University of Glasgow Special Collections
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List of Collections(View as Search Results)
- Additional Early Photographic Collections
- Album of press cuttings relating to the British Association for the Advancement of Science visit to Australia, 1914
- Chinese and other oriental books, manuscripts, and papers of Theophilus Bayer, 1694-1738, sinologist
- Collection of correspondence to and from Adam Smith, 1723-1790, political economist
- Collection of manuscripts from the personal library of David Murray, 1842-1928, lawyer, archaeologist and antiquary
- Collection of material relating to the centenary of the birth of Joseph Lister, 1827-1912, surgeon
- Collection of miscellaneous mathematics notebooks from the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Collection of Oxyrhynchus Papyri
- Compositions and papers of Frederic Lamond, 1868-1948, pianist and composer
- Copy of the last will and testament with codicil of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist and obstetrician
- Copy of'Criticisms of Sir George Gilbert Scott's Design for the Building for the University of Glasgow' by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson (1817-1875)
- Correspondence and ephemera of Sir George Gilbert Scott, 1811-1878, architect
- Correspondence concerning the acquisition David Octavius Hill photographic materials by the Glasgow University Library from Robert Dougan
- Correspondence from John Young, 1750-1820, Professor of Greek, University of Glasgow, Scotland, to Charles Stuart, 1779-1845, Baron Stuart de Rothesay, diplomat
- Correspondence from Joseph Lister, 1927-1912, surgeon, to Dr James Finlayson, 1840-1906, physician
- Correspondence from Professor William Dunlop, 1692-1720, to Professor Alexander Dunlop, 1684-1747
- Correspondence of Gustav Holst, 1874-1934, composer, from William Gillies Whittaker, 1876-1944, composer
- Correspondence of James Laver, 1899-1975, art critic
- Correspondence of Osborne Henry Mavor, 1888-1951, playwright as James Bridie
- Correspondence of William Dixon, 1788-1859, coal and iron master of Govan Colliery, Glasgow, Scotland
- 1701 diary of George Langton, 1647-1727, farmer
- Election speeches of David Wylie Gibson, 1904-1964, Bailie of Glasgow, Scotland
- Farm account book for farms adjacent to Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
- Five epigrams by William Soutar, 1898-1943, poet
- James J MacLehose pamphlet collection
- John Cooper Ashton Collection
- Lecture notebooks of James Cromarty Smith, 1863-1944, Church of Scotland minister
- Lecture notes on the Gravid Uterus, taken in the lectures of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist, delivered c 1774
- Lecture notes taken in the anatomy and chirurgical lectures of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist, delivered in 1768
- Lecture notes taken in the anatomy and chirurgical lectures of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist, delivered c1770
- Lecture notes taken in the anatomy lectures of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist, delivered in 1752
- Letter from Lobegott Friedrich Constantin von Tischendorf, 1815-1874, orientalist and Biblical critic, to Williams, of Williams & Norgate, publishers, London, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland
- Letters of William Thomson, 1824-1907, Baron Kelvin of Largs
- Letters relating to the Roxburghe Club, 1812-, bibliophile club
- Manuscript bagpipe music compiled by Donald MacKay, Major General Charles Simpson Thomason, John MacDougall Gillies and Ewen Henderson
- Manuscripts from the personal library of William Euing, 1788-1874, insurance broker, Glasgow, Scotland
- Manuscripts from the personal library of John Ferguson, 1837-1916, bibliographer and Regius Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Manuscripts from the personal library of Sir William Hamilton, 1788-1856, metaphysician
- Map of the Battle of Cornelis, Java, 25 August 1811
- Maps of the Luss estate
- Notebooks of James Dean Ogilvie, 1866-1949, merchant, book collector, historian and bibliographer
- Notes made in preparation for a treatise on wine production [London, England]
- Notes taken at a lecture of John Adair Lawrie, 1801-1859, professor of Surgery, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers and compositions of William Beatton Moonie, 1883-1961, composer
- Papers and correspondence of Henry George Farmer, 1882-1965, musician and orientalist
- Papers and drawings of James Douglas, 1675-1742, physician
- Papers and manuscripts from the library of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist
- Papers of Adam Smith, 1723-1790, political economist
- Papers of Agionly Ross Carson, 1780-1850, Classical Scholar, Rector of Edinburgh High School, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Papers of Alec Lawrence Macfie, 1898-1980, economist, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, 1945-1958, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of Alexander Maxwell, student of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, fl 1676-1677
- Papers of Alexander McCallum Scott, 1874-1928, Member of Parliament, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, 1910-1918
- Papers of Allen Thomson, 1809-1884, Professor of Anatomy, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1848-1877
- Papers of Andrew Hutcheson 1706-1707, butcher
- Papers of Andrew Robert Burn, 1902-1991, historian, senior lecturer in Ancient History, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1946-1968
- Papers of Archibald Gardner, fl.1848-1849, arts student of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of August Hyllested, 1856-1946, pianist and composer
- Papers of Bailie William M Crone, fl 1930-1934, councillor of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of Bet Low, 1924-2007, artist, Scotland
- Papers of Carl Paul Barbier, Professor of French, University of Edinburgh, relating to the author Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898)
- Papers of Constance Helen Brock, medical historian, d2000, relating to her research on William Hunter, anatomist and obstetrician
- Papers of David Emery, fl 1831-1838, physician
- Papers of David Kydd, fl.1859-1911, student of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Papers of Denys Miller Sutton, 1917-1991, art critic and editor of Apollo
- Papers of Donald McNicol, 1735-1802, minister
- Papers of Dr Donald Macphail, c1853-1931, physician
- Papers of Dr Rudolf Schlesinger, 1901-1969, Marxist theoretician, lecturer and co-founder of the University of Glasgow Institute of Soviet and East European Studies
- Papers of Dugald Sutherland MacColl, 1859-1948, painter, critic and art gallery director
- Papers of Duncan Harkness Weir, 1822-1876, Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages, and Thomas Hunter Weir, 1865-1928, lecturer in Arabic, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of Edward Caird, 1835-1908, philosopher and minister
- Papers of Edward Provan Cathcart, 1877-1954, Emeritus Professor of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1928-1947
- Papers of Edwin Morgan
- Papers of Francis John MacCunn, c1887-1915, assistant in department of History, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of Francis Robert Topping, c.1903-1971, student at the University of Glasgow
- Papers of Gabriel Neil, fl 1830s-1862, archaeologist
- Papers of George Calder, 1859-1941; lecturer in Celtic, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1912-1935
- Papers of George Henderson, 1866-1912, minister
- Papers of George John Learmont Drysdale, 1866-1909, composer
- Papers of George Neilson, 1858-1923, legal historian
- Papers of George Palmes, 1776-1851, arts student of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of George Pepplewell, fl.1776, surgeon, student of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist and William Cumberland Cruikshank, 1745-1800, anatomist
- Papers of Hamish James MacCunn, 1868-1916, composer
- Papers of Harold James Lean Wright, 1885-1961, art historian
- Papers of Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, Viscount and First Admiral
- Papers of James Bonar, 1852-1941, political economist and historian
- Papers of James Carmichael, 1894-1966, labour MP, Bridgeton Division, Glasgow, Scotland, 1947-1961
- Papers of James Dunnachie, 1835-1921, justice of the peace
- Papers of James Findlay Hendry, 1912-1986, author, poet and translator
- Papers of James Gourlay, 1804-1871, accountant
- Papers of James Henderson, fl 1807-1808, student of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of James I Smith, fl 1876-1886, chemistry student of Anderson's University, Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of James Lorimer Halliday, 1897-1983, medical doctor and playwright
- Papers of James Marr, c1877-c1955, arts graduate of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of James McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903, painter
- Papers of James Mearns, 1855-1922, hymnologist and vicar
- Papers of James Moffat, 1870-1944, theologian
- Papers of James Parker-Smith, 1854-1929, warden, Winchester College, 1915-1920
- Papers of James Watson, fl.1834-fl.1837, stockbroker
- Papers of Jane Duncan, 1910-1976, novelist
- Papers of Jessie Marion King, 1875-1949, designer and illustrator & Ernest Archibald Taylor, 1874-1951, designer and artist
- Papers of John Brash, 1877-c1941, arts graduate of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of John Caird, 1820-1898, theologian and Principal, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of John Charlton Steen, 1898-1967, Church of Scotland minister
- Papers of John How, fl.1700-1702, student of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1700-1702
- Papers of John Kennedy, 1855-1910, and Alexander Cameron, 1827-1888, ministers of the Free Church of Scotland and Gaelic scholars
- Papers of John Swinnerton Phillimore, 1873-1926, Professor of humanity, University of Glasgow, 1906-1926
- Papers of John Waugh Scott, 1878-1974, Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy, University College, Cardiff, 1920-1944, Lecturer in Moral Philosophy, University of Glasgow, 1905-1920
- Papers of John White, 1867-1951, minister
- Papers of John Young, c1747-1820, Professor of Greek, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
- Papers of Joseph Whistler Revillon, 1886-1955, civil engineer and great-nephew of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Papers of Josiah Bull, 1806-1885, student of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1827-1828
- Papers of Lobegott Friedrich Constantin von Tischendorf, 1815-1874, orientalist and Biblical critic
- Papers of Philip Hobsbaum
- Papers of Pittendrigh MacGillivray, 1856-1938, sculptor and poet
- Papers of Robert Andrew Moody, 1863-1944, law graduate of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, 1852-1936, politician and author
- Papers of Robert Locke Bremner, 1862-1918, lawyer
- Papers of Ronald David Laing, psychotherapist, 1928-1989
- Papers of Ronald Gregor Smith, 1913-1968, minister, professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1956-1968
- Papers of Sir Denis William Brogan, 1900-1974, historian and political scientist
- Papers of Sir Donald MacAlister, 1854-1934, physician, Principal of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1907-1929
- Papers of Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, 1883-1972, writer and rector of the University of Glasgow
- Papers of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818-1910, Knight etcher and surgeon
- Papers of Sir James Black Baillie, 1872-1940, philosopher
- Papers of Sir John Blackwood McEwen, 1868-1948, composer
- Papers of Sir John Graham Kerr, 1869-1957, relating to the protective coloration of War ships during World War I
- Papers of Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, 1841-1905, professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of the Ker family
- Papers of Thomas Anderson, 1819-1874, Regius Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of Thomas Anderson, 1819-1874, regius professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of Thomas Chalmers, 1780-1847, minister of religion
- Papers of Thomas Jamison, fl.1702, logic student of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of Thomas Kirkpatrick Monro, c1895-1960, Professor of Practice of Medicine, University of Glasgow, 1913-1936
- Papers of Thomas Moffat Murchison, 1907-1984, Church of Scotland minister and Gaelic scholar
- Papers of Thomas Thomson, 1773-1852, chemist
- Papers of two Renfrewshire poets: Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) and William Motherwell (1797-1835), collected by David Robertson, publisher of Motherwell's works
- Papers of Walter Alexander Raleigh, 1861-1922, Professor of English Literature, Glasgow University, Scotland
- Papers of William Cullen (1710-1790), lecturer in Chemistry and Professor of Medicine at the University of Glasgow
- Papers of William Gillies Whittaker, 1876-1944, Professor of Music
- Papers of William James Baxter, 1884-1972, United Free Church of Scotland minister
- Papers of William James Millar Mackenzie,1909-1996, Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of William Ranulf Brock, 1916-2014, Professor of Modern History, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of William Romaine Paterson, 1871-1942, novelist 'Benjamin Swift'
- Papers of William Smart, 1853-1915, Professor of Political Economy, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1896-1915
- Papers of William Smith, 1832-1921, Church of Scotland Minister and graduate of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824-1907), Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Papers of William Watson, 1858-1935, poet
- Papers of Zachary Boyd, 1585-1653, minister, rector of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Poems, letters and addresses of Henry Scott Riddell, 1798-1870, Scottish poet
- Records of Adam Smith Club, learned society, London, England
- Records of Bedford Lemere & Co, fl.1865, photographers
- Records of Forth & Clyde Canal Navigation Co, canal company, Port Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland
- Records of Glasgow Free Church Students' Theological Society, student society, Glasgow, Scotland
- Records of Glasgow Philosophical Society, learned society, Glasgow, Scotland
- Records of Glasgow University Students' Settlement Society, student voluntary association, Glasgow, Scotland
- Records of Glasgow University Missionary Association, student society, Glasgow, Scotland
- Records of Glasgow, Paisley & Ardrosson Canal Co, canal company, Scotland
- Records of Hislop, Welsh & Humphrey, architects, Glasgow, Scotland
- Records of James Paterson Museum Archive, Moniaive, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
- Records of John Hopkins & Co, whisky distillers, Glasgow, Scotland
- Records of M C Thomson & Co, Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Records of New Clyde Shipping Co, shipping company, Glasgow, Scotland
- Records of the Church Service Society, learned society, 1865- , Scotland
- Records of the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Records of the National Incomes Commission, government commission, London, England
- Records of the Ruskin Society of Glasgow: Society of the Rose, literary society, Glasgow, Scotland
- Records of the Scottish Council of Tenants Associations (1948-1958) and the Glasgow Council of Tenants Associations (1949-1958)
- Records of the Scottish Universities’ Unionists Association, political organisation, 1906-1947
- Robert Ormes Dougan Photograph Collection
- Scrapbook albums compiled by Elizabeth Maria Margaret Story, 1866-1941, secretary of the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital Ladies Executive Committee
- Speeches given at the Extraordinary Session of the United Medical Societies, Berlin, Germany, December 1918
- Travel journal of John Allen, 1771-1843, historian and political writer
- Typescript article and correspondence of Sir Denis William Brogan, 1900-1974, knight, historian and political scientist
- Typescript of a biography of the poet James Thomson, 1834-1882, by Norman McKim, 1960s
- Works and papers of Josef, Wenceslas and Ladislao Zavertal, musicians and composers, with a collection of Mozart material