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John MacGillivray papers
GB 249 OM/211 · Collection · 1902 - 1911

Sketch book, 1902; class certificate for session 1910-1911; books received by MacGillivray as class prizes, 1904-1909.

MacGillivray, John, fl. 1902-1911, student at Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College
John Miller papers
GB 249 OM/111 · Collection · 1903 - 1911

Published articles by Miller on mathematics; job application and testimonials; biographical information.

Miller, John, 1871-1956, mathematician
GB 249 OG · Collection · 1871-1911

Minutes of the Trustees (from 1896 Governors) and Committees 1871-1911; minutes of the Committee on Teaching 1896-1908; annual and other reports 1879/1880-1907/1908; financial records and insurance policies 1872-1908; papers on the establishment of the Weaving School 1876-1880; agreement and papers concerning classes on bleaching and dyeing at the Young Technical Chemistry Laboratory 1880-1882; secretary's correspondence 1898-1910; student records, examination papers and results 1899-1905; diplomas 1877, 1896; papers on staffing 1901-1907; buildings and estates records 1877-1906; syllabuses 1877/1878-1879/1880, 1895/1896-1896/1897; papers on the amalgamation with the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College 1902-1908; press cuttings 1898-1907; design book with samples, of James Allison, Paisley 1900.

Incorporated Weaving, Dyeing and Printing College of Glasgow
GB 249 T-MIN 37 · Collection · c. 1900s

The donor believes that these photographs feature Scottish relations of Alan Pinkerton (1819-1884), a Glasgow-born private detective who emigrated to America and founded Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. However, there is insufficient supporting information to establish a definite link.

Pinkerton family
GB 249 OK/11 · Collection · 1907 - 1909

Minutes of committee meetings; circulars appealing for subscriptions; subscriptions lists and letters of donations; correspondence.

Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College | Professor James Blyth Memorial Committee
GB 249 KSC · Collection · 1903 - 1906

Minutes, 1903-1906; reports of Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools; correspondence.

University of Glasgow | Local Committee for the Training of Teachers (King's Students)
Needlework samples
GB 249 JCE/22/2/4 · Collection · 1905 - 1906

Two booklets of needlework samples created by Margaret Brown, a student at Glasgow Provincial Training College.

Brown, Margaret, 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
GB 249 T-MIN/9 · Collection · 1902 - 1904

Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet.

Six of the draft plans appear to be by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, but are not signed. The office address is given as 140 Bath Street, Glasgow.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868-1928, architect and painter
Harry Miller papers
GB 249 OM/110 · Collection · 1897 - 1904

Article on teaching of law in late 19th century at Glasgow University; application and testimonials for Euing lectureship on music at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.

Miller, Harry Colin, fl. 1897-1936, music lecturer
Leith Buchanan Family papers
GB 249 T-LB · Collection · 18th and 19th centuries

The collection appears to comprise legal, estate and financial records of the Leith Buchanan Family and their antecedents. The documents, mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries, relate to land and property in the area around Drymen. Although most refer to title deeds and the purchase or transfer of property, some documents list rents paid and crops grown on the family estates, and a few list the debts owed by individuals, perhaps at the time of their death.

Leith Buchanan family
GB 249 T-CYC · Collection · 1895-1898

Publications and papers of various cycling clubs and associations, cycling magazines and cycling manufacturers' catalogues. They appear to have been accumulated by a cyclist in Scotland.

GB 249 OK/6 · Collection · 1892

Replies received to letters sent to various eminent chemists; lists of these letters.

Young Laboratory Students' Society
Muirhead collection
GB 249 SC Muirhead · Collection · 1731-1889

Collection of titles on psychology and various subjects.

The collection also includes serial publications:

  • Mind, volume 1-12, 1876-1887
  • Proceedings of the Glasgow Philosophical Society, volume 7-18, 1870/71-1886/87
  • Symon's Monthly Meteorological Magazine, volume 6-19, 1871-1884

The books have the monogram 'H.M.' embossed on the spines.

Muirhead, Henry, 1814-1890, physician
GB 249 ODA · Collection · 1869-1888

Minute book; financial records; correspondence and papers relating to the establishment of the chair.

Young Chair of Technical Chemistry, Glasgow