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Businesses (9)
- Allan & Mann, brick makers and builders Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Craig & Donald Ltd, machine tool manufacturers Johnstone, Renfrewshire
- George Mackie Ltd, dispensing chemists Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Housing for Glasgow Trust Ltd Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- John Baxter (Chemists) Ltd Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
- Mainstream Renewable Power
- Turner & Newall Ltd, manufacturer of asbestos products Manchester, Lancashire
- William Baird & Co Ltd, iron and coal masters, steel stockholders Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
- William Robertson Shipowners Ltd Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Organisations (70)
- Allan Glen's Institution / School, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Allan Glen's School Club, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Andersonian Chemical Society, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Andersonian Naturalists' Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Anderson's College Medical School, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Anderson's College, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Association of Directors of Education in Scotland
- Association of University Teachers: Strathclyde University branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Atkinson Institution, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- British Institute of Management: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Chemical Society of Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Chinese Community Development Partnership Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Council for the Protection of Rural England London
- Giving voice, oral histories of female speech therapists project England;Scotland
- Glasgow Athanaeum Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Church of Scotland Training College Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Dilettante Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Free Church Training College Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Infant School Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Mechanics Institution Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Normal Seminary Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Govanhill People's History Project Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group
- Hamilton College of Education Hamilton, Lanarkshire
- Incorporated Weaving Dyeing and Printing College of Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Institute of Food Science and Technology London
- Jordanhill College of Education Retired Staff Club, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Mental Health Foundation London
- National Playing Fields Association London
- Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association Enfield, Middlesex
- Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow: Students Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists London
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors London
- Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Royal Town Planning Institute London
- Scottish Association for the Promotion of Technical and Secondary Education Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish College of Commerce, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish College of Commerce, Glasgow : Students Representative Council Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Countryside Activities Council
- Scottish Hotel School, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Oral History Centre, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Typographical Association: Glasgow Typographical Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Typographical Association: Glasgow Typographical Society machine and press section Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Typographical Association: Glasgow Typographical Society newspaper section Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Typographical Association: Glasgow Typographical Society, Evening News chapel Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Typographical Association: Glasgow Typographical Society, Glasgow University Press chapel Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Typographical Association: Glasgow Typographical Society, Scottish Observer and Herald chapel Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Society of Chemical Industry: Glasgow and West of Scotland branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Standing Commission on the Scottish Economy
- Strathclyde Theatre Group Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Andersonian Mathematical Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Architectural and Building Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Architectural Craftsmen's Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Chesters Club Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Graduates Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Metallurgical Club Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Ninety-Six Group Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Ross Priory Club Glasgow, Lanarkshire;Ross Priory, Dunbartonshire
- Strathclyde University Scientific Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Staff Club Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Students Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Womens Club Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Strathclyde University Young Laboratory Students Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- University of Glasgow Local Committee for the Training of Teachers (King's Students) Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Voices from the Yard, oral history project, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Persons (85)
- Abeles, Norbert, (b 1923), mechanical engineer
- Abercrombie, Sir Leslie Patrick, (1879-1957), Knight, architect and town planner
- Anderson, Sir David Stirling, (1895-1981), Knight, director of the Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow
- Anderson, John, (1726-1796), Natural Philosopher
- Armstrong, Linda, (b1960), speech and language therapist
- Baird, John Logie, (1888-1946), television pioneer
- Baird, Malcolm, (b 1935), chemical engineer
- Bax, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor, (1883-1953), Knight, composer
- Beaufoy, Samuel Leslie George, (1899-1961), town planner
- Binney, Edward William, (1812-1881), Geologist
- Birkbeck, George, (1776-1841), Founder of Mechanics' Institutions
- Blyth, James, (1838-1906), physicist
- Bradwel, Stuart, (fl1970-2019), student at the University of Strathclyde
- Bridge, Ian Cressy, (b 1913), Naval Architect Professor at Strathclyde University
- Brown, Keith Clark, (b1943), stockbroker and investment banker
- Brownlie, Thomas Archibald Miller, (1879-1963), civil and agricultural engineer, Principal of Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute
- Burns, Robert, (1759-1796), poet
- Butts, David, (1920-2016), educational technologist
- Canning, Francis Eric, (1934-2017), architect and Communist
- Carter, Dallas Evelyn, (b 1951), student at the University of Strathclyde
- Converse-Cooper, Carolyn Ann , (fl1960-2019), scientist
- Cox, Martyn, (fl1970-2024), documentary and educational film producer, oral historian
- Cross, John Miller, (1927-1999), teacher of Physical Education
- Cruickshank, Marjorie, (1920-1983), educationist
- Crum, Walter, (1796-1867), calico printer and chemist
- Curran, Samuel Crowe, (1912-1998), Physicist Principal of Strathclyde University
- Drury, William, (1876-1943), clergyman
- Flynn, Vincent Laurie Macpherson, (b 1946), journalist and independent film maker
- Forbes, George, (1849-1936), engineer and astronomer
- Foster, George Carey, (1835-1919), physicist
- Frank, Fiona, (fl 2003-2008), student at the University of Strathclyde
- Franklin, Benjamin, (1706-1790), American Statesman Diplomat Scientist and Philosopher
- Geddes, Sir Patrick, (1854-1932), Knight, biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner
- Graham, David Alexander, (1878-1957), joiner and clerk of works
- Graham, Thomas, (1805-1869), chemist
- Griffin, Sir Herbert John Gordon, (1889-1969), Knight, secretary of Council for Preservation of Rural England
- Hardy, Marcel E, (fl 1901-1930), Botanist and Geographer
- Hiddleston, Vera, (fl 1970-2000), director of social work at Jordanhill College of Education
- Hills, Sir Graham John, (1926-2014), physical chemist, Knight
- Hind, Archibald, (1928-2008), author
- Holford, William Graham, (1907-1975), Baron Holford, architect
- Howe, George Melvyn, (1920-2012), medical geographer
- Kazan-Allen, Laurie, (b1947), anti-asbestos campaigner
- Kennedy, Ludovic Henry Coverley, (1919-2009), writer and broadcaster
- Kirkwood, Colin, (b 1944), psychoanalytical psychotherapist
- Lambert, Verity Ann, (1935-2007), television and film producer
- Lees, Michael Robert, (b1947), MBE, anti-asbestos campaigner
- Leitch, James Muil, (1901-1964), chemist
- Littlewood, Sir Sydney Charles Thomas, (1895-1967), Knight Solicitor
- Livingstone, David, (1813-1873), explorer and missionary
- Longstreth-Thompson, Francis, (1890-1973), Town Planner
- Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, (1868-1928), architect and painter
- Maclean, Magnus, (1857-1937), electrical engineer
- McCance, Andrew, (1889-1983), Knight, industrialist
- McGowan , John, (fl1854-1855), student at Anderson's University, Glasgow
- Mellanby, Alexander Lawson, (1871-1951), engineer
- Michie, Andrew Johnston, (b 1946), teacher and education adviser
- Mivart, St George Jackson, (1827-1900), Biologist
- Muir, James, (1875-1945), Physicist Professor at Glasgow Royal Technical College
- Neilson, Margaret Ferguson, (1884-1962), teacher
- Osborn, Sir Frederic James, (1885-1978), Knight Town Planner
- Paul, John Poskitt, (1927-2013), bioengineer
- Penny, Frederick, (1816-1869), Chemist
- Pepler, Sir George Lionel, (1882-1959), Knight, town planner
- Playfair, Lyon, (1818-1898), 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews, chemist
- Ramsay, Sir William, (1852-1916), Knight, chemist
- Reddie, Cecil, (1858-1932), Educational Reformer
- Reith, John Charles Walsham, (1889-1971), 1st Baron Reith
- Ritchie, Patrick Dunbar, (1907-1981), Chemist Professor at Strathclyde University
- Rushworth, George Edward, (b 1930), industrial health and safety consultant
- Ruskin, John, (1819-1900), author, artist and social reformer
- Sharp, Evelyn Adelaide, (1903-1985), Baroness Sharp of Hornsey, Civil Servant
- Silkin, Lewis, (1889-1972), 1st Baron Silkin, politician
- Stride, Rory, (fl1960-2016), student at the University of Strathclyde
- Tavener, Alan, (b 1957), director of music, Strathclyde University
- Todd, James Prior, (1894-1967), Pharmacist Professor at Glasgow Royal Technical College
- Tweedale, Geoffrey, (b 1951), business historian
- Tyrwhitt, Jaqueline, (1905-1983), landscape architect and town planner
- Ure, Andrew, (1778-1857), chemist
- Walker, David, (b 1956), historian
- Wilson, Henry, (1864-1934), architect
- Wood, Sir Henry Peart, (1908-1994), Knight, educationist
- Wright, Peter, (d 1819), President of Anderson's Institute
- Wyllie, George Ralston, (1921-2012), sculptor and artist
- Young, James, (1811-1883), chemist
Diaries (9)
- Crawford, Robert A, Chemist Birmingham, Warwickshire;Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Garrett, Colin, Textile Engineer Southport, Lancashire
- Hardie, Robert, (1900-1976), Engineering Student And Lecturer Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Hoyle, John Frederick, (B1922), Mechanical Engineering Student Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- King, John F, Chemistry Student Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Morrell, David W J, (B1933), Registrar Of Strathclyde University Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Pinkerton, Mary, (fl 1903), niece of Allan Pinkerton, detective
- Sime, William, Evening Student Anderson's College Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Young, John, Student Glasgow Technical College Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Families (1)
- Leith-Buchanan family, baronets, of Ross Ross, Dunbartonshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (12)
- NRA 17513 Andersonian Chemical Society, Glasgow link to online catalogue
- NRA 12635 Sir Patrick Geddes, sociologist and town planner: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 24814 Glasgow Typographical Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 12634 Sir George Lionel Pepler, town planner: corresp, papers and plans link to online catalogue
- NRA 23671 Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
- NRA 13491 Strathclyde University: Andersonian Library MS collections
- NRA 24824 Strathclyde University Archives: misc accessions
- NRA 37301 Strathclyde University Archives: MS collections
- NRA 13492 Strathclyde University: economic history department business collection
- NRA 9507 Strathclyde University: scientific MSS
- NRA 42189 Jaqueline Tyrwhitt, landscape architect and town planner: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 9394 James Young, chemist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
Accessions
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