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Includes meeting minutes, financial papers, rules and changes to the rules, correspondence files, agendas for meetings and newspaper cuttings. Please see file leve descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

The items in this collection were deposited in the York Reference Library primarily, by a number of different people, many of whom are now unknown. The cuttings are arranged into series by the year in which they were catalogued.

At present this collection only comprises an incomplete set of York Community File, an indexed listing of voluntary organisations in York, and other local agencies.

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At present this collection only comprises one scrapbook advertising the work of the society.

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Diary containing a variety of recipes, stories and poems, records of births, marriages and deaths of the Ware family and other individuals including members of the Royal Family, newspaper cuttings, some financial records (mostly receipts and notes of purchases and payments made or received by Ware), accounts of journeys, and papers and notes relating to various legal and business matters, some of which Ware was involved in himself.

Collection consists of meeting minutes of the Parish Council regarding local matters such as planning and crime.

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Collection contains minute books, annual reports relating to the running of the association and a uniform belt and visitors book with a signature from J. W. Rowntree. It also includes a large collection of legal and financial documents relating to a divorce.

Includes papers relating to the York Festival and Mystery Plays, and other plays in York which David Clarke was involved with. Also includes photographs relating to some of the events.

At present this collection only includes issues of the Deltic Preservation Society, Deltic Deadline.

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Includes wartime correspondence, photographs, papers kept by his family (including newspapers and his examination certificate) and papers relating to his death during the Second World War.

Includes cash books, balance sheets, bills paid, order books and completed orders, petty cash book and sheets, account book and cash receipts, papers regariding sale of the works, structural report, photographs, specimen letter type books, advertising materials, historical information and published histories. Also includes partnership contracts, sample wood border sheets, business cards, letter from R Delittle, Wayzgoose booklets and editions of DEFCO, the staff magazine.

Currently includes five railway plans and one book of reference.

One prescription book containing details of prescriptions dispensed by William Dewhurst's pharmacy at 61 Nunnery Lane, York. Also includes some loose papers concerning prescriptions.

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This collection comprises one volume which contains accounts and legacies relating to various members of the Dodsworth family including Lucy Dodsworth, Amy Dodsworth, Clare Dodsworth, Benjamin Dodsworth, G.P. Dodsworth, E.F. Dodsworth, G.E. Dodsworth and P. Dodsworth. Members of the Dodsworth family were partners in the solicitors firm of Gray and Dodsworth (later Gray, Dodsworth and Cobb) and one of the inserted sheets is a letter to William and Edwin Gray dated 1885.

At present this collection only comprises an incomplete set of Seen, the newspaper of the York Diocese.

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Volume contains copies of leases of land, quarries and mines in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, including the manors of Brompton, Cowick & Snaith, Goathland, Lound (in Nottinghamshire), Rosedale, Snaiton, Tanshelf as well as the bailiwick of Barsetlow, the bailiwick of Tickhill, the bailiwick of Trent, the honour of Pontefract and the honor of Pickering.

At present this collection comprises one project file for the Dunnington Millennium Kneelers project.

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Includes photographs of premises and staff, notice of appointment of Frank N Geary as General Manager of William Dove & Co and advertisements for the company.

Includes three published annual reports from 1920, 1945 and 1946.

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Includes meeting minutes, and incomplete series of parish magazines (Village Cross and the Grapevine). Please see series and file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this collection.

The collection currently comprises one three-volume set of Drake's Travels in Italy, written in his own hand, and one two-volume set of Drake's history of York's 'Eboracum' owned by Drake and including handwritten annotations.

Rolled plan of the Manor of Dringhouses, showing enclosed and unenclosed land in the village. Includes the names of landowners and plot farmers. Also includes a surrogate copy.

Includes Overseers' accounts and minutes of Parish Council meetings.

Volumes relating to accounts of goods and passenger traffic at stations, number of passengers, record of water supplied from hydrant on York platform and a coal delivery account book.

Includes minute books, correspondence files, annual general meeting papers, lists of members, financial and insurance papers, papers regarding the York Mystery Plays, events and publicity materials, newspaper cuttings and papers relating to a change in the constitution.

Collection includes 10 letters of correspondence to and from Lillie Dyson including a character reference for Lillie Dyson.

Collection consists of meeting minutes of the Parish Council regarding local matters such as planning and crime.

Minutes, correspondence, financial papers, publicity materials and details of social events held by the Ebor Cycling Club.

Includes 3D printed objects, interpretation of the objects by York Learning English Move On class learners and blog entries by Tech For York. The theme of this activity was clothing and this collection acts as a snapshop in time for clothing as well as 3D printing technology.

At present the collection only includes three scrapbooks containing press cuttings relating to the theatre and its productions.

Includes award volumes for Bishopthorpe, Marston Moor, Nether Poppleton, Acomb, Holgate, Knapton, Tockwith, Dringhouses, Thorpe Arch and Hessay, as well as awards (and in some cases plans) for Heslington, Fulford, Acomb and Holgate, Naburn, Rufforth, Askham Bryan, Heworth and Walmgate. Please see individual descriptions for more information.

Includes papers on the formation of the Society, financial papers, membership details, meetings minutes and papers, material relating to annual dinners, photographs, newspaper cuttings, sundry publications, files relating to organised visits, lecture programmes and attendance list, general correspondence and events programmes.

Letter book of Henry Hastings (c1535-1595), who became the 3rd Earl of Huntingdon in 1560. He served as Lord President of the Council of the North from 1572-1590 and also Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire from 1586 to 1595. N.B. This is a microfilm copy of the original manuscript, which is held at the Huntington Library in San Marino, USA.

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Collection consists of meeting minutes of the Parish and Village Council regarding local matters such as planning and crime.

At present this collection only comprises an incomplete set of North Eastern Express, the journal of the association, and supplements to the journal. Please note, in some cases supplements may still be inside the original journal.

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At present this collection only comprises copes of the East Riding Dialect Society newsletter.

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Correspondence between William Etty and a variety of other individuals on subjects such as art, his work, travel, family and current events.

This collection currently comprises one autograph and seal.

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Collection includes material relating to the business of Fairbank and Sons, Surveyors and Engineers, which mainly consists of correspondence in addition to genealogical research into the Fairbank family.

Includes details of the work completed by Frederick Bell, architects. The drawings are arranged chronologically by date.

At present this collection only comprises a minute book of committee meetings. The Friends group was originally a Committee of Management, attached to the Manor of Clifton.

Includes committee minutes, formation papers, constitution, newsletters, annual reports, publicity events and media papers and project papers.

Includes research notes on members of the Fairfax family in the United Kingdom, as well as pictures and photographs, wills, census returns, civil registration copy documents, pictures and photographs of villages with Fairfax connections, war service records and papers specifically related to Robert Fairfax. The records were compiled in the 1990s and 2000s, but use various historical sources to create the Fairfax family trees. Also includes some later correspondence relating to specific family queries.

Tansley was a collector, primarily of philately and postal history. Includes one letter and 15 receipts.

At present this collection comprises one incomplete series of newsletters and one price list for goods being sold.

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Lawrence Leadley wrote the Fiddler of Helperby. The research was compiled by James Merryweather and Matt Seattle.

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Supplier files for various confectionary, medicinal, cosmetic and health food products sold to the York Health Food Store in Blake Street, York. Files include advertisements, price lists, reciepts, packaging and correspondence.

This collection currently includes one large volume of training notes, as well as ten midwives registers. Due to the sensitive detail in the registers, these items have been closed under the Data Protection Act.

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At present this collection only comprises a copy (partial) of a plan for alterations to a property on Fossgate for the Electric Theatres Ltd.

Includes letters received by Reverend J Fowler from P. F. Kendall and W. H. Young relating to geology.

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Includes papers relating to the creation and organisation of the Friends of York City Archives, agendas and meeting minutes as well as other associated material and presentations.

Eboracum Lodge is a Freemasons Lodge in York. This collection includes by-laws, leaflets, magazines, meeting agendas, cash book, stocktake book, financial papers, committee agendas and minutes, printed rules and installation banquet programmes. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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This collection currently comprises one photograph of an unidentified group of members of the Legion.

This collection includes records created and collected by the Friends of Rowntree Park. The collection includes meeting minutes and correspondence, and material relating to the refurbishment and redevelopment of Rowntree Park including material relating to a National Lottery Fund bid. The collection also includes photographs of park events, newsletters from the Friends of Rowntree Park, and material on the history of the park.

The Trust had a home which was located in Acomb Road, York. At present this collection only comprises an incomplete series of annual reports, and leaflets about the Elizabeth Fry Home.

At present this collection only comprises annual reports.

At present this collection only comprises typescript copies of the meeting minutes from this period.

Includes meeting minutes, annual general meeting minutes and papers, annual reports, financial papers, changes to the rules of the Friends, papers relating to the British Association of Friends of Museums, minutes of meetings of the Leisure Services Heritage sub-committee and papers relating to gallery talks. Also includes newsletters, circulars, administation files, press releases and news cuttings, papers relating to group outings, general correspondence files, papers relating to fundraising activities and papers relating to the National Art Fund.

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Includes one photograph album with black and white images, showing external and internal views of the factory (including employees); one black and white image showing an unspecified couple (possibly Mr Terence Jeffery and wife); one contract of employment for Mr Terence Jeffery, Assistant Company Secretary dated 8 July 1964; and two newspaper cuttings.

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This collection currently comprises five group photographs of Doris Gardham and her friends, and one letter to her from Rowntrees & Co.

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This extensive collection comprises legal papers and probate documentation relating to the clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co, over at least three centuries. Clients were not solely York-based, and the papers relate to a wide geographical area across northern England and London predominantly, including papers on local manors. The collection has been catalogued in the order in which it was found, with bundles of documents catalogued together to maintain the original order. In some cases, this means that the inter-relationship between the documents in a bundle is currently unknown.

Please note that numbers GDC/26, GDC/35-38, GDC/134-135 and GDC/188 were not used.

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Includes papers relating to both Frank N Geary & Co and papers relating to the York, Hull & District ironmongers' association.

Two scrapbooks, photographs, theatre programmes, first wage slip and press cuttings covering his partnership with Les Dennis, including letters of condolence on his death.

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Includes meeting minutes, reports of proceedings, lists of members and society rules. Some sets of minutes and proceedings also include details of members and proposed new members, and are therefore covered by the Data Protection Act. Please see series level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this collection.

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Includes Year Books and newsletters. Please see series level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this collection.

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Includes articles and music written by him, and one letter and newspaper cutting relating to the Nursery Rhyme reform campaign.

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This collection consists of one volume, entitled 'The Rebellion in England between 1640 and 1653', comprising notes taken from the York Corporation House Books and additional sources.

This collection comprises various papers and deeds collected by and connected with George Leeman including those relating to property and land, legal and financial matters as well as family notices and records.

This collection currently comprises one volume of specifications for building conversion, a framed surveyor's report and colour photographs of refurbishment in the 1980s.

These files were created by Anne Gordon in the 2000s, to highlight different aspects of life in York. The files are primarily a combination of newspaper cuttings and original research notes on a variety of topics. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of each file.

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Papers relating to the Gray family of York including geneological information, legal papers, accounts, correpondence as well as extensive diaries and travel journals. Also includes some further records relating to the Cawood family.

At present this collection only comprises a family Bible.

At present this collection only includes one set of 10 reproduction drawings by Hall, which appeared in the Yorkshire Gazette.

The collection includes manuscripts for Hargrove's 'York Biographies', as well as volumes of handwritten notes regaring the history of York more generally, including Yorkshire people and places. An index to all the volumes can be found in HAR/8.

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The collection includes a Leeds City Police moon chart, 'stranger danger' posters, children's training materials on the history of the police, service and character book for John Raisbeck, papers on the career of Francis Denham, copies of images relating to police officers and the history of crime and punishment, typescripts regarding the history of policing in York and handwritten notes on other aspects of police history.

Records relating to the operational activities of Haxby Town Council including meeting minutes outlining decisions made by the Council; and records relating to the Haxby & Wigginton Cemetery sub-committee.

Oral history testimonies and trancript from veterans of the Second World War, discussing their experiences. Includes a number of members of York Normandy Veterans Association. Interviews were held with Douglas Petty, Harold May, Albert 'Bert' Barritt, George Meredith, Ken Cooke, Pat Evans, James Mason, Ken Smith, Ron Goldstein and Jack Millin. Relevant consent for dissemination was also obtained from either the subject, or their relatives if since deceased. These consents are held by the archives service.

Also includes a partial transcript of the interviews, and a complete digital copy of the resulting PhD. Please see series, sub-series and item level descriptions for more details about the contents of this collection.

This collection currently comprises one account book and work book.

Samuel Holberry was a member of the Chartist movement and was imprisoned in York Castle as a result. This collection comprises correspondence he received whilst in prison. Also includes letters received from John Cooper, a family friend, from his relative

At present this collection only includes minutes of the Steering Committee.

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Includes invoice book, ledgers, property papers and plans, financial papers, photographs and glass plate negatives, examples of stationary, half-yearly catalogues, advertising signs and materials, fabric samples, printed books, papers relating to the incorporation of the company and its winding up, sales catalogues, legal papers, newspaper cuttings, third-party advertisements, Midland Bank coin bags, papers relating to the involvement of the Harding family with the Merchant Taylors Company, Econasign stencilling set and framed photograph of the premises under construction. Please see series level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this collection.

Includes annual reports of the Director of Public Health, annual reports, AIDS control annual reports and additional consultation papers and documents relating to the work of the organisation.

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Includes his source material on the Foss Navigation and railway companies and lines, as well as the Leeds and Liverpool canal.

Records from the Heslington Parish Council, including a meeting minute book, 1925-1962, and photocopies of deeds relating to ownership of common land in Heslington, with correspondence.

Includes newsletters, children's treasure hunt and quiz papers, nature trails, notification of annual general meetings, events plans, meeting minutes, annual reports and statements of accounts and papers on the development of Heworth Holme.

Letters, primarily to or from William Hey, from his family members. The letters cover the period of him being in school, at university and in work, and are written by a number of relatives. All the letters includes details of family life - and death - and local news. The Hey family was intermarried with the Gray family of Grays solicitors, York, and associated papers can be found in the business collection (reference GDC) and the family collection (reference GFP).

Administrative records of the association, inclding minutes of meetings, annual reports, constitutions, correspondence, and other associated papers.

At present this collection only comprises a small series of annual reports and balance sheets.

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Fred and John Hawksby were York-based brothers, both of whom enjoyed careers in boxing, with Fred turning professional. This collection includes handbills for boxing matches, posters, newspaper cuttings, photographs, additional documents and personal papers of Fred Hawksby.

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At present the collection comprises three copies of a recording of retired farmer J W Cass talking to the group.

Includes minute books of the school (previously known as Salem Chapel branch school), 1926 class register, notice of a public meeting about the schools, and receipt for the supply of tea to Hungate Mission School by G E Barton, York.

This archive includes the research notes, photographs, card indexes, negatives and 35mm slides collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

During the course of this listing work, the paper files have been re-arranged into thematic series, however the original order of all other categories of material has been maintained. The remaining items are arranged by format and have been item-level listed in the order they were originally stored.

The collection consists of signed postcards, original letters and framed items collected by Reginald Hunt, a member of a Yorkshire brewing family. Items relate to an array of personalities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including European politicians, military leaders, European composers, European and American actors and actresses and sports personalities.

At present this collection only comprises photographs of various teams. Many include names of team members.

Includes minute books, copies of the constitutions and regulations, cheques paid out, cheque stubs, receipts, blank forms and headed notepaper, returns sent to the Charities Commissioner and papers relating to the winding up of the charity.

At present this collection comprises an incomplete series of annual reports.

At present this collection only includes an incomplete series of seed lists.

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