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College of St. Hild and St. Bede

Reference: E/HB Catalogue Title: College of St. Hild and St. Bede Area: Catalogue Category: Education Records Description: St. Hild's College

Covering Dates: 1890-1979

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Miscellaneous (Ref: E/HB 1/882-893)

Photograph of Canon Haworth, (Principal, 1889-1910), n.d. [c.1890]
(1 photograph, 10cm x 14cm, mounted on card)


Photograph of lawn tennis players and the Principal, Canon Haworth, [1899 - 1901]
(1 photograph, 20cm x 15cm, mounted on card)


Photograph of tea on the lawn, 1908
(1 photograph, 14cm x 9cm)


Photograph of guide cadet camp with four named guides, Glaisdale, 1945 [given by Greta Hails]
(1 photograph, 18cm x 12cm)


List of past students who have subscribed to Miss Eleanor Christopher's retirement present, 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


A record of those present at the college centenary celebrations, 1958
(1 file)


Greetings telegrams and telegrams sending greetings in connexion with the college's centenary, May 1958
(22 papers)


Autograph book, with verse, water colours and cartoons, 1900 - 1901
(1 volume, soft leather bound)


Poetry book of [Annie] A. Ferguson, 1875 - 1876, 1902; presented by Miss A.B. Pace of Roker, 1969
(1 volume, leather bound)


Autograph album of Alice [Robinson], with verse, water colours and sketches, 1904 - 1906
(1 volume, soft leather bound)


Autograph album of Hilda [Jameson] with verse, water colours and sketches, 1904 - 1905
(1 volume, soft leather bound)


Autograph album of Lilian Smith [later Davidson] with verse, water colours and sketches, 1915 - 1917; presented by her, 1979
(1 volume, soft leather bound)

Mary Smith Browbank (Ref: E/HB 1/894-912)

Photograph of staff and students of St. Hild's College, [1908]
(1 photograph, 25cm x 20cm)


Photograph of Mary Smith Browbank after graduating, [1908]
(1 photograph, oval, mounted on card)


Photograph of Mary S. Browbank and other St. Hild's graduates, [1908]
(1 photograph, 9cm x 14cm)


Photograph of Ida Heppell of St. Hild's, sent to Miss M. Browbank, Howden-le-Wear, 24 January 191l
(1 photograph, 9cm x 14cm)


Board of Education examination certificates of Mary Smith Browbank, 1901 - 1905
(11 papers, printed form)


Certificate issued jointly by the University of Durham and the County Council of Durham, for examination in French, 27 April 1903
(1 paper, printed form)


Certificate of examination of pupil teacher (Mary Smith Browbank) in religious subjects by the Diocesan Inspector, 1903 - 1906
(parchment, 1 membrane, printed form)


'Parchment' teaching certificate issued to Mary Smith Browbank by the Board of Education, 1 August 1908 and covering circular letter, October 1908
(parchment, 1 membrane, printed form; and 1 paper, printed form)


Degree certificate of Mary Smith Browbank (B.Litt., Dunelm), 23 June 1908
(parchment, 1 membrane, printed form)

Florence Gillibrand Bennett (Ref: E/HB 1/913)

Memoirs of Florence Gillibrand Bennett, a former student of St. Hild's, 1883 - 1884, completed 2 April 1962
(1 volume, typescript, card bound)