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Includes a 35-page inventory and valuation prepared by J. & R. Edmiston, Auctioneers, Valuators & Arbitrators, Glasgow, in September 1956, and a subsequent inventory prepared in March 1959.

Copy letter from [W.H. Masson], Secretary and Treasurer, Scottish College of Commerce, to P.W. Thomas, 28 May 1959, regarding alterations to the Director's accommodation at Ross Hall. Enclosing a copy of a letter from John Fuller, Director of the Scottish Hotel School, to W.H. Masson, 25 May 1959, detailing the inadequacy of the existing kitchenette provision in the Director's accommodation and suggesting a solution.

Notes and assignments from the 'commerce course' at the Scottish Hotel School, plus other memorabilia, as follows:

• Student assignment to explain the nature of the conditions underlying the concept of perfect competition, marked and annotated by the assessor;
• Scottish Hotel School memorandum to staff concerning the purchasing of supplies and ordering of services, 25 September 1959;
• Notice by the Scottish banks regarding the new basis of commission charges, 7 July 1952;
• Notes on devaluation;
• Letter from P.A. Saltford Beaman, Manager, 16MM Division, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Ltd, London, 22 September 1958, advising that as from 6 October 1958, all 16MM [film] operations on Glasgow territory will be handled directly by the company's Head Office;
• Receipt from Govan Music House for payment of 17s. 6d. from the Scottish College of Commerce, 4 November 1957;
• Bill and receipt to Ross Hall from J. & J. Barr, Newsagent and Tobacconist, for the sum of £9. 14s. 4d., 6 May 1958;
• Royal Society of Arts examination paper, Stage II - Intermediate: Commerce, 1953;
• Supplement no.7 to the Post Office Guide for July 1952;
• Pencil notes on the use of the delivery note, pro forma invoice, statement, and the Bank Clearing House, written on the inside pages of a Scottish Hotel School examination answer booklet (the front cover of the booklet is blank);
• Notes on EPU;
• Examination notes on international trade and assignment on the relation of full employment to the UK's position in international trade;
• Examination notes on devaluation;
• Typed notes on the training in hotel reception delivered as part of the Associateship Course in Hotel and Catering Management for the ACT (Bat.) qualification at Battersea College of Technology, London; compiled on the occasion of student displays in the Hotel Reception Unit, Hotelympia, 22-31 January 1958;
• Undated newspaper clipping of a report on matches due to be played by the Dunfermline [tennis] team;
• Newspaper clipping from the Dumfries and Galloway Standard and Advertiser, May 1959, reprinting an article originally published on 23 May 1934 concerning the 12th Annual Report of the Queen of the South Football Club.

Correspondence relating to the Scottish Hotel School's appeal to external companies for donations to finance the extension of Ross Hall.

Plywood board on which are mounted four hard-backed, black and white photographs with captions, showing students receiving instruction in the preparation of food, students setting tables for restaurant service, and a butchery lesson.

Building plans detailing proposed alterations to Ross Hall and a proposed new men's hostel block.

Plywood display board on which are mounted five hard-backed, black and white photographs with captions, showing the exterior of an unnamed Scottish hotel; two uniformed page boys standing with a female member of [waiting?] staff; two men in chefs' whites preparing pastries and sweets in a kitchen; three waiters setting a table for a meal, and a member of staff working at the hotel reception desk, photographed from above.

Display panel containing clippings of advertisements for the Carlton Tower Hotel, Hilton Hotels, Sheraton Hotels, the Greenbrier (West Virginia), and the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas). The clippings are taken from Time Magazine and the Economist. This is one of a set of five panels (OF/26/24/2-6) used as teaching aids for a course entitled 'A Plan for Advertising for the Hotelkeeper,' delivered at the Scottish Hotel School in February 1962 (a newspaper clipping containing a photograph taken at the course also appears in item OF/26/21/1). The letter 'D' appears on the bottom right corner of the panel.

Leaflet produced by the Hotel and Catering Institute Scottish Branch, listing all the hotel and catering training centres in Scotland (including the Scottish Hotel School) and the types of courses provided at each one.

A double-sided panel containing clippings of advertisements taken from the following publications: the New Yorker; Esquire; Sports Illustrated, and (on the reverse side of the panel) the Scotsman. This is one of a set of five panels (OF/26/24/2-6) used as teaching aids for a course entitled 'A Plan for Advertising for the Hotelkeeper,' delivered at the Scottish Hotel School in February 1962 (a newspaper clipping containing a photograph taken at the course also appears in item OF/26/21/1). The letter 'B' appears on the bottom right corner of the panel.

Subjects covered include: staff appointments and salaries; teaching delivered by visiting lecturers; procurement of external assistance to teach technical subjects; proposed alterations to staffing arrangements; provision of a Residential Management Training Centre at Ross Hall; alterations to the constitution of the Students' Representative Council of the Scottish Hotel School; expenses in connection with Hotel School students competing at Hotelympia, London, 1952.