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National Sunday League

Dates: 1855Organisation: National Sunday League Short Biography: Established 1855. Extant 1929. Mission statement: "“The opening of Museums, Art Galleries and libraries on Sunday afternoons maintaining the “Sunday Evenings for the People”, Sunday Excursions, Sunday Bands in the Parks and generally to promote intellectual and Elevating Recreation on that Day”, Henry Mills, secretary (Programme: London; Empress Theatre, Brixton; 15/10/22)

Collection Descriptions Henry Wood Collection: Miscellaneous London Programmes (1901-1912) (Royal Academy of Music, Library) A collection of four volumes of programmes of concerts given in London, 1901 to 1912. Some of the programme contain ... Henry Wood Collection: Programmes and books of words [Nottingham] (1896-1901) (Royal Academy of Music, Library) A collection of two volumes of programmes from concerts largely given by Henry Wood, from 1881 to 1901. The majori... Leonard Darke Collection, 1931-34 (Royal College Of Music, Library) 1931 10 August 1931, Queen's Hall, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Henry Wood, Oda Slobodskaya, Francis Russell ... London: Alhambra Theatre (1877-1934) (Royal College Of Music, Library) A collection of programmes from the Alhambra Theatre (also entitled the Royal Alhambra Theatre). The collection is c... London: Palladium and London Palladium (1911-) (Royal College Of Music, Library) A collection of programmes from the Palladium and the London Palladium. The theatre was built as the Palladium theat... London: Theatres Ar-Ci (1876-) (Royal College Of Music, Library) A collection of programmes from London theatres beginning "Ar" to "Ci". Concerts: There are a number of concert... London: Theatres Co-E (1876-) (Royal College Of Music, Library) A collection of programmes from London theatres beginning "Co" to "E". The collection also includes as few newspaper... Manchester Miscellaneous Programmes (1825-1995) (Henry Watson Music Library) A collection of miscellaneous programmes for performances in Manchester. There are six boxes, two bound volumes and ... McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1890-1899) (Royal Academy of Music Museum) A collection of one box of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1890 to 1899. The collection contains program...