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Framed certificate
STA/4/5 · Item · 11 September 2002
Part of St Andrew Society of York

The certificate is for the dedication of a rose garden and memorial cairn in Dean Castle, Kilmarnock. The certificate includes a list of benefactors, and the garden and cairn were dedicated to the victims of terrorism on 11 September 2001 in the United States of America.

St Andrew's Society of York
Framed certificate
STA/4/4 · Item · 15 June 1950
Part of St Andrew Society of York

The certificate is one of affiliation with the Burns Federation. The St Andrew Society of York is registered as number 718.

St Andrew's Society of York
Session booklets
STA/3/6 · File · 2005-2019
Part of St Andrew Society of York

Includes programmes for sessions 2005-2006, 2007-2012 and 2016-2019. Also includes a copy of the rules as at May 2014.

St Andrew's Society of York
Examples of publications
STA/3/5 · File · 1994-2016
Part of St Andrew Society of York

Includes:
St Andrew Society leaflet for prospective members, 2000s;
St Andrews Day Dinner menus, 2013 and 2015;
Burns Night Dinner menu, 2016;
Saltire (newsletter of the St Andrew Society), Issue 40, May 2007;
100 years in York (1894-1994).

St Andrew's Society of York
Correspondence with members
STA/3/4 · File · 1996-2000s
Part of St Andrew Society of York

Includes papers for meetings, correspondence about banners, and 'Service of dedication to the victims of terrorism in the United States of America.' Also includes list of presidents from 1994 to 2020, and a negative of a portrait of The Late Major General A G Wauchope.

St Andrew's Society of York
Member activities
STA/3 · Series · 1937-2019
Part of St Andrew Society of York

Includes Burns Dinner menu cards and invitations (2003-2014), St Andrew night menu cards and associated paperwork (2002-2013), as well as a members ticket and list of members from the 1937-1938 season. Also includes correspondence with members, examples of publications and annual programmes of activities.

St Andrew's Society of York
Slides
WRG/3/2 · File · 20th century
Part of Brian Wragg papers

35mm colour slides. Includes images of Harewood House, Wentworth Woodhouse, Buxton stables, Buxton Crescent Assembly Rooms, Milton House, Hospital of San Antonio (Oporto), Wensley Bridge, Grinton Bridge, Richmond Bridge, Sheffield Cathedral, Byram Park, Basildon Park, Denton Park, Norton Stables (Sheffield), York Museum female prison, Newark Town Hall, York Assize Courts, St James Church (Rotherham), Cannon Hall (Barnsley), Tabley Hall (Cheshire), Heath Hall, Constable Burton, Lytham Hall, Castlewood House, Knavesmire Grandstand, Arncliffe Hall, Thorpe Arch Hall, Kirby Hall, Husthwaite Hall, Kirkland Hall, Heath House, Duncombe Park, Cusworth Hall, Great Burlington Street (London), Burley in Wharfedale, Fovcett Park (Darlington), Cowick Hall and Abbot Hall, as well as Bainbridge, Aysgarth Bridge, Marske Bridge, Appersett Bridge, Aske Hall, Aston Hall, Basildon Park, Campsall Hall, Clifton House, Coolattin House, Colwick Hall (Nottingham), Denton Church, Dewsbury Church, Eastwood House, Everingham Hall, Farnley Hall, Kirkleatham, Leeds Infirmary, Middleton Lodge, Norton Place, Ormsbey, Redbourne Hall (Lincs), Newark Town Hall, Escrick Park, Farnley Hall, Fillingham Castle, Gledstone Hall, Langford Hall, County Hospital Lincoln, Northallerton High Street, Raby Castle, Ravenfield Hall, Ribston Hall, Thoresby Hall, Thornes Park, Wiganthorpe Hall, Workington Hall and Peaseholme House York.

Also includes portraits and family tree of John Carr. Some images are currently unidentified.

Please note the original order of the slides has been maintained by the archivist, and as a result these images are not necessarily in alphabetical order.

Wragg; Richard Brian (?-?)
Photographs
WRG/3/1 · File · 20th century
Part of Brian Wragg papers

Bundle of images, primarily made up of illustrations from the John Carr catalogue.

Wragg; Richard Brian (?-?)
Photographs and slides
WRG/3 · Series · 20th century
Part of Brian Wragg papers

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.

Wragg; Richard Brian (?-?)
WRG/2 · Series · 1957-2000
Part of Brian Wragg papers

Includes annotated typescript and published articles by R B Wragg, primarily concerned with architecture. Also includes a small number of newspaper articles.

Wragg; Richard Brian (?-?)
WRG/2/1 · File · 1957-1986
Part of Brian Wragg papers

Includes annotated typescript and published articles by R B Wragg, primarily concerned with architecture. Also includes a small number of newspaper articles. Also includes the Life and Works of John Carr by Brian Wragg and edited by Giles Worsley.

Wragg; Richard Brian (?-?)
PhD thesis
WRG/1 · Series · 1975
Part of Brian Wragg papers

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.

Wragg; Richard Brian (?-?)
PhD thesis
WRG/1/4 · Item · 1975
Part of Brian Wragg papers

Volume 4, containing illustrations.

Wragg; Richard Brian (?-?)
PhD thesis
WRG/1/3 · Item · 1975
Part of Brian Wragg papers

Volume 3, containing appendices A to H..

Wragg; Richard Brian (?-?)
PhD thesis
WRG/1/2 · Item · 1975
Part of Brian Wragg papers

Volume 2, containing chapters four to four to six..

Wragg; Richard Brian (?-?)
PhD thesis
WRG/1/1 · Item · 1975
Part of Brian Wragg papers

Volume 1, containing chapters one to three.

Wragg; Richard Brian (?-?)
Framed logo
STA/6/1 · Item · 20th century
Part of St Andrew Society of York

Large format framed colour logo of the St Andrew Society of York.

St Andrew's Society of York
Photographs
ROW/1 · Series · 1890s-1924
Part of York City Rowing Club

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

York City Rowing Club

Volumes of handwritten notes regarding the stained glass windows in York Minster. The first volume is prefaced by the following: 'The following notes formed the first draft for a work on the Stained Glass of the Minster by the late J W Knowles. They were collected, arranged and presented to the Library by his Executors. An amended copy including all his original sketches and drawings for illustration is in the Victoria & Albert Museum Library.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Lancashire Wills
JAR/1/4/3 · Item · 19th century
Part of Raine Family Papers

Handwritten volume containing copies of Lancashire wills.

Raine; James (1791-1858); Rev.; antiquarian and clergyman
Wensleydale Wills
JAR/1/4/2 · Item · 19th century
Part of Raine Family Papers

Handwritten volume of coppies of Wensleydale Wills. Also includes some presentments before a Church Court (1618 - 1628), especially of the Beckwith family.

Raine; James (1791-1858); Rev.; antiquarian and clergyman
Richmondshire Wills
JAR/1/4/1 · Item · 19th century
Part of Raine Family Papers

Handwritten volumes containing copies of Richmondshire wills.

Raine; James (1791-1858); Rev.; antiquarian and clergyman
Chamberlains' account book
Y/FIN/1/2/2 · Item · 1448-1491 [with gaps]
Part of York Civic Archive

Comprises Chamberlains' accounts 1448-1454 and 1480-1482. Also includes Wardmote Court records for 1491, ff. 136-139

YMS/2 · Series · 1832 - 2021
Part of York Musical Society

Meeting minutes for the reformed York Musical Society, from c. 1876. Includes minutes for meetings of the Committee, along with some minutes for Annual General Meetings, extraordinary meetings, and Trustees' meetings. Some of the volumes and files also include associated papers including meetings papers and reports, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, financial statements, and programmes.

Until 1989 the minutes were kept solely in handwritten form in volumes; between 1989 and 1997 handwritten volumes continued to be kept alongside typescript minutes; from 1997 the minutes were kept only in typescript format. Those included in this series are printed out versions of electronic documents.

YMS/1 · Series · 1767 - 1855
Part of York Musical Society

Administrative records of the original York Musical Society, which operated between 1767 and c.1855. Each volume includes three main elements: minutes of meetings, largely concerning proposals and admittance of members; accounts showing balance sheets, principally relating to the payment of fines by members but also showing stock accounts; and registers of attendance at meetings, including the names of visitors brought by members.

ARO/6/1 · Item · [c. 1824-1825]
Part of York Assembly Rooms Records

Floor plan for the proposed Festival Concert Rooms, attached to the rear of the York Assembly Rooms. The plan shows the proposed location for the concert hall in relation to existing buildings, and the proposed internal layout.

The Festival Concert Rooms were designed by Atkinson and Sharpe, and were constructed in 1825. Originally only accessed through the Assembly Rooms, an entrance was later created from Museum Street, probably as part of the programme to widen the street during to the construction of Lendal Bridge in the 1860s. The building was demolished in 1974.

York Assembly Rooms
PHO/5/152 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

GLASS PLATE NEGATIVE. Title at top right of page : 'A Map of the River Ouse from its Rise near Ousborn in the West Riding of the County of York to its Falling into the Trent and Humber […] Surveyed by Willm. Palmer & Partners in December 1725'. Also at the bottom: 'A Scheme of the Spring Tydes, Shewing the Surface of the Water at every Hour, both in its Flow and Ebb, drawn from the Watermen's [?] Report [?] that it is High Water at Hull, when Flood at Ayres Mouth; High Water at Ayres Mouth when Flood at Wharf Mouth and High Water at Wharf Mouth when Flood at York'.

Knowles; John Alder (1881-1961)