School leaving certificates, 1912-1915; letter of appointment as assistant teacher, 1919.
Sans titreBotany and zoology lecture notebooks, 1913-1914; drawing books of objects from nature, 1923; postcards of York Minster and Suomi, Finland, no date.
Sans titreSchool 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.
Sans titreCurriculum vitae; family photograph; evening class certificates; weaving class notebooks; testimonial; press cutting about J.A. Gilmour & Co Ltd.
Sans titrePhotocopy 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.
Sans titreCertificates from George Heriot's School Edinburgh, 1899-1901; certificate in shorthand from Phonetic Institute, Bath, 1901; papers relating to appointments as pupil teacher, 1902, 1907; pupil teacher's certificate, 1907; teacher's certificate and related papers, 1909; photographs of staff and pupils at Whifflet Primary School, Coatbridge, c 1910; biographical information, 2006.
Sans titreTeacher's certificates, 1915; photographs of staff at Govan School, Glasgow, 1918.
Sans titreTeacher's certificates, 1910; list of provisional marks, Glasgow Provincial Committee, 1910; certificates in drawing, painting and modelling, Glasgow School of Art, 1911-1912.
Sans titreArt and geography lesson and exercise notebooks, 1963-1964; coloured copy of graduation photograph of Elizabeth Meikle, c 1963.
Sans titreLecture notes, 1935-1936 (on Speech Training, Hygiene, Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Methods, Religious Instruction, Principles of Arithmetic, Physical Exercises and Music); worksheets of school test questions on English and arithmetic; Glasgow Training College examination papers in mathematics, 1931, 1936; timetable for graduates, 1935-1936; Jordanhill Training College Music Society concert programme, 1936; leaflet about Article 55 summer vacation courses for the instruction of teachers offered by the Glasgow Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers, 1936.
Sans titreLetter of congratulations to McNair from lecturer James Smith 1947; certificates 1939-1958; McNair's business card.
Sans titre20 volumes of lecture notes made by Alexander Porkess whilst a student at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow. The notebooks cover various subjects including mathematics, heat engines and natural philosophy. Many of the notebooks contain photographs, graphs and diagrams. There is also a copy of the thesis presented by Porkess for the Associateship of the Royal Technical College, August 1952. Also a bundle of notes, mainly examination questions and algebra, c. 1950s.
Sans titreNotes for lessons, 1946-1948 (subjects include education, general methods, educational psychology, English literature, classroom English, speech training, arithmetic, history, geography, natural science, music, physical training and hygiene); examination papers, 1946-1948; Glasgow Training Centre prospectus, 1946-1947; Glasgow Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers Article 55 prospectus, 1947; general methods non-graduate lecture scheme syllabus for first and second years, 1946-1947; Methods Department notes on beginning teaching, c 1946; programme for series of four concerts by Scottish Orchestra, 1947.
Sans titreIntermediate certificate, 1908; junior student's certificate, 1911; Glasgow Provincial Training Centre provisional marks, 1913; provisional recognition for service as certificated teacher, 1913; teacher's certificate, 1913; letter of appointment to Crookston Street Public School, 1913; notice of transfer from Oatlands to Queen Mary Street School, 1914.
Sans titreSchool and teaching certificates; training record, 1929; biographical note supplied by Sheila Dunstan (Alexandra Davidson's daughter), 2009.
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