The below links help identify the rich history of The Hammermen of Glasgow.
All books mentioned below were shared by the Trades House and have been digitised or available as free downloads online.
The below links are available for personal use only, and not for the intent for distribution for commercial purposes.
Hammermen of Glasgow book list:
1. Brief History of the Incorporation of Hammermen of Glasgow – read here
2. Bibliography of the Guilds of Glasgow – read here
Harry Lumsden, 1928
3. Traditions and Customs of the Hammermen of Glasgow and Insignia and Relics – of the The Incorporation of Hammermen – read here
Arthur Muir, 1939
4. History of The Hammermen of Glasgow – A study of Scottish Craft Life and Organisation – read here
Harry Lumsden, LL. B. and Rev. P. Henderson Aitken, D.Litt., 1912
5. Sketch of the rise and progress of the Trades House of Glasgow, Its constitution, funds and bye-laws – read here
George Crawfurd, 1858
6. Book of The Celebration of the Ter-Centenary of The Trades House and the crafts guildry – read here
7. Traditions of The Trades House of Glasgow – An old guild which the Surgeons of Glasgow helped to establish – read here
Harry Lumsden
8. The Records of The Trades House of Glasgow (1605-1678) – read here
9. View of the History, Constitution and funds, of the Trades’ House of Glasgow (1827) – read here
10. Glasgow Delineated; In its Institutions, Manufactures and Commerce with a Map of the City (1827) – read here
11. British association for the advancement of Science/ Local Industries of Glasgow and the West of Scotland – read here
12. Old Scottish clockmakers from 1453 -1850 – read here
John Smith, 1921
13. Reference book to the Incorporated Railway Companies of Scotland – List of Directors, Office and Officers, Constitution and Capital – read here
Henry Glynn, 1847
14. Scottish Pewter-ware and Pewterers – read here
L. Ingleby Wood, 1907
15. Shipbuilding and Shipping Record 1915 – read here
16. The History of Steam Navigation – read here
John Kennedy, 1903
17. The Railways of Scotland: Their present position with a glance at their past and forecast of their future – read here
W.M Acworth, 1890
18. Trans-Atlantic Passenger Ships Past and Present – read here
Eugene W. Smith, 1947