This file contains 1 folder:

• Letter from F C Gilpin, Brigadier General, regarding the training of soldier cooks, 22 February 1916
• Programme for the Conference of Teachers of Domestic Science, May 1917
• Minutes of the meeting of the interim standing VAD Committee of the War Executive of the Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross Society, 27 April 1917
• Food Economy campaign leaflet
• Statement on the Food Economy campaign by Chalmers Watson, 6 April 1917
• Patriotic Food League leaflet on 'How to meet the requirements of the Food Controller',
• 'Food Economy handbook', Ministry of Food
• 'Emergency cookery syllabus', School Board of Glasgow, April 1917
• 'Some account of special work done by the College during the years of war', 1917

This file contains 1 typescript letter:

• From James McCallum to W J Anderson regarding arrangements for the Society to take temporary possession of the building

The Red Cross Society were the first to use the new building as a hospital for the duration of the war. Agreements were made on alterations to make it suitable for use as a hospital, fixtures and fittings, insurance, rental, and the condition of the building on being returned to use by the College.

This file contains 1 notebook of press cuttings:

• Study of domestic science at the College
• Exhibitions of student work
• Careers for women related to College courses, including domestic service and teaching
• Role of housewives
• Woodside Red Cross Hospital
• War-time cookery including economical meals, food alternatives, food preservation, soldier cooks, Patriotic Food League, Food Economy Campaign
• Students' Union inauguration and magazine
• Miscellaneous articles about notable Glasgow people.