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The Rhinoceros

Large coloured print of a painting of a rhinoceros head on paper, signed by the artist. Proof copy. Kept in a sleeve with information about a book in which the print was included titled "The Rhinoceros: A Monograph" by Francesco Nardelli.

Hillier, Matthew

Glasgow School of Art teaching notes

Glasgow School of Art teaching notes

Conrad McKenna’s teaching notes during his various teaching roles at The Glasgow School of Art. Including a combination of typed materials, hand written notes, annotated diagrams and drawings by Conrad McKenna for delivery of the First Year Course including: course overview, course topics, exercises and talks. Materials outline and discuss: materials, processes, techniques, definitions and references relating to: printing, papers, typography, wood and metal work, pattern, drawing, colour, shape and volume, tone, communication, photography, design and design theory. The majority of the material is titled "First Year Course".

McKenna, Conrad

San Gimignano correspondence

San Gimignano correspondence

Conrad McKenna’s correspondence and materials relating to The Glasgow Summer School held in San Gimignano during his various teaching roles at The Glasgow School of Art. Including a combination of typed and hand written materials, newspaper clippings, floor plans and printed ephermera. Including correspondence in English and Italian with: The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Robert Gordons Institute of Technology, Universita Italiana per Stranieri, Provincial Tourist Office – Sienna, Societa Dante Alighieri, Convento S. Agostino, Comune Di Bresica, Intercultural and Permanent Education Centre (San Gimignano),  and Professor Mario Serchi. Correspondence generally details travel and accommodation arrangements, itineraries and costings for The Summer School at San Gimignano alongside its relationships and partnerships with individuals and institutions. Selections of correspondence detail Italian students’ visit to Scotland. Also includes correspondence with the Intercultural and Permanent Education Centre, San Gimignano, detail Draft Articles of Association; an account of The Glasgow Summer School in 1969 by Douglas Percy Bliss, which describes San Gimignano, the Church of Saint Agostino where the school was held and accommodated and the school’s interaction with the local population. A typed account of the origins of The Summer School at San Gimignano by Conrad McKenna is also included. Printed ephemera includes two brochures from 1969 and 1971 detailing itineraries, arrangements and costs of The Glasgow Summer School.

McKenna, Conrad

Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor

Costume doll: Margaret Tudor, married to James IV and Henry VIII's sister, (or Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-1587).

Scott, Anne

Highland Girl wearing Araid Plaid

Costume doll: Highland Girl wearing Araid Plaid (or Fish Wife), she came to be painted by Alan Ramsay aid to McLeod of McLeod. In those days girls did not wear tartan, they wore stripes instead.

Scott, Anne

Allan Ramsay

Costume doll: Allan (possibly Alan) Ramsay, 1713-1784, portrait painter and son of a poet (or 18th Century Gentleman).

Scott, Anne

Marjorie Fleming

Marjorie Fleming

Costume doll: Marjorie Fleming, also known as 'Pet Marjorie' who wrote a diary at about 7 years old, (or Sir Walter Scott's Daughter).

Scott, Anne

Records relating to Ted Odling

  • DC 090
  • Collection
  • c1956-1981

This material mainly relates to Ted Odling's time teaching at The Glasgow School of Art from the 1950s to the early 1980s. It contains the following items:

  • Copy of a staff photograph, 1950
  • CD ROM titled 'family scene part 2', 1956-68
  • 9 x letters from Ted Odling to Harry Barnes, sent whilst on a Leverhulme travel award, 1965
  • 4 x folders of lecture notes / preparatory material covering perception, anatomy and perspective amongst other subjects, 1970s-80s
  • A letter from Ted Odling to Mr Garbett of Ulster Polytechnic regarding Ted Odling's external assessors report, July 1981
  • Loose notes on stereo television
  • 1 x notebook
  • 38 x colour wheels
  • 3 x colour swatches (red, blue and green)

Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.

Odling, Ted

George Heriot

George Heriot

Costume doll: George Heriot also known as 'Jangling Geordie', 1563-1624, Jeweller to James VI and founder of 'Heriot's School', (or Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, c1545-1567).

Scott, Anne

Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott

Costume doll: Sir Walter Scott, 1773-1832, 1st Baronet was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe.

Scott, Anne

Anne Scott Doll Collection

  • DC 038
  • Collection
  • c1956

The collection consists of 27 dolls all dressed in period costume. They are composed of various mixed media including fabrics, metal, glass, plastics, feathers and furs.

This collection was damaged in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014 and is awaiting conservation.

Scott, Anne

Mrs. Keith of Raveltson

Mrs. Keith of Raveltson

Costume doll: Mrs Keith of Raveltson, Grandmother of Marjorie Fleming and friend of Sir Walter Scott (or Charlotte Charpentier, Sir Walter Scott's Wife).

Scott, Anne

Information sheets

Information sheets

Conrad McKenna’s information sheets during his various teaching roles at The Glasgow School of Art. Including typed materials, hand written notes, photocopies, worksheets, newspaper clippings, annotated diagrams and drawings by Conrad McKenna and others for the delivery of teaching and student trips. Materials outline and discuss: materials, processes, techniques, definitions and references relating to: printing, papers, typography, wood and metal work, pattern, drawing, colour, shape and volume, tone, communication, photography, linocuts, monoprints, colour theory, design and design theory. Also included are briefs, materials lists and reading lists for student projects. Along with itineraries for student trips such as a London visit in 1973. Selections of typed materials are titled "First Year Course". Whilst the majority of these are general; others are course specific and provide details of first year courses in Architecture and Drawing and Painting. All provide course overviews, references, definitions and information on materials, processes and techniques.

McKenna, Conrad

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