Photographs

DEM/1/9 is a collection of photographs accumulated by the Department. In nearly all cases, the photographs have been taken in connection with events and courses at Holly Royde College, indicating that the collection was associated with the College, rather than directly with the Extra-Mural Department. The earliest photographs show Service personnel attending MRC courses, and the post-war photos show seminars and lectures at the College, as well as views of the College itself, including new building projects. There are several photos of staff members. The are also photographs of participants at the Nordic Summer School and the Bangor Summer School.

Very few of the photographs include information to identify individuals or events in the photographs or the dates of creation. In most cases, approximate dates have been given, but usually only to an estimate of the decade in which the photograph was taken.

The original ordering of the collection was such to indicate that the photographs had probably been kept together as a single collection, even where the subject matter related to autonomous bodies such as the Lamb Guild and the Manchester Regional Committee. For this reason the photograph collection was been treated as a unitary collection.