opening of Bet Low Exhibition Nov. 1967, Jessie King Auction at Queen's Cross Church, Yugoslav Puppets at 3rd Eye, Fashion Exhibition R.S.M. Edinburgh and Dance Umbrella at Third Eye.

Folder containing 34 black and white and colour photographs of Joan Eardley and her work taken by George Oliver. Also contains exhibition catalogues and cuttings from such, press releases and postcards.

Folder containing black & white negatives and contact sheets of photographs by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Various subjects. Includes: Scottish Arts Council Collection, University of Stirling, Murals in Bridgeton, Normam Ackroyd etchings and June Redfern.

Folder containing contact sheets and negatives of photographs of people taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Also includes a typed list of the people photographed and two typed letters. Includes: Scottish Theatre Company rehearsing, Stan Tracey at the Third Eye Centre, and Ian McKenzie Smith.

Folder containing black and white photographs of performers and artists, taken by George Oliver and of various sizes. Some annotated. Some photographs are prints from DC 066/2/58-59. Includes: Richard Demarco and Pat Douthwaite.

Folder containing black and white negatives and contact sheets of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes: negatives of photographs taken of a Russell lantern slide of a R34 airship, Donald long ship model, clocks in various locations, Glasgow and Rolls Royces.

Folder containing black and white negatives and contact sheets of photographs taken by George Oliver. Most are annotated. Includes: Labour Party Eurofest at the Edinburgh Playhouse in 1984 as part of their election campaign for the European Elections with Neil Kinnock, Robin Cook and Donald Dewar speaking at such, Oriental Figurines and Scottish Crafts Trade Fair.