Papers relating to Andrew Jardine's studies at the Royal Technical College, his participation in the Evening Students' Representative Council, his membership of the Former Students' Association and his recollections of the origins of the Workshop Organization and Management evening class. Also memorabilia relating to his attendance at Allan Glen's School and his role as Chairman of the Allan Glen's Old Boys Club (London).
Jardine, Andrew, 1910-1984, engineerPrize book awarded to McCance's father; documents on the Royal College/Glasgow University discussions and the progress to university status; photographs, including official openings of Chesters House, Bearsden and Students' Union Building, and of royal visits by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and HRH Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon; obituaries and biographical information.
McCance, Sir Andrew, 1889-1983, Knight, industrialistLetter of congratulations to McNair from lecturer James Smith 1947; certificates 1939-1958; McNair's business card.
McNair, Andrew B., b. 1922, mechanical engineerCorrespondence; class ticket; subscriptions by students for Ure's benefit; prospectus of lectures; copies of Ure's published papers; licence from Andrew Ure to Patrick Cruikshank to use equipment for evaporating syrups and juices on St Vincent; details of patents by Ure; notice regarding his appointment at Belfast Academical Institution; items on his experiments with galvanism; articles about his work; biographical information and obituaries.
Ure, Andrew, 1778-1857, chemistCopy belonged to Agnes Mackenzie, a student at the Glasgow Provincial Training College. Her annotations are in the margin.
A.M. Williams was Rector of the Church of Scotland College and later joint Rector of the Glasgow Provincial Training College.
Mackenzie, Agnes, fl. 1910-1919, student at Glasgow Provincial Training CollegeMaps of Antarctica.
This series is part of Patrick Geddes’ large collection of maps, plans, photographs, prints and drawings of countries and regions around the world. Much of this collection was part of Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition.
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932, Knight, biologist, sociologist, educationist and town plannerApplication (including testimonials) by Reginald Berry for the chair of chemistry and agricultural chemistry at the West of Scotland Agricultural College, Glasgow.
Berry, Reginald Arthur, b. 1876, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, West of Scotland Agricultural College, GlasgowApplication (including testimonials) by Adam Thomson for the professorship of civil and mechanical engineering and applied mechanics at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow.
Thomson, Adam Simpson Turnbull, 1908-2000, engineerMap of Arabia.
This series is part of Patrick Geddes’ large collection of maps, plans, photographs, prints and drawings of countries and regions around the world. Much of this collection was part of Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition.
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932, Knight, biologist, sociologist, educationist and town plannerCorrespondence between McCunn and Andrew Hamnett, Principal of the University of Strathclyde; article on Colvilles-McCunn Flexible Tuyere Stock; photograph of a blast furnace.
McCunn, Archibald Eddington, b. 1927, engineerReminiscences of his student days at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow; biographical note.
Pennie, Archie Munro, b. 1916, chemistCollection of large folio volumes of architecture related material.
University of Strathclyde | LibraryMinutes of meetings of the Architecture Committee of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College and (from 1912) the Royal Technical College, Glasgow concerning the work of the Architecture Department and architecture classes in the Industrial Arts Department.
Indexed. Signed.
Royal Technical College, Glasgow | Architecture CommitteeMaps of the Arctic and North Pole.
This series is part of Patrick Geddes’ large collection of maps, plans, photographs, prints and drawings of countries and regions around the world. Much of this collection was part of Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition.
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932, Knight, biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner