Identity area
Reference code
QC/14/3/2/4
Title
General correspondence file kept by Henry Rose on centenary celebrations
Date(s)
- 1975 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 folders
Context area
Name of creator
(1908-1993)
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This file contains 2 folders:
- Continuing correspondence with Messrs Whytock and Reid regarding the design of a College plaque, January 1975 - March 1975 and July 1975
- Correspondence between Malcolm R Innes, Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records, and Henry Rose regarding the petition for bearing a coat of arms for the Queen’s College, Glasgow, including draft artwork for new College coat of arms, January 1975 - June 1975
- Continuing correspondence with the Albany Hotel regarding arrangements for an evening centenary celebration function on 13 September 1975
- Excerpt from the “Glasgow Herald”, 6 May 1925, ‘Domestic Science, fifty years of progress, history of Glasgow College’
- Correspondence with Dr Magnus Pyke to be a guest at the centenary celebration dinner on 13 September 1975 and to propose the toast of the College, January 1975 - July 1975
- Continuing correspondence with Buckingham Palace regarding invite to the Queen to visit during 1975/76 for the College centenary, February 1975 - March 1975 and 16-23 December 1975
- Continuing correspondence with the Scottish Education Department requesting use of funds within the College account for the centenary celebrations, Mar 1975
- Details of the centenary celebration events including the opening of the new extensions, centenary dinner, special commemorative service, subscription fund and additional events, April 1975
- Correspondence regarding invitations to the opening of the new college extensions, May 1975
- Memos detailing arrangements for the centenary celebration events including official opening; centenary dinner; and commemorative service, May 1975 - October 1975
- Letters of quotations for costs of stationery and photographs and catering for centenary celebration events, August 1975 - September 1975
- Printed programme for the formal opening of the new buildings by the Secretary of State for Scotland on 12 September 1975
- Alphabetical list, table lists and layouts for guests attending and printed menu and toast list for the centenary dinner at the Albany Hotel on 13 September 1975
- Order of service and hymn sheet for the centenary service at Glasgow Cathedral on 14 September 1975
- Handwritten notes on the events, September 1975
- Memo regarding further centenary celebration events, October 1975
- Handwritten and typescript accounts for centenary events, November 1975
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The contents of the folders have been ordered chronologically in descending order.