With accompanying note from Professor A.H. Sexton to H.F. Stockdale, 4 May 1908. The recollections include comments on the scientific instrument collection.
Notes taken by John Fleming, student at Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, from lecture series on electricity and magnetism delivered by Professor James Blyth.
Fleming, John Arnold, b. 1872, student at Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College
Notes taken by William Sime, student at Anderson's College, Glasgow, from course of evening lectures on electricity and magnetism delivered by Professor James Blyth.
Sime, William, fl. 1880-1881, evening student at Anderson's College, Glasgow
Letter from Herschel, 16 Saville Row, Newcastle on Tyne, to William Combe, 22 Dundas Street, Glasgow. On the performance of his students in 'Sound and Light', and Applied Mechanics in the government examinations.
Herschel, Alexander Stewart, 1836-1907, astronomer
Notes taken by unknown student (possibly with the initials A.M.) at series of lectures on chemistry, 1859-1862, by Frederick Penny, Chair of Chemistry at Anderson's University, Glasgow.
The diary covers the period May-November 1856. The anonymous writer, a farmer's son, and his brother appear to have had gold claims at Whitehorse, near Ballarat for about three years. The writer then describes life aboard ship on a voyage (wi...
Refers to a drama he plans to produce for his godson; two of his tales [‘The Black Dwarf’ and ‘Old Mortality’] which he has just finished and is sending to Terry; an extension to his cottage at Abbotsford; his armorial bearings which are to be use...
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832, 1st Baronet, poet and novelist
Detailed diary of a trip made by Mary Pinkerton to America; typed transcript of diary (transcribed by Anne Cameron, June 2010). Enclosed in the manuscript diary are several loose additional diary pages; a poem entitled 'Books of the Bible...
Pinkerton, Mary Thomson, 1855-1912, niece of Allan Pinkerton, private detective