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GB 249 GNS/1 · Collection · 1834 - 1839

Annual and other reports; constitution and regulations.

Glasgow Educational Society
GB 249 T-MIN/36 · Collection · 1837 - 1971

Two personal letters from James Young; letter from Sir David Anderson to Miss A.M. Thom; print of Young as an old man; publications by H.R.J. Conacher, F.M. Cook, Scottish Oils Ltd and Lothian Regional Council/BP.

Nicoll collection
GB 249 SC Nicoll · Collection · 1837-1974

Collection of books and pamphlets, mainly on socialism and communism.

Aldred collection
GB 249 SC Aldred · Collection · 1839-1999

Collection of pamphlets, books and serial publications mainly on anarchism, socialism and alternative politics.

Aldred, Guy Alfred, 1886-1963, socialist journalist
Thomas Edmondston papers
GB 249 OM/52 · Collection · 1841 - 1855, 1962

Published articles and book by Edmondston; tickets for his lectures; testimonials; correspondence.

Edmondston, Thomas, 1825-1846, botanist
Frederick Penny papers
GB 249 OM/126 · Collection · 1843-1982

Lecture notes; published papers; obituaries; biographical information.

Penny, Frederick, 1816-1869, chemist
GB 249 CSTC · Collection · 1845-1967

Minutes of Board of Management; annual reports to Church of Scotland; visitors' books; student records; examination papers; prospectus; biographical information on college staff; student memorabilia and magazines; photographs; library catalogue 1880; HMI reports on college; published books and articles about the college; Dundas Vale Practising School log books.

Glasgow Church of Scotland Training College
GB 249 FCTC · Collection · 1845-1998

Minutes of meetings of Board of Management; student records; examination papers; biographical information about rectors and college staff; student memorabilia and magazine; photographs and press cuttings; library catalogue; HMI reports on college; published books and articles concerning the college.

Glasgow Free Church Training College
GB 249 SC Glasgow Stock Exchange · Collection · 1845-1964
  • Glasgow stock exchange daily lists, 1845-1963
  • Scottish stock exchange lists, 1964 only
  • Set of local acts, 1892-1936
  • Stock exchange ten-year record of prices and dividends: compiled by Mathieson and Sons, 1907-1957
Glasgow Stock Exchange
GB 249 SC NCLC · Collection · 1845-1970

Collection, from the library of the National Council of Labour Colleges, of mainly 20th century publications on socialism. Also includes Labour Party publications, literature and history.

National Council of Labour Colleges
Jack Williams collection
GB 249 SC Jack Williams · Collection · 1847-2002

Collection of over 700 titles on naval history, with particular emphasis on the ships and naval operations of World War II. The collection, compiled by Jack Williams, also contains research files which assemble information on ships and minesweepers, including photographs, cuttings, notes and unpublished material.

The collection also includes publications by Jack Williams:

  • 'They led the way: the fleet minesweepers at Normandy, June 1944' (Blackpool: 1994)
  • 'The Algerines: Fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy, 1942-1961' (Blackpool: 1995)
  • 'Fleet sweepers at war: fleet minesweepers of the Royal Navy 1939-1945' (Blackpool: 1997)
Williams, Jack, b. 1925, naval historian
GB 249 ODC · Collection · 1850-2003

Personal accounts and receipts relating to Allan Glen 1845-1848; will, plans and deeds 1850-1851; Acts of Parliament, Educational Endowments 1876, 1908, 1912; financial and legal papers relating to the amalgamation of the School with the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College 1886-1888; financial records 1876-1912; buildings report 1894; bursary and scholarship applicants 1853, 1911; applicants for teaching post 1853 and list of teachers 1912; correspondence with Scotch Education Department, circulars etc 1907-1912; reports by His Majesty's Inspectors of Schools 1911, 1912; correspondence concerning the transfer of the School to the School Board of Glasgow 1910-1912; School magazine 1934 and 150th anniversary newsletters; books and pamphlets on the history of the School 1953, 1972, 2003; book of remembrance 1939-1945; coat of arms 1939.

Allan Glen's Institution, Glasgow
Hugh Lang papers
GB 249 T-LA · Collection · 1860 - 1862

Incoming letters to Hugh Lang, mainly from his plantation manager, William Peebles, and various merchants, relating to the management of his estates in St. Croix in the Danish West Indies. Topics include the production of sugar, rum and molasses; the effects of the weather on production; shipments and sales of sugar, rum and molasses; sugar, rum and molasses prices and state of the markets; shortage of labourers; the provision of supplies to the estates; the valuation and sale of the Estate William. There are also some letters from family members including Ann Beckett of St. Croix (Lang's daughter); George Zachariae of Copenhagen (Lang's son-in-law); and Alexander and Lizzie Eckford, of India (Lizzie Eckford is Lang's niece).

Lang, Hugh, 1779-1864, plantation owner