The calendars contain: a history of the institution; lists of the trustees, managers, office bearers, professors, and members of the Popular Evening Classes Committee; details of foundations and bursaries; reports from the Young Chair of Technical Chemistry (from 1878); class syllabuses; the state of the institution's funds; prize lists; examination results and papers; numbers of students attending classes; tables showing the occupations and ages of students attending the Popular Evening Classes, 1872-1877.
Anderson's College, Glasgow | SecretaryCash book, 1877-1887 (in front of volume), journal, 1879-1887 (in back of volume).
Anderson's College, Glasgow | TreasurerEndorsed on spine: MSS 46
Contains: catalogue of John Anderson's Library (ff.1-61); catalogue of fossils arranged according to the tables of Mr. Babington, Lecturer in Chemistry, London (ff.67-103); catalogue of apparatus, furniture etc belonging to Anderson's Institution, June 1799 (ff.112-131).
There are several blank folios and pencil annotations. Folios 132-134 contain several endorsements confirming the transfer of these items to the managers of Anderson's Institution, 1799-1806, and notes by James Smith, of Jordanhill, 1831, including additional donations of books.
Anderson's College, Glasgow | LibraryTwo copies of catalogue, one with classification marks added in margin, the other without annotations.
Anderson's College, Glasgow | Library