This collection contains six notebooks of Edward Stratton containing handwritten ntoes and sketches on the following theme: 'history of ornament', 'architecture notes' from when Stratton was at Boroughmuir school, 'lecture and demonstration notes' (dated 1954), 'glaze recipes - tested' (c. 1966/67), 'records of work session 1952-1953', and a untitled notebook containing pencil sketches. Also includes a diary dated 1949, containing mostly comments on art.

Also contains a booklet on Scottish glass by Janet Patersen (1958), a booklet on the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Inverleith House (1961), and a leaflet entitled 'Two hundred summers in a city - Edinburgh 1767-1967', catalogue to the Exhibtion at Waverley Market 16 August to 16 September 1967, by John L. Patersen.