MANCHESTER TOWN CLERKS' PAPERS

M68/1 ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION FOR A NEW TOWN HALL, 1867.

M68/2 TRIAL OF TOWN HALL ORGAN, 1877.

M68/3 JUDGES' DINNER WITH THE MAYOR, 1877.

M68/4/1-6 OPENING OF THE NEW TOWN HALL, 1877.

M68/4/1. Opening Ceremony, 13 Sept.

M68/4/2. Banquet, 13 Sept.

M68/4/3. Reception and Ball, 14 Sept.

M68/4/4. Trades Procession, 15 Sept.

M68/4/5. Athletic Gala, 15 Sept.

M68/4/6. Miscellaneous.

M68/5 OSBORNE ST. BATHS, 1882.

M68/6/1-31 QUEEN VICTORIA'S JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS, 1887.

M68/6/1. Women's Jubilee Gift to the Queen.

M68/6/2. General Arrangements.

M68/6/3. Subscriptions to Jubilee Fund.

M68/6/4. Schoolchildren's Breakfast, 21 June.

M68/6/5. Old People's Tea, 21 June.

M68/6/6. Cost of Celebrations.

M68/6/7-31 Royal Jubilee Exhibition, May - Nov. 1887.

M68/6/7. Committees' Minutes.

M68/6/8-11 Letter Books.

M68/6/12-15 Applications for and Allotments of Space.

M68/6/16-20 Fine Arts Section.

M68/6/21-23 Employees

M68/6/24-28 Finance

M68/6/29. Official Catalogue

M68/6/30. Scrapbook

M68/6/31. Tickets

M68/7 BISHOP FRASER'S STATUE, 1888.

M68/8 JOHN BRIGHT'S STATUE, 1891.

M68/9/1-2 JAMES PRESCOTT JOULE'S STATUE, 1893.

M68/9/1. Unveiling 8 Dec.

M68/9/2. Reception, 8 Dec.

M68/10/1-2 VISIT OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, PRIME MINISTER, 1918.

M68/10/1. Presentation of the Freedom of the City, 12 Sept.

M68/10/2. Luncheon, 12 Sept.

M68/11 MANCHESTER CIVIC WEEK, 1926.

M68/12 INAUGURATION OF PARTINGTON GAS WORKS, 1929.

M68/13 VISIT OF JAMES RAMSEY MACDONALD, PRIME MINISTER, 1930.

M68/14 CENTENARY MEETING OF THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1931.

M68/15 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, 1932.

M68/16 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BOYS BRIGADE, 1932.

M68/17 VISIT OF KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY, 1934.

M68/18 OPENING OF CITY POLICE HEADQUARTERS, 1937.

M68/19 BRITISH COMMERCIAL GAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 1937.

M68/20 DAVYHULME AND WITHINGTON SEWAGE WORKS, 1938.

M68/21/1-7 CHARTER CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS, 1938.

M68/21/1. Maugural Banquet, 25 Apr.

M68/21/2. General Programme, 2-8 May.

M68/21/3. Exhibition of Civic Services, 2-7 May.

M68/21/4. Civic Theatre, 7 May.

M68/21/5. Civic Service, 8 May.

M68/21/6. Historical Pageant, 27 June - 2 July.

M68/21/7. Your City: Manchester, 1838-1938.

M68/22 CONFERENCE OF DISTRESS COMMITTEES, 1909.

M68/23 VISIT OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARLIAMENTS OF THE EMPIRE, 1948.

M68/24 VISIT OF PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH TO WYTHENSHAWE, 1949.

M68/25 MISCELLANEOUS.

M68/6/7-31 were transferred to the Library from the Corporation Muniments Room in the Town Hall in December 1970 and October 1972.

These papers relate chiefly to the organisation of public functions. Those arising from Queen Victoria's Jubilee (M68/6) were given to the Library in November 1911, December 1970 and October 1972. The remainder were passed to the Library in February 1968 (M68/1-5, 7-21) and August 1969 (M68/22-25).

Papers M68/6/1-6 were passed to the Library in Nov. 1911, the remainder in Dec. 1970 and Oct. 1972.

M68/22-25 Material Received, Aug. 1969.