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Papers relating to Laurie Kazan-Allen's work in the UK for the British Asbestos Newsletter and to her work internationally for the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat. The bulk of the collection comprises research files on various aspects of asbestos, its uses, dangers, and effects.

The collection appears to comprise legal, estate and financial records of the Leith Buchanan Family and their antecedents. The documents, mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries, relate to land and property in the area around Drymen. Although most refer to title deeds and the purchase or transfer of property, some documents list rents paid and crops grown on the family estates, and a few list the debts owed by individuals, perhaps at the time of their death.

Article entitled 'Scotland's fifth university'; reports on worldwide visits to other universities.

Research for and drafts of two published works by Ludovic Kennedy - 'Ten Rillington Place' (published 1961) and 'The Trial of Stephen Ward' (published 1964) - and two unpublished works - 'Lieutenant' and 'Saying Goodbye to Big Daddy’.

The collection also includes correspondence between Kennedy and his typist and copy-editor, Eileen O'Neill, 1966-c.2009; two photographs of Kennedy and his family, c. 1960s; an auction catalogue for the sale of Piers Place, Old Amersham (Kennedy's home), 1965; newspaper cuttings about Kennedy, 2004-2009; Kennedy's cigarette case, c.1960s.

Correspondence, legal and other documents, press cuttings and photographs documenting Kennedy's investigation of the Patrick Meehan case.

Documents the activities of the safety officer of a national environmental research laboratory in the late 1960s.

At the time, new regulations concerning asbestos were in the making. The Warren Spring Laboratory (WSL) was asked to look into their implications for working environments in Mintech (Ministry of Technology) establishments. The core of the M J Sanders papers consists of a series of minutes of meetings and draft reports, relating mainly to asbestos. The remainder is publications, with very occasional intercalations of correspondence.

Books and booklets found with the material have been transferred to the OEDA Library and can be identified through the University of Strathclyde Library catalogue.

School and teaching certificates, 1909-1915; Clydebank Higher Grade School class photographs, c 1900-1912; letter to McDonald family in Canada from Mary R. Craig giving news of Clydebank acquaintances, 1925; extracts from registers of births and marriages relating to Maggie McDonald and Robert Callan; dance notebook, 1912-1914; 'The four Margarets and a notebook' by Alistair MacFadyen, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society bulletin, (64), October 1986, pp. 93-94 and reprinted in Royal Scottish Country Dance Society bulletin (77), October 1999, p.25, with news item.

Correspondence; published research; photographs.

University of Strathclyde undergraduate student cards for sessions 1976-1977 and 1978-1979; University of Strathclyde jumper; memorandum announcing awards of BA (Hons) Accountancy degrees to students in the School of Business and Administration at the University of Strathclyde; copy of graduation photograph; cutting from an unidentified [company?] publication, containing a photograph of Margaret Bradley and stating her date of joining and her qualification from the University of Strathclyde; Chartered Association of Certified Accountants student registration card; certificate of completion of a course on Computer Applications for the Expanding Business at North Glasgow College; Glasgow North Housing Association staff name badge.

Botany and zoology lecture notebooks, 1913-1914; drawing books of objects from nature, 1923; postcards of York Minster and Suomi, Finland, no date.

School leaving certificates, 1912-1915; letter of appointment as assistant teacher, 1919.

Teaching certificates, 1948-1960; certificate of membership of Educational Institute of Scotland, 1948; student teaching practice diary, 1945-1948; lesson notebook 1945-1946; needlework, geography, history, infant mistress course, general methods, natural science, botany, zoology and handwork lecture notebooks, 1945-1948; needlework samples, no date; photographs of Marie McDougall and friends, 1948; books.

Curriculum vitae; copies of some of her published papers; source material gathered in the course of researching her history; correspondence with Robert Rusk concerning the history; books.

Documents and photographs relating to Labour Party conferences and party activists; press cuttings and articles about Mary Auld and Mary Sutherland; postcards illustrating people and events in labour history.

Various papers from the life and career of Mary Dawson covering her student life, lecturing, research, and professional awards. Includes:

• student notebooks from Dawson's studies at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow
• lecture notes and papers used for her teaching at the Royal Technical College, later the University of Strathclyde
• reprints of her own and other pharmacy articles
• research notes and data
• conference papers and programmes
• illustrations and captions for scientific posters
• material relating to articles and publications by Dawson
• index of scientific papers about tissue culture
• slide transparencies for publications and lectures
• papers about Dawson's film 'In Your Hands, Tissue Culture Techniques'
• film reels
• meeting notes and papers relating to pharmaceutical professional bodies and groups
• papers and correspondence relating to awards won by Dawson such as the Pharmaceutical Society’s Charter Silver Medal and the Marschig Animal Welfare Trust Prize