High School of Glasgow
- Reference:GB 243 D-ED7/95
- Dates of Creation:1878 - 1968
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:1.10 Linear Metres [58 volumes; 41 items]
Scope and Content
Report book, 1895 - 1896; Quarterly reports, 1878 - 1902; Registers of entrants and progress, 1901 - 1914; Fees registers, 1878 - 1901; Absentee list, 1899 - 1902; Incidental books, 1913 - 1941; Minutes of monthly meetings of masters, 1907 - 1912; Letter books, 1911 - 1958; School reports books, 1914 - 1950; Examination results, 1929 - 1930; School magazines, 1903 - 1968 (incomplete), admission registers, 1902 - 1908 (permenants register) and 1914 - 1977 (boys)
Administrative / Biographical History
The original school was founded as the Choir School of Glasgow Cathedral in around 1124, and later became known as Glasgow Grammar School. It was housed in Greyfriar's Wynd until 1782, when it moved to new purpose-built accommodation in George Street, but it moved again in 1821 to new premises between John Street and Montrose Street.
The name was changed in 1834 to The High School of Glasgow, and in 1872 it was transferred to the management of the Glasgow School Board. In 1878, the school moved into the former premises of the Glasgow Academy on Elmbank Street, when the latter moved to its new home in Kelvinbridge in the West End of the city.
The Glasgow High School for Girls was founded in 1894 and housed variously in Garnethill and Kelvindale. In 1976, the Regional Council reorganised education in Glasgow along comprehensive lines and closed the Boys' High School, while the Girls' High School began admitting boys and was renamed as Cleveden Secondary School. The proposed closure was met with anger from former pupils and, the day after the closure of the Boys' High School, the new, independent, co-educational High School came into being, following a merger involving the former pupils' association, the Glasgow High School Club, and Drewsteignton School in Bearsden.
The School maintains a relationship with the Cathedral, where it holds an annual Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving each September.
Source: https://www.highschoolofglasgow.co.uk/why-hsog/history/
Access Information
Open
Admission registers closed for 30 or 75 years depending on format; records relating to individual pupils may be closed for 75 years.
Other Finding Aids
Descriptive list available at Glasgow City Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist
Corporate Names