Correspondence and papers concerning financial appeals; a report on the feasibility of the Laboratory; correspondence of the Ruskin Master with the Oxford Arts Club; the School's relationship with the Ashmolean Museum; and papers of Sir William Hayter, 1925-1995
File
Shelfmark: MS. University Archives RS 30
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
- Correspondence concerning the 1971 Centenary Appeal of the Ruskin School, 1970-1971
- Correspondence and other papers concerning the establishment of and appeals for donations toward the Geoffrey Rhoades Commemoration Fund, 1980-1986
- The Laboratory at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art: A Feasibility Report (draft copy): in August 1994, the Ruskin School set up a research unit called the Laboratory with the aim of supporting the production of new work in the visual arts. It hoped to achieve this by promoting collaboration between fine art and other subject areas at Oxford University. The title is no longer used but the work of the Laboratory continues as a commissioning and visiting scholar programme, Dec 1994 [see also MS. University Archives RS 68-71 (former reference: OUA/RS 140-141)] (= Closed).
- The Laboratory at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art: A Feasibility Report (published copy): in August 1994, the Ruskin School set up a research unit called the Laboratory with the aim of supporting the production of new work in the visual arts. It hoped to achieve this by promoting collaboration between fine art and other subject areas at Oxford University. The title is no longer used but the work of the Laboratory continues as a commissioning and visiting scholar programme, Jul 1995 [see also MS. University Archives RS 68-71 (former reference: OUA/RS 140-141)]
- Letter from the Ruskin Master (Sydney Carline) and his assistants (Gilbert Spencer, Stanley Spencer, Paul Nash, Richard Carline and Albert Rutherston) to the Secretary of the Oxford Arts Club relating to their withdrawal from a proposed exhibition, 1925; with related undated (?1970s) note from Richard Carline to Philip Morsberger, 1925-[c.1970s]
- Correspondence with and concerning the Ashmolean Museum and the use of the Ruskin Master's room there, 1968-1984
- Correspondence relating to the disposal of the cabinets provided by John Ruskin for the housing of his art collection at the School, 1970-1971
- Plans of the Ashmolean Museum, showing areas used by the Ruskin School, 1968 and 1970; with letter from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation referring to a plan (not present) of a mezzanine proposal for the School, 1973, 1968-1973
- Papers relating to the School's use of the Sunken Court at the Ashmolean Museum, 1974
- Papers of Sir William Hayter, Warden of New College, as Chairman of the Ruskin Trustees, 1959-1972 [see also MS. University Archives RS 12] (= Closed).
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1995
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
Some material is closed.
Shelfmark
MS. University Archives RS 30
Former reference:
OUA/RS 44; OUA/RS 45; OUA/RS 46/1; OUA/RS 46/2; OUA/RS 47; OUA/RS 48; OUA/RS 49; OUA/RS 50; OUA/RS 51; OUA/RS 52
Repository Details
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk