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Two personal letters from James Young; letter from Sir David Anderson to Miss A.M. Thom; print of Young as an old man; publications by H.R.J. Conacher, F.M. Cook, Scottish Oils Ltd and Lothian Regional Council/BP.

Affectionate letter from James Young in London to Miss Mary Young at Paisley, dated 24 December 1837 with a postscript written on 25 December. Young discusses the best means for the couple to send letters to each other; the church he is attending in Regent Square and its minister, Mr MacMorland; the pleasant walks he and Mary had taken back home; Young's old friend, Mr Tennent, formerly Dr Thomson's assistant in Glasgow College, who had been shipwrecked off the coast of Ireland on his way to the East Indies; his teaching activities in London; various family members and various acquaintances at home.

Letter from James Young to his daughter Mary Ann, dated at the Victoria Hotel, Euston Square [London], 16 April 1864. Young describes his recent visit to the Crystal Palace to see Garibaldi and the enthusiastic reception given by the assembled crowd, advising that when Garibaldi comes to Edinburgh, 'you must get James to take you all to see him'.

Letter from David Stirling Anderson, Director of the Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow, to Miss Alice M. Thom, granddaughter of James Young, dated 28 November 1958. Thanking Miss Thom for her generous gift to the College of Young's diaries, letters and papers.

Print made from a photogravure of James Young as an old man, by Annan and Sons, Glasgow. Written beneath the image, in James Young's handwriting, is the inscription: 'Yours truly [,] James Young'.

Reprint of an article from 'Oil Shale and Cannel Coal', published by the Institute of Petroleum.

Text of a speech delivered on the occasion of the centenary of the Young Chair of Chemical Technology at the University of Strathclyde on 20 November 1970. Reprinted from 'Chemistry and Industry', 29 May 1971. Published by the Society of Chemical Industry, London.

Pamphlet on the achievements of James 'Paraffin' Young and the establishment of the Scottish oil industry.

Heritage trail around the Grangemouth area, jointly produced by Lothian Regional Council and BP Oil Grangemouth Refinery Limited. Pamphlet published by Heriot Repro Ltd, Edinburgh, with its Associate Company Alpha Origination.