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Material created and collected by the York Society of Magicians. The collection includes papers such as meeting minutes and material relating to society membership; as well as memorabilia, including programmes, scrapbooks, and press cuttings.

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Includes meeting minutes from 1945 to 2016, and other administrative documents including correspondence, statements of accounts, and reports.

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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 collection of papers that includes meeting minutes from 2014 to 2016, correspondence, lists of past presidents, lists of past trophy winners, and other administrative documents.

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A typescript document with notes on meetings from 1945 to 1991, including council meetings and annual general meetings. Meetings from 1991 to 2002 are listed but there are no notes regarding those meetings.

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Newsletters from the York Society of Magicians, including 'Hoot' and 'The Newsletter'. Some of the items appear to be inserts for the newsletters with details of upcoming events.

The original file was separated into three sections. Dividers have been used to separate the material and maintain the original arrangement.

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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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Includes membership application including some correspondence, material on founding members, and a performance register.

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Includes originals and copies of membership applications.

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A file of applications for membership to the York Society of Magicians, including some of the original applications of the founding members of the society from 1945. Some of the applications have attached correspondence regarding membership.

The file also includes applications for associate membership.

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Photocopies of early membership applications to the York Society of Magicians. The applications date from 1945 to 1952.

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Membership applications for the York Society of Magicians, most of which are photocopies. The folder originally contained two files, a file of applications from past members, and a file of applications from current members. It is unclear which file is which. One file contains applications from 1945 - 1996, and the other file contains applications from 1955 - 1996.

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A list of applications to the society, with the magician's name and date of application. The list includes applications from 1945 (when the society was founded) to 2008, and also includes a section on wartime honorary members and junior members.

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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 a photocopy of Thomas Harold Fletcher's membership application from 1945, and a correspondence discussing Fletcher's role as a founding member of the society.

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Includes programmes and other papers from various performances.

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Programmes from performances, mainly from the Society's 'Night of Magic' series, but other programmes are also included. There is a small amount of memorabilia included which relates to the society's Night of Magic events, including newspaper clippings.

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Includes a programme, poster, newspaper clippings and correspondence from York City Council about booking the Castle Museum for the event.

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Trophies and shields awarded to York Society of Magician members.

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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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Includes two files of general newspaper clippings and several files of clippings relating to specific individuals and places.

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A file of press cuttings that were originally found in two separate files.

The first folder included material from 28th March 1946 - 10th January 2003; and includes a collection of press cuttings of newspaper and journal articles. The file includes some other memorabilia including a dinner menu from the Society's first annual dinner on 28th March 1946; letters from staff and students at Breckenbrough School thanking the Society for a performance at the school; and a seating chart for the Joseph Rowntree Theatre.

The second file includes material from 1952 to 1995, including newspaper clippings and other memorabilia, such as a 1986 dinner menu for the Society's annual dinner, tickets from the annual dinner from 1964 and 1981, and an event poster from 1995.

These files have been packaged in the same folder, but a divider has been used to separate the material and maintain the original arrangement.

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Newspaper clippings and print-outs of online articles about Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, a book and later TV series about a fictional Learned York Society of Magicians.

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A print-out of an online review reviewing a Max Somerset Lecture for the York Society of Magicians.

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A cutting of an article about Percy Edwards from the Daily Mail, and a print-out of an obituary for Percy Edwards from The Independent.

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Two newspaper clippings of 'The Way We Were' column from The Press which recount activities of two Magicians in York, Geoff Pocock and Albert Desforges.

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Cuttings of two newspaper articles about magician Matt Woolons, including a 2013 article from The Press about reaching the finals for Young Magician of the Year.

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Cuttings from newspapers with articles about Joan Sadler.

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Press cuttings, and a printed article from The London Gazette from 1949, about 10 Clifford Street which was originally built for the York Rechabite Society.

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Includes general memorabilia including dinner menus and programmes; and printing blocks and branded material.

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Includes three metal printing blocks of the York Society of Magicians logo; a printing block that says "founded 1945"; one that says "membership card"; one block that says "programme of events"; and a printing block of The International Brotherhood of Magicians logo.

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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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Menus and event programmes from the Society's annual dinner. Also included is a wine list from the Parsonage Hotel and Spa.

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A metal printing block with a picture of Bob Lawrence, and a signed copy of the picture, as well as two business cards.

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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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Includes a 2010 magazine article from The Yorkshire Dalesman about Mansion House in York; a poster for a 'Night of Magic' held at Joseph Rowntree Theatre; a print-out of a speech appointing someone as Honorary Vice President; a programme for a visit from Middlesborough Circle in 1998; and a menu for a 1999 sorcery supper and cabaret competition.

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Includes two pictures printed on paper, and one photograph.

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Items given to presidents of the York Society of Magicians.

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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.

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Typescript copies of articles, which appear to have been published. There were two folders of typescript articles, and the first folder was labelled "Effects by George Blake for Magigram: number one". According to annotations on the material, most of the articles were published in the journal Magigram. The second folder also contained a copy of the Ace Linking Finger Rings by Ace Goreham.

These files have been packaged in the same folder, but a divider has been used to separate the material and maintain the original arrangement.