Records of Glasgow & Strathclyde Universities' Officers' Training Corps, Armed Forces training organisation, University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 DC 099
- Dates of Creation:1908-1985
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.8 metresThere are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material.
Scope and Content
- Glasgow University OTC Joint Committee meeting minutes, 1908-1950;
- Glasgow University Military Education Committee minutes, 1950-1971;
- Officers' mess meeting minutes, 1963-1977;
- Committee correspondence, 1912-155;
- Registers and roll books, 1943-1959;
- Equipment register, 1936-1942;
- Photographs, 1911-1962;
- OH Mavor cartoons, c1912;
- Dinner menus, 1910-1911, 1957;
- Publications and correspondence concerning publications, 1915-1984;
- Papers relating to annual training camps, 1911-1912.
Administrative / Biographical History
In February 1909 , the Glasgow University Contingent of the Senior Division of the Officers Training Corps was founded at the University of Glasgow , Scotland. This became known in 1940 as the Glasgow University Contingent of the Senior Training Corps , then the Glasgow Training Corps (Territorial Army) in 1948 , the Glasgow University Officers' Training Corps in 1955 , and finally following a merger with the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Officer Training Corps changed to Glasgow & Strathclyde Universities' Officers' Training Corps in 1965 . The affairs of the Corps, other than military, were managed by the Military Education Committee of the University. The purpose of the Corps was to train students and others for commissions in the Territorial Army and the Regular Army. In 2002, the Corps continued to function.
Source: University Calendars (SEN10)
Arrangement
The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received
Access Information
Open
Acquisition Information
Deposit : OTC Building, University Avenue : 1984 : ACCN 0799
Deposit : W Millar : 10 Sep 1984 : ACCN 0822
Other Finding Aids
Digital file level list available in searchroom
Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in London (NRA 31892 GSUOTC)
Alternative Form Available
No known copies
Conditions Governing Use
Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist
Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents
Appraisal Information
This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 248 procedures
Custodial History
Photograph album DC99/5/1, formerly references GUA36521
Accruals
Expected
Related Material
See also GB 248 ACCN 2999: Records of the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde Air Squadron (1941-2006), GB 248 ACCN 4229: OTC Army book (1919-1944); Batallion Roll book (1948-1971) (both presently on conservation shelf 2:TS), and GB 248 DC 008/827 for a typescript by Professor Medley, Department of History, mainly on history of GUOTC.
GB 248 DC157 Records of Glasgow University Students' Representative Council
The central administrative records of the University of Glasgow such as Court and Senate minutes, have details of the relationship between the OTC and the University
See also GB 247 MS Gen 1376: Papers of the 6th Cameron Highlanders Reunion Club (1918-1974)
Bibliography
No known publications using this material
Additional Information
This material is original
Compiled by Virginia Russell, Archives Assistant, 3 November 2000.
- Updated by Moira Rankin, Senior Archivist, 26 September 2002;
- updated by Emma Yan, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing), 1 November 2007;
- amended by Sam Maddra, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing), 17 January 2019;
- addition by Kath Roper-Caldbeck, Cataloguing Volunteer, 22 January 2019.
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