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Company correspondence relating to lung cancer, 1947-1952, in particular research at the Saranac Laboratory of the Edward L Trudeau Foundation, New York.

Recording and transcript of conversation between Callum Brown and Michael and Susan Peacock (pseudonyms), 14 September 1997. Michael was a part of the Jarl's squad in 1992 and he describes the process of preparing costumes, the make-up of the squads, and the drinking culture. They discuss the Bill in Bressay and Lerwick, a notice board produced for Up-helly-aa that includes local jokes and satire featuring members of the community. Michael also describes being the subject of an entire squad and sketch during the festival. Susan briefly describes the order of events at Bressay Up-helly-aa, taking place on the last Friday in February.

Recording and partial transcript of conversation between Callum Brown and Ian Tait, 16 September 1997. Ian Tait was curator at Shetland Museum. They discuss legislation around and the owning of handguns in Shetland and Lerwick. Ian briefly describes the local seal hunting industry and discusses historical uses of different kinds of firearms in Shetland, why people had them, and that many ended up in the museum.

Recording and transcript of conversation between Callum Brown and Margaret Rorie, 15 September 1997. Magaret Rorie was the Headteacher at a School in Lerwick. She speaks of teaching Up-helly-aa to the local children, as well as teaching wider projects about Vikings. Margaret describes the large scale of Up-helly-aa in Lerwick and the series of events, that involve the children, on the actual day. Margaret describes the kind of things taught in the school relating to Up-helly-aa, and how they relate to the wider curriculum including comparing Up-helly-aa to Viking history. Margaret mentions that Christmas is still important to the children and speaks about the effects of the winter weather on the children. She describes the forming of squads by Primary 7 boys and their involvement in the festival for example making shields and attending their own dance. Margaret closes with thoughts on the significance of Up-helly-aa to the children and a sense of belonging.

Order of service for the memorial service for Professor Sir John P. Arbuthnott, former Principal of the University of Strathclyde. The service was held in the Barony Hall, 29 November 2023. Also includes obituary inside the order of service.

Students at Aviemore, c. 1956, at Aberdeen, 1950, and in Jordanhill College grounds.

Mainly diagrams.

The Royal Charter, conferring university status on the institution, was signed by Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral on 14 August 1964. The wording of the Charter mentions a date of 30 July 1962. This is the date of a separate underpinning process whereby proposals for the new University were approved by an Order in Council (a form of secondary legislation). The subsequent process of issuing the charter was apparently delayed to align with the UK-level Robbins Report into Higher Education of 1963. Based on official Privy Council records, the Royal Charter was officially granted on 23 June 1964, and 'put under seal' when it was signed by Her Majesty the Queen in August 1964. This marked the completion of the formalities in the creation of the University of Strathclyde as successor to the Royal College of Science and Technology.

The University's mission, aims, objectives and strategic plans.

Printed material collected by the Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association.

Oral history project conducted in 2016 by Rory Stride as research for his undergraduate history dissertation, ‘“Proud to be a Clyde shipbuilder. Clyde built”: The changing work identity of Govan’s shipbuilders, c.1960-present.’ The collection comprises interviews with seven men who were employed as shipbuilders between c.1960 and 2016 at Govan’s three shipyards: Alexander Stephen and Sons, Fairfield’s, and Harland and Wolff. The interviews were conducted in a variety of places across Glasgow. The interview questions were semi-structured and largely directed by the responses of the participants. Topics discussed include trade unions, working conditions, occupational injury, masculinity, politics, staff camaraderie, redundancy and periods of employment at different companies. There is a focus throughout the interviews on indicators and expression of masculine identity including alcohol consumption, paid employment and macho attitudes in the yards. The interviews also cover the workers' interactions with the trade union movement, focusing on their experiences of strike action. In addition, some of the key episodes in the Clyde’s shipbuilding history during the twentieth century are covered including: the closure of Harland and Wolff; the closure of Alexander Stephen and Sons; the Norwegian company Kvaerner’s takeover of the Fairfield yard from British Shipbuilders in 1988 and the withdrawal of Kvaerner from Govan in 1999 which threatened the existence of shipbuilding on the Clyde heading in to the twenty-first century.

Oral history project, conducted in 2009 by David Walker of the Scottish Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde on behalf of Glasgow Museums, interviewing those who had earned their living working at Glasgow’s docks. A total of 17 men were selected as suitable for the project but in the end only 12 participated, with some becoming ill and others unavailable for interview. Although a smaller cohort was used than originally intended it did provide a representative sample of workers with experience of most of the docks that operated along the Upper Clyde at Glasgow and its environs. The group also had experience of many of the jobs undertaken such as electrician, plan maker and superintendent stevedore, plater, winch operator, checker, and crane driver. One additional respondent was interviewed who had never worked at the docks but had lived at Shiels Farm and had witnessed the opening of the still operational King George V dock in 1931. The average age of those interviewed was 72 with birth dates ranging from 1926 to 1947. All of the interviews were conducted at the respondent’s home with one exception which was conducted at the Scottish Oral History Centre.

The interviews were semi-structured in style which allowed the respondents to talk beyond their working lives. Hence the testimonies provide evidence of the daily work and conditions in which their working lives were undertaken but they also touch on other aspects of their lives, including family relationships, early job opportunities and trade union activities. The respondents were not only generous in donating their memories but also in providing photographic images which help illustrate the people interviewed, the types of ships that they worked on, buildings now demolished, and tasks undertaken such as handling large steel slabs, grain, coal or scrap iron. Although each interview was conducted separately there was some overlap in the recollections mainly due to the fact that many of the men knew each other as workmates and inevitably they were exposed to similar events in their careers.

Conversations between Neil Rafeek and two men who spent their working lives as laggers in the Clydeside heavy industries. Topics covered include childhood and growing up in Glasgow, the Clydebank blitz, housing, domestic life, social life, football, sectarianism, gang culture, National Service, working conditions, trade unions, health and safety, asbestos.

Includes notes and draft publications relating to a project about the working culture and notions of masculinity in Clydeside heavy industries.