University of Strathclyde Archives

"A visit to St Kilda in 1873" by Robert Angus Smith

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1875

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Photocopy extract from an article in ‘Good Words’ by Robert Angus Smith 1875 pp. 141-144, 264-269.

'A hundred years in the life of a great industry: Shale' by G.H. Smith

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July 1950

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Article published in ‘Scotland’ July 1950 referring to James Young’s role in the Shale industry.

'Alchemy in Scotland' by John Reed

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25 June 1938

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Article printed in 'The chemist and Druggist’ special issue June 25 1938.
Gives background information on alchemy and alchemical books and mentions the Young Collection.

'Dr James Young a brief biography' by H.R.J. Conacher

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1938

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Pamphlet containing a biographical article reprinted from ‘Oil, Shale and Cannel Coal’ published by the Institute of Petroleum.

'Kelly’ in Millar, AH Castles and mansions of Renfrewshire and Buteshire

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1889

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Includes brief chronology of ownership.
Photocopy.

'North Sea Oil completes a historic circle' newscutting from Glasgow Herald

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23 February 1974

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

'Oil the Early Days' cuttings from 1974 ‘Motor’ magazine

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31 August 1974

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Cuttings from 1974 Motor magazine pp. 49-55 on the early oil pioneers including erroneous information on James Young stating that he was a Persian oil pioneer who personally treated many thousands of medical cases.

'Paraffin Young pioneer of oil' film

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c 1936

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

'Paraffin Young: The First Regular Oil Man' by David Murray

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1959

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Publication by Pall Mall Press in 1959 on James Young.
2 copies, second copy donated by Stirlingshire County Library, 1971.

'Seventy-five years of oil shale mining' by J.B. Sneddon, W. Caldwell, J. Stein

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1938

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Pamphlet containing an article offprint from ‘Oil, Shale and Cannel Coal’ published by the Institute of Petroleum.

'The Life and Times of Paraffin Young' by John Goldblatt

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1973

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Article in the ‘Esso Magazine’ Volume 22 No. 2, pp. 21-25.

'The remarkable Mr Young' article and correspondence by Joseph A. Callanan

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1976 - 1977

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Article published in 'The Lamp’ 1976 and reprint in Dutch for ‘Essobron’ 1977 including correspondence from 17 March 1977 to 21 November 1977 with the publishers and the University of Strathclyde.

'W.H.Perkin and the Young chair of Technical Chemistry in the Royal College of Science and Technology Glasgow" by R. Brightman

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1958

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Photocopy of published letter printed in ‘Nature’ Volume 182, 1958 regarding W.H. Perkin and the establishment controversy.

'What the oil industry owes to Dr James Young' by F.M. Cook

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29 May 1971

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Draft paper and published edition in ‘Chemistry and Industry’ 1971 presented on the occasion of the centenary of the Young Chair of Technical Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde in 1970.

A brief description of the operations of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry

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1934, 1948

Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

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