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Includes work permits, appointment forms, and other items relating to the opera company.

Includes vouchers for building works at the school.

Includes vouchers for building works at the school.

Stubs showing receipts for subscription money paid to York School of Art. The volumes cover the following dates:
July 1851-1856;
1851-1854;
1854-1855;
December 1862-November 1869;
November 1863-October 1864;
December 1863-October 1865;
January 1866-December 1867;
November 1869;
February 1870-November 1874;
November 1874-November 1876;
January 1871-November 1875;
November 1876-October 1879;
October 1879-November 1882;
November 1882-October 1886;
October 1886-September 1890;
February 1890-July 1891;
February 1891-August 1891.

Loose receipts for payments of staff salaries.

Includes timetables for exams and lists of secretarys.

Includes an incomplete series of reports for Manchester School of Design, Nottingham School of Design, Government School of Design, School of Practical Art, Belfast Government School of Design, Glasgow Government School of Art and Halifax School of Art. Also includes Derby School of Art Rules and Regulations, 1881.

General correspondence with the Government School of Art, based at Somerset House.

Includes:
Posters for the School of Art Autumn Session 1889 (2 copies);
Report of the proceedings and observations by Henry James Townsend Esq during a visit to Paris, 1844;
A letter to the President of the Manchester School of Art, 1853;
Statement of Committees of the Yorkshire Schools of Art, 1865;
Report for the examination for admission to the Staff College, June 1884;
List of the duties of the Inspector of Provincial Schools, c.1880s (2 copies);
Extract from the 35th reports of the Department of Science and Art of the Committee of Council of Education, 1888.

Includes:
Photographs of study groups in the Exhibition Square location by Roger Hallam, lecturer in photography and music;
Envelope with three photographs of Dennis Donn, Master of the School 1951-1976, one of which includes Winifred Donn (wearing corsage) who taught sign writing and calligraphy in the 1960s;
Dennis Donn's retirement party with accompanying list and numbered key of attendees;
Photograph of Chris Brace and Geoffrey Swindell, both lecturers in the 1970s;
York School of Art reunion photograph, 1984.

Also includes event ticket.

Incomplete series of printed annual reports, including a large number of duplicate copies for some years.

Two volumes, the first covering 1888-1889 and the second covering 1889-1891.

Minutes of meetings of the staff of York City Art Gallery, leading up to the gallery's merger into York Museums Trust. Includes agendas and items relating to the day to day working of the gallery.

Includes agenda items and associated papers relating to the strategic management of the Art Gallery, and the archives housed within in.

Also includes Chief Executive's correspondence, 1970-1975.

Includes two copies of the 1954 Sheldon Memorial Lecture, as well as four copies of the Arts Centre York newsletter and programme, dated 12/1972, 3/1973, 10/1973 and 11/1973.

Includes research notes, primarily relating to individuals associated with the history of the gallery.

Also includes information about the conversion of the area to a space storing the City Archives, as well as plans of the areas.

Three copies of a publication entitled 'Valentines' containing an article by Deputy Curator (1939 - 1947) of York Castle Museum, Violet A. Wlock, 'A Chat on the Valentine Collection in the Castle Museum' MISSING

Two copies of a booklet covering the history of York Castle Museum

Inventories of household goods in Mansion House updated annually

Includes five photographs of the school football teams and seven photographs of cricket teams. Some photographs have names on the back.

Studio photographic portraits of Miss Joyce Aspden and Miss Emily Netherwood.

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Photographs of the entire school, including pupils and teachers. 1924 and September 1937 only.

PLEASE ORDER THESE ITEMS ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE - HELD IN OFFSITE STORAGE

Programmes for the speech days held in March 1953 and March 1959.

Programmes for the 21st and 50th anniversaries of both schools.

Includes 37 photographs of Park Grove Primary School following a devastating fire in February 1997. The photographs were taken by City of York Council to document the conditions prior to redevelopment.

Log book for Rufforth Undenominational School. The log book 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.

Log book for Rufforth Undenominational School. The log book 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.

Includes an address of the committee of the York Select Subscription Library. The proposed institution is in connection with York Select Library.

Also includes subscription library tickets.

The pamphlet is entitled 'A friendly Parting Shot at the Defeated and Discomfited Free Library Committee'. Also includes a letter of condolence to W.W. Morrell.

Including: a letter written from the Dean's office to W.W. Morrell dated 7 October 1891; bills of payment signed by W.W. Morrell; a letter from W.W. Morrell to Cogan House dated 21 September 1882.

The newspaper articles were collected by the York Free Library Committee.

Pamphlet written by J.S. Rowntree advocating the establishment of a free library in York.

Written by George Leeman.

Contains pamphlets about reading lists (e.g. on sports) and new books

3 copies.

Two pages.

Additional item: Duplicate Book Flyer.

A collection of completed interlibrary loan request form books, for the National Lending Library for Science and Technology

5 copies.

Includes three copies of the 'Supplement to the October book list' (most likely 1972), as well as 'A selection of new books', February 1972, and 'New Records', Summer 1972. Also includes leaflets entitled 'Introducing York City Libraries' and 'Introducing York City Record Library.'

Outlines the opening hours and services available.

2 copies.

2 copies.

2 copies.

The fund financed Purchase Grant Funding.

2 copies.

5 copies.

Two copies.

Files of library staff who left during the period 1945-1963.

A collection of staff circular newsletters - Roundabout (11 issues), North Yorkshire County Library News (1 issue); North Star (1 issue); Bubbles (1 issue); Library Lookahead (1 issue).

Includes a letter written to the York Daily Herald by W.W. Morrell on October 12th 1876 regarding public libraries in York; a letter from J. Lubbock MP dated April 10th 1885 (newspaper unknown) on the benefits of reading and free libraries; an article in the Hull Eastern Morning News dated December 14th 1882 regarding the question of a proposed public library in Hull; an article in the Times dated October 10th 1898 regarding the opening of a new free library in Wandsworth by J. Lubbock MP; an article in the Hull Eastern Morning News dated December 18th 1882 regarding the results of a poll taken on the issue of a proposed free library in Hull; an undated article regarding the foundation of the "John Bright Room" in Birmingham by the Free Library Committee; n article in the Hull Eastern Morning News dated December 14th 1882 regarding the proposed free library in Hull; an undated article regarding the winding up of the Lever Street Permenant Benefit Building Society in Manchester; an undated article regarding the offer of a free library for Huddersfield.