Collection of John Alder Knowles FSA relating to stained glass
Reference code
KNO
Title
Collection of John Alder Knowles FSA relating to stained glass
Date
1913-1961
Level of description
Fonds
Scope and content
Papers of John Alder Knowles, FSA (1881-1961), York glass painter and historian of stained glass; mostly 1913-1961, with some earlier material. Knowles was editor of the Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters (JBSMG), 1926-39, 1945-9; see his obituary in Vol.13 (1962), 527-9.
Creator
Knowles, John Alder (1881-1961), glass painter and historian of stained glass
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/868/1-7
MS 868
MS 868
Archival history
KNO/001 presented by John Alder Knowles, 1961 (A.J., 41 (1961), 277; KNO/002-007 bequeathed, 1961 (A.J., 42 (1962), 291). Some items in KNO/007 from other donors.
Contents
- KNO/01 - ‘Books, MSS, and Writers on the Technique of Glass Making and Painting'
- KNO/02 - 'The Practice of Ancient Glass Painting - A History of Technique & Craftmanship'
- KNO/03 - Notebooks
- KNO/04 - Papers and correspondence
- KNO/05 - Press cuttings
- KNO/06 - Works by others
- KNO/07 - Manufacturing and sale catalogues