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Food Science collection
GB 249 SC Food Science · Collection · 1967-2004

Collection of texts and conference proceedings on food science.

International Union of Food Science and Technology
GB 249 OF/44 · Collection · c. 1975 - 1986

Information booklet on Institute; news release, 1984; annual reports on research and other activities, 1985, 1986.

University of Strathclyde | Fraser of Allander Institute
Frederick Penny papers
GB 249 OM/126 · Collection · 1843-1982

Lecture notes; published papers; obituaries; biographical information.

Penny, Frederick, 1816-1869, chemist
Frederick Symon papers
GB 249 OM/157 · Collection · c. 1928 - 1939

Notes on career of Frederick Symon, and testimonial, c. 1928; notes (transcribed by Symon) of Natural Philosophy IIB lectures delivered by Professor Dougald McQuistan at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, 1938-1939.

Symon, Frederick J., b. 1900, engineer
GB 249 T-GEM · Collection · 1861-1982

Partnership agreements; memorandum and articles of association; directors’ reports and accounts; correspondence and papers relating to Thor Thoresen Linje; correspondence and papers relating to merger with Powell Duffryn; financial records; steamer regulations; house flag; voyage books; freight books; employment records; photographs; lists of men and ships lost in 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 wars; papers relating to history of company and Robertson family.

William Robertson, shipowners
Geoffrey Tweedale papers
GB 249 TWE · Collection · 1921 - 2000s

Research papers of Geoffrey Tweedale gathered during the course of his research for his book 'Magic mineral to killer dust: Turner & Newall and the asbestos hazard' (2nd edition, 2001: Oxford University Press), which investigated the British company, Turner & Newall, one of the world's leading asbestos manufacturers.

The collection comprises:

  • Copies of more or less complete run of Turner & Newall compensation cases, 1921-1990s (c. 700 files). The copies were made by Tweedale from microfilms of the Turner & Newall company archives made by Chase Manhattan Bank in 1991 as part of a court case initiated in the USA by the Bank against Turner & Newall. Tweedale made a special study of these case files.
  • Series of subject files. The bulk of the contents is copies of correspondence and papers from the Turner & Newall archives. However, the series also contains material from other sources as well as Tweedale’s own notes and correspondence. Most of the material relates to Turner & Newall, but there is also material on other companies eg Johns Manville in the USA, Eternit, and Cape Asbestos as well as material on Canada, South Africa, and Australia. The series also includes biographical information on related people as well as press cuttings collected by Tweedale.
  • A selection of videotapes and DVDs mostly relating to Turner & Newall plus several transcripts of TV/radio programmes, dating back to the 1970s and early 1980s.
Tweedale, Geoffrey, b. 1951, business historian
George Forbes papers
GB 249 OM/201 · Collection · 1864 - 1987

Material by and about George Forbes including publications and reports by Forbes; maps belonging to Forbes; testimonials for Forbes; recollections of Forbes by Jen Stockdale; articles on Forbes' carbon brushes; biographical information; bibliography of Forbes' writings; rules of University Club, Edinburgh and of New Club, North Berwick; Forbes' calling card; reprint of articles by James D. Forbes, Principal of St Andrews University.

Forbes, George, 1849-1936, engineer and astronomer
George Menary papers
GB 249 JCE/22/2/6 · Collection · 1910 - 1912

Teacher's certificates, 1910; list of provisional marks, Glasgow Provincial Committee, 1910; certificates in drawing, painting and modelling, Glasgow School of Art, 1911-1912.

Menary, George, fl. 1900-1909, student at Glasgow Provincial Training College
George Moncur papers
GB 249 OM/115 · Collection · 1904 - 1905

Paper by Moncur on the reconstruction of Guild Street Bridge, Aberdeen given to the Aberdeen Association of Civil Engineers, 1904; job applications and testimonials.

Moncur, George, 1868-1946, civil engineer
George Pepler papers
GB 249 T-PEP · Collection · 1902-1959

Minutes 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 planner
George Wyllie papers
GB 249 GB 249 T-WYL · Collection · 1864, 1928, 1955-2009

Sketches, travel diaries, notebooks, slides, photographs, reviews, press cuttings and scrapbooks relating to all of Wyllie's art projects and exhibitions. Also includes correspondence with other artists, Wyllie's lectures and writings, biographical information and publications about Wyllie.

Wyllie, George Ralston, 1921-2012, artist and sculptor
GB 249 SOHC 36 · Collection · 2017

‘Get A Chinese: stories of the Chinese community inside and outside the Chinese takeaway’ was an eighteen month oral history project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and carried out by the Chinese Community Development Partnership. The aim of the project was to record the experiences of the older generation of Chinese people who migrated to the UK after 1950 and how they survived in an environment completely new and strange to them.

Fifteen elderly people from Chinese communities in the central belt of Scotland were interviewed by volunteer researchers in 2017. Almost all of the interviewees were born in Hong Kong and migrated to the United Kingdom after 1950. At that time, life was not easy in Hong King even in the city. In the rural areas where facilities were very limited, it was even worse. In these remote areas, young people lacked education and job opportunities. Unable to earn a living, many villagers tried to build a new life in the United Kingdom. After working hard for several years and saving up enough money, many set up Chinese restaurants and takeaway food shops. Working long hours in these eateries, many found it difficult to find enough time to learn English. Although managing to pick up some basic English in their daily life, language remained a big barrier and restricted their ability to integrate into wider society. By interviewing members of this ‘hidden community’ as the older Chinese community in Scotland has sometimes been described, the project hoped to help the public better understand their courage and determination and to change attitudes that had arisen towards the community due to a lack of understanding.

The interviews focus on the interviewees’ lives before they emigrated, their early experiences of living in Scotland, their current lives and the changes in Scottish society witnessed by them.

The culmination of the project was the publication of a book in both Cantonese and English recounting the interviewees' stories.

The collection comprises:

  • 15 recorded interviews (in Cantonese)
  • Time-coded summaries (in English)
  • Publication: Mitford, T. (ed.) (2019) Get a Chinese: stories of the Chinese community inside and outside the Chinese takeaway. Chinese Community Development Partnership.
Chinese Community Development Partnership
Gibson collection
GB 249 SC Gibson · Collection · 1801-1926

Collection of mathematics texts from the 19th and 20th centuries, many in European languages, and including some first editions.

Gibson, George Alexander, 1858-1930, mathematician
Giles collection
GB 249 SC Giles · Collection · 1894-1978

Collection of murder/mystery novels of the country house genre, including some early editions.

Giles, Charles Hugh, 1909-1983, chemist
GB 249 SOHC 37 · Collection · 2017 - 2019

Oral history project carried out by Jois Stansfield for MSc Health History at University of Strathclyde.

This is believed to be the first oral history of speech and language therapy in the UK. Early members of the speech and language therapy profession were recruited from retirement networks and via the professional body, the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Interviews were held across England and Scotland, taking a life-story approach with each participant. Personal testimony, previously unheard, from these pioneers of the profession demonstrates the degree to which these women were products of their age, class and gender and the individual ways in which they negotiated challenges in their personal and professional lives.

Stansfield, Jois, b. 1951, speech therapy historian