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M90 - Lees Family
1 - Samuel Lees
2 - Asa Lees
3 - Eli Lees
4 - Charles Edward Lees
5 - Dame Sarah Lees
1 - Family Papers
2 - Election as Councilor
3 - Freedom of the Borough
4 - Mayor
1 - Pocket book recording Sarah Lees mayoral expenses and associated receipts
2 - Newspaper cutting 'Mayoralty of Oldham. Mrs Lees accepts invitation.'
3 - Newspaper cutting taken from the Oldham Standard 'Oldham Mayoralty Mrs C. E. Lees to be invited, Unanimous Liberal Invitation.'
4 - Newspaper cutting 'Oldham's Lady Mayor'
5 - Letter to Mrs Lees from Charles Behrens, Lord Mayor of Manchester
6 - Newspaper cutting 'The Mayor Elect'
7 - Letter to Mrs Lees from M. E. Gaskell, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester
8 - Letter to Mrs Lees from Elizabeth McGowan, 2 Windsor Place, Victoria Park, Manchester
9 - Newspaper cutting taken from the Daily Mail 'Lady Mayor. Dispute over her election'
10 - Letter to Mrs Lees from Frederick [Derwen], Delf View, Eyam
11 - Newspaper cutting 'Oldham's Mayor. Election of Mrs Lees. Display of Tory Ill-Temper'
12 - Newspaper cutting 'Oldham Top Hats. A unique display in honor of the Lady Mayor.'
13 - Newspaper cutting 'Mayor's Sunday in Oldham and Manchester' taken from the Manchester Courier
14 - Newspaper cutting reporting on the attendance at the Mayor's Sunday
15 - Newspaper cutting 'Mayor's Sunday in Oldham'
16 - Newspaper cutting 'Oldham's Mayor and Mayoress'
17 - Newspaper cutting 'Mayor's Sunday'
18 - Newspaper cutting of the letters page 'To Mrs. Lees, The Mayor-Elect of Oldham', written by Mary Bull
19 - Invitation to a reception held at Oldham Town Hall by Mrs Charles E. Lees, Mayor and Miss Lees, Mayoress
20 - Letter to Mrs Lees from Herbert W. Lees, 902 Blanchard Street, Victoria, British Columbia
21 - Newspaper cutting 'Mayor's Carriage Mishap'
22 - Illustrated facsimile copy of the Kings letter written to the nation on his accession to the throne
23 - Printed Coronation Committee accounts
24 - Letter to Mrs Lees from M. E. Gaskell
25 - Letter to the Mayor of Oldham (Sarah Lees) from Isaac Roberts and Sons Ltd, Dalton Dyeworks, Huddersfield
26 - Telegram to the Mayor of Oldham from the Home Secretary giving guidance and instructions on the use of military force during the railway strike
27 - Telegram to the Mayor of Oldham from the Home Secretary confirming the railway strike has been settled
28 - Letter to The Mayor from Eli Bottomley, Secretary of the Oldham and District Labour Party
29 - Letter to Mrs Lees, Mayor of Oldham from J. F. Lees, Borough Treasurer, Oldham
30 - Letter to Mrs Lees from Elizabeth Gregory, Rochester, New York
31 - Newspaper cutting 'The Mayoralty'
32 - Letter to Mrs Lees from Gwenllian E. F. Morgan, Mayor of Brecon
33 - Statement by Sarah Lees, Mayor of Oldham, regarding women's suffrage, the Oldham candidates pledge to the cause and the detriment the anti-government position may have in Oldham
34 - Newspaper cutting 'The Lady Mayor. Oldham's Pride in its Chief Citizen'
35 - Letter to Mrs Lees from William Sutcliffe, 370 Shaw Road, Shaw
36 - Article 'An English Women Mayor' from 'A Man's Treasure' profiling Mrs Lees
5 - Papers regarding the conference of an honorary degree to Mrs Lees
6 - Dame Commander
7 - Letters, newspaper cuttings etc
8 - Miscellaneous
9 - Funeral and Memorial
6 - Marjory Lees
7 - Dorothy Prodgers (nee Lees)
8 - Werneth Park and Music Room
9 - Werneth Park Study Centre
10 - Newspaper Scrap Books and miscellaneous cuttings etc
11 - Lees family genealogical information
12 - Journals and News Letters
13 - Miscellaneous
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