Scope and Contents Correspondence sent to John Derby:Record of Derby's purchase of brass seal and engraving from W. V. Heming.Receipt of shares purchased [by Derby], with pencil note added by him 'let his be a warning to all who would dabble in stocks and shares J. D.'.Letter from [E. J.] Craig.Letter from [C. Wandlow].Invitation to the Meeting of the Committee of the Sheffield Mechanic's Library, from E. Hebblethwaite, Secretary.Letter...

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Notes and papers on Phrenology, including:

Circular letter from Derby inviting subscriptions for course of lectures on Phrenology by the Rev. D. G. Goyder and the formation of a Phrenological Society in Sheffield (1).

Report of the Phrenological Character of Mrs. Derby as given by E.J. Craig, March 1861 (6).

Syllabus of the course of lectures at the Philosophical Institution, Huddersfield by Rev. D. G. Goyder, belonging to Henry Pitt (7).

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Handwritten account of the history of R. S. Bayley and the People's College by John Derby, titled 'The Founder of the First People's College. By an old student'.

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Proof sheets of John Derby’s ‘History of the People’s College’. Chapters 1-5, published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph in June and July of 1878.

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Two religious pamphlets, press cuttings, calling card of Ogden Brothers and Derby, and advertisement for Lawrence's Tea and Grocery Establishment, Shalesmoor.

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Account of the origin and progress of the People's College, particularly after the reorganisation, by Thomas Rowbotham in an article published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 30 September 1859, reprinted from the The Working Men’s College Magazine and Supplement to the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 26 July 1862.

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Photographs of the Rev. R.S. Bayley, F.S.A., founder of the People’s College, including one of [him and his wife] with note 'To Mrs. Derby'.

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Photograph of James Wilson, the treasurer of the People's College, Sheffield.

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Drawing of lecture room at People’s College, Orchard Street, Sheffield.

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Correspondence, notes and press cuttings of G. C. Moore-Smith, relating to the People's College Sheffield.

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Articles from the Sheffield Independent, including report of Moore-Smith’s lecture on the People’s College, Sheffield.

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Letter from James Moorehouse, former Bishop of Manchester, to G. C. Moore-Smith, which was reprinted in G. C. Moore-Smith's book about the College.

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Letter from Thomas Rowbotham to G. C. Moore-Smith. His uncle, Thomas Rowbotham (d. 1898) had been the president of the committee of the People's College, after the reorganisation in 1848.

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Letter from Thomas Brown, honorary secretary of the Vaughan Working Men’s College, Leicester, to G. C. Moore-Smith, about the history of the College there.

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Notes by [G. C. Moore-Smith] about the history of the People's College.

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Notes by [G. C. Moore-Smith] about the history of the People's College, including 'Bayley's lecture aug 6. 1842 at the circus'.

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Notes by [G. C. Moore-Smith] about the history of the People's College, including details of certificates achieved in examinations in the 1860s, and about the closure of the College.

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Pamphlet titled A Survey of Working-Class Educational Movements in England and Scotland by Albert Mansbridge. Publication No. 10. Workers’ Educational Association (Printed at Manchester, 1906).

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Pamphlet titled A Chapter in the History of Voluntary Educational Effort Being a Record of the First Year’s Work of the Rochdale Education Guild, a Branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, Publication No. 11. (London, 1906).

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Proof copy pamphlet titled The Workers’ Educational Association, Third Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, July 1st 1906, Publication No. 12. (London, 1906).