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• Boxes 1-7: BSc (Hons) Mechanical Engineering 3rd and 4th year course notes (sessions 1979-1980 and 1980-1981). Includes lecture and tutorial notes; laboratory and course work; exam papers; lists of formulae and published conversion tables; Napier College of Commerce and Technology HND Engineering final year project on whirling of shafts.
• Boxes 8-12: MSc Marine Technology course notes (session 1985-1986). Includes lecture and tutorial notes; notes, handwritten draft and typescript copy of MSc thesis; course assignments; exam papers; student handbooks.
• Box 13: Students' Association diaries; matriculation cards; general student handbook; list of second and third year students and their counsellors; examination papers; examination and awards lists; group photograph of 4th year BSc (Hons) Mechanical Engineering students [taken at final year dinner, June 1981?]; course information leaflets; correspondence and memoranda relating to course applications, student accommodation and graduation; Graduates' Association information.
• Oversized papers containing calculations and drawings for BSc Mechanical Engineering class 'Design 16 301' (rolled).

Papers of initial meetings to set up Trust, 1967; minutes and papers, 1968-1971; correspondence, 1971-1972; financial records, 1967-1973; papers for Glasgow Corporation's House Improvement and Rehabilitation conference held at City Hall, 8 February 1971; circulars on housing trusts including Christian Aid (Glasgow) Housing Association Limited, 1967.

Correspondence relating to engineering qualifications; photograph of Royal Technical College students participating in the annual Student Charities Day; caricature drawing of Keith Speirs (known as 'Bindle'), Union Attendant at the Royal Technical College; copy of 'Uno Ygorra', the Glasgow Students' Charities Committee magazine.

Study Circle minute book, 1919-1937; envelope of newspaper cuttings, telegrams, letters and other ephemera collected by or associated with the Study Circle, 1909-1942; album containing character testimonials, tributes, letters, election leaflets, newspaper and magazine articles and other ephemera relating to Robert Shanks, founder of the Study Circle, 1894-1921.

Scottish Universities Entrance Board certificate of fitness to enter upon a course qualifying for graduation in any Faculty in a Scottish University; Royal Technical College class certificates and Diploma in Chemistry; University of Glasgow examination certificates and degree parchment; letter from [ ] Bilsland, Office of the District Commissioner for Civil Defence, Glasgow, conveying best wishes to Miss Weir for her future happiness and thanks for all her work in the laboratory.

Congratulates O'Beirne on his election as a Corporate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Also expresses sympathy for the wartime bombing suffered by Clydebank: 'We heard of the 'Blitz' over Glasgow and regret to learn of so many deaths, etc. However, [we] are sure your people have the right spirit and will pay back many times over. Many of our towns have had similar rough times but are all quite cheery and waiting 'DER TAG' which will give us our revenge.'

Thomas O'Beirne (pictured front left, wearing oriental costume) and friends, ambushing the driver of a motor car to collect money on Student Charities' Day. Photograph by 'The Bulletin', Glasgow.

Black and white, sepia and colour photographic prints and negatives, including glass negatives; transparencies; postcards; sketches and artists' impressions.

Photographs of people are mainly individual and group photographs of staff and students. Images of machinery and equipment include slides used for teaching purposes, and an early photograph of an Argyll motor car on the ramp in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. Photographs of University buildings include Anderson's University, the Mechanics' Institution, the Weaving, Dyeing and Printing College and Allan Glen's School, in addition to the later buildings of the Royal Technical College and the Scottish College of Commerce and the modern buildings of the University. The visit by HM King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and the laying of the foundation stone of the Royal College Building in 1903 is also represented in the collection. There are also aerial photographs of the campus at various periods of development. Photograph albums preserve the memory of honorary graduations, VIP visits and other events.

Collection of material on the history and description of Glasgow, industrial archaeology in the West of Scotland, Scottish topography and travel history. Also includes a collection of ephemera, notes and articles.