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At present this collection comprises one job file regarding work carried out.

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Include newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes relating to Poland and the Allied powers.

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Contains information on owners, rivers the boats used, cargo, size and subsequent owners.

At present this collection comprises one job file regarding work carried out.

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At present this collection comprises one job file regarding work carried out.

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Papers relating to the widening and improvement of Little Blake Street (Duncombe Place).

Details recorded include: number in rate book; address; name and address of owner or agent; name of responsible tenant; names of other tenants or sub-tenants; number of persons normally sleeping in rooms; size and use of rooms; and number of persons allowed per room. Note that the information recorded varies from sheet to sheet.

Comprises papers relating to the control of outbreaks of Bovine Tuberculosis

Includes handwritten notes and newspaper cuttings relating to events in Czechoslovakia.

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Architectural plans for Brandesburton Hall, Home for the Mentally Defective.

Includes handwritten notes relating to Italian history and Mazzini, as well as newspaper cuttings on the rise of fascism, relations with France and Libya, the Vatican, foreign policy and the making of modern Italy.

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Includes newspaper cuttings and reprinted articles relating to Japan, Singapore, Manchuria and other south-east Asian nations.

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Details recorded include: name and address of owner or agent; number of families in the house; name of responsible tenant; names of other tenants or sub-tenants; number of persons normally sleeping in rooms; size and use of rooms; and number of persons allowed per room. Note that the information recorded varies from sheet to sheet.

Inspection records typically record the following details: address of property; names of occupiers/owners; occupation of occupier; total number of occupations; rent; size and condition of each room in the house.

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.

Includes correspondence; a detailed statement of the Hope Street Area Improvement Scheme, including occupations of tenants; plan of the clearance area; printed resolutions of York Council committees, 1924; copy of the Hope Street Improvement Order, 1925; lists of properties and occupiers/owners; blank forms; newspapers with printed public notices of schemes; two copies of the Medical Officer of Health's 'Report on the Sanitary Conditions of Hungate, 1908'; objections; notes from interviews with Ministry of Health officials; procedures to follow to enact an order; draft copies of wording for the Hope Street Improvement Scheme; printed lists of Freemen for Micklegate Ward (1890s); rough notes on unhealthy houses; estimates of costs; summaries of housing in the area; and rough notes; and death and disease rates in the area.

Includes newspaper cuttings and reports relating to the West Indies.

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Includes lecture notes, newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes regarding the history of Germany, including the rise of Hitler, war preparations and German debts. Some papers also relate to the persecution of Jews in Germany, and international relations.

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Includes newspaper cuttings and book extracts relating to Palestine.

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Includes papers and newspaper cuttings relating to relations between America and Europe, as well as American neutrality at the start of the Second World War.

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Includes correspondence relating to the proposal and purchase of Acomb Hall, staffing and training, and general administrative matters.

Comprises records of house inspections under the Housing Acts 1909 to 1925. Information recorded includes: address; name of owner and occupier; and date of inspection. May also include condition of property, sketch of property; and details of action taken. Includes records for the following streets: Aldwark; Alexandra Yard, Walmgate; Alne Terrace; Apollo Street; Bowman's Yard; Bay Horse Yard; Bishopgate Street; Bishophill; Back Butlers Buildings; Beckett's Yard; Beedham's Court; Blossom Street; Bootham Square; Bootham Row; Britton's Yard; Brunswick Row; Brunswick Terrace; Brunswick Place; Cemetery Road; Clark's Yard; Constitution Place; Clementhorpe; Carleton's Court; The Cottages, Heworth; Dale Street; Dennis Street; Dixon's Yard; Dundas Street; Ebor Court; Fetter Lane (Scrivens Court).

Inventory of furniture in rooms of the Institution

Includes photographs, postcards, booklets and newspaper cuttings relating to Canada and its history.

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Includes handwritten notes regarding the Falkland Islands.

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Includes lecture notes relating to various aspects of Irish history and politics, such as Fenianism, Home Rule and the military.

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Includes a newspaper cutting and manuscript relating to the constitution of Malta.

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Various documents relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day during the 1930s.

At present this collection comprises one job file regarding work carried out, subdivided into two parts by the archivist.

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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 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.

Press cuttings relating to civil defence air raids during World War Two (1939 - 1941).

Records medical relief delivered to paupers by the District Medical Officer/s of the York Poor Law Union and later the Public Assistance Committee.

Includes name of pauper; residence; nature of disease; date of relief; and days attended by the medical officer. Also notes if patients were ordered into institutions such as the Workhouse Infirmary or Fever Hospital.

Includes a letter sent to Mrs Simpson from Jules le Messurier, sent by balloon during a siege, as well as lecture notes regarding French history, newspaper cuttings and published booklets.

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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.

Approved, bound minutes

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 various published sets of bye-laws and rules concerning lights, signals and ways to avoid collisions, as well as towing regulations and tide tables.

Printed annual Reports including statement of accounts and statistics

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.

Includes details of each vessel, its cargo and destination.

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.

Includes correspondence and associated papers regarding the recruitment of volunteer wardens, air raid wardens and public air raid shelters.

Includes electrical and radio notes for wireless operators, training reports, correspondence regarding enemy weaponry, premises papers and details of exercise 'Leap'.

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.

Includes newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes relating to the Soviet Union under Stalin and Lenin, as well as Bolshevism and communism. A small amount of the series also relates to Tsarist Russia.

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The correspondence is chiefly concerned with the war effort and defence.

Includes a map of the various speaking populations of India, as well as handwritten notes (some of them lecture notes) about the country, and newspaper cuttings regarding Indian domestic and imperial affairs.

Includes name; address; and details of sick leave and holiday leave.

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

Correspondence and associated papers related to the establishment and management of additional nurseries during World War II.

General administrative correspondence relating to precautions under the responsibility of the Health Department.

Includes correspondence files regarding the crash, as well as newspaper clippings and official casualty lists. The bomber crasher in Nunthorpe Grove.

Staff registers including salary details and length of time served with the York Corporation. The volumes primarily cover the Town Clerk's Office.

Includes pictures of the Head Wardens for York, Chief Warden's correspondence, Chief Warden's circulars and information about the numbers of paid and unpaid wardens.

Registers recording births in York Workhouse (later called City Institution).
Includes name; name of parent/s; date of birth; gender; parish/address; and in some cases further remarks. Registers from 1914 include whether the child was legitimate or illegitimate.

Papers of the Town Clerk. Comprises correspondence files, printed annual reports and minutes of the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Committee, and printed Acts.

Financial record of money received and paid out by the Treasurer on behalf of the Guardians of the York Poor Law Union.

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.

Includes a list of materials transferred from the Pumping Station to the Housing Depot, and correspondence regarding salvaged materials.

Includes paperwork relating to Prime Cost Contracts.

Town Clerk's correspondence files. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Authority.

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.

Certificates and licences issued to Frederick Adolphus Camidge, primarily as part of his civic life and role as a solicitor in York.

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Health Department correspondence files relating to air raid precautions (organised by subject). Includes correspondence and related papers.

From 1942 this committee is called the Civil Defence committee.

Documents relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day, when AldermanWilliam Dobbie took office.

Files of correspondence relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day each year.

At present this collection comprises one job file for the work carried out.

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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.

Correspondence regarding patients and services

Correspondence, minutes and reports relating to the management of Brandesburton Hall for the Mentally Defective in East Yorkshire. Contains some references to patients/cases.

Approved typed minutes of the Public Assistance Committee

Relief order books were kept by the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union and later the Public Assistance Committee.

The books record orders for out-relief granted by the York Guardians/Public Assistance Committee in response to applications put forward by the Relieving Officer (see PLU/3/1 Application and Report books).

Details entered into the books include: name of applicant seeking relief, name of parish/relief district; quantity and description of relief; and how many weeks relief was granted.

Note that books were dated in quarterly periods. For example Mar 1910-Sep 1910 = quarter ending in March to quarter ending in September and would therefore cover the months Jan-Sep 1910.

The magazine was initially published twice a year and included articles about the school, staff, pupils and school clubs. For future editions please see Y/EDU/1/3/2.

Correspondence and associated papers relating to administrative matters of the Joint Board and the management of Whixley Institution for the Mentally Deficient. May contain some references to patients/cases.

Includes correspondence and related papers regarding feeding the population of York in an emergency and providing communal feeding facilities (British Restaurants).

Approved, bound minutes

Orders concerning classification of inmates

Includes name of inmate; age; and action taken.

Comprises removal orders received and obtained, and settlement enquiries pursued by the York Public Assistance Committee

Comprises combined files of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Public Assistance Committee.

Comprises weekly returns and monthly statistics for numbers of persons in receipt of relief.

Includes correspondence regarding the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme, protocols for civilian deaths, lists of air raid casualties and mortuary protocols.

Includes relief lists of the York Poor Law Union, and, after 1930, the Public Assistance Committee.

Information recorded varied over time. Name of pauper and amount of relief received each week are always recorded; age and residence of pauper were also included at various periods. A statistical portion recording the classification of paupers appears in books from Sep 1848. Non-settled poor and Common Charges (irremovable poor and vagrants) are recorded in the back of books where relevant. Children boarded-out are also recorded for a short time in the early twentieth century. In some instances entries may indicate if an individual was sent to an institution (for example, the workhouse or the asylum).

From 1837 to 1848 records were divided into quarterly periods (March, June, September and December); from 1849 to 1948 they were divided into half-yearly periods. Please note that not all records survive.

Between 1898 and Mar 1904 the York City District was divided into City District 1 and City District 2; between 1905 and 1935 the City District was organised into East, West and North Districts; and from 1936 to 1948 it was organised into East, West, North and Central districts.

Papers presented to the Manorial Court in Clifton, and dealt with by the court jurors. The records are organised into annual bundles.

Includes publications, printed conference proceedings and reports relating to smoke abatement, chiefly those printed by the Smoke Abatement League and its successor organisation, the Smoke Abatement Society. Includes the Journal of the Smoke Abatement Society [1930-1934]; Smokeless Air, The Smoke Abatement Journal [1943-1948]; as well as other publications. Includes a small number of covering letters.

Notebook containing details of the cash accounts of Alderman William Dobbie compiled during his term of office as Lord Mayor of York.

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.

Approved, bound minutes

Includes correspondence, circulars, minutes, and other associated papers related to the housing and care of those with learning disabilities following the introduction of the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913. Includes correspondence regarding specific patients and cases. The earlier files from 1914 to the early 1920s are in rough chronological order only.

Wages book for members of the social welfare department.

Copies of printed minutes of the meetings of the Yorkshire Casual Poor Assistance Authority

Approved minutes for the House and House Visiting Sub-Committee of the Public Assistance Committee.

Includes the ten year report, the knitting report and one correspondence file regarding the work of the service.

Registers of dangerous drugs received and dispensed at Clifford Street Dispensary

Much of this correspondence deals with wartime welfare and emergency services, and the immediate postwar reconstruction of social services and healthcare.

The correspondence was arranged in files according to subject.

Available on microfilm. Volumes 1-6 have duplicate copies created at a later date, commissioned by the Cemetery to provide an additional copy to original records.