The archive contains programmes of Founders' Days, Speech Days, Junior Prize Givings, Sixth Form Presentation Evenings, drama productions, concerts, sports events, religious services and other occasions.
Most of the programmes contain the names of the participants and the music programmes also include details of the music played.
FOUNDERS' DAYS
The Founders' Day programmes contain the names of the guest speaker and other participants.
There are programmes for the following years:
1911 - 1917, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1956 - 1960, 1963, 1966 - 1978, 1980 - 2008
SPEECH DAYS
Most of the Speech Day programmes contain the names of the guest speaker, the prize winners and other participants.
The programmes for 1990 -1993 and 1995 - 2002 also contain details of the destinations of school leavers.
There are programmes for the following years:
1892 [no prize winners named], 1895 [no prize winners named], 1909 - 1915, 1918, 1925 - 1939, 1940 [no prize winners named], 1943 [no prize winners named], 1945 [no prize winners named], 1946, 1951 - 1967, 1969 - 2007
SIXTH FORM PRESENTATION EVENINGS
The programmes for the Sixth Form Presentation Evenings contain the names of the guest speaker, the prize winners and other participants.
There are programmes for the following years:
1998 - 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
JUNIOR PRIZE GIVINGS
The programmes for the Junior Prize Giving are stapled, typed sheets. They contain details of prizes won by Year 7 - Year 10 pupils except for the 1977 Prize Giving when Year 8 - Year 11 pupils were present.
The programme for 1977 includes the name of the guest speaker.
The programme for 1983 includes a loose sheet on which are written the names of the guest speaker, of the Head Girl and details of the music performed.
There are programmes for the following years:
1977 - 1983
DRAMA
The archive contains programmes for the school plays listed below.
Where known, the date of the production is included, otherwise the decade in which the play was produced is given.
The programmes contain the names of the participants.
1911: The Christmas Dream
1912: Recitations in English and Modern Languages
1913: Snowed up with the Duchess.
1913: The Masque of the Two Strangers
1917: Water Scenes. As the Gods Decree
1917: The Ambition of Annabella Stordie
Undated 1910s: Comus
1926: The Dear Departed.
1926: The Gods of the Mountain.
1926: The Pie in the Oven
1926: St Valentine's Day
1927: The Chinese Lantern
1927: Scenes from Shakespeare
1927: Historical Play
1927: Daddy Long Legs
1928: The Rivals
1929: A Pot of Broth
1929: Gruach [sic].
1929: The Invisible Duke
Undated 1920s: An unnamed play about Thomas Becket
1930: Much Ado About Nothing
1930: Crabbed Youth and Age
1931: Comus
1931: The Deluge
1931: Mock Trial, Rex v Hamilton
1932: The Yellow Jacket
1933: Thor's Hammer
1934: The Treasure of the Alhambra.
1934: The Workhouse Ward.
1934: Thirty Minutes in the Street
1934: Medicus
1934: In a Street.
1934: Goldylocks and the Three Bears.
1934: Three scenes from Alice in Wonderland
1934: The Ballad of Young Hynd Horn
1934: Campbell of Kilmohr
1934: A Night of the Trojan War
1934: The Pot of Broth
1934: Hiawatha's Photographing
1935: The Capture.
1935: Joint Owners in Spain.
1935: The Decoy
1935: The Thrice Promised Bride
1935: The Emperor's New Clothes
1935: The Life that Failed
1936: A Safety Match
1936: The Dumb Wife of Cheapside.
1936: Scenes from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
1937: The Land of Heart's Desire
1937: Fat King Melon
1937: Wayside War
1937: Birds of a Feather
1937: The Six of Calais
1937: The Reluctant Dragon
1937: Don Quixote
1937: El Greco
1937: Scene from Nicholas Nickleby
1937: Behind Your Back
1938: Ambrose Appleton's Adventure
1954: Much Ado About Nothing
1955: The Rivals
1955: The Knight of the Burning Pestle
1956: Androcles and the Lion
1957: She Stoops to Conquer
1958: Twelfth Night
Undated 1950s: Androcles and the Lion
1960: The Critic
1960: The Shepherds
1960: Le jeu de l'amour et du hazard par Marivaux
1961: As You Like It
1962: The Would - Be Gentleman
1962: The Princess and the Swineherd
1963: The School for Scandal
1964: She Stoops to Conquer
1964: Lady Precious Stream
1967: Passion, Poison and Petrification or The Fatal Gazogene
Undated 1960s: Staff versus School
Undated 1960s: It's a Duodecagonal World
Undated 1960s: Macbeth
Undated 1960s: The School for Scandal
1970: Much Ado About Nothing
1971: The Would - Be Gentleman
1971: Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1973: The Critic
1974: Passion, Poison and Petrification
1974: Lady Audley's Secret
1974: The scripts of plays [unnamed] written to celebrate the school's centenary
1975: The Tempest
1975: The Two Worlds
1975: The Blood Feud
1976: A Midsummer Night's Dream
1977: Medieval Man
1979: The Importance of being Earnest
Undated 1970s: The First Elizabethans
1980: London Assurance
1980: Of Cabbages and Kings
1981: The Servant of Two Masters
1982: Much Ado About Nothing
1984: Alice in Wonderland
1986: Arms and the Man
1987: The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew
1987: The Tinder Box
1987: Modestus et Strythio
1988: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1988: A Midsummer Night's Dream
1989: When We Are Married
1989: Pompa Isidis
Undated 1980s: Hobson's Choice
Undated 1980s: Of Cabbages and Kings
Undated 1980s: The Comedy of Errors
Undated 1980s: A New Way to Pay Old Debts
Undated 1980s: The Rivals
Undated 1980s: She Stoops to Conquer
Undated 1980s: Wild Oats
Undated 1980s: A Christmas Carol
1991: All the World's a Stage
1992: From Shakespeare to Stepping Out
1992: A Comedy of Errors
1992: The Chanukah play
1994: Encore
1997: Oliver
1998: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Undated 1990s: The Servant of Two Masters
2007: Dreams of Anne Frank
2007: The Crucible
2008: Speech and Drama Evening
2008: Performing Arts Evening
2008: The Evacuees
MUSIC
The arcive contains programmes for the recitals and concerts listed below.
Where known, the date of the recital or concert is included, otherwise the decade in which it took place is given.
Unless otherwise indicated, the music programmes contain details of the music played and the names of the participants.
1907: Programme of Music
1909: Pianoforte Recital
1910: School Concert
1910: Junior School Open Afternoon
1911: School Concert
1911: The Christmas Dream [no names of participants given]
1912: School Concert
1912: Open Afternoon
1913: Junior Concert
1913: Senior Concert
1913: Junior School Open Afternoon [no names of participants given]
1914: Concert
1914: Concert
1915: Concert
1915: Concert
1915: Concert
1916: Shakespeare Tercentenary Musical Recital
1926: Musical Afternoon
1927: Concert
1927: Musical Afternoon
1928: Concert
1928: Junior Concert
1928: Junior Concert
1929: Concert
1929: Junior Concert
Undated 1920s: Staff Concert
1930: Senior Concert
1930: Music Festival
1930: Concert
1931: Concert
1931: IV's and Upper IV's Music Competition
1931: III's and Upper III's Music Competition
1931: Staff Concert
1931: Manchester Tuesday Mid - Day Concert
1932: Music Competition
1932: Music Festival
1932: Concert
1933: Music Competition
1933: Music Festival
1934: Concert
1934: Music Competition : Junior School
1934: Music Competition: Middle School
1934: Concert
1935: Staff Concert [no details given]
1935: Dinner - Hour Music
1935: Matthay School of Music Distribution of Prizes
1935: Concert
1936: Music Competition, Junior School
1936: Music Competition, Middle School
1936: Music Festival
1936: Concert
1936: Weihnachtsfeier
1937: Entertainment by Forms II and III
1937: Music Festival
1937: Concert
1938: Music Festival
1938: Concert
1949: Concert
1958: Bazaar Concert
1962: Concert
1962: Jockey to the Fair
1962: Concert
1962: Dido and Aeneas
1963: Recital
1963: High Highlights
1965: The Little Sweep
1966: Christmas Concert
1967: St. Ann's Carol Service
1967: Carol Service [no names of participants given]
1968: Concert
1968: Christmas Carol Service [no names of participants given]
1970: Senior Concert
1970: Hansel and Gretel
1971: Carol Service [no names of participants given]
1972: Broughton House Concert
1972: Schools in Concert
1972: Recital by Former Pupils
1972: Senior Concert
1972: A Short Concert
1972: Carol Service [no names of participants given]
1973: Concert at King's School, Macclesfield
1973: Music for a Summer's Night
1976: Recital
1978: The Thursday Singers in Concert
Undated 1970s: The Happy Prince
Undated 1970s: School Concert
1982: Music hath Charms
1982: Senior Concert
1982: Junior Concert
1982: Concert of Music, Dance and Drama of the Sixteenth and Twentieth Centuries
1983: Senior Concert
1983: Junior Concert
1983: Preparatory School Concert
1984: Junior Concert
1984: If Music be the Food of Love
1984: Preparatory Department Concert
1985: Junior Concert
1986: Senior Concert
1986: Junior Concert
1986: Preparatory Department Concert
1987: Senior Concert
1987: Junior Concert
1988: Preparatory Department Concert
1988: Senior Concert
1988: Junior Concert
1989: Preparatory Department Concert [not all the participants are named]
1989: Senior Concert
1989: Junior Concert
1990: Senior Concert
1990: Junior Concert
1991: Preparatory Department Concert
1991: Senior Concert
1991: Junior Concert
1992: Preparatory Department Concert [not all the participants are named]
1992: Senior Concert
1992: Junior Concert
1992: St. Ann's Carol Service [participants not named]
1992: Carol Service [participants not named]
1993: Preparatory Department Concert
1993: Senior Concert
1994: Preparatory Department Concert
1994: Senior Concert
1994: Junior Concert
Undated 1990s: Preparatory Department Concert
Undated 1990s: Preparatory Department Concert
Undated 1990s: Preparatory Department Concert
2000: A Musical Celebration
2001: Junior Christmas Concert
2001: Christmas Concert
2002: An Evening of Performing Arts
2002: The Warburton Trophy Competition
2002: Guys and Dolls
2002: Christmas Concert
2003: An Evening of Performing Arts
2003: Christmas Concert
2004: An Evening of Performing Arts
2004: The Warburton Trophy Competition
2004: Scrooge
2004: Christmas Concert
2005: Performing Arts Evening
2005: The Warburton Trophy Competition
2005: Sweeney Todd. The Demon Barber
2006: Strings Evening
2006: Song Evening
2006: Christmas Concert
2007: Song Evening
2007: The Warburton Trophy Competition
2008: Senior School Christmas Concert
2008: Piano Evening
2008: Strings Evening
SPORT
The archive contains programmes for the sports occasions listed below.
Where known, the date is included, otherwise the decade in which it took place is given.
Unless otherwise indicated, the programmes include the names of the participants.
1912: Open Evening in the Gymnasium [names of participants not given]
1914: Junior School Concert and Gymnastic Display
1915: Gymnastic Display [names of participants not given]
1917: Gymnastic Display [names of participants not given]
1927: Demonstration of Physical Exercises [names of participants not given]
1927: Demonstration of Primary Gymnastics and Danish Singing Games
1928: Manchester and District Schools Netball Tournament [not all the participants are named]
1928: Swimming Gala
1929: Swimming Gala
1930: Grand Sports Day [names of participants not given]
1931: Swimming Gala [names of participants not given]
1932: Demonstration of Physical Exercises [names of participants not given]
1933: Swimming Gala [not all the participants are named]
1936: Senior Final [probably a hockey tournament]
1937: Drill and Gymnastic Display [names of participants not given]
1938: Lecture and Demonstration of Recreative Physical Training for Girls and Women
1939: Swimming Gala
1950: Sports Day [names of participants not given]
1951: Sports Day [names of participants not given]
1953: Gymnastics and Dancing Display [names of participants not given]
1954: Gymnastics and Dancing Display [names of participants not given]
1957: Games Afternoon
1974: Centenary Sports Day [names of participants not given]
1998: Zimbabwe Hockey Tour
2002: Presentation of Certificates for the Junior Sports Leader Awards
2003: Hockey Tour of Australia, Fiji and the USA
2006: Sports Dinner
2006: Gala Dinner, Manchester Town Hall. A fund raising dinner in aid of the Manchester High School for Girls Sports Complex
2006: The restoration of the Victoria Baths
2007: Victoria Baths: Open Days
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
The archive contains programmes for the religious services listed below.
Where known, the date of the service is included, otherwise the decade in which the service took place is given.
Only the main participants in the religious services are named in the programmes.
1901: Memorial Service for Queen Victoria
1917: The Victoria University of Manchester Service of Commemoration of Founders' Day and Memorial Service for Members of the University who have fallen in the War
1924: Thanksgiving Service for the Jubilee of the Manchester High School for Girls
1927: Special Service for Members of the Secondary Schools for Girls
1929: Special Service for Members of the Secondary Schools for Girls
1931: Special Service for Members of the Secondary Schools for Girls
1931: The Form and Order of Service in Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of William Hulme
1932: Special Service for Members of the Secondary Schools for Girls
1933: Special Service for Members of the Secondary Schools for Girls
1934: Special Service for Members of the Secondary Schools for Girls
1934: List of mourners at the Memorial Service for Miss Winifred Louise Mercier, Principal of Whitelands Training College
1934: Divine Service in Commemoration of the Two Hundred and Fortieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Merchant Maiden Hospital, now the Edinburgh Ladies' College
1935: Special Service for Members of the Secondary Schools for Girls
1936: Order of Procession for the Memorial Service for King George V
1936: Memorial Service for King George V
1936: Special Service for Members of the Secondary Schools for Girls
1937: The Challenge of the Coronation. A Service for Secondary Schools
1937: Memorial Service for Margaret Ashton
1938: Order of Procession on the occasion of the Centenary of the Incorporation of the City of Manchester
1938: The Form and Order of Service of Thanksgiving on the occasion of the Centenary of the Incorporation of the City of Manchester
1938: Memorial Service for Margery Hillson
1939: Memorial Service for Sara Burstall
1960: Memorial Service for Agnes Bozman
1964: Marriage service of A. J. B. M. and P. G. B. L. [Initials only given]
1964: Memorial Service for Alderman Abraham Moss
1965: Memorial Service for Katharine Isabel Liebert
1967: Hymn sung at the Memorial Service for Mary McNicol
1971: Memorial Service for Dorothy Lawrence Pilkington
1972: Sermon given by the Venerable Edward F. Carpenter, Archdeacon of Westminster in Westminster Abbey on the occasion of the Service of Thanksgiving to mark the centenary of the Girls' Public Day School Trust.
1973: Memorial Service for Francis Arthur Willink
1974: Memorial Service for Margaret Pilkington
1974: Sermon preached in Manchester Cathedral by the Dean of Manchester, the Very Reverend Alfred Jowett, on the occasion of the centenary of the foundation of Manchester High School for Girls
1975: An appreciation of Miss Hannah Lister given by Miss E. M. Hurstep at the Service of Thanksgiving
1976: Memorial Service for Mary Gavin Clarke
1984: Service of Thanksgiving for the life of June Pratt
1985: Eulogy for June Pratt, St. Chad's Church, Ladybarn
1998: Memorial Service for Diana Chisholm
2001: Memorial Service for Jenni Greenhough
2001: Words spoken by Mrs Lee-Jones at the planting near the Music House of the tree to commemorate Jenni Greenhough
2002: Commemorative Programme for Holocaust Memorial Day, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
2007: Order of Service for the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Elizabeth Diggory, Southwark Cathedral, 18 May 2007
2007: Address delivered at the Thanksgiving Service for the life of the Reverend Kathleen Hendry at Purley United Reformed Church, 1 October 2007
2008: A service of thanksgiving and celebration for the life of Sunny Lowry
MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMMES, LEAFLETS AND BOOKLETS
The archive also contains the programmes of and associated material of miscellaneous occasions listed below.
1912: Programme for the East Putney High School Speech Day
1913: Programme of a conference held at the school about the Christian Education of Women in India.
1913: Ticket for a Junior School Open Afternoon
1920: Programme of the school bazaar
1926: Programme of the Manchester Civic Week
1929: Programme and ticket for the dinner held in honour of Sara Burstall's 70 birthday
1929: Programme, instructions and plan of the Old Girls' Association Cake and Candy Sale
1930: Programme of a garden party of Manchester University held to celebrate the jubilee of the foundation of Manchester University and the 80th anniversary of the foundation of Owens College
1930: Programme of the dinner held to celebrate the jubilee of the foundation of Manchester University and the 80th anniversary of the foundation of Owens College
1930: Programme of the reception by the hosted by the Mayor and Mayoress of Manchester for the South East Girl Guides Association
1930: Programme of a reception held by the Mayor of Manchester for the South East Lancashire Girl Guides Association
1930: Programme of the dinner held in aid of the Girton College building fund
1931: Programme and school prayers for the reunion of former governors, staff and pupils
1932: Two programmes for the meeting of the Old Girls' Federation
1932: Programme for Speech Day, Princess Mary High School, Halifax
1932: Programme for Speech Day, Wigan Girls' High School
1933: Programme for the reunion of former governors, staff and pupils
1933: Menu of the dinner at the reunion of the Old Girls' Federation
1933: Prayers said the reunion of former governors, staff and pupils
1934: Programme of events for the Jubilee of the First Old Girls' Association
1934: Programme of the dinner for the Jubilee of the First Old Girls' Association
1934: Prayers said at the reunion for the Jubilee of the First Old Girls' Association
1934: Programme for the visit to Manchester of their Majesties the King and Queen on the occasion of the official opening of the Central Library
1934: Programme of the Jubilee Dinner of the Manchester Geographical Society
1934: Menu for an unknown occasion
1935: Programme for the reunion of the Old Girls' Federation
1935: Programme of the Speech Day, Bingley Grammar School for Girls
1935: Programme of the Pendleton High School for Girls, Jubilee Commemoration 1885 - 1935 Dinner
1937: Programme for the Speech Day of Grange High School for Girls
1938: Menu and ticket for the garden fete of the Old Girls' Federation
1938: Programme for the congregation for the conferment of honorary degrees at Manchester University
1938: Programme for the lunch in Manchester of George VI and Queen Elizabeth
1938: Programme for the lunch of the American ambassador, Joseph Kennedy
1939: Notice and application form for helpers at the Bazaar organised by Manchester branch of the Old Girls' Federation
1939: Dinner for the City of Manchester Centenary of Incorporation Commemoration by the Jewish Community
1939: Programme for the luncheon for the visit to Manchester of their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Kent
1939: Programme for the official opening by the Duchess of Kent of the new buildings of Whalley Range High School
Undated 1930s: Secretarial Training, Loreburn College, Manchester
Undated 1930s: Instructions for using the Underwood standard typewriter
1945: Menu and ticket for the dinner in honour of Miss M G Clarke
1945: Prospectus for Highcliffe Castle, Hants and Lynton, N. Devon Children's Homes and Schools
1946: Menu for the dinner at the reunion of the Old Girls' Federation
1949: Menu of the reunion dinner of the Old Girls' Federation
1949: Programme for the school bazaar held in aid of the building fund for Grangethorpe
1950: Menu of the reunion dinner of the Old Girls' Federation
1953: Menu of the reunion dinner of the Old Girls' Federation
1958: Programme of the school bazaar for the Science Development Fund
1958: Programme for the annual general meeting of the Parent - Teacher Association
1959: Programme of the Annual Dance organised by the Old Girls' Federation and the Parent Teacher Association
1960: Menu of the lunch of the London branch of the Old Girls' Federation
1960: Programme of the Old Girls' Federation Luncheon
1962: Programme of a coffee morning and bring - and - buy sale
1962: Programme for the Open Day at Broomfield
1963: Programme of the Open Day at Broomfield
1964: Programme of the school bazaar
1964: Programme of the lunch of the Old Girls' Federation
1964: Notice of an address on comprehensive education given by Mr P G Mason, High Master of Manchester Grammar School
1967: Programme of the events taking place at the Manchester High School for Girls exhibition
1968: Programme of a social evening organised by the Parent - Teacher Association
1968: Notice of a wine and cheese party to be organised by the Parent - Teacher Association
1969: Programme of the events to be held on Open Day
Undated 1960s: Programme of the music played at the school bazaar.
Undated 1960s: Notice of a forthcoming talk organised by the Parent - Teacher Association by Miss M E Telford entitled, "From grammar school to comprehensive school"
Undated 1960s: Women's Liberation. A magazine of articles about the history of women written by present pupils
1970: Firework display ticket
1971: Firework display poster
1971: Poster for a Careers for Girls evening
1972: Poster for a Careers for Women evening
1972: Poster for a Winter Supper and concert of Victorian Ballads
1974: Programmes for the Centenary Garden Party
1974: Programmes for the Centenary Dinner Dance
1974: Centenary Dinner Dance ticket
1974: Description of the Centenary Garden Party
1974: Menu for the Founders' Day lunch
1977: Programme for the Jubilee Ball held to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee
1977: Ticket for the Jubilee Ball held to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee
1980: Ticket for a coffee morning
1980: Programme for an Indian Evening
1982: Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Parent - Teacher Association and Annual Report
1982: Programme for the Parent - Teacher Association Gala Dinner
1982: Leaflet for the Pankhurst Appeal
1983: Programmes for the Elizabethan Banquet, Entertainment and Fair
1983: Programme for the Christmas Celebration
1984: Programme for the Grangethorpe Gaudy
1984: An architectural guide to the new Music House
1989: Programme for the 1986 - 1989 Leavers' Reunion
Undated 1980s: Programme of a performance of The Schoolmistress by Pinero at the Royal Exchange Theatre
Undated 1980s: International Recipes. Recipe book of international dishes written in the language from which the dish originates
1990: Programme for the 1987 - 1990 leavers' reunion
1991: Programme for the Grangethorpe Gaudy
1991: Programme for opening of the new extensions
1991: Programme for the 1988 - 1991 Leavers' Reunion
1992: Programme for the 1989 - 1992 Leavers' Reunion
1992: Programme for the Classical Declamation
1994: Programme for the 1990 - 1993 leavers' reunion
1994: Programme for Entente Cordiale, a concert organised by the Modern Languages Department
1995: Poster for an Asian Extravaganza
1999: Programme for the visit of her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal
2000: List of those who attended the 1985 leavers' reunion
2001: Programme of the 1979 leavers' reunion
2002: Programmes for the 1981 leavers' reunion
2002: Programme for the Sylvia Pankhurst maquettes Memorial Assembly
2002: Booklet issued as a tribute to Miss Cottrell
2003: Programme for the unveiling of the Sylvia Pankhurst maquette
2004: Menu for the 1980s Reunion
2004: Programme for Open Day
2004: Booklet to mark the centenary of the Manchester and District branch of the Classical Association
2004: Catalogue for the sale of twentieth century British paintings at Bonhams, New Bond St, London
2005: Programme for the Careers Convention
2005: Open Day programme
2005: A leaflet to launch an appeal by the Manchester Historic Buildings Trust to raise money to restore 84, Plymouth Grove, the home of Elizabeth Gaskell and her family including Margaret Gaskell
2005: Gendering Education in the Archives. A symposium at Royal Holloway, University of London
2005: Annual Conference of the History of Education Society, "Education for All," Birmingham University
2006: Gala Dinner. A fund - raising dinner in aid of the Manchester High School for Girls sports complex.
2006: Extra Curricular Activities, 2006 - 2007
2007: Programme for the Careers Convention
2007: Programme for the Junior VI residential visit to Lancaster University
2007: Extra Curricular Activities 2007 - 2008
2007: Who's Who in September 2007
2007: Invitation to the private view of the art work of GCSE, AS and A2 pupils
2008: Talk by Bill Williams, Jewish Refugees in Manchester, 1938-1945
2008: Invitation to the art and design exhibition of GCSE, AS Level and A Level work
2008: Agenda and list of delegates of the annual conference of the School Archivists' Group
2008: Leaflet of the University Women's Club, London
2008: Leaflet appealing for support for the Parents' and Friends' Association
2008: Celebrating Sylvia Pankhurst: an exhibition at Redbridge Museum
Undated 2000s: Silsilay, an Eastern Evening