Collection consists of meeting minutes of the Parish Council regarding local matters such as planning and crime.
Upper Poppleton Parish CouncilCollection contains papers relating to William Varley a conscientious objector from York. Includes postcards, letters and other correspondence relating to his imprisonment for objection against conscription as well as newpaper cuttings relating to the death of another conscientious objector and Varley himself. Also includes a pamphlet entitled "Sonnets from Prison".
Varley; William; MrIncludes two correspondence files, a list of documents owned by David A A Lodge, a list of committee members (as at 25/11/1993) and examples of membership forms and leaflets.
Friends of West Bank ParkThis collection contains notes and drawings kept and produced by William White.
White; William (1744-1790); DrThis collection consists of letters addressed to various York people concerning a variety of topics.
At present this collection only comprises a letterbook of Charles Anderson.
Anderson; Charles (?-?)The collection currently consists of one item - a manuscript copy of 'Analecta Eboracensis'.
Widdrington; Thomas (?-1664); SirAt present this collection only includes one deed of Acomb Windmill, in Latin.
Acomb WindmillIncludes PhD thesis, published articles, photographs and slides all relating to John Carr, architect of York. Also includes the Life and Works of John Carr by Brian Wragg and edited by Giles Worsley. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.
Walker; John (?-?); MrRecords relating to the operations of the Educational Settlement including minute books, account books, log books and scrapbooks which contain various press and other clippings which relate to the settlement.
York Educational SettlementMinute books of the Yorkshire Fat Stock Society which include details on organisation of shows, as well as rules and lists of judges and society members. They also include financial information as well as press cuttings concerning members and shows. Also includes a printed catalogue of the 17th show held in York in 1873.
Yorkshire Fat Stock SocietyIncludes annual reports for the society, financial papers, balance sheets, papers relating to member trips, publications, correspondence with members, and papers relating to the Georgian Society of East Yorkshire, an allied organisation.
York Georgian SocietyDocuments relating to the planning and organisation of the festivals, including programmes, finances, correspondence, tickets and advertisements. Also includes various additional documents including lists of performers and those attending and running the festivals.
Yorkshire Music FestivalAt present this collection only comprises an incomplete series of annual reports for the Institute.
York Railway InstituteThe collection currently comprises five volumes of annual reports and one volume reporting the centenary of the school.
Yorkshire School for the BlindPhotocopy of map of York with plotted paths of Zeppelins over the city in 1916 raids and transcript of a handwritten account of the raids.
Includes minutes, agendas, financial details and programme details relating to the society.
Poppleton Men's SocietyIncludes correspondence, insurance and tax documents, banknotes and photos of John Walker and his family.
York Wireless Relay Services LtdIncludes minutes of meetings, account books and analysis, correspondence, financial papers and Inland Revenue documentation. Also includes the constitution of the association.
Woodthorpe Residents AssociationAt present this collection only comprises one photograph of the team receiving a new trophy for the league championship.
York Amateur Bowling AssociationPhotographs of York and the surrounding area, primarily gifted to the Archives as small accessions. Please see the individual descriptions for more information. The items have been catalogued into annual bundles depending on the date of receipt and year processed.
Records relating to the operations of the York Settlement Trust including minute books, account books and correspondence files. Also includes papers relating to the winding up of the Trust in 2011.
York Educational SettlementTansley was a collector, primarily of philately and postal history. Includes one letter and 15 receipts.
Includes one minute book and one subscription book.
York North Eastern Railway Rifle ClubPhotograph of the Orchestra and covering note providing background information.
The Sayer Light OrchestraBooklet advertising the tailoring services of Simpson & Son.
Simpson & Son, TailorsThis collection currently only comprises one photocopied minute book from the association.
This collection currently comprises one group photograph of the cricket team from 1906.
York Tradesmen's Cricket ClubAt present this collection only comprises one notebook of building materials.
Includes two minute books and one sub-committee minute book. The society was renamed York Choral Competitions before 1932.
Includes legal papers relating to transactions involving the Hall and its land, and small sections of maps. Also includes a field book detailing the size and value of estates owned by the occupants of the hall.
This collection comprises files relating to individual projects administered by Rural Action Yorkshire. The files primarily relate to Village Halls, and comprise correspondence, plans and associated papers. Many of the legal papers in this collection are copies of the originals sent to Rural Action Yorkshire.
Rural Action YorkshireLegal papers relating to clients of Munby and Scott, York solicitors, including probate materials, papers relating to the Manor of Acomb and Holgate with Clifton and property deeds relating to Petergate, Silver Street and Marygate. Also includes property
Munby & ScottPapers of the Munby family and related families of York (including the Forth, Woodhouse, and Pearson families). Includes:
-Diaries and Household Accounts 1778-1885
-Professional Papers and Correspondence 1747-1911
-Genealogical Material 1734 - 1920
-Family papers and correspondence, 1700s-1920
These papers are largely written by and related to the female branch of the Munby family (the Woodhouses and Forth lines) but some to relate to the male members of the families involved.
Munby; familyAt present this collection comprises an incomplete series of annual reports.
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York and District Animals' HospitalIncludes copies of the magazine 'The York Consumer', typed copies of annual general meeting papers, papers relating to the National Federation of Consumer Groups' campaign to standardise packaging of pre-packed goods, a and notice of a trip to the Police Headquarters, Clifford Street.
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York Consumer GroupAt present this collection only comprises an incomplete series of annual reports by the York and District Branch, formerly the York Branch.
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Includes three published annual reports from 1920, 1945 and 1946.
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Includes agenda papers and minutes, correspondence files, general file, financial papers, catering file, building condition report, legal papers, architects plans, 10th anniverary meal menus and a complete set of 'Modern Buildings, their planning, construction and equipment' by GAT Middleton (6 volumes).
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Bedern Hall CompanyIncludes minute books, log books, photographs (including a number of photograph albums), administration files, events files, poems written by club members, papers relating to the John Bunting memorial chapel, newspaper articles and transcripts of items in the collection. Please see series and file-level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this collection.
York Hoboes Rambling ClubIncludes one sales and account ledger, principally containing entries showing the sale of travel journeys.
R.B. Mills Shipping and Tourist AgencyIncludes items relating to various members of the Sowray family, including photographs, an ‘in memorium’ card, greeting cards, a handwritten will, and a grave certificate.
Sowray FamilyPapers of the Aitken family, principally relating to Henry Martin Aitken, his wife Elizabeth Aitken, and their children. Most of the collection consists of personal letters between members of the family sent between 1851 and 1896, but also includes some associated items, including collages, cards, and a mourning card, as well as some papers from the late 20th century relating to the genealogy of the Aitken family.
Many of the letters include detailed accounts of their personal lives, visits to Europe, and other events of significance, such as a visit to the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.
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Aitken; familyIncludes two ring binders of newspaper clippings and photographs, predominantly about St George's cinema, York. Also includes photographs of St George's cinema events, and a file of papers relating to Ernest Johnson's war service, as well as one ring binder of newspaper and article cuttings relating to quotations and the cinema profession.
Ernest JohnsonIncludes group photograph of pupils with a teacher, two Home Guard forms for mileage allowance and one group photograph of York Home Guard.
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Includes three letters, one receipt and a label from a picture frame or folder.
[It is possible the items were previously held together in a frame or folder, and that the label has been taken from this.]
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Sumpner; familyVolume containing what appear to be manuscript copies of various legal documents relating to York and Yorkshire, including some relating to Charles Cartwright. The entries have possibly been copied by Charles Cartwright.
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Cartwright; Charles (?-?)A collection of items which were prepared and sent by Margaret Vessey to the 'producer and Lord Mayor' relating to Margaret Vessey's life and ancestry, with a letter sent by Margaret Vessey accompanying the items.
Includes letters from Margaret Vessey [also Margaret de Vesci] and James Herriot, a copy of a pedigree of the descent of the Clifford baronies, and photographs showing a biography of Frederick Delius, Margaret Vessey with Queen Elizbeth, and Margaret Vessey as Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
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Comprising around 300 monumental inscriptions cards, with photographs, for gravestones in the churchyard.
UnknownOne prescription book containing details of prescriptions dispensed by William Dewhurst's pharmacy at 61 Nunnery Lane, York. Also includes some loose papers concerning prescriptions.
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Account book for Thomas Morley's business relating to the period 1804-1839, with an an index of customers' names.
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Morley; ThomasTwo walking notebooks showing the activities of the club.
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St Leonard's Original Walkers, later St Leonard's Office Walkers, known as SLOWCustomer sales ledger for the wholesale business.
Thomas Dick (York) LtdIncludes one volume containing sketches and coloured drawings of curios, antiques and other historical objects, owned, sold, or seen by the Loadman family. Drawings in the volume were made by E [Eugene] Loadman and HM [Herbert Myers] Loadman.
Loadman family of YorkThis collection comprises documents, correspondence, volumes, photographs and physical objects created by and relating to the Kleiser family, and related families (particularly the Cundall and Potter families), as well as to the Kleiser clock and watchmaking/jewelers/silversmiths business. . Much of the material relates to York and Yorkshire, but there are references to other national and international locations.
Includes notes in biro, which dates their creation to the mid to late 20th century, most likely pre-1989.
One invoice for bosses completed at Jacob's Well, Trinity Lane, York, with envelope.
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Milburn; George Walker (1844-1941)Various collected documents relating to York, including a copy of Papal Bull of 1223, public notices, charters, a deed for Archbishop Holgate's school, a notice of survey of River Ouse and a rough draft account of visit of Prince Albert to York in 1838.
Published reference material previously held by York Reference Library, including annual reports and documents relating to licensing.
THIS COLLECTION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ORGANISATIONAL RECORDS FROM YORKSHIRE TELEVISION AND DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY RECORDS RELATING TO PROGRAMMING.
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Collection consists of meeting minutes of the Parish and Village Council regarding local matters such as planning and crime.
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Material created and collected by the York Society of Magicians. The collection includes papers such as meeting minutes and material relating to society membership; as well as memorabilia, including programmes, scrapbooks, and press cuttings.
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Includes material created and collected by the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir. The collection includes administrative records including meeting minutes, financial accounts and material relating to choir membership; as well as memorabilia that includes material from choir visits to various destinations in Europe, programmes from concerts and contests, and newspaper cuttings.
York Philharmonic Male Voice ChoirThis collection includes records created and collected by the Friends of Rowntree Park. The collection includes meeting minutes and correspondence, and material relating to the refurbishment and redevelopment of Rowntree Park including material relating to a National Lottery Fund bid. The collection also includes photographs of park events, newsletters from the Friends of Rowntree Park, and material on the history of the park.
Friends of Rowntree ParkDiaries, logs and papers of Sir William Strickland and his son Eustachius Strickland. Includes:
-William Strickland's diaries and log of his voyage to America
-Strickland Family Papers - papers of William and Eustachius Strickland on a wide variety of subjects - history, agriculture, botany, law, and religion. Compiled or written in the 18th and early 19th centuries, but the subject matter dealt with covers a historical period from 921BC-1830.
The volumes for 1779 and 1780 are missing.
Wilkinson; Tate (1739-1803)This collection comprises one diary.
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This collection currently only comprises committee minute books and visitors books for the club.
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Rotary Club of YorkVarious documents collected by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society relating to the history of York, York property and land, and prominent York individuals. The collection includes historical notes and accounts, and original documents collected by the society in the course of their antiquarian research. These original documents include estate correspondence and papers, land and property deeds, civic and official documents, guild records, personal and business papers, papers of Eustace Strickland, papers of the Whitehead family, and papers from the Yorkshire Musical Festival.
Notably, the collection includes YPS/5/1 [c. 1525-1550]: The guild's own manuscript copy of The Scrivener' Play, originally performed as part of the cycle of York Mystery Plays, also know as 'The Sykes Manuscript. This is the only known surviving guild copy of a York Mystery Play.
Yorkshire Philosophical SocietyMinute book covering an important period in the history of the Union where production of the Evening Press was halted by a dispute with the print workers' union NGA.
National Union of Journalists, York County PressCollection contains minute books, annual reports relating to the running of the association and a uniform belt and visitors book with a signature from J. W. Rowntree. It also includes a large collection of legal and financial documents relating to a divorce.
York Association for the Care of Young Girls and York Training Home for GirlsSamuel Holberry was a member of the Chartist movement and was imprisoned in York Castle as a result. This collection comprises correspondence he received whilst in prison. Also includes letters received from John Cooper, a family friend, from his relative
Holberry; Samuel (1814-1842)Includes background documents relating to the group, as well as correspondence, copies of district plans and proposals and papers regarding the activities of the group.
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Bishophill Action GroupThis collection includes material relating to the York Rugby League Club dating from 1881-1990. Includes meeting minutes, photographs and promotional material from the Interworks Cup games of 1988 and 1990.
Please note that the majority of the collection dates from between 1877 and 1990. There is a handwritten note on the club's history which can be dated to c. 2003.
This extensive collection comprises legal papers and probate documentation relating to the clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co, over at least three centuries. Clients were not solely York-based, and the papers relate to a wide geographical area across northern England and London predominantly, including papers on local manors. The collection has been catalogued in the order in which it was found, with bundles of documents catalogued together to maintain the original order. In some cases, this means that the inter-relationship between the documents in a bundle is currently unknown.
Please note that numbers GDC/26, GDC/35-38, GDC/134-135 and GDC/188 were not used.
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Gray, Dodsworth and Cobb SolicitorsThe collection includes various documents relating to the Society, such as minute books, visiting books, and reports and correspondence from the Ladies Committee. It also features annual reports from other similar institutions nationwide.
York Penitentiary SocietyThe collection contains papers from the society's inception until its dissolution, with a small amount up until 1984. It includes registers of members and society rules as well as finances including details about pensions, sick pay, funds and investments. It also contains miscellaneous documents, many of which concern amendments to society rules as well as correspondence, newspaper cuttings and reports. It also contains a publication by co-founder Catherine Cappe.
York Female Friendly SocietyCollection consists of meeting minutes of the Parish Council regarding local matters such as planning and crime.
Clifton Without Parish CouncilAt present this collection comprises art certificates obtained by Violet K C Meysey-Thompson during the course of her studies.
Album of formal portrait photographs of various families and individuals from York. Some photographs have names on the reverse, however most are unidentified. Some photographs have been taken by a York photographic company. An attached handwritten sheet includes details of research undertaken on certain individuals featured in the album.
Includes papers relating to insurance held by Leonard Birch for 3 Melbourne Street, York, and papers relating to the estate of Mrs. Emily Key which was administered by W.H. and W.G. Birch.
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Birch; Leonard (?-?)Includes minutes of monthly members meetings, committee minute books, programmes and members lists, financial records, year books, handbooks, publications, correspondence file and copies of the play 'A Matter of Choice' by Bea Moulding.
Women's Institute, WheldrakeIncludes certificate for regular attendance at Navigation Road Sunday School; an indenture of apprenticeship; rules of the York branch of the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives; and bill from W Dove, Ironmonger.
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Dalby; George Dickinson (?-?)Includes programmes for theatrical and musical performances in and around York, principally for choral music, light music, operas, and operettas. Many of the programmes relate to performances by amateur and community groups. These programmes were collected by Freda Freer during the course of her lifetime.
Information contained in each programme varies, but many of the programmes include some information about the society performing the production, information about the production itself, information about the performers and producers, lists of past performances by the society, lists of performances by other societies, and lists of other performances at the same venue.
Many of the programmes contain artwork on the covers and advertisements, in particular those for businesses based in York and for products and services relating to music and drama.
Freda P R FreerRecords from the Heslington Parish Council, including a meeting minute book, 1925-1962, and photocopies of deeds relating to ownership of common land in Heslington, with correspondence.
Heslington Parish CouncilAdministrative records of the association, including minutes of meetings, annual reports, constitutions, correspondence, and other associated papers.
Huntington Good Neighbours AssociationThe collection includes a Leeds City Police moon chart, 'stranger danger' posters, children's training materials on the history of the police, service and character book for John Raisbeck, papers on the career of Francis Denham, copies of images relating to police officers and the history of crime and punishment, typescripts regarding the history of policing in York and handwritten notes on other aspects of police history.
Peter HawleyContains one scrapbook of correspondence and miscellania, one file of loose correspondence and two legal deeds.
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Administrative records and publicity material relating to both the original York Musical Society (c. 1767-1855) and to the reformed York Musical Society (from 1876). Also includes some research files relating to the history of the societies and to significant performers and conductors.
Includes minutes of meetings of various committees and of annual general meetings, financial records and account books, annual reports, administrative papers and correspondence, papers relating to performance and rehearsal administration, concert programmes, lists of members, papers relating to the history of the society, general files, floppy disks and a small amount of promotional material. Also contains editions of the Musical Times. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this collection.
York Musical SocietyThe collection comprises two lists of shareholders, a list of directors and one catalogue of fruit trees supplied by the nursery.
Backhouse NurseriesIncludes small collections of photographs and other images relating to York. Includes photographic prints, photographic negatives, postcards, drawings, engravings, and other images.
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