Party: Charters Towers. Thornborough College, King Street, Charters Towers, 4820
Summary
HEADMASTER'S OFFICE. Minutes of School Council meetings, ca.1918-present.
Day books, with daily entries by the teacher on duty, 26 July 1939-present, several vols.
Register of school examination marks, first term 1943-present, several vols.
STAFF ROOM. Portrait Reverend R.E. Bacon, foundation President to 1929, and School Principal from 1930, oil painting by J. Robinson.
Photographs, framed portrait of W. Charge, School Councillor and Secretary 1920-1929, also an extensive collection covering all aspects of school life, school buildings etc, from 1919.
BLACKTHORN LIBRARY ARCHIVES Correspondence, 3 August 1919-April 1954, to and from Church and School bodies, business organizations, staff and parents, relating to the foundation and support of the school and general aspects of the school; also some newspaper extracts, brochures leaflets and photographs. 1 folder, entitled: Historical.
Typescript, Comprehensive details of Blackthorn Golden Jubilee Building Fund Appeal begun in 1964; pp. 17, giving details of office bearers, fund raising programme, budget, etc., 1 folder entitled: The Origins of Fund Raising at Blackthorn.
Miscellaneous notes, staff lists, duty rosters, instructions and suggestions relating to the Schools, ca. July 1922, 1 small bundle.
Two items: a Concert programme for the Schools Golden Jubilee Reunion, a typescript paper outlining the significance of the Reunion, including brief historical notes on the schools, and also a visitors list, [1969], pp. 2. in 1 folder entitled: Golden Jubilee Reunion.
Play script, 'Blue Beginnings', foolscap, typescript, pp. 26. Visitors book, Thornborough College, June 1921-June 1935, 1 vol.
Blackthorn Magazine, BI-ANNUAL, April 1921-November 1934, 4 vols., ANNUAL, November 1935-November 1939, 1 vol., ANNUAL, November 1940-present, single issues.
Methodist Church Charters Towers 1877-1927, Jubilee Souvenir, Charters Towers, 1927, n.p. [30 leaves], includes 'The Story of Charters Towers Methodism 1877-1927', by the Reverend C. Whitehead, portraits of Churchmen, illustrations of Church buildings and schools, group photographs.
Thornborough and Blackheath Colleges Commemorative Souvenir 1919-1931, Charters Towers, 1931, n. pag. [pp. 54], gives current and historical details of the schools, illustrations include views of Thornborough when owned by E.H.T. Plant.
Ernest Thomas Campbell. A Man Greatly Beloved, Brisbane, [1949], has obituary, tributes, port., pp. 14. E.T. Campbell was Secretary of the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association for over thirty years, and held several other positions associated with the Church.
War Memorial Fund, Thornborough and Blackheath Colleges, [ca.1950], small booklet outlining the building appeal fund, includes architects' sketches, financial details, list of fund officials and directors, pp. 7.
The Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association Thornborough and Blackheath Colleges Golden Jubilee 1919-1969. Order of Service for the Official Opening and Dedication of the Blackthorn Hall, Saturday 14 June 1969, printed booklet, pp. 4.
Programmes for Annual Speech Night and Prize Distribution, from 1965.
Newsletter, The Blue News, ca.1946-1950, 1 box, unsorted.
Miscellaneous collection, school theatrical programmes, prospectus, hymnals, building plans, printed extracts.
Photographs, the collection includes: framed portrait, Reverend H. Youngman D.D., President General of the Methodist Church of Australia, and President of the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association of Brisbane. Reverend Youngman performed the official opening ceremony of Thornborough College on 23 April 1920; portrait of Wing Commander L.T. Spence D.F.C. and Bar, M.I.D. Legion of Merit, U.S.A. Air Medal, killed in action in Korea, 9 September 1950 while leading 77 Squadron RAAF. Wing Commander Spence attended Thornborough College 1932-1934. A collection of photographs of the school and staff and student groups, chiefly studio photographs by Robinson and Barrett, Art Photographers Charters Towers, 14 prints, with some duplications.
BLACKTHORN ASSEMBLY HALL. HONOUR BOARDS Captain of the school, 1923-present.
Dux of the school, 1923-present.
Sporting and academic achievements recorded.
Details of Blackheath College girls, 1973-present.