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Written by V. J. Hearn

Report states that there are severe problems with the Acomb library (despite its' popularity) and there is a need for a new building.

From the Branch Librarian.

From the Branch Librarian.

Outlines the new library branch in Acomb, including photos and details of the building. 3 copies.

2 copies.

The posters are contained in a wallet marked 'York Library Entrance Hall'.

Also contains accessions register dated 1896-1932. The stock-taking work mostly covers 1914-1915 and 1940.

Includes photographs, leaflets, notices, posters, cuttings, programmes relating to the celebrations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, held in the City of York. Also includes a list of local schools which participated.

The notice states that direct access to the shelves was prohibited due to "unauthorised borrowing from the reference library". Framed.

There is a second notice in the frame, instructing readers to leave books on the table when finished with them. To view this notice, please ask a member of staff to remove it from the frame.

The ticket is in the name of Joe Taylor.

The book is entitled 'the Reginald Hunt Autograph Collection' and is stored in a box marked 'Morocco Visitors Book No. 9799'.

Letter books and loose correspondence retained by the York Public Library (later York City Library) in the course of its duties.

Contains general correspondence relating to staffing, events, local schools, user enquiries, the purchasing of library stock and committee business. Indexed.

Contains general correspondence relating to health and infection control, fines, user enquiries, acquisition of stock, money and accounts. Indexed.

Contains general correspondence relating to fines, user enquiries, acquisition of stock, money and accounts, and committee matters. Indexed.

The contents mentions the First World War, the library's role within it (including hosting classes for the instruction in munitions making) and the procurement of war literature. Also includes general correspondence, accounts, fines, and subscriptions. Indexed.

The contents mentions the First World War, and a Mr. Doherty. Also includes general correspondence regarding enquiries, requests, accounts and fines. Indexed.

The contents mentions the First World War, its aftermath, and its effect on the city and the library. Also includes personal correspondence between the City Librarian and Mr Doherty, who was on active service, and some general correspondence. Indexed. Also includes a blank cheque.

General correspondence. Indexed.

General correspondence. Indexed.

Contains general correspondence, including public engagements, copy requests and financial matters. Indexed.

General correspondence. Indexed.

Includes the following: 1896 letter from W. Morrell to A.H. Furnish regarding the Technical Instruction Committee; 1967 correspondence between a Mr Carl Vitz of Cincinnati and the city librarian; 1936 copies correspondence written by the city librarian informing of the death of A.H. Furnish; two York Public Library bookmarks including advertisements (circa 1939-45 - advertisements include references to the ARP); correspondence between the city librarian and a P.G. Gill regarding a thesis on the formation of public libraries; and notes on the Benn Figures relating to public libraries (1935)

A large collection of wartime correspondence to and from the York Public Library. Includes frequent mentions of war-work and wartime issues (esp. a publicity document with corrections dated 24/3/41, explaining the role of public libraries in the war effort). Also present are letters regarding loans of books to/use of library by local military units and internment camps alike, and requests for assistance in setting up Unit libraries. There are also several mentions of library-hosted entertainment for local Forces men and women, and requests for books relating specifically to war-work (munitions, nurseries). There are mentions of W.V.S. and A.R.P. work in/around the library; and of the various uses of the building as part of the war effort (for community work; welfare work; outreach; and emergency organisation, both as a Wardens' Post and, from letters dated January 1941, as an 'After Blitz' Organisation Centre'). A number of letters dealing with adaptations to the building, such as the installation of an emergency telephone and the addition of bomb-proofing materials (letter dated 23rd October 1942 from the City Librarian to the City Englineer); plus a number of mentions of rationing (fuel, staff uniform coupons). Later correspondence concerns the post-war cleanup, e.g. one letter dated 20th August 1945 discusses the removal of wire guards from the windows, while others deal with the removal of blackout fittings (11th June 1945), the closing of an Emergency Administrative Centre (28th June 1945), the disconnection of a wartime telephone (29th January 1946), the redistribution of surplus Civil Defence Equipment (4th February 1946), and the rehabilitation and resettlement of returning officers (26th October 1945)). One circular dated 15th October 1945 from the Ministry of Fuel discusses severe coal shortages for the first winter after the War. There are also more general letters from this period, concerning: exhibitions and events (many, but not all, of which are themselves part of the war effort); schools and educational outreach; user enquiries, suggestions and requests (e.g. for publishing advice, and the use of a lecture-hall); approaches regarding the purchasing and acquisition of new stock and furnishings; insurance; matters of health and infection control; inter-library communication, including with the Rowntree Library; personal correspondence between Frederick Cowles at Pendlebury and Raymond Doherty at York. Also present are a number of internal letters and other documents (notes concerning stock; a police report detailing a list of found books; financial and taxation matters; staffing matters; committee matters; Library inspection reports and conference reports; assorted library notices and publicity documents in proof; notes and notices concerning rationing esp. National Milk Cocoa; notes of library tickets and books issued to local Forces).

Letter from the Rowntree Library to York Public Library, concerning books to be acquired.

Concerning the provision of books to foreign POWs; the removal in 1939 of irreplaceable bibliographical material from the Malet Place premises of the National Central Library to Bourne Lodge in Hertfordshire; and the subsequent destruction of Malet Place on Thursday 17th April 1941 in a fire resulting from enemy action.

Includes the following: 1943 note from M.E. Hurford to the city librarian accepting a proposal to earmark the Concert Hall of the Mount School as a 'post-raid administrative centre'; 1942 note on 'Raid Welfare Organisation' scheme to be held in the Reference Library; 1942 correspondence between the county and city librarians regarding free inter-lending between branches; assorted correspondence, terms of agreement, and accounts regarding schemes for cooperation and inter-lending between York and surrounding county libraries; related correspondence regarding the inter-availability of borrowers/readers tickets; assorted reproductions and facsimiles of correspondence relating to inter-lending etc.; correspondence and figures regarding service lists and lending to those working within the city of York; assorted figures, accounts and requests for information regarding readers/lenders from outside York; correspondence between city of York and Norwich Public Libraries regarding inter-lending agreements; assorted correspondence regarding subscription rates and fees for 'out of area' users; two tables including the following data regarding county councils in Yorkshire: population, book stock, stock per 1000 population, bookbinding and establishment expenses.

Contains general correspondence relating to events, room bookings, fines, donations, committee business, enquiries, and local schools. Indexed.

Includes a letter regarding the Control of Maps Order from Chief Constable Harry H. Herman, together with correspondence from Joan Hopper and attached newspaper cutting, dated 25th-26th June 1940, concerning fears over enemy spies using libraries and maps to plan an invasion.

Letter from St. Peter's School, York, to Mr Doherty at the Library, concerning missing library books.

Two sets of correspondence concerning library staffing during and just after the Second World War.

Folder containing correspondence regarding repairs, fittings and furnishings for the library including records from the 1941 War Damage Act.

Letter to Mr. Newey from the City Librarian concerning misuse of an air raid escape exit in the library.

Letters concerning the Rickham diaries, and requests for information on old buildings in York.

Concerning the 'Salvage Book Drives'. Contains correspondence with the British Records association, expressing fears over the effects of the wartime effort to recycle paper; and discussing possible interventions in order to identify and preserve important documents. Also includes details of the library's work to distribute books to hospitals and among regiments.

Correspondence concerning the 'Through Polish Eyes' wartime photograph exhibition, which was hosted at the York Public Library during part of its tour in 1945.

Letters concerning a book, 'The War's Best Photographs', and a request for a copy of a picture depicting the bombed Guildhall York.

Letter from Miss Aspden to R. Doherty at the Library, concerning arrangements for an evacuation scheme between Nonsuch County School and Queen Anne Secondary School, plus a reply.

Contains general correspondence relating to enquiries, committee business, stock acquisition, matters of finance and accounts and local schools. Indexed.

Letters regarding a visit from a group of young Dutch children.

Correspondence concerning the series of War Office grants received by the library in support of its provision of services to locally-based Forces men and women and interned prisoners. Includes some statistics for holdings, loans and service user/borrower numbers through the war.

Comprehensive collection of correspondence relating to the National Association of Local Government Organisations (NALGO), including receipts, invoices, accounts, promotional materials, newspaper cuttings for wartime exhibition on local government services. Relates to the war effort more generally.

Correspondence relating to the Association of Municipal Corporations.

Includes: report on local government agency arrangements between City of York Council and North Yorkshire County Council, a copy of the 1967 Local Government Alteration of Areas; two copies of document detailing the Public Libraries and Museums Bill; an estimate of library costs resulting from proposed boundary extensions; correspondence regarding capitation grants; documents detailing the 1958 Local Government Act and its likely effects on York's public libraries; and a further folder contining miscellaneous documents pertaining to local government restructuring.

Correspondence to and from the British Standards Institution.

Folder containing correspondence regarding the Hunt Collection.

Mostly with J. Burrow & Co. Ltd, publishers.

Mostly with J. Burrow & Co. Ltd, publishers.

Includes: 1968 letter and attached proposals for dealing with cases of local disasters; four memoranda from the Town Clerk regarding byelaws for bringing wheeled vehicles into the library and the founding of a tourist centre; directives regarding the electricity of cuts and the conservation of fuel in the winter of 1973; a collection of memoranda regarding the fuel emergency of 1974/three-day week; and a proposal and constitution for a York Arts Council.

Contains general correspondence relating to York schools, classes and results. Also includes information about events, purchasing library stock and committee business. Indexed.

Mostly with J. Burrow & Co. Ltd, publishers.

Mostly with J. Burrow & Co. Ltd, publishers.

Includes correspondence regarding periodical subscriptions, microfilm conversion and requests for minutes.

Correspondence regarding the storing of construction equipment, the use of St Leonards Hospital and excavation of the city walls.

Assorted correspondence between York Public Library and Munster City Library.

The letter relates to an order for Refernce Library book plates.

Contains general correspondence relating to money and accounts, acquisition of stock and user enquiries. Indexed.

The letter relates to the development of library facilities.

Written by E. W Purnell

Written by J.B. Morrell

Contains general correspondence relating to enquiries, fines, acquisitions and new stock (including Braille stock). Indexed.

The bundle mostly comprises internal memoranda from the Assistant County Librarian, D Division; and Divisional Management Group meeting minutes.

Internal Senior Management Team papersk including agendas, minutes, notes to members, memoranda - for the Divisional Management Group, in the period 1980-1990.

The blocks were together in a folder marked 'Sir Marcus Worsley Visit to York Library to Open the Tree Conservation Exhibition'.

The folder includes wallets and papers containing images of young infants engaging in reading activities, loose photographs and postcards from the aforementioned scheme, and a collection of newspaper articles from the local press.

Library shelf-register for book stock, giving the press mark, volumes, author, title, stock number and dewey number.

The volume includes single maps, pictures, manuscripts, and broadsides.

Printed catalogues and class lists of the works contained in the York Public Library.

With inserts (illustration of the Subscription Library, advertising leaflets, newspaper cuttings, Centenary celebration and centenary fund, obituary of Richard Haughton, etc.). Also contains related material (lists of subscribers, officers of the Library, rules, statements of accounts).

Catalogue of prose fiction works in the lending library.

Class list of books on Useful Arts

Class list of books on Fine Arts

Class list of books on natural science.

With handwritten inserts. City Librarian's copy.

Class list of books on sociology