Description of the occasion on which Edward Donner was made a Freeman of the City Of Manchester. He paid tribute to the founders of the school.
References made to Dean Cowie, Mrs Anson, Miss Gaskell, Mrs Darbishire, Mr R D Darbishire, Lady Donner, Sir Edward Holt, Thomas Ashton, Sir Henry Roscoe.
NA 1916 FG 2
Autumn term 1916
Freemen of Manchester
Description [incomplete] of the occasion on which Edward Donner was made a Freeman of the City Of Manchester. Tribute paid to his work for the city.
References made to Harold Kershaw, Margory [sic] Holt, Edward Holt, Lady Donner, Prof Lamb, Henry Collins, H E Donner.
Misc 1916 G 1
14 April 1916
Manchester High School for Girls
School report of Jessie Hutchinson for the Spring term.
Misc 1916 G 2
26 July 1916
Manchester High School for Girls
School report of Jessie Hutchinson for the Summer term.
Misc 1916 G 3
20 December 1916
Manchester High School for Girls
School report of Jessie Hutchinson for the Autumn term.
NA 1916 E 1
High School for Girls. Founders' Day
Description of Founders' Day. The guest speaker was William Burton. He paid tribute to the founders and urged pupils to cultivate sympathy for others.
Edward Donner paid tribute to the work of Miss Day and Miss Burstall.
References made to Prof Tout, Leonard Tatham, Miss Gaskell, Prof Alexander, Mrs Rawcliffe, Mrs Redford, C H Wyatt, Rachel Boullen.
NA 1916 E 2
19 January 1916
Girls in Office. Students Advised to Stay at School
Description of Founders' Day. Prof Tout urged pupils not to give up their education to start working in "offices, banks or factories."
NA 1916 E 3
19 January 1916
Women's Opportunities. Sir Henry Miers on their Fortunes
Description of Founders' Day. Prof Tout urged all to keep calm in the face of the war. Sir Henry Miers commented that pupils would soon be doing work which had previously been done by men.
Medicine to Agriculture. Manchester High School for Girls on War Work
Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker was D Stewart Smith, Vice Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster. He commented on the influence of teachers. Miss Burstall commented on the pupils' contribution to the war effort.
Reference made to Edward Donner.
NA 1916 E 5
Manchester High School for Girls. Continued Success of the School
Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker was D Stewart Smith, Vice Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster. General comments on the success of the school.
References made to Edward Donner, Miss Burstall.
NA 1916 E 6
25 July 1916, Manchester Guardian
Girls' Education. Manchester High School and New Responsibilities
Description of Speech Day.
Edward Donner commented that pupils from Fylde Lodge School were present. It was now a preparatory school for the High School. He paid tribute to the work of Miss Pollard and Miss Burstall.
Miss Burstall described the ways in which pupils had contributed to war work.
Details given of the successes of Margaret Single, Phyllis Mills, Dorothy Firth.
NA 1916 E 7
25 July 1916
The Girl Today
NA 1916 E 8
24 July, Chronicle
"Old Girls" As War Worker
NA 1916 E 9
25 July 1916, Manchester Guardian
Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker was D Stewart Smith, Vice Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster. He compared the lives of girls in the 1860s with those of the present.