Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1940s (Creation)
Level of description
Folder
Extent
10 books
Content and Structure
Scope and content
Scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine cuttings showing buildings, furniture, interiors, and people of various eras. Each book includes a short description, written by Lindsay, of the design style and history of the time period. Books labelled: Elizabethan, Jacobean, Tudor, Cromwellian & Stuart, William & Mary/Queen Anne, Georgian, Regency, France, Victorian & Sequence, Contemporary.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
This material has been appraised in line with Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections standard procedures.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged and compiled by JW Lindsay
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Walter Lindsay was born in 1926. He attended Biggar High School which is where his art career began when the art teacher, Mr. Russell, convinced John's father that he should study art. After gaining his higher certificate John enrolled at the Normal College in New City Road for evening studies in painting, decorating and sign writing. In addition, he enrolled as a day pupil at the Glasgow School of Art in the General Couse. In 1945 his studies were interrupted when he was called up for military service. He resumed his studies in 1947 and left the school in 1949 with a Diploma of Art in Interior Design. He travelled round Europe following the award of the Haldane Travel Scholarship in 1950. He went on to work as an architect for Keppie Henderson Architects, Glasgow.