Diaries and notebooks; correspondence; patents and legal cases; financial papers; technical and scientific notes; newspaper cuttings; educational and personal items.
Young, James, 1811-1883, chemistAnnual reports, 1837-1839; text of fundraising lectures; biographical information on patrons, rectors and students; illustrations and press cuttings; published articles about the Glasgow Normal Seminary.
Glasgow Normal SeminaryLand and property records; legal documents; maps and plans; day books; financial records; production and sales records; staff time books; transport records; correspondence. Most of the records relate to the company's Gartsherrie Works.
William Baird & Company, iron and coal mastersAnnual reports 1829 and 1830; visitors' book; Glasgow Infant School magazine; engraving; press cuttings and journal articles.
Glasgow Infant SchoolCollection of books on labour and agricultural history.
Scottish Farm Servants UnionPlans 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, GlasgowMinute books; annual reports; financial records; subscriptions books; letter books; memorandum and articles of association; class timetable; examination paper; architectural drawings used in art classes.
College of Science and Arts, GlasgowSeries of 18 photographs and postcards depicting aspects of the history of the University of Strathclyde since its establishment in 1796; photograph of Iain Boyle receiving honorary degree, 2000; photograph of George Birkbeck, 1823.
Boyle, Iain T., fl. 1967 - 2000, physicianCollection of fictional works in which the city of Glasgow is an integral element or theme. First editions are present where available. The collection offers researchers the opportunity to consider the variety of historical and literary approaches used to depict Glasgow.
University of Strathclyde | LibraryMinutes; contribution books; quarterly reports; rules and standing orders; financial records; membership records; branch and section records; chapel records; correspondence and agreements.
Glasgow Typographical SocietyBiographical information; copies of correspondence with David Stow 1816-1852; portraits and photographs; copies of published works by David Stow; published books and articles about David Stow.
John C. Eaton’s working collection of books from his office in the Mathematics Department of the University of Strathclyde. Includes items on mathematics, science and higher education.
Eaton, John Carnegie, 1915-1972, mathematicianThis collection forms part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society collection which is held in the main library. This component of the collection contains the rare and valuable items not available for borrowing.
The collection includes works on polar exploration, mountaineering, travel and topography.
Royal Scottish Geographical SocietyCorrespondence; class ticket; subscriptions by students for Ure's benefit; prospectus of lectures; copies of Ure's published papers; licence from Andrew Ure to Patrick Cruikshank to use equipment for evaporating syrups and juices on St Vincent; details of patents by Ure; notice regarding his appointment at Belfast Academical Institution; items on his experiments with galvanism; articles about his work; biographical information and obituaries.
Ure, Andrew, 1778-1857, chemistCurriculum vitae; copies of some of her published papers; source material gathered in the course of researching her history; correspondence with Robert Rusk concerning the history; books.
Cruickshank, Marjorie, 1920-1983, educationist