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Includes accommodation clearance registers, papers regarding billeting, annual reports, papers relating to atomic warfare, civil defence handbooks, general preparations for a nuclear attack, papers relating to the British Association, circulars, York Civil Defence Association, Civil Defence committee minutes, civil protection, competitions, conference papers, papers regarding Control Centres, correspondence files of Arthur Cooke (Civil Defence officer), general correspondence files, demonstration and protest papers, papers regarding Civil Defence equipment, evacuations scheme, exercises and training courses, mass experiments, financial papers (including insurance files), papers relating to the Fire Service, emergency feeding plans, Home Defence papers and correspondence, Head Office files, hospital organisation files, papers relating to Civil Defence in industry and infrastructure, inspection files, membership lists, copies of the Civil Defence Acts, year books, copies of the Civil Defence Officers Journal, Ministry of Health papers, minutes of the Civil Defence committee, papers of the Association of Municipal Corporations, reports and pamphlets relating to the nuclear threat, papers regarding nuclear tests, observations papers, premises files, publicity and recruitment files, papers regarding Hungarian refugees in York, remembrance files, staff resignation and transfer files, papers relating to the Scientific Intelligence Officers and Sector Controllers, shelter files, siren installation, staff papers, technical reconnaisance papers, correspondence with the Town Clerk, papers regarding Civil Defence vehicles, warden's files, the role of the Women's Voluntary Service, and the role of the Yorkshire Yeomanry.

At present this series only comprises a series of glass plates.

Records relating to poor relief prior to the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834. Further historical and modern records will be added to this section as they are catalogued.

Includes minutes; accounts and relief assessments.

See ref: PLU for poor relief records relating to the York Poor Law Union and the Public Assistance Committtee (1837-1960s).

Records relating to poor relief after the Poor Law Amendment Act,1834. For records of the York Poor Law Union [1837-1930] and Public Assistance Committee [1930-1948] see reference: PLU

Comprises records of the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Authority.

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Small number of papers regarding policing under the York Improvement Act

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

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Architectural drawings of Hudson House, York. The building was previously used for Network Rail, but was dismantled in Summer 2018. See individual item descriptions for more detailed information about each plan.

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Plans and maps of various parts of Yorkshire. Retrieved as a binder, not individual items.

1. 'An epitomised map of the East Riding of Yorkshire' (1709)
2. William Palmer 'A map of the river Ouse' (1725)
3. Francis Drake 'Roman roads in the county of York' (1736)
4. J Rocque 'The North Riding of Yorkshire' (1746)
5. J Rocque ' The West Riding of Yorkshire' (1746)
6. W H Toms 'Map of Yorkshire North from London' (1742)
7. T Kitchin 'The West Riding of Yorkshire' (1749)
8. E Bowen 'An accurate map of the North Riding of Yorkshire' (1750)
9. E Bowen 'An accurate map of the West Riding of Yorshire' (1750)
10. T Kitchin & T Jefferys 'Map of the West Riding of Yorkshire' (1775)
11. R W Seale 'The West Riding of Yorkshire' (1764)
12. E Bowen 'An accurate map of the County of York' (1777)
13. E Bowen 'An accurate map of the West Riding of Yorkshire' (1777)
14. T Conder 'New Map of Yorkshire' (1784)
15. Plan of the River Ouse at Selby (1790)
16. West Riding of Yorkshire (1794)

Plans and maps of various parts of Yorkshire. Retrived as a binder, not individual items.

1. Christopher Saxton 'Eboracensis Comitatus...West Riding' (1607)
2. John Speede 'Yorkshire' (1610)
3. John Speede 'The West Ridinge of Yorkshyre with the most famous and fayre Citie Yorke described' (1610)
4. John Speede 'The North and East Ridings of Yorkshire' (1610)
5. John Blaeu 'Ducatus Eboracensis Anglice Yorkshire' (1645)
6. John Blaeu 'Ducatus Eboracensis pars accidentalis: the West Riding of Yorkshire' (1645 reprinted 1672)
7. John Ogilby 'The continuation of the road from London to Barwick, beginning at Tuxford and extending to York' (1675)
8. John Ogilby 'The continuation of the road fom London to Barwick, beginning at York and extending to Chester in ye Street' (1675)
9. John Ogilby 'The Road from York to Lancaster' (1675)
10. John Ogilby 'The continuation of the road from London to Barwick commencing at Tuxford and extending to the City of York' Description (1675)
11. John Ogilby 'The road from York to West Chester' (1675)
12. John Ogilby 'The continuation of the road from London to Barwick commencing at the City of York and extending to Chester in the Street Description' (1675)
13. John Ogilby 'The Roads from York to Whitby and Scarborough in Yorkshire (1675)
14. 'A Survey of the roads from York to Chester with a branch from Manchester to Derby AND a survey of the road from york to Lancaster' (1675)
15. Robert Morden, The East Riding of Yorkshire (1695)
16. Robert Morden, The North Riding of Yorkshire (1695)

Original and printed maps and plans of York as follows. Retrieved as binders, not individual items.

1. Plan of York Part 1 (c.1545)
2. Plan of York Part 2, (c.1545)
3. John Speed Plan of York (1610)
4. 'Plane based on Speed' (c.1610)
5. Hogenberg, Plan of York (1618)
6. 'SAR' Plan of York (1650)
7. 'Archer's Plan of the Great, Antiente and famous Citty of York' (c.1680)
8. Jacob Richard's Plan of York (c.1685)
9. Jacob Richard's 'A Draught of his majesties manner house of York'' (c.1685)
10. Jacob Richard's 'Plan of York Castle' (1685)
11. Unfinished plan view of York Castle (c.1685)
12. Benedict Horsley of York. 'A new plan of York' (1697)
13. John Cossin's 'Old plan of York'(1722)
14. John Cossin's 'New plan of York (1722)
15. John Cossin;s 'Area from map of 1727(?)' (1727)
16. Francis Drake 'A plan of the city of York' (1736)
17. Francis Drake 'A plan of the city of York' (1736)
    18 Francis Drake Eboracum 'Plan of York'' (1736)
18. Peter Chassereau Plan of York (1750)
19. Peter Chassereau Plan of york republished with augmentations (1766)
20. T. Jeffreys, London 'Map of York'
21. Copy of a plan of the townships of Acomb and Holgate (1774)
22. Francis White, York, Plan of York and the Ainsty (1785)
23. Francis Drake reprint. Plan of York with slight alterations (1785)
24. Francis Drate reprint. Plan of York with slight alterations (1785)
25. Francis White's plan of 1785 with slight alterations from second edition of Drake's Eboracum puliblished by Wilson & Spence (1788)
26. Francis White's plan of 1785 with slight alterations from second edition of Drake's Eboracum puliblished by Wilson & Spence (1788)
27. Plan of the City of York, published by John & Geo. Todd (1811)
28. History of York, published by John & Geo. Todd (1818)
29. Edward Baines, Yorkshire Directory. Plan of York (1822)
30. Edward Baines, Yorkshire Directory. Plan of York (1822)
31. Henry Bellerby 'The Stranger's Guide' (1825)
32. A Map of the County of the City of York [showing York and the Ainsty], From an Actual Survey made in the Years 1830-1831, by Robert Cooper, Land Surveyor etc. (1832)
33. Robert Sunter Plan of York (1845)
34. Henry Bellerby 'The Stranger's Guide' 8th edition (1847)
35. Robert Sunter, Plan of the city of York (1848)
36. Tallis' Map of York (c.1850)
37. Whittock of York Bird's eye view (1856-1860)
38. Whittock of York Bird's eye view (1856-1860)
39. Abel Heywood Plan of York (1860s)
40. Jognson & Tesseyman, Directory of the City of York (1872)
41. Wm Sessions 'Penny plan of the City of York' (c.1880s)
42. British Association York Meeting (1881)
43. Ben Johnston & Co 'Plan of the City of York printed in colours showing the new boundaries & the several wards' (1884)
44. Bacon's Plan of York (c.1895)

At present this series only comprises one plan of the building, showing a proposed - but not built - extension on the rear of the York Assembly Rooms. Date is estimated.

Papers relating to major planning consultations, Hungate, 'Castle Piccadilly' development and Foss Islands nature reserve.

At present this series contains one volume of handwritten notes on planning applications affecting the Parish Council and its area of jurisdiction.

Includes business and personal correspondence of family members, as well as financial papers. See file level descriptions for more detailed information.

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-Undated photogtraph showing players with young fans
-Photograph Rugby League Team, 1920, with the Football Charity Cup, presented by Sir Forster-Todd
-Photograph of Rugby League Team, 1931
-2 photographs of a rugby game, 1930
-Envelope of 54 colour photographs of Clarence Street grounds and games played there
-4 small black and white photographs of individual players, pasted onto sheets of paper. Names are included - 'Elias', 'Luv Brown', 'Myers', and 'John'.
-Scrapbook, 1952
-1 copy of Yorkshire Evening Press Rugby League Cup Special Edition, June 1989
-4 copies of Yorkshire Evening Press Rugby League Special "Farewell to Clarence Street", March 18th 1989
-3 copies of Yorkshire Evening Press Interworks Cup Supplement, May 14th 1988
-3 copies of Yorkshire Evening Press Interworks Cup Supplement, June 2nd 1990
-1 copy of Sports Press (supplement to Evening Press), June 25th 1986
-Programme, York v. Hunslet fixture, 28th April 1989
-Acorn Rugby Football Club Brochure 1973-1991

The photographs are backed onto paper and most contain descriptions.

Photograph albums, cartes de visite, and loose photographs depicting the Kleiser family and related families and persons (including Cundall family), as well as various locations and the Kleiser shop at 22 Parliament Street. The collection also includes 12 photographs of assorted Catholic clergymen. Some of the photographs include handwritten identifications of the subjects, in others the subject is not identified. Some photographs are professional studio portraits, others are amateur 'snaps'. There are duplicates of some of the photographs. All the photographs are in black and white or sepia, though some have been tinted with colour.
The Cundalls were related to the Kleisers by marriage.

Includes one series of printed photographs of Carr buildings and people (from the John Carr catalogue), and an extensive collection of slides relating to John Carr. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes two photographs albums, one packet of photographs and one bundle of loose photographs.

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Includes photographs of various Hardings premises, as well as details from some window displays. Also contains glass plates relating to the 'Right of Light' legal dispute around the redevelopment of the High Ousegate and Coppergate site. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes photographs of the Melbourne Public House rugby team, veteran workers at Craven's confectioners, a group in a charabanc, George Henry Steel of Walmgate, Miss Annie Skelsher and a family group.

At present this series only comprises one photograph showing Councillor Albert Allison ('Bert') Keech, President of Bootham Bowling Club, congratulating James Henry Murray on winning the Yorkshire Bowles Singles Championship for 1953.

Photographs of Nellie Battrick, her employers and surroundings in India, including the home in which they lived.

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Photographs of Fred Hawksby and his family members. Also includes one photograph (now in two sections) of Sheffield boxer Gus Platts, and one negative of an unidentified football team.

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Includes photographs relating to various York Festivals and the Mystery Plays, as well as other performances held in York Misnter and elsewhere. See file level descriptions for more detailed information.

At present this series only comprises one photograph album.

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The photographs include loose photographs as well as digital photographs, which are in CD format, relating to the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir.

Photographs can also be found elsewhere in the collection. There is a photograph of a twin city concert with Münsterscher Männergesangverein (Münster Male Choral Society) held 23rd March 1997 in the file of travel accounts and documents from a visit by Münsterscher Männergesangverein to York in 1997 (reference: YPC/2/3/1). There are photographs of concert venues in the file of accounts and documents for the tour of Europe in 2000 (reference: YPC/2/3/2). There are photographs of different individuals in the file of travel accounts and documents from a visit by Münsterscher Männergesangverein to York in 2009 (reference: YPC/2/3/5). There are photographs of concert venues in the file of accounts and documents relating to 'Chorfest' in 2015 (reference: YPC/2/3/6). The choir memorabilia includes a 1935 photograph of the choir's original music director Cecil H. Fletcher (reference: YPC/8/1) and the travel memorabilia contains a photograph album of a '40 Jahre Partnerschaft 1968 - 2008' exhibition with Münsterscher Männergesangverein (reference: YPC/8/2).

A collection of photographs (and negatives), notes and letters concerning the River Foss Society.

Photographs largely relating to the refurbishment of furnaces at the Glass Factory. Also includes a staff photograph from York Glass Co, tower design concept images and demolition photographs.

At present this collection only comprises one photograph of the team receiving a new trophy for the league championship. The trophy was given by Lord Mayor Oscar Rowntree.

Includes family photographs of Surtees Hornby and relatives, and some landscape scenes. Some of the images have been captioned, but the majority are currently unidentified. All the images were removed from a photograph album.

Includes photographs of the park, ideas for park benches, restoration photographs, birthday party photographs and photos of park activities.

Includes photographs of business premises, sports team, portraits of individual family members and group photographs. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed informatin about the contents of this series. Also includes one painting of St Martin's, Coney Street.

Photographs produced as evidence by objectors to the proposal to close the Ilkley Skipton and Haltwhistle to Alston railway lines, as well as photographs of Scarborough station parking arrangements possibly related to Scarborough-Whitby closure of Scarborough development proposals.

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Photographs of Sydney John Holmes, particularly during his war service. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

At present this collection only comprises four photographs of various teams and, in some cases, their families. Due to the very poor condition of the photographs and mounting boards, these photographs cannot be produced and will require conservation work.

Black and white and colour photographs of New Earswick, as well as colour negatives.

Includes one photograph of Robert Benton with his wife and eldest son (father of the depositor), one photograph of Robert Benton with officers from his regiment, two photographs of him recovering from injuries sustained in 1918 and one photograph taken after the First World War. Digital copies of all these items also exist.

Mounted formal team photographs with names of members listed along the bottom.

Includes one photograph album showing the interior and exterior of the factory, and one photograph possibly of Terrence Jeffery and his wife.

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Many of the photographs include a list of team members.

Includes photographs and cards relating to the activities of the cycling club.

Photographs of the Cundall family. Includes photographs in a variety of formats. Photographs are of family members, homes and other locations connected with the family, family holidays etc. Includes:

-Envelope 1 - 15 mounted, formal photographs, 1900-1990
-Envelope 2 - 53 photographers' portraits, 1880-1930
-Envelope 3 - 24 photographs, c. pre-1920
-Envelope 4 - 80 photographs and 1 'Snapshot' Book, 1920s-1930s
-Envelope 5- 35 photographs, post-1945
-Envelope 6 - 111 photographs of holidays and 1 album of ' Swiss holiday' photographs, c1900-1940
-Envelope 7 - 7 photographs of 'Weddings' , c20th century
-Envelope 8 - 91 formal portraits on card - Carte de Visite, undated
-Envelope 9 - 10 framed photographs, 19th and 20th century
-Envelope 10 - 64 photographs featuring the Cundall house and other houses, 20th century
-Envelope 11 - 1 photograph, of unidentified man. Photograph labelled 'Cundall' on the back, undated.

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Photographs of Rotary Club events and activities.

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At present this collection only comprises one photograph, with a key to the men shown.

At present this series only comprises photographs of Cyril Deighton's war service in Egypt and Palestine during the Second World War.

Photographs of group walks and events, including images of members. Some of the images have been stored in photograph albums, whilst others arrived at the archives in loose bundles. All photographs have been stored in chronological order by the group.

Unidentified photographs of individuals, presumably related to the British Legion.

Various photographs with indexes of Holgate and Acomb. Also includes slides of Acomb and of York generally as well as some reproductions and photocopies of Front Street in Acomb.

Includes volumes for the plays '1066 and all that' (1944), 'The Swiss Family Robinson' (1945) and 'Spring 1600' (1946).

The volumes include colour photographs, newspaper cuttings and photocopies of images compiled by Mr Leeman, primarily relating to streets in the Bishophill area of the city. See the volume descriptions for more details of which streets are covered in each.

Photograph ablums of 'Cloud forms that have been at Clova Ripon' by Charles Piazzi Smyth. Albums of positive black and white images with some manuscript, typescript notes including meteorological observations.

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Albums of original photographs, and photocopies and prints of original photographs, entitled 'The Fairfax Society Picture Gallery'. The contents have been classified as 'Fairfax', 'Non-Fairfax' and 'Miscellaneous.'

Four volume thesis entitled 'The Life and Works of John Carr of York: Palladian Architect' by R B Wragg, awarded by the University of Sheffield.

Includes petty cash receipts and petty cash book.

Includes one petty cash book and one bundle of petty cash sheets.

Deeds relating to various people and properties in Petergate, Bedern.

Comprises correspondence files relating to rodent and insect control.

Four volumes of personal reports by Tim Short, officer of the York and District Trades Union Council, including supporting documentation and research. The material is arranged chronologically by year.

Includes receipts for purchases and personal investments, Midland Bank statements, a household cash book, property papers relating to the building of the family home in North Road, Clifton, tickets to the Military Sunday service, winter programme for the Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association and letter regarding a codicil to Mrs Harding's will. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

This collection includes personal documents relating to J W Knowles, including ration cards, accounts book, letter book, prescriptions and banns certificate.

This collection includes the baptism certificate of John Alder Knowles, papers regarding his enlistment and rationing in both the First and Second World Wars, and papers relating to his honorary degree from University of Hull in 1957.

Includes correspondence, original writings and other documents relating to the life and work of Harold Edgar Bloor.

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Includes two certified copies of a certificate of birth, one discharge certificate, and a digitised copy of the medical notes of Robert Benton prior to his discharge. Digital copies of all these items also exist. Please note that the medical records are held in digital copy only.

Includes copy birth certificate of John Hawskby, boxing licence of Fred Hawksby, wages envelope and ticket to an amateur boxing tournament.

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Includes partnership agreements, sketch book, papers relating to Marriott's university career and finances, concert hall and dinner programmes and menus, tax papers and literature extracts. Also includes papers relating to Marriott's political career, such as notes on speeches; and papers relating to the Cherry Hill Estate.

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Also includes some typescript material and newspaper cuttings

The letters are from Mrs C Taylor and John Forth. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series, including full transcripts of each letter.

Some volumes have been attributed to Robert Morrell.

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Includes correspondence, business accounts and sales ledgers, and personal tickets and documents.

Includes:
Lists of singers, patrons and chorus members, c. 1930s - 1971 and 2012-2013
Rehearsal registers, 1998-99 to 2018-19
Concert calendars and rehearsal schedules, 2016-17 to 2019-20

Many of these chapbooks are undated, but all appear to be from the first quarter of the 19th century. They were printed and sold in York, and primarily aimed at children in the city. The chapbooks all contain lavish woodcuts as illustrations throughout, and many contain a full Roman printed alphabet and Italian printed alphabet at either the beginning or the end. These particular chapbooks are all very small in format. Please see individual item descriptions for information about each title, or CBK/2 for larger format chapbooks.

Includes birth, baptism, marriage and death certificates, pedigrees of the Clutton family and orders of service for family burials.

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

Includes material pattern book, price and time lists as well as additional paper patterns for making items of clothing

Pattern books for various different clothing designs including trousers, waistcoats, dress wear, skirts and clothing alterations. Also includes club colour books for designs for Universities, military, clubs and society dress.

Includes patients' registers; records relating to lunatics; and relief for patients in sick wards. Records are primarily from the mid-twentieth century.

Includes designs for an improved bird scarer, cloche clip, hand propelled vehicle, spiral bearing, cutting tools or instruments and walking sticks and crutches.

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Summary accounts of receipts and expenditure for individual parishes within the York Poor Law Unon.

Includes parochial ledgers for the York Rural Sanitary Authority, the York Out-Relief Union and the Escrick Out-Relief Union.

Papers relating to the organisation of parliamentary elections in York. Includes ballot papers, expenses paperwork and information on postal votes.

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8 1961-64
9 1964-72
10 1972-74

The collection comprises photographs of the school only.

Includes Village Cross magazine and Grapevine maagazine.

Comprises poor rate books for parishes within the city area of the York Poor Law Union. Also includes some lighting rate books.

Information recorded for each rateable property may include: name of occupier; name of owner; description of property (e.g. house, garden, public house); name and situation of property; rateable value of property; amount of rate; amount of rate collected.

Note that earlier rate books may not include a street address for the property.

Includes papers relating to York Quarterly Meeting's Girls School, York Quarterly Meeting Boys School, York Technical School, Park Grove, Scarcroft Board School, The Mount School, Haxby Road School and Archbishop Holgate's School.

Includes minutes, reports and accounts concerning the trust and its foundation.

William Gordon Camidge was the grandson of William Camidge FRHS.

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Includes photocopies of items from the Department of Environmental Health collection at York City Archives.

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Includes newspaper cuttings, committee reports and correspondence relating to British trade and industry.

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Includes correspondence with suppliers, final sale of the shop contents, and correspondence with York Castle Museum regarding parts of the collection.