Examination papers for diplomas and associateships awarded by the Royal College of Science and Technology and degrees awarded by the University of Strathclyde.
University of Strathclyde | Academic RegistrarCollection of large folio volumes of architecture related material.
University of Strathclyde | Library- 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
Collection of works relating to the fine arts and art history dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection includes exhibition and sale catalogues, biographies and critiques of artists, and texts on drawing, painting and sculpture.
Glasgow Dilettanti SocietyCollection of books and manuscripts on alchemy and early science dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Mainly German and Latin texts, the collection includes one incunabulum dating from 1495 and one manuscript dated 1447.
Young, James, 1811-1883, chemistCollection of books, mainly on literature, science and 19th century history. Also contains mechanics magazine publications.
Anderson's College, Glasgow | LibraryCollection of works by and about members of the Buchanan family, most notably George Buchanan (1506-1582), tutor to Mary Queen of Scots and later to King James VI of Scotland. The collection includes material on Buchanan clan history and genealogy.
Buchanan Society, GlasgowCollection of books, papers and lecture notes grouped in classes of theology, philosophy, literature and history.
Anderson, John, 1726-1796, natural philosopherMinutes and papers of the Town Planning Institute and other bodies; papers relating to Singapore and other Commonwealth work; papers relating to international work; papers relating to town planning education; correspondence; press cuttings; photographs; maps and plans.
Pepler, Sir George Lionel, 1882-1959, Knight, town plannerCollection of around 500 items relating to new towns in Britain and internationally. The material mostly dates from the 1920s until the present and includes reports, town plans and planning proposals, and maps. The collection also includes archival material relating to new towns in Scotland, with particular emphasis on Livingston.
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)
Collection of mathematics texts from the 19th and 20th centuries, many in European languages, and including some first editions.
Gibson, George Alexander, 1858-1930, mathematicianCollection of mathematics texts dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
Laing, Alexander, d. 1882, mathematicianCollection of books, mainly on Scottish industrial history and archaeology. Also includes some literature, notably by Sir Walter Scott and Allan Ramsay.
Agnew, James Percival, 1905-1998, chairman of the Scottish College of CommerceCollection of murder/mystery novels of the country house genre, including some early editions.
Giles, Charles Hugh, 1909-1983, chemist