Masonic Female Orphan School, 1853-1970, Annual Reports.

Includes information on school and students, for example: 'At the beginning of the New School in 1882 this number [of pupils] was increased to Forty Two, - In June one of the elder pupils, Lilian Hay, to the deep sorrow of all who knew her, died after a very short illness..'.

Also lists names of girls who had been apprenticed.

After the success of the Centenary celebrations a Fund was set up to provide further education: '£421.14s.2d. expended from Centenary Fund (income) upon outfits for pupils when leaving & in grants for the further education and advancement of former pupils. 31 grants were made from this Fund during the year for the following purposes, which indicate the variety of callings for which the School prepares its Pupils, and the necessity for aiding them on leaving School', 1912.

A list follows, which includes:

Alice Murphy, School in France, and Outfit

Aileen Palmer, Grant for further Education in Music

Olive Coote, School in Armagh, Miss Ross

Eileen Batt, Maintenance Grant at Girls' Friendly Society

Technical schools, shorthand typing and business schools

There are c.80 books and pamphlets

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See Dr Brian Bowden, 200 Years of a Future Through Education, A History of the Masonic Girls' Charity [Privately printed, 1992].