Material by and about George Forbes including publications and reports by Forbes; maps belonging to Forbes; testimonials for Forbes; recollections of Forbes by Jen Stockdale; articles on Forbes' carbon brushes; biographical information; bibliography of Forbes' writings; rules of University Club, Edinburgh and of New Club, North Berwick; Forbes' calling card; reprint of articles by James D. Forbes, Principal of St Andrews University.

Draft thesis; published articles.

Course notebooks; charts and diagrams; examination papers; reunion ephemera; papers relating to employment with A. & J. Main & Company Ltd; The Draughtsman Journal; British Standards for the Use of Structural Steel.

Article by Macauley entitled ‘The effect of gases, vapours and liquids on the limiting friction between solid substances’, 1926; list of Macauley's publications, 1973.

Student notes; thesis; biographical note; extracts from Hoyle's diaries.

Congratulates O'Beirne on his election as a Corporate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Also expresses sympathy for the wartime bombing suffered by Clydebank: 'We heard of the 'Blitz' over Glasgow and regret to learn of so many deaths, etc. However, [we] are sure your people have the right spirit and will pay back many times over. Many of our towns have had similar rough times but are all quite cheery and waiting 'DER TAG' which will give us our revenge.'

Motive power laboratory notebook created by Andrew Hamilton, a student at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow.

20 volumes of lecture notes made by Alexander Porkess whilst a student at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow. The notebooks cover various subjects including mathematics, heat engines and natural philosophy. Many of the notebooks contain photographs, graphs and diagrams. There is also a copy of the thesis presented by Porkess for the Associateship of the Royal Technical College, August 1952. Also a bundle of notes, mainly examination questions and algebra, c. 1950s.

Mount is titled: "The Royal Technical College Glasgow, Associate Students in Engineering and guests on the occasion of their final year dinner: June 1950".
An index to each row of sitters is at the bottom of the mount and 'W. McHutchison' is handwritten at the top right-hand corner.

Electronic engineering student notebook; electrical engineering student notebooks; engineering design student notebook; advanced mathematics student notebook.

Teaching handouts; notes for report on research; course leaflet; memorandum about chemical engineering laboratory; engineering theses.

Annual general meeting papers; annual reports and accounts; board of directors' minutes and papers; correspondence and papers relating to acquisitions; papers relating to constitution; papers relating to shares; financial records; newsletters; news cuttings; publicity material.

Publication setting out the research projects and publications in each department in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Strathclyde.