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Opening of the New Yorkshire Evening Press building by Princess Alexandra.

Guide to the colour printing of Yorkshire Evening Press (112 pages).

Preview of the York Festival and Freemen's service.

Rowntree & Co souvenir.

Yorkshire Evening Press review linked to York's 1900th Anniversary.

Articles relating to churches and chapels, mostly York.

Pictorial Souvenir of the Queen's visit (28 June 1971).

In four parts.

Programme summary (15 June-8 July).

Yorkshire Evening Press historical summary of York AD71-1971.

Relates to the Knavesmire Tattoo 13-18 September 1971.

Extension of the Coney Street site of the Yorkshire Evening Press.

Supplement of photographs.

Supplement for Local Newspaper Week.

Articles relating to bridges and rivers.

Supplement of photographs.

Celebration of 500 Years of York Minster.

Special Edition also featuring four facsimiles of 1945 editions.

Commemoration of 238 Years in York.

Includes hospitals and medicine: Bootham, County, Retreat, Hospitals. St Mary's Convent; Nunthorpe Hall; Clifford St; St John's College in WW1; St Leonard's Hospital (photocopy); Purey Cust; Naburn closure; St Leonard's Hospice; Military Hospital; Poppleton Gate; District Hospital; Yearsley Bridge; Fairfield; Nine hospital closures; County Hospital; Medevac helicopter; District Hospital plans 1961; York Medical School; York Dispensary; Clifton Hospital and York Medical Society anniversary.

Includes press cuttings on left handedness: individuals, devices, shops for; Library: York Central Library Museum St, and Clifford St.

Includes press cuttings relating to the electrification of railways, transport to London, National Railway Museum and Leeds trams and trolleys.

General newspaper cuttings on 'York Past and Present'.

Includes cuttings on York from the air; the birth of Jorvik and the 60th anniversary of the Baedeker Raid.

Includes cuttings on the LUI Banquet (response to criticism from Manchester); Coney Street, archive of York bridges and an article on horse trams by Hugh Murray.

Articles relating to books published on York's history, buildings and families.

Includes cuttings relating to the York Mystery Plays and Festival.

Includes press cuttings on the restoration of York Minster.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Royal visits and commemorations.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Dringhouses; Moor Lane Youth Centre; Dringhouses Pond; Captain W. Duncan-Jones; Dringhouses status in the 1940s; Pinfold repair; Toll House; and Moor Lane lakeside lodges.

Includes cuttings on Esher and the ring road traffic management; cars in York; York 2000 campaign; envelope containing 'Esher's Aldwark' conservation questions; 1971 ring road plans; foot streets; outer ring road plans; Copmanthorpe flyover plans; A19 straightening; Deangate closure; Bootham bus lane; ring road blight; central area traffic management; Exhibition Square fountain and use as bus terminus; car parks; Esher's York; and preservation of historic buildings. Includes some duplicate material.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Freemen and strays. Topics include Hob Moor; John Shannon; Rowntree Park; Freemen of England banquet; Freedom Casket; Micklegate Stray; Freemen's rights over city strays; Walmgate Stray; strays and the common land question; freemen's oath; freewomen; and Monk Stray.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Clifton. Includes cuttings on churches, buildings, demolitions, hospital, the Burton Stone, Clifton Green, Clifton Bridge, parish minute book found, house sale adverts, Clifton Court leet, Homestead Park, Ouse Lea, RSPCA dog's home, St Peter's footbridge, trees, footpaths, individuals, Skelton Street demolition, Cross's fish shop, YWCA, bridges and demolitions for the inner ring road.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Civic Trust plaques and other plaques: Herbert House, George Hudson, Garforth House (photo of John Shannon), observatory, Abbey Wall, King's Square, Dick Turpin; Mansion House; Richard III; BR Eastern Region HQ; Jewish massacre; York Station (including a photo of Nikolaus Pevsner) and York Minster Gates.

Cuttings relating to defences, Clifford's Tower and York Castle and prison. Topics include bars; city walls; posterns; E Ridsdale Tate's 15th century York; manuscript notes; Peter Addyman's article on Baile Hill; Exhibition Square; 1644 siege; portcullis' lowering; Lendal Arch; wall and bar repairs and the tourism budget.

Newspaper cuttings relating to people and characters, from local and national newspapers. Includes many obituary notices, cuttings with York or Yorkshire connections, and others of significance to Hugh's interests (e.g. Heraldry, or Colditz). Includes a mixture of recent people (e.g. Eric Gee) and historical (George Hudson).

Cuttings relating to almshouses, abbattoir, canals and assizes.

Acomb, Holgate; talk on Backhouse Nurseries by Judity Pinder; talk on Acomb by George Benson (report of) 1922 and letter from Robin Blake regarding Fothergills of York, 2002.

Churches, Chapels (York and non-York), Salvation Army, convents, monasteries, abbeys and synagogues - mostly cuttings plus a few leaflets, almost entirely relating to York.

York bridges and rivers - Ouse, Foss, old bridges and new including Naburn Lock photo 1888. Also includes a photo of the opening of Skeldergate Bridge 1881, the Ouse Ferry, flood defences, barges, riverside walks, Hill's boatyard, new by-pass and ring road, engraving of collapsed Lendal Bridge 1861 and York Waterworks.

Books published on York's history, buildings and families, including news reviews and details of books of photos.

Alwark - mostly Esher report and redevelopment.

Bedern - Esher report and redevelopment and restoration of Bedern Hall.

Bishophill District - archeaological dig at Buckingham House and general redevelopment initiatives.

Bishopthorpe Road - layout of shops and development issues.

Blake Street - historic locations (mostly Assembly Room issues).

Blossom Street - building developments; financial problems of Bar Convent; issues related to No. 40 Blossom Street.

Historical buildings in Bootham - notes by Hugh Murray and correspondence regarding specific sites.

Pictures of Radio York in Bootham Row.

Bridge Street - redevelopment of shops, closure of Boyes and erosion issues.

Burton Stone Lane shop development.

Carr Lane (picture of the lane).

Castlegate - development of Fairfax House, work of the Civic Trust, other historic buildings, and notes of Hugh Murray.

Chapter House Street - copies dated 1993 in Treasurers House to Hugh Murray from Lewis, and cuttings of Treasurers House.

Clarence Street cuttings, including Mrs Shaw planting a memorial tree.

Clementhorpe - redevelopment of the Terry's site, and river views with buildings.

21 Copies of The York Citizen, including articles on the introduction of the Yorkcard, opening of the Barbican Leisure centre and Duchess of Kent received Freedom of the City of York.

Clifford Street - development of Technical College and history of Water Lane.

Coffee Yard - renovation of Barley Hall and the history of Coffee Yard.

College Street - history of Sir Williams College, numerous pictures of the site and restoration issues.

Colliergate - historic buildings and account of the fire of 1839.

Coney Street - buildings and shop adverts, archaeological digs and finds, notes of Hugh Murray and papers relating to the Baedeker Raid.

Coppergate - development issues, and 'Duttons for Buttons' building.

Coppergate - phase 2, showing controversies over plans for future development.

Dalton Terrace - funeral of Emily Houden, and letters from Hugh Murray to York Evening Press regarding naming Dalton Terrace.

Davygate shopping arcade, development of property.

Deangate - traffic congestion and issues near to York Minster.

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.

Card index arranged alphabetically by surname.

Covers Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes; Vehicle Registration Numbers; Friendly Societies; Horse Tram Staff; NER Constituent Companies and Goldsmiths C to Y.

Covers pubs in the city of York.

Card index arranged alphabetically by surname. It would appear that this index relates to authors of articles relating to York.

Covers clockmakers, watchmakers, money makers, chairman and York pubs.

Covers York streets. Arranged alphabetically. A-T only.

Covers details of 18th and 19th century families.

Medals, A to Z.

Covers heraldic bookplates, general, A-Z. Armorial, A-Z including York City, York churches, York Minster.

Covers introduction. King's Square to Scaurius Railway Hotel. York Coat of Arms. Armed Services personnel. Outside Micklegate Bar (OMB). York Arms. Heraldry at Bishopthorpe Palace. Exhibition Square to Petergate. Lost Heraldry of York Minster. Ecclesiastical Heraldry. Arms of 4 Archepiscopal Sees. Arms of the See of York. St. WIlliam's College, Bootham Bar, etc. Bedern area. Tanners Moat, York Cemetery, etc. 'York'. Arms and Oxford Colleges. Confluence of Ouse and Foss.

Covers heraldry and what appears to be prominent families.

Files relating to the history of the Pearson room at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Details the Pearson connection between Leeds Metropolitan University, School of Built Environment and the firm of S. Pearson and Son Ltd (Public Works Contractors). Includes stained glass illustrations and photographs.

Notes on the history of the Pearson firm. Includes a fact sheet on the Parliament Street buildings, House of Commons; notes on Pearson firm's building projects and dates; and detailed notes on the Parliament Street Building, London.

Biography of Weetman Dickinson Pearson. Also includes brief pedigrees of other members of the family; history of the Buckendon Estate, Hertfordshire; correspondence and notes relating to the preservation of the Pearson Glass and three CD-ROMs of Pearson talks.

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

Includes photographs of Police Officers, offence details, convictions and incident details. Also includes a booklet entitled 'First Hundred Years of North Riding Constabulary', which chronicles the first hundred years of York Police Force, as well as a memorandum entitled 'Keeping Peace in the City' and press cuttings and notes on Police organisation.

Several issues of 'Police Gazette', 19th century, as well as occurrence reports 1845-1847; discipline reports 1845-1847; press cuttings and miscellaneous notes on Police matters; list of deaths in Kidcote (?) prison and burials in St John's, Ousebridge, and history of York City Police.

Includes papers on street life in Medieval England; Special Constables during the Chartist period; a 'York Four Days Stage Coach' notice; 'Keeping Peace in the City' typescript and a poster.

List of Duncumbe's charitable gifts, notes including a photocopy of his obituary by James Raine. Includes notes on the condition of his memorial cross; notes from Yorkshire Gazette 1858-1881; proposed plan for widening Little Blake Street to form Duncumbe Place; copy of his will and his father's will and a press cutting about York market.

Includes details of the Kempe / Kemp arms, details of the family history and newsletters relating to the Kempe Society.

Includes notes on Kemp arms including photocopies of a bookplate for Charles Eamer Kempe. The name sometimes appears as Kemp and at other times Kempe.

Folder labelled 'Kemp', containing family trees and notes on genealogy; four page typed paper on Charles Eamer Kempe; Hugh Murrays application to join the Kempe Society; and letters about Charles Eamer Kempe folded within photocopies of obituaries.

Folder labelled 'Kempe' with a few notes on family trees.

Copies of the 'Wheatsheaf' newsletter of the Kempe Society. Bundle of editions from numbers 1 to 83 (79 is missing). Also includes latin texts in Kempe windows by Paul Sharpling 1994, service of thanksgiving for Kempe, 1989; and Hugh Murray's membership cards

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

Includes tramways amendments (possibly notes for Hugh Murray's book, plus 'list of plans and illustrations' and sections redrafted. Also includes photostats of 1878 initial proposals for tramways in York, photocopies of two articles on the history of tranways by George Jackson, and a photostat of the Tramway Orders Confirmation Act 1879.