Comprises reports of house to house inspections carried out by the Medical Officer of Health and the Inspector of Nuisances. Includes details of owners, occupiers, size and condition of house.
Notices served to owners, occupiers and lessees of the application to the Local Government Order for a provisional order for compulsory purchase to improve the Castlegate and Water Lane area. The notices include the names of the occupiers, owners and lessees (where relevant), a description of the property, and the plan number of the property. See also Y/PPT/2/3/3/6 for owners replies.
Comprises summary accounts of amounts received and expended from the poor rate by the parish overseers and Board of Guardians of the Flaxton Out-Relief Union. Some returns include balance sheets of the parish overseers.
Comprises summary accounts of amounts received and expended from the poor rate by the parish overseers and Board of Guardians of the York Out-Relief Union. Some returns include balance sheets of the parish overseers.
Comprises summary accounts of amounts received and expended from the poor rate by the parish overseers and Board of Guardians of the Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Union. Some returns include balance sheets of the parish overseers.
Registers intended to record superannuation contributions made by staff. Note, entries in these registers have not been completed. See also PLU/11/3/3/12 York Poor Law Union Service Registers
Certificates of service for staff to support superannuation claims
Includes photographs of York Public Library (including the Childrens and Reference libraries) as well as images of Acomb, Tang Hall and New Earswick branch libraries.
Sans titreRecords produced by the library in relation to its daily activities. Much of the information in these volumes may have been summarised in the volumes of statistics (Y/EDU/5/3/7).
Letter books and loose correspondence retained by the York Public Library (later York City Library) in the course of its duties.
Registers of staff service compiled principally to record superannuation payments. Includes name of staff member, office/position held, salary, dates of commencement and termination of service. May also include particulars of previous service.
Note: these volumes are dated according to the commencement date of staff, however there appear to be a small number of entries outside the covering dates. All volumes are indexed by surname of staff member.
See also PLU/11/3/3/5 York Poor Law Union Superannuation Registers
Printed catalogues and class lists of the works contained in the York Public Library.
Sans titreIncludes statistics relating to visitor numbers, issues, accounts, library membership, enquiries and accessions.
Accessions registers showing new additions to various parts of the collections, including slides and the illustrations collection.
Sans titreSummary financial statements recording total receipts and expenditure by the Guardians of the York Union.
Statements are completed for each half-year ending in March and September.
Includes associated correspondence and plans
The later reports are titled City of York Public Library Committee
Improvement papers
Outgoing correspondence from the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union to the Local Government Board.
Note that these are wet copy letter books and many of the letters are difficult to read owing to the poor quality of the copying process.
These letterbooks are not indexed.
Particulars and conditions of sale for properties and land to be sold by York Corporation following improvements and clearances in the Castlegate and Water Lane area. Includes land and property in Clifford Street, Tower Street, King's Staith, and a 'proposed new street'.
Licensing appeal papers for public houses within the Castlegate and Water Lanes Improvement Scheme. Includes recognizances, objections and licensing papers.
Replies from property owners regarding notice to apply for a provisional order for the Castlegate and Water Lane Improvement Scheme. These are pre-printed forms on which owners were asked to register their assent, dissent or neutrality to the scheme. See Y/PPT/2/3/3/5 for notices sent to owners, occupiers and lessees.
Includes newspaper cuttings relating to the creation of free libraries generally, York Public Library specifically, and local and national news stories relating to the library sector.
Includes material relating to libraries outside of the City of York Council boundary, which were retained by the library service for reference.
Includes statement of account; draft cash account and supplemental statement (cash account).
Papers and architectural drawings relating to the formation of the York Public Library.
Sans titreComprises draft minutes, and correspondence to the Committee and the Local Board of Health.
Comprises two volumes for the Mar 1847
Comprises correspondence and related papers regarding the accommodation and maintenance of pauper lunatics.
Comprises two volumes for the Mar 1847
Comprises agreements between York Corporation and property owners regarding the sale of land in order to widen the First Water Lane (King Street). Includes a subscription list for improvements, and legal papers for the transfer of property.
Includes list of names, addresses and occupations of individuals elected in all four wards of York.
Comprises 2 volumes for the June 1842 quarter
Comprises 2 volumes for Dec 1837 quarter
Only the item dated 1837 lists returns for all four wards.
Includes large format colour slides, and glass plate negatives.
Includes large format colour slides, and glass plate negatives.
Box of slides belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). The slides include images of patients individuals suffering from the effects of syphilis, as well as information slides on how the disease is spread and its treatment.
Glass negatives with public health information on the prevention and eradication of tuberculosis. Includes slides of children with various diseases; pictures of housing; image of a [?]model dairy; a laboratory; and a York Health Department display. Box marked: 'By Longstaff'.
Box of glass plate negatives belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). Glass plate negatives of children receiving treatment from nurses at the School Medical Clinic and images of infants at Fishergate Creche.
Box of glass plate negatives belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). Box labelled: 'Best negatives of School Clinic: nurses at work; School Clinic: Mrs Potter at work; School Clinic: the Dentist at work; Knavesmire School: the spray bath and open air classrooms'. Also labelled: 'Hanstock's negatives'
Includes material relating to libraries outside of the City of York Council boundary, which were retained by the library service for reference.
Box of slides belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). The slides include images of patients with infectious diseases, health statistics and informational slides on health.
A box of slides belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). Includes slides covering various areas of health education including anatomy, botany, and bacteriology.
Series of 50 lantern slides belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). Includes slides of Knavesmire School, York Maternity Hospital, housing, infant mortality and general health warnings.
Box of slides featuring mainly classical sculptures and paintings.
Glass negatives with public health information on the prevention and eradication of tuberculosis. Includes images of specimens in milk, chart of the School Medical Service, chart of health services for consumptives, map showing distribution of cases, image of a young boy. Also includes film negative of an unknown treatment facility. Box marked: 'By Watson'
Box of glass plate negatives belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). Includes images of open-air classrooms and spray baths. Box labelled: 'Mr Hanstock's negatives of Knavesmire School.'
Includes Subject indexes to Periodicals, annual reports for the Yorkshire branch,
A box of slides belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). The slides include images of poor housing in York, a plan of a cottage at Port Sunlight, plans of back to back, flats and square blocks of streets. Also includes an image of a model of a model street of housing in York. Note, this box also contains a written list of slides that bears little resemblance to the contents of the box - it is likely that this list was used simply as packing material.
A box of slides belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). Includes images of a patient with adenoids, a plan of a cottage at Port Sunlight, demonstration of window ventilators, a patient room at Kelling Sanatorium in Norfolk, demolition of a house, and birth and death rates 1893-1902.
A box of slides belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). Includes slides of historical health statistics; educational slides relating to germs; images of Louis Pasteur, Lord Lister and Dr Woodhead, and a slide of an unknown building.
Series of lantern slides belonging to Edmund Moody Smith (Medical Officer of Health). Includes images of Goodramgate, Bedern, St Leonard's, Skeldergate, Walmgate, and St Martin's Micklegate.
Glass plate negatives with public health information on the prevention, spread and treatment of Tuberculosis. Includes statistical slides and slides with text. Also includes image of a plan of York with each death by consumption marked for the period 1902-1909. Box marked: 'Slides for Langstaff. Negs. and Jeyes'
Glass negatives with public health information on the prevention and eradication of tuberculosis. Includes images of model housing and a patient shelter, microscopic images of the Bacilli, charts and prevention techniques. Box marked: 'Pictures by Watson and Longstaff'
Includes correspondence, tenders and architectural drawings relating to the proposed new York Public Library building in Museum Street.
Sans titrePrimarily includes papers relating to the opening of the library.