The collection contains material collected by Anne Hamilton relating to her time as a student at the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science (Incorporated). This collection contains 3 items:

• 1 invitation to Diploma Day on 28 September 1945 (AH/1)
• 2 newspaper cuttings relating to the battery flag made by students of the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science, October 1945 (AH/2, AH/3)

The collection contains notebooks created by Ellen Healey whilst studying at the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science (Incorporated). This collection contains 2 items and 1 enclosure:

• 2 handwritten dressmaking notebooks, signed Ellen Healey, with the College stamp on the front. One is undated (EH/1) and the other is dated 11 March 1929 and has 1 enclosure of a cut out pencil drawing of a rabbit (EH/2)

There are only a few records surviving from the School.
This collection consists of 9 files:

• Minutes and papers of meetings, 1875-1878
• Register of diplomas for cookery and laundry courses, 1904-1909
• Scotch Education Department forms, 1900-1908
• School prospectuses and stationery, 1875-1908
• Memorandum of Association, 1906
• Recipes scrapbook, 1870s-1880s
• "Superior Cookery Recipes", book issued by Glasgow School of Cookery, [c late 19th century]
• Glasgow International Exhibition 1888, School tearoom records
• Glasgow East End Industrial Exhibition 1903-04 medal

The collection contains notebooks created by Margaret McKinlay whilst studying at the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science (Incorporated). This collection contains 4 items and 1 enclosure:

• Handwritten laundrywork notebook with the College stamp on the front and 1 enclosure of 4 sheets of handwritten notes on verses from the books of John and Luke in the New Testament (MMcKi/1)
• Handwritten household management notebook with the College stamp on the front (MMcKi/2)
• Handwritten cleaning notebook with John Smith & Son (Glasgow) Ltd stamp on the front (MMcKi/3)
• Handwritten sewing notebook with College stamp on the front, containing samples of work, one of which is dated 10 March 1925 (MMcKi/4)

All notebooks are signed Margaret W McKinlay, Section F.

The collection contains documents relating to Mollie Gofton's studies at the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science (Incorporated) and of her retirement. This collection contains 13 items:

• Sewing notebook for Housewife's course, 1933-1934 (MG/1)
• The theoretical examination in Housecraft, June 1934 (MG/2)
• GWSCDS prospectus, session 1935-1936 (MG/3)
• Letter from Dorothy Melvin, Principal, to Mollie Gofton regarding Needlework Medal course results, 17 September 1935 (MG/4)
• Photograph of Mollie Gofton, September 1935 (MG/5)
• Bundle of 6 certificates including Housewife's certificate, 10 October 1934 (MG/6) -- Dressmaker's certificate, 10 January 1935 (MG/7) -- Needlework and cutting out certificate, 5 July 1935 (MG/8) -- Needlework and cutting out certificate, 19 September 1935 (MG/9) --Embroidery certificate, 19 September 1935 (MG/10) -- High Class Cook's certificate, 3 May 1937 (MG/11)
• Needlework medal in case, awarded on 15 November 1935 (MG/12)
• Newspaper cutting regarding Mollie Gofton's retiral as Matron of West Kirby Grammar School, c1970s (MG/13)

The collection contains notebooks created by Ruby Purdon whilst studying at the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science (Incorporated). This collection contains 5 items and 4 enclosures:

• Laundry work notebook with index to lessons, 1917 (RPu/1)
• Needlework notebook, with 2 enclosures of paper pattern pieces, 1918 (RPu/2)
• House management lectures notebook, with 2 enclosures of Plymouth Education Authority envelopes, 1918 (RPu/3)
• Housework notebook, 1918 (RPu/4)
• Laundry and cookery notes on lessons, 1918 (RPu/5)

This series consists of 31 bound volumes which has been digitised to create 39 items:

• The British Workman 1855-57 numbers 1-8
• The British Workman 1855-57 numbers 18-26
• The British Workman 1855-57 numbers 27-30
• The British Workman 1855-57 numbers 31-36
• The British Workman 1855-57 numbers 9-17
• The British Workman 1858 numbers 37-42
• The British Workman 1858 numbers 43-48
• The British Workman 1859 numbers 49-54
• The British Workman 1859 numbers 49-60
• The British Workman 1859 numbers 55-60
• The British Workman 1860 numbers 61-67
• The British Workman 1860 numbers 68-71
• The British Workman 1861 numbers 73-78
• The British Workman 1861 numbers 79-84
• The British Workman 1862 numbers 85-90
• The British Workman 1862 numbers 91-96
• The British Workman 1863 numbers 103-108
• The British Workman 1863 numbers 97-102
• The British Workman 1864 numbers 109-114
• The British Workman 1864 numbers 115-120
• The British Workman 1866 numbers 133-138
• The British Workman 1866 numbers 139-144
• The British Workman 1867 numbers 145-150
• The British Workman 1867 numbers 151-156
• The British Workman 1868 numbers 157-162
• The British Workman 1868 numbers 163-168
• The British Workman 1869 numbers 169-172
• The British Workman 1869 numbers 173-176
• The British Workman 1869 numbers 177-180
• The British Workman 1871 numbers 193-198
• The British Workman 1871 numbers 199-204
• The British Workman 1872 numbers 205-210
• The British Workman 1872 numbers 211-216
• The British Workman 1873 numbers 217-222
• The British Workman 1873 numbers 223-228
• The British Workman 1874 numbers 229-234
• The British Workman 1874 numbers 235-240
• The British Workman 1875 numbers 241-246
• The British Workman 1875 numbers 247-252

This collection covers records from the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science (1907-1975) becoming the Queen's College, Glasgow (1975-1993). It consists of 9 sections:

• Governance, 1907-1993
• Institutional administration, 1908-1993
• Finance, 1909-1993
• Building and campus development, 1911-1992
• Student administration, 1908-1993
• Course development and teaching, 1914-1993
• College services, 1921-1993
• Marketing and public relations, 1910-1993
• Research and staff development, 1935-1992
• Student body, 1919-1988
• College enterprise activities, 1981-1993
• Fundraising activities, 1939-1979
• Royal connections, 1944-1993
• Special anniversaries, events and visitors, 1924-1989
• Collaboration with external organisations, 1917-1986
• College histories, 1925-1975
• Published books and pamphlets by the College, 1910-2009
• Photographs, 1910s-1990s
• Artefacts, 20th century

There are only a few records surviving from the School.
This collection consists of 5 files:

• Registers of diplomas, 1885-1908
• Certificates, c1878-c1908
• List of Laundry examination results, 1903
• Stationery of the West End School of Cookery, c1900-1908
• Obituaries of Margaret Black, 1903