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Working papers relating to tramways, trolley buses and electric buses.

Includes lecture notes, after dinner speech, retirement speech (including biographical details), and general notes on railway history.

Includes papers entitled 'Servants of Business', about the Chairman and General Managers of the North Eastern Railway, as well as a manuscript together with lists, dates and accompanying notes.

Miscellaneous collection of notes, including about St. Peter's School; Fulford property; British Rail headquarters; magazine with Hugh Murray published paper; Scarborough Spa Express; mail coach times; information about the route from Darlington to Stanhope and points of interest; Signalling Training School history; and a questionnaire worksheet.

Includes a York Press supplement; plans and notes of the Scarborough line through Clifton; Robert Bell memoir; South Yorkshire rail tour; Foss Islands branch information; British Rail Thirsk School; and plans for the site of the railway offices 1898.

Includes manuscript and typed notes on the railway chronology of York; letters; York station history; plans and notes of a route round the two stations and details of the railway offices.

Notes from papers of Lady Hewley's Charity held at North Yorkshire Record Office; paper on 'Quakers and Railways' by E. H. Milligan (two versions); and Hugh Murray manuscript on the 'Railway Influences on Buildings of York'.

Includes press supplements on the closure of the carriage works and the opening of the National Railway Museum, photos and elevations of the railway offices, Station Hotel invoices and old publications.

Railway press cuttings.

Includes details of the Light Railways Act 1896 and Tramway Act 1870, folded plan 1:500 of Micklegate area (c.1960), correspondence with Town Clerk 1879-1980, Hugh's scribbled notes, and additional pieces of correspondence.

Includes a collection of short biographies on Hudson, Meysey-Thompson, Pease, Tennant and Stephenson.

Includes a list of boats with their owners, type, date and routes; newspaper cuttings, including a photocopy of the York Courant 27/5/1777; manuscript notes on re-used paper (including an invitation to a wedding); multiple copies of a York Waterworks invitation dated 1908; and a letter from Hugh Murray to the Royal Humane Society dated 1981, regarding life-saving medals.

History of number plate DN7.

Press cuttings of the arguments for and against the council selling off the Lord Mayor's car number plate. Also includes facsimile of the 'Sheppee Overseas Special' about light steam commercial vehicles.

Handwritten research notes compiled by Hugh Murray.

Includes Hugh Murray's manuscript with paste-ups of draft pages, sections 1A and 1A2; correspondence regarding source booklets and photos of public notices regarding tramways 1878-1902.

Includes Hugh Murray's manuscript with paste-ups, sections 3 - 4, (numbered in red) plus notes, manuscript timetables (c 1900), figures regarding tracks, expenses and receipts and population information. Also includes negotiations between York Corporation and the Tramways Company (1899-1906) plus report dated 1907 of agreement to sell the undertaking to the Corporation, memorandum on the position of the Tramways Company and proposals, poll of owners and ratepayers, and article from 'Modern Tramway' Magazine entitled 'Perspectives of Modern Tramways 1978.'

Pencil manuscript of Hugh's book 'Horse Tramways of York' 1880-1909, 140 pp., wired together.

Further draft sections and chapters of Hugh's manuscript, including sections 1 and 2, maps of York Centre including one coloured with 'original proposals', photostats of 'Some Facts and Comparisons' issued by York Independent Labour Party on the imminent vote to privatize the tramways, 'York Tramways Order 1879' as printed; 1881 draft Provisional Order, two original Provisional Orders dated 1878 and 1880, and photostat of share offer and opening of tramway extensions, including names and addresses.

Includes working documents, council papers, press cuttings, and additional materials relating to the H Murray publication 'The Horse Tramways of York'. Also includes a railway chronology of York; and City of York report of the Tramways Committee 1909.

Includes the York Corporation Act 1914, images of trolley vehicles, a copy of the book 'Horse Tramways of York', and associated correspondence.

Working papers relating to tramways, trolley buses and electric buses.

Research notes compiled by Hugh Murray on various churches and York Minster, as well as church graveyards. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Research notes on the history of York Minster, including a booklet of 'Notes for Teachers' regarding St William's College.

Research notes York Minster, St Crux and other parish churches.

Book of photographs entitled 'Views of York Minster' by the Dean, A Purey-Cust.

Research notes on the monuments in York Minster.

Papers relating to Kirkham Priory. Includes some correspondence.

Research notes on the Unitarian Chapel at St Saviourgate and other York parish churches. Most parish churches are represented in the notes.

Research notes on York graveyards, arranged by graveyard.

Text of 'The York Graveyard Scene'.

Research notes on the history of York Minster, as well as accompanying correspondence.

Research notes on the history of York Minster, as well as accompanying correspondence. Also includes extracts from published works about the Minster.

The work was to be published by Hugh Murray. Includes correspondence.

Research notes on the history of York Minster, as well as the Scrope tapestry. Includes correspondence.

Research notes on the clock at St Martin's, Coney Street, produced by Cooke, Troughton and Sims.

Research notes on Holy Trinity Goodramgate, St Helen's, St Crux and St Sampson's, amongst others.

Research notes relating to Methodism.

Research notes relating to York Church Commission.

Copies of Burdekin's Almanac, relating to the York area and published annually. Incomplete series.

Incomplete series.

Volume 17.

Files of papers relating to classes taught by Hugh Murray over the course of his career.

Notes on: Cabmen's shelters; Clifton; Elm Bank; Monkgate, Huntington Road; Malton Road (including Stockton Lane and the road to Dringhouses.

Notes on: Queen Street to Leeman Road; unseen and unmentioned (lamp posts, letter boxes, bus shelters etc.) and pubs of York.

Research notes compiled by Hugh Murray relating to Lord Mayors of York and other civic officials. Please see file level descriptions for more details information about the contents of this series.

Research notes relating to Lord Mayors of York.

Handwritten research notes relating to York civic officials.

Handwritten research notes relating to York civic officials.

Papers relating to York Civic Trust, including meeting minutes, agendas, financial papers and project papers. Also includes papers relating to the Sheldon Memorial Trust Awards and Bishophill Action Plan 1972, which were co-located with the Civic Trust papers.

Includes meeting minutes, agendas, financial papers and project papers.

Includes meeting minutes, agendas, financial papers and project papers.

Includes meeting minutes, agendas, financial papers and project papers. Also includes papers relating to the Sheldon Memorial Trust and the Bishophill Action Plan.

Research notes relating to public houses, schools and postcards relating to York.

Research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to public houses, schools and postcards relating to York.

Research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to public houses, schools and postcards relating to York.

Research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to public houses, schools and postcards relating to York.

Research notes relating to bellmen and bellringers in York.

Handwritten research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to bellmen and bellringers in York.

Handwritten research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to bellmen and bellringers in York.

Collection of research files compiled by Hugh Murray, where the contents cannot be easily distributed into collated series. Please see individual file level descriptions for details of the contents of this very varied series.

Research notes on street lighting, including a copy of the City of York Council Urban Lightin Group papers.

Research notes on swords and macebearers used in York.

The research notes appear to be the basis of either lectures or walks carried out by Hugh Murray.

Topics include John Cossins, artists, Nathaniel Whittocks volume on York, Diary of a Young Man and the York Pageant. The research notes appear to be the basis of either lectures or walks carried out by Hugh Murray.

Research notes into the chains used by the York Waits.

The chairs were purchased by York Civic Trust. Includes newspaper cuttings.

Research notes and newspaper cuttings relating to bomb attacks and blasts in York.

Research notes on the history and provenance of the notebook.

Research notes and newspapers cuttings relating to blazes and fires in York.

Includes research notes and press cuttings.

Research notes and newspapers cuttings.

Research notes on the Salvation Army, including newspaper cuttings.

The printed work was created as part of the work into the Historic Towns Atlas.

Papers relating to the Friends of York City Archives.

Primarily consists of maps and plans relating to canals and waterways, most commonly in Europe.

Research pack issued by the Borthwick Institute, University of York, and compiled by Ann Rycraft.

Copies of the published Shannon guides.

Family history papers, including original birth, marriage and death information, relating to the Powell family. Also includes the Golden Jubilee edition of the Austin magazine. See also HMU/29/26 and HMU/29/27.

Includes correspondence relating to the genealogy of Clement Powell. See also HMU/29/25 and HMU/29/27.

Includes research notes, photographs relating to the family and a plaque presented to W Powell from the York Rugby Union & Society of Referees. See also HMU/29/25 and HMU/29/26.

Includes research notes, press cuttings and photocopies of documents relating to markets in York. Also includes an original notice for improvements for the market in Pavement, November 1832.

Includes photocopies of plans.

Research notes on shopping, including newspaper cuttings.

Includes one copy of a publication on the Blue Coat and Grey Coat schools, list of calendars produced by the Borthwick Institute and photocopies of legal deeds.

Papers relating to the appeal to purchase the Carr-Brierley Archive for the city of York. Includes some correspondence and lists of donors.

Bundle of papers relating to a variety of different subjects, including a dissertation on lead rainwater goods, papers relating to the Hurworth family history, volume of air pollution history in York, images of lay subsidies records and pedigree of the Camidge family. Includes correspondence.

Research notes on plaques on buildings, including newspaper cuttings.

Research notes on the York Pageant of 1909, including newspaper cuttings.

Typescript copy of what appears to be a dissertation or essay.

The printed lists appear to be of files created by Hugh Murray. Please note these are lists of files rather than the contents of those files.

Includes handwritten research notes on the Dennison family, theatre and high profile occupants of York houses in the 18th and 19th centuries. Please note, these notes have been taken on the reverse of correspondence, which contains personal data.

Research notes on advertising, pubs and shopping.

Includes papers on the Boer War and First World War memorials in York. Please see file descriptions for more detailed information.

Volume 10, Number 3 in English and Afrikaans.

Edition of the Green Howards Gazette, showing the unveiling and photography.

Notes on the unveiling and disappearance of the Obelisk.

Yorkshire Evening Press article about various York Memorials. Includes a reference to the National Inventory of War Memorials.

Article by Ken Inglis.