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A volume of handwritten meeting minutes for meetings held from 1945 to 1957, including minutes from the founding meeting of the York Society of Magicians.

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A volume of handwritten minutes. The volume includes minutes for council meetings and annual general meetings from 1958 to 1969.

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A volume containing a mix of handwritten meeting minutes, and typescript minutes which have been stuck into the volume. The volume includes minutes for council meetings and annual general meetings from 1975 to 1991. There are some loose documents included in the volume, including statements of accounts for 1991 and 1992, correspondence, and reports from council members.

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A rule book for the York Society of Magicians. The rule book records the rules of the society which were amended at the annual general meeting in 2008, and there is a piece of paper stuck into the back of the book, with a list of amendments to the rules agreed in the 2009 annual general meeting.

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A volume with a register of York Society of Magicians members and the shows that they have performed at.

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Includes the names of the winners from 1968 - 1984.

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Includes the names of the winners from 1972 - 2001.

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Includes two shields. The first includes the names of the winners from 1975 - 2012, and the second includes the names of the winners from 2013 - 2017.

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Includes the names of the winners from 1978 - 1984.

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A folder with scrapbook-style pages inserted, which include newspaper clippings from 1936 to 1985. The original folder has a title printed on the front, the dates of editions of the yearbook printed on the inside, along with a list of founding members stuck on the inside of the folder, which has become detached.

The pages have been removed and stored separately for preservation reasons, and the original folder has also been kept as part of the collection.

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A folder with scrapbook-style pages inserted, which include programmes for the York Society of Magicians annual 'Night of Magic' events from 1954 to 1984. The original folder has a title printed on the front, and an edition date printed on the inside.

The pages have been removed and stored separately for preservation reasons, and the original folder has also been kept as part of the collection.

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A folder labelled 'York Society of Magicians Scrap Book', which includes material from 1969 to 2019. The scrapbook includes material discussing the society logo, photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, and programmes from events.

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A black velvet cloth with the York Society of Magicians logo sewn onto it. A piece of paper is also included, which explains that the cloth was presented in 2009 and was used for annual dinners, events and visiting magicians. The cloth was designed by a local textiles student.

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A booklet with a print of the York Society of Magicians logo stuck inside.

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A wooden bauble/medallion with the York Society of Magicians logo etched on it.

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Circular magnets with the York Society of Magicians logo, in two different designs.

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A metal badge/pendant of the York Society Magicians logo.

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A necklace with the York Society of Magicians logo on the pendant, in a case.

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According to a note in the front of the book, the book was presented by the wife of Charles Allison, a founding member of the York Society of Magicians, to the society following Allison's death. Another note in the front of the book explains that the book went missing in the late 1960s and was found again in the summer of 1996. In 1996 when the book was rediscovered, the Society's council decided to make the book the "President's Talisman' with the acting president each year caring for the book.

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A chain of office with the names of the presidents of the York Society of Magicians from 1945 - 2018, inside a green bag.

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A presidents badge in a brown pouch.