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Collection OF/42 - University of Strathclyde Department of Metallurgy records
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GB 249 OF/42
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University of Strathclyde Department of Metallurgy records
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- 1959 - 1984 (Creation)
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5 items
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University of Strathclyde | Department of Metallurgy
(1887-1987)
Administrative history
Metallurgy was introduced to the curriculum of the Chemistry Department of the College of Science and Arts, Glasgow (an antecedent of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College) in 1884. In 1887, following the formation of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College (an antecedent of the University of Strathclyde), a Department of Metallurgy was established.
In 1987, the Department of Metallurgy merged with the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Offshore Engineering to form the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering.
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Memoranda on development of ceramics course and on departmental capital expenditure, 1959; booklet on opening and naming of metallurgy building, 1968; leaflet on department, no date; booklet marking centenary of metallurgy teaching, 1984; leaflet on material technology, no date.
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- English
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ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000).
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Created by Kimberly Sommerville, November 2011.
