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Includes correspondence relating to the establishment, provision and withdrawal of the following prizes and scholarships:

• Samuel Dow Ltd Wine Awards, sponsored by Samuel Dow Ltd
• Harvey Wine Award, sponsored by John Harvey and Sons Ltd
• Claire Randall Award for special business subjects, sponsored by former Scottish Hotel School student, Claire Randall
• Compass Services/Grandmet Catering Services Award for management subjects (originally established as the Eglinton Hotels Prize)
• More's Hotel Prize for reception practice
• Grand Metropolitan Hotel Prizes, including the Grand Metropolitan Scholarship (travelling award)
• Savarin Award for hotel operations, sponsored by Calor Gas Ltd
• Medaille Culinaire Award for catering practical work, sponsored by Scottish Gas
• Merite Culinaire Award for catering laboratory work, sponsored by the South of Scotland Electricity Board
• Scottish Society of Epicureans Awards for culinary ability and for food and beverage service, sponsored by the Scottish Society of Epicureans

Includes master lists of prizewinners for sessions 1983-1984, 1986-1987, 1987-1988 and 1996-1997; correspondence with prizewinners; captions to accompany photographs of prize presentations; press cuttings relating to prizewinners, and correspondence with sponsors relating to the establishment, provision and withdrawal of the following prizes and scholarships:

• Gretna Awards, for the support of students in their dissertation field studies, sponsored by Imperial London Hotels Ltd
• Lisa Morris Award, sponsored by Morris of Glasgow Ltd in memory of former Scottish Hotel School student, Mrs Lisa Morris
• Scottish Highlands Hotel Prize for outstanding performance in the class Hotel Operational Review, sponsored by Scottish Highland Hotels Group
• George Busazi Memorial Prize, for outstanding performance in the class Small Business Management for the Hospitality Industry, sponsored by the family of former Scottish Hotel School student, George Busazi
• John McKee Memorial Trophy, for the student with the highest aggregate mark in catering classes throughout the three years of the pass degree, made from funds contributed by former students and friends in memory of John S.L. McKee, Lecturer in Catering at the Scottish Hotel School from 1958-1983
• Culinary Quaich, awarded for the highest assessment in laboratory work, sponsored by Scottish Gas
• Merite Culinaire Award, for the best student of Cuisine, sponsored by the South of Scotland Electricity Board
• Savarin Award, for the highest overall mark in Hotel Operations, sponsored by Calor Gas
• Epicurean Award, for outstanding performance in Food and Beverage Administration, sponsored by the Scottish Society of Epicureans
• [Grandmet] Compass Services Award, sponsored by [Grandmet] Compass Services (UK) Ltd
• Samuel Dow Wine Awards, sponsored by Samuel Dow Ltd
• McDougall Prize, for a meritorious student of Cuisine and Culture
• HCIMA Award, sponsored by the Hotel Catering and Institutional Management Association (Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch)
• Old Rosshallians Award, sponsored by the Old Rosshallians [Scottish Hotel School Former Students' Association]
• Savoy Cornell Scholarship, to enable a third or fourth year Hotel and Hospitality Management student to attend the Professional Development Programme at Cornell University, USA, sponsored by the Savoy Educational Trust

• Diploma examination papers for the following classes for session 1959-1960: Economics and Tourism; Management; Catering I A; Catering I B; Maintenance; French (Higher); Income Tax and Hotel Law; Hotel Accounting;
• List of ingredients and utensils to be used for an exercise or examination in catering, with method of work for preparing and serving the meal;
• Lecture notes on restaurant and dining room service, including: lectures on restaurant service by Mr A. Currie, Headwaiter ;Instructor; notes on the toastmaster's duties; and lectures on weddings, functions and banquets by Mr J. Houston, Assistant Headwaiter Instructor;
• Instructions for students on duty at the Scottish Hotel School, issued by the Director, Monsieur Roger Dutron, 1958;
• Correspondence concerning Gavin Billinghurst's applications to, and studies at, the Scottish Hotel School, 1957-1963 (access restricted);
• Song sheet containing words for 'The Happy Wanderer' and an unnamed song about the Scottish Hotel School, set to the tune of 'Toreador' from the opera, 'Carmen'; copies of a map of the parish of Eastwood, possibly used for rambling.

Copy of the Scottish Hotel School prospectus, annotated on the front cover 'George Parker [,] 1950'. The inside front and back covers contain the autographs of 23 of Parker's fellow students. Enclosed with the prospectus is a Scottish Hotel School menu card dated 24 October 1950, and a programme for the Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College presentation of diplomas and prizes for session 1950-1951, held on 1 December 1951.

Magazine to keep students and industry informed of events happening within the Scottish Hotel School in relation to student and graduate placements.

• Issue 1 (January 1997
• Issue 2 (October 1997)
• Issue 3 (January 1998)
• Issue 4 (May 1998)
• Headline issue (October 1998)
• Issue 5 (November 1998)

Draft syllabuses and correspondence concerning the extension of the Diploma course from two years to three years. Also contains a typed syllabus for the Bachelor of Arts in Hotel and Catering Management (1968).

With original index. Includes an annotated copy of the summary of Committee decisions relating to the Scottish Hotel School (see OF/26/1/8).

With original index. Includes copies of the Scottish Hotel School student regulations dating from 1951, 1952 and 1953.
Item 29 in the index - copy of letter from the Scotch Education Department regarding capital expenditure and enclosing vouchers, 8 February 1951 - is missing from the folder.

Includes a 35-page inventory and valuation prepared by J. & R. Edmiston, Auctioneers, Valuators & Arbitrators, Glasgow, in September 1956, and a subsequent inventory prepared in March 1959.

Copy letter from [W.H. Masson], Secretary and Treasurer, Scottish College of Commerce, to P.W. Thomas, 28 May 1959, regarding alterations to the Director's accommodation at Ross Hall. Enclosing a copy of a letter from John Fuller, Director of the Scottish Hotel School, to W.H. Masson, 25 May 1959, detailing the inadequacy of the existing kitchenette provision in the Director's accommodation and suggesting a solution.

• Scrap book of memories of the Scottish Hotel School (formerly the Scottish School of Hotel Management) from 1944 until around 1996. Includes a potted history of the establishment and development of the School; photographs of staff and students; photocopies of newspaper articles and function menus, and copies of the Scottish Hotel School Graduates' Association Newsletter.
• Pictorial record of the Scottish Hotel School (1944-1997), compiled in February 2002. Includes a short history of the Scottish Hotel School; photographs of students and staff; copies of prospectuses, programmes, newspaper and magazine articles and menus; second year examination paper for 'Hotel Accounting and Control I', 7 May 1951.
• Papers and press cuttings relating to the Scottish Hotel School, compiled in February 2002

• Letter to David [Gee] from [Mrs] Maura Carmichael, 24 January 1998. Enclosing her husband's 'very old student work sheets for the old boys museum - if going ahead';
• Curriculum Vitae of William D. Carmichael;
• Notes of lectures on hotel accounting and control, wine and other subjects attended by William Carmichael at the Scottish Hotel School, plus accounting exercises completed by William Carmichael.

Photocopies of two menus for the Scottish Hotel School students' Christmas meal at Ross Hall, 1951 and 1952, made from originals belonging to former student, Alistair Gardner. Both menus were designed and hand-drawn by another student, Colin MacLean. The menu for 1951 is reproduced in the Scottish Hotel School Former Students' Association Newsletter for January-March 2000.

• Bound volume containing issues for 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964
• Bound volume containing issues for 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1972
• Loose issues for the following years: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (Jubilee Edition), 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2006-2007.

A successor to previous student publications, the Ross Hall Times and the Spatule, the Scottish Hotel School Students' Journal was established in 1961 and renamed the Strathclyde Hotelier in 1965. It was produced by the students as a year book of the Scottish Hotel School, but was also used by them as a means of contacting former students and of helping to get themselves recognised within the hotel and tourism industry.