Série CON/2 - Membership

Zone d'identification

Cote

CON/2

Titre

Membership

Date(s)

  • 19th century-1991 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Série

Étendue matérielle et support

3 boxes and 3 card index

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

(1881-1991)

Histoire administrative

The York Central Conservative Club was founded in 1881 in order to consolidate the party after the defeat of The Right Hon James Lowther at the General Election in 1880 who had represented the city in Parliament since 1865. For many years the club met at the Ebor Rooms, Coney Street. However, this became too cramped due to social requirements of numbers and in 1909, moved to the De Grey Rooms, St Leonard's Street where they added an extension onto the rear of the building in 1910. The club had over 500 members in 1933 and the De Grey Rooms were more appropriate due to the size. The club moved again from De Grey Rooms to Museum Street in March 1986 until their closure in 1991. The club finally closed in 1991 after a period of financial difficulty and the archives were subsequently transferred in 1994. There were also four ward Conservative clubs in the city. These clubs, along with the Central Conservative Club formed a valuable asset in party politics. In 1969, the club abolished the 'male only' member policy and allowed females to become members 80 years after the club's foundation. The club also actively took part in international billiard tournaments, including the Faber Shield Tournament (which it won in 1904), the Scruton Cup (which it won in 1975), and the Hylton Foster Billiards Tournament.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

The records include subscription and register of members, member concerns (in the form of a suggestion book), visitors books. There are also records that relate to club activities such as dinner dances, christmas cheer and snooker tournaments. Other membership records relate to member interaffliation books and tickets and resignation letters.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

The series is subdivided into nine sub series.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d’accès

Restricted access (Data Protection Act)

Catalogued
Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.

Conditions governing reproduction

Images are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • anglais

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Finding aids

    Zone des sources complémentaires

    Existence and location of originals

    Exhibition Square
    10

    Existence and location of copies

    Related units of description

    Descriptions associées

    Zone des notes

    Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

    Mots-clés

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

    Mots-clés - Noms

    Mots-clés - Genre

    Zone du contrôle de la description

    Accession area