Report on Collections Agreement 1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012

APPENDIX

Report to Board Meeting of 13 June 2012

Report by Director of Cultural Services

REPORT ON COLLECTIONS AGREEMENT 1 APRIL 2011 - 31 MARCH 2012

Purpose of report

To provide the Board with performance information relating to the Collections Agreement.

Recommendations

The Board is asked

(1) to note the performance information relating to the Collections Agreement;

and

(2) agree that the report be referred to Glasgow City Council for information. 1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Collections Agreement (paragraph 24.1) requires that Culture and Sport Glasgow shall keep Glasgow City Council informed concerning the performance of its obligations under the agreement.

1.2 The Museums Acquisition and Disposal Policy agreed by Glasgow City Council and the Board of Directors of Culture and Sport Glasgow in February and March 2008 respectively also stipulates that the Head of Museums and Collections will present a regular report to the Board of Directors on performance under the Collections Agreement. The Head of Museums and Collections will also present an annual report summarising performance. Once agreed by the Board the reports will be submitted to the Council.

2. BACKGROUND

2.1 This is the annual report on Culture and Sport Glasgow’s performance under the Collections Agreement from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012. In addition, the report for the 4th Quarter (1 Jan – 31 March 2012) is incorporated within this report.

3. SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE

3.1 The following is a summary of performance under the headings specified in the Collections Agreement.

4. MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES

4.1 Inward loans (other than those connected with exhibitions)

There were 15 inward loan transactions during this period:

x Renewals: 10 long term renewals: 8 for a maximum 3 years and the other 2 for shorter periods pending redisplay plans.

x New Inward Loan: LI.2011.028 Memorabilia relating to air force career of Duncan White McAdam

x Returns: 3 return including James Findlay & Co pattern books Glasgow University.

Objects borrowed for temporary exhibitions 38 Lenders lending a total of 1045 objects

4.2 Outward loans

During fiscal year 1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012, 70 new loan requests were received. Of these 47 were agreed in full, 24 were refused on the following grounds: short notice, condition of objects, current resource commitments, curatorial merit of request, Burrell overseas lending restrictions.

5 Renewal Requests were also received and approved.

The following loans out were conducted during this period:

x Scottish Museums – 7 Venues, 38 objects Kirkcudbright Town Hall (14 Glasgow Boys); National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh (3 Cadells); Dundee Art Gallery (3 Cadells); Talbot Rice, Edinburgh (1 Katy Dove); Maryhill Burgh Halls, Glasgow (11 stained glass panels by Stephen Adam depicting the Trades of Maryhill and other objects including a lamppost for proposed Transfer); Paisley Art Gallery (Eric Kennington Sculpture); National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh (Ramsay & Burr)

x UK: 9 Venues, 13 objects Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Moore & Whistler), Bowes Museum, Durham (Fantin-Latour), Penlee Museum, Cornwall (Garstin), and Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (Lavery). Royal Accademy, London (Turner); Tate Britain, London (Picasso) Manchester Art Gallery (Ford Madox Brown); Royal Academy of Arts, London (two paintings, one sculpture by Degas); British Library, London. (Burrell tapestry)

x Europe: 3 Venues 4 objects Musee D’Orsay, Paris (Whistler); Von der Heydt Museum, Germany (2 x Sisleys); Tallin, Estonia (Bosch)

x USA: 1 Venue 1 Object Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA (Whistler).

Long term loans returns x 2 ship models were returned from long term loan out from the Scottish Maritime Museum. x 1 Greek Icon on long term loan to St Mungo’s Museum has been returned to the owner. x 3 dehydrated food items returned to Manchester Science Museum. x 3 Morrison paintings returned to private lender (Scotland).

Loans Retrospective project – resolved queries x 29 long-term loan items were returned to their owners x 4 long term loans out (two spears and 2 Charles Rennie Mackintosh chairs) were returned x 6 other queries resolved.

Community Loan service The Open Museum Community Loan Service enables the collections to be used independently and to reach many vulnerable people who would not otherwise be able to enjoy Glasgow’s fabulous collections. The Loan Service is facilitated by Outreach assistants and operates 3 days per week from GMRC.

This year there were 1328 loans to a diverse range of community based organisations across the city. Based on our feedback data, these loans will have reached 25,232 people, inspiring reminiscence, creative writing, intergenerational projects, literacy programmes and the teaching of English for speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Common to all of these activities, the kits promote social interaction and contribute to positive mental health and well being, one of the city’s key social objectives.

4.3 Acquisitions

Objects approved or declined acquisition 11-12 53 acquisitions were approved outright: 35 Gifts, 10 Purchases and 5 Grant Assisted Purchases ,1 Burrell purchase, 1Transfer and 39 Treasure Trove

Significant acquisitions which were completed this quarter included:

Gifts x Sixteen Niki de Saint Phalle sculptures x Twelve ship models from BAE Systems x Documents relating to the life and work of Talwin Morris. Includes Donor's research notes, correspondence, scripts for talks and lectures, copy papers, photographs and original documents. x Mounted wildcat and kitten x Locomotive plate mould - North British Locomotives Co. Ltd

Grant Assisted Purchases which were successful: x Peter Wylie Davidson clock £19,750 (more than 50% raised by fundraising: Art Fund £7,390; NFA £3,000; FoGM £1,231.75) x Pair of silver prize greyhound collars by Robert Gray & Sons of Glasgow 1819. £12,500 (NFA £6,250) x Pair of 18th Century Long Guns, one manufactured in Glasgow by John Smart £40,000 (Art Fund £5000, NFA £13,333) x Gerard Byrne works - documentary material related to supposed sightings of the Loch Ness monster: glass vitrine containing wooden forms and photographs, pair of photographs & 16mm film. (€36,800 - AFI)

Burrell Trustees x 13th-century candlestick from Mosul (Burrell Trustees) £4000

Purchases x Mitch Miller (x3) ‘Dialectograms’ - large A0 pen images illustrating life in the Red Road flats at Sighthill, Glasgow: ‘The Niven family home’, ‘The Bingo’, ‘The Brig Bar’ four Gustavo Toaquiza (Ecuadorian artist) paintings £1500 x Kate Davis: works on paper (£18,800 - CAF) x Nick Evans: three sculptures: ‘Piglet, Dummy and Wanton Seed’ (£18,000 - CAF) x Alex Frost "Adult (Rivita/ crackerbread)" (£5,000 -CAF) x James McLardy "Born Male" (£5,000 - CAF)

Treasure Trove x TT 68/01 Argyll & Bute; Islay, Bruichladdich to Bridgend Water Pipeline x TT 93/05 Glasgow, City of; Glasgow, Thornliebank, Patterton, Camp No.660 x TT 10/11Farmstead, Paisley.19th/20th century assemblage, including some medieval pottery sherds, from an excavation at Dykebarhill

Not Approved 21 items were not approved for acquisition

Grant award Art Fund ‘RENEW’ On16 September Glasgow Museums was awarded £100,000 towards developing a collection of South Asian Art (primarily northern India).

4.4 Disputes/returns

There were no disputes or returns for the year 1 April 2011- 31 March 2012

4.5 De-accessions and disposals

There were 1141 disposals of accessioned objects for the year 1 April 2011- 31 March 2012

x DISP 64 6 cars subject for disposal on the grounds of their condition and their lack of relevance to the history of the car manufacturing industry in Scotland. Motor Cars: museum accession numbers: T.1981.47, T.1982.56, T.1985.27 collected by original donors. Motor Cars: museum accession numbers: T.1979.34, T.1976.12, T.1990.23 will be advertised in the ‘Museums Journal’ and made available for Transfer to other Accredited Museums

x DISP 65 & DISP 66 1128 Aviation collection items: aircraft models and souvenirs, merchandise and ephemera to be transferred to the National Museums of Scotland: National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, an Accredited museum.

x DISP 67 Lamppost, museum accession Number OG.1960.12.1: Transfer to Maryhill Burgh Hall Trust (MBHT) for inclusion in renovation of Maryhill Burgh Hall.

x DISP.2012.1 5 items of Robert Burns Club material: PP.1988.91.1 PP.1988.91.2 SP.2000.79.43 SP.2000.81.1 SP.2000.81.2 for internal transfer to the Mitchell Library Special Collections where they can be viewed within the context of the Burns Collection.

4.6 Destructive analysis and scientific research

During the period 1 April 2011 – 31 December 2011 8 requests were approved by the Head of Museums and Collections, these are detailed in Appendix 6.

Three new requests from the fourth quarter 1 January – 31 March 2012 have been received, and these are also detailed in Appendix 6.

4.7 Conservation

The opening of the Riverside Museum in June was a highlight. For the dedicated conservation staff involved, it was the culmination of years of work researching, treating, preparing, and interpreting objects. Innovative display systems and novel display methods presented the team with interesting challenges.

Investigations continue into ways to control moth infestations which have become established in some buildings. A number of ‘deep cleans’ have taken place, including office areas, as well as routine freezer treatment of collection items. A new policy is under development, and training has been delivered to help all staff report sightings and take action to keep moth levels at a minimum. The search goes on within the UK and worldwide museum community for more effective ways to deal with the problem.

The Burrell Tapestries Research Project concluded in spring 2012. Work included historical, scientific and conservation assessments of tapestries at the Burrell and detailed photography. A publication is planned for later in 2012.

A condition survey of over 700 stained glass collection items was completed in preparation for the forthcoming catalogue project. This includes a full photographic documentation of all stained glass panels and an edited inventory list.

An international ‘Bosch and Bruegel’ research programme included research on the Glasgow version of ‘Christ Driving the traders from the Temple’, after Bosch. Research work has now finished and a forthcoming publication and exhibition, to be held at Kelvingrove in October 2012, are awaited. Work on the preparation of paintings and decorative arts for the exhibition and catalogue ‘The Essence of Beauty: 500 Years of Italian Art’ at Kelvingrove in 2012 took place throughout the year culminating in a publication and the preparation of the exhibition which opened on 6 April 2012. Funding from Museums Galleries Scotland supported the temporary post of paintings conservator specifically for this project. A new frame was purchased with the very generous assistance of Friends of Glasgow Museums.

In March, the refurbished Maryhill Burgh Halls opened displaying 10 stained glass panels, and other objects, on loan from Glasgow Museums. This was the culmination of an extended period of work by conservation staff to contribute to the project.

Preparations for the ‘high profile’ loan of Degas’ pastel ‘The Red Ballet Skirts’ to the Royal Academy in London took place. Special attention by Paper Conservators was required to safely pack the fragile pastel.

Several students, volunteers and interns are contributing to collection care, and have worked with the team across a range of disciplines including textiles, paintings, sculpture and stained glass. For a second year, Glasgow Museums’ staff have contributed to the post-graduate Textile Conservation Programme at Glasgow University sharing their professional skills and providing opportunities for students who want to research and work on the City’s collection.

4.8 Stores

Kelvin Hall project In January 2012 we received the wonderful news that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) had awarded us £415,000 to continue to develop the Kelvin Hall project. Glasgow Life in partnership with the University of Glasgow has formed a cross disciplinary team with representatives from Museums, Sports, Special Projects and Glasgow City Council. The team will now prepare a stage 2 bid to submit to the HLF in October 2012.

Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Review GMRC celebrated its 8th birthday in November 2011, with 79,000 visits since its opening, and in December the management team embarked on a process of evaluation and reflection. The review will encompass the use of spaces both public and ‘back of house’ and look at how collections are accessed, managed and studied in store. Several of the stores have now been reviewed and feedback is already being channelled back into work programmes and projects. The results of the review will inform decisions about how the service continues to develop stores and associated facilities at GMRC and the Kelvin Hall.

GMRC Research Room and Collections Navigator

Collections Navigator Website visits

x Total of 59, 220 visits by 47,838 unique visitors viewing 272,078 pages.

Almost 270 queries have been received and responded to.

Collections Navigator Website

Month Visitors April 4,402 May 5,055 June 4,883 July 4,715 August 5,357 September 5,011 October 5,619 November 5,420 December 3,678 January 4,806 February 5,164 March 5,110

GMRC Research Room Visits Academic / Professional researcher object viewing visits: 34 General public / Hobby researcher object viewing visits: 38

Viewing over 5400 objects in the Research Room.

Example of visits/ research room use included the following:

x British Driving Society (Grampian Branch) visited the transport stores to look at horse-drawn vehicles.

x A PhD student studying the cultural history of the bagpipe came to look at pipes and representations of pipes in the collections.

x Katharine Quarmby, a journalist and writer participating in the Aye Write! book festival at The Mitchell, visited GMRC Research Room and stores to look at object files from the archives and a painting in the store by Leandro Garrido, her great grandfather. She brought copies of letters from 1909 about him which were added to the object information file.

x Visual artist, Gesa Helms, visited to study and draw rabbit and hare skins in the collections.

4.9 Inventory and Audit

Inventory and Audit April 2011 to 31 March 2012

Maintenance of collection inventory and related procedures (summary) Number of object moves updated on Mimsy XG: 20,969 Number of objects stock checked: 12,165.

x Riverside: Riverside Museum displays spot checked Riverside Museum spot check and Mimsy updates

x Provands Lordship stock check, Mimsy and Visio floor plan updates,

x GMRC 1: PODs 1; 2 Geology Inventory of Carboniferous fossil plants; 3 Stock check works on paper, over 2,000 confirmed locations, cabinets with solid door almost complete. Boxes on top of cupboards 50% complete.

x GMRC2: PODs 8; 9;13 Japanese tsubas - sword guards 50% complete; 15 History (metal) cabinets - descriptions enhanced;17; and 26, a project to deal with objects from old Museum of Transport Records Room in Archive Block.

x Kelvingrove: stock checks in 7 galleries and KG:025 following object removal due to mould growth, follow up to locate unnotified moves.

x Burrell Strong Room stock check and decant to improve access to collections. Items relocated to GMRC and Mimsy locations updated. Burrell Registers sorted into full sets and spares. One complete set now held in fire safe at GMRC. x Provision of training for new staff and follow up to ensure all existing staff received training.

Collections Management System and server upgrade:

The Collections Management system that holds all our collections catalogue data (460,000 object records) was upgraded to version 1.5 in November 2011. The database helps staff to manage collections’ processes and transactions that occur on a daily basis. The upgraded system is faster allowing us to be more efficient and contains more features for holding data and images of the collections. At the same time the system was moved to a new server which is faster and can hold more data.

A series of seven refresher courses were run and 80 staff trained on the upgraded system, this included two specialist sessions for Natural History curators and logistics technicians. 19 new staff were given introductory training on Mimsy XG.

Other Inventory and Documentation projects:

New records created on Mimsy XG (Collections Management System) 6240 Number of records edited – 65,953 Records Reconciled (temporary numbers with accession numbers or duplicate numbers reconciled) 801 of which:

x 654 Natural History duplicates reconciled x 35 Temporary numbers reconciled x 112 Others such as loan queries.

Random Audit In accordance with the procedures agreed with Internal Audit, the Collections Services Manager instructs the Collections Management Section to conduct two audits of randomly selected items at short notice in the course of the year.

x AUD2011.02 8-15 Sept 2011 10 objects audited. 7 had known locations and 6 of these objects were found, and 1 other having been moved without notification to adjacent location. 3 of the 10 had no known location. 1 of these was found leaving 2 unlocated.

x AUD2012.01 April 2012 10 objects audited. All objects found in recorded location.

4.10 Archaeological Archiving Project

The project has established the basis for the museums entire Archaeological Archive. Of the 74 sites comprising the archive 29 sites have been completed, with 45 remaining to be started. Inconsistent recording methods and poor packaging for a large number of earlier excavations received into the museum has proved particularly challenging. Over 100 boxes are now fully archived and shelved in alphabetical order in Pod 16. 76 additional sites have come in since the project began in July 2009 (not including the M74 or Shuttle Street), a total holding of 150 sites, of which 121 remained to be processed.

Mimsy has been developed in relation to both objects and sites with information capture. 150 site level records have been created. Objects have had record shots taken to add to Mimsy and expand the records. The object files have been sorted and stored in alphabetical order. A volunteer has been writing site level descriptions for each excavated assemblage to upload to Mimsy and to add to Navigator in the future and 2 students are currently on an 8 week work placement from Glasgow University.

Policy documents and guidelines have been drawn up to ensure the standard continues for the future of the Archive. Information is being collated ready to hand over to the curators at the end of the project on 15 June 2012.

4.11 Collections incident report forms

A total of 125 collections-related incidents were reported:

x GMRC 10 (7 water ingress mostly in the paper conservation lab, 3 objects damaged) x Kelvingrove 28 (10 water ingress possibly caused by condensation; 1 tampering; 1 object stolen later recovered; 3 frame damage; 1 presumed theft of 3 props; 3 moth attacks; 9 other object related incidents) x Burrell 22 (14 water ingress leaks, 5 doors left open and unsecure; 2 light damage; 1 operational) x GOMA 3 (1 water ingress , 1 wilful damage to object, 1 accidental) x People’s Palace 4 (1 light damage, 3 other damage) x Riverside 58 (33 reports of object damage, 17 potential damage & hazard to public, 3 accounts of ship conveyor breaking down; 4 accounts of mounts failing and objects being damaged; 1 damage to object due to humidity)

In addition to the serious issue of moth both at the Burrell and at Kelvingrove, the majority of incidents are commensurate with open display objects being touched, bumped or handled by members of the public (particularly at Kelvingrove and now at Riverside). Water ingress continues to be a problem across a number of venues, in particular the Burrell and the paper conservation lab at GMRC. Condensation at KG has caused water ingress and damage to objects.

The Sculpture entitled 'Dreaming' by Gerald Laing was stolen from KG, but was later recovered by police.

4.12 Exhibitions

A total of 15 exhibitions were held across 6 museum venues and further 6 projects involving the Open Museum at other venues. These included:

Kelvingrove x ‘The river runs through it’ 12 November 2010 – 30 January 2011 x ‘Patricia Cain Drawing (on) the riverside’, until 14 August 2011 x ‘AC/DC – Scotland’s Family Jewels’ – AC/DC’s 35 year career in rock and their connections with Glasgow and Scotland. 17 September 2011 – 12 February 2012

Burrell x ‘China Through the lens of John Thomson’, 03 March 2011 – 12 May 2011

GOMA x ‘Blueprint for a Bogey’: 10 February -19 June 2011 x ‘Hertie Querty’: 4 April 2010 -1 May 2011 x ‘British Art Show 7’:,28 May -1 August 2011 x ‘From Govan to GoMA’: Govan Seniors film group exploring their journey experiencing contemporary art – specifically the themes of ‘British Art Show 7’ 28 May -17 August 2011 x ‘Alistair Gray: City Recorder’: a body of work that was created by Gray as ‘artist recorder’ for the city in 1977. 27 August 2011-10 June 2012 x ‘You, Me, Something Else’: an exhibition of contemporary sculpture produced by Glasgow’s internationally recognised artists. 16 September 2011-18 March 2012 x ‘Atelier Public’: public invitation to make artworks there that will become part of the installation. 10 November 2011–15 January 2012 x ‘Tales of the City: Art Fund International and the GoMA collection’: first of several new displays at GoMA celebrating the new Art Fund International purchases and displaying them alongside the existing collection. 16 December 2011 – 1 December 2012

St Mungo’s & Provand’s Lordship x ‘Stardust - some thoughts on death’: 20 November 2010 – 30 June 2011 x ‘Curious’: Exploring stories, culture and ideas in a changing city – a collaboration with a wide range of community groups and individuals from across Glasgow uncovering new perspectives on the collection and the impact of allowing collections to act as a means to connect people. 17 October 2011 - 30th September 2012

Scotland Street School x ‘Toy Stories’, 10 November 2010 – 2 May 2011

Open Museum x ‘Ninja Mouse ‘V’ Samurai Owl’: a stop motion animation film using Glasgow Museums collections as inspiration screened at Cineworld, Glasgow city centre. x GMRC Explorer: Exhibition developed by 8 young people who selected and interpreted Glasgow Museums’ collections to create their own display

x Lambhill Stables: Ongoing support for community groups at Lambhill stables to enable development of the volunteer /community led heritage development aspect of the project.

x “A Few Characters, Many Stories”, a sculpture exhibition at Springburn Exhibition Space interpreted by local community organizations. The “Hound of Geevor” the fantastic dog made of boots from a Cornish tin mine, by David Kemp inspired poetry from the Springburn writers group, and a sculpture of the Glaswegian folk singer Matt McGinn inspired contemporary Folk songs by residents at Phoenix House. A fantastic Folk night up at Springburn library attended by Matt McGinn’s niece and family followed.

x A new travelling exhibition “Lifecycle” celebrating creative recycling travels to community centres, libraries, health centres and shopping centres.

x A mini museum at Cranhill Beacon Children’s centre has the fabulous Paolozzi’s drawing “Blueprint for a Museum as a backdrop to a bustle of robots, skeletons and racing cars. These objects inspired a pilot museums club at Cranhill in March which will inform the strategic development of the partnership at The Beacon.

x A wildlife exhibition relating to Possil Marsh, an important urban SSSI, brings together museums expertise and community enthusiasm and vision in a vibrant community based regeneration project at Lambhill Stables focused around the natural and built environment and historical context on the Forth and Clyde canal. Lambhill Stables Open Day in June attracted 175 local people.

Open Museum facilitated sessions The Open Museum participated in many community summer events taking handling kits, for example, to the Maryhill Highland games and the Molendinar centre open day. These sessions and events involved 3865 people, and are often the first time people come into contact with objects from the collection and allows us to shape future programmes and partnerships in that area.

Fox specimens from the museum collection inspired an ingenious “Fantastic Mr. Fox” board game in Stonedyke community centre in the west of the city, rare access to Sketchbooks in the collections and a humble robin inspired a collective sketchbook in the north of the city.

Red Road Flats The Red Road Flats Cultural project showcased its work to date in the Community flat for Doors Open Day and attracted1554 people over the 2 days. This innovative, interdisciplinary arts and history project has been documenting the experiences and stories of living and working in the flats. Doors Open day brought together past residents, structural engineers, artists, those who have seen the flats as a backdrop to their daily lives, those interested in social housing and those curious about High Rise living and formed part of a wider dialogue with communities of interest about what should be collected to enable a diverse range of stories to be told about these iconic blocks in the future and to put them into context of the history of social housing in the city.

Stretch Story Box – Prison Education An object inspired Digital Storytelling Project: a partnership project with the Open Museum, Stretch and HMP Addiewell. The project video recordings are publicly available on Vimeo, and the project work is contributing to a national and international research project including a PhD entitled ‘Taking Museum Collections into Prisons’. It is hoped that the findings will help develop a greater understanding of how museums can contribute to rehabilitation programmes delivered in prison education departments.

5. LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES

Service Visits The Mitchell Library continues to demonstrate a high level of customer satisfaction and maintaining a large number of visits to Archives and Special Collections:

Archives received 4500 enquiries by email and letter and approximately 6600 personal visits.

Special Collections received 885 enquiries by letter/e-mail and approximately 55, 752 personal visits

The Virtual Mitchell and Lipton website which hosts some 10,000 images from the photographic collections of Archives and Special Collection recorded the following:

Virtual Mitchell/Lipton 171,108 visits 112,460 unique visitors 19,647,324 pages viewed

The website on the Blitz, which provides access to the archive’s rich resources on WW2, was again very popular this year, with 106,994 page views, exceeding the record number of 101,772 hits gained in 2011 which was the 70th anniversary of the Clydebank and Glasgow Blitz. 5.1 Charge and Superintendence Obligations (Clause 6 and 7 of the Collections Agreement)

The Company has complied with requirements in respect of its obligations under the various agreements with the Keeper of the Records of Scotland in respect of archive collections held in the custody of the archive service under his Charge and Superintendence.

There were more than 1500 records produced from records in this category, of which about 1,000 related to shipbuilding and shipping and about 450 were church records.

5.2 Acquisitions to the Mitchell (Special Collections)

By Purchase During the period 300 volumes were added by purchase. These included Private Press items and 3 mid nineteenth century Glasgow items which were not previously held in stock.

By Donation x Two Christmas cards from Thomas Lipton 1916 and 1918 were donated by Jeff Bradley of Windborne, Dorset x A small collection of books on tobacco and smoking collected by a Mrs Anne Jolly and donated to the Mitchell Library by her friend and executor, Mrs Jane Burns. x Books, papers, note books of the novelist Robert Craig, donated by his great-niece, Elizabeth A Craig – this follows an earlier donation of similar material in the 1980s

5.3 Accessions to Archives

There have been 67 new collections, 15 of which were transfers of official records and the other 52 were private records, either deposited or gifted.

The official collections include substantial and significant collections identified as part of the process of clearing offices for Tomorrow’s Office, including: Land & Environmental Service: Plans of the Tidal Weir and the Rotunda, 19th century; lanterns slides and prints of baths & wash-houses; parks; 1900s; Development & Regeneration Services: slides, prints and negatives of Glasgow Housing, iconic buildings, councillors; City and Local Plans, 1940s- 1980s1945-2002; planning and development maps, 1940s-1970s; Corporate Services; architectural drawings of City Chambers building, 1880s; Burgess roll, 1953-1964

Inward Loans (SC) 28 volumes from Glasgow University Library for an exhibition to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the printing of the King James Bible from 9th September 2011 to 14th January 2012

5.4 Return or Disaggregation of Archives

The owner of the Stirling of Keir Family and Estate Archives, 14th – 20th centuries is still seeking to sell his collection, which has been held on deposit since 1973. We are currently in discussions with Sotheby’s about a way forward. The collection is still in our custody.

5.5 Archives Disposals

None to report

5.6 Programmes and Exhibitions Working with House for an Art Lover in respect of their Heritage Centre. In discussions about display in 2013 to coincide with Academic Conference on Glasgow gangs in the 1920s-1930s

Main Hall: x Alasdair Gray “Lanark” 1 April – 21 May x Hiroshima Poster exhibition August x Hannah Hodge art exhibition September x October/November RGI annual exhibition x Mitchell Library centenary exhibition November 2011 – January 2012

Granville Street entrance: x July and August - International Network of Street Papers photographic exhibition x September - The People’s Bible x October - UCS work in

Old Glasgow Room: x September – Divine Write: the King James Bible and Scotland

5.7 Loans from Special Collections

Special Collections No items lent for the period

5.8 Loans from Archives 46 returns of records to originating Council Departments, Strathclyde Police and private depositors using standard procedures.

5.9 Conservation Special Collections: Ongoing cleaning, repairing and housing in archival storage of Strong Room material.

The Swedenborg Collection and the Hillhouse Collection of books on the game of draughts were cleaned in preparation for cataloguing. Re-housing of the Cowie Manuscripts was begun.

5.10 Inventory and Audit

Special Collections

Ongoing audit of numbered manuscripts. Proposed audit of Aldred and Cowie Collections with work having now started on the Cowie Collection manuscripts

Funding has been secured to develop to survey the Special Collections in full and develop a project plan for full digital cataloguing of the collection into the future.