Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 OM/461
Title
William Banks papers
Date(s)
- c. 1962 - 1965 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
11 folders (0.39 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
William (Bill) Banks studied mechanical engineering at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde from 1962 to 1966. He later became Professor of Advanced Materials at the University of Strathclyde.
Banks was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2008. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He also served on the Council of the Institute of Materials Mining and Minerals.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Acc 1293
Content and structure area
Scope and content
11 folders of lecture notes and course work made by William Banks whilst a mechanical engineering student at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English