Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 OM/155
Title
Herbert Stockdale papers
Date(s)
- 1922, 1943 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 items
Context area
Name of creator
(1868-1951)
Biographical history
Herbert Fitton Stockdale was educated at Boothroyd School, Yorkshire. At the age of 21 he was appointed assistant secretary of the Durham College of Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne. This was followed by his appointment, in 1899, as Secretary and Treasurer of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. In 1904, he was appointed Director, which post he held until 1933.
In 1919 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Glasgow.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Address given by Stockdale on the history and organisation of the Royal Technical College; letter on the Dilettanti Society and the Royal Technical College's portrait collection.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English