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Edinburgh College of Art (1907-:)

 Organization

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Architecture: College of Art, correspondence with, 1949-1954

 File — Box Secretary's box file: Arts 2
Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/1/8

Artwork by former Edinburgh College of Art student Sonia Ali

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1985
Content Description This collection comprises an artist's journal, a set of handmade CDs, and an artwork produced by Sonia Ali during her studies at the Edinburgh College of Art in 2013/14 (MA Art Space Nature). Artist's research journal/book: this research journal documents the artist's thinking and making process for a series of works in collaboration with University of Edinburgh – Evolutionary Biology Dept where she has...
Dates: 2013-2014

Edinburgh College of Art, c 1996-1997

 Series
Identifier: Coll-67/22
Scope and Contents

This series contains material relating to the "Image and Form - Prints and Sculptures" and "La Tête (Photographic Exhibition)" event organised by Edinburgh College of Art.

Dates: c 1996-1997
Menu for Thursday 5th June, with illustrations by Hilary McElderry - cover
Menu for Thursday 5th June, with illustrat...

Edinburgh College of Art Typography Collection

 Collection
Identifier: ECA/TYP
Scope and Contents The collection consists mainly of works produced by Edinburgh College of Art students as part as their typography course during the 1930s-1970s. Many of these are illustrated booklets which contain extracts from well-known texts such Tam O’ Shanter and Homer’s Odyssey, as well as religious texts. The students also produced calendars, book covers and title pages, Christmas cards, and invitations and menus for Edinburgh College of Art events including Revels. Most of the time, although not...
Dates: 1928-2012; Majority of material found within 1928-1974

Embroidery created by "Mrs Prince", 1919

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0067
Scope and Contents Embroidery done by a "Mrs Prince" in 1919. It artfully depicts a variety of elements and scenes in small panels: flowers and plants, animals (including a rooster, butterflies, fish, geese, and a dragon), a woman from side-on looking at a landscape, and a man from behind, holding what looks like a spear and looking over a high wall.There is very little metadata accompanying this piece, but given its style, this could be an example of embroidered samplers made by students at the...
Dates: 1919

Leaflet for an exhibition at the Edinburgh College of Art, October 1958

 Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0098
Scope and Contents

Leaflet entitled 'Pittori Toscani' on an exhibition on Florentine painters held at the Edinburgh College of Art in October 1958. The leaflet contains a list of exposed paintings, from the following artists: Baroni, Dino Caponi, Fernando Farulli, Marcello Guasti, Silvio Loffredo, Mario Marcucci, Rodolfo Margheri, Adriana Pincherle Enzo Pregno, and Ottone Rosai.

Dates: October 1958

Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Percival ('Percy') Herbert Portsmouth, with enclosed photograph, 07 April 1927

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/33/5
Scope and Contents

Portsmouth writes that he is sorry that the Ewarts could not come to see the sculpture entitled 'Vision' at the Edinburgh College of Art, but he encloses a photograph of the work.

Dates: 07 April 1927

Proposed dental hospital, University of Edinburgh : general correspondence, 1967-1976

 File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/10.1
Scope and Contents A file entitled "Lister Trust Site - proposed Dental Hospital". The file contains notes of meetings with interested parties, correspondence, committee papers and minutes relating to the University of Edinburgh's application to the the Corporation of the City of Edinburgh for planning permission to build a dental hospital on a site owned by the Lister Trust, close to the location of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, at the time. Committee papers represented include: The University of Edinburgh...
Dates: 1967-1976

Proposed dental hospital, University of Edinburgh: site studies, c1974

 File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/10.2
Scope and Contents

Two studies carried out by Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates, evaluating sites for the construction of a proposed Dental Hospital and School for the University of Edinburgh. The first compares 3 sites within the University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area. The second looks in more detail at one of the sites, the "Bristo Site".

Dates: c1974

Revel Programme from the Edinburgh College of Art, 1937

 Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0076
Scope and Contents Programme from the 1937 Revel at the Edinburgh College of Art, representing feasting characters inspired by an ancient Greco-Roman theme. The festivities included a dinner, stunts, music and dancing. The programme belonged to Irene Watson Miller, who studied at Edinburgh College of Art in the 1930s.The Revel is a yearly event that takes place at Edinburgh College of Art and dates back to 1909. It is a themed party with costumes, scenery, performances and dancing. Every year the...
Dates: 1937

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Archival Object 9
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Edinburgh -- Scotland 3
Artworks 2
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Campus Planning 2
City Planning 2