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Miscellaneous plans, drawings and photographs of buildings, garden suburbs, working men's settlements and town extension plans in German cities.

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.

Various illustrations of notable buildings and views in Germany.

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.

‘Get A Chinese: stories of the Chinese community inside and outside the Chinese takeaway’ was an eighteen month oral history project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and carried out by the Chinese Community Development Partnership. The aim of the project was to record the experiences of the older generation of Chinese people who migrated to the UK after 1950 and how they survived in an environment completely new and strange to them.

Fifteen elderly people from Chinese communities in the central belt of Scotland were interviewed by volunteer researchers in 2017. Almost all of the interviewees were born in Hong Kong and migrated to the United Kingdom after 1950. At that time, life was not easy in Hong King even in the city. In the rural areas where facilities were very limited, it was even worse. In these remote areas, young people lacked education and job opportunities. Unable to earn a living, many villagers tried to build a new life in the United Kingdom. After working hard for several years and saving up enough money, many set up Chinese restaurants and takeaway food shops. Working long hours in these eateries, many found it difficult to find enough time to learn English. Although managing to pick up some basic English in their daily life, language remained a big barrier and restricted their ability to integrate into wider society. By interviewing members of this ‘hidden community’ as the older Chinese community in Scotland has sometimes been described, the project hoped to help the public better understand their courage and determination and to change attitudes that had arisen towards the community due to a lack of understanding.

The interviews focus on the interviewees’ lives before they emigrated, their early experiences of living in Scotland, their current lives and the changes in Scottish society witnessed by them.

The culmination of the project was the publication of a book in both Cantonese and English recounting the interviewees' stories.

The collection comprises:

• 15 recorded interviews (in Cantonese)
• Time-coded summaries (in English)
• Publication: Mitford, T. (ed.) (2019) Get a Chinese: stories of the Chinese community inside and outside the Chinese takeaway. Chinese Community Development Partnership.

Map and illustrations of Gibraltar.

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.

Collection of mathematics texts from the 19th and 20th centuries, many in European languages, and including some first editions.

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

Publication highlighting projects funded by the Alumni Fund at the University of Strathclyde.

Oral history project carried out by Jois Stansfield for MSc Health History at University of Strathclyde.

This is believed to be the first oral history of speech and language therapy in the UK. Early members of the speech and language therapy profession were recruited from retirement networks and via the professional body, the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Interviews were held across England and Scotland, taking a life-story approach with each participant. Personal testimony, previously unheard, from these pioneers of the profession demonstrates the degree to which these women were products of their age, class and gender and the individual ways in which they negotiated challenges in their personal and professional lives.

Information booklets.

Signed minutes of meetings of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Management Association concerning the development of good management practice in the fields of industry, commerce, banking and insurance, and in public, semi-public and institutional administration.

Signed 'Jas. [T.] Whitton', for membership of the Association Football Branch.

Includes annual accounts.

Minutes of meetings of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College Special Committee on New Buildings concerning the provision of a new building for the College, with sufficient accommodation for the present and future requirements of science teaching in the community.

Membership card; library catalogue; press report of Glasgow meeting.

Minutes of Board of Management; annual reports to Church of Scotland; visitors' books; student records; examination papers; prospectus; biographical information on college staff; student memorabilia and magazines; photographs; library catalogue 1880; HMI reports on college; published books and articles about the college; Dundas Vale Practising School log books.