Records of the Institute of Engineers & Shipbuilders of Scotland, trade association, Glasgow, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 UGD 168
- Dates of Creation:1857-1959
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- Physical Description:0.81 metresThere are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material
Scope and Content
- Minutes 1857-1959
- Financial records 1857-1952
- Roll book 1902-1945
- Proceedings book 1893-1896
Administrative / Biographical History
The Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland was founded in 1857 to promote the advancement of engineering science and practice. Its founders included James Napier, engineer; Walter Watson; and Andrew McOnie, engineer. From its early days the institution had a student section. Past presidents have included William Macquorn Rankine, engineer; Walter Montgomerie Neilson, locomotive builder, and Robert Stephenson, civil engineer. Early honorary members included the physicists Lord Kelvin, James Prescott Joule, R Clausius and the engineer Henry Besemer. Membership of the institution is open to all engineering disciplines. The Institution continues to exist in 2002.
Arrangement
This material is arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items related by format and/or function. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.
Access Information
Open
Acquisition Information
Loan : Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland : Glasgow : 1982
Other Finding Aids
Digital file level list available in searchroom.
File level list available in searchroom and at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)2503) and London (NRA25306)
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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. In addition the Institute must be consulted over any reproduction for publication
Any work based on the use of this material, which is intended for publication, must be submitted to the Institute for approval prior to that publication and a copy of the final version lodged with them
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Custodial History
Received directly from creator
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Additional Information
This material is original
Revised by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 3 May 2002
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