Papers of Alice Fay
1867-1960
Archives
Total copies: 1
Schedules of deeds 1887-1934; Insurance policies 1867-1879; Promissory Notes 1879; Papers relating to the marriage of Alice Seed widow and Charles Fay widower 1879-1919; Papers relating to the distribution of the estate of Alice Fay, deceased 1886-1901; Prospectuses for the Simpson Memorial School 1891-1930 (incomplete); Correspondence realting to the Simpson Memorial School 1947; Minutes of the Simpson Memorial Association Executive Committee 1947-1956 and the Council 1947-1954; Financial records of the Association 1947-1960
Related Material:Moston Characters at Work by John Ward (1911) includes a chapter on the Simpson Memorial (Ref 942.73927 M113)
Place:/Moston/Manchester/Lancashire/England
Title:
Papers of Alice Fay
Date of work:
1867-1960
Reference number:
GB127.M295
Level of description:
Fonds
Custodial history:
Alice Fay (ca 1820-1886) was the daughter of William Simpson, a Moston silk manufacturer, in whose memory she left money (estate valued at £22,708 10s 11d in 1889) for the Simpson Memorial School, Moston which opened in 1888. She also endowed the Alice Fay Exhibition for women, and the William Simpson Exhibition for men, for £25 for three years for Moston people at Manchester University.
Source:
The papers were donated to the Library in March 1978 by Mr. J. E. Weaver, J.P. Honorary Secretary of the Simpson Memorial Community Association
Access restrictions:
UnrestrictedThis material is stored off site and we require 2 weeks' notice in order to retrieve it.
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
Arrangement:Arranged chronologically by function
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7193024