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Includes one copy of 'Sphinx souvenir: a collection of cartoons', 1918, seven blank invitation cards, three tickets to the York Minster Jubilee Festival, 20/6/1887, one note regarding a meeting with the Archbishop (of York) and one handwritten note.

Also includes some session programmes.

Includes handwritten notes and newspaper cuttings collated by John Ward Knowles on a variety of subjects, including churches, heraldry, abbeys and York streets. Indexed.

The volume was compiled by J W Knowles and consists of newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes about artists, news from the Royal Academy, Christie's sale listings and prices and details of local exhibitions. It also includes obituaries inc William Morris, Sir John Millais and Sir Edward Burne-Jones.

Volume of handwritten notes and newspaper cuttings collected by J W Knowles relating to art and artists. The information is not always York-specific, and often relates to exhibitions and artists based in London and elsewhere.

These articles were collected by J W Knowles and J A Knowles in the course of their work, and then used by J A Knowles to compile a series of articles.

Files of letters retained by John Ward Knowles and J A Knowles, primarily due to their involvement with the British Society of Master Glass-Painters.

Bundle of printed articles and newspaper cuttings regarding stained glass in both England and abroad. It is thought that these articles may have informed J W Knowles' publications.

Volume of handwritten notes, black and white photographs, newspaper cuttings and original sketches relating to the stained glass in York churches. Arranged alphabetically by church, the volume covers All Saints North Street, Bedern Chapel, St Cuthbert's, St Denys, St George's RC Church, St Helen's, Holy Trinity and St John's.

Includes:
The Cathedrals of England, supplement to the Illustrated London News, 23rd February 1893;
The Cathedrals of Great Britain, 2nd series, supplement to the Illustrated London News, 23rd March 1895;
The Illustrated Carpenter & Builder, 31 May 1918.

The first few pages comprise handwritten notes about a theatre (including timeline), whereas the rest of the volume appears to be a handwritten index to an unidentified volume. Also includes a York School Board polling card for John Ward Knowles, 1892.

Scrapbook compiled by J W Knowles containing newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes on culture, politics and local affairs. Includes information on the Royal visit to York in 1893, a programme for St Peter's School, and an article on Frank Lockwood's sketches.

Ruined west bay, West front, north jamb.

Includes newspaper cuttings on the recasting of the Minster bells in 1926, as well as details of prominent bellringers. Indexed.

Bundle of newspaper cuttings compiled by J W Knowles, mostly relating to theatrical production in York.

The volume contains a number of newspaper cuttings relating to activities Christopher Milward was involved in during his tenure as Lord Mayor (1895-1897). The cuttings have been pasted into an earlier letterbook from the 1830s.

Christopher Milward was a member of the Knowles' extended family, and held the position of Lord Mayor of York twice (1895-1897) including Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Year. This collection includes an album of newspaper cuttings relating to his work as Lord Mayor, and an order of service for his funeral.

Bundle of handwritten notes, newspaper cuttings and pencil sketches compiled by J W Knowles about the history of Blake Street, Museum Street and Little Blake Street.

Exercise book containing additional handwritten notes and newspaper cuttings about Lord Mayors of York not found in KNO/6/2 and KNO/6/3. The volume was originally entitled 'F J Smart: English and French' and the reverse of the book contains what appears to be school French homework.

The card consists of a hand-coloured front designed by J W Knowles, and a rotating disk at the back featuring photographs of the entire family. The rear disk could be rotated depending on which family member's birthday it was.

Scrapbook compiled by J W Knowles containing newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes as well as leaflets on the order of service at York Minster and concert programmes for various York venues.

Includes 'The Ouse', 'Clifford's Tower', 'The Guildhall', 'Peter Prison', 'Life of Thomas Gent', 'Willam Etty', 'John Molcalle', 'Johnathan Martin', 'Merchants Co', 'Races', 'York: a War Centre', 'York Parlimentary', 'York North and Railway', 'Guye Fawkes

Scrapbook compiled by J W Knowles containing newspaper cuttings, pen and ink drawings and handwritten notes as well as photographs and concert programmes.

The volumes contain newspaper clippings and handwritten notes on Yorkshire churches, church architecture and York Minster, whilst the additional papers include typescripts of articles written by J A Knowles and information on specific windows in York Minster and elsewhere.

2 plates. Reproductions from English books: 1) from York Minster, Isbister & co, p60, inc. sentence 'In 1371 the name of William de Auckland appears as Vitriarius, and it would seem that the Dean and Chapter always maintained such an official, with a wor

The volume contains newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes compiled by J W Knowles about York Minster, including procedures, events and staff. Indexed.

Volume of handwritten notes, black and white photographs, newspaper cuttings and original sketches relating to the stained glass in York churches. Arranged alphabetically by church, the volume covers St Martin's Coney Street, St Martin-cum-Gregory, Merchant Taylor's Hall, St Michael-le-Belfrey, St Michael's Spurriergate, St Olave's, St Sampson's, St Saviour's and St Wilfred's.

Some blank music sheets as well as some handwritten music and verses.

The house, 'Beach-holme', was the family holiday home of J W Knowles and his family for a number of years.
Includes:
Visitors book to the house featuring photographs of the building and notes from visitors who came to stay. Included amongst the signatures are the parents of English artist and sculptor Barbara Hepworth;
Letter re income tax on the property, 1910;
Newspaper cuttings book re Robin Hood's Bay and Whitby (including details of author Leo Walmsley who used to stay in the area and played cricket with J W Knowles); 1905-1964.

Choir excavation showing second and third bay bases looking west. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Includes:
Newspaper cutting from The Observer entitled 'The Vatican', 17th February 1916.
Newpaper cutting from The Daily Mail entitled 'The Letters of an Englishman. Mr Purdy sees through it', 26th January 1918. Includes observations following a speech delivered at Nottingham on the war with Germany.
14 copies of the front page of The War Illustrated weekly newspaper, October 1915-January 1916.
'Ally Sloper's Half Holiday'. Bank Holiday edition of the Comic newspaper, 1st April 1899.

Choir excavation of base of south arcade (three bays). Taken by W Harvey Brook.

The bundle includes newspaper cuttings and other notes collected by John Ward Knowles and relating to events in the city of Leeds, including obituaries. Also includes two souvenir programmes for the City of Leeds Tercentenary Celebrations, July 1926, and article from Woman's Home magazine entitled 'The Romance of Old China', one programme for the Leeds Musical Festival Album and one exercise book of newspaper cuttings entitled 'Scripture'.

The images are not identified however the numbers on the reverse of some images appear to be panel numbers. It is possible that these images relate to one of the windows in York Minster.

Includes miscellaneous handwritten notes.

These negatives and postcards were originally individually labelled by J W Knowles, and stored in poor quality envelopes. During the process of cataloguing, these items were repackaged into archival quality envelopes, and the details on the original envelopes transferred to the catalogue descriptions. This information now appears in the 'Title' field. Please see individual item descriptions for full details of this extensive series.

Please note, reference numbers KNO/24/2011 to KNO/24/2199 were not used.

Colour and black and white postcards showing stained glass windows in various cathedrals in the United Kingdom and Europe. Also contains a series of postcards hand annotated by J W Knowles relating to stained glass techniques (these appear to be photographic prints pasted onto blank postcards).

The images are not identified however the numbers on the reverse of some images appear to be panel numbers. It is possible that these images relate to one of the windows in York Minster.

The images are not identified however the numbers on the reverse of some images appear to be panel numbers. It is possible that these images relate to one or more of the windows in York Minster or from churches elsewhere in York, and certainly includes at least one image from the St William window.

The black and white images are most likely from projects J W Knowles and Sons worked on, including St Cuthbert window (York Minster), Wragby Church, St William window (York Minster), St Chad, Lady Chapel windows (York Minster), Parker window (most likely York Minster), Penancer's window (York Minster), Peter de Dene window (York Minster), Bell window (York Minster), Cartmel Fell, Clerestory (York Minster), Nave (York Minster), South Aisle Choir windows (York Minster), Bowett window (location unknown), Great East Window (York Minster), St Saviour's Church East Window, St Martin's Coney Street (window destroyed in the Blitz), St Dennis (Denys) Church, St Helen's church, St Michael-le-Belfrey, glass by Peckitt in Bishopthorpe Palace, Bolton Percy East Window, St Michael's Spurriergate, St Martin's Micklegate, Holy Trinity Goodramgate, All Saint's North Street, Gilling Castle (signature of Bernard Dunninghoff), Merchant Taylor's Hall, Denton in Wharfedale, Great Malvern, St Gyles (Camberwell), Bardwell Church (Suffolk), Saxlingham Nethergate Church (Norfolk), Malvern Priory, Little Malvern, Winscombe (Somerset), Hawsker Church, Deerhurst (Gloucestershire), Wolveden Window (York Minster) and Essars Church. The images are generally details or panels rather than full windows. Also includes details of stained glass techniques and condition, and copies of stained glass window designs from books and secondary sources.

Most of the images are photographic prints created by J W Knowles and Sons and pasted ont blank postcards. Some are identified and include Fountains Abbey, cathedrals in France, Switzerland and Belgium, photographs of York streets and buildings, details from York Minster fabric rolls relating to glass and glaziers, York Minster windows, Great Malvern, St Martin's Church Leicester, All Saint's North Street York, Gloucester Catherdral and others. Many of the images appear elsewhere in the glass plate negative and photographic print collection, however these copies also contain explanatory notes. A large percentage of these images do not contain captions, however they are likely to be of stained glass in York Minster and other churches.

It is likely that this document was collected by J A Knowles.

Includes handwritten histories of each church in the city, their rectors and monuments, as well as newspaper cuttings relating to various churches. Arranged alphabetically by church.

Papers produced by J W Knowles and Sons in the course of trading with their customers. Includes a number of account books and customer testimonials.

The card index is arranged alpabetically and contains secondary source entries relating to windows and glaziers. Please note, many of the secondary sources to which these cards refer are not held in the collection itself.

Postcards of carved stalls and capitals from buildings in the United Kingdom and across Europe.

The images are not identified however the numbers on the reverse of some images appear to be panel numbers. It is possible that these images relate to one or more of the windows in York Minster, most likely the St William window.

A book detailing the plans for a new road in Minster Yard.

The volume contains handwritten notes on a variety of different subjects, including window restoration, porcelain and painting.

Chancel showing general upset. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

North Nave arcade, showing the De Warrene Shield. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

South Nave Arcade, showing a group of workmen. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Demolition of 18th century west wall. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Early English angle window capital. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Restored nave, from one bay west of nave. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Kemp Bes Lancets, St Thomas a Beckett. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

West window, south aisle nave. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

South east angle of south aisle choir and east wall. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Chancel, showing the old pews piled up. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

North Nave arcade showing the third, fourth and fifth bays, and the Russell window. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

South Nave Arcade, showing the remains gallery. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Camber of new west door and wall. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Early English capitals from demolition of part of choir or transept. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Laurel leaf capital, transition (early English). Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Laurel capital, choir. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Corbel table, Priory Gatehouse. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Restored nave, looking north east. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

SW angle of north aisle, nave and font. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

North aisle and nave, looking east. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

North aisle and nave, with west window and door through arcade. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

North aisle and nave, showing two west lancets and door. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

North aisle and nave, showing west lancet, north aisle. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

New west wall lancets and Kempe's glass. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

New west wall lancets, exposed for glass only. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Chancel showing the East Window in disorder. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

South Arcade, showing a door (possibly temporary). Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Building new west wall, Saville's Court. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Early English angle capital terminal. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Angle capital, Transition (Norman). Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Kemp Bes Lancets, St Benedict and St Martin. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

New west wall lancets and Kempe's glass. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

New west wall, north triform and arcade. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

South east angleof east wall, showing demolished choir and workmen. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

South east angle of south aisle choir, showing plinth. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Bundle of theatre programmes for various productions staged at York Theatre Royal and the Grand Opera House and retained by J W Knowles.

North Nave arcade, showing the 'Crompton door.' Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Demolition of 18th century west wall. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Angle capital, late Norman or early English. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Chancel and Great Tower piers. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

Restored nave, from one bay west of nave. Taken by W Harvey Brook.

North aisle and nave, looking west, with arcade and west window. Taken by W Harvey Brook.