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Photographs of Professor William Scott, manager of the Engineering Application Centre.

Material relating to the former site of TAC Co Ltd, Dalmuir. The site had been used for the manufacture of asbestos products 1938-1970. After TAC closed down operations in 1970, the site was owned by Monaville Estates Ltd.

Hamish C S Wood was Deputy Principal and Vice-Principal designate (1982- ), and Professor of Organic Chemistry (1973- ).

Papers and correspondence re the work of the Health & Safety Commission's (HSC) Advisory Committee on Asbestos (ACA), in reverse chronological order.

ACA was chaired by the Scottish trade unionist and political activist, William (Bill) James Simpson (hence 'Simpson Committee). Simpson was HSC chairman 1974-1983.

ACA's terms of reference were: "To review the risks to health arising from exposure to asbestos or products containing asbestos including: persons exposed at work; members of the public exposed to asbestos generated from work activities; members of the public exposed to asbestos from consumer products and from asbestos waste; [and] To make recommendations as to whether any further protection is required."

For a copy of the final report of the Committee (‘Asbestos: vol. 1: final report of the advisory committee’, 1979), consult University of Strathclyde Special Collections at http://suprimo.lib.strath.ac.uk/.

Invitation to preview on 7 January 1981, press release, catalogue notes and posters for A Way with the Birds and other Scul?ture at Collins Exhibition Hall, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 8-28 January 1981.

Still Life with Crocodile: two handwritten posters (slight differences), each signed by George Wyllie and dated 1981.

Cuttings of local and national newspaper and magazine articles relating to the Scottish Hotel School, its staff and students, and the hospitality and catering trade generally.

George Maxwell was Kearton Professor of Mining and Petroleum Engineering (1981- ?) at the University of Strathclyde.

Flyer and posters for Summer Show, 2: George Wyllie [and Elizabeth Ogilvie] at Serpentine Gallery, London, 8 August-6 September 1981.

Black and white poster handwritten and signed by George Wyllie, 1981.

Thornton was Chairman of Court (1980-1981).