Letter to James Reid from Jack Cohen ofMarxism Todaywith an extract from the German newspaperNeues Deutschlandabout "Red Clydeside"

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Papers of James Reid, 1932-2010, Rector and Scottish trade union official, University Of Glasgow, ScotlandDC 455

Papers and correspondence relating to James Reid's time as RectorDC 455/1

Upper Clyde ShipbuildersDC 455/2

Handwritten letter "to the people in the West of Scotland" from the workers at UCS containing "the facts regarding the political assassination of our industry"DC 455/2/1

Letter to the workers at UCS from the Clydebank Shop Stewards Action Committee urging action against the Industrial Relations BillDC 455/2/2

Memorandum from UCS Shop Stewards Co-ordinating Committee about the Geddes Report 1966 and the Ridley Plan.DC 455/2/3

Typewritten note on UCS financesDC 455/2/4

Pamphlet, "Labour Party Young Socialists support UCS workers"DC 455/2/5

Handwritten note to James Reid about supplies of badges and places to stay in LondonDC 455/2/6

Handwritten note on UCS and the Ridley PlanDC 455/2/7

Letter to UCS shop stewards from C F Miscon, London about their behaviourDC 455/2/8

Letter to James Reid from J McGinn, Glasgow, offering support and including a version of the Lord's Prayer entitled "Our Jimmy"DC 455/2/9

Note of a meeting between Nicholas Ridley and Sir Eric Yarrow of Yarrow (Shipbuilders)DC 455/2/10

The Ridley Plan concerning the future of UCSDC 455/2/11

Letter from the ASTMS (Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staff) about a one day strike on 18 Mar 1971DC 455/2/12

Dock Engineers Target Programme for Week-Ending 9.4.71.DC 455/2/13

Letter summoning a meeting of the Finishing Trades Group Council.DC 455/2/14

Letter to James Reid from J Denby, chairman, CUWU Blackpool, offering support and about a protest march at the TUC Conference in BlackpoolDC 455/2/15

Letter to James Reid from Patrick Gaffney of the NUJ asking for petition formsDC 455/2/16

Letter to James Reid from George Baxter, Plaistow, offering support for the UCS workersDC 455/2/17

Letter to James Reid from A M Wade, Somerset, about the origin of moneyDC 455/2/18

Letter to James Reid from F S Ross, Secretary of the Association of Retired AEUW members (Glasgow District), offering support for the UCS workersDC 455/2/19

"Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd (In Liquidation)"DC 455/2/20

Letter to James Reid from J B Grant, lecturer in Applied Social Studies, Glasgow University, about possible ways to finance UCSDC 455/2/21

Notice about a rally in London concerning UCSDC 455/2/22

News release issued by the Labour Party Information Department about the Rt Hon Anthony Wedgwood Benn's evidence at UCS inquiryDC 455/2/23

Letter to James Reid from P H Friese-Greene, Hon Representative of "Commonwealth Projection" offering supportDC 455/2/24

Letter to James Reid from Jack Cohen of Marxism Today with an extract from the German newspaper Neues Deutschland about "Red Clydeside"DC 455/2/25

Letter to James Reid from G H MacLeod, retired accountant, about a plan for the workers at UCS to take over the companyDC 455/2/26

Letter to James Reid from L W Buck, general secretary of the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers, offering support for UCSDC 455/2/27

Copy of Hansard for the House of Commons, featuring a statement from John Davies, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and president of the Board of Trade about UCSDC 455/2/28

Copy of Hansard for the House of LordsDC 455/2/29

Copy of Labour Monthly featuring an article entitled Comrade Rector by Fergus Nicholson about Jimmy ReidDC 455/2/30

Document from Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd on the basis of payment for the steelworking tradesDC 455/2/31

Clydebank Shipyard Labour ReportDC 455/2/32

Note from the UCS Personnel Office - "Clydebank Demarcation in Respect of Engine Room Platforms, Support Bars and Boundary Angles for said platforms within machinery spaces"DC 455/2/33

Letter to James Reid from R C Smith, Liquidator of UCS, concerning the future of historical records held at ClydebankDC 455/2/34

List of numbers of men to be employed by sub-contractors on Ships 119 and 120 (2 copies)DC 455/2/35

Letter about labour requirements on Contract 111 - MV ArahangaDC 455/2/36

Statement from Govan Shipbuilders Ltd about wages (2 copies)DC 455/2/37

Town Council of the Burgh of Clydebank papersDC 455/3

Papers relating to James Reid's political activitiesDC 455/4

CorrespondenceDC 455/5

Presscuttings and printed materialDC 455/6

PhotographsDC 455/7