University of Dundee Archives

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/17
Item
n.d

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Mounted photograph of John Wilson with four young women all wearing evening dresses.

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/2
Item
c 1930

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Photograph of G.L.Wilson store and a bus. On the back is written, 'The man from the Corner'.

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/3
Item
c 1940

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Photograph of elegantly dressed people playing a game of some kind, includes Mr John Wilson.

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/11
Item
c 1954

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Photograph of a large group of people all in evening wear. In the photo there is John Wilson and Garnet Wilson. Stamped on the back is 'Copyright Photograph by D.C Thomson & co., Ltd. Dundee

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/13
Item
c 1960

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Photograph of Wilson family at the top table includes Mr John Wilson, Sir Garnet Wilson and Dr Basil Wilson

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/7
Item
c 1950

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Mounted photograph of Mr and Mrs John Wilson. Written on the back is 'Mr and Mrs John Wilson at G.L.Wilson Staff Dance'.

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/9
Item
c 1950

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Photograph with 25 people wearing evening wear including John Wilson. Stamped on the back is 'courier and Advertise Copyright Photograph People's Journal'.

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/1
Item
1965

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Photograph of the Wilson family at a table. Includes Sir Garnet Wilson. Written on back '1965' and stamped on the back 'All the copyright of John Leng & co., Ltd.'

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/16
Item
n.d

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Mounted photograph of John Wilson with three young women all wearing evening dresses.

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/6
Item
c 1950

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Mounted photograph of Mr and Mrs John Wilson. Written on the back is 'Mr and Mrs John Wilson at G.L.Wilson Staff Dance'.

Photographs of staff

MS 188/6/3/8
Item
c 1950

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Photograph of 19 people that includes G.L.Wilson, John Wilson and Garnet Wilson. It is stamped on the back with 'Courier and Advertiser Dundee Copyright photograph'

Poems-notes, memos and other items

MS 188/1/3/2
Item
1909-1960/70

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

relating to staff training and running the store, including G.L Wilson maxims.

Price Lists

MS 188/1/3/7
Item
n.d

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Smyth and Company (Limited) Price Lists for Real Balbriggen Hosiery

Scrap book with newspaper cuttings regarding the shop on the corner and the Wlson Family.

MS 188/4/1/1
Item
1948-1970

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Selection of newspaper cuttings.

MS 188/4/2/5
Item
c 1932

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Contains pages 1 and 2 and 11 and 12 of the Courier and Advertiser, Wednesday March 19th 1960. Most of the paper contains classified ads, with a few stories on page 2. On the back page there is a wedding announcement for 'Shaw-Wilson' which was the marriage of Miss Shelia Watson daughter of Mr and Mrs D Wilson of Monifieth..

Show home material

MS 188/1/3/3
Item
1951

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Bundle relating to a show home designed by G.L Wilson contains a leaflet advertising it, a letter from 'Store Magazine' requesting information and pictures of the show home, a letter from Basil Wilson replying and 6 photos of the show home.

Staff Excursion material

MS 188/2/2
Item
18 May 1938

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Leaflet 'Excursion to Empire exhibition Bellahouston Park, Glasgow iterary for the Dundee Unionist Assocation excusion for Victoria Day to Bellhouston Park, Glasgow

Staff Excursion material

MS 188/2/1
Item
21 May 1924

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

2 specially produced envelopes. One, belonging to Miss L Burnett, contains souvenir programme for the G.L. Wilson excursion to the British Empire Exhibition. The second envelope contains instructions regarding the first.

Staff excursion material

MS 188/2/3
Item
1938

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Leaflets entitled 'Scotland Calling' for the Empire exhibiton Scotland 1938

Staff excursion material

MS 188/2/4
Item
22 March 1938

Part of G.L. Wilson Department Store

Letter from Robert Deuchars of 'The District Goods and Passenger Manager London and North Eastern Railway Dundee' to John Wilson regarding a special train that would run from Dundee to Ibrox for the Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, Wednesday, 18th May 1938. Includes menu choices for passengers.

Store photographs