| Description | Volume 1 of William Ramsay's correspondence and papers, as compiled by his former assistant, Morris W. Travers, following Ramsay's death. The contents of the volume are as follows:
Pages 2-4: Notes by Professor Travers about the deposit of the Ramsay Papers for safe-keeping during the war. (1939-1946)
Page 4: Letters from Sir William Tilden to Lady Ramsay on his projected Life of Ramsay. (1916-1917)
Pages 5-29: Introduction. (1947)
Page 30: Summary of Ramsay’s activities in the years 1869-1872.
Pages 31-35: The Chemical Society of Glasgow Minute Book of 1800-1801, by Forsyte J. Wilson (reprinted from ‘Annals of science’, vol. 4, no. 4, October 1937).
Pages 36-116 & 131-134: Letters from William Ramsay to his family. (1868-1872)
Pages 117-130: Ramsay’s inaugural dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences at Tübingen University (printed). (1872)
Pages 135-137: Copy of a letter from Travers to Sir Henry Tidy. (1952)
Page 135: List, in Ramsay’s hand, of holidays 1869-1910.
At the end of the volume:
- Photographs of Ramsay and colleagues at Glasgow Academy;
- Typescript of Sir William Ramsay’s degrees;
- Notes on Ramsay’s childhood, by Miss J. Macvicars. |