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Approved typed minutes of the Public Assistance Committee

Pedigrees of various families, including some in the Yorkshire area. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this sub-series. Copies available from archive staff (subject to Data Protection requirements).

Comprises removal orders received and obtained, and settlement enquiries pursued by the York Public Assistance Committee

Meeting minutes from the York Penitentiary Society Ladies Committee

This series includes photographic prints collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the prints have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic prints collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the prints have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic prints collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the prints have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

Includes positive slides and glass plate negatives.

Includes large format colour slides, and glass plate negatives.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The images are labelled as 'negatives of Old York from prints by Pumhprey. WW 1905.'

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes photographic negatives collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the negatives have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

This series includes 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.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the slides have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information of the contents of the collection.

This series includes 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.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the slides have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information of the contents of the collection.

This series includes 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.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the slides have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information of the contents of the collection.

The assessments give the names of the persons assessed and the amount payable, and also the names of the Poor Folks and the amount paid to them. 6 volumes:

1: 1632-1644 (also includes the Ainsty for 1633)
2: 1644-1652
3: 1653-1660
4: 1661-1668

5. 1669-1678
6. 1715-1810 [Entries for years 1746-1810 lists names of overseers of the poor only]

One volume:

1: 1664-1665

This series includes photographic prints collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the prints have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information on the contents of this collection.

Correspondence of other members of the Kleiser family relating to business and family matters. Includes file of empty envelopes addressed to various members of the family.

Correspondence of Cuthbert Joseph Kleiser reflecting his personal and business life and his interest in, and support of the theatre in York and further afield. With the exception of KLE/5/1/25, all correspondence is from other individuals to Kleiser. He is sometimes addressed as 'Joseph', 'Joe' or 'Mr J Kleiser', particularly in the more informal letters from friends and family. Indeed, he signs himself 'J Kleiser' in the single piece of correspondence sent by him to Mr Cahill (KLE/5/1/25).

Black and white photographs of individuals from various families linked to the Kleiser family. Names include Potter, Richardson, Kerous, Pool, Allison, Smith, Biscomb, Winterholden, Whittaker, Valentine, Dindale, Rodwell, Shillito, Moore, Morris and Collins. Other photographs provide only first names for the subjects. The Potters were connected to the Kleisers by marriage. The Shillitos and Moores weere connected to the Cundalls by marriage.

Extensive notes about performances of plays, mostly at the Theatre Royal, York. Information includes the title of the play, the theatre company performing it, the theatre where it was performed, dates of performances, a brief summary of the run of the production elsewhere, character lists, lists of other performers taking part in the production (e.g. chorus singers), summaries of the plays act by act, and personal observations on performances.

Alphabetical lists of theatre actors and the roles they played in various productions. Also includes three sheets of notes dating from the early 20th century about the contents of the dictionaries themselves.

Booklets regarding consumer protection services for traders

This material records deaths which were reported to the Coroner but which did not go to inquest.

This material records deaths which were reported to the Coroner but which did not go to inquest.

Details recorded include: name and address of owner or agent; number of families in the house; name of responsible tenant; names of other tenants or sub-tenants; number of persons normally sleeping in rooms; size and use of rooms; and number of persons allowed per room. Note that the information recorded varies from sheet to sheet.

Comprises booklets and loose sheets of City of York House inspection sheets for properties in improvement and clearance areas. Inspection sheet typically record the following details: address of property; names of occupiers/owners; occupation of occupier; total number of occupations; rent; size and condition of each room in the house.

Reports on typhoid fever outbreaks in York.

This series includes 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.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the slides have been item-level listed as they were stored. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information of the contents of the collection.

Architectural plans for Brandesburton Hall, Home for the Mentally Defective.

Comprises records concerning the opening of the asylum; governance; staffing; and buildings.

Comprises petitions and counsel opinions regarding lunacy.

Town Clerk's correspondence concerning the accommodation and maintenance of pauper lunatics.

Comprises returns of pauper lunatics. The returns include personal details of patients.

Includes correspondence relating to the proposal and purchase of Acomb Hall, staffing and training, and general administrative matters.

Research notes using Acomb Manor Court Rolls held at York City Archives (Now Explore York Libraries and Archives) and the Borthwick Institute. Also includes a complete database based on the Acomb Manor Court Rolls.

Publications and associated correspondence about their production. Arranged into chronological bundles.

Includes correspondence received from members of the public in relation to the activities of the Art Gallery. Arranged semi-chronologically, the correspondence has been grouped together by theme or by correspondant.

Papers concerning a legal dispute between North Eastern Railway [NER] and the York Poor Law Union regarding valuation and rating of NER railway property for the purposes of the poor rate.

This material has not been listed to item level but the following summary box list provides an indication of content:

Box 1 [c 1899-1901]
Printed copies of arbitration between North Eastern Railway and York Poor Law Union

Box 2 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: extracts of rate books, surveyors' reports and proofs, notice of appeal to the York Assessment Committee, sketch of NER lines, documents concerning related cases.

Box 3 [c 1899-1900]
Includes: notices of objections to valuation lists, notices of Assessment Committee meetings, correspondence, agreements, contracts, notices of appeal against the poor rate.

Box 4 [c 1899-1903]
Includes: correspondence, rating estimates and valuations, documents concerning related cases

Box 5 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: correspondence and related papers regarding contracts with York Union.

Box 6 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: rating assessments, statements, rating valuations and estimates, proofs of reports from engineers, building particulars and valuations, correspondence.

Box 7[c 1899-1902]
Includes: correspondence regarding inspections by expert witnesses, proofs of reports from experts, building valuation, papers for related cases, estimates and valuations.

Box 8 [c 1901-1902]
Includes: rating appeals, instructions to counsel, papers relating to plaintiff accounts and claims, briefs to counsel, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts

Box 9 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: brief to counsel and respondents, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts, documents for related cases

Box 10 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: Notice of objections to valuation list, appeals against the poor rate, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts.

Box 11 [c 1899-1901]
Includes: correspondence, rating appeals, legal opinions and other papers.

Box 12 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: rating appeals, briefs for respondents, valuation and building particulars.

Box 13 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: NER timetables for 1901, briefs for respondents and counsel, valuations, documents for related case.

Box 14 [c 1898-1903]
Includes: correspondence, extracts from rate books, valuations

Box 15 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: passenger train alterations 1900-1901, briefs to counsel, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts, instructions to counsel.

Box 16 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: brief for defendants, analysis of plaintiff's accounts, assessments and valuations, correspondence.

Box 17 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: list of legal fees, correspondence, rating appeals, documents for related cases.

Box 18 [c 1899-1901]
Includes: correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuations, documents for related cases.

Box 19 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, valuation lists, correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, briefs for respondents.

Box 20 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuation lists, proofs of reports from experts.

Box 21 [c 1897-1902]
Includes: extracts from rate books, correspondence, briefs for respondents, accounts of plaintiff.

Box 22 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: correspondence, extracts from rate books, briefs to counsel, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuations.

Box 23 [c 1900-1902]
Correspondence only

Box 24 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, valuations, statements, correspondence, documents for related case.

Box 25 [c 1898-1903]
Correspondence only

Box 26 [c 1900-1902]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, bills of costs.

Box 27 [c 1899-1902]
Includes: instructions to counsel, reports, correspondence, documents for related case.

Box 28 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: briefs to counsel and respondents, correspondence.

Arthur Cooke was a Civil Defence Officer in York in the 1950s and 1960s. These files form his personal collection of correspondence created in the course of this duties.

Papers relating to the management of Civil Defence control centres,

Includes papers relating to Civil Defence regional conferences, as well as the controllers designate conference. Also includes lists of attendees and minutes.

Includes rules for the National Civil Defence competitions, as well as the Wireless competition. Also includes some information about competition processes and briefs.

Includes correspondence relating to excursions by the British Association, as well as an annual meeting programme for 1959.

Includes files relating to planning in the event of a nuclear attack, essential service routes, awards, radiological defence instruments and fallout and contamination.

Contains correspondence and paperwork regarding staff training courses on a variety of subjects.

Includes training course materials, bulletins and additional correspondence relating to the work of the Scientific Intelligence Officers.

Includes briefs and supplementary information relating to various exercises carried out by the Civil Defence Association in the York area.

Clearance papers for specific slum clearance programmes in York.

Notebooks used by housing inspectors to record rough notes on visits to individual properties in The Groves , Layerthorpe and Walmgate. The books appear to be notes of visits carried out in response to objections when a house was declared unfit.

Comprises records of house inspections under the Housing Acts 1909 to 1925. Information recorded includes: address; name of owner and occupier; and date of inspection. May also include condition of property, sketch of property; and details of action taken. Includes records for the following streets: Aldwark; Alexandra Yard, Walmgate; Alne Terrace; Apollo Street; Bowman's Yard; Bay Horse Yard; Bishopgate Street; Bishophill; Back Butlers Buildings; Beckett's Yard; Beedham's Court; Blossom Street; Bootham Square; Bootham Row; Britton's Yard; Brunswick Row; Brunswick Terrace; Brunswick Place; Cemetery Road; Clark's Yard; Constitution Place; Clementhorpe; Carleton's Court; The Cottages, Heworth; Dale Street; Dennis Street; Dixon's Yard; Dundas Street; Ebor Court; Fetter Lane (Scrivens Court).

Details recorded include: number in rate book; address; name and address of owner or agent; name of responsible tenant; names of other tenants or sub-tenants; number of persons normally sleeping in rooms; size and use of rooms; and number of persons allowed per room. Note that the information recorded varies from sheet to sheet.

Images of specimens of unsound meat including one image of a control panel.

Images of housing in York, including the demolition of houses in front of silo in Garden Place, Hungate

Includes slides of mother/infant classes and nurseries in various English cities; microscopic images of diseases; images of children with infectious diseases; images of health and childcare warnings; slide of a model dairy, and a portrait of Benjamin Broadbent.

Includes slides of children with measles, rickets and adenoids.

Public Health educational slides. Images include individuals with infectious diseases (chickenpox, measles and measles), warnings of fire hazards and pushchair hazards, and microscopic images. Also includes two black and white photographs of narrow alleyway and small printed health education slogans regarding cancer.

Images of the hospital building and grounds (nurses and other individuals also appear in the slides).

Includes images of the School Medical Clinic, Fishergate Creche and Knavesmire School.

A collection of lantern slides belonging to York's first full-time Medical Officer of Health, Edmund Moody Smith. The collection includes slides of patients with infectious diseases, model housing, health services, graphs and statistics and information slides.

Comprises correspondence; conveyances and other legal papers regarding the conveyance of land and street improvements in Jubbergate.

Papers concerning the widening of streets and construction of new streets in the Castlegate and Water Lanes area.

Comprises a list of names of York Streets and a public notice.

Comprises records of the system of house numbering and renumbering for York's streets.

Photographs of clearance streets and properties taken by City of York council and predecessor bodies

Receipts and accounts of expenses incurred by the surveyors for the City Commissioners under the York Improvement Act. Includes details of scavengers' wages.

Includes nomination lists and voting returns for the election of Commissioners in all four wards (Monk, Walmgate, Micklegate and Bootham). Nomination lists may include the names of those qualified to vote for Commissioners as well as the names of individuals nominated for election.

Election notices and notification for election of City(Improvement) Commissioners.

Bank books of the York Improvement Committee.

Minutes of various committees established by the York Improvement Act and reporting to the City Commissioners.

Draft minutes of meetings of the City Commissioners

Formal signed minutes of meetings of the City Commissioners