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Minute books detailing procedings at various meetings of the York Penitentiary Society. Also includes 2 minute books for Clifton Holme in particular.

Visiting Books recording visits to shelters and buidlings associated with the York Penitentiary Society. Includes Case book, Matron's Report book, "Jottings book", Register of Inmates and 'shelter reports'.

Annual reports in their published form (some in volumes, others as loose, singular reports) and records of procedings from annual meetings of the York Penitentiary Society.

Includes indexes.

1 1886-89
2 1889-91
3 1891-94
4 1894-96
5 1896-99
6 1899-1901 (Became Health Committee in 1900)

Includes index.

1. 1888-1898
2. 1898-1917
3. 1917-1948

This is a selection of the civic archive containing the records which are currently available for access only. Further historical and modern records will be added to this section as they are catalogued.

Bound committee minutes

Includes newsletters, balance sheets and accounts, surveys conducted (and responses), summaries of matters discussed at meetings, appraisals of buildings in the area, maps and architectural drawings and publicity leaflets.

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Includes copies of the Bishophill and Clementhorpe Local Plan, papers relating to the widening of Skeldergate, planning applications for local improvements and planning briefs for 26-34 Skeldergate and a proposed car park.

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Various notebooks and lists compiled by Eustace Strickland, principally relating to history, statistical and demographic information, literature, and antiquarian matters. Also includes some notes relating to flora and fauna, and the natural world.

Includes tickets, programmes, information sheets, and other associated papers produced for the Yorkshire Musical Festival, held in 1825, 1828, 1833 and 1835. Also includes some papers relating to the Yorkshire Amateur Musical Meeting in 1872.

This volume is part indexed
18 1953-56

These three volumes are indexed
19 1956-59
20 1959-62
21 1962-65

These volumes are indexed.

1 1836-48
2 1849-60
3 1860-72
4 1872-79
5 1879-86
6 1886-92
7 1892-98
8 1898-1904
9 1904-08
10 1908-15
.11 1915-21
12 1921-27
13 1927-32
14 1932-38
15 1938-43
16 1943-48
17 1948-52

These volumes contain indexes.

6.1 1836-38
6.2 1838-64
6.3 1864-71

General committee and committee appointed for the management of the revenues of the corporation

1 1805-1811
E77 1816-1828
E77a 1828-1835

E93: 1718-1755
E94: 1755-1782
E95: 1782-1802
E96: 1802-1815
E97: 1815-1827
E98: 1827-1866

These volumes contain indexes

Emergency Feeding Committee
1941-46
Civic Restaurant Committee
1946-51

Renamed Civil Defence Committee from 1950. These volumes contain indexes.

1 1943-59
2 1960-72

Stores Committee minutes
1 1920-34
2 1935-55

Stores & Purchasing Committee minutes
3 1955-63
4 1963-73

These volumes contain indexes.

1 1961-62
2 1963-74

Smallholdings and Allotments Committee to 1922, Allotments Committee from 1922

1 1908-24
2 1924-49
3 1949-61

Volumes 2, 4-8 contain indexes. For committee name changes see linked authority files,

1. 1897
2. 1897-1907
3. 1907-15
4. 1915-21
5. 1921-27
6. 1927-36
7. 1936-46
8. 1946-48

These volumes include indexes.

Public Library Committee,
1 1909-26
2 1926-42
3 1942-53
Library and Publicity Committee from 1949
4 1953-62
5 1962-73

These volumes contain indexes

1. 1890-1896
2. 1896-1909

Volumes listed below

1 Markets Cttee (Cattle Fair Cttee) with accounts 1827-31
2 1836-65
3 1865-85
4 1885-95
5 1895-1907
6 1907-19
7 1919-30
8 1931-46
9 1946-53
10 1953-58
11 1958-1963
12 1963-73

Documents from the York Penitentiary Ladies Committee including meeting minutes, financial documents, reports and correspondence, and legal and operational documents.

Various letters, official and personal documents relating to the Whitehead, or Whytehead, family as well as additional records relating to Thomas Bowman.

Various documents collected by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society comprising civic, royal, and offical documents, including accounts and extracts from the Sherriff rolls of Yorkshire, accounts of the King's deer, certificates of appointment and commission of people in the armed forces, royal warrants and levies, letters patent, and the appointment of an official supplier by the Duchess of Kent.

Includes correspondence, business accounts and sales ledgers, and personal tickets and documents.

Includes a guild copy of one of the York Mystery Plays, ordinances and lists of members for the Company of Girdlers, and account books for the Guild of Curriers.

Includes a certificate relating to an admission into the Guild of Curriers, an apprenticeship indenture, a certificate relating to an admission to the Freedom of the City of York, and a certficiate proving a freedom from tolls to the Dean and Chapeter of York.

Various deeds relating to land across the City of York including Micklegate, the Merchant Taylors Hall and Walmgate Bar without. Many of these deeds include original wax seals.

Also includes some deeds relating to areas surrounding the City of York, including Naburn, Askham Richard, and Rufforth.

Correspondence, with some associated papers, addressed to and received by Andrew Agar of Grimstone, York. Some of the letters are addressed to Andrew Agar, care of his brother, Thomas Agar, Draper, at Pavement York. This Thomas Agar later became Lord Mayor of York.

The majority of the papers concern estate administration, including finances and the payment of rents. Also includes some papers relating the marriage of Agar's sister, and to a law suit in London.

Until 1752, Great Britain used the Julian calendar, with the first day of the new year falling on March 25th. Dates for these letters have been given as written on the letters and have not been converted into new style dates.

Various documents collected and created by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and its members relating to the history of York and Yorkshire, c. 13th-19th centuries. This includes copies of documents, lists and catalogues of documents, historical notes and sketches, and transcripts of talks and lecture notes.

This series was previously arranged as 'Antiquarian records'.

At present this series comprises one copy of 'The Golden Wheel in York', and one copy of 'More about the Golden Wheel in York', both by Cy Read.

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Includes accounts for the charity fund and a minute book and register of covenants.

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Committee minutes for the club. Includes bound volumes of minutes between 1921 and 1973, and typed loose minutes from 1948 to 2010.

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Includes original programme and award certificates, a copy of a presidential election certificate, and a membership badge.

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Photographs of Rotary Club events and activities.

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These minutes are printed off copies electronic records.

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Printed cards, which provide details of food menus and toast lists.

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This series comprises 7 bound volumes, the diaries of Cuthbert Joseph Kleiser (1855-1929). They mainly focus on events in York, particularly associated with the theatre and dramatic arts. They are handwritten.

Complete series of minute books of the corporation, traditionally known as "house books". The first series started in a different format before municipal reform in 1835.

1 (1835-1837)
2 (1838-1842)
3 (1842-1850)
4 (1850-1853)
5 (1854-1855)
6 (1855-1859)
7 (1859-1862)
8 (1862-1864)
9 (1864-1866)
10 (1866-1867)
11 (1868-1869)
12 (1870-1872)
13 (1872-1873)
14 (1873-1874)
15 (1875-1876)
16 (1876-1877)
17 (1877-1879)
18 (1879-1880)
19 (1880-1882)
20 (1882-1883)
21 (1883-1885)
22 (1885-1886)
23 (1886-1887)
24 (1887-1889)
25 (1889-1892)
26 (1892-1895)
27 (1895-1899)
28 (1899-1902)
29 (1802-1904)
30 (1904-1906)
31 (1906-1908)
32 (1908-1909)
33 (1909-1911)
34 (1911-1912)
35 (1912-1914)
36 (1914-1916)
37 (1916-1918)
38 (1918-1920)
39 (1920-1922)
40 (1922-1923)
41 (1923-1925)
42 (1925-1927)
43 (1927-1929)
44 (1929-1931)
45 (1931-1934)
46 (1934-1937)
47 (1937-1944)
48 (1944-1949)
49 (1950-1953)
50 (1953-1957)
51 (1957-1960)
52 (1960-1964)
53 (1964-1966)
54 (1966-1969)
55 (1969-1971)
56 (1971-1973)
57 (1973-1974)
58 (1977-1978)
59 (1978-1979)
60 (1979-1980)
61 (1980-1981)
62 (1981-1982)
63 (1982-1983)
64 (1983-1984)
65 (1984-1985)
66 (1985-1986)
67 (1986-1987)
68 (1987-1988)
69 (1988-1989)
70 (1989-1990)
71 (1990-1991)
72 (1991-1992)
73 (1992-1993)
74 (1993-1994)
75 (1994-1995)
76 (1995-1996)
77 (1996-1997)
78 (1997-1998)
79 (1998-1999)
80 (1999-2000)
81 (2000-2001)
82 (2001-2002)
83 (2002-2003)
84 (2003-2004)
85 (2004-2005)
86 (2005-2006)
87 (2006-2007)
88 (2007-2008)
90 (2009-2010)
91 (2010-2011)
92 (2011-2012)

Plans and maps of various parts of Yorkshire. Retrieved as a binder, not individual items.

1. 'An epitomised map of the East Riding of Yorkshire' (1709)
2. William Palmer 'A map of the river Ouse' (1725)
3. Francis Drake 'Roman roads in the county of York' (1736)
4. J Rocque 'The North Riding of Yorkshire' (1746)
5. J Rocque ' The West Riding of Yorkshire' (1746)
6. W H Toms 'Map of Yorkshire North from London' (1742)
7. T Kitchin 'The West Riding of Yorkshire' (1749)
8. E Bowen 'An accurate map of the North Riding of Yorkshire' (1750)
9. E Bowen 'An accurate map of the West Riding of Yorshire' (1750)
10. T Kitchin & T Jefferys 'Map of the West Riding of Yorkshire' (1775)
11. R W Seale 'The West Riding of Yorkshire' (1764)
12. E Bowen 'An accurate map of the County of York' (1777)
13. E Bowen 'An accurate map of the West Riding of Yorkshire' (1777)
14. T Conder 'New Map of Yorkshire' (1784)
15. Plan of the River Ouse at Selby (1790)
16. West Riding of Yorkshire (1794)

Original published lists of felons convicted at the York Assizes and moved to York Castle for their sentences to be carried out. The lists include names, ages, details of their crimes and the sentence passed. All lists are numbered and arranged by date of the offence.

1. 1785-99
2. 1800-1819
3. 1820-1841
4. 1842-51

These records are retrived as binders, not individual items.

Includes photographs of the park, ideas for park benches, restoration photographs, birthday party photographs and photos of park activities.

Includes correspondence between City of York Council, the Friends of Rowntree Park and consultants on the formulation of the Bid and progress reports.

Includes minutes of meetings and general correspondence

Material on the history of Rowntree Park, which includes material from tours and talks about the park, and on the history of the redevelopment of the park.

Includes minutes of all committees connected to the administration and maintenance of the York Union Workhouse (later the City Institution and then The Grange)

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The meeting minutes include minutes for committee meetings; annual general meetings; extraordinary general meetings; and various sub-committee minutes including the music sub-committee and finance sub-committee.

The minutes include additional documents which include meeting agendas, correspondence, and monthly income and expenditure accounts.

Research notes relating to the history of the police in York and North Yorkshire. See file-level descriptions for more detailed information.

Detailed index cards compiled by Hugh Murray during the course of his research. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Files of press cuttings relating to various aspects of York history, and the history of further afield. See file level descriptions for more detailed information. Also includes additional papers where these were originally stored with the newspaper cuttings files.

Includes maps, a booklet with sketches, correspondence, notes relating to York, Beverley and Scarborough, and drafts of Hugh Murrays book on town plans.

Includes some talks and research notes. Many streets in York are covered, so please see individuals file descriptions for more detailed information. Please note reference number HMU/8/49 was not used in cataloguing.

Includes notes on York goldsmiths and silversmiths, including details of wills, and copies of secondary source material.

Includes papers relating to railways, horse trams, trolleybuses and electrobuses, boats and the Sheppee Steam Company.

Includes pedigrees and handwritten notes for many families in York. See individual file descriptions for which surnames are included in each file. The files have been arranged alphabetically.

Includes papers on the Boer War and First World War memorials in York. Please see file descriptions for more detailed information.

Files of handwritten notes, photocopied documents, newspaper cuttings and typescripts relating to photographs of York, early photographers and their work. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Series of talks, and research notes for talks, compiled by Hugh Murray during the course of his work as a local historian. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Collection of research files compiled by Hugh Murray, where the contents cannot be easily distributed into collated series. Please see individual file level descriptions for details of the contents of this very varied series.

Papers relating to York Civic Trust, including meeting minutes, agendas, financial papers and project papers. Also includes papers relating to the Sheldon Memorial Trust Awards and Bishophill Action Plan 1972, which were co-located with the Civic Trust papers.

Set of meeting minutes for New Earswick Parish Council. The minutes from 1973 to 1989 have not yet been deposited.

These files are the original transcripts and evidence supplied in the course of investigations by the York coroners office.

These files are the original transcripts and evidence supplied in the course of investigations by the York coroners office.

These files are the original transcripts and evidence supplied in the course of investigations by the York coroners office.

Programmes for performances held at York theatres and venues.

Programmes for performances and other events held at York festivals, civic events, and other celebrations.

Programmes for performances by York based professional and amateur groups.

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Items given to presidents of the York Society of Magicians.

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Trophies and shields awarded to York Society of Magician members.

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Includes programmes and other papers from various performances.

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Includes two files of general newspaper clippings and several files of clippings relating to specific individuals and places.

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Includes general memorabilia including dinner menus and programmes; and printing blocks and branded material.

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Includes meeting minutes from 1945 to 2016, and other administrative documents including correspondence, statements of accounts, and reports.

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Includes membership application including some correspondence, material on founding members, and a performance register.

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The photographs include loose photographs as well as digital photographs, which are in CD format, relating to the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir.

Photographs can also be found elsewhere in the collection. There is a photograph of a twin city concert with Münsterscher Männergesangverein (Münster Male Choral Society) held 23rd March 1997 in the file of travel accounts and documents from a visit by Münsterscher Männergesangverein to York in 1997 (reference: YPC/2/3/1). There are photographs of concert venues in the file of accounts and documents for the tour of Europe in 2000 (reference: YPC/2/3/2). There are photographs of different individuals in the file of travel accounts and documents from a visit by Münsterscher Männergesangverein to York in 2009 (reference: YPC/2/3/5). There are photographs of concert venues in the file of accounts and documents relating to 'Chorfest' in 2015 (reference: YPC/2/3/6). The choir memorabilia includes a 1935 photograph of the choir's original music director Cecil H. Fletcher (reference: YPC/8/1) and the travel memorabilia contains a photograph album of a '40 Jahre Partnerschaft 1968 - 2008' exhibition with Münsterscher Männergesangverein (reference: YPC/8/2).

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The choir newsletters include a both internal and public newsletters produced by the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir. The members newsletters consist of internal newsletters, information sheets and diary sheets given to choir members to notify them of upcoming events and choir news.

There are also a number of public newsletters, published in issues. The choir produced a number of newsletters under different names, over the years. The collection includes newsletters from 1933 to 1990.

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Includes programmes, performance notes, fliers and posters for various concerts and contests.

Concert tickets and programmes can also be found in the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir scrapbook compiled by a previous musical director (reference: YPC/12/4).

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The membership documents include directories, attendance registers, and certificates awarded for membership milestones for the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir.

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The financial accounts and documents include end-of-year accounts for the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir, income and expenditure cash books, and travel accounts and documents.

Monthly income and expenditure accounts and other material relating to choir finances can be found with the meeting minutes (reference: YPC/1).

Records relating to poor relief after the Poor Law Amendment Act,1834. For records of the York Poor Law Union [1837-1930] and Public Assistance Committee [1930-1948] see reference: PLU

Comprises records of the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Authority.

This series includes a variety of items and documents which are apparently connected with the Kleiser family. it includes a lock of human hair, assorted cards and tickets, postcards, handwritten notes, cigar boxes, a book, a copy of an Act regarding playhouses, a travel brochure, an envelope, and pages from a periodical. KLE/7/11 - Kursaal Travel Brochure - is written in French.

Financial, legal, and personal and family documents relating to the Kleiser famly and business. Includes Wills and Probate, leases, and deeds; financial documents; and notes.

This series includes letters and postcards, the majority received by Cuthbert Joseph Kleiser. There is a letter to John Henry Kleiser, as well as empty envelopes (some with no addressee), and a postcard with no addressee. The letters cover a wide variety of subjects, but primarily relate to Cuthbert Kleiser's interest in and support of the theatre and other cultural establishments, family life, and the Kleiser business. The collection includes letters from Bob de Little in Melbourne, Australia. There are also four letters to Cuthbert Kleiser from Arthur Furnish, City Librarian.