St Mungo's Academy
- Reference:GB 243 D-ED7/247
- Dates of Creation:1864 - 1980
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:9.00 Units [9 items]
Scope and Content
Log books, 1864 - 1969; Admission registers, 1974 - 1980; School magazines, 1947, 1960; Prospectus, 1902.
Administrative / Biographical History
In 1858, the Marist Brothers founded a boys school on Glebe Street before opening a fee charging establishment in their own residence at 96 Garngad Hill. This school, the first to be named St Mungo's Academy, became so overcrowded that in 1882 the Brothers bought another building, which was extended on several occasions in subsequent years. It was transferred to the local education authority in 1919 as a result of the Education (Scotland) Act of 1918.
By 1973 the school had been earmarked for demolition. A replacement, also called St Mungo's, opened on Crownpoint Road in Bridgeton in 1977. During the intervening years pupils were accommodated in the school's St Kentigern's Annexe on Duke Street and in the Hanson Street Annexe of the Central College of Commerce.
Access Information
Open
Admission registers closed for 30 or 75 years depending on format.
Other Finding Aids
Descriptive list available at Glasgow City Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist
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