Royal Northern College of Music archive
This collection consists of the institutional archive of the Royal Northern College of Music from its formation in 1973 to the present. It is not complete, some sections of the catalogue are rather thin but some sections are fairly comprehensive s...
Royal Northern College of Music (1972-present)
Correspondence, programmes, posters, recordings, diaries, photographs, press cuttings, accounts and other items covering the professional career of the soprano Elizabeth Harwood.Costumes (La Traviata and The Tales of Hoffmann) and portrait of Anto...
Harwood, Elizabeth Jean (1938-1990), Soprano
Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw medals
Medals given to Dame Katherine Ollerenshaw (1912-2014), Chair of the RNCM Court and RNCM Companion. Includes: Lord Mayor of Manchester 1975-1976; Freedowm of the City 1984; Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1970; Com...
Ollerenshaw, Kathleen Mary (1912-2014), Dame, educationalist, mathematician
Hubert Harry: letters received
Letters to Hubert Harry, pianist, from Hilda Collens, Walter and Ida Carroll and Sir Clifford Curzon. Also contains some typeset scores of songs composed by Harry.
Harry, Hubert (1927-2010), pianist
Autograph MSS, copy MSS and printed editions of music by Arthur Butterworth. Some correspondence related to Arthur Butterworth.
Butterworth, Arthur (1923-2014), composer, trumpeter
This collection contains the papers of Derrick Cantrell, organist and Choirmaster.
Cantrell, Derrick (?1926-present), organist, choirmaster
Correspondence, music, photographs and other items accumulated or created by members of the Carroll family - chiefly Walter and Ida Carroll, but also Elsa Carroll and Geoffrey Griffiths.
Carroll, Ida Gertrude (1905-1995), Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Principal of the Northern School of Music, double bass player
Music, artwork, writings & other output of Thomas Pitfield covering virtually his entire creative life. Also correspondence and photographs.
Pitfield, Thomas Baron (1903-1999), Composer, artist
MS works of Alan Rawsthorne including manuscripts of most of his published works. In addition there are manuscripts of many unpublished pieces, most from early in the composer's career. Rawsthorne composed symphonies, concerti, chamber music...
Rawsthorne, Alan (1905-1971), Commander of the Order of the British Empire, composer
Music in Manchester: various papers
Artificial collection of miscellaneous items given to the College reflecting aspects of musical life in the Greater Manchester area. Includes photographs of Manchester Womens' Orchestra, autograph books, letters from Charles Halle to a numbe...
Various persons/organisations