This collection has been arranged into 4 sections: committee minutes and papers; AGM and annual conference material; papers and correspondence (subject files); and publications. It dates from 1969 to 1999 however there are various gaps in this date range. The papers relate to Scottish Directors of Social Work.

• Executive Committee meetings (1969-1996)
• Policy, Planning and Review Standing Committee minutes (1988-1995) and papers (1988 to 1995)
• Children and Families Standing Committee minutes (1988-1998) and papers (1981-1998)
• Community Care Co-ordinating Group minutes (1991-1996) and papers (1988-1996)
• Community Care Standing Committee papers (1994-1999)
• Health and Handicap Standing Committee minutes (1989-1990) and papers (1989-1991)
• Mental Health and Mental Handicap Standing Committee/Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Standing Committee minutes (1988 to 1995) and papers (1988-1995)
• Illness and Disability Standing Committee minutes (1991-1995) and papers (1991-1998)
• Standing Committee on Services to Elderly and Disabled People/Committee on Services for Elderly People/Committee of Services to Elderly People/Standing Committee on Services for Elderly People/Standing Committee for Services to Older People minutes (1988 to 1994) and papers (1988-1995)
• Services to Offenders Standing Committee/Adult Offenders Standing Committee /Criminal Justice Services Standing Committee minutes (1988 to 1995) and papers (1988-1995)
• Manpower and Training Standing Committee/Training Sub Committee/Training Committee/Training Standing Committee minutes (1988 to 1995) and papers (1988-1995)
• Research Sub Committee/Research Standing Committee minutes (1989 to 1994) and papers (1988-1995)
• Standards, Training and Research Standing Committee meetings (1997-1998)
• Joint meetings between ADSW and SWSG minutes (1974-1994) and papers (1975-1995)
• Annual General Meetings (1970-1995)
• Annual Conferences (1970-1999)
• General papers and correspondence (1969-1999)
• ADSW publications (1988-1997)
• Non ADSW publications (1978-1997)
• Numerous subject files in the aforementioned areas

The majority of material in the collection relates to the Glasgow branch of the RSSPCC, including the predecessor organisation, the Glasgow Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Publications produced by the RSSPCC head office and the Scottish Children's League of Pity (junior branch of the RSSPCC) are also included, as well as a small assortment of records from other branches.

• Financial records of the Glasgow branch, 1906-1972
• Legacy papers, 1950-1978
• Complaint books Glasgow, 1953-1965
• Glasgow branch minutes, 1889-1963
• Glasgow District Finance Committee minutes, 1903-1971
• Records of the Ladies Auxiliary Committee Glasgow, 1888-1971
• Annual reports of the head office, 1896-1982
• Annual reports of the branches, 1896-1967
• Additional Glasgow branch annual reports, 1889-1985
• Records of the Scottish Children’s League including: annual reports, 1904-1993, City Sparrows 1899-1979, minutes of the Glasgow branch 1898-1978 and ephemera
• Legislative acts and reports on subjects affecting children, 1885-1938
• Papers relating to the Non-Accidental Injury to Children Committees for Strathkelvin, Lanark and Dumbarton, 1975-1981
• Institutional records including printed copies of the Royal Charter and the Constitution, 1920-1975
• Staff records, Dunbartonshire and Glasgow, 1964-1971
• Records relating to staff training and development, 1898, 1936, and 1970-1978
• Assorted promotional material, newsletters, and other publications, 1984-2003
• Glasgow building fund appeal records, 1965-1967, and annual appeal records, 1975
• Glasgow property records, including architectural plans, 1963-1965;
• Crookston Home records including minute books, cash books and visitor books, 1903-1925
• Organisational histories, including a recorded reminiscence of a former RSSPCC Inspector, 1990