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School and teaching certificates, 1909-1915; Clydebank Higher Grade School class photographs, c 1900-1912; letter to McDonald family in Canada from Mary R. Craig giving news of Clydebank acquaintances, 1925; extracts from registers of births and marriages relating to Maggie McDonald and Robert Callan; dance notebook, 1912-1914; 'The four Margarets and a notebook' by Alistair MacFadyen, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society bulletin, (64), October 1986, pp. 93-94 and reprinted in Royal Scottish Country Dance Society bulletin (77), October 1999, p.25, with news item.

Various papers from the life and career of Mary Dawson covering her student life, lecturing, research, and professional awards. Includes:

• student notebooks from Dawson's studies at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow
• lecture notes and papers used for her teaching at the Royal Technical College, later the University of Strathclyde
• reprints of her own and other pharmacy articles
• research notes and data
• conference papers and programmes
• illustrations and captions for scientific posters
• material relating to articles and publications by Dawson
• index of scientific papers about tissue culture
• slide transparencies for publications and lectures
• papers about Dawson's film 'In Your Hands, Tissue Culture Techniques'
• film reels
• meeting notes and papers relating to pharmaceutical professional bodies and groups
• papers and correspondence relating to awards won by Dawson such as the Pharmaceutical Society’s Charter Silver Medal and the Marschig Animal Welfare Trust Prize

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.

Photographs and slides used by Frederick Duthie, lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, in a presentation he delivered on George Forbes, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Anderson's University (the antecedent of the University of Strathclyde).

Newsletters, 1971-1994; news bulletin, 1972; IT training programme, 1994-1995; information on courses, 1990-1991.

Course leaflets.

Copies of content from the Turner & Newall (T&N) corporate archive, Manchester, which were given to the Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association by Chase Manhattan Bank.

The collection comprises correspondence about the papers and lawyer Michael O'Connor's mission to distribute them, followed by Turner & Newall corporate papers relating to:

• minutes of meetings
• industry regulation
• compensation (including all manner of case information)
• health and safety measures
• epidemiological research on asbestos
• documentaries on the asbestos industry
• company histories

The collection concludes with a single dossier on legal actions relating to the former site of Turner Asbestos Cement Co Ltd (later TAC Construction Materials Ltd) at Dalmuir.

Lecture notes; memoranda; advertising posters.

Includes some records of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, the predecessor of the Department of Environmental Planning.

Undergraduate prospectuses, 1967-c 1991; first, second and third year studies in geography handbooks, 1971-1997; leaflets on research degrees and research opportunities, c 1988-1990.

Oral history project, conducted by Callum G. Brown, in 1997. The aim of the project was to study the festival of Up-helly-aa, an annual winter-time festival celebrated across the island of Shetland. The interviews were a key part of the research for Callum Brown's book: 'Up-helly-aa: Custom, culture and community in Shetland' (1998).
The collection comprises 9 digital audio recordings of 6 interviews (digitised from original tapes) and 6 paper transcripts (with digital access copies): some labelled as 'partial' transcripts, and others labelled as 'full relevant' transcripts.
There are 9 interviewees. Some were interviewed together.

Series of 18 photographs and postcards depicting aspects of the history of the University of Strathclyde since its establishment in 1796; photograph of Iain Boyle receiving honorary degree, 2000; photograph of George Birkbeck, 1823.

Research report, 1993-1996; leaflet on experimental stress analysis evening courses, 1988; promotional video for mechanical engineering courses, 1988; conference programme, 1992.

Minutes; record of proceedings; lists of attendees at annual proceedings; research papers and accompanying photographs and other material; programmes; exhibition catalogues; correspondence; tape recordings; menus.

Course leaflets, c 1980-1990; undergraduate prospectus, 1995.