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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.

Wages books for members of staff of the council Welfare department, specialising in children's welfare.

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

Includes maps of a proposed compound and rescue training rea, and details relating to previous Civil Defence land on Bull Lane and Lawrence Street.

Includes reports to the Markets, Ouse and Foss Watch Committee, Ouse and Foss Committee reports and River Manager report books.

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.

Includes papers relating to Hungarian refugees in the York area, and the role of the York Hungarian relief committee.

Includes operational plan, city of York map and a map showing the city and sector boundaries.

Includes details of money paid by pleasure boats passing through Naburn Lock.

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.

Includes an introduction to the society and an incomplete set of reunion dinner menus, 1947-1961. Reunions were held twice a year, in Spring and November.

Diaries maintained by the Lord Mayor's Secretary for Alderman Ivy Gladys Wrightman and Alderman Wilfred Ward, then Lord Mayor of York, during the period of his term of office.

The notebooks contain information on water levels, soundsing and dredging the river around Naburn Lock.

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.

Includes papers and additional correspondence relating to the Crash Plan.

Wages book for members of the welfare department.

Includes manuals relating to nuclear weapons, line communication, field cable construction, Army health and rescues.

Notebooks kept by the recorder of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, detailing particular cases heard by the court.

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.

Incomplete set - numbers 1, 2, 4-8, 19-26, 28-32 and 36 are missing.

Incomplete set - includes programmes for 'The Pirates of Penzance,' 'The Yeoman of the Guard,' 'The Gondoliers,' 'The Winters Tale', 'Ruddigore' and 'King Lear.'

Includes papers relating to Washington Hall (the Home Office training centre in Lancashire) and York Mansion House.

Copies of letters sent by the River Manager.

The carbon copies contain details of charges due for each vessel, the name of the captain and master, and particulars of the boat.

Includes one circular, papers regarding mobilisation and deployment and a report by Marshall and Pengilley.

Indexes and lists of Civil Defence files.

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.

Diaries maintained by the Lord Mayor's Secretary for Alderman Archibald Kirk and Councillor Stanley Palphramand, then Lord Mayors of York, during the period of their terms of office.

Includes details of the hierarchy of Wardens, their roles, a regional officer's study, training correspondence and papers regarding Warden numbers.

Includes procedures for reconnaisance parties.

Diaries of people who held the position of Lord Mayor of York for the period of their term of office.

Includes information about the remembrance services in 1950, 1961, 1966 and the planned commemoration of the Battle of Britain in 1966.

Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.

Includes ballots, writs, forms, polling paperwork, Local Government Review, postal vote paperwork, paperwork regarding election counting and expenses, posters, staff paperwork, correspondence, election nominations and postcards.

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.

Papers relating to the management of Civil Defence control centres,

Includes correspondence and circulars relating to Civil Defence in industry.

Minutes of meetings of the Civil Defence Assocation, including committee meetings.

Includes papers relating to premises owned or hired by the York Civil Defence Association. Also includes plans and maps relating to the construction of garages for the Civil Defence Corps.

Includes papers relating to the publicity of Civil Defence roles, and public screenings of Civil Defence films.

The magazine was initially published four times per year and included articles about the school, staff, pupils and school clubs. By 1949 was being published annually in July. Editions for 1912-1914, 1916-1921, 1925-1928, 1932-1939, 1948, 1955 and are missing.

Includes papers relating to the Association of Civil Defence officers and the Civil Defence Association, as well as information about the re-organisation of Civil Defence in York in 1967.

Contains information about the equipment held by the Civil Defence Association in York. Includes details of items on loan and items retained after the Second World War.

Includes correspondence relating to contracts open for tender, the opening of a wireless station, formation of a telephone preference scheme and papers relating to electricity.

Includes reports, correspondence, the 'One in five scheme' and handbook on emergency welfare scheme.

Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.

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

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.

Includes papers relating to the management of the Fire Service in York.

Includes papers relating to annual inspections and reviews of the Civil Defence Corps.

Includes recruitment campaign papers, information relating to canvassing for new recruits and associated correspondence.

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

Includes files relating to the York experiment, the Second York experiment and the experiment regarding the conservation of food.

Includes files relating to staff and volunteer resignations and transfers of civil defence volunteers.

Editions of the Civil Defence Officers journal.

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.

Includes files relating to toxic agents, features of an atomic bomb, radioactive products, a report on the British mission to Japan and the Windscale accident.

Contains general correspondence regarding the sale of equipment and the closure of the Civil Defence Corps.

Includes paperwork relating to the Technical Reconnaisance Officers, and and up to date list of staff.

Papers relating to first aid courses, competitions and services.

Includes one circular, papers regarding mobilisation and deployment and a report by Marshall and Pengilley.

Includes papers relating to the installation of air raid shelters in York, as well as meeting minutes, surveys and associated reports.

Includes papers relating to individual members of staff, payments, staff uniforms and the staff training college. Also includes information relating to volunteers.

Includes correspondence regarding vehicles used for Civil Defence purposes, as well as lists of petrol used, paperwork regarding the ambulance service, correspondence regarding the use of ambulances and cars in the event of an emergency and the disposal of vehicles.

Includes record cards, payment information, files and pamphlets

Volumes 1 to 6 of the journal.

Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.

Register of licences granted in the licensing district of the county of the City of York. Includes street and parish, sign of house, description of licence, value of premises, holder of licence and changes. Contain index by name of licence holder.

Includes war books and one index to war book files.

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.

Incoming correspondence sent to the manager of Naburn Lock.

The magazine was issued quarterly and contained articles, details of sports competitions, school rolls and information on the Old Boys' Association. During the First World War it also includes details of military honours obtained by former pupils and a roll of honour. The magazine was reissued in 1939, reverting to 'Volume 1', and during the Second World War the magazine includes lists of former pupils serving in HM Armed Forces.

Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.

Includes polling information, cheques, envelopes and forms, posters, ballots papers, postal votes, details of absent voters, election expenses, rejected voting applications, and Proxy Votes.

General administrative papers concerning clearance areas. Includes correspondence; committee papers; reports; summaries; and housing programme papers.

Papers relating to the improvement of rental properties.

The reports include details of staff changes, exam pass rates and school events.

Includes correspondence, minutes and agendas for meetings of the Civil Defence Committee, including details relating to the creation of an Establishment Committee and emergency committees.

Includes preparations for emergency feeding in the event of a nuclear attack.

File containing correspondence created in August 1971 during Alderman Richard Scruton's term of office as Lord Mayor of York

Includes papers regarding the organisation of hospitals and hospital-based exercises. Also includes associated correspondence.

File containing correspondence created in September 1971 during Alderman Richard Scruton's term of office as Lord Mayor of York

File containing correspondence created in Octobber 1971 during Alderman Richard Scruton's term of office as Lord Mayor of York

File containing correspondence created in November 1971 during Alderman Richard Scruton's term of office as Lord Mayor of York

Includes information on absent voters, staff, polling, proxy lists, printing, expenses, premises, nominations and casual vacancies.

Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.

Includes annual bundles of files for cases heard at the York Quarter Sessions.

Files of circulars, memoranda and accompanying correspondence relating to the work of the Civil Defence Association in York. Also includes some indexes to circulars.

Includes financial returns and paperwork regarding the expenditure of the Civil Defence Association in York.

The reports contain information on members of the fire brigade, call-out types, methods of communication, causes of fires, costs and annual inspections.

Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.

File containing correspondence created in December 1971 during Alderman Richard Scruton's term of office as Lord Mayor of York

Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.

Correspondence files created by the office of the Lord Mayor of York.

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