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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.

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.

Notes taken by unknown student (possibly with the initials A.M.) at series of lectures on chemistry, 1859-1862, by Frederick Penny, Chair of Chemistry at Anderson's University, Glasgow.

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)

A personal account of former Royal Technical College student Norbert Abeles's working life in the UK, Australia, Kenya, Nigeria and Malawi, compiled with a view to participating in an oral history project on the experiences of former colonial officers who progressed to careers in international development or related fields.

• 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

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).

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.

• 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.

Royal Technical College Diploma in Engineering Science as applied to Electrical Engineering, 1946; Royal Technical College Certificate of Associateship in Electrical Engineering, 1947; thesis presented for the Associateship of the Royal Technical College (ARTC), 1947.

Notes taken by student John McGowan at a series of lectures on chemistry, 1854-1855, by Frederick Penny, Professor of Chemistry at Anderson's University, Glasgow.

Copy of 'The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth', awarded to John Armour as Dux of Allan Glen's School, session 1917-1918; Arkela Badge certificate, granted to John Armour, District Cubmaster, West Glasgow, 19 October 1923; short story written by John Armour, entitled 'A Comedy of the Kirk'; copy of a photograph taken on the occasion of John Armour's 90th birthday.

University of Strathclyde undergraduate student cards for sessions 1976-1977 and 1978-1979; University of Strathclyde jumper; memorandum announcing awards of BA (Hons) Accountancy degrees to students in the School of Business and Administration at the University of Strathclyde; copy of graduation photograph; cutting from an unidentified [company?] publication, containing a photograph of Margaret Bradley and stating her date of joining and her qualification from the University of Strathclyde; Chartered Association of Certified Accountants student registration card; certificate of completion of a course on Computer Applications for the Expanding Business at North Glasgow College; Glasgow North Housing Association staff name badge.

Handwritten lecture notes for Antonia Bunch's first-year undergraduate class in Information Studies, taught within the Department of Librarianship at the University of Strathclyde.
Topics covered in the notes include: information; communication; the development and history of libraries; and the press, publishing and the book trade. The folder also includes a typed list of prescribed essay subjects for Term 1, several information sheets from the British Museum's Room of Writing, newspaper cuttings, book reviews and some photocopied chapters from books, all of which were presumably used to inform the lectures.
The notes were originally contained in an A4 ring binder labelled 'From the Clay Tablet to the Microchip'.

Papers relating to Charles Donovan's time as an evening student on the Diploma in Management Studies at the Glasgow School of Management Studies, 1956-1957. Contents include:

• Letter to Donovan from Scottish College of Commerce Department of Management Studies, 1956
• Course handouts, 1955-1957
• Handwritten Industrial Psychology course notes, 1956-1957
• Student certificates, 1956-1957
• Examination papers, 1956-1957
• Factory Management examination answer booklet, 1957
• Royal Technical College prospectus of part-time classes, 1956-1957
• Glasgow School of Management Studies prospectus, 1957-1958
• Announcement of appointment of Donovan as Member for Personnel of the British Gas Corporation, 1981
• The London Gazette, March 1981 (contains announcement of appointment of Donovan at British Gas)