The reports contain information on members of the fire brigade, call-out types, methods of communication, causes of fires, costs and annual inspections.
From 1942 this committee is called the Civil Defence committee.
Correspondence relating to staffing, equipment, first aid materials, purchases, wardens' posts, the installation of relay systems, building of public shelters, disposal of unexploded bombs, gas masks and supply depots.
Includes files relating to various air raids on the city of York, including the 1942 Baedeker Raid, and the administration of the aftermath of those raids. Also includes files relating to repairs to buildings and reglazing.
Papers concerning the widening of streets and construction of new streets in the Castlegate and Water Lanes area.
Comprises plans relating to the construction and maintenance of sewers, culverts, and drainage pipes
and to the installation of infrastructre for utiliites, such as gas and electricity.
Includes name; date of admission and discharge; age; results of examination on admission and discharge; and institution referred to.
Lists name; date admitted; and items registered.
Orders concerning classification of inmates
Includes name of inmate; age; and action taken.
Includes name; office; date commenced employment; and date left employment. Listed in rough alphabetical order
Contains lists of articles and suppliers
Comprises official reports from staff at the City Institution (formerly the workhouse)
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Admission and discharge books kept by the Master of the York Workhouse and successor institutions.
Includes name; age; occupation; religion; parish/ward; date of admission and discharge; and other observations.
Index to the general and client files of the company. Note that not all files in this index have survivied as part of this archive so there may be gaps.
Records relating to the upkeep and management of the factory including the updating and monitoring of features such as the sprinker systems, factory noise and expansion works.
Deeds and supporting legal documents relating to the Redfearns factory site, Fishergate, York.
Comprises annual returns of the poor rate for York Out-Relief Union; Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Union and Flaxton Out-Relief Union.
Ledgers containing summary accounts for the York Poor Law Union.
Includes accounts from individual officers (Treasurer, Vaccination Officer, Relieving Officers and other officials) as well as general accounts relating to the administration of the Union.
Volumes prior to 1849 include summary parochial accounts which record amounts spent on relief in each parish. Parochial accounts from 1849 onwards are recorded in separate parochial ledgers (see PLU/12/3/1).
Draft and rough general accounts for the York Poor Law Union
Comprises removal orders received and obtained, and settlement enquiries pursued by the York Public Assistance Committee
Draft copies of relief order books (see PLU/3/3/1 - Relief order books). Relief order books were kept by the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union. The books record orders for out-relief granted by the York Guardians in response to applications put forward by the Relieving Officer (see PLU/3/1 Application and Report books).
Details entered into the books may include: name of applicant seeking relief, name of parish/relief district; quantity and description of relief; and how many weeks relief was granted.
Monthly and annual reports and correspondence relating to the York Penitentiary Ladies Committee.
Documents relating to legal and operational matters of the York Penetentiary Society.
Includes lists of subscribers and fees, lists of members, correspondence to members and application forms. Also includes the President's Medal.
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Includes cash books, bank books, cheque books, financial papers and financial reports.
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Files on particular subjects handled by the NALGO (York Branch). See individual descriptions for more detailed information.
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General correspondence files relating to the work of NALGO.
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Includes correspondence regarding meetings, meeting minutes and correspondence relating to financial and expenditure issues.
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Various documents and leaflets about the Strike Campaign from NALGO members in 1989 concerning a pay 'offer' and the loss of negotiating rights. Also includes papers on Liverpool strike action between 1980 and 1982.
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Includes cuttings from the Manchester Evening Press, 1955, and from other publications.
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Photographs of Club members, events and boats. Also includes some slides, which are also of members and their boats usually at events near the Clubhouse.
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The volumes include minutes of meetings of the Westfield councillors, as well as some personal information about members.
Promotional materials, leaflets and Focus, LibView and Report Back newsletters produced by the councillors in Westfield ward. Also includes some materials relating to the Foxwood and Holgate wards where these were at one time combined with Westfield.
Promotional materials, leaflets and newsletters produced by the councillors in Foxwood and Woodthorpe ward. A small amount of material can also be found with the Westfield ward promotional materials.
Includes newspaper cuttings, flyers and a biography of Ann Reid.
Currently includes an election manifesto from 1988 for Paul Begbie.
Includes one edition of the Focus newsletter.
Currently includes one edition of the Focus newsletter from 1984 and election manifesto for John Nicholson from 1988.
The book was part of the Philip Hazard series.
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Scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings relating to the proposal to build Derwenthorpe, and subsequent issues. The scrapbooks are individually labelled in chronological order.
Certificate from the President of the Region of Basse-Normandy presented to Tom Dixon, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Normandy campaign.
Various photographs of members of the York and District Lambretta Club on rally's and trips in York and at other locations in the UK.
Two interview recordings. The interview 'took place on 7 November 2016 at the interviewee's home' (transcript).
The interview transcript (HBE/1/11) provides the following background information about Ron Goldstein: 'Ron Goldstein was born on August 16th 1923 in London and was called up in October 1942 and served Wireless Operator in Light Ack Ack in the UK. He later served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy and was later re-trained as a Loader/Operator and ended his wartime career in the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars as a Corporal in March 1947. After the war, Goldstein worked for his Father’s clothing company and later became a Manager for other clothing companies. He is Jewish and joined AJEX after war' (transcript).
The interviews include discussion about demobilisation, the heroes return lottery scheme, not talking about the war, war films, losing his brother, working in factories, drinking culture, AJEX, Remembrance Day, the lack of freedom in interviews, digital books, the poem 'Vigil' by Jeremy F. Robson 'written by a Jewish person at a German railway station', wanting to record his experiences, having a diary ('you could get shot for keeping a diary'), learning to use a computer.
Detailing income and expenditure of the cemetery.
Scrapbooks relating to plays in which Frank Higgins performed. Includes photographs and newspaper articles as well as additional materials.
Includes a bundle of letters and two signed contracts.
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Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Volumes 1 to 6 of the journal.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Files for individuals who received their freedom by patrimony or by apprenticeship only.
Includes papers relating to counts, polling, postal votes, Officer guests, ARO's papers, correspondence, claims and expenses, election regulations, verification slips, ballot paperworks, Proxy lists, details of absent voters and election nominations.
Includes forms, pamphlets, papers relating to candidates, correspondence, proxy lists, absent voter paperwork, election expenses, appointment of Deputy County Officer, polling premises, results, staff and accounts.
File containing correspondence created in March 1972 during Alderman Richard Scruton's term of office as Lord Mayor of York
Includes returns of births and deaths
Comprises undated reports and detached pages of reports from the Medical Officer of Health. All reports are signed by Dr Robert Cattley.
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.
The record cards provide the personal details of each patient, possible source of infection, and living conditions. Cards from 1950 and 1954 include an attached report, which records possible ways the disease may have been transmitted, such as schools attended, and persons and places visited. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.
Report sheets for cases of infectious disease including paratyphoid and pulmonary tuberculosis, diphtheria and enteric disease, meningitis, Giardia Lamblia, hepatitis and dysentery.
Comprises correspondence, individual reports of accidents at work and statistical information on accidents in the workplace.
General correspondence files primarily concerning stock and equipment.
Registers of dangerous drugs received and dispensed at Clifford Street Dispensary
Registers of premises, dairymen and cowkeepers
The photographs are copies taken from glass negatives. Indexes of porcelain and porcelain marks, also list of factories, antique dealers trade cards and typescript copies of an article on "Powder Blue Decorated Porcelain" by A.H. York, Oct 1926 presumably the property of Arthur Hurst, East Lodge, St Peter's Grove, York whose name appears on a card and who published a pamphlet on porcelain.
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The replies announce the intention of holding a county meeting on 30 Dec. 1779 at the Assembly Rooms- concerning the economic distress of the country, with the further intention to lobby Parliament. The replies give approval and disapproval of above, and agreement or unwillingness to having names printed in a petition (issued in York papers).
35mm colour slides of mountaineering and climbing in Yorkshire, the Lake District and the Alps. The provenance of the slides is unknown, and they are unlabelled with no captions. Slides have been catalogued as they have been found, with those in the same slide box kept together wherever possible. Photographs show travel, camping, climbing, mountaineering, music-making, apparently involving people called R and H. Sogar.
Wages book for members of the welfare department.
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.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)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.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)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.
Murray; Hugh (1923-2013)