John Fraser McManamey family papers, 1889-ca. 1970, with related material, 1863-1976

MLMSS 1507

fonds

1863-1976

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings

913628

10 volumes, 7 boxes, 5 folders and 1 portfolio - manuscript, typescript, printed

John Fraser McManamey was Rector of Cooerwull Academy at Bowenfels, NSW, from 1903. When the lease of the Cooerwull Academy was not renewed by the Council of St. Andrew's College, Sydney, in ca. 1906, John McManamey bought Woodford House, Woodford, NSW, and opened it as the Woodford Academy in January 1907. One of the previous owners, Mark Henry Long, chemist and druggist, used Woodford House as a hospital in ca. 1860's. John McManamey continued as Rector in his new capacity at the Woodford Academy, until it was forced to close on 28 August 1936 due to the adverse effects of the Depression. In 189- John McManamey had married Henrietta Petra Holm and they had two daughters, Gertrude and Jessie Elizabeth McManamey. Gertrude McManamey transferred the Woodford Academy to the National Trust of Australia in 1980 in return for life tenancy of the refurbished section of the building. The Woodford Academy has the distinction of being the oldest building in the Blue Mountains

Series 01: John Fraser McManamey, 1889-1946
VOLUMES 1-4
A. Correspondence, 1889-1946
Being both private and business correspondence, including references to Woodford Academy, 1907-1944, and Cooerwull Academy, 1904-1906
VOLUME 5X
B. Financial records, 1902-1945
Includes copies of taxation returns, 1917-1921, and rate notices, 1915-1945
C. Legal documents, 1895-1927
D. Miscellaneous material, ca. 1918-1944
Includes the second annual report of the Woodford Progress Association, 1918-1919, written by the Honorary Secretary, John Fraser McNanamey

Series 02: Gertrude McManamey, ca. 1917-1970
VOLUMES 6
A. Correspondence, ca. 1917-1970
Being both her private and business correspondence, including references to the Woodford Academy, ca. 1917-1970
B. Financial records, 1948-1964
Includes rate notices, 1950-1962

Series 03: McManamey family, ca. 1908-1950
FOLDER 7
Being letters received by various members of the family, ca. 1908-1950

Series 04: Woodford House, 1891
FOLDER 8
Account book, 1891

Series 05: Woodford Academy, ca. 1907-1945, with related papers, 1889-1976
BOX 9
A. Financial records, ca. 1907-1941
Items-15
Includes a volume, 1905-1910, at MLMSS 1507/8 Item 3, also used to record Cooerwull Academy financial records, 1905-1906
B. Letters received, ca. 1913-1945
Item 6
Includes references to student and teacher matters, ca. 1913-1945
VOLUME 10X
C. Term and examination results, ca. 1907-1921
See also BOX MLMSS 1507/14X
VOLUME 11X
D. Certificates, 1907-1922
Includes certificates registering the Academy under the 1912 Bursary Endowment Act, 1914-1919
BOXES 12-13
E. Papers relating to the sporting activities of the Academy, ca. 1907-1936
Includes papers relating to cricket, ca. 1907-1920, athletic sports programmes for the annual sports meetings, 1907-1923, and correspondence of the secretary of the Sports Committee, 1915-1920
BOX 14X
F. Enrolment and attendance register, ca. 1912-1919
Items 1-3
Volume also used to record term and examination results, ca. 1912-1913
BOXES 15, 16X-17X
G. Miscellaneous material, 1889-1976
Includes speech given by John Fraser McManamey at a prize night at the Woodford Academy, no date, examiner's reports from the Department of Public Instruction, 1914-1915, maps of Woodford, ca. 1918-1932, and 'A short history of Woodford Academy', and the Woodford area, ca. 1820-1976, compiled by the Reverend L.T. Lambert in 1976
This collection includes maps at M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 1507/Maps 1-2

Series 06: Cooerwull Academy, 1902-1907
BOX 18
Items 1-7
Being mainly financial records, 1902-1907, including an account book, 1905-1907, and a volume, 1905-1942, also used to record miscellaneous financial records of John Fraser McManamey, 1933-1942
See also MLMSS 1507/9 Item 3

Series 07: Mark Henry Long, 1863-1869
PORTFOLIO 19X
Items 1-5
Papers, being various certificates, including 'certificates of qualification as chemist and druggist', 1863

Series 08: Blue Mountains Anzac War Memorial Hospital, 1925-1934
FOLDER 20
Being the 'treasurer's book Woodford Branch', 1925-1934. John Fraser McManamey was treasurer, 1927-1932

Series 09: Woodford Group of Blue Mountain Sight Reserves', 1931-1936
FOLDER 21
Items 1-2
Being miscellaneous papers, 1931,1936. John Fraser McManamey was secretary, 1931-1936

Series 10: Belgian Relief Fund Woodford Committee;, 1915
Item 1
A donation book, 1915, including the signature of John Fraser McManamey, 1915

Series 11: Miscellaneous material, 1898-ca. 1968
Items 2-9
Includes letters, ca. 1916-1958, and newspaper cuttings, ca. 1917-1968

Series 12: Incidental material, 1933-1934
FOLDER 23
Being letters by the Reverend J. E. C. Welldon to W. J. Burnett, 12 January 1933-7 February 1934

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-332C)as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.1237 and Pic.Acc.4935

Keyword subjects:
Schools--Records and correspondence
School sports
Blue Mountains (N.S.W.)--History