- GB GB1179 RMCM-RMCM/D-RMCM/D/8
- Series
- ?1894
Specification (list of stops) with information about the makers: Messrs. Wadsworth & Brother of Manchester and Aberdeen (organ builders); Edward Salomons (design of case). Given by Miss Dorothy Lees.
Specification (list of stops) with information about the makers: Messrs. Wadsworth & Brother of Manchester and Aberdeen (organ builders); Edward Salomons (design of case). Given by Miss Dorothy Lees.
The history of the Royal Manchester College of Music [1893-1970]
Copy of Michael Kennedy's "The history of the Royal Manchester College of Music", Manchester University Press 1971. Kennedy was commissioned by the Council to write this history in 1965/6, and drew heavily on Council minutes, annua...
Kennedy, George Michael Sinclair (1926-2014),biographer, journalist, music critic
Many distinguished visitors to the College were invited to sign the Visitors' Book (it is not known by whom the book was kept). Most visitors signed their names, but others included messages, drawings and musical sketches to commemorate the ...
History of The Royal Manchester College of Music [to 1918]
College history written by Stanley Withers, then Registrar, and printed by Policy-Holder Journal Co. Ltd of Manchester. The pamphlet contains a roughly chronological history with a list of members of Council, and teaching staff. It is illustrate...
Withers, Stanley (fl.1890s-1928), Registrar of the Royal Manchester College of Music
The Honorary Fellowship was established on the recommendation of the Board of Professors by the Council, in May 1923. This date celebrated the award of the Royal Charter, and the 30th anniversary of the founding of the College. The Register cont...
Lists number, date of seal order [made by the Council], description of instrument, date of sealing and signatures of Council members. Chiefly conveyances of property and transfer of shares from the Trustees of the College to the RMCM; award of di...
General Committee Annual General Meeting minute book
Minutes of the annual meeting of the General Committee - this included all College members (subscribers). Also includes minutes of the extraordinary or special meetings held in June 1898, February 1966 and March 1966 (both the latter on the seali...
Papers relating to the appointment of the [organising secretary to the Committee]
Candidates assessed by Gustav Dehn and Gustav Behrens, with final decision as to whether to interview or not. Incomplete list of candidates (apparently 800 applications were received in total). These are the working papers of the subcommittee ap...
Preliminary minute book (1891-1892) includes letters, newspaper clippings, meeting notes. College of Music minute book: pp.1-97 Minutes of the meetings of the Executive committee (roughly fortnightly) and ad hoc subcommittees. Minutes of the foun...