The format and contents of the annual reports change gradually over time. The following types of information are to be found although they are not all recorded in each year's report: lists of office bearers, governors and staff, annual reports of Committee of Management/Board of Governors, reports of Headmaster/Director, various other reports, proceedings at annual meeting, tables of numbers of students attending each class, lists of occupations and ages of students, lists of prizes, programmes of classes and fees, lists of subscriptions, annual accounts. In more recent years the annual reports have mainly included only financial information. The two earliest volumes of the annual reports also include the following items: two copies of a pamphlet entitled "Laws and regulations of Glasgow Government School of Design", c1845; a copy of a document giving a short history of the Glasgow School of Art to be placed in the memorial stone to be laid by Sir Renny Watson on 25 May 1898; and a pamphlet entitled "an address to the council of the Government School of Design on the management of that institution by Henry J Townsend, member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and master of painting and modelling in the Government School of Design", 1846. Digital PDF copies exist for GOV/1/173 onwards and these can be found on the Glasgow School of Art website and are also stored within Archives and Collections.
Annual Reports are as follows:
GOV/1/1: Laws and Regulations [1845], An address to the Council of the Government School of Design [1846], and annual reports 1848-78
GOV/1/2: 1879-1906
GOV/1/3: 1906-1917
GOV/1/4: 1917-1938
GOV/1/5: 1938-1957 (1943-1944 is missing)
GOV/1/6: 1957-1964
GOV/1/7: 1964-1969
GOV/1/8: 1969-1972
GOV/1/9: 1972-1976
GOV/1/10: 1976-1980
GOV/1/11: 1980-1984
GOV/1/12: 1984-1988
GOV/1/13: 1988-1993 There is also a set of loose reports.
NB reports from 1993 onwards are all loose:
GOV/1/14-36: [1845-1867 wanting]
GOV/1/37: 1868
GOV/1/38-40: [1869-1871 wanting]
GOV/1/41: 1872
GOV/1/42: [1873 wanting]
GOV/1/43: 1874
GOV/1/44: 1875
GOV/1/45: 1876
GOV/1/46: 1877
GOV/1/47: 1878
GOV/1/48: 1879
GOV/1/49: 1880
GOV/1/50: 1881
GOV/1/51: 1882
GOV/1/52: 1883
GOV/1/53: 1884
GOV/1/54: 1885
GOV/1/55: [1886 wanting]
GOV/1/56: 1887
GOV/1/57: 1888
GOV/1/58: 1889
GOV/1/59: [1890 wanting]
GOV/1/60: 1891
GOV/1/61: 1892
GOV/1/62: 1893
GOV/1/63: 1894
GOV/1/64: 1895
GOV/1/65: 1896
GOV/1/66: 1897
GOV/1/67: [1898 wanting]
GOV/1/68: 1899
GOV/1/69: 1900
GOV/1/70: 1901
GOV/1/71: 1902
GOV/1/72: 1903
GOV/1/73: 1903-1904
GOV/1/74: 1904-1905
GOV/1/75: 1905-1906
GOV/1/76: 1906-1907
GOV/1/77: 1907-1908
GOV/1/78: 1908-1909
GOV/1/79: 1909-1910
GOV/1/80: 1910-1911
GOV/1/81: 1911-1912
GOV/1/82: 1912-1913
GOV/1/83: 1913-1914
GOV/1/84: 1914-1915
GOV/1/85: 1915-1916
GOV/1/86: 1916-1917
GOV/1/87: 1917-1918
GOV/1/88: 1918-1919
GOV/1/89: 1919-1920
GOV/1/90: 1920-1921
GOV/1/91: 1921-1922
GOV/1/92: 1922-1923
GOV/1/93: 1923-1924
GOV/1/94: 1924-1925
GOV/1/95: 1925-1926
GOV/1/96: 1926-1927
GOV/1/97: 1927-1928
GOV/1/98: 1928-1929
GOV/1/99: 1929-1930
GOV/1/100: 1930-1931
GOV/1/101: 1931-1932
GOV/1/102: 1932-1933
GOV/1/103: 1933-1934
GOV/1/104: 1934-1935
GOV/1/105: 1935-1936
GOV/1/106: 1936-1937
GOV/1/107: 1937-1938
GOV/1/108-114: [1938-1939 to 1945-1946 wanting]
GOV/1/115: 1946-1947- short report and includes a separate Accounts report
GOV/1/116: 1947-1948- includes separate Accounts reports
GOV/1/117: 1948-1949- includes separate Accounts reports
GOV/1/118: 1949-1950- Accounts reports only
GOV/1/119: 1950-1951- Accounts reports only
GOV/1/120: 1951-1952- includes a separate Accounts report
GOV/1/121: 1952-1953- includes a separate Accounts report
GOV/1/122: 1953-1954- includes a separate Accounts report
GOV/1/123: 1954-1955- includes a separate Accounts report
GOV/1/124: 1955-1956- includes a separate Accounts report
GOV/1/125: 1956-1957
GOV/1/126: 1957-1958
GOV/1/127: 1958-1959
GOV/1/128: 1959-1960
GOV/1/129: 1960-1961
GOV/1/130: 1961-1962
GOV/1/131: 1962-1963
GOV/1/132: 1963-1964
GOV/1/133: 1964-1965
GOV/1/134: 1965-1966
GOV/1/135: 1966-1967
GOV/1/136: 1967-1968
GOV/1/137: 1968-1969
GOV/1/138: 1969-1970
GOV/1/139: 1970-1971
GOV/1/140: 1971-1972
GOV/1/141: 1972-1973
GOV/1/142: 1973-1974
GOV/1/143: 1974-1975
GOV/1/144: 1975-1976
GOV/1/145: 1976-1977
GOV/1/146: 1977-1978
GOV/1/147: 1978-1979
GOV/1/148: 1979-1980
GOV/1/149: 1980-1981
GOV/1/150: 1981-1982
GOV/1/151: 1982-1983
GOV/1/152: 1983-1984
GOV/1/153: 1984-1985
GOV/1/154: 1985-1986
GOV/1/155: 1986-1987
GOV/1/156: 1987-1988
GOV/1/157: 1988-1989
GOV/1/158: 1989-1990
GOV/1/159: 1990-1991
GOV/1/160: 1991-1992
GOV/1/161: 1992-1993
GOV/1/162: 1993-1994
GOV/1/163: 1994-1995
GOV/1/164: 1995-1996
GOV/1/165: 1996-1997
GOV/1/166: 1997-1998
GOV/1/167: 1998-1999
GOV/1/168: 1999-2000
GOV/1/169: 2000-2001
GOV/1/170: 2001-2002
GOV/1/171: 2002-2003
GOV/1/172: 2003-2004
GOV/1/173: 2004-2005 (digital file also exists)
GOV/1/174: 2005-2006 (digital file also exists)
GOV/1/175: 2006-2007 (digital file and paper draft copy)
GOV/1/176: 2007-2008 (digital)
GOV/1/177: 2008-2009 (digital file and paper draft copy)
GOV/1/178: 2009-2010 (digital file also exists)
GOV/1/179: 2010-2011 (digital file and paper draft copy)
GOV/1/180: 2011-2012 (digital file and paper draft copy)
GOV/1/181: 2012-2013 (digital file and paper draft copy)
GOV/1/182: 2013-2014 (digital)
GOV/1/183: 2014-2015 (digital)
GOV/1/184: 2015-2016 (digital)
