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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.

Job files, images and drawings related to project.

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.

Job files, images and drawings related to the project.

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Travel reports submitted to the School by students who undertook a travelling scholarship, plus travel itineraries created by Douglas Percy Bliss during his time as Director of The Glasgow School of Art.

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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.

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

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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.

Job files, images and drawings related to project.

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A free hand architectural drawing on tracing paper using Rotring black ink pen and coloured markers illustrating the initial strategy for the design of the school, showing a site plan in scale 1:500. The strategy addresses the most problematic issues and their suggested solutions:

• according to noise issue: soft area to be allocated towards the site's inner area, "noisy areas positioned along streets",
• new public car park planted with shrubs and trees along street edge,
• caretaker's house acting as control and closing off vista from lane,
• new pedestrian route and new vehicle access (buses, cars, ambulances, and service vehicles).

Architectural drawing on tracing paper related to housing design/project 2 showing the site plan in scale 1:1250, representing the main housing blocks in an isometric birds-eye view. This site plan gives an idea of the built spaces in relation to the open spaces. However, there is no indication of street names or existing buildings.

Architectural drawing on tracing paper related to Housing design/project 2 representing block 2 corner pub fourth floor plan in scale 1:200. It shows the maisonette plan of flat 7P and its main functional spaces and how it relates to its upper level. The plan also includes other flats for the same block with their main vertical circulation.

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the second, third and fourth floor plans, all in scale 1:100, in which all the functional spaces have been identified with coded numbers, then addressed their titles, as below:
1 student's bedroom, 2 bathroom, 3 terrace, and 4 pergola.

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the second, third and fourth floor plans, all in scale 1:100, in which all the functional spaces have been identified with coded numbers, then addressed their titles, as below:
Basement floor consists of: 1 chapel entrance, 2 chaplaincy entrance, 3 coats, 4 hall / cafeteria, 5 sitting alcove, 6 servery, 7 chair store, and 8 garden. Gallery floor consists of: 9 terrace, and 10 gallery. Fifth floor consists of: 11 television, 12 music, 13 common room, 14 tanks, and 15 roof.

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the second part of both the south east elevation to Oakfield Avenue and the long section in scale 1:100, in which this item has to be attached with the previous item from the left hand side to complete the whole elevation and section. All architectural details of the new building showing the modern style are compared with the traditional style of the existing building, especially with the design of the windows. The long section presents the main structural elements and the building construction system used for the new building. The architect created this façade with coloured finishing.

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing the first part of both the north west elevation to garden and the long section in scale 1:100, in which this item has to be attached with the next item from the right hand side to complete the whole elevation and section. All the architectural details of the new building showing the modern style compared with the traditional style of the existing building, especially with the design of the windows. The architect chose to present these drawings with coloured finishing. There is an outline plan in scale 1:1000 to identify where the long section has been taken.

Architectural drawing on tracing paper includes a cross section in scale 1:100, showing the building construction system and its main structural elements. There is an outline plan, scale 1:1000, indicating where this cross section has been taken. Cross section shows the differences of the interior design between the traditional building and the modern interior design for the new building, simplicity vs heavy details.