Guide to the Collections held by the Glasgow University Archives and Business Record Centre (as filmed by the AJCP), 1838-1975

Summary

Collection number:

M2697 - M2701

Creator:

Glasgow University. Archives and Business Record Centre

Extent:

148 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the University of Glasgow. Archives and Special Collections and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the University of Glasgow. Archives and Special Collections and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: Beith Parish, DC001, Vol. XVIII, Clippings, Dec 1851 (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1126149144/findingaid#nla-obj-1642513102)

Availability:

Available

Background

Content Summary:

Correspondence 1911-1927 of Professor Frederick Bower. Subjects include: A. Anstruther Lawson; dispatch of ferns and other botanical specimens from Sarawak; Singapore mutiny; Bower's visit to Australia in 1915; article on Australian ferns and botanic gardens at Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Correspondence 1844-1852 of Duncan MacFarlan concerning Presbyterian Church in Australia.

Papers 1846-1895 of Hamilton Family of Rozelle. Subjects include: cattle prices; a typescript by Hugh Hamilton describing journey to Australia on the Earl Grey in 1841; biographical notes by Hugh Hamilton containing description of life in Australia; Bathurst; cattle prices; Morney Plains station in Queensland; and the Victorian goldfields.

Letters of Professor Sir William MacEwen, written from the Pacific, New Zealand and Australia in 1923 to his family. Subjects include: description of voyage on the Tahitr, social life in Sydney and Melbourne; impressions of Australia; and voyage across the Pacific.

Journals of James Allan on voyage to Straits Settlements and China 1872 and to Singapore and Japan 1922-1923.

Papers 1961 of Professor Thomas F. Rodger concerning Mental Health Conference in Christchurch.

Papers 1965-1972 of Professor Robert S. Silver, including press statements (many by D.E. Fairbairn) on water resources projects in Australia.

Papers 1926-1938 of Sir Robert Horn, including speeches and documents on Empire Migration.

Papers 1879-1906 of MacFie Family. Subjects include: Sandwich Islands; sugar plantations in Rau; sandalwood trade; journal of J.W. MacFie's trip to Hawaii on the Auronia, Australia and Mariposa in 1884; Hawaiian financial affairs; Kilauea plantation; and visit of Queen of Hawaii to London in 1887.

Records 1909-1918 of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders.

Records 1888-1896 of Hardie and Rowan relating to Australian and New Zealand mines.

Records 1873-1878 of Netherlands India Dry Dock Co.

Records 1914-1949 of mining company Sir Robert McAlpine Sons Ltd.

14. Records 1967 of Scotts' Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd concerning a tour of Australia.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1651006] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Glasgow University. Archives and Special Collections (https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archivespecialcollections/)

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the University of Glasgow. Archives and Special Collections. (https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archives/collections/)

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the University of Glasgow. Archives and Special Collections and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the University of Glasgow. Archives and Special Collections and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: Beith Parish, DC001, Vol. XVIII, Clippings, Dec 1851 (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1126149144/findingaid#nla-obj-1642513102)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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