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We are continually adding to our bibliography and are always interested to hear about new research in the field. 
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Addison, Rosemary. “Familiar Patterns: Cecile Walton.” Scottish Book Collector vol. 7 no. 5 (2005): 4-7.

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Addison, Rosemary. “Spirited Activity: Scottish Book Design and Women Illustrators, 1890-1920.”  Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History vol 5 (2000): 59-68

 

Addison, Rosemary, “Women Artists and Book Illustration in Edinburgh, 1886-1945.” PhD diss., Heriot-Watt University, 2004.

 

Arthur, Liz. Glasgow Girls: Artists and Designers, 1890-1930. Kirkudbright: Kirkudbright 2000 Ltd, 2000. Exhibition catalogue.

 

Arthur, Liz. The Unbroken Thread: A Century of Embroidery and Weaving at Glasgow School of Art. Renfrew: Gardner Gibson, 1994.

 

Bird, Liz. “Threading the Beads: Women in the Arts in Glasgow, 1870-1920.” In Uncharted Lives: Extracts from Scottish Women’s Experiences, 1850-1982, edited by Glasgow Women’s Studies Group, 98-117. Glasgow: Pressgang, 1983

 

Burkhauser, Jude et al. Glasgow Girls: Women in Art & Design, 1880-1920.  Edinburgh: Cannongate, 1990

 

Coleing, Linda. “Ann Macbeth and the Glasgow School,” in Chic Thrills: A Fashion reader, edited by Juliet Ash and Elizabeth Wilson, 213-224. Berkeley: University of California, 1992.

 

Cumming, Elizabeth, “Phoebe Anna Traquair HRSA (1852-1936) and her Contribution to the Arts and Crafts in Edinburgh.” PhD diss., University of Edinburgh, 1986.

 

---. Hand, Heart and Soul: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland. London: Birlinn Limited, 2013.

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---, Phoebe Anna Traquair. Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 2005.

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---. The Arts and Crafts Movement in Dublin and Edinburgh, 1885-1925. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1998.

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Frank, Arthur, Hannah Frank, A Glasgow Artist: Drawings and Sculptures. Glasgow: Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, 1988.

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Gunderson, Sandra Lucretia, “Glasgow's new woman in art: "studiotic" daughters from the Macdonald School of Spook.” Master’s thesis, University of Alberta, 1994.

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Helland, Janice. Professional Women Painters in Nineteenth Century Scotland: Commitment, Friendship, Pleasure. Hants: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2000.

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---, The Studios of Frances and Margaret MacDonald, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996

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Jarron, Matthew. “Placed Under No Disqualification: Women Artists in She-Town.” Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History vol. 21 (2016-2017): 47-54

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Macfarlane, Fiona C. and Elizabeth F. Arthur. Glasgow School of Art Embroidery, 1894-1920. Glasgow: Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, 1980.

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Olivia, Cordelia, Jessie M King, 1875-1949. Edinburgh: The Scottish Arts Council, 1971

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Robertson, Pamela, Doves and Dreams: The Art of Frances Macdonald and James Herbert McNair. Glasgow: Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 2007.

 

Strang, Alice. “Introduction: Scotland’s Women Artists 1885-1965.” Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History vol. 21 (2016-2017): 7-12

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Strang, Alice, et al, Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors 1885-1965. Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 2015

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Swain, Margaret. “Mrs Newbery’s Dress.” Costume vol. 12 no. 1 (January 1978): 64-73.

 

Tanner, Ailsa, Bessie MacNicol: New Woman 1989. Helensburgh: Ailsa Tanner, 1998.

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White, Colin, A Guide to the Printed Work of Jessie M King. London: The British Library, 2007.

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White, Colin, The Enchanted World of Jessie M. King. Edinburgh: Cannongate Books Ltd, 1989.

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