| Description | A major survey exhibition of works by Scottish artists during the 20th century,
/1. ts. copy for information posters, ms. preparatory notes and materials on loans, ts. of alphabetical arrangement of correspondence with lenders, request for loans list, address labels, ts. of values for loans
/2. press information folder for Summer 1989 exhibitions, ts. list of artists with details re photographs of works, photocopied press cuttings from Oslo with cover note from James Holloway, preparatory material, correspondence with Barbican Gallery re showing there, Barbican request list, loan request forms,list of values for loans,
/3. correspondence with British Council re possible showings abroad, business card of Sir Hugh Leggatt of Museums and Galleries Commission with covering note, correspondence re photographs of works, correspondence with Valerie Pragnell re sculpture, correspondence with exhibition visitors, correspondence with Lund Humphries re catalogue publication, correspondence with Deirdre Perth, volunteer exhibition guide, correspondence with Baillie Gifford re sponsorship of exhibition and catalogue, internal memos re exhibition organisation, memos from conservation department, sample loan agreement form,
/4. invoices
/5. set of printed labels for Barbican showing, covering letter,
/6. research material - ringbinder notebook
/7. photocopied research material, ms. research notes
/8. ts. drafts of artists' biographies compiled by various curators
/9. ditto
/10. ms. list of possible works on paper, ms. research notes and possible room layouts, ts. preparatory notes for proposed Scottish catalogue, ts. list of works for proposed Scottish collection catalogue, chronological list of loans out from Scottish Collection 1963-1989, proposed format for entries, draft version of Eardley entry, ms. notes, ts. list of suitable works in SNPG collection, memo re photographs of works in collection
/11. letter from Jack Tilton Gallery, New York re Alan Johnston exhibition, Times Review section with cover note, list of works at Dunecht with correspondence from James Holloway, photocopied research material, letter from Harvard University Art Museums re proposed questionnaire to artists, memo suggesting further sponsorship for Scottish exhibition
/12. photocopied research material
/13. research material - photocopies and ms. notes, private view card, colour photographs of 'Palace of Art', research notes on individual artists,
/14. research notes on artists (cont.),
/15. research notes (cont.), drafts of press information sheet with corrections noted,
/16. photocopied research material
/17. research material (cont.) - mainly newspaper cuttings from 1930s
/18. research material - mainly photocopied articles
/19. ms. draft of catalogue essay, ms. layout of exhibition with description of each room,
/20. sample letter requesting artist's information for compilation of catalogue, information form, ms. draft of letter and form, specimen entry (Eardley) and layout information, catalogue copy - artists' biographies from Ainslie to Fergusson, ms. sample entry for Blyth
/21. ts. of catalogue essay with ms. annotations
/22. draft of catalogue with ms. annotations (Ainslie - Hunter)
/23. ts. draft (Innes - Paolozzi)
/24. ts. draft (Park - Wiszniewski), ts. of selected bibliography and chronology
/25. ms. list of Scottish artists in chronological order, ts. of captions for colour reproductions, ts. of general bibliography, list of works, layout of exhibition hang - ms. description and photocopied floorplan of rooms, display requirements,
/26. ts. minutes of GMA staff meeting, 14 Feb 1989, list of outstanding loan requests, revised proof of press information leaflet, ts. of sections of catalogue with ms. corrections, ms. letter from Hew Lorimer complaining about choice of his work for exhibition, reply from Richard Calvocoressi, ms. draft of letter to W. Gordon Smith re mistake in Crozier catalogue, rough note, loan agreement forms, fax re collection of works, memo on deadline for all text, copy for back cover of catalogue, ms. notes on John Pinkerton, photocopied research material, photocopied pages from GMA register, ts. list of suitable works in SNPG collection, ms. note cards
/27. research material, photocopied articles from 'The Modern Scot',
/28. research notes on RSA
/29. research notes on SSA Munch exhibition, 1931, correspondence in Scotsman about exhibition
/30. notes on R.G.I.
/31. ms. notes on RSA exhibitions, lists of works shown, photocopied research material, photocopy of catalogue of Memorial exhibition of works by George Frederick Watt 1905, 1916 cataqlogue, ts. of catalogue of 1989 exhibiton of works from the permanent collection of RSA
/32. ms. and photocopied notes on SSA exhibitions
/33. press cuttings in press information folder, ts. biography of Mabel Royds (excerpt), rough preparatory material and notes
/34. ts. biography of E S Lumsden, research material on Lumsden, ms. notes transcribed from conversation between MacTaggart and Douglas Hall in 1968, photocopied notes on MacTaggart
/35. card of Fergusson, 'La Terrasse, Cafe d'Harcourt', from Galleri K, Oslo with covering note, colour transparencies of works, black and white negatives
/36. ts. spreadsheet of Scottish summer hang with ms. additions, corrected proof of catalogue essay,
/37. ts. catalogue copy
/38. ts. biographies
/39. ms. biographies and additional research material (A - L)
/40. biographies etc. (M - W)
/41. correspondence with Barbican re photograghs, list of values for loans,
/42. contact sheet of installation shots,
/43. negatives of installation shots
/44. b & w photographs of works,
/45. b & w installation shots (at Barbican?), colour slides, negatives
/46. various photographs and transparencies of works, set of negatives
/47. international press cuttings from Barbican show
/48. music and education programmes, miscellaneous papers re musical performances
/49. b & w photographs of works, photographs and contact sheet of work by Valerie Pragnell, ms. leeter from Pragnell to Patrick Elliott
/50. draft ms. copy for wall captions with some additional comments
/51. exhibition guide leaflet (2 copies), installation notes, display requirements, memos re displays and arrival of loans, draft of catalogue introduction
/52. correspondence with British Council re possible showings of exhibition on Continent, general exhibition correspondence, ms. letters of thanks from visitors, correspondence and ms. letters from Alan Gouk. correspondence with and ms. letter from Margaret Mellis describing life in Edinburgh in the 1930s, ms. letter from John Houston re choice of works in exhibition, ms letter of complaint re choice of work from David Donaldson, ms. letter from Norman Reid re Edinburgh Art Collecge in 1930s
/53. letters to lenders, general correspondence re loans, correspondence with Sam Ainslie re return of work by Kirsty McGhie, colour transparency
/54. list of lenders, revised list arranged alphabetically, list of outstanding loan requests, ms. list of photos to arrive, ms. list of possible colour plates, draft ts. of hang, memo to Janis Adams re catalogue, ms. note from Fiona Pearson re sculpture at RSA, lists of files for 'Scottish Art since 1900' and 'Creation', press information sheet on 'Scottish Art...'
/55. ts. of captions for colour illustrations, list of illustrations to chronolgy, list of lenders, list of b &w illustrations for essay, photocredits, ms. suggestions for sculpture in Scottish hang, floor plan of gallery with room layouts, ts. general bibliography, installation layout as as 25/4/89, miscellaneous notes, draft cover of catalogue,
/56. master set of proofs of catalogue text
/57.set of colour prints for catalogue |