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Archival description
YMS/9/1 · File · 1908 - 1910
Part of York Musical Society

Scrapbook containing correspondence, leaflets and flyers, news cuttings, circular letters, administrative papers and receipts, concert tickets, and other papers relating to the York Musical Festival, 1910. A number of promotional brochures and programmes originally kept loose in the volume have previously been removed and are kept in a separate folder.

The papers relate to the establishment and organisation of the festival, including support for the festival from patrons and subscribers, performers and performances, and the fitting out of a concert space at Exhibition Buildings, including trade receipts and papers for furnishings.

Also included in the volume is correspondence with the organisers of other musical festivals and programmes for those festivals, including the Gloucester Musical Festival and the Leeds Musical Festival, a monochrome photograph showing a concert group in Exhibition Buildings, and a programme for a performance by the York Musical Society, 1908.

YMS/8/3/2 · File · 1968 - [c. 2000s]
Part of York Musical Society

Includes a typed list of all the performances conducted by Francis Jackson, with details of the performers, other performance groups, and the locations of the performances. Also includes some promotional flyers and leaflets, photocopies of photographs [of Dr. Francis Jackson], and photocopies of posters advertising performances.

YMS/8/2 · File · 1913 - [late 20th century]
Part of York Musical Society

Programmes for performances by York Musical Society, principally conducted by Sir Edward C. Bairstow, but also including concerts conducted by Owen Le P. Franklin, Paul Steinitz, Leslie Wright, Clarence Raybould, and Basil Cameron. Also includes a letter and a copy of a letter, 1947, concerning rehearsals for performances, and two prospectuses, one for the 1925-1926 season and one for the 1935-1936 season.

Concert Programmes
YMS/8 · Series · 26 March 1901 - 2019
Part of York Musical Society

Published concert programmes for concerts held by York Musical Society, including concerts staged at York Minster.

YMS/7/1/1 · Item · c. 1930s - 1971
Part of York Musical Society

Includes lists arranged alphabetically, principally for the 1938-39, 1945-46 and 1946-1949 seasons, but also including some earlier entries, and a list of patrons from 1971.

YMS/7 · Series · c. 1930s - Summer 2020
Part of York Musical Society

Includes:
Lists of singers, patrons and chorus members, c. 1930s - 1971 and 2012-2013
Rehearsal registers, 1998-99 to 2018-19
Concert calendars and rehearsal schedules, 2016-17 to 2019-20

YMS/6/2 · File · 1994 - May 1995
Part of York Musical Society

Includes letters and copies of letter written by Ray Lovely, Vice President, principally to the Chairman, concerning society business. Also includes a membership report for the 1993-1994 season and notes from an audit, May 1995.

YMS/6/1/7 · File · July 2004 - 2005
Part of York Musical Society

The disk includes a listing on the outside reading:
July 04, Chart of Office holders
2005

Please note, at the time of cataloguing the contents of this disk could not be verified due to technological obsolescence.

YMS/6/1/2 · File · c.2003
Part of York Musical Society

The disk includes a listing on the outside reading:
2003 minutes and AGM
Welcome children notice
Fire drill

Please note, at the time of cataloguing the contents of this disk could not be verified due to technological obsolescence.

YMS/6/1/1 · File · c.2003 - 2006
Part of York Musical Society

The disk includes a listing on the outside reading:
YMStt - Rehearsal Schedule
Central Methodist - new season
Gen. Sec. [General Secretary] - job description
Term of office listing
St. John's request
Fire Drill

Please note, at the time of cataloguing the contents of this disk could not be verified due to technological obsolescence.

YMS/6/1 · Sub-series · c.2003 - 2006
Part of York Musical Society

Floppy disks listed by the society as containing secretary's papers, some of which include the original digital files of the printed off copies of papers held elsewhere in the collection. Please note, at the time of cataloguing the contents of these disks could not be verified due to technological obsolescence.

YMS/3/4 · File · 2008 - 2021
Part of York Musical Society

Includes accounts for the year ending 31 January 2008 to the year ending 31 January 2016, and Trustees' reports and unaudited financial statements for the year ending 31 January 2017 to the year ending 31 January 2021.

YMS/3/2 · Item · 1949-1977
Part of York Musical Society

Includes running accounts, organised by musical season, including details of donations, subscriptions - with the names of members -, and box office ticket sales.

YMS/3/1 · Item · 1922 - 1949
Part of York Musical Society

Includes running accounts, organised by musical season, including details of donations, subscriptions - with the names of members -, and box office ticket sales. Entries for later seasons include sections relating to the finances of specific concerts.

Finance and accounts
YMS/3 · Series · 1922 - 2021
Part of York Musical Society

Includes account books covering 1922-23 to 1976-77, a building society pass book, and financial accounts and reports, 2008-2021.

Minutes, 1997 - 1999
YMS/2/9 · Item · 1997-September 1999
Part of York Musical Society

Minutes for committee meetings and for Annual General Meetings. Includes a handwritten minute volume and typed minutes. Also includes some associated typed papers, including meeting agenda and financial statements.

Minutes stopped being recorded by hand after this volume.

Minutes, 1988 - 1997
YMS/2/8 · Item · 1988 - 1997
Part of York Musical Society

Minutes for committee meetings and for Annual General Meetings. Includes a handwritten minute volume, 1988-1997, and typed minutes November 1989-April 1997. Also includes some associated typed papers, including meeting agenda and financial statements.

Minute Book, 1977 - 1988
YMS/2/7 · Item · 1977 - 1988
Part of York Musical Society

Minutes for committee meetings and for Annual General Meetings. Also includes typed officers' annual reports and statements of accounts for 1976-1978 until 1983-1984.

Minute Book, 1972 - 1977
YMS/2/6 · Item · 1972 - 1977
Part of York Musical Society

Minutes for committee meetings and Annual General Meetings. Also includes typed Chairman's and Secretary's reports and Statements of Accounts for 1975-1976 and 1976-1977.

Minute Book, 1928 - 1952
YMS/2/4 · Item · 1832 - 1952
Part of York Musical Society

Minutes for committee meetings and of Annual General Meetings.

Also includes:
Printed annual reports and statements of accounts for 1928-1929 until 1938-1939, and 1945-1946 until 1948-1949
Typed annual reports and statements of accounts for 1939-1940 until 1944-1945
Typed statement of accounts for 1949-1950
Circular letters to members
Performance programmes and flyers
Press cuttings relating to the work of the society
A society 'syllabus' for 1938-1939
A monochrome photograph of the society, c. 1931

Also includes a programme for an anniversary concert held in 1832, and news cuttings from 1927.

Minute book, 1908 - 1928
YMS/2/3 · Item · 1908 - 1928
Part of York Musical Society

Also includes printed annual report and balance sheets for each year between 1907-1908 and 1927-1928, and news cuttings relating to the society, principally including reports of the annual general meetings. A printed copy of the society rules, with a list of officers and committee members, has been stuck into the front of the volume.

Minute Book, 1892 - 1908
YMS/2/2 · Item · 1892 - 1945
Part of York Musical Society

Includes minutes for 1892-1908. Also includes a catalogue of music owned by the society made in 1896, which was later crossed out.

A later note, 1945, has been added to the title page regarding the foundation of the society.

Minutes, 1999 - 2006
YMS/2/10 · File · 26 October 1999 - 19 October 2006
Part of York Musical Society

Minutes for committee meetings, with some associated papers, including financial statements and reports, correspondence, and agenda.

YMS/2 · Series · 1832 - 2021
Part of York Musical Society

Meeting minutes for the reformed York Musical Society, from c. 1876. Includes minutes for meetings of the Committee, along with some minutes for Annual General Meetings, extraordinary meetings, and Trustees' meetings. Some of the volumes and files also include associated papers including meetings papers and reports, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, financial statements, and programmes.

Until 1989 the minutes were kept solely in handwritten form in volumes; between 1989 and 1997 handwritten volumes continued to be kept alongside typescript minutes; from 1997 the minutes were kept only in typescript format. Those included in this series are printed out versions of electronic documents.

YMS/15/4 · File · c. 2000s
Part of York Musical Society

Includes copies of original documents as well as notes and information sheets about T. Tertius Noble.

Includes copies of: programmes for performances by YMS (1898-1910); committee meeting minutes (1908); newspaper articles on performances (1909-13); Annual reports and balance sheets (1908-13); a letter regarding poor attendance at rehearsals (1912); committee meeting minutes (1912); notes on receipts and payments (1905-14); list of subscribers (1911-13); portrait and memorial of Canon Thomas Pemberton/ Hudson, with notes on his life and family; programmes for and notes on Hovingham Festival (1887-1952); and notes and articles on AGMs (1892-1910).

YMS/15/3 · File · c. 2000s
Part of York Musical Society

Includes copies of original documents as well as notes and information sheets about the history of YMS.

Papers include notes on prominent singers in YMS, organists of York Minster, and the history of YMS, as well as copies of: photographs of performances; list of subscribers (1910-11); programmes of performances (1905-72); excerpt from The Mirror of Music, 1844-1944 by Percy Alfred Scholes (1947); letter regarding rehearsal attendance (1947); and rules (1825).

YMS/15/2 · File · c. 2000s
Part of York Musical Society

Includes copies of original documents as well as notes and information sheets about the history of YMS.

Papers include: a pamphlet on the history of YMS by York Georgian Society (1948); facsimile of YMS membership list (1767-70); facsimile of YMS Rules (1825); list of performances by YMS under Thomas Tertius Noble (1901-13), Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1914-46), Dr Francis Jackson (1947-82) and Philip Moore (1983-2010); facsimiles of programmes for performances at York Minster (1916-18); copies of newspaper cuttings relating to performances by and history and organisation of YMS (1909-7); facsimile of minutes for committee meeting held at Lantern Tower Chambers (30 April 1947); facsimile of a receipt for YMS dinner (29 September 1818); and copies of the Annual Reports and Balance Sheets (1918-20).

YMS/15 · Series · 1999 - c. 2000s
Part of York Musical Society

Includes notes and information sheets about the history of the York Musical Society and people involved with the society, along with copies of original documents and other research articles. Many of the copies are taken from documents elsewhere in the archive.

Membership cards and tickets
YMS/14/1 · File · 1911-2011
Part of York Musical Society

Includes small cards, booklets and tickets issued to members. Includes: tickets for YMS performances 1986-1991; constitution and rule booklets for members for various years between 1961 and 2011; chorus member tickets; member's rehearsal attendance cards for various seasons between 1910-1911 and 1924-1925; and a card containing an itinerary for a visit of the Yorkshire Choir to Festival of Empire, October 1911.

YMS/12/3 · File · 2010 - 2019
Part of York Musical Society

Includes: leaflets outlining all performances within a season; flyers and posters promoting specific performances; a leaflet promoting the society to new members; leaflets concerning practices and workshops; a copy of the YMS constitution as adopted 2015; and a booklet for performances by the St. Michael's Singers, Coventry Cathedral, 2013.

Publicity material
YMS/12 · Series · 1879 - 2020
Part of York Musical Society

Leaflets, flyers, and posters promoting performances by the York Muscial Society and other membership events.

Reviews and advertisements
YMS/11/5 · File · 2014 - 2018
Part of York Musical Society

Includes two typed reviews of performances copied from articles in 'The Press'; a handwritten card thanking the recipient for their help; and a photocopy of a notice in 'The Observer' relating to a performance by the society in 2018.

YMS/11/4 · File · c. 1981 - 1999
Part of York Musical Society

Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to YMS performances, with some original programmes and posters. Also includes a copy of newspaper cuttings relating to a YMS trip to Munster, 1993; a letter to the editor of the Yorkshire Post regarding a review of a YMS performance, 1995; and a photograph of Brian Kay.

YMS/11/3 · File · 1945 - 2010
Part of York Musical Society

Newspaper cuttings, with some photocopies of cuttings, relating to performances and members of YMS, principally 1971-92, but also including one cutting from 1951. Also includes some advertisements for performances 1971-86, a memo regarding a performance of St Matthew's Passion 1945, and a copy of an obituary of an organist at York Minster, Allan Wicks, 2010.

YMS/11/2 · File · 1952 - c. 2000s
Part of York Musical Society

Includes copies of published and handwritten reviews of performances 1902-1980, as well as some copies of programmes for performances, two original flyers for performances, and notes on a 1945 performance of The Messiah made in 2003.

YMS/11/1 · File · 1943 - 1955
Part of York Musical Society

Editions of the Musical Times which include articles relating directly to the work of York Musical Society, the director of the society, or articles written by someone associated with the society. Many of the editions have been marked on the outside to indicate which article relates to the society. Also includes some loose pages taken form editions of the magazine.

Ode to the Y.M.S.'
YMS/10/3 · File · 1927 - 2022
Part of York Musical Society

Typescript poem, with envelope, written by a choir member after a particular rehearsal in 1927. Also includes a typed and printed transcription and commentary on the poem by Dr. Rosemary Anderson.

The York Pageant Music'
YMS/10/2 · Item · 1909
Part of York Musical Society

Published volume of sheet music with words, produced for the York Pageant, held in 1909. Words chiefly written by James Rhoades and music chiefly written by T. Tertius Noble, published by Banks and Son, 2 Stonegate, York. The name F.H. Elam has been written in the volume in several places.

YMS/10 · Series · [c. 1907] - 2022
Part of York Musical Society

Volumes of sheet music and songs performed or collected by the York Musical Society, including music composed by T. Tertius Noble. Also includes a poem composed about a practices of the society choir.

YMS/1/3 · Item · 1818 - 1855
Part of York Musical Society

Administrative book including three sections:
Minutes of club meetings, 1818 - 1855, principally concerning proposals and admissions of members and club rules. This section includes a written copy of the club rules from 1818, with later amendments, and a written copy of the club rules from 1825.
Income and expenditure accounts, 1818 - 1833, showing financial transactions principally relating to the payment of fines, but also later including secretary's accounts.
Register of attendance, 1818 - 1855, including lists of members showing their attendance at meetings, and a record of fines and subscriptions paid.

Printed copies of the rules from 1825 have been stuck in the front and the back of the volume. Each copy includes a printed list of members, one of which includes later edits and additions to the list.

YMS/1/2 · Item · 1786 - 1800
Part of York Musical Society

Administrative book including three sections:
Minutes of club meetings, principally concerning proposals and admissions of members and club rules
Stock accounts, showing financial transactions principally relating to the payment of fines
Register of attendance, including lists of members showing their attendance at meetings, and the names of any visitors which they brought to those meetings

A note in the front of the volume records that this was 'supposed to be the 4th volume of the minutes of the York Musical Society'. A printed ticket for the celebration of the anniversary of the society, held in 1796, has been stuck onto the end board of the volume.

YMS/1/1 · Item · 1767 - 1772
Part of York Musical Society

Administrative book including three sections:
Minutes of club meetings, principally concerning proposals and admissions of members
Stock accounts, showing financial transactions including fines and members' payments
Register of attendance, including lists of members showing their attendance at meetings, and the names of any visitors which they brought to those meetings

The volume includes a club stamp on several pages, and some entries on the end boards of the volume concerning the lending of sheet music to members.