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Includes three copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association for G W Harding (York) Limited, and one framed certificate of incorporation.

The correspondence relates to the decision to stop trading.

Also includes photographs of the Hardings shop in the Castle Museum, 1982.

Title deeds and associated documents relating to the Hardings premises at 26 and 27 High Ousegate, and 18 Coppergate. Also contains a small number of plans.

Letters and a list of incorrect addresses used by customers to contact Hardings Linen Drapers.

Catalogues and posters showing the range of advertising signs which could be purchased for shop units.

Coin bags made of paper. One is for five shillings in copper; the other two are for £5 in silver.

Seating plans for a dinner of the Merchant Taylors Company at the Royal Station Hotel, York, when George William Harding was Master.

Includes receipts for purchases and personal investments, payments for utilities bills, rent and newspapers, as well as details of charitable donations. The receipts are not arranged in chronological order, but have been catalogued as found. Many of the receipts contain decorative bill-heads.

The letters were received from family members and other acquaintances, on the death of Eva's husband George W Harding.

Papers relating to the building of the family home at North Road, Clifton. Includes bills for architects and tradesmen, and the overall building specification. Also includes garden plan, possibly drawn by a representative of Backhouse Nurseries, who carried out the work.

Includes two tickets to the Military Sunday service at York Minster, May 1923; one winter programme for the Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association, 1938-1939; and one letter relating to a codicil to the will of Mrs E W M Harding, 1933.

Biographical information about Eva Winifred Maud Harding, primarily taken from Ancestry.com, but with some electronic copies of certificates. Includes birth and marriage information, as well as 1939 Register information and wills and administations details. This bundle was compiled by the depositor, Mr David Harding, at the time of deposit.

Includes plans, bill of quantities, newspaper cuttings, financial papers and papers relating to the staircase.

Roll of tracing paper plans, possibly showing details for cornicing and other interior fittings. Please note these plans are in very poor condition and very fragile. As a result, they have not been opened for cataloguing purposes. Includes one plan which may have been a rejected scheme for the building.

Roll of building plans showing alterations carried out on the premises between 1966 and 1967.

The plans show alterations to the Coppergate premises.

Includes newspaper cutting relating to the alterations, and three photographs of the new displays.

Folded architectural drawings showing elevations, sections and plans of proposed alterations to Hardings' premises. These plans are believed to have been rejected and not carried out.

Photocopied pages from a ledger relating to the installation of electricity in High Ousegate.

Also includes photocopy of the plan and particulars.

The plan relates to the purchase of the Coppergate premises of Hardings.

Roll of building plans, possibly relating to the main rebuild in 1902. Please note these plans are in very poor condition and very fragile. As a result, they have not been opened for cataloguing purposes.

Green books marked 'G W Harding, The Linen Warehouses, York.'

Two copies of the same window display. One photograph is mounted, the other unmounted.

Twelve images of the development of the High Ousegate and Coppergate sites, resulting in the 'Right of Light' legal dispute.

Roll of printers samples for parcel delivery slips. On large format paper.

Small brown envelopes.

Bundle of purple and white printed postcards with the branding 'The Linen Specialists.' Also includes a paper bag with the same branding.

Orange plastic carrier bags carrying the Hardings logo and branding.

Bundle of headed notepaper with elaborate billhead.

Bundle of headed notepaper.

Published half-yearly sales catalogues showing linen prices. Incomplete series. Includes an index.

Includes catalogues for Hardings, as well as external companies possibly supplying Hardings.

The cardboard signs advertise particular products and prices, as well as temporary closures of the business. These signs were created by Helen Harding. Each sign is unique, and some are single-sided, whilst others are double-sided.

These signs are handwritten, with black text on a white background with a red and bright yellow sale banner. Each sign is unique, and there are two different sizes.

Posters advertising sales and events at Hardings drapers. Please note, these posters are very fragile and are torn on the fold areas.

Two double-sided printed advertisements for linen products, possibly published by G W Harding.

Rolled large format colour advertising posters for Early's blankets, who celebrated their tricentenary in 1969.

The labels are stuck together and read 'Warranted to give satisfaction in wear. Real Irish Linen.'

Round labels with the letters 'C' and 'D' on them.

Bundle of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers. All the samples still have their original descriptive labels attached.

Bundle of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers. All the samples still have their original descriptive labels attached. Originally held in a cardboard box. Includes a linen sale ordering sheet.

Bundle of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers. All the samples still have their original descriptive labels attached. Originally held in a cardboard box.

Bundle of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers.

Red and gold A4 embossed booklet containing lace samples on blue pages.

Navy blue book containing samples and corresponding item numbers. Entitled 'G W Harding, York' and 'Horrockses, Miller & Co.'