The correspondence is chiefly concerned with the war effort and defence.
Includes correspondence outlining the financial situation of the Civil Defence of York in 1939, a handbook outlining procedures in the event of an air raid, and appendix to the handbook.
Includes correspondence regarding the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme, protocols for civilian deaths, lists of air raid casualties and mortuary protocols.
Includes paperwork relating to Prime Cost Contracts.
Research notes, original records and annotated copies of records relating to churches in Acomb and Holgate
Includes correspondence and associated papers regarding the recruitment of volunteer wardens, air raid wardens and public air raid shelters.
Includes salaries for ARP, Castle Museum, Blind Persons Act, Mansion House, Housing and Estates, new municipal officers, Town Clerks, City Treasurers, City Engineers, Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths, PA (Superannuation), Clerk of the Peace, probation officers, Health Department staff, Fever Hospital staff, health visitors, midwives, maternity hospital staff, Tuberculosis dispensary, Fairfield Sanitorium, Vaccination officer, library department, mental deficiency staff, parks department, public baths staff, Dringhouses burial ground, Foss Islands and sewage scheme, Fire Brigade pension, Policy, agencies (road fund), weights and measures, Markets Department, Electricity Department, Housing architect, mental hospital and pensions, Ouse Navigation, police pensions and quarterly salaries.
Correspondence relating to staffing, equipment, first aid materials, purchases, wardens' posts, the installation of relay systems, building of public shelters, disposal of unexploded bombs, gas masks and supply depots.
Press cuttings relating to civil defence air raids during World War Two (1939 - 1941).
The magazine was initially published twice a year and included articles about the school, staff, pupils and school clubs. The magazine was published annually from around the 1950s onwards. Incomplete set. For earlier editions please see Y/EDU/1/3/1.
Includes correspondence and related papers regarding feeding the population of York in an emergency and providing communal feeding facilities (British Restaurants).
Staff registers including salary details and length of time served with the York Corporation. The volumes primarily cover the Town Clerk's Office.
Files of correspondence relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day when Alderman William Horsman took office.
Includes correspondence files regarding access to water for fire fighting equipment, the repair of equipment including hydrants and mains valves, one fire watcher's log and attendance book, agreements regarding the British Sugar Corporation and parade ord
Official burial registers for the cemetery, detailing number of entry, date of burial, full name of the deceased, age, address at death, date of death, plot situation and number, signature of person making the entry and other particulars, including who officiated the service. The records also note whether the entry relates to a full burial or internment of ashes.
Comprises combined files of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Public Assistance Committee.
Includes details of the government scheme for the billeting of war workers, as well as a handbook on billeting and welfare for use by Chief Billeting Officers.
Correspondence and associated papers related to the establishment and management of additional nurseries during World War II.
Files of correspondence relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day each year.
Statistical returns concerning numbers of patients and staff
The record cards provide the personal details of each patient, possible source of infection, and living conditions. Cards from 1950 and 1954 include an attached report, which records possible ways the disease may have been transmitted, such as schools attended, and persons and places visited. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.
Files of correspondence relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day when Edna Annie Crichton took office.
Rest centres were established during World War II. The purpose of the centres was to house individuals who became homeless as a result of enemy action.
The correspondence in these files primarily concerns the administration of the various centres throughout York.
Correspondence in both files is indexed.
Includes name; address; and details of sick leave and holiday leave.
Correspondence regarding patients and services
Information recorded includes personal details of each patient, possible source of infection, and living conditions. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.
Information recorded includes personal details of each patient, possible source of infection, and living conditions. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.
Information recorded includes personal details of each patient, possible source of infection, and living conditions. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.
Files of correspondence relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day when Edward Lacy took office.
Registers of property belonging to patients at The Grange. Includes name; date of admission and discharge; list of property and/or cash; and who received the property.
Notebook containing details of the cash accounts of Alderman Charles Oliver compiled during his term of office as Lord Mayor of York.
Contains lists of articles and suppliers
Files of correspondence relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day when William Thompson took office.
Information recorded includes personal details of each patient, milk supply, and living conditions. From April 1954 the format changes to environmental conditions forms. Note that these cards are samples only of total cases.
Files of correspondence relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day when Harold De Bourg Chapman de Bourg took office.
General correspondence files relating to the work of NALGO.
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Includes a list of materials transferred from the Pumping Station to the Housing Depot, and correspondence regarding salvaged materials.
Annual desk diaries used by a member of staff working at Naburn Lock.
Includes correspondence files regarding the crash, as well as newspaper clippings and official casualty lists. The bomber crasher in Nunthorpe Grove.
Individual application forms for membership at the club. Also includes application letters for Moorings and additional membership lists.
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Includes ballot slips, polling results and regulations and expenses.
Files of correspondence relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day when Fred Gaines took office.
Volumes recording the sales of headstones and other monuments. York Cemetery Company later took over the business of monumental masons in other places.
General correspondence files primarily concerning stock and equipment.
Documents relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day, when AldermanWilliam Dobbie took office.
Includes files relating to toxic agents, features of an atomic bomb, radioactive products, a report on the British mission to Japan and the Windscale accident.
Contains information about the equipment held by the Civil Defence Association in York. Includes details of items on loan and items retained after the Second World War.
Comprises general correspondence sent by the Public Assistance Officer of the Public Assistance Committee.
The correspondence concerns the general administration of the Poor Law by the York Public Assistance Committee. Included in this correspondence are letters concerning individuals who have applied for, or are receiving relief.
All files are indexed.
Includes papers relating to the management of the Fire Service in York.
Includes correspondence relating to an accident involving a local resident, negotiations for use of a building for the York Civil Defence Services club, general correspondence with the Town Clerk and a letter of complaint regarding the air raid shelter on
General correspondence files relating to the work of the Civil Defence organisation, covering a wide variety of topics. See individual descriptions for more detailed information about contents.
Printed materials advising on the effects of nuclear war and nuclear attacks, as well as on specific preparations for attack.
Includes papers relating to the installation of air raid shelters in York, as well as meeting minutes, surveys and associated reports.
Records admission and discharges of patients/inmates along with diagnoses
Order books for Masons' associated with York Cemetery Company.
Includes an introduction to the society and an incomplete set of reunion dinner menus, 1947-1961. Reunions were held twice a year, in Spring and November.
Includes reports, correspondence, the 'One in five scheme' and handbook on emergency welfare scheme.
Notebook containing details of the cash accounts of Alderman William Dobbie compiled during his term of office as Lord Mayor of York.
Wages book for members of the social welfare department.
Includes details of income and expenditure, as well as the Guarantee Fund and lists of members.
Wages books for members of staff of the council Welfare department, specialising in children's welfare.
Includes papers regarding the organisation of hospitals and hospital-based exercises. Also includes associated correspondence.
Includes name; date of admission and discharge; age; results of examination on admission and discharge; and institution referred to.
Publications and associated correspondence about their production. Arranged into chronological bundles.
York School of DesignFiles of circulars, memoranda and accompanying correspondence relating to the work of the Civil Defence Association in York. Also includes some indexes to circulars.
Includes financial returns and paperwork regarding the expenditure of the Civil Defence Association in York.
Minutes of meetings of the Civil Defence Assocation, including committee meetings.
Includes general correspondence, and questionnaires and replies containing members' details.
Includes papers relating to stores and equipment, files relating to the reconstruction of a road and car park and civil defence equipment papers.
Includes correspondence relating to contracts open for tender, the opening of a wireless station, formation of a telephone preference scheme and papers relating to electricity.
Arthur Cooke was a Civil Defence Officer in York in the 1950s and 1960s. These files form his personal collection of correspondence created in the course of this duties.
Contains correspondence and paperwork regarding staff training courses on a variety of subjects.
Includes record cards, payment information, files and pamphlets
This series contains records relating to the history of the York Central Conservative Club. This includes a volume on the history of the club and a wooden sign that was hung outsidet the club premises.
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Documents relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day, when Alderman Ernest Harwood took office.
Includes correspondence received from members of the public in relation to the activities of the Art Gallery. Arranged semi-chronologically, the correspondence has been grouped together by theme or by correspondant.
York School of DesignIndexes and lists of Civil Defence files.
Includes papers relating to premises owned or hired by the York Civil Defence Association. Also includes plans and maps relating to the construction of garages for the Civil Defence Corps.
Includes preparations for emergency feeding in the event of a nuclear attack.
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Includes statements, posters, polling information, statuory declarations, general expenses, postal vote paperwork, ballot paperwork, consent of nominations, Presiding Officer details and papers regarding absent voters.
Correspondence files regarding precautions for dealing with a radioactive event and regarding the register of radioactive substances. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and printed literature.
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Ledgers detailing items purchased by York Cemetery Company.
Includes files relating to planning in the event of a nuclear attack, essential service routes, awards, radiological defence instruments and fallout and contamination.
Includes recruitment campaign papers, information relating to canvassing for new recruits and associated correspondence.
Includes paperwork relating to the Technical Reconnaisance Officers, and and up to date list of staff.
Includes files on evacuations, information and rest centres, air raid warnings, care and development, and associated correspondence.
Papers relating to the administrations and oversight of Murton Abattoir in York.
Interaffliation ticket books and tickets.
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Includes information about the remembrance services in 1950, 1961, 1966 and the planned commemoration of the Battle of Britain in 1966.
Includes papers relating to individual members of staff, payments, staff uniforms and the staff training college. Also includes information relating to volunteers.
Includes correspondence regarding vehicles used for Civil Defence purposes, as well as lists of petrol used, paperwork regarding the ambulance service, correspondence regarding the use of ambulances and cars in the event of an emergency and the disposal of vehicles.
Includes war books and one index to war book files.
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