The material consists of: 'Science, Industry and Government', typescript notes for a speech, no date; Appleton’s speech at the Centenary Celebration of the Chemical Society, 11 pages typescript; speech at the opening of the Building Science Exhibition, 10 pages manuscript and typescript; speech at opening of the Coal Research Laboratories; 5 pages manuscript and typescript; and speech at Tallow Chandlers Dinner, 3 pages manuscript and typescript.

List of students attending chemistry lectures by William Gregory, including details of their 'native place'. Students include Sir Patrick Heron Watson, Charles Murchison and Sir John Scott Burdon-Sandeman.

List of students attending chemistry classes of Sir Lyon Playfair, then Alexander Crum Brown, including marks for 'knowledge'. Students include Sophia Jex Blake and James Geikie.

Register of students attending chemistry classes with Thomas Charles Hope, including Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan and John Hutton Balfour.

The material consists of correspondence regarding the formation of a bacterial chemistry group at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mill Hill and its staffing, dated 1948.

Papers related mostly to the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Edinburgh (one item from University of Cambridge.) Includes course notes and outlines and a binder containing administrative papers related to the Department of Molecular Biology at Edinburgh University.

Syllabus for a series of lectures given by 5 scientists at the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art during 1867-1868. They were: Sir Lyon Playfair (Chemistry), George James Allman (Natural History), Sir Archibald Geikie (Geology), Edward Sang (Natural Philosophy), and John Hutton Balfour (Botany).

Register of students attending chemistry classes of Sir Lyon Playfair, then Alexander Crum Brown, including examination results and awards obtained. Students include Sophia Jex Blake and Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour.

List of scientific apparatus and equipment used by the Department of Chemistry for its lectures.

List of students taking laboratory classes, including their addresses, places of birth and which faculty they belong to. Students include Arthur Pillans Laurie, Hugh Robert Mill and JH Maclagan-Wedderburn.