Records of Hislop, Welsh & Humphrey, architects, Glasgow, Scotland

Architectural drawings, accounts, and letterbooks of Hislop, Welsh & Humphrey, and their predecessors 

• 723 rolls of drawings of both commercial and domestic Glasgow buildings, 1885-1972
• 15 volumes of ledgers, accounts and letterbooks, 1897-1975

The architectural practice was established in 1897 by John Archibald Campbell (1859-1909) in West George Street, Glasgow. Alexander David Hislop (1876-1966) joined the practice c1909 in the same year as John Campbell died and the firm traded as J A Campbell & A D Hislop from 1909-1960. In 1924, Charles G Welsh joined Hislop in the firm and from 1960 the firm traded as A D Hislop & C G Welsh. After the death of David Hislop in 1966, the practice was joined by T G Humphreys in 1970. From 1968 until the firms closure in c1980, the firm traded as Hislop, Welsh & Humphreys, 1968-1976.

Their major projects included Rosneath Parish Church, Argyll & Bute, Scotland, between 1908 and 1909; Carrongrove Housing in Denny, near Falkirk, Scotland between 1919 and 1925; Partick High United Free Church, Glasgow in 1925; and Phoenix Assurance Company, St Vincent Street, Glasgow in 1935.

The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received

Access to records within this collection is open, however an appointment may be required. Please email Archives and Special Collections for advice: library-asc@glasgow.ac.uk

Transfer : Glasgow University Archives : 1980 : ACCN 4633

See also University of Glasgow Collections

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents. Applications for permission to quote should be sent to Archives and Special Collections, please email: library-asc@glasgow.ac.uk

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 247 procedures

Held by the firm of Campbell, Hislop & Welsh and donated to Glasgow University Archives in 1980

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