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Exhibition catalogues.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Record, usually in a printed medium, of a public display of items in an art gallery, museum or other forum, giving a description of the items so displayed and listing them in the order in which they were displayed. Source: In AAT as a concept, but undefined. English spelling of catalogue preferred. Defined by SR.

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Catalogues relating to art exhibitions., 1962-1965.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10397/31-32
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes corrected typescripts of articles, reviews and broadcast talks, together with 55 letters from various correspondents.

Dates: 1962-1965.

Correspondence and papers relating to articles by Alasdair Gray., 1993.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12557/3-4
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The largest portion of this collection is taken up by drafts of film scripts for 'Poor things', co-written by Alasdair Gray and Sandy Johnson, director, with comments and changes of both, as well as comments and changes of Iain Brown, producer, and Brian Gibson, another director who was later attached to the project.There are also some files of correspondence and drafts of articles and illustrations for other projects, as well as typescripts and proofs of the short story...
Dates: 1993.

Exhibition catalogues and leaflets, 1965-2007

 Series
Identifier: MS.50733-MS.50734
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains correspondence files pertaining to Lucinda Mackay's communications with the following gallerries regarding exhibitions: Addison Ross Gallery, London; Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh; Geffrye Museum, London; and Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh. It also includes additional aggregated files for exhibition ephemera, mailing lists, and smaller items of correspondence.

Dates: 1965-2007

Geffrye Museum, London, 1974

 File
Identifier: MS.50729
Scope and Contents

File contains the catalogue for the 'Prints and Drawings of East London' exhibition staged by Lucinda Mackay between 30 January - 3 March 1974, and copy prints of artworks. Also includes a press release and a guest list for a private viewing.

Dates: 1974

Letters, and papers, of Lucinda Mackay concerning private gallery exhibitions, 1965-2015

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.50727-MS.50734
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains correspondence files pertaining to Lucinda Mackay's communications with the following gallerries regarding exhibitions: Addison Ross Gallery, London; Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh; Geffrye Museum, London; and Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh. It also includes additional aggregated files for exhibition ephemera, mailing lists, and smaller items of correspondence.

Dates: 1965-2015

Letters and papers relating to the publication of articles and reviews by Alasdair Gray., 1962-1986.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9247/37-50
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

This collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and illustrative material relating to a wide range of Alasdair Gray’s work, including twenty-nine stage, radio and television plays, and the following published works:

'Lanark' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1981). 'Lean tales' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1985). 'Lean tales' (London: Abacus, 1987). 'Old negatives' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1989).

Dates: 1962-1986.

Letters of John Byrne to Douglas Percy Bliss.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14291
Scope and Contents John Byrne was a student of the Glasgow School of Art from 1958 to 1963, while Douglas Percy Bliss was its Director. The letters concern Byrne's early career as a painter and playwright and his relationship with Portal Gallery, Mayfair, London, where he exhibited under the name 'Patrick'.With ephemera collected by Bliss including printed leaflets and catalogue guides to 'Patrick''s exhibitions, newspaper cuttings on John Byrne's work, and John Byrne's 1999 Millenium commemorative...
Dates: 1967-1973.

Lists and exhibition catalogue, relating to the collection of Sir John Richmond., 1980, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.8921/17-19
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Concerning Richmond`s poetry and literary work, his connection with Glasgow artists and the art world in general.

Includes letters of Neil Munro, Arnold Bennett and Hilair Belloc.

Dates: 1980, undated.

Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26163-26188

Miscellaneous notes, reviews, and press-cuttings of and concerning Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1937-1980, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26160
Scope and Contents

The papers include (folio 26) the catalogue of an exhibition in honour of Hugh MacDiarmid, with annotations by Sydney Goodsir Smith.

Dates: 1937-1980, undated.

Miscellaneous papers concerning George Crabbe., 1905-1984.

 File
Identifier: MS.42125
Scope and Contents Folios 1-9. Copies of letters : ff. 1-2 : typescript transcription, ? 3rd quarter of 20th century, of a letter, ? 1817, of George Crabbe to an unknown correspondent; f. 3 : photocopy, ? 4th quarter of 20th century, of a typescript transcription of a letter, 1819, of George Crabbe to James Asperne; ff. 4-9 : photocopy, ? 4th quarter of 20th century, of a typescript transcription of a letter, 1834, of Thomas Moore to ...
Dates: 1905-1984.

Miscellaneous papers concerning Washington Irving., 1946-1976.

 File
Identifier: MS.42318
Scope and Contents

(1) photocopies, 1976, of three letters, circa 1827, of Washington Irving to John Murray II, from the collection of Barbara Murray; and,

(2) exhibition catalogue, 1946 : "Washington Irving and his circle : a loan exhibition observing the restoration of `Sunnyside` : October 8

through October 26, 1946", produced by M. Knoedler and Company.

Dates: 1946-1976.

Papers of Aimee Chalmers comprising material produced in relation to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014 by Women for Independence North-East Fife and associated sub-groups.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13607/1-6
Scope and Contents Papers, collated by Aimee Chalmers, relating to two creative projects initiated by Women for Independence North-East Fife in response to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. Includes papers such as agendas, meeting minutes, knitting patterns and technical guidance documents relating to the group’s creative projects ‘Knitting a Nation’ and ‘New Chapter’, as well as papers and materials regarding the exhibiting of the projects.A knitted panel produced by the...
Dates: 2013-2014.

Papers of George Renfrew Wilson relating to his unpublished biography of David Young Cameron.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13488 Box 1(1)-Box 6(3)
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises research papers and typescripts of a biography of Sir David Young Cameron which seemingly was close to publication, probably by Paul Harris, Edinburgh in the early 1980s. The anecdotal evidence is that some kind of disagreement stopped publication.

The papers include typescripts, correspondence, exhibition catalogues and press cuttings.

Dates: c 1944-1980.

Papers of Major P I C Payne relating to material concerning the Skene family and Sir Walter Scott., 1960s-1990s.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12092/102-108
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of more than 3000 documents, dating from the 1420s to 1980s, mainly relating to the family of Skene of Rubislaw (near Aberdeen). At its centre are the papers of James Skene (1775-1864), artist and friend of Sir Walter Scott. Skene corresponded with notable individuals in the cultural circles of his day and was connected with such organizations as the Royal Institution, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute for the...
Dates: 1960s-1990s.

Personal and professional papers of Edith Simon

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13772/1-325
Scope and Contents The papers of writer and artist Edith Simon relate to both strands of her artistic life, documenting her prolific output as an author of contemporary novels, historical novels, and histories, as well as a pioneering artist across multiple forms.The papers contain both personal and professional correspondence; notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, research material, and news cuttings concerning her writing career; alongside photographs, news cuttings, art diaries and...
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1932-2008

Personal papers of William Crosbie.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13367
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1933-1972, of the artist William Crosbie (1915-1999), with related printed material, circa 1943-1990. This small collection of material was apparently cleared from his studio at 12 Ruskin Lane, Glasgow, many years after his death.

Dates: 1933-1972.