Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Site Details Name: | Mitchell Library | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | New building to house expanded library after Ingram Street building (built 1877, enlarged 1891) proved too small.
Design competition assessed by John Keppie.
Sculptors: John Miller and T J Clapperton.
See also separate entry for St Andrew's Halls, now the Mitchell Theatre & Library, adjoining the original library. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Library | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Berkeley Street | Yes | |  | Kent Road | Yes | |  | 201, North Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1906 | | | Competition held |  | September 1907 | | | Foundation stone |  | 1909 | | Design exhibited | W B White design |  | 6 October 1911 | | | Opened |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Corporation of Glasgow | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Academy Architecture | 1907 | | part 1 | | p50 (Whitie design) |  | Academy Architecture | 1910 | | Part 2 | | p27 |  | Koch | | British Competitions | | | For various entries including Thomson & Sandilands |  | Royal Academy exhibitors | | | | | 1905, no 1447 (gibbon design). 1910, no 1461 (Whitie design) |  | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1907 | | | | 783 (Whitie design) |  | RSA | 1906 | | | | 317 (Beattie-Brown) |  | Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | |  | Stevenson, D M, et al. | 1914 | Municipal Glasgow: its evolution and enterprises | | Glasgow: Corporation of the City of Glasgow | pp85-6 |  | The Modern Building Record | 1912 | The Modern Building Record | Volume 3 | London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co | p192 |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p279 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | British Architect | 1905 | | | Check date |  | Builders Journal | 12 July 1905 | | | Builders' Journal and Architectural Record, Vol. 22, 12 July 1905, page 21. |  | Builders Journal | 28 November 1906 | | | William Brown Whitie entry |  | Builders Journal | 28 September 1910 | | | William Brown Whitie design |  | RIBA Journal | January 1919 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary of James Mitchell White Halley |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33095 | |  | Mitchell Library | Glasgow City Archives | | GC 052 BAI (reproduced on www.theglasgowstory.com) |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | William Brown Whitie: F v19 p108 no1406 (microfilm reel 12); James Cumming Wynnes: L v9 no516 (microfilm reel 32) |  | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 2/632, 1906 |
Images © All rights reserved. Builders' Journal and Architectural Record, Vol. 22, 12 July 1905, page 21. |