Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

DC 098
Collection
[1885-1943]

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).

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Portrait photograph of Francis H. Newbery

DC 098/3/3
Item
[1930-1940]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Portrait photograph of Francis Newbery as an elderly man. The cardboard displays an inscription.

Originally located within (Box 2 of 2).

Muspratt, Helen

Annual ticket of admission for the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington (Version 1)

DC 098/1/3/2/v1
Part
25 Jun 1907

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Annual ticket of admission for the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington

DC 098/1/3/2
Item
25 Jun 1907

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

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

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Other

DC 098/1/4/3
Subseries
[1910-1940]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The series contains a single item featuring a mountainous landscape.

*Not available / given

Annual ticket of admission for the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington (Version 2)

DC 098/1/3/2/v2
Part
25 Jun 1907

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Letter sent by Francis Newbery

DC 098/1/2/3
Item
22 Sep 1914

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Francis Newbury confirms the receipt of a letter sent by Archibald Haswell Miller. The letter shows two sketches of soldiers on the reverse.

Newbery, Francis Henry

Photograph of landscape

DC 098/1/4/3/1
Item
[1910-1940]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features a mountainous landscape.

*Not available / given

Letter sent by Francis Newbery

DC 098/1/2/2
Item
01 Oct 1912

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Archibald Haswell Miller is granted the right to study at the Foreign Museums and Galleries.

Newbery, Francis Henry

Pamphlet titled 'Suggestions Supplement' promoting Suggestion Schemes

DC 098/1/1/14
Item
1928

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The image features two workers discussing their work responsibilities.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.

DC 098/1/2/8
Item
04 Mar 1925

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Blackie & Son Ltd. requests two cover drawings for a book titled 'Olaf the Glorious' and enquires about Archibald Haswell Miller's interest in designing a cover in cloth for 'The Buccaneers of Boya'.

Blackie and Son

Francis H. Newbery's application to be Head Master of The Glasgow School of Art

DC 098/3/1
Item
07 Apr 1885

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Francis H. Newbery's application to the Committee of Management of The Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy to be Head Master of the School.

Newbery, Francis Henry

Cover for the 'Highland Gathering 65th Lowland Division' programme

DC 098/1/1/5
Item
1916

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The cover image features twelve regimental crests.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Proof for the cover of a book titled M & C Machine Mining No.5 Vol.1

DC 098/1/1/6
Item
[1921]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The cover image features a miner holding a pick and a lamp.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Proof for the covers of a book titled 'The Desperate Battle' by John Sillars

DC 098/1/1/12
Item
[1925-1926]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The cover image features a family consisting of both parents and three children, a maritime landscape and a ship.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.

DC 098/1/2/6
Item
23 Dec 1924

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Blackie & Son Ltd. requests a cover sample for a book titled 'The Buccaneers of Boya' by Percy F. Westerman.

Blackie and Son

Extract from a letter from Donald A. MacKenzie (Version 1)

DC 098/1/2/16/v1
Part
[1925-1926]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Mackenzie, Donald A

Proof for the cover and spine of a book titled 'Westward with Columbus' by Gordon Stables

DC 098/1/1/8
Item
1925

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The cover image features Christopher Columbus with members of his crew. The spine image features a ship.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Proof for the cover and spine of a book titled 'Silas Verney' by Edgar Pickering

DC 098/1/1/9
Item
1925-1926

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The cover image features Silas Verney shooting a gun and a ship. The spine image features Silas Verney.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Pamphlet for 'Scotland's National Memorial in Jerusalem. The Scottish Church and College-Hostel'

DC 098/1/1/16
Item
[1908-1928]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The cover image features three western soldiers outside Jerusalem during the Last Crusade. The foldable pages feature a drawing of the city of Jerusalem. The third page features a map of Jerusalem and its environs by Archibald Haswell Miller and William M. Christie.

Originally located within folder (DC 098/1/2).

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Letter sent by Edward R. Catterns

DC 098/1/2/1
Item
06 Jun 1906

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Archibald Haswell Miller is granted a £5 Haldane Bursary for Session 1906-07.

Catterns, Edward Railton

Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.

DC 098/1/2/7
Item
09 Feb 1925

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Blackie & Son Ltd. informs Archibald Haswell Miller that a new cover drawing is not needed for one of their books.

Blackie and Son

Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.

DC 098/1/2/11
Item
04 Nov 1925

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Blackie & Son Ltd. requests Archibald Haswell Miller to remove the knife in the hand of a figure from the cover image of a book referred to as the 'Eagle'.

Blackie and Son

Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.

DC 098/1/2/13
Item
02 Feb 1926

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Blackie & Son Ltd. informs Archibald Haswell Miller that the prices he charged for the covers of 'Tales from Northern Sagas' by Donald MacKenzie are above the company's normal scale. The publisher states the rates they can offer for the different drawings.

Blackie and Son

Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.

DC 098/1/2/14
Item
06 Aug 1926

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Blackie & Son Ltd. requests covers and a cloth design for a book titled 'The Rover's Secret'.

Blackie and Son

Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.

DC 098/1/2/15
Item
30 Aug 1926

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Blackie & Son Ltd. requests a new cover design for a book titled 'A Lad of Grit'.

Blackie and Son

Extract from a letter from Donald A. MacKenzie

DC 098/1/2/16
Item
[1925-1926]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Donald A. MacKenzie, author of 'Tales from Northern Sagas', gives insight into viking armours and weaponry for a correct design of the book covers.

The letter shows two sketches of soldiers on the reverse.

Mackenzie, Donald A

Extract from a letter from Donald A. MacKenzie (Version 2)

DC 098/1/2/16/v2
Part
[1925-1926]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Mackenzie, Donald A

Proof for the covers of a book titled 'A Lad of Grit' by Percy F. Westerman

DC 098/1/1/13
Item
1926

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The cover image features two soldiers fighting and a dead man. The spine image features a soldier.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Pamphlet titled 'Saroul'

DC 098/1/1/15
Item
[1912-1928]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The image features two men with a sickle and a hammer, respectively, and a woman.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Pamphlet for The Scots Church & College-Hostel, Jerusalem

DC 098/1/1/17
Item
[1908-1928]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The front cover image features three western soldiers outside Jerusalem during the Last Crusade. The back cover image features a map of Jerusalem and its environs by Archibald Haswell Miller and William M. Christie.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.

DC 098/1/2/9
Item
01 May 1925

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Blackie & Son Ltd. provides Archibald Haswell Miller with their requirements for the covers of the books 'Olaf the Glorious' and 'Westward with Columbus'.

Blackie and Son

Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.

DC 098/1/2/10
Item
12 Oct 1925

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Blackie & Son Ltd. requests a colour frontispiece for a book titled 'Tales form Northern Sagas' by Donald MacKenzie.

Blackie and Son

Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.

DC 098/1/2/12
Item
08 Dec 1925

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Blackie & Son Ltd. requests colour jackets for two books titled 'For Life and Liberty' by Gordon Stables and 'Silas Verney' by Edgar Pickering.

Blackie and Son

Proof for the covers and spine of a book titled 'The Brothers' by John Sillars

DC 098/1/1/10
Item
[1925-1926]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The front cover image features two men fighting. The back cover features a list of new books and editions by Blackwood. The spine features the book title, author and publishing details. The front inner cover shows a range of reviews of 'Blackwood's Magazine'. The back inner cover an order form for 'Blackwood's Magazine'.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Photograph of Haswell Miller portraying a female figure

DC 098/1/4/2/6
Item
[1906-1930]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller holding a palette and portraying a female figure.

*Not available / given

Group photograph of male and female students

DC 098/1/4/2/7
Item
[1906-1930]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features a group of sixteen male and nine female students.

*Not available / given

Group photograph of Haswell Miller alongside a group of students representing Rembrandt's 'Anatomy Lesson'

DC 098/1/4/2/9
Item
[1903-1904]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features a group of eleven male students. One of them is lying on an elevated flat surface with his core undressed, while the others gather around him.

The reverse of the photograph shows the text "E; J; C. Haswell doing a tableau of Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson at Glasgow School of Art (1903-4?)".

*Not available / given

Photograph of students portraying female subjects

DC 098/1/4/2/11
Item
[1927]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features two students portraying two female subjects in class. Two men can be spotted in the background.

The reverse of the photograph shows the text "Mr. Miller – [...] 1927. June" and "2/53".

*Not available / given

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside three students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich

DC 098/1/4/2/26
Item
1909

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller in the centre back of the image alongside three other students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. The annotations below the photograph show the names "John R. Covert", "Oliver Smock", A Haswell Miller ("Glasgow-Muller"), and "Louis ("Consul") Miller". They also show the text "Vier Kunstakademiker. München 1909 - / John R. Covert / Oliver Smock / A Haswell Miller ("Glasgow-Muller") / Louis ("Consul") Miller. I [...] taken at a small fair in Munich Spring 1909. The screen represents the [...] of a Zeppelin airship the first of which had just visited Munich with great excitement."

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1909".

*Not available / given

Photographs of trips

DC 098/2/2
Series
[1927-1936]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

A variety of photographs from Georges-Marie Baltus' personal memories featuring landscapes and rural scenes captured during his Italian and Europeans tours.

Baltus, Georges-Marie

Cover for The Glasgow School of Art Club 'At Home' programme of music, 1908

DC 098/1/1/1
Item
1908

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The cover image features two women and a man.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Pamphlet for the P. Henderson & Company and the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company Limited

DC 098/1/1/7
Item
1924

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The cover image features a range of Burmese religious symbols and a steamship.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Photograph of male wearing religious outfit

DC 098/1/4/2/2
Item
[1906-1930]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features a man wearing a religious outfit. The reverse of the photograph shows the following text:

"Arch. H Miller Esq.
Mansfield Lodge
Partickhill
Glasgow

Dear old Miller I hope you are enjoying yourself & not working too hard. Convey my respects to Miss Cathcart when
you see her.
A.L. Jackson"

Jackson, Alexander Logan

Photograph of Haswell Miller portraying a male figure

DC 098/1/4/2/5
Item
[1906-1930]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller holding a palette and standing in front of nude male portrait.

*Not available / given

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside a group of students

DC 098/1/4/2/10
Item
[1906-1909]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features a group of ten male students in a painting class, with Archibald Haswell Miller in the centre back.

*Not available / given

Proof for the covers and spine of a book titled 'For Life and Liberty. A Story of the American Civil War' by Gordon Stables

DC 098/1/1/11
Item
1925-1926

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The cover image features a Union soldier, a Confederate soldier, the USA flag and the Confederate flag. The spine image features a Union soldier.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Excerpt from Minutes of Meeting of Governors

DC 098/1/2/5
Item
13 Nov 1914

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Statement as to Recruiting Scheme informing that the Army Council considered the offer for a special Lithographic Section to be unnecessary.

Groundwater, John Morrison

Photograph of Haswell Miller portraying a male figure

DC 098/1/4/2/4
Item
[1906-1930]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller holding a palette.

*Not available / given

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside a group of students and an academic

DC 098/1/4/2/13
Item
[1906-1909]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features a group of fifteen male and four male students alongside Maurice Greiffenhagen, The reverse of the photograph shows the text "Haswell Miller / Centre back (highlighted) / (c1903) Student at Glasgow School of Art".

*Not available / given

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