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Contains records created by the Streets and Buildings Committee and its sub-committees in the course of their business.

These volumes contain indexes

Comprises papers relating to the building, widening, paving and general improvement of York's streets. Includes street renumbering records; and street improvement papers for the following areas: Castlegate and Water Lanes; Jubbergate; Spurriergate and Coney Street; Little Blake Street (Duncombe Place); Heslington Road; Gillygate, Skeldergate and Holgate Road; Monkgate and Layerthorpe.
Note only street improvements undertaken prior to the establishment of the Streets and Buildings Committee (i.e. up to c1890) have been catalogued. Later records relating to street improvements are currently uncatalogued.

Includes newspaper cuttings, secondary source material and handwritten notes regarding the supply of electricity to York and the history of street furniture.

These volumes have indexes.

Strays Committee - becomes Parks and Smallholdings Committee in 1913

51.1 1907-21
52.1 1921-28
2 1928-35
3 1935-43
4 1943-49
5 1949-53
6 1953-57

plus draft Parks and Smallholdings Committee minutes

52a 1951-1952

Includes petitions, dispute papers, deeds and property transactions.

Inclosure and dispute papers.

Includes petitions, dispute and judgment papers, meeting minutes, inclosure papers, deeds and property transactions, pasturemaster accounts.

Dispute with Corporation papers concerning nomination of pasturemasters, and wardmotes courts post-1835. A map of each stray from 1772, by John Lund.

Includes petitions, dispute and judgment papers, a lease, pasturemaster accounts and inclosure papers.

Incomplete series, arranged by date.

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Stores Committee minutes
1 1920-34
2 1935-55

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

Housekeeper's store books

Includes declarations of trust, marriage settlements, leases and releases, conveyances, abstracts of title, map, deeds of appointment, sales of land and associated correspondence.

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Details recorded include surname and address of patient; obstetric history of mother; nature of confinement; condition of foetus; and age, work, and health of mother.

Complete series of typed minutes of meetings of the committee.

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Summary statistics compiled by the York Poor Law Union (the including Out-Relief Unions)and Public Assistance Committee for reporting to central government officials.

Comprises weekly and annual returns and monthly statistics.

Items of stationary used by G W Hardings during the course of their business. Includes parcel delivery slips, Lion Brand newswrappers, printed postcards, blank order book, trademark label for Irish Linen, receipt and branded carrier bags. Also includes one page of letterhead paper and one evaluaton pro forma.

Research notes on stained glass painters and stained glass windows. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Comprises registers of staff and registers of leave
See also PLU/11/3/5 for Workhouse staff wages receipt books.

Includes staff appointment files, Guardians declaration book, superannuation records (including certificates of service), register of excepted employees, wages and salaries receipt books, and correspondence.

Comprises records relating to staffing matters (including appointments)within the York Health Department. See also Y/ADM/5/13 for application and appointment files.

Various records relating to the management of staff at the Factory including rules fo various funds and groups, staff manual, training course notes and an accident book for the Canteen.

Incomplete series of staff newsletters, containing information about the company. Original published monthly.

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Diaries of staff involved in deliveries and pickups of patients, food and other items. Also records some cases of insect control.

Includes details of customers and items ordered and alterations required with costings. Each book belonged to a different tailor working for Ruddock's Tailors.

The records include job advertisements, signed agreements of employees, wage books, correspondance regarding wages and termination of employment.

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Account rolls for St Leonard's Hospital for years 1437-1438, 1457-1458 and 1540-1541. The 1457-1458 roll only survives as a fragment and the 1540-1541 roll is incomplete.

Account rolls for St Anthony's hospital for years 1592-1595, 1611-1614, 1617-1620.
Four account rolls belonging to one of the hospital (which exactly is unclear): One 1540, one fifteenth century and 2 undated.

Bound volumes of specifications for contracts to tender, arranged chronologically, and covering all forms of civic maintenance.

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Ad hoc reports by the Medical Officer of Health in response to particular events, primarily the outbreaks of infectious diseases.

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1945 - 1953
1 1953 - 1957
2 1957 - 1962
3 1962 - 1966
4 1966 - 1968

One set of rules as amended in 1936, and the other set is a proposed set of amendments as at 1955.

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Notebooks containing street names and house numbers

Smallholdings and Allotments Committee to 1922, Allotments Committee from 1922

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

The slides were taken by the depositor during the course of her life as a Conservation Officer in the city of York.

The slides are arranged alphabetically by place name. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information.

Slides, arranged in chronological order as created by Alan Malden Owen. All the slides relate to York specifically, and most are individually labelled. Please also see MAL/2/4 for an alphabetical card index believed to relate to these slides.

Comprises records relating to the oversight and licensing of slaughter houses and abattoirs.

Various documents created and recieved by Sir William Strickland.

Includes one marriage settlement, and two documents appointing trustees to the settlement.

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Deeds relating to various properties and occupants in Silver Street and Little Silver Street, York.

Includes books for the following dates: 1478-9 and 1497

Volumes of sheet music and songs performed or collected by the York Musical Society, including music composed by T. Tertius Noble. Also includes a poem composed about a practices of the society choir.

Incomplete set of information sent to shareholders regarding company performance.

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The volumes contain indexes

1 1888-94
2 1895-1910
3 1910-1914

The files include correspondence, handwritten meeting notes and papers produced by the society.

Various manuscript and typescript sermons and religious notes by various members of the Gray family. Includes notes on the death of Lucy Gray.

The magazine of St Sampson's Centre. At present this is an incomplete series, with only the Summer 2001 and Winter 2004 editions present.

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These volumes include details of individual cases heard by Selby Juvenile Court (including the verdict for each case).

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These volumes include details of individual cases heard by Selby Magistrates Court (including the verdict for each case). Volumes from 2 May 1981-19 August 1981 are missing.

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Two bound copies of act

Bound copy of act

Bound copy of act

Incomplete series.

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Includes civil defence publications, papers relating to wardens, ARP Emergency Committee agendas and minutes, Air Raid Precautions (ARP) correspondence, shelter files, instructions to civilians and papers regarding the welfare of citizens, fire service and fire prevention files, papers relating to the Women's Voluntary Service, papers regarding the billeting of workers, Ministry of Health files, papers regarding air raids and resultant war damage, papers regarding the Halifax bomber crash in York, staff registers, papers regarding training exercises, casualty lists, invasion committee papers, Operations Regional Comissioner correspondence, A.R.P Control Headquarters register of permits and papers relating to German chemical warfare explorations.

The magazine was issued to partners to demonstrate the recent work of the Trust. Complete series of editions between these dates.

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Annotated scripts and notes for the Mystery Plays in York

Three volumes of press cuttings regarding performances by the Rowntree Players. Also includes pasted-in programmes for some performances.

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Scrapbooks containing press cuttings relating to stars who performed at the Empire Theatre.

Scrapbooks containing programmes, tickets, photographs, press-cuttings and other ephemera documenting performances in which James 'Jim' Hammond took part. Some of the items in the scrapbooks are annotated or signed.

Includes scrapbooks containing personal letters, letters to The Times and newspaper cuttings on the reign of King George.

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These notebooks include pasted in concert programmes and newspaper cuttings.

Scrapbooks relating to York buildings and weather, and places of interest.

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Scrapbooks and loose items relating to the York Assembly Rooms.

Newspaper cuttings on York schools and their activities. Some cuttings are arranged by school.

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Comprises statistical information on the health of school children in York and reports on health services provided.

The school magazine was launched in 1902 to coincide with the reopening of the school after a fire in 1899. The magazine was issued at regular intervals throughout the year, and included articles, photographs and letters.

Includes magazines for the years 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955 and 1958 only.

Comprises correspondence and associated papers for the York School Dental Service. The papers mainly concern administrative matters such as staffing, statistics, equipment, training, the organisation of the service, and various aspects of dental health. Includes minutes of the Education Committee, some external committees, and printed promotional literature. Contains some correspondence from patients.

Inspection records of the Sanitary Inspector, Department of Health. Records inspections of insanitary conditions in houses (including inadequate sanitary facilities and drainage); inspections of common lodgings houses; food sampling and analysis; and slaughterhouse and meat inspections. Books from 1933 onwards includes reports of overcrowding. Indexed by street

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)

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Volumes from 1974-1980 are missing.

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Papers concerning the establishment and allocation of staff salaries

Set of employee salaried staff record book. In some cases the books have been disbound and repackaged by the archivist. The volumes include names of employees, dates of birth, insurance numbers (where applicable) as well as details of positions worked and grades. Also includes details of salaries and bonuses achieved. The volumes are predominantly from the 20th century, but in some cases relate to employees born in the 19th century. The volumes are arranged by the surname of the staff member, and there are overlapping volumes for the same surnames in some cases.

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At present this series only comprises one series of printed rules and reports. Bound into one volume.

Log books for Rufforth Undenominational School. The log books include information about school attendance, upkeep of the buildings, the absences of particular pupils and the names of those admitted to or leaving the school. In some cases the schoolmaster states why the pupil is leaving and where they are moving on to. The schoolmaster from January 1881-October 1882 was J. Thomas Conyers Robson; he returned to the school in April 1883 after an absence of 5 months, during which time James Whitworth was master.

Files relating to the role of the Royal Family, their connection with York, and Royal events. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.