Colin D A Porteous Collection - North Sun Conferences
- DC 045
- Collection
- 1987-1994
The collection consists of job files and photographs for North Sun 1994 Conference, organised by Professor Colin Porteous.
Porteous, Professor Colin D A
Colin D A Porteous Collection - North Sun Conferences
The collection consists of job files and photographs for North Sun 1994 Conference, organised by Professor Colin Porteous.
Porteous, Professor Colin D A
Colin D A Porteous Collection - Easthall Solar Demonstration Project
The collection consists of job files, photographs, and architectural drawings and plans related to Easthall Solar Demonstration Project.
Porteous, Professor Colin D A
Includes:
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.
Mackintosh Students' Association of the Mackintosh School of Architecture
Hugh Ferguson graduated from Glasgow School of Art/Architecture in 1955. His collection of papers includes a notebook of 'Descriptive Geometry' from The Royal Technical College containing notes and detailed mathematical drawings.
Ferguson received the Alexander Thompson Travelling Scholarship in 1964 and another notebook/sketchbook documents his travels over one month in Greece - from 15th of August to 5th September 1964. Two weeks were spent resident in Athens and two weeks travelling; he visited many sites including Delphi, Eleusis, Daphni, Ossios Loukas, Brauron, Mycanae, Tiryns, Pylos, Epidauros, Olympia and Corinth. Detailed notes are given on the work going on at these sites, accompanied by around 33 photographs of ongoing architectural work.
Loose papers include information on the life and works of Alexander Thompson as well as a draft of the text for the final bound travel notebook.
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Ferguson, Hugh C S
Student material by Lindsay Winning, student at The Glasgow School of Art
A collection of graphic design work, product design prototypes, life drawings and graded coursework by Lindsay Wadey (née Winning), completed during her time as a student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1963 to 1967. Includes work carried out as part of courses in the Graphics department and on the Section 5 course under Ted Odling. Material spans the entirety of her student career, including final projects and degree show work.
Winning, Lindsay
Papers of Andrew Samuel, architect and student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
This collection includes architectural drawings and related material from Andrew Samuel's time as a student at Glasgow School of Art and from his later career.
Samuel, Andrew
Papers of Isobel Alison Mitchell Shearer
3 x 2nd year GSA student notebooks belonging to Isobel Alison Mitchell Shearer:
Shearer, Isobel Alison Mitchell
Papers of John Walter Lindsay, architect and student of the Glasgow School of Art
This collection contains:
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.
Lindsay, John Walter
Papers of Dorothy Campbell Smith, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A collection of work by Dorothy C Smith including Glasgow School of Art student material and teacher training college material.
Includes:
GSA student notebooks
Smith, Dorothy Campbell
H A Wheeler volumes of illustrated essays
3 volumes, each consisting of text, drawings and photographs relating to the subject matter.
Wheeler, Sir Harry Anthony
Collection of typewritten notes for lectures on architecture by Francis Lorne of Burnet, Tait & Lorne.
Lorne, Francis
Papers of John Hinshelwood, architect and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
This collection contains architectural sketches that formed part of John Hinshelwood's training as a student at The Glasgow School of Art.
These include:
Hinshelwood, John
Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
A variety of drawings and graphic designs created by Gerard V. Murphy, a former student at The Glasgow School of Art in the 1930s. The diverse subjects of his drawings include animals, plants, architecture, human anatomy and figures. A subfonds titled 'Teaching examples' features his teaching materials as an art teacher at schools, intended for printmaking techniques and pattern design education.
Most items have been marked with his name or student registration numbers, assuming they were created during his time as a student at GSA. The dominant materials in his works are pencil and watercolour, worked on cartridge paper.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation was completed in 2019.
Murphy, Gerard V
The papers listed here are the records of three private commissions undertaken by James Fulton between 1909 and 1912, while he was resident in London. The papers include correspondence with the clients, builders and tradesmen. There are rough plans only for the house for F. Hall Gibson, who appears to have been a friend of Fulton's family.
Fulton, James Black
Material relating to former GSA student, Kenneth Murray Fraser
Collection of drawings relating to the student and commerical work of Kenneth Murray Fraser and his brother, fellow architect James Lovat Hosack Fraser.
Fraser, Kenneth Murray
Lecture Notes from Scottish Architect James Salmon
Notebook containing lecture notes and a letter to James Salmon from Frances Newbery. Also includes several sheets of notes on loose paper.
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Salmon, James
86 Architectural Postcards belonging to former Architecture student William B F Williamson. Locations include Italy, Brazil, France, Glasgow, Canada, Egypt, Spain.
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Williamson, William B F
The George and Cordelia Oliver Archive
The George and Cordelia Oliver Archive consists of:
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.
Oliver, Cordelia
Papers of the Anderson family, students at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
The Anderson family archive includes material of 5 of its members, namely the sisters Violet Meikle (1873-?), Daisy Agnes McGlashan (1879-1968), Daisy's husband William Smith Anderson (1877-1929) and their two daughters Daisy M Anderson (1910-1996) and Agnes Violet Neish (nee Anderson) (c1912-2005).
The Anderson Family archive contains family papers, sketchbooks, photographs and letters from 1860 to 1969.
The archive contains a number of sketchbooks kept by family members. Those belonging to the women contain flower drawings and schemes for ornamentation whilst William Anderson's books reflect his life as a commercial traveller for an ironfounder's firm and contain scenes from London and elsewhere, as well as technical drawings and plans. As many of the members of Daisy Anderson's family attended the Glasgow School of Art, the collection throws light on the work of the School from the 1880s-1950s.
Additionally the collection includes correspondence, newscuttings and photographs. Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014, and has since undergone conservation.
Anderson, Agnes Violet
The Duncan Brown Photographic Collection
The collection consists of 305 photographs taken between 1853 and 1896. Sitters included local dignitaries, friends and family including John Brown, Queen Victoria's Ghillie. The collection also includes landscapes and the streets of Glasgow, particularly around the Pollokshields area on the south side of the city. Other subjects include ships, ship yards and stately houses.
Brown, Duncan
Student Art History notebook, contains mainly writings on Egyptian Art and Architecture, Medieval Christian Art, Flemish Art, English Art. Notebook also contains some illustrations.
Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.
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Art, Design and Architecture collection
Artworks, design pieces and architectural designs related to Glasgow School of Art staff and students.
Items include
Almost all works are by former students and staff or figures related to the history of The Glasgow School of Art. The earliest pieces date from the 16th century and later examples have been purchased from recent Degree Shows. The work is in a variety of media and includes drawings, paintings, prints, sketchbooks, furniture and sculpture. Artists represented include many key figures and the most influential and successful students.
There are also several works from former tutors including Neil Dallas Brown, David Donaldson and Fred Selby, alongside contemporary works by students, donated or purchased at degree show. Key works include those by: Maurice Greiffenhagen, Francis Newbery, John Quinton Pringle, Benno Schotz, Ian Fleming and James D Robertson. Suites of note include large collections of Joan Eardley sketches and paintings, Joan Palmer prints, and architectural drawings by Eugene Bourdon.
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