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Includes:

• Records of the Academic Council, 1973-2000
• Audiovisual material, c1950s-2000s
• Records of the Board of Studies, 1932-1950
• Records of the Continuing Education Department, c1988-2000
• Records of the Assistant Director and Company Secretary, c1986-2008
• Records of the Deputy Director, c1946-1993
• Records of the School of Design, c1979-2001
• Records of the Development and External Relations Office, c1997-2004
• Records of the Director, 1846-
• Records of GSA Enterprises, c1991-2000

[b]Ephemera collection, 1890-[/b]

The School's collection of ephemera includes flyers, programmes and tickets for events at the School, such as plays, fashion shows, charities week events, exhibitions and performances.

• Records of the Estates Department, c1964-2007
• Records of the Exhibitions Officer, c1990-1994
• Records of the School of Fine Art, c1978-1999
• Records of the Finance Officer, 1870-2000
• Records of First Year Studies, c1988-2000
• Records of the Board of Governors, 1847-2007

Key records include:

• Annual reports, 1847-2000 - The School's annual reports provide information on governors, staff and prizewinning students, and sometimes but not always, a headmaster's or director's report and annual accounts.
• Building Committee papers, 1883-1949 - Minutes, correspondence, estimates, specifications and financial records relating to the erection of the Mackintosh Building, as well as the School's extension scheme.
• Records of House for an Art Lover
• Records of Liberal Studies/Historical and Critical Studies, c1992
• Records of Information Services, c1900-2004
• Records of the Mackintosh School of Architecture, c1957-2002

[b]Newspaper cuttings, 1864-[/b]

The School's press cuttings include articles relating to staff and students.

[b]Photographs, c1880s-[/b]

The School's photograph collection provides an excellent record of events at The Glasgow School of Art, its students and their work.

• Records of the Personnel Office, c1987-2006
• Records of the Planning Department, 1962-1964
• Records of the Registrar, c1881-2000

Key records include:

• Student records, 1881-1997 - The School's student registers can provide student's names, dates of birth, dates of admission, educational background, addresses, occupations, courses taken and marks and awards gained.

[b]Prospectuses, 1893-1995[/b]

• The School's prospectuses provide information about staff and governors
• the organisation and administration of the School
• Summaries of the School's curriculum
• individual courses and tutors
• fees
• Scholarships and bursaries.
• Records of the School Council, 1969-1982
• Records of the Secretary and Treasurer, 1853-1996
• Records of the Senior Management Group
• Records of the School of Simulation and Visualisation
• Records of the Staff Council, 1909-1949
• Records of the Student Support Service

Includes catalogues, programmes, flyers and tickets for Glasgow School of Art exhibitions, pageants, lectures and theatrical events as well as posters from Activities Week events and student fashion shows, dating from 1890 to the present. Ephemera also includes a collection of postcards from c1900 to the present, as well as material relating to: Glasgow School of Art's involvement with the international exhibition scene; records of the Woman's Work Exhibition, London, 1900; records of the Glasgow School of Art participation in the Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901; the Exhibition of Modern Furniture, Budapest, 1902; the Brussels Exhibition, 1910; and papers documenting the organisation of the Scottish Pavilion at the Exhibition of Decorative Arts, Turin, 1902. Some of the material is in French and Italian.

Teaching aids include collections of prints, photographs, and calligraphy examples.

Collection of various animal prints including sheep, cows, horses, dogs, and deer with focus on different parts of the anatomy (full body, heads, horns, hoofs, tails, etc). Many prints with French labels. Some prints signed by Robert Hills (1769-1844).

Includes flower prints, animal prints, architectural prints, and a print of a painting of a rhinoceros.

Includes two copies of architectural sketches for an early English doorway, entrance to Chapter House, Glasgow Cathedral. Sketch is dated 28 January 1903, supplement to The Builder's Journal and Architectural Record, measured and drawn by Charles Forsyth. Also includes collection of architectural lithograph prints, sketches, and watercolours of various locations including Paris, Rome, Cairo, and throughout the UK, some by E. Hildebrandt. Two have a stamp on corner of work, "Department of Science and Art, Specimen presented to schools". Also includes coloured prints of various rooms in the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. Views include halls, courtyard, indoor garden, holy vestibule, throne room. Labelled in Russian and French, some include English labels written in pencil. Also includes collection of printed architectural plans and designs including two ordinance surveys of Garnethill and City Centre/Sauchiehall St., three copies of a poster of "100 Years of British Architecture" by The Observer, a floor plan of the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow, a poster of "James Caldwell & Co. Abbotsford Stained Glassworks" designs, and three small architectural sketches/plans/designs of Grey Friars Church in Edinburgh, Chartres Cathedral in France, and Candlish Memorial Church in Glasgow.

Collection includes:

• Menus and dinner invitation to artistic gatherings with a sketch by James E Christie
• London Sketch Club ephemera including menus, invitations, cards with sketches by Shepperson, W Lee Hank, Rene Butt and Jock Bere, 1902-1906
• F. Carruthers Gould ephemera containing invites to private views
• tudies for Pictures by J Moyr Smith, 1868
• Information on John Burnet, Architect, 1814-1901
• Photograph album, c1893

The photograph album contains photographs of "The Immortals", including Jessie Keppie, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Herbert MacNair, Frances Macdonald, Margaret Macdonald and others of their circle.

The Moyr Smith sketches are from Moyr Smith's first published book Studies in Pictures. Smith trained in Glasgow, becoming influenced by Alexander Thomson and Daniel Cottier, moving to London in 1864.

Of great importance in this collection is a sketchbook of drawings by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The sketchbook, dating from the 1890s, consists of 19 drawings of flowers, furniture sketches, and interior sketches of Craigie Hall, Pollokshields, Glasgow.

Collection of prints and sketches of flowers, fruits, and other plants. Includes empty portfolio used to store the collection of flower prints. Written in pencil on the front cover, "Photographs and Coloured Illustrations of Flowers".

A variety of designs, correspondence, ephemera and photographs related to Archibald Haswell Miller. A large amount of items are dated to his time as either a student or a lecturer at The Glasgow School of Art.

A variety of ephemera primarily dating to the days of Archibald Haswell Miller as a student at The Glasgow School of Art.

A variety of loose artworks, cover designs, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs completed by and belonging to Archibald Haswell Miller. The collections includes proofs for book covers and pamphlets, personal correspondence relating to his studies and subsequent career, different ephemera relating to Haswell Miller's student days and photographs of artworks and students and staff members of The Glasgow School of Art.

This collection also includes material relating to Georges-Marie Baltus (DC 098/2) , including photographs of his artworks and his Italian and European trips, and Francis H. Newbery (DC 098/3).

Archibald Haswell Miller's admission ticket to the Varnishing Day of the Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition, at The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine arts.

Archibald Haswell Miller's annual ticket of admission to the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington.

Archibald Haswell Miller's bill for the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich from the winter semester 1908/09.

Archibald Haswell Miller's Glasgow School of Art Club membership card.

Variety of materials relating to the works of Dorothy Doddrell, including designs relating to the creation of First World War Roll of Honours; designs created by Doddrell; life drawing studies; and reference materials.

Variety of reference materials, including prints and photographs of art works.

Booklet containing a print of 'Christ and his People'. Annotation on the cover notes that the reproduction is made in the colours of the original, taken from a book of prayers connected with the Order of St George by Flemish Artists in the late 15th century. Lower front cover states booklet is printed and sold on behalf of The Trustees of the British Museum.

Located inside folder: Item DC 094/1/3/10 - Folder of calligraphic life studies

Located inside folder: Item DC 094/1/3/10 - Folder of calligraphic life studies

Booklet containing a print of 'The Annunciation.' Annotation on the cover notes that the reproduction is made in the colours of the original, taken from an early 14th century East Anglian manuscript of 'La Lumiere As Lais'. Lower front cover states booklet is printed and sold on behalf of The Trustees of the British Museum.

Located inside folder: Item DC 094/1/3/10 - Folder of calligraphic life studies

General office paperwork including: architects certificates, account books and papers, correspondence and ephemera.

Menu and Programme for the Ca'Doro Restaurant. Cover attributes the date of creation to 1924. Inside contains the menu and programme for the 17th December 1924. Due to the connection with Pettigrew and Stephens LTD, there is a possibility this was designed by Dorothy Doddrell.

Located inside folder: Item DC 094/1/3/10 - Folder of calligraphic life studies

Includes

• a selection of Christmas cards and other ephemera collected by Conrad McKenna, a former student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, plus typed and handwritten materials used by McKenna to deliver teaching at The Glasgow School of Art
• correspondence between Conrad McKenna and The Glasgow School of Art and members of staff, and correspondence and printed ephemera regarding The San Gimignano Summer School.

The cards and ephemera have been created by former Glasgow School of Art staff and students and friends of Conrad McKenna, including Gordon Huntly, Rosalind Bliss, Michael Moulder, Peter Sumsion, Michael Healey, Mark Severin and James Cosgrove.

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.

Greetings cards and printed ephemera collected by Conrad McKenna during his time as a student and teacher at The Glasgow School of Art. Including Christmas cards and printed ephemera such as: tickets, menus, exhibition signage, exhibition catalogue and materials produced by The Glasgow Art Club.

This collections in includes material relating to The Glasgow School of Art's undergraduate fashion show.

Three Christmas cards addressed to Veronica Matthew made by Alasdair Gray.

Glasgow School of Art charities week fashion show brochure from January 1955 made with the cover design made by Robert Macgowan. Includes the members of committee, a description, mannequins, and the programme.

Includes:

• GSA fashion show advertisement including Valerie Wilson (Bloomfield-Ambrose) as a mannequin in 1955
• Three Christmas cards made by Alasdair Gray for Veronica Matthew
• Valerie Bloomfield-Ambrose (nee Wilson) Floridian business
• Mackintosh postcard from Joanne Semple to Veronica Matthew in 2008
• Invitation to the Glasgow Girls exhibition in 2014.

Includes:

• 1955, cover design by Robert MacGowan
• 1957
• 1961
• 1977 (2 copies)
• 1978
• 1979
• 1980