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Archival Summaries

  

ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Printmaking (established in 1826) is a member-led art organisation. It has an extensive art collection and art library (not detailed here), and an archive which contains two main categories:
1. Internal affairs (relating to the RSA)
2. Material received from outside sources.

The Academy’s holdings have been partially surveyed by the National Register of Archives for Scotland (survey number NRAS1464), mainly covering material in section 1 below.
  Covering dates
1. RSA INTERNAL AFFAIRS  
1.1 Annual reports 1829 to date
1.2 Annual exhibition catalogues 1827 to date
1.3 Minute books of council and the Assemblies of the RSA 1826 to date
1.4 Letter collection (mixed), ordered by year 1825-1894
1.5 Letter collection, ordered by artist 1825 onwards
1.6 Registers of the RSA Life Class 1843-1854 1866-1901
1.7 Photographs (members, exhibitions, galleries)  
1.8 Newspaper cuttings books 1884-1957
1.9 20th century members’ files (correspondence, press cuttings, etc) 20th century
1.10 Mixed collection of letters and papers (including 20th century Hospitalfield Guthrie Award, Carnegie Scholarship, Rosyth Canteen c. 1940-1945, annual exhibitions) 20th century
1.11 Assorted memorabilia (including admission tickets, toast lists, menus, advertisements)  
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2. MATERIAL ACQUIRED FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES  
2.1 The Associated Artists: minute book and exhibition catalogues 1808-1813
2.2 The Aesthetic Club: minute book 1851-1857
2.3 City of Edinburgh Volunteer Artillery Company (Artist Volunteers):minute book 1859-1864
2.4 George B. Simpson collection:  
  copies of correspondence with G.P. Chalmers 1864-1873
  Edward Pinnington’s notes and letters c. 1891
  various cuttings  
2.5 James Miller (1893-1987) bequest (letters, diaries, ephemera and family papers) 1819-1954
2.6 William Gillies (1898-1973) bequest (material relating to William Gillies, his family and art in Scotland, including c. 1,500 photographs and negatives, c. 1,200 postcards, press cuttings, exhibition catalogues, personal papers and memorabilia c. 1920-1973
2.7 Ian Fleming (1906-1994) collection of photographs and reproductions  
2.8 Single items relating to past members of the RSA, e.g. John McLaren Barclay diary 1840
Sir Edwin Landseer diary 1842 Horatio McCulloch cash book 1848-1865
 
Access by appointment only at RSA, The Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, Edinburgh EH4 3DS
Opening hours: 1000-1300, 1400-1630 Monday - Friday
Tel: 0131 624 6277
Website: www.royalscottishacademy.org
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