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Records of York Scribes
YSC · Fonds · 1990-2023

Administrative records of the group relating to their work to promote calligraphy in York and the surrounding area. Includes: meeting minutes and papers, membership papers, finance records, correspondence, group constitutions, publicity materials and newsletters, examples of calligraphy and other artwork, histories and the group and of members, and photographs.

York Scribes
Meeting minutes and papers
YSC/1 · Series · 1990-2019
Part of Records of York Scribes

Minutes and papers relating to the organisation of the group, including those concerning the establishment of the group in 1990, membership, workshops and events, the website and newsletters, election of officer, the organisation and future of the group, and other administrative issues.

Includes minutes, reports, meeting papers, agenda, and correspondence.

YSC/1/1 · File · 1990-1999, 2015
Part of Records of York Scribes

Includes minutes for Committee Meetings and Annual General Meetings (incomplete series), with associated papers including treasurer's reports, accounts and finances, and papers relating to the organisation of workshops.

Also includes a history of York Scribes, 1990-2015, with photocopies of news cuttings relating to the establishment of the group.

YSC/2/1 · File · 1990-2019
Part of Records of York Scribes

Includes membership directories for 1990, 1990-1991, 1991, 1991-1992, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014-2017, and 2019. Also includes some associated correspondence.

Administrative papers
YSC/2/2/2 · File · 2007-2016
Part of Records of York Scribes

Includes a job description for the membership secretary from 2007, a copy of the York Scribes constitution as amended in 2004, and circular letters to members concerning the payment of membership fees.

YSC/2/2/4 · Item · 2016-2022
Part of Records of York Scribes

Notebook containing dated notes relating to the management of membership, including the payment of membership fees, administrative tasks, and wider events impacting on the group, including the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reports and correspondence
YSC/2/2/5 · File · 2018-2022
Part of Records of York Scribes

Membership secretary's reports for 2022 and 2019; circular letters to members concerning membership and group events; membership directory 2019; and a printed out e-mail from the Ryedale Folk Museum concerning a display event.

Members' correspondence
YSC/2/2/6 · File · 2019-2020
Part of Records of York Scribes

Contains letters written to the membership secretary by members of the group relating the payment of fees and the AGM. Most of the letters were written in April and May 2020, and some include short reflections on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Also includes a leaflet promoting the group, and a compliments slips for the membership secretary.

Correspondence and papers
YSC/2/3 · File · 1994-2009
Part of Records of York Scribes

Includes papers relating to group membership of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society, correspondence relating to membership and the payment of fees, additions to the membership directory, and papers relating to a speaker at the AGM.

YSC/4/4 · File · 1996-2015
Part of Records of York Scribes

Includes papers and correspondence concerning membership, AGMs, events and exhibitions. Also includes an account of a meeting of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society, and a list of job descriptions for committee members.

YSC/6/1 · Sub-series · 1990-2017
Part of Records of York Scribes

Some events calendars are printed as separate leaflets, some printed in newsletters. Original typescript letters, newsletters became booklets in 1995, and later included examples of calligraphy and photographs of events and members. Some newsletters include inserts relating to workshops, events, exhibitions, and meetings.

YSC/6/5 · File · c2006-2018
Part of Records of York Scribes

Papers relating to the organisation of workshops, includes blank tutor booking forms, a workshop plan for 2006-2007, and a strategy documents concerning future workshop planning.

Leaflets
YSC/6/7 · File · c2014
Part of Records of York Scribes

Two leaflets promoting the society and a bookmark promoting an event at the Folk Hall, New Earswick.

YSC/7/8 · File · 2015
Part of Records of York Scribes

Three letters exhibited as part of the 2015 members' day, with information about the day. Two of the letters have been created using embroidery, and one has been created using quilling.

History of York Scribes
YSC/8/1 · File · No date [c2015]
Part of Records of York Scribes

Short history of the group, with news cuttings and a notice of the first public meeting. Also includes small pieces of calligraphy on vellum purchased by the group when it was established.