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Miscellaneous
CLASS LISTS
There are alphabetical class lists of girls for the following years:
[Note: there have been a considerable number of changes in the designations of forms]
1885 - 1963
1965 - 1999
2001 continuing
DEEDS AND ADMINISTRATION SCHEMES
Schedule of Deeds and Securities and Copies of Trust Deeds of Endowments
A large, slim, black notebook, hand written.
It contains the following:
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Deeds of the Dover Street buildings, 1837-1889
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Deeds of the Mary Bradford Scholarship, 26 May 1882. The word Scholarship has been crossed through and the word Exhibition written
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Deeds of the Lady Whitworth Exhibition, 31 December 1888
Manchester High School for Girls Administration Schemes
A small, thin volume containing the the following Administration Schemes for Manchester High School for Girls, Pendleton High School for Girls and North Manchester High School for Girls:
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1884 Principal Scheme - Manchester High School
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1888 Amending Scheme - Pendleton High School
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1893 Amending Scheme - North Manchester High School
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1900 Amending Scheme - the Governing Body
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1901 Amending Scheme - Pensions
Trust Deed, 28 April 1880
A small pamphlet containing the Amended Scheme for 1880
DVDs
There are DVDs of Founders' Day for the following years:
1999, 2001 - 2008
There are DVDs of Speech Day for the following years:
2000 - 2007
1992 News Reports of the Mistake in the Reporting of the GCSE Results
A compilation of several BBC and ITV news bulletins about the mistake made by the government in reporting the GCSE results of Manchester High School for Girls and other schools.
There are film clips of Manchester High School of the following:
a biochemistry lesson;
a Latin lesson;
areas of the school.
There are several interviews of Miss Mary Moon [headmistress] and one interview of Katie Elliot [head girl.
There are also film clips of the following:
Holyrood Community School, Chard, Somerset with an interview of its headmaster, Roland Chant;
Prime Minister's question time in the House of Commons in which John Major, the Prime Minister is questioned by John Smith, Labour leader of the opposition.
There are also interviews of the following:
John Patten, Secretary of State for Education;
Ann Taylor, Labour Shadow Secretary for Education;
Michael Russell, spokesman for the National Association of Head Teachers;
Nigel de Gruchy, President of the National Union of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers;
Sir Malcolme Thornton MP;
Elizabeth Higgins, headmistress of Milford Ford School, Oxford.
1988 Scenes from Manchester High School Life
Scenes of the following: Founders' Day, Red Nose Day assembly, playing hockey, Sports Day of the Preparatory Department, girls sailing, inter - form swimming races, end of term fun day and a staff fund raising event in the swimming pool.
Today's Students, Tomorrow's Successful Women
School promotional DVD 2007
Lakeside 2007
DVD of the Year 7 visit to Lakeside activity centre
Sylvia Pankhurst: Sufragette and Anti - Fascist
A compilation by Sylvia Ayling
EXERCISE BOOKS
The exercise books described below belonged to Jean Smith, born 28 May 1918 and a pupil at Manchester High School for Girls between 1929 and 1936.
Primary School Exercise Books
Unnamed Copy Book
Contains shapes and letters copied from specimens to practise handwriting.
Undated
Unnamed Copy Book
Contains shapes, letters, words and sentences copied from specimens to practise handwriting.
1923
John Heywood's Globe Copy Books, Book A, Introductory for Infants to Standard 1
Contains letters and words copied from specimens to practise handwriting
Undated
John Heywood's Globe Copy Books, Book 1, Large Hand and Figures
Contains words and numbers copied from specimens to practise handwriting.
1924
Vere Foster's Copy - Books, Bold Writing or the Civil Service, Series 5
Contains words copied from specimens to practise handwriting.
Undated
Collins New World Script Writing, Book Three
Contains sentences copied from specimens to practise handwriting.
Undated
The Tudor Exercise Book
Contains work in arithmetic, tables and drawings.
1924
The University Exercise Book
Contains work in arithmetic, tables and drawings.
Undated
Acme Exercise Book
Contains work in English, creative writing, handwriting, French and geography.
1925
The Tudor Exercise Book
Contains work in arithmetic.
1925
The Tudor Exercise Book
Conatins work in English, French and geography.
1925
The Tudor Exercise Book
Contains work in English, handwriting, French and geography.
1925
The Empress Exercise Book
Contains work in English, French and geography.
1925
Unnamed Exercise Book
Contains work in English, French, arithmetic and geography.
1925
John Heywood's Globe Copy Books, Book 6, Standard VI: Small, Large, Half Text and Figures
Contains sentences copied from specimens to practise handwriting.
1926
The Tudor Exercise Book
Contains work in arithmetic.
1926
The Tudor Exercise Book
Contains work in English including an essay on the General Strike, handwriting, French, biology and geography.
1926
The Tudor Exercise Book
Contains work in English, handwriting, French, biology and geography.
1926
The Empress Exercise Book
Contains work in English, handwriting, creative writing, French and geography.
Undated
Unnamed Exercise Book
Contains work in arithmetic.
Undated
Unnamed Exercise Book
Contains work in geography.
1928
Exercise Books from Manchester High School for Girls
Algebra Exercise Book
Contains work in elementary algebra.
Undated
Latin Exercise Book
Contains work in Latin.
1930
Graph Book: an Exercise Book and Text Book
Contains graph work.
Undated
Graph Exercise Book
Contains graph work.
Undated
Algebra Exercise Book
Contains work in algebra.
Undated
Physics Note Book on Light
Contains physics notes about the theory of light.
Undated
Physics Note Book on Heat
Contains physics notes on heat.
Undated
Physics Theory Note Book
Contains physics notes.
Undated
Franch Vocabulary Book
Contains English/French vocalulary.
Undated
English Notebook of the Works of James Boswell
Contains notes on the writings of James Boswell.
Undated
Notebook on A Modern Utopia
Contains notes on the book, A Modern Utopia.
Undated
Latin Note Book
Contains notes on Latin grammar.
Undated
Vocabulary and Note Book on Livy
Contains Latin/English vocabulary and notes on texts by Livy.
Undated
Vocabulary Book on the Aeneid, Book VI
Contains Latin/English vocalulary from Book VI of the Aeneid.
Undated
Note Book on Cicero
Contains notes on the speeches of Cicero.
Undated
Note Book on Cicero
Contains notes on the speeches of Cicero.
Undated
Vocabulary Book
Contains Latin/English vocabulary.
Undated
Tacitus Note Book
Contains notes on the writings of Tacitus.
Undated
Latin Folder
A lace bound folder containing work in Latin.
1935
English Folder
A lace bound folder containing work on miscellaneous works in English literature.
Undated
The exercise books described below belonged to Lesley Abbott [now Lesley Sandiford] who was a pupil at the school between 1960 and 1967. They were donated to the archive by Lesley Sandiford and sent by her from Australia in May 2008.
Biology, Physics and Chemistry
A lace bound folder containing work in O Level biology, physics and chemistry. Also contains essays on gambling, the use of the telephone, electricity and water, cigarette advertising and costume in the nineteenth century.
Undated, c. 1965
Chemistry Note Book
Contains work done in chemistry in the Upper III and IV forms.
1960 - 1961
Chemistry Note Book
Contains work done in chemistry in the V form.
1962 - 1963
Chemistry Note Book
Contains work done in chemistry in the V and Transitus forms.
1963
English Projects and Essays
A foolscap folder containing essays on Shelagh Delany and her plays, " A Taste of Honey" and "The Lion in Love," wssays on cards and Christmas, gambling and advertising. Also notes on literature, inventions and famous people in 1800.
Undated, c. 1965
Geography Note Book
Contains work in geography done in the Upper III form.
Undated, c.1961
Geography Note Book
Contains work done in geography in the Upper III and IV forms.
1961 - 1962
Geography Note Book
Contains work done in geography in the Upper IV and V forms.
1962 - 1963
Geography Note Book
Contains work done in geography in the V form.
1963
Geography Note Book
Contains work done in geography in the V form.
1963
Geography Note Book
Contains work done in geography in the Upper V and Transitus forms.
1964
Geography Tests
A lace bound folder containing marked tests in geography
Undated, c.1965
General Studies
A lace bound folder containing notes and essays for work in General Studies on China, Africa, Vietnam, the House of Lords, the Common Market, dialectical materialism, the welfare state, tolerance in politics and religion, immigration and tehories of probability.
Undated, c.1965 - 1967
History
A lace bound folder containing O Level notes in nineteenth and twentieth centuries history notes.
Undated, c.1964 - 1965
Graph Book
Contains graphs done in the Upper III, Upper IV and V forms.
1961 - 1964
Graph Book
Contains graphs done in the V and Transitus forms.
1964
Mathematics: Co-ordinate Geometry
Contains work done in co-ordinate geometry in the sixth form.
Undated, c.1965
Mathematics: Algebra
Contains work done in algebra in the sixth form
Undated, c. 1965
Mathematics: Algebra
Contains work done in algebra in the sixth form.
1965 - 1966
Mathematics: Algebra
Contains work done in algebra in the sixth form.
1966
Mathematics: Pure Mathematics
Contains work done in pure mathematics in the sixth form.
1966
Mathematics: Pure Mathematics
Contains work done in pure mathematics in the sixth form.
1966
Mathematics
Contains work done in mathematics in the sixth form.
Undated, c.1965 - 1966
Mechanics
Contains work done in mechanics in the sixth form.
1965 - 1966
Mechanics
Contains work done in mechanics in the sixth form.
1966
Mechanics
Contains work done in mechanics in the sixth form.
1966
Mechanics
Contains work done in mechanics in the sixth form.
1967
Mathematics: Calculus
Contains work done in calculus in the sixth form.
1967
Mathematics: Calculus
Contains work done in calculus in the sixth form.
Undated, c.1967
Mathematics: Miscellaneous Excursions
Contains work done in mathematics in the sixth form.
1966 - 1967
Mathematics: Trigonometry
Contains work done in trigonometry in the sixth form.
Undated, c.1965 - 1966
Mathematics: Trigonometry
Contains work done in trigonometry in the sixth form.
1966
Mathematical Formulae
Contains mathematical formulae.
Undated, c. 1965
Mathematical Formulae
Contains mathematical formulae.
1965
Mathematical Formulae
Contains mathematical formulae.
1966
A Level Applied Mathematics
A lace bound folder containing work in applied mathatics done in the sixth form.
Undated, c,1965 - 1967
Physics Note Book
Contains work done in physics in the Upper IV and V forms.
1962 - 1963
Physics Note Book
Contains work done in physics in the V and Transitus forms.
1964
Physics Practical
Contains work done in physics in Junior VI.
Undated, c.1966
Physics Problems
Contains work done in physics in sixth form
Undated, c.1966 - 1967
Physics Note Book
Contains work done in physics in the sixth form.
Undated, c.1966 - 1967
Other Exercise Books in the Archive
Geography Note Book
Contains geography notes.
1946
Domestic Science Note Book
Contains domestic science notes including guidance on cleaning, the care of different materials and cooking.
1951 - 1952
Elizabethan Adventurers
A small hard backed exercise book with a painting of a galleon on the cover. Contains a history project of the late 1940s by Sheila Ross, Catherine Palmer and Hilary Southall. Includes drawings.
GIRL GUIDES
Girl Guide Record Book: Company, 1st Chorlton - on - Medlock, MHSG
A medium sized, grey notebook.
It contains the following:
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An index of the names of members of the Company
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The following details of those who were members of the Company between 1956 and 1965: the name, address, date of birth, religion, dates of joining, enrolment and leaving, camps attended, badges awarded and certificates of proficiency
The Guides' Book of Rules
A small brown book published by the Girl Guides Association, 1947.
It contains the following:
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Rules of the guide movement
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Drawings of the proficiency badges
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Requirements for gaining the proficiency badges
Vera Armstrong, Elizabeth Hartley and Alix Liddell, Trefoil Tales: True Stories about Girl Guides
Published by C. Arthur Pearson, 1956
A small blue book.
A. W. N. Mackenzie,
Games for Guides
A small blue book.
It contains the rules of games used in the training of guides.
Guide Artefacts:
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A metal guide badge used at the top of a flagpole
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One guide flag on a flagpole
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Several examples of proficiency badges
HEAD GIRLS, DEPUTY HEAD GIRLS AND PREFECTS
One medium sized volume, bound in black and embossed with "Manchester High School for Girls" on a circular belt on the front cover.
It contains the names or signatures of Head Girls, Deputy Head Girls and Prefects for the following years:
1960 - 1968
There are no signatures of Prefects for the year 1962 - 1963
Inside the book are small cards on which are written are the names of the Head Girls and Deputy Head Girls for the following years:
1981, 1983 - 1993
LETTERS
The archive contains hundreds of letters dating from 1873 to the present day. They include letters from Dorothea Beale and Emily Davies.
THE LIBRARY
Catalogue of the Library, January 1883
A small pamphlet, no cover and printed sheets pasted inside giving lists of books in the school library in January 1883 arranged by subject.
E. M. Tuke,
Library Notes, 1932
A small red exercise book containing lists of the approximate number of books in the Library in 1932 on each subject and hand written notes on library procedure.
Minutes of the Library Committee, 1933 - 1934
A medium sized, hard backed, lace bound note book containing the minutes of meetings of the Library Committee between 4 April 1933 and 5 July 1933 and also on 15 February 1937. Also contains a loose sheet on which is written the opening hours of the Senior Library and the Fiction Library.
Newsletters
These are stapled foolscap sheets. They contain information about Library stock and facilities for the years 1983 - 1986.
Library Magazines
There are A4 booklets. They contain detailed information about Library stock and facilities and book reviews for the years 1985 - 1992.
MINUTES OF THE PARENT - TEACHER ASSOCIATION
An A4 black lever arch file containing the minutes, accounts and constitution of the Parent - Teacher Association for the period July 1981 - July 2005.
MINUTES OF THE SCHOOL COUNCIL
An A4 red folder containing the minutes of meetings of the School Council held between 20 September 1995 and 18 October 2002.
SPORTS RECORDS BOOKS
Record of School Teams
A small notebook with a stiff blue marbled cover. It contains hand written lists of the names of girls in cricket, hockey, netball and tennis teams with some notes on those who were commended for good play during the following years:
Cricket: 1962 - 1967, one of these is undated but it is probably 1964.
Hockey: 1961 - 1985, one of these is undated but it is probably for the season 1979 - 1980.
Netball: 1961 - 1985.
Tennis: 1962 - 1985
Netball, Record of Matches and Results
A small notebook with a stiff red cover which is partly loose. Some of the pages are also loose. It contains hand written team lists, results of matches and quite extensive comments on the standards of play including end of season reports for netball matches played between 21 October 1961 and 19 March 1966.
Netball, 1966 - 67 - 68 [sic]
A small notebook with a soft green cover. It contains hand written team lists, results of matches and quite extensive comments on the standards of play including end of season reports for netball matches played between 25 September 1966 and 27 March 1971.
Netball, 1971 - 1972
A small notebook with a soft green cover. It contains hand written team lists, results of matches and quite extensive comments on the standards of play including end of season reports for netball matches played between 25 September 1971 and 22 March 1975.
Netball Reports
A small notebook with a soft orange cover. It contains hand written team lists, results of matches and quite extensive comments on the standards of play including end of season reports for netball matches played between 2 September 1975 and 7 February 1981.
Hockey Report Book, 1981
A small notebook with a soft blue cover. It contains hand written comments about the hockey matches played between 19 September 1981 and 27 March 1982.
Tennis Captain
A small notebook with a hard black cover. It contains the results, comments on the standard of play, the names of players for the matches played between 22 April 1967 and 13 July 1974 and end of season reports for 1967 - 1974.
The Favourite Triple Lawn Tennis Scoring Sheet
Includes the scores for the following games:
3 May 1969: Aberdare Cup first round, Manchester High School first team v Withington Girls’ School first team.
1980: Open Doubles Final.
1980: Senior Singles Final.
26 June 1980: Junior Singles Final.
23 June 1981: Senior Singles Final.
The Favourite Triple Lawn Tennis Scoring Sheet
Includes the scores of the following games:
6 May 1972: Belvedere first couple v Notre Dame first couple.
Undated: Belvedere third couple v Manchester High School third couple.
Undated: Manchester High School third couple v Notre Dame third couple.
Undated: Aberdare Cup, Manchester High School third couple v Hathershaw third couple.
3 May 1975: Aberdare Cup, Manchester High School third couple v Leigh third couple.
3 May 1975: Aberdare Cup, Leigh third couple v Hathershaw third couple.
8 June 1987: Open Doubles Tournament.
3 June 1987: Junior Singles Final.
18 May 1988. unknown
21 June 1988: Junior Singles Final.
28 June 1988: Open Doubles Final.
11 May 1989: Senior Tennis Singles Final.
16 May 1989: Junior Tennis Singles Final.
June 1989: Open Tennis Doubles Final.
Tennis Reports
A small notebook with a soft orange cover. It contains the results, comments on the standard of play, the names of players for the matches played between 26 April 1975 and 30 June July 1979 and end of season reports for 1976 and 1977.
Tennis Reports
A small notebook with a soft orange cover. It contains the results, comments on the standard of play, the names of players for the matches played between 10 May 1980 and 4 June July 1987 and end of season reports for 1980 - 1987.
The Coaching of the Game of Rounders
Published by the National Rounders Association, [undated]
A very small booklet with a soft white and green cover. The name A B Carson is written in pencil at the top. It contains a sample scoresheet and advice on coaching.
Hints to Coaches of Netball
Published by the All England Netball Association, [undated]
A very small booklet with a soft orange cover. It includes advice on coaching methods and tactics in netball.
Hints to Umpires of Netball 1951
Published by the All England Netball Association, [undated]
A very small booklet with a soft blue cover. The name A Carson is written in pencil on the top. It contains amendments to rules, general advice, the duties of an umpire and notes on the rules of the game.
The Compactum Cricket Scoring Book
A very small booklet with a hard green cover. The name A Carson is written in ink at the top. It contains scoresheets for cricket. The first page includes the scoring of a game played in 1953.
The Cumulative Cricket Scoring Book
Includes the scores for the following matches played against Manchester High School for Girls:
22 April 1967 against Stockport
18 June 1967 against Levenshulme
24 June 1967 against Withington Girls’ School
27 June 1967 opponents not named
DANCE BOOKS
DANCES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
William Byrd
Elizabethan Dances from Nellie Chaplin’s Ancient Dances and Music
J Curwen and Sons Ltd, undated.
Michael Diack
The Scottish Orpheus Collection of Scottish Songs
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1953
Michael Diack
The Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 1
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1924
Michael Diack
The Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 2
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1926
Michael Diack
The Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 3
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1926
Michael Diack
The Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 4
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1930
Leta M Douglas
Six Dances of the Yorkshire Dales
Joshua Duckworth, 1931
Arnold Foster
A Collection of Six Morris Dances and Jogs with Pianoforte Arrangements
The English Folk Dance and Song Company, undated
John Graham
Lancashire and Cheshire Morris Dances
J Curwen and Sons Ltd, undated
Maud Karpeles and Lois Blake
Dances of England and Wales
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1950
Maud Karpeles and R Vaughan Williams
Twelve Traditional Country Dances
Novello, 1931
Douglas Kennedy
The North Skelton Sword Dance
and
Marjory Sinclair and Elsie Whiteman
The Newbiggin Rapper Sword Dance
The English Folk Dance and Song Society, undated.
Peter Kennedy
Everybody Swing. Square Dance Album No 1
Chappell, 1952
Jean C Milligan
101 Scottish Country Dances
Collins, 1957
Jean C Milligan
99 More Scottish Country Dances
Collins, 1963
Alex Moore
Ballroom Dancing
Pitman and Sons Ltd, 1942
Peadar O’Rafferty and Michael Diack,
The Irish Folk Dance Book, Book One
Paterson’s Publications, undated
Peadar and Gerald O’Rafferty
Dances of Ireland
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1953
W S Porter, Marjorie Heffer, Arthus B Heffer and a forward by Douglas Kennedy
The Apted Book of Country Dances. Twenty Four Country Dances from the Last Years of the Eighteenth Century with Tunes and Instructions
W Heffer and Sons, 1944
Cecil J Sharp
English Country Dances, Volume II
Novello, undated
Cecil J Sharp
English Country Dances, Volume IV
Novello, undated
Cecil J Sharp
An Introduction to the Morris Dances of England
Novello, undated.
Cecil J Sharp
The Sword Dances of Northern England: Songs and Dance Airs
Novello, 1940
Cecil J Sharp
The Sword Dances of Northern England together with the Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley, Part I
Novello, undated.
Cecil J Sharp
The Sword Dances of Northern England, Part II
Novello, undated.
Cecil J Sharp and George Butterworth
The Country Dance Book containing Forty Three Country Dances from the English Dancing Master, 1650 – 1728, Part IV
Novello, 1916
Cecil J Sharp and Herbert C MacIlwaine
The Morris Book with a Description of Dances Performed by the Morris Men of England, Part I
Novella, 1912
Cecil J Sharp and Herbert C MacIlwaine
The Morris Book with a Description of Dances Performed by the Morris Men of England, Part II
Novella and Co, 1919
Cecil J Sharp and Herbert C MacIlwaine
Morris Dance Tunes Collected from Traditional Sources and Arranged for Pianoforte
Novello, undated
Victor Silvester
Old Time Dancing
Herbert Jenkins, 1951
Herbert Wiseman
The Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 8
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1951
Herbert Wiseman
The Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 9
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1951
Herbert Wiseman
The Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 10
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1952
Herbert Wiseman
The Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 16
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1951
Herbert Wiseman
The Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 18
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1955
Herbert Wiseman
The Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 19
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1957
No author
Community Square Dances, Manual 1
The English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1951
No author
Community Square Dances, Manual 2
The English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1951
No author
Community Square Dances, Manual 3
The English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1952
No author
Scottish Country Dance Books, IV, V and VI
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1954
No author
Scottish Country Dance Books, VII, VIII and IX
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1955
No author
Scottish Country Dance Books, X, XI and XII
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1953 [sic]
No author
Scottish Country Dance Books, XIII, XIV and XV
Paterson’s Publications, revised edition, 1956
DANCES OF NON – BRITISH COUNTRIES
Katharine Breuer
Dances of Austria
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1950
Roger Pinon and Henri Jamar
Dances of Belgium
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1953
Mila Lubinova
Dances of Czechoslovakia
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1949
B Velinsky
Czech, Moravian and Slovak Dances
The Ling Physical Education Society, undated
Poul [sic] Lorenzen and Jeppe Jeppesen
Dances of Denmark
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1950
Yngvar Heikel and Anni Collan
Dances of Finland
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1948
Claude Marcel – Dubois and Marie Marguerite Andrai
Dances of France I: Brittany and Bourbonnais
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1950
Nicolette Tennevin and Marie Texier
Dances of France II: Provence and Alsace
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1951
Violet Alford
Dances of France III: the Pyenees
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1952
Agnes Fyfe
Dances of Germany
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1951
H M Watt
Simple Dutch Peasant Dances
The Central Council of Recreative Physical Training and the Ling Physical Education Society, undated.
George Buday
Dances of Hungary
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1950
Georgie Bogyo
Simple Hungarian Dances for Use in Girl’s and Women’s Physical Recreation
The Central Council of Recreative Physical Training, undated.
Bianca M Galanti
Dances of Italy
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1950
Anita Heyworth and Kathleen Powell – Tuck
National Character Dances: Four Venetian Forlanas
The Ling Physical Education Society, undated
Kathleen Powell – Tuck, Anita Heyworth and Audrey Ifor – Davies
Eight Norwegian National Character Dances
The Ling Physical Education Society, undated
Lucile Armstrong
Dances of Portugal
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1950
Miron and Carola Grindea
Dances of Rumania
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1952
A Schnitt
Old Scandinavian Dances
The Central Council of Recreative Physical Training, 1943.
No author
Scandinavian Dances, First Series
The Physical Education Association of England and Wales, undated
2 copies
No author
Scandinavian Dances, Second Series
The Physical Education Association of England and Wales, undated
2 copies
No author
Scandinavian Dances, Third Series
The Physical Education Association of England and Wales, undated
2 copies
Erik Salven
Dances of Sweden
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1949
Louise Witzig
Dances of Switzerland
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1949
Ljubica and Danica Jankovic
Dances of Yugoslavia
The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association,
Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1952
Anita Heyworth, Patricia Hutchinson and Celia Morris
National Character Dances, Book I
The Central Council of Physical Recreation, undated.
Muriel Webster and Dorothy Hulme
National Character Dances
The Central Council of Physical Recreation, undated.
Helen Wingrave and Joyce Jackson
Five Peasant Dances for use in Girls’ and Women’s Physical Recreation Classes
The Ling Physical Recreation Association and the Central Council of Recreative Physical Training, undated
Muriel Webster and Dorothy Hulme
Simple Progressive Dances
The Central Council of Physical Recreation, 1944
Folk Dances of Many Lands, First Series
The Ling Physical Education Association, undated.
2 copies
Folk Dances of Many Lands, Second Series
The Ling Physical Education Association, undated.
2 copies
Folk Dances of Many Lands, Fourth Series
The Ling Physical Education Association, undated.
2 copies
OTHER
Ron Houston
Folk Dance Problem Solver 2007
The Society of Folk Dance Historians
VIDEOS
There are videos of Founders' Day for the years 1999, 2001 - 2006.
There are videos of Speech Day for the years 2001 - 2003, 2005.
There are also videos of the following:
1993: the Infant Play
1999: the visit to the school of the Princess Royal
VISITORS' BOOKS
Two medium sized volumes.
Visitors' Book
A volume with a decorated yellow cover embossed with the gold letters M H S G on the front and Visitors' Book in black on the spine. It is stored in a sleeve case which is damaged.
Inside is the inscription, "The Gift of Miss D. L. Pilkington, Chairman of Governors, January 1952. Hand bound by Sydney M. Cockerell."
It contains signatures of guests who attended the following occasions:
Founders' Days, 1952 - 1973
Speech Days, 1952, 1970 - 1973
Friday, 4 July 1952: no occasion identified
1952: November: no occasion identified
1953: The unveiling of the sculpture"The Threshold"
1959: The opening of the Science Block
1962: The Jubilee Dinner of the Headmistresses' Association
Friday, June 22 1962: no occasion identified
1962: The opening of the Sara Burstall Library
Visitors' Book
A black book embossed with "Manchester High School for Girls" on a circular belt on the front cover.
It contains signatures of guests who attended the following occasions:
Founders' Days, 1974 - 1998
Speech Days, 1974 - 1985, 1987, 1989 - 1996
1991: The opening of the west extension
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