West of Scotland Agricultural College

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Corporate body

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West of Scotland Agricultural College

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        Dates of existence

        1899-1990

        History

        The West of Scotland Agricultural College was established in 1899, on the merger of the Scottish Dairy Institute and the agricultural department of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.

        In 1900, the College was located in Blythswood Square, Glasgow. In 1927, the estate of Auchincruive, Ayr, belonging to the late John Hannah of Girvan Mains, Girvan, was presented to the College. Initially, the Blythswood site was a major centre for teaching and administration whilst the Auchincruive site was devoted to activities such as farming, poultry husbandry, horticulture and estate forestry. In 1974, the Blythswood Square site was closed.

        In 1990, the College became part of the Scottish Agricultural College.

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        Glasgow, Scotland

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        Related entity

        Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College | Department of Agriculture (? - 1899)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0306

        Category of relationship

        temporal

        Dates of relationship

        1899

        Description of relationship

        In 1899, the Department of Agriculture merged with the Scottish Dairy Institute to form the West of Scotland Agricultural College.

        Related entity

        Berry, Reginald Arthur, b. 1876, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, West of Scotland Agricultural College, Glasgow

        Identifier of related entity

        P0105

        Category of relationship

        associative

        Dates of relationship

        1905 - ?

        Description of relationship

        Berry was a Professor at the College.

        Related entity

        Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow (1887-1964)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0065

        Category of relationship

        associative

        Dates of relationship

        From 1899

        Description of relationship

        For some years after the establishment of the West of Scotland Agricultural College, the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College (later renamed the Royal College of Science and Technology) had representation on the Agricultural College's governing body and contributed to its agricultural courses.

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        Authority record identifier

        C0052

        Institution identifier

        GB 249

        Rules and/or conventions used

        ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).

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        Created by Victoria Peters, February 2010.

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