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20 volumes of lecture notes made by Alexander Porkess whilst a student at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow. The notebooks cover various subjects including mathematics, heat engines and natural philosophy. Many of the notebooks contain photographs, graphs and diagrams. There is also a copy of the thesis presented by Porkess for the Associateship of the Royal Technical College, August 1952. Also a bundle of notes, mainly examination questions and algebra, c. 1950s.

Methods lecture notes taken by Robert Mair, student at Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow.

Subjects covered are: Chapter 3 primary teaching; article 39 English and history.

Students at Aviemore, c. 1956, at Aberdeen, 1950, and in Jordanhill College grounds.

Mount is titled: "The Royal Technical College Glasgow, Associate Students in Engineering and guests on the occasion of their final year dinner: June 1950".
An index to each row of sitters is at the bottom of the mount and 'W. McHutchison' is handwritten at the top right-hand corner.

Paper for the principles of electricity course DA2 in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow.

Award and prize certificates; programme and invitation for award ceremony.

Electronic engineering student notebook; electrical engineering student notebooks; engineering design student notebook; advanced mathematics student notebook.

Lesson notebook, 1951-1952; photocopy of teaching practice diary, 1951-1954; photographs.

Student notes from second, third and fourth year Naval Architecture course at Royal Technical College, Glasgow.

Exercise book containing accounts of miscellaneous experiments and reports for Principles of Electricity course A2 in Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Royal Technical College, Glasgow.

Jordanhill College of Education scarf with Glasgow Provincial Committee crest, worn by Jean Vanhegan.

• 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.

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)

Samples of needlework created by Maureen Hope, a student at Jordanhill College of Education.

Needlework samples; two sets of Ladybird Picture-Sentence Matching Cards; programme for College production of 'As you like it', June 1959; Child Education Supplement, May 1963; classroom poster; '... And so to Embroider' bulletin; knitting equipment; Jordanhill College silk scarf with Glasgow Provincial Committee crest; books, 1915-1972.