Articles from the Yorkshire Post and the Manchester Guardian reporting on the effects of war on music, from September 1914.

A letter to guarantors of the Halle Concerts Society outlining the committees proposals for continuing the forthcoming season in the absence of conductor Michael Balling (interned in Germany) and considering the effects of war.

A letter written to conductor Michael Balling regarding the current situation and the future of the Halle Concerts Society and the struggles facing the society in his absence and as a result of the war.

List of players in the Halle Concerts Society in October 1914.

List of guarantors to the Halle Concerts Society and financial records from the 1914-1915 season.

Memorandum of a conference held on July 25th 1914 to consider the future of the society.

Musicians contract for the Halle Concerts Society including a list of concerts planned for the 1914-1915 season.

Part of the minutes of the annual meeting of the Halle Concerts Society from May 1914, showing financial report.

Minutes of the fifteenth annual meeting of the Halle Concerts Society, showing entries occluded by financial statement.

Financial statement for the fifteenth annual meeting of the Halle Concerts Society, May 1914.

Page 2 of the fifteenth annual report of the Halle Concerts Society, May 1914.

Fifteenth Annual Report of the Halle Concerts Society in May 1914 and the first page of the minutes from the meeting held on May 28th.

An article form the Manchester Guardian from May 1914, reporting on the up coming annual meeting of the Halle Concert Society.

A review from the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian of concerts that took place in the capital on October 19th, 1913.

A list of the players in the Halle Concerts Society in 1913 and newspaper cuttings from the Manchester Guardian and the Evening Chronicle from October 1913.The Evening Chronicle highlights the desire for the music of the Halle to be more accessible to the working classes.

Halle concert dates for 1913.

Musicians contract for the Halle Concerts Society including a list of the concerts planned for the 1913-1914 season.

Financial record from the 1913-1914 season of the Halle Concerts Society.

List of guarantors of the Halle Concerts Society in October 1913.

A letter form the treasurer to guarantors of the Halle Concerts Society asking for donations towards paying off the deficit from the previous season (1912-1913).

Minutes of the annual meeting of the Halle Concerts Society, 1913.

Financial statement of the Halle Concerts Society for the 1912-1913 season.