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

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 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.

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

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

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

At present this collection only comprises annual reports.

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.

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.

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

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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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.

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

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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.

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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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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

This collection currently comprises one autograph and seal.

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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.

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

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

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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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 Overseers' accounts and minutes of Parish Council meetings.

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.

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.

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.

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

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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.

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

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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 only comprises an incomplete set of Seen, the newspaper of the York Diocese.

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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.

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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Currently includes five railway plans and one book of reference.

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.

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.

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

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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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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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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.

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.

Records relating to the operational activities of Clifton Township and Peter Hill's Charity.

Includes copies of the magazine 'The York Consumer', typed copies of annual general meeting papers, papers relating to the National Federation of Consumer Groups' campaign to standardise packaging of pre-packed goods, a and notice of a trip to the Police Headquarters, Clifford Street.

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Contains volumes relating to accounts. This includes information on staff wages, expenses for supplies such as groceries, household goods and surgery and dispensary items. Also includes cash books and store books with accounts of food stocks and receipts for purchase of miscellaneous items.

This collection primarily consists of documents relating to Edna Crichton's Mayoral Year (1941-1942) and Honorary Freedom of the City (1955).

It is believed that John Cooper was a relative or friend of Samuel Holberry.

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Papers and photographs of the Cundalls (and related families) of Acaster Malbis. The collection includes legal documents, business and personal correspondence, press cuttings and a large selection of family photographs.

Includes two minute books, list of subscribers and posters relating to a lost dog; stolen cucumbers; and slaughtered sheep.

At present the collection only comprises one notebook, compiled by Cossins as he worked on his 'New and exact plan of the City of York.' Also includes supplementary paperwork concerning the notebook, including a copies of the original sale catalogue from 1993, as well as a complete set of photographic prints of the notebook.

This collection contains documents recording the operational running of the City of York Company of Cordwainers and various annual events held by the Company. It also records the establishment of the Bedern Hall Company in the 1980s.

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The records relate to the club's governance including minute books (1884-1990), agendas, property deeds and leases, club history and club administration.

There are also records relating to membership, finance, staff and premises.

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Papers of the York City (Improvement) Commissioners. Includes minutes; general correspondence; election papers; financial papers; records relating to the administration of the general rate; correspondence relating to streets, drainage and lighting; policing papers and legal papers.

This collection currently comprises one share transfer ledger, and one photocopy of the Proprietor's register.

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At present this collection only comprises two copies of the 1977 guide to Community House, and two copies of the 1983 guide to Community House. Community House was run as a multi-agency centre by York Community Council Ltd.

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This material includes original case files between 1913 and 1926, and from 1971 to present. There are no surviving case files between 1927 and 1935, and from 1935 to 1971 only summary books exist, giving very basic details of each inquest. All case files have been indexed, but the name index is only publicly-available for inquests held between 1913 and 1926. If you are interested in later case files please email ([email protected]) for confirmation that a file exists.

Includes Executive Committee minutes, annual general meeting minutes, details of summer meetings, financial papers and general correspondence.

At present this collection only comprises three annual reports.

Papers of the Robinson family, primarily covering legal matters. The documents are organised roughly chronologically. Please see series level descriptions for further information about the contents of this collection.

At present this collection comprises papers produced in the course of the group's Heritage Lottery Funded First World War project. Includes letters of support, project evaluation and financial statement, press cuttings, responses to a conscription workshop, exhibition publicity and programme November 2017, transcript of correspondence and copies of three publications.

This collection curently comprises one school report.

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Includes typescript manuscripts, newspaper cuttings and photographs.

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At present this collection only comprises annual reports for the trust, papers relating to the Civic Trust Amenity awards and York and Yorkshire and East Yorkshire Architectural Society awards and submissions for the Civic Trust Awards Scheme.

Includes family certificates, military papers, Widows' Pension appeal files and housing rent book.

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This collection includes minutes and financial papers, programmes of events and newspaper cuttings about the choir, as well as photographs.

Includes one family bible and supplementary papers relating to the history of the volume, as well as the will of Nicholas Chicken, father of Richard.

Includes formulae and order books, for Raimes' own products, for private clients and for doctors and veterinary surgeons.

Includes minutes, annual reports and lists of members.

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At present this collection only comprises a letterbook of Charles Anderson.