Papers relating to Friars' School, old and new, especially pointing out the contrast between two dispensations

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(i) Estimates of expenditure - 1891-1895, 1897-1901

(ii) Balance sheets, summaries of accounts, analyses etc. - 1891-1895, 1901-1902

(iii) Awards of scholarships - 1894-1895, 1901-1902

(iv) Five memoranda books, 1893-1902

(v) Papers of the Friars' Syndicate - articles of association, map, sale etc.

(vi) Reports re. Friars' Cottage (1895, 1897); Old Order v. New re. emoluments of Head Master and Staff; inquiries re. staffing of other Secondary Schools (1895)

(vii) Correspondence concerning Insurance of New Friars' (1900)

(viii) Some controversies - Mr Glynne Williams on new order of things (1895 etc.); Mr Glynne Williams v. Rev. T.J. Wheldon (1895-1896) including a short letter from Tom Ellis, M.P.; the same v. William Jones (1902); letter from an old boy re. School crest (1906); an unpaid account of Messrs. Jarvis & Foster (1906); Mr Glynne Williams v. Sir Henry Lewis (1906)

(ix) Some letters and papers bearing on teaching Technical subjects in Friars' and the co. of Carnarvon (1898-1902)

(x) Correspondence about Mr Henry Barber, co-adjutor with Sir Henry Lewis in writing the 'History of Friars' School' which was published by Messrs. Jarvis & Foster

(a) Letter from Henry Blackwell, the New York bibliophile (8 March 1918)

(b) A very concise account of Henry Barber by F.R. Barber (26 March 1918)

(xi) Parcel of photographs of Friars' School (old and new), headmasters (Bishop Lloyd and Mr Glynne Williams)

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