Notes and folio referring to the Art Course for Primary Teachers at The Glasgow School of Art. Alastair Shanks attended two of these courses. The notes are intended for use with complete beginners and include lessons on shape, light and shade as well as colour. A two page desciption of the following notes has been provided by Alastair Shanks. The folio of drawings that follow are executed in a variety of materials from pencil to pastel and act as illustrations for various lessons that may be taught.

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

Collection of photographs of architectural exteriors and interiors of churches and other historical buildings in Italy. Photographs are mounted on a supporting cardboard backing. Back of photographs have stamp "Alex R. McGibbon".

Costume doll: Allan (possibly Alan) Ramsay, 1713-1784, portrait painter and son of a poet (or 18th Century Gentleman).

Plaster anatomical portrait showing muscle groups of the face and neck.

Publications published by NDS on how to do various embroidered activities.
Contains copies of Bulletins 7B-28B, 29-39. All comprise of 2 copies other than 16B, 26B, and 38, which only contain 1 version.

A black hardcover book published by NDS on different embroidery stitches and techniques based on the contents of the Needlework Development Scheme embroidery bulletins (see NDS/PUB/5). Contains 144 pages.

Publication published by NDS on how to sew various textile activities.
Contains copies of Bulletins:

• 1b (2 copies)
• 2b (2 copies)
• 3b (2 copies)
• 4b (2 copies)
• 5b (2 copies)
• 6b (2 copies)
• 8a (1 copy)
• 9a (2 copies)
• 13a (1 copy)
• 14a (2 copies)
• 15a (1 copy)
• 17a (2 copies)
• 18a (2 copies)
• 19a (2 copies)
• 20a (2 copies)
• 21a (2 copies)
• 22a (2 copies)
• 23a (2 copies)
• 24a (2 copies)
• 25a (2 copies)
• 26a (2 copies)
• 27a (2 copies)
• 28a (2 copies)

Collection of various animal prints including sheep, cows, horses, dogs, and deer with focus on different parts of the anatomy (full body, heads, horns, hoofs, tails, etc). Many prints with French labels. Some prints signed by Robert Hills (1769-1844).

The collection consists of 27 dolls all dressed in period costume. They are composed of various mixed media including fabrics, metal, glass, plastics, feathers and furs.

This collection was damaged in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014 and is awaiting conservation.

Includes two copies of architectural sketches for an early English doorway, entrance to Chapter House, Glasgow Cathedral. Sketch is dated 28 January 1903, supplement to The Builder's Journal and Architectural Record, measured and drawn by Charles Forsyth. Also includes collection of architectural lithograph prints, sketches, and watercolours of various locations including Paris, Rome, Cairo, and throughout the UK, some by E. Hildebrandt. Two have a stamp on corner of work, "Department of Science and Art, Specimen presented to schools". Also includes coloured prints of various rooms in the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. Views include halls, courtyard, indoor garden, holy vestibule, throne room. Labelled in Russian and French, some include English labels written in pencil. Also includes collection of printed architectural plans and designs including two ordinance surveys of Garnethill and City Centre/Sauchiehall St., three copies of a poster of "100 Years of British Architecture" by The Observer, a floor plan of the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow, a poster of "James Caldwell & Co. Abbotsford Stained Glassworks" designs, and three small architectural sketches/plans/designs of Grey Friars Church in Edinburgh, Chartres Cathedral in France, and Candlish Memorial Church in Glasgow.

Sketchbook containing notes, sketches and coloured drawings and paintings. Several pages of notes appear to be related to teaching material. Outside cover has 'laaveal' written in pencil, possibly an anagram of A Avella.

Black sketchbook containing notes, sketches and coloured drawings. Several pages are labelled with locations including Bishopbriggs, Queen Victoria School Dunblane, Greenock Dunblane, Strathclyde Park and Bearsden Cross, likely in relation to commissions. The sketchbook also contains several pages of notes related to teaching material. Contains loose pages including correspondance with Lieutenant Colonel C. J. F. Russell, dated 7th June 1979, regarding a stained glass commission.

Blue glazed ceramic rabbit with black glazed eyes with red marking on bottom of rabbit, "SCH-83". Includes wooden stand painted black with four small feet, shaped for rabbit to sit. Bottom of stand has red marking "SCH-83B". Due to information in an inventory, rabbit can be dated pre-1958.

Two photocopied and stapled booklets related to mural artwork in the United States. The documents, containing both text and images, are titled 'Street Paintings of Los Angeles' and 'Wall Paintings: East Coast USA'. Publisher is given as Environmental Communications, located in California. 'Street Paintings of Los Angeles' has a printed note on the cover reading "72.04:75 (794) Slide Set 1". 'Wall Paintings: East Coast USA' has "72.04:75(7) Slide Set 1" handwritten on the cover. 'Street Paintings of Los Angeles' is copyrighted 1974 and 'Wall Paintings: East Coast USA' contains an 'Architectural Forum' article dated 1973.

Brass lantern treated with gold finish with cut-out ornamental design on top and bottom. Has glass covering for light, cut wires on bottom which would have been attached to light bulb inside. Lantern would have been attached to the wall. Back of lantern has red marking, "SCH-302". Indented stamp on top front of lamp, "ALLAN & CO". Due to information in an inventory, lantern can be dated pre-1958.

A bronze figure of Madonna and Child, on a wooden base. Thought to have been used at The Glasgow School of Art as a teaching aid.

Plaster bust of a boy wearing an ornamented breastplate.

Plaster bust of 'brontolone' (grumpy old man) after Luca della Robbia.

Plaster bust of a child after a late 15th century orginal executed in terracotta by Andrea della Robbia.

Plaster bust after a terracotta bust of Girolamo Benivieni executed in 1863 by Giovani Bastianini in the collections of the Louvre, Paris. However, significant differences between the plaster bust by J Giusti & Co and the original bust by Bastianini, particularly the shape of the hat, suggest that the plaster bust is derivative of an unidentified intermediary copy.