Glasgow School of Art | Secretary and Treasurer

Corporate Biography

Dates

1873-1993

Location of main offices

Glasgow, Scotland

Main function

Educational administration

Related authority entries

Glasgow School of Art

History

The office of Secretary and Treasurer was established in 1873 and dissolved in 1993.

Details of premises

The office of Secretary and Treasurer was initially based in the Glasgow School of Art's home on Sauchiehall Street. In 1899 it moved with the school to the newly finished building in Renfrew Street designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Mandate

On its creation in 1873, the post of Secretary and Treasurer took over some of the duties of the School Janitor namely looking after correspondence, keeping the student registers and other similar work. The Secretary and Treasurer was also responsible for all aspects of the administration of the School, including financial, personnel, legal, estates and student matters. The Secretary and Treasurer also acted as the Secretary to the Board of Governors. As the School developed and the workload of the Secretary and Treasurer increased, new posts were created to relieve him of some of his duties. In 1943, the post of Assistant Registrar was created to relieve him of those of his duties relating to arranging the admission, matriculation and graduation of students, in 1975 the post of Assistant Secretary (Finance) was created to deal with financial matters and at around this time the post of Personnel Officer was created to deal with personnel matters. In 1993, the then Secretary and Treasurer retired and the office of Secretary and Treasurer was replaced by the office of Assistant Director (Resources), which inherited the legal duties of the Secretary and Treasurer.

Reference codes of collections created by the corporate body

GB 1694 GSAA SEC

GB 1694 GSAA REG

Rules or Conventions

Authority record created according to the National Council on ArchivesRules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (NCA Rules)1997 and International Council on Archives: Ad Hoc Committee on Descriptive StandardsInternational Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (ISAAR) CPF1995.

Date of Creation

Corporate name authority record compiled by Victoria Peters, research archivist, 17 December 2003.