Memorials of the Old College of Glasgow: photographs by Thomas Annan, published 1871

Contains 26 photographic portraits of members of the Senate of the University of Glasgow by Thomas Annan of 202 Hope Street, Glasgow, in addition to interior and exterior views of the Old College buildings. The volume was produced as a memorial record of the structure and Senate at the time of the university's removal to new buildings and before the old buildings, situated in Blackfriars, High Street, underwent any change. Includes texts by Dr Duncan Harkness Weir (preface and notices for the Principals and the Professors of the Divinity Faculty), Professor John Veitch (notices for the Professors of the Faculties of Arts and Law) and Professor John Black Cowan (notices for the Professors of the Faculty of Medicine), all three of whom appear amongst the portraits included. Published in 1871 by James Maclehose, Publisher and Bookseller to the University, 61 St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Printed by M’Laren & Erskine, 257 Argyle Street, Glasgow. Acquired in 1978.