Papers of Gavin Goodfellow, architectural historian and portrait painter, Edinburgh, Scotland
551 572
Description Papers of Gavin Goodfellow, architectural historian and portrait painter, Edinburgh, Scotland
Collection Papers of Gavin Goodfellow, architectural historian and portrait painter, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number 551 572
Category All Other
Scope and Content A collection of papers relating to the life and work of Gavin Goodfellow, comprising architectural notes/papers (6 archival boxes); portrait painter notes (2 archival boxes); 3. personal papers (3 archival boxes). Also, a collection of postcards of views of Scottish buildings.
Archive History Purchased by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery from Ramsay Cornish, presumably following Goodfellow's death, and subsequently gifted to RCAHMS (Acc No 2009/118). A collection of postcards was donated to RCAHMS by Goodfellow. No formal accession record has yet been identified, but from the form of cataloguing, this would have predated 1983.
System of Arrangement The collection has not yet been fully catalogued.
Access Conditions Open, but note that access may be subject to provisions outlined in the Data Protection Act and conservation requirements. Please contact the archive to confirm access in advance of a visit
Administrative History Gavin Goodfellow, d.2008. Goodfellow worked with the Scottish Development Department (a predecessor body of Historic Environment Scotland), where he was an investigator of Scottish buildings. He was also a portrait painter.
Accruals No accruals are anticipated.
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