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Businesses (28)
- A & J Stewart & Menzies Ltd, iron and steel manufacturers Glasgow, Lanarkshire;Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
- Campbell & Henry Ltd, wholesale grocers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Carsons Ltd, chocolate manufacturers, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- City of Glasgow Bank Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Clyde Screw Steam Packet Co Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Dallas, McMillan & Sinclair, solicitors, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Dubs & Co, locomotive manufacturers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- George Bennie Airspeed Railway Ltd
- Glasgow Fire Insurance Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Hedderwick family, printers and publishers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- James Macnab, printer Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- James Templeton & Co Ltd, carpet manufacturers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- John & James White, manufacturing chemists Rutherglen, Lanarkshire
- John Campbell, Senior & Co, solicitors Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- John Smith & Son, booksellers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Maclehose Group Ltd, printers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Neilson, Reid & Co Ltd, locomotive builders Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- North British Locomotive Co Ltd, locomotive manufacturers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Northern Assurance Co Ltd Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Oasis, Glasgow University magazine Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Robert Henderson, merchant, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- SBT Keppie, architects Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Sharp, Stewart & Co Ltd, locomotive builders Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- T & R Annan & Sons Ltd. photographers and fine art dealers, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Thomas Miller, merchant Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Weddell & Thomson, architects Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- William Wilson & Co, boilermakers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Wingate, Birrell & Co, marine insurance brokers and salvage agents Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Organisations (111)
- 156th Field Ambulance Association
- 26th Regiment of Foot (later The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Glasgow no 12 branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Glasgow no 5 branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers: Clyde district committee Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers: Renfrew branch Renfrew, Renfrewshire
- Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers: shipwrights section, Scottish district committee
- Amalgamated Society of Dyers, Bleachers, Finishers and Kindred Trades: Scottish district council
- Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: West of Scotland
- Anstruther Musomanik Society Anstruther, Fife
- Association of All Classes of All Nations: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Baillies Library, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Beith Board of Health Beith, Ayrshire
- Book and Tract Society of China: Glasgow home committee Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Bridgeton Burns Club, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Bridgeton Burying Ground Committee Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Bridgeton Independent Labour Party Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Burns Club, London London
- Bushey estate Bushey, Hertfordshire
- Cadder militia Cadder, Lanarkshire
- Carntyne Ratepayers Association Carntyne, Lanarkshire
- Cathcart Society, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Ceilidh Nan Gaidheal
- Central Scotland Milk Recording Society
- City Bakeries Boys' Camp, philanthropic youth groups, Glasgow
- Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Consistory Club, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Edinburgh and Leith Anti-Oath Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Number Book Trade Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union: Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Exchange for Voluntary Workers Committee Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Friends of the Soviet Union: Gorbals branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Gaelic Chapel Theological Society, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Gaelic Society of London London
- Glasgow Amateur Swimming Club Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow and West of Scotland Lady Artists Club Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Angus and Mearns Benevolent Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Caledonian Strathspey and Reel Society
- Glasgow City Labour Group Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Clerical Literary Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow District Labour Party Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Lieutenancy Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Literary Forum Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Literary Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow National Abortion Campaign Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow North Britons Friendly Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Northern Highland Benevolent Society
- Glasgow Number Trade Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Orpheus Choir Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Society of Lady Artists club Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Society of Musicians
- Glasgow Tontine Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Trades Council Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Union Theological Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow University Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Greyfriars Young Mens Institute, literary society, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Holyrood Club, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Independent Labour Party: Glasgow federation Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Kelvingrove Constituency Labour Party Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Lanarkshire Labour Womens Advisory Council Lanarkshire;Strathclyde
- Maitland Club (historical) Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Maryhill Labour Party Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Massey-Ferguson, Kilmarnock factory joint shop stewards committee Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
- Merchants House of Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Miners Federation of Great Britain
- Monday Shakespeare Club Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Mr Douie's Sixth Class, Grammar School, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- National and Local Government Officers Association: Scottish District Council
- National Society of Electrotypers and Stereotypers: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives: Glasgow upholsterers branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Coppersmiths: Glasgow branch (?) Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers: Alloa branch Alloa, Clackmannanshire
- National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers; Glasgow tailors and tailoresses branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- National Union of Vehicle Builders: Chrysler Linwood workers committee Linwood, Renfrewshire
- National Union of Vehicle Builders: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- National Wallace Monument Movement
- Oyster Club
- Pen and Pencil Club Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Printing and Kindred Trades Federation: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Royal Household and Wardrobe
- Ruchazie and Garthamlock School Garthamlock, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Burns Club, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Scottish Council for Community Service during Unemployment
- Scottish Flying Club
- Scottish Licensed Trade Veto Defence Fund
- Scottish National Party
- Scottish Painters Society: Govan branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Socialist Sunday Schools Union
- Scottish Typographical Association
- Scottish-Polish Society
- Society of Graphical and Allied Trades: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Society of Graphical and Allied Trades: William Collins and Sons Ltd press chapel Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- SS Santona
- St Pauls Church (East Church), Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Transport and General Workers Union: Chrysler Linwood plant branch and works committee Linwood, Renfrewshire
- Transport and General Workers Union: Glasgow docks no 1 branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Transport and General Workers Union: Glasgow riggers branch (?) Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Transport and General Workers Union: Scottish general executive council
- Transport and General Workers Union: Talbot Motor Co, Linwood Linwood, Renfrewshire
- Trinity Literary Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- United Socialist Movement
- Vale of Leven Independent Labour Party Dunbartonshire;Strathclyde
- Western Burns Club, formerly Waverley Burns Club
- Willowbank Curling Club, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Womens Cooperative Guild: Cowlairs Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Persons (145)
- Adams, George Gamon, (1821-1898), sculptor
- Aldred, Guy Alfred, (1886-1963), Socialist Journalist
- Alston, John , (1778-1846), director of the Glasgow Asylum for the Blind
- Anderson, Sir James, (1800-1864), Knight, manufacturer, MP and Lord Provost of Glasgow
- Anderson, Sir John, (1878-1963), 1st Baronet Writer and Philosopher
- Atkinson, Thomas, (? 1801-1833), Poet and Writer Bookseller
- Auld, William, (1709-1791), Minister of Mauchline Ayrshire
- Baillie, George, (d 1873), Philanthropist
- Baillie, Joanna, (1762-1851), playwright and poet
- Ballantine, James, (1807-1877), stained-glass artist and writer
- Barke, James William, (1905-1958), novelist
- Barlas, John Evelyn, (1860-1914), Poet as Evelyn Douglas
- Beattie, William, (1793-1875), physician and poet
- Bell, John Joy, (1871-1934), Novelist
- Bennie, George, (1891-1957), engineer and inventor
- Boyd, Zachary, (1585-1653), Church of Scotland Minister, Vice-Chancellor Glasgow University
- Bright, William, (1824-1901), ecclesiastical historian
- Broadbent, Helen, (fl 1968-1990), environmental activist
- Brown, William Laurence, (1755-1830), Principal of Aberdeen University
- Burgess, Moira , (fl1971-1999), novelist, short-story writer and literary historian
- Burns, Charlotte Mary Emily, (1865-1951), Lady Inverclyde
- Burns, Robert, (1759-1796), poet
- Campbell, Thomas, (1777-1844), poet
- Carswell, Catherine Roxburgh, (1879-1946), novelist and book-reviewer
- Carter, Elizabeth, (1717-1806), Poet and Translator
- Chalmers, George, (1742-1825), antiquary and public servant
- Chalmers, Thomas, (1780-1847), Church of Scotland minister and social reformer
- Chambers, Thomas, (fl 1918-1985), cyclist
- Chisnall, Edward Henry, (b1942), artist, author and broadcaster Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Clegg , Simon, (fl1980-1999), photographer Australia;Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Collins, William Wilkie, (1824-1889), novelist and playwright London
- Cook, Richard, (1784-1857), Historical Painter
- Cook, Thomas Davidson, (d 1941), Literary Editor
- Craig, Bill, (1930-2002), scriptwriter and journalist
- Craig, Robert, (1900-1953), novelist
- Craigen, James Mark, (b 1938), MP
- Crampsey, Robert Andrew, (1930-2008), writer, teacher and broadcaster
- Cruikshank, George, (1792-1878), artist and caricaturist
- Cunningham, Allan, (1784-1842), poet and songwriter
- Cunningham, James, (d 1716), Bourignonian
- Cunninghame Graham, Robert Bontine, (1852-1936), politician and author
- Currie, James, (1756-1805), physician and author
- Dale, David, (1739-1806), industrialist and philanthropist
- Davy, Jane, (1780-1855), society figure
- Day, Lloyd, (1932-1960), variety theatre artist
- Day, Violet , (b1923), variety theatre artist Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Derwent, Lavinia, (d 1989), Writer
- Dunlop, John, (1755-1820), collector of Scottish songs and Lord Provost of Glasgow
- Dyer, Henry, (1848-1918), engineer and educationalist
- Erskine, David Steuart, (1742-1829), 11th Earl of Buchan, author and antiquary
- Ferguson, John Delancey, (1888-1966), Editor
- Finlay, Kirkman, (1773-1842), MP Glasgow Merchant
- Foulis, Robert, (1707-1776), Printer
- French, Annie, (1872-1965), artist and illustrator
- Friswell, James Hain, (1825-1878), Author and Literary Editor
- Galloway, Janice, (b 1955), author
- Gardiner, Marguerite, (1789-1849), author and hostess
- Gardyne, Alexander, (c1801-1885), literary collector
- Gough, Richard, (1735-1809), antiquary
- Graham, William , (1845-1914), photographer
- Grant, Gregor J, (1911-1969), author, journalist, racing car driver and founder of Autosport magazine Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Grant, Isabel Frances, (1887-1983), social historian
- Gray, Alasdair James, (1934-2019), author and artist
- Hamilton, Alex, (b 1949), Writer
- Harding, Godfrey, (fl1885-1939), opera enthusiast and researcher
- Harrison, Frederic, (1831-1923), author and positivist
- Houldsworth, Sir Henry Hamilton, (1867-1947), 2nd Baronet
- Hutchison, Isobel Wylie, (1889-1982), botanist, traveller and author
- Irving, David, (1778-1860), biographer
- Jamieson, Robert, (? 1780-1844), Scottish anthologist
- Jeffrey, Francis, (1773-1850), Lord Jeffrey Scottish judge and critic
- Johnston, Thomas, (1881-1965), Secretary of State for Scotland
- Jolly, Thomas, (1629-1703), preacher
- Jones, Arthur Creech, (1891-1965), Statesman
- Kelman, James, (b 1946), Author
- Kennedy, Alison Louise, (b 1965), Writer
- Kidson, Frank, (1855-1926), Antiquary
- Kinloch, John L., (d 1968), Scottish Nationalist and Labour Politician
- Lamond, Frederick, (1868-1948), Pianist and Composer
- Lane, John, (1854-1925), publisher
- Lindsay, Colin, (1652-1722), 3rd Earl of Balcarres
- Lindsay, John Maurice, (1918-1990), writer and broadcaster
- Lipton, Sir Thomas Johnstone, (1850-1931), Knight Grocer and Yachtsman
- Livingstone, John, (1603-1672), Scottish Covenanting Minister
- Lochore, Robert, (1762-1852), Poet
- Lockhart, John Gibson, (1794-1854), writer and literary editor
- Lockhart, William Eliott, (1764-1832), MP
- Macarthur, Henry, (1872-1896), Civil Servant
- MacDonald, Ethel Camilia, (1909-1960), Socialist
- MacDonald, Malcolm John, (1901-1981), politician and diplomat
- Macfarlan, James, (1832-1862), Poet
- Macleod, Robert Duncan, (d 1973), editor
- MacNish, Robert, (1802-1837), author and physician
- Macritchie, William, (fl 1775-1795), Writer Poet
- Mavor, Osborne Henry, (1888-1951), playwright
- McArdle, Doreen , (b1943), writer and producer for theatre, television and radio
- Mcclymont, James Roxborough, (fl 1878-1925), Poet
- Mcginn, Matthew, (1928-1977), Author
- Miller, William, (1810-1872), poet
- Mitchison, Naomi Margaret, (1897-1999), Baroness Mitchison, writer and social activist Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Moffat, Graham, (1866-1951), playwright, actor and producer
- Moir, James, (1806-1880), Glasgow Chartist and Radical Politician, tea merchant
- Montagu, Elizabeth, (1720-1800), author
- Morgan, Edwin George, (1920-2010), writer and poet
- Morison, James, (1816-1893), Founder of the Evangelical Union
- Moyes, Helen, (1881-1979), suffragist
- Muirhead, Roland Eugene, (1868-1964), Scottish Nationalist
- Neilson, David, (b 1953), Lecturer Cartoonist
- Nichol, John, (1833-1894), Professor of English
- Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah, (1808-1877), poet and campaigner for women's rights
- O'Beirne, Tom, (fl 1975)
- Paul, Hamilton, (1773-1854), poet
- Phillips, John, (1800-1874), geologist
- Porter, Jane, (1776-1850), novelist
- Rae, Thomas, (1928-1989), director of Thomas Rae Ltd, Signet Press and The Black Pennell Greenock, Renfrewshire
- Rankin, John, (1890-1973), MP
- Reid, John, (c 1765-1830), surgeon and philologist
- Reid, Robert, (1773-1865), businessman and antiquary
- Roberts, David, (1796-1864), painter
- Robertson, Walford Graham, (1866-1948), artist and author
- Rogers, Charles, (1825-1890), author and antiquary
- Ruskin, John, (1819-1900), author, artist and social reformer
- Russell, Hastings William Sackville, (1888-1953), 12th Duke of Bedford
- Saunders, Robert Crombie, (1914-1991), Poet and Editor
- Scouler, John, (1804-1871), Surgeon Geologist and Naturalist
- Secker, Martin, (1882-1978), publisher
- Service, Robert William, (1874-1958), Poet
- Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, (1781-1851), antiquary and artist
- Simpson, William, (1823-1899), artist and war correspondent
- Slaney, George Wilson, (1884-1978), Novelist as George Woden
- Smeal, William, (1792-1877), Quaker Abolitionist
- Spalding, William, (1809-1859), author
- Strang, John, (1795-1863), author and statistician
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles, (1837-1909), poet
- Symington, Andrew James, (1825-c 1886), Biographer and Poet
- Thomson, Alexander, (1817-1875), architect
- Thomson Davis, Margaret , (1926-2006), novelist
- Turnbull, Gael Lundin, (1928-2004), poet and doctor
- Walker, Joseph Cooper, (1761-1810), antiquary
- Wedgwood, Josiah Clement, (1872-1943), 1st Baron Wedgwood, politician
- Wilkie, Sir David, (1785-1841), Knight, painter
- William IV, (1765-1837), King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Withers, Jack , (1931-2015), Glaswegian writer
- Young, William, (1845-1916), artist
- Yule, John Thomson, (c1848-1913), poet
Diaries (15)
- Anderson, John, Exciseman London
- Bennett, Robert, (1878-1921), soldier Scotland
- Burrell, John, (b 1731), Smith with Royal Scots Greys Germany
- Campbell, William, Civil Engineer Scotland
- Chapman, Robert, (1765-1838), printer Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Dick, Richard Scotland
- Fergusson, Alexander A Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Gibson, Henry, Engineer Scotland
- Mcclelland, Henry Simpson, Rector Trinity Church Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Mclachlan, Kenneth, (B1815), Draper Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Mitchell, Alexander Moncrieff, (fl 1878-1891), Glasgow University student and lecturer Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Montgomerie, John, (1821-1908), Railway Engineer Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Morton, Alfred, (1854-1941), bricklayer Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Shearer, J, (fl 1892-1931) Orkney, Orkney
- Unnamed, Warehouseman Hardie Thomson & Co Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (24)
- NRA 20427 Guy Aldred, politician: corresp and papers
- NRA 37885 Bridgeton Burns Club, Glasgow
- NRA 20324 Buchanan family of Provanhall: family and estate papers (Fullarton MSS)
- NRA 25434 Thomas Chalmers, theologian: misc corresp and MSS link to online catalogue
- NRA 35905 Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- NRA 35909 Henry Dyer, engineer: MS collection and misc papers
- NRA 36180 Glasgow: Baillie's Library
- NRA 16655 Glasgow: Baillie's Library MS collection
- NRA 35858 Glasgow City Labour Group
- NRA 13754 John L Kinloch, Scottish politician: papers
- NRA 35993 James Macnab, printer, Glasgow
- NRA 35471 Mitchell Library, Glasgow: Glasgow collection
- NRA 35994 Mitchell Library, Glasgow: literary MSS
- NRA 35472 Mitchell Library, Glasgow: MS collections
- NRA 35925 Mitchell Library, Glasgow: MS pedigrees
- NRA 35899 James Moir, radical politician and tea merchant: corresp and papers
- NRA 36382 Edwin George Morgan, poet: corresp and papers
- NRA 35540 National and Local Government Officers Association: Scottish District Council
- NRA 35906 Scottish Licensed Trade Veto Defence Fund
- NRA 35539 Scottish Typographical Association
- NRA 34175 A & J Stewart Ltd, iron and steel tube mfrs, Glasgow and Coatbridge
- NRA 15391 Strathclyde schools link to online catalogue
- NRA 35904 John & James White, manufacturing chemists, Rutherglen
- NRA 35992 Willowbank Curling Club, Glasgow
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