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Printed material collected by the Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association.

Correspondence and papers from most of Dalton's career. The collection includes:

• papers on Dalton's career and the libel cases brought against him
• correspondence and papers originating from Dalton's roles at the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science, the Transport and General Workers' Union, the Environment Agency and others
• correspondence with fellow activists, occupational health experts, academics, doctors, solicitors, politicians, trade unionists, campaign groups, asbestos victim support groups and others
• subject files on environmental and occupational health issues, particularly asbestos
• publications by Dalton and letters to the press
• consultancy and expert witness work
• notes and papers from conferences and meetings
• correspondence and papers relating to Dalton's involvement in the production of television and radio programmes on asbestos, together with a series of video recordings and transcripts of documentaries and other programmes collected by Dalton on asbestos and other environmental and occupational health and safety topics.
• press cuttings on asbestos and other environmental and occupational health issues
• Dalton's library of books, academic papers, reports and other publications on asbestos and other environmental and occupational health issues

Certificates 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.

Minutes of the board of governors and committees; articles of association.

Map of the Nyasaland Protectorate.

This series is part of Patrick Geddes’ large collection of maps, plans, photographs, prints and drawings of countries and regions around the world. Much of this collection was part of Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition.

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.

Minutes; annual reports; savings books; cash book; subscriptions book; stock transfer form; constitution of the society; syllabuses; notices calling meetings; addresses to the Society; mailing list including life members and student representatives; correspondence; photograph of blazer badge of Society.

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.

Minutes and papers of meetings of the Chairman's Committee of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College and (from 1912) the Royal Technical College and the Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow.

Notes; correspondence; lecture notes; published books and pamphlets; diagrams and glass slides. Many of the items are by or related to Patrick Geddes.

General maps of Italy.

This series is part of Patrick Geddes’ large collection of maps, plans, photographs, prints and drawings of countries and regions around the world. Much of this collection was part of Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition.

Papers on history of Schools of Pharmacy and Bakery at Royal Technical College, Glasgow and on pharmacy teaching generally in west of Scotland, 1911-1967; minutes of School of Bakery, 1920-1956; minutes of School of Pharmacy, 1909, 1922–1950; newscuttings, 1954-1967; job application and testimonials, 1920-1921; address by Todd at British Pharmaceutical Conference, Aberdeen, 1955; Todd lectures, 1962-1977.

Reprints of articles by Fergus; letter from Fergus to H.F. Stockdale; testimonials for Fergus.

Copy of Alexander Humboldt Sexton, The First Technical College: a sketch of the history of 'The Andersonian', and the institutions descended from it, 1796-1894 (London: Chapman and Hall, 1894). Attached inside the volume are handwritten comments by Tatlock about the following former members of staff of Anderson's College and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College: John Taylor, George Carey Foster, Alexander Herschel, Thomas Graham, Frederick Penny, T.E. Thorpe, William Dittmar, William Henry Perkin, Alexander Laing, James Croll, Walter Crum, James Young, Thomas Struthers, Dr. Crosskey, David Rowan and John Neilson Cuthbertson.

Collection of murder/mystery novels of the country house genre, including some early editions.