Certificate of merit; photographs; reminiscences about the School of Navigation.
Floyd, Norman G., fl. 1949, student at Royal Technical College, GlasgowCorrespondence and papers relating to W H Knight’s claims arising from working conditions at Land Rover UK Ltd 1962-1981. Includes a blueprint and detailed colour photographs (with explanatory inscriptions) of test house 'R' at Land Rover UK Ltd, Meteor Works, Solihull (also drawings of apparatus), as well as colour photographs of typical protective equipment. Also extensive verbal descriptions of working conditions, fellow workers' statements in support, documentation of background research into health effects of fluorocarbons, legal correspondence (including occupational health and safety report, 1989), correspondence with Nancy Tait, and extensive press coverage on occupational and environmental health scares c.1980-1994. Further, a little personal correspondence and correspondence re Knight's service during World War II.
The material was in considerable disarray, with most of it loose and in no particular order, and inscribed folders that were empty. Where available, present arrangement of the archive is based on an extrapolation of how extant (empty) containers were labelled.
- correspondence with SPAID, in particular Nancy Tait, 1983-1994
- legal correspondence: with Robin Thompson & Partners, solicitors, Birmingham, 1982-1983; with Field Fisher Waterhouse, 1983-1989; with Nick Wikeley, 1985-1988
- correspondence re social security 1981-1988
- correspondence with Land Rover Ltd, 1983, and papers re work and working conditions (including 3 diaries 1965-1969), 1965-c.1981
- visualisations of refrigeration arrangements at Land Rover Ltd
- correspondence with unions, 1982-1986; with the media, 1982-1987; with MPs, 1983-1988
- medical correspondence, 1981-1988, including an exchange with occupational health experts at Aston University 1981-1982
- research into the health impact of fluorocarbons
- press cuttings, c.1983-1991
Also correspondence re service during World War II, 1982-1984, and some personal letters, 1985-1987.
Books found with the material have been transferred to the OEDA Library and can be identified through the library catalogue.
Occupational and Environmental Diseases AssociationBooklets on the teaching and research of the Institute.
University of Strathclyde | David Livingstone Institute of Overseas Development StudiesPlans by Thomas Rickman, architect; halls building committee minutes; psalm book; pulpit bible of the Reverend Robert Dickson; information on stained glass windows, plaques and memorials, including family tree of the Campbells of Tullichewan.
St David's Ramshorn Church, GlasgowAnnual general meeting papers; annual reports and accounts; board of directors' minutes and papers; correspondence and papers relating to acquisitions; papers relating to constitution; papers relating to shares; financial records; newsletters; news cuttings; publicity material.
Robertson Research GroupJournal, 1889, 1922-1993.
University of Strathclyde Metallurgical ClubJob applications and testimonials; correspondence; scientific notebooks; papers relating to Glasgow University honorary degree; publications; newspaper cuttings; medals.
Mellanby, Alexander Lawson, 1871-1951, engineerProgrammes, 1974-1992; correspondence and papers about Society, 1975-1981.
Jordanhill College Film SocietyMusic catalogue; account book; general file; Performing Rights Society award certificates.
University of Strathclyde Music SocietyPhotocopy of junior student's certificate from Kilmarnock Academy, 1924; photocopy of training record, 1926; photocopy of menu from Conference of Scottish Training College students, Jordanhill, 1925, with signatures of participants; reminiscences of Jordanhill College 1924-1926 and accompanying letter, 1992.
Bowie, Janet Young, fl. 1920-1929, student at Jordanhill College of Education, GlasgowCollection 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 CommerceOffprints, copies and drafts of articles and chapters by Graham Hills; speeches; letters of congratulation on his appointment as Principal of University of Strathclyde; curriculum vitae; account by Hills of retirement of Bursar and establishment of unitary administration in University of Strathclyde; visitors' book; news cuttings about Hills; photographs; video scrapbook.
Hills, Sir Graham John, 1926-2014, Knight, chemist, Principal of University of StrathclydeDocuments the activities of the safety officer of a national environmental research laboratory in the late 1960s.
At the time, new regulations concerning asbestos were in the making. The Warren Spring Laboratory (WSL) was asked to look into their implications for working environments in Mintech (Ministry of Technology) establishments. The core of the M J Sanders papers consists of a series of minutes of meetings and draft reports, relating mainly to asbestos. The remainder is publications, with very occasional intercalations of correspondence.
Books and booklets found with the material have been transferred to the OEDA Library and can be identified through the University of Strathclyde Library catalogue.
Sanders, M.J., fl. 1960-1999, health and safety expertMinutes; constitutions and bye-laws; submissions to University Grants Committee and Scottish Parliamentary Labour Group; financial records; correspondence; records relating to Students' Union; elections of office-bearers; handbooks and diaries; newsletters and other publications.
University of Strathclyde Students' AssociationLectures, talks and published articles by Wood; working papers for Wood's book on David Stow; video recording entitled 'Sir Henry P. Wood in Conversation', 1990; material relating to Jordanhill College including programmes for opening of buildings, photographs, modern reproductions of prints of Jordanhill House and Estate, video recording entitled 'Jordanhill College: an impression', 1991; audio recording of excerpt of interview with Anne McAllister, speech therapist.
Wood, Henry Peart, 1908-1994, educationist