These papers relate chiefly to the organisation of public functions concerning the following: Architectural Competition for a New Town Hall 1867; Trial of Town Hall Organ 1877; Judges' Dinner with the Mayor 1877; Opening of the New Town Hall 1877; Osborner Street Baths 1882; Queen Victoria's Jubilee Celebrations 1887; Bishop Fraser's Statue 1888; John Bright's Statue 1891; James Prescott Joule's Statue 1893; Visit of David Lloyd George, Prime Minister 1918; Manchester Civic Week 1926; Inauguration of Partington Gas Works 1929; Visit of James Ramsey MacDonald, Prime Minister 1930; Centenary Meeting of the Congregational Union of England and Wales 1931; International Congress of Local Authorities 1932; Annual Conference of the Boys Brigade 1932; Visit of King George V and Queen Mary 1934; Opening of City Police Headquarters 1937; British Commercial Gas Annual Conference 1937; Davyhulme and Withington Sewage Works 1938; Charter Centenary Celebrations 1938; Conference of Distress Committees 1909; Visit of Representatives from Parliaments of the Empire 1948; Visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Wythenshawe 1949.
