The Strathclyde collection comprises printed or published material by or about the University of Strathclyde and its staff. There are three components to the collection:Strathclyde staff collection comprising publications by members of staff of th...
University of Strathclyde | Library
Collection 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, chemist
Collection 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 Commerce
Collection 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, Glasgow
Glasgow Dilettanti Society collection
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 Society
Collection of fictional works in which the city of Glasgow is an integral element or theme. First editions are present where available. The collection offers researchers the opportunity to consider the variety of historical and literary approaches...
University of Strathclyde | Library
Collection of titles on psychology and various subjects.The collection also includes serial publications:Mind, volume 1-12, 1876-1887Proceedings of the Glasgow Philosophical Society, volume 7-18, 1870/71-1886/87Symon's Monthly Meteorological ...
Muirhead, Henry, 1814-1890, physician
Royal Scottish Geographical Society reference collection
This collection forms part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society collection which is held in the main library. This component of the collection contains the rare and valuable items not available for borrowing.The collection includes works on ...
Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Collection of rare books and material that had previously been part of the working collection of Jordanhill’s antecedent institutions: Glasgow Provincial Training College (1907-1959), Glasgow Church of Scotland Training College (1845-1907) or Glas...
Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow
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.
Robertson, John, 1912-1990, local government officer and researcher
Collection of pamphlets, books and serial publications mainly on anarchism, socialism and alternative politics.
Aldred, Guy Alfred, 1886-1963, socialist journalist
Collection of large folio volumes of architecture related material.
University of Strathclyde | Library
Collection of mathematics texts dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
Laing, Alexander, d. 1882, mathematician
Mechanics/Anderson's collection
Collection of books, mainly on literature, science and 19th century history. Also contains mechanics magazine publications.
Anderson's College, Glasgow | Library
National Council of Labour Colleges collection
Collection, from the library of the National Council of Labour Colleges, of mainly 20th century publications on socialism. Also includes Labour Party publications, literature and history.
National Council of Labour Colleges