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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.

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

3 volumes, each consisting of text, drawings and photographs relating to the subject matter.

1. The Fair City. A review of the 18th and 19th century architecture of Perth and district. Dated 1948 – Rowand Anderson student.
2. A study of the Cantilever Principle in Architectural Design. Signed and dated 4th October 1949.
3. Contemporary Church Design. (Not signed or dated).

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.

Collection of typewritten notes for lectures on architecture by Francis Lorne of Burnet, Tait & Lorne.

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.

Meetings of the committee 'Glasgow School of Art Magazine Folio' at The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street. Members include James Meechan, Charles Crole, Barbara G. Coulter, James McHury and Avril Burgess. Documents the restart of the magazine in December 1949 with discussions about printing and accounts. Includes details of advertising space and 4 loose postal receipts.

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

These notes are Patrick's own writings but have been copied out by his daughter due to the original notes being illegible. The notes describe his time at Glasgow School of Art and include descriptions on societies (i.e. The Dramatic Society) as well as the etching workshop and studio spaces.

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

The collection includes:

• Photographs, essays and notes made and taken by Holmes Gray while at the Glasgow School of Art, including correspondence between the GSA and Gray, 1949-1956
• Notes given to designers for technical guidance from Johnson, Matthey & Co. Ltd, 1954
• Recollections of Glasgow School of Art by Holmes Gray, 1996
• Photographs of pieces designed by Gray post-GSA for Spode, Royal Worcester and others; c1949-1996
• Correspondence with Stoke-on-Trent College, 1964-1986
• Correspondence re: training as a part-time teacher, 1977-1986
• Letter informing Holmes Gray of election as Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers & Commerce [copy], 1987
• Letter from Commemorative Collector's Society re: address by Holmes Gray, 1997

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.

A number of sketches and photographs of works by William Meldrum. This collection includes figure and illustrative drawings, unique pieces made of seaweed, and a series of monochrome photographs featuring landscape paintings. Most of the items are undated however the dates of creation are presumed to fall between the 1880s and 1920s. A set of typewritten paper by an unknown author dated after 1966, features a brief biography of Meldrum and descriptions of two drawings along with their custodial histories.

William Meldrum tended to work on depicting city views of Glasgow in the early 20th century and landscapes of diverse areas in Scotland. He created multiple pieces of black-and-white photographs on which his paintings have been printed; some of the photographs have identical versions.

Collection includes a number of photographs featuring Sheena Reid and other GSA students plus five textiles designed and made by Sheena Reid as a student at GSA.

The collection includes:

• Textiles by Veronica Matthew;
• Artworks on paper by Veronica Matthew;
• Material relating to Art Therapy;
• Newspaper cuttings;
• Photographs;
• Personal papers.

A collection of personal papers and documents belonging to William Drummond Bone, including exam papers, army correspondance, fashion designs, essays, teaching notes and exhibition catalogues.

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.

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).

Variety of materials relating to the design work of former GSA student C A Wallace Shaw, including student work; Pringle of Scotland LTD; Donna Karan International; Braemar International; and Fornton Knitting Company LTD. The collection also includes a number of personal and professional photographs; designs and textiles; and personal papers.

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

This collection contains:

• Original and typescript of Christine Shaw's diary, Jan 1940-Dec 1940
• Photographs taken in the grounds of Glasgow School of Art featuring fellow students Carlo Rossi, Joe O'Donnell, Christine Cramond, Charlie McNamee and Nita Begg [c1940]
• Presscutting featuring fellow students Leonard Clegg, Christine Cramond and Tony Brook preparing a decorative paper figure for the GSA Christmas Ball, 1940

A collection of hand written and typed articles with accompanying photographs and ephemera by the art critic and journalist Clare Henry.

The collection focusses on reviews and features on visual art and culture predominantly in Scotland for The Herald, Scotland. The articles are usually in draft form with some accompanying notes and multiple versions. Articles for other publications are also included such as Galleries Magazine, Art Review and Time Out as well as commissioned essays written for exhibition catalogues.

The period of writing covers a significant flourishing of the visual arts in Glasgow and Scotland and features perspective and opinion articles on notable artists such as Steven Campbell, Bruce Mclean, George Wylie and Douglas Gordon. The articles also cover significant organisations, opening events and deaths, such as Glasgow Capital of Culture 1990 and Glasgow Museums, the opening of Transmission Gallery, the opening of The Burrell Collection, Degree Shows for Scottish art schools and the Edinburgh Festival.

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• 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.

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.

This collection contains:

• Family papers, 1805-1889;
• Wartime records, 1914-1916;
• Lectures and speeches, c1930-1950;
• Photographs; c20th century;
• Miscellaneous papers, c1930-1972;
• Sketchbooks and drawings; c20th century.

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.

3 x 2nd year GSA student notebooks belonging to Isobel Alison Mitchell Shearer:

• History of Architecture
• History of Styles
• Dyed and printed fabric

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.

Collection includes artworks and sketchbooks made by Jimmy Cosgrove as a student at the Glasgow School of Art; while working as a Tutor and the Director of the Glasgow School of Art; and afterwards, including work relating to the House for an Art Lover, and documenting travels across Europe, North America, and Mexico.

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.

This collection contains architectural sketches that formed part of John Hinshelwood's training as a student at The Glasgow School of Art.

These include:

• The Doric Order, 1926
• Time sketch for a Perfume Shop, Park Lane, Stranraer, Scotland, 1927-1928
• Design for a Garden Pavilion, 1927-1928
• Design for a pavilion. 0.5 inch detail, 1927-1928
• A Memorial to a Statesman, 2 copies, c1920s

This collection contains:

• Notebooks, a sketchbook, scrapbooks, and student work from John Walter Lindsay's time at The Glasgow School of Art, 1943-1950
• Recollections of staff & students and his time at The Glasgow School of Art, 1990s
• Scrapbook giving an account of his travels following the award of the Haldane Travel Scholarship, 1950
• Miscellaneous magazine cuttings concerning architecture, c1950s-1990s
• Folder arranged by Lindsay containing material relating to Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1968-1999
• Folder arranged by Lindsay containing correspondence, 1968-2006
• Photographs of Keppie Henderson Architects building models, c1950s-1990s
• Folder arranged by Lindsay containing material relating to his architectural career, c1940s-1990s

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.

A collection of Kath Whyte's personal papers which comprises:

• Family papers, press cuttings and photographs, c1909-1981
• School certificates, c1922
• Correspondence, 1927-1996
• Early sketches and drawings, 1920s
• ketchbooks, notebooks, photographs and correspondence from Gray's School of Art, c1922-1947
• Personal correspondence, 1922-1996
• National Identification Card, 1943
• Travel diary, c1940s
• Lecture notes, sketchbooks and notebooks, 1948-1974
• Assorted textile samples, sketch books and notebooks, 1950s-1970s
• Examples of weaving by Kath Whyte and her pupils, c1950s-1970s
• Diaries 1974-1988 and miscellaneous books owned by Kath Whyte
• Photographs (professional and personal), 1909-1996
• MBE medal and associated correspondence and photograph
• Extensive collection of undated slides
• Exhibition catalogues
• Textile and design pieces, c1930s-1970s

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.

This collection contains works of art done by Margaret Elizabeth Galt while in secondary school; her Glasgow School of Art general course and diploma course notebooks, along with textile samples; and notebooks from after her time studying at GSA.

This collection includes a bound volume of student architectural notes, a student thesis, and a residential house brochure by Lanarkshire Builders Limited, plus some photocopies of correspondence.

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.

The collection is comprised of Lewis Ballantine's own works of art such as life drawings, self portraits, design work and sketchbooks, and photographs, as well as sketchbooks and notebooks that belonged to his mother and father.

The work in the collection by Lewis Ballantine forms a valuable record of his time at the Glasgow School of Art. They show the development of his work as an artist, and provide an example of the type of work that Drawing and Painting students were required to produce during this period.

Lewis Ballantine's mother, Alice Longmuir Nisbet was herself at Glasgow School of Art in the 1930s, and was involved in the Socialist Art Circle. The sketchbooks in this collection also contain works by other members of the group such as Stuart Henderson, Jimmy Morton, James ("Jimmy") Ogilvie, W. C. Thompson and John McLean. The photographs in the collection picture Alice Longmuir Ballantine and John ("Jack") Hendry Ballantine, and Lewis Ballantine's maternal grandfather, Robert Dow Nisbet.

Collection includes:

• Notebooks belonging to Robert Dow Nisbet, 1930s
• Sketchbook belonging to Robert Dow Nisbet, 1930s
• Sketchbook of Jack Hendry Ballantine, 1930s
• Sketchbook of Alice Longmuir Nisbet, includes sketches from other members of the Socialist Art Circle, 1936
• "Dun Breatann" Sketchbook of Lewis Ballantine, 1966
• "History of Costume" Sketchbook of Lewis Ballantine, 1967
• Photographs of Robert Dow Nisbet, Alice Nisbet, c1945, Jack Hendry Ballantine c1970, Alice and Jack Ballantine, June 1995.
• Correspondence to Alice Nisbet, 4 letters, 1938-1995

The collection includes material related to Helen Biggar, Sydney d'Horne Shepherd, Hugh Biggar, and the Kino Film Group.

The collection consists of job files, photographs, architectural drawings and plans for projects undertaken by the architectural firm of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia between c1933 and 1987. There are also general office files containing correspondence, account papers, ephemera and artefacts.

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.

The archive of The Glasgow 1999 Festival Co Ltd contains many of the publications, correspondence, press releases, press cuttings and the working papers that were produced by the company in the run-up to and during the year-long celebration. Papers relating to the evaluation of the project are also included. Items not directly related to the working office of the festival company have also been kept, for instance, examples of the merchandise and associated publicity. A record was also made of many of the events and publicity surrounding the year; video and audio recordings of the lectures and photographs of successful projects and schemes.

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.

Includes:

• Newsletters and circulars, 1959-1978
• Membership records, 1960-1974
• Exhibition records including catalogues, invites, visitors' books, price lists and related correspondence, 1959-1979
• Press cuttings and notes, 1959-1976.

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.

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

This collection includes:

• Board minutes including company accounts, 1984-1987
• Auction catalogues, prices, photographs and item descriptions, 1992-1995
• Exhibition records including correspondence, publicity materials and photographs relating to exhibitions of works by Daghani, Nicholas Fairbairn, Brenda Lenachan, Frederick Ost, Kathleen Daly, Frank Lloyd Wright, David Hockney, Dominique Moreau, Constructed Space, Liz Knox, Scott Kilgour and Ray Charles White, Adrian Wiszniewski, past and future exhibitions, 1987-1997
• Correspondence with J Reynolds, Honeyman, Hugh Fraser, Nolde, Stephen Lee, Richard Demarco, J Campbell Brady, Wyndham Lewis and other sample files, 1988-1994

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.

This collection comprises predominantly student work undertaken by Dugald Cameron whilst studying at The Glasgow School of Art between 1957-1963.

In addition it contains the following publications:

• Dugald Cameron Industrial Designer
• No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force
• From the Karoo to the Kelvin
• Personal Passions (exhibition catalogue)

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

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.

Entire range of student work from year 1 to year 5 with the exception of the year 3 part-time which he failed.
There is a small number of reports and essays as well and a boxed game and accompanying report which a student friend and Platt designed to teach students professional practice. This was their way of "avoiding writing a 4th year 10,000 word dissertation".

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

Collection of testimonials written in support of James A Dron, a former student of Glasgow School of Art.

Includes:

• testimonials written by Francis H Newbery, Director of Glasgow School of Art, 1885-1918
• Robert L Sutherland, Head Master of Gorbals Art Class
• and Allan Gillespie, Secretary of Bonnybridge Art Classes.

The collection also includes a letter of application written by Dron for the post of Painting and Still-Life Master at Belfast School of Art in 1901 plus accompanying correspondence.

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

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.