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Samuel Curran papers
GB 249 OM/45 · Collection · 1951 - 2004

Research papers; lectures and published works; papers relating to official visits by Principal and Lady Curran; diary of Manhattan Project; transcript of filmed interview; papers relating to the development of the Royal College and the University of Strathclyde.

Curran, Sir Samuel Crowe, 1912-1998, Knight, physicist, Principal of University of Strathclyde
Student notebooks
GB 249 OM/459 · Collection · 1951

Electronic engineering student notebook; electrical engineering student notebooks; engineering design student notebook; advanced mathematics student notebook.

Kerr, Alfred W., b. 1930, student at Royal Technical College, Glasgow
Alexander Porkess papers
GB 249 OM/460 · Collection · c. 1950s

20 volumes of lecture notes made by Alexander Porkess whilst a student at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow. The notebooks cover various subjects including mathematics, heat engines and natural philosophy. Many of the notebooks contain photographs, graphs and diagrams. There is also a copy of the thesis presented by Porkess for the Associateship of the Royal Technical College, August 1952. Also a bundle of notes, mainly examination questions and algebra, c. 1950s.

Porkess, Alexander Maclean, b. 1921, student at Royal Technical College, Glasgow
William Banks papers
GB 249 OM/461 · Collection · c. 1962 - 1965

11 folders of lecture notes and course work made by William Banks whilst a mechanical engineering student at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde.

Banks, William McKerrell, b. c. 1944, mechanical engineer
Melvyn Howe papers
GB 249 OM/463 · Collection · 1957-1999

Lecture notes; University of Strathclyde Department of Geography information booklets; draft versions of book chapters; copies of published articles; press clippings; speeches; photographs; neckties; programmes; invitation cards; medallions.

Howe, George Melvyn, 1920-2012, Professor of Geography, University of Strathclyde
Dougal White papers
GB 249 OM/467 · Collection · 1961-1966

Students' Association membership card; photograph of the University of Strathclyde degree congregation of 30 October 1965 at 11.00 am and entrance ticket to the ceremony; Royal College of Science and Technology information booklet on courses of study, qualifications for admission and fees for session 1961-1962; Electrical Engineering laboratory notebook, session 1962-1963; course work reports submitted for classes in Applied Thermodynamics (sessions 1962-1963 and 1963-1964), Applied Mechanics (sessions 1962-1963 and 1963-1964), and Thermodynamics (session 1964-1965); letters from the Royal College of Science and Technology and the University of Strathclyde concerning admission to studies, submission of coursework, the award of the Henry Bell Scholarship, course results and graduation arrangements, 1961-1966.

White, Dougal MacLeod, b 1943, engineer
William Frazer papers
GB 249 OM/470 · Collection · 1938-1949

Royal Technical College Diploma in Engineering Science as applied to Civil Engineering; Royal Technical College Certificate of Associateship in Civil Engineering; University of Glasgow record of special study or research.

Frazer, William, 1917-1968, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Dallas Carter papers
GB 249 OM/471 · Collection · 1999-2003

Records relating to Dallas Carter's undergraduate studies in Politics and Scottish Studies at the University of Strathclyde, including: lecture notebooks; essay submissions with tutors' mark sheets; examination papers; class handbooks.

Carter, Dallas Evelyn, b. 1951, student of the University of Strathclyde
Thomas O'Beirne papers
GB 249 OM/472 · Collection · 1934 - 1947

Correspondence relating to engineering qualifications; photograph of Royal Technical College students participating in the annual Student Charities Day; caricature drawing of Keith Speirs (known as 'Bindle'), Union Attendant at the Royal Technical College; copy of 'Uno Ygorra', the Glasgow Students' Charities Committee magazine.

O'Beirne, Thomas, 1910-1975, mechanical engineer
Alexina Weir papers
GB 249 OM/473 · Collection · 1932-1942

Scottish Universities Entrance Board certificate of fitness to enter upon a course qualifying for graduation in any Faculty in a Scottish University; Royal Technical College class certificates and Diploma in Chemistry; University of Glasgow examination certificates and degree parchment; letter from [ ] Bilsland, Office of the District Commissioner for Civil Defence, Glasgow, conveying best wishes to Miss Weir for her future happiness and thanks for all her work in the laboratory.

O'Beirne, Alexina Hossack, 1914-2000, analytical chemist
Ronald Livesey papers
GB 249 OM/475 · Collection · 1946-1959

The collection comprises Ronald Livesey's school, college and professional examination papers, with their original cardboard binder. The following papers are included, some with annotations showing which questions were attempted:

  • Sea Cadet Corps: Mechanics Badge (c 1946)
  • Scottish Education Department, Senior Leaving Certificate Examination: English (March 1946); Arithmetic (March 1946); Geography Lower Grade (March 1946), Mathematics Lower Grade (March 1946); Mathematics Higher Grade (March 1947): French Lower Grade (March 1946 and March 1947); Science: Physics Higher Grade (March 1946); Science: Engineering Technical Subjects Group II Higher Grade (March 1946); Mathematics: Dynamics Higher Grade (March 1947)
  • Scottish Universities Entrance Board Preliminary Examination: Mathematics (Higher Standard, August 1947)
  • Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Higher National Certificate course: final examinations: Mathematics S.2 (April 1947); Engineering Drawing S.2 (April 1947); Electrical Science S.2 (April 1947); Applied Mechanics S.3 (March 1948); Applied Heat S.3 (March 1948); Technical Mathematics S.3 (March 1948); Civil Engineering Materials A.1 (March 1949); Mathematics A.1 (April 1949); Engineering Materials A.1 (April 1949); Structures A.1 (April 1949); Engineering Drawing A.2 (March 1950); Soil Mechanics A.2 (March 1950); Applied Electricity A.1 (March 1950); Structures A.2 (March 1950); Hydromechanics A.2 (March 1951); Structural Design A.2 (Reinforced Concrete - March 1951); Geology A.3 (March 1951); Surveying A.3 (March 1951)
  • Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow: final examination in Roads and Road Construction (March 1959)
  • Institution of Civil Engineers, membership examination: alternative subjects for inverview, candidate no.207 (April 1956)
Livesey, Ronald James, b 1929, civil engineer
James Macfarlane papers
GB 249 OM/477 · Collection · 1923-1927
  • Royal Technical College laboratory sheets for Physics Course I;
  • Royal Technical College laboratory sheets for Magnetism and Electricity Course I;
  • University of Glasgow Bachelor of Science degree parchment, 1927;
  • Order of proceedings for University of Glasgow graduation ceremony, 1 July 1927;
  • Printed list of degrees conferred by the University of Glasgow on 1 July 1927
Macfarlane, James Ronald, b. 1904, chemist
Robert Maule papers
GB 249 OM/478 · Collection · 1918-1922

Royal Technical College certificates of merit for the following evening classes: Mathematics Course I (session 1917-1918); Mechanics Laboratory Course I, Section A (session 1918-1919); Motive Power Engineering Lecture Course I (session 1918-1919); Mathematics Course II (session 1919-1920); Engineering Drawing Course I (session 1919-1920); Electrical Engineering Lecture Course I (session 1920-1921); Electrical Engineering Laboratory Course I (session 1920-1921); Electrical Engineering Lecture Course II (session 1921-1922); Motive Power Engineering Laboratory Course I (session 1921-1922).

Maule, Robert Buchan, b. 1901, engineer
T. A. Miller Brownlie papers
GB 249 OM/479 · Collection · 1931-1940

File containing specifications, drawings, patents and correspondence relating to Brownlie's improvements in the construction of winnowing or grain cleaning machines, 1931-1940; photographs of the winnowing machine, c 1931; copy of the Punjab Agricultural Magazine vol.1, no.7 (April 1934), containing an appreciation of Brownlie.

Brownlie, Thomas Archibald Miller, 1879-1963, civil engineer, agricultural engineer, Principal of Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute
Costandi Audeh papers
GB 249 OM/480 · Collection · 1955-2009
  • Copy of BSc Applied Chemistry undergraduate dissertation entitled 'The Estimation of Acidity in Oxidised Lubricating Oils: a comparative study', University of Glasgow, 1955
  • Abstract of DPhil thesis entitled 'A Mechanistic Study of the Oxidation of Some Trialkylamines', University of York, 1970
  • Menu and toast list for the Royal Technical College Applied Chemists' final year dinner on 15 June 1955, with attendees' signatures and other annotations
  • Group photograph taken at the Royal Technical College Applied Chemists' final year dinner on 15 June 1955, with partial key of names
  • Royal Technical College lapel badge, c.1955
  • Royal Technical College student tie, c.1955
  • Associate of the Royal Technical College (ARTC) tie, c.1955
  • Two University of Glasgow ties, c.1955
  • Three textbooks used by Costanti Audeh during his studies at the Royal Technical College: Frank Rumford, 'Chemical Engineering Operations: an introduction to the study of chemical plant' (London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1951; Frank Rumford, 'Chemical Engineering Materials' (London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1954); William M. Cumming, I. Vance Hopper and T. Sherlock Wheeler, 'Systematic Organic Chemistry: modern methods of preparation and estimation' (4th edition: London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1950)
  • Menu, invitation card and other memorabilia relating to the 'Strathclyde University Down South' (SUDS) London Alumni dinner at the Houses of Parliament, London, 9 July 2009
  • University of Strathclyde tie presented to Costanti Audeh by Professor Kenneth Miller at the SUDS London Alumni dinner, 9 July 2009
  • List of all the patents issued in the United States of America and assigned to Mobil Oil Corporation in connection with Costandi Audeh's research, 1971-1996
  • Collage composed of abstracts of patents issued in the United States of America during the period 1976-1993, presented to Costanti Audeh on his retirement from the Central Research Laboratory, Mobil Oil Corporation in 1993
  • Explanatory notes by Costandi Audeh on the background and significance of the various patents assigned to Mobil Oil Corporation in connection with his research
  • Biographical details compiled by Costandi Audeh for 'North American Newsletter', the University of Glasgow's newsletter for alumni living in North America, with a copy of issue no.2 (April 2007) containing his published profile.
Audeh, Costandi Amin, b. 1932, chemist