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Includes one appointment and one conveyance.

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These numbered volumes contain newspaper clippings and handwritten notes on a variety of subjects relating to artists and the arts.

Includes summary of account of George Peacock, letters from George Peacock and covering envelope. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Correspondence, circulars and associated papers relating to outbreaks of animal diseases.

Ledgers covering customer accounts. Some are indexed.

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Account books for transactions made by R W Anderson and Sons. Also includes information regarding purchases made by different customers, largely the gentry of York and Leeds.

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This series includes letters and postcards, the majority received by Cuthbert Joseph Kleiser. There is a letter to John Henry Kleiser, as well as empty envelopes (some with no addressee), and a postcard with no addressee. The letters cover a wide variety of subjects, but primarily relate to Cuthbert Kleiser's interest in and support of the theatre and other cultural establishments, family life, and the Kleiser business. The collection includes letters from Bob de Little in Melbourne, Australia. There are also four letters to Cuthbert Kleiser from Arthur Furnish, City Librarian.

Also includes income tax returns.

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Includes population figures for Clifton and Rawcliffe, details of boundary changes, and notes regarding Clifton parishes. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Includes two sets of published proceedings (one relating to the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding), as well as one list of back numbers for proceedings and two indexes to Volume 30.

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Approved bound minutes of the Nuisance Removal Committee and the York Rural Sanitary Authority

Comprises abstract of tenders, agreement and bill of costs.

Includes two deeds for disentailing part of the estate of Sir Robert Clifton Baronet, as well as duplicate conveyance of land and heriditaments in Nottingham and probate of the will of Henry Robert Clifton.

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Includes the epitome of the marriage settlement, copy of the will of Matilda Emily Webber, accounts of the settled and will fund, and correspondence with the Inland Revenue.

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Abstract of title of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England to freehold land situation in the parish of St Mary Bishophill Junior.

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General correspondence files including letters, tickets to events and telegraphs compiled in the course of J A R Marriott's working life.

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Volumes of autographs collected by Sir John Marriott. The volumes also include biographical information on some of the signatories.

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Bound copy of act

Receipt books for payments of the poor rate paid by property owners to the Parish Overseers.

Includes name of property owner amd amount paid.

Includes partnership agreements, sketch book, papers relating to Marriott's university career and finances, concert hall and dinner programmes and menus, tax papers and literature extracts. Also includes papers relating to Marriott's political career, such as notes on speeches; and papers relating to the Cherry Hill Estate.

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Registers of smallpox vaccinations compiled by Vaccination Officers of the York Poor Law Union using extracts from the Registrar's Registers of Births.

Some volumes include inserted correspondence relating to individual vaccination cases.

Includes registers for the City and Rural Districts of the York Poor Law Union.

Collection and deposit books were records of accounts kept by the Collector of Poor Rates. They record all sums received, deposited and paid by the Collector. Also includes one volume of Collector's monthly statements.

Note, these records do not contain details of individuals or properties.

Includes books for the following parishes: St Maurice; St Giles; and St Cuthbert, St Helen on the Walls and All Saints, Peasholme

Comprises summary accounts of amounts of relief recovered and postage accounts.

Bound committee minutes.

Includes papers relating to the bestowing of the honorary Freedom of the City on various individuals, as well as the organisation of First World War peace celebrations, and visits by foreign dignitories.

This collection includes personal documents relating to J W Knowles, including ration cards, accounts book, letter book, prescriptions and banns certificate.

Returns and statistics recorded as part of an enquiry into a Typhoid Fever outbreak in York 1886

Includes papers relating to the execution of the will and probate of Elizabeth Brown of York. Includes papers regarding her property and investments.

Includes letters, copy drafts of mortgages, bye-laws, and questionnaires of drainage and sewerage works carried out in Skelton and Gate Fulford by the York Rural Sanitary Authority under the Public Works Loans Act of 1875.

Includes agreements; draft conveyances;and bill for sale.

Log books for Rufforth Undenominational School. The log books include information about school attendance, upkeep of the buildings, the absences of particular pupils and the names of those admitted to or leaving the school. In some cases the schoolmaster states why the pupil is leaving and where they are moving on to. The schoolmaster from January 1881-October 1882 was J. Thomas Conyers Robson; he returned to the school in April 1883 after an absence of 5 months, during which time James Whitworth was master.

Includes release and indemnity, appointment and legal direction by Emily Legard.

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Various notes, documents and correspondence relating to the Raine, Peacock and Champan families.

Business bills related to the work of partners and the running of the firm. In some cases these bundles also contain deeds. The bundles are arranged chronologically and comprise multiple items. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Includes notebooks relating to aspects of ancient and medieval history, as well as American history, charters, economic history and constitutional law.

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Includes handwritten notebooks relating to various aspects of British history, politics, the economy, foreign policy and the industrial revolution, as well as other related topics.

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Includes abstract of title to freehold land in Bishopthorpe Road, conveyances, mortgage of land and messuages and mortgage in fee of lands and messuages. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Bank books and balance sheets relating to the operational activites of J W Ruddock Tailors. Also includes a file of reciepts relating to Priory Street Sunday School to which J W Ruddock was the treasurer.

Bound copy of act

Records payments made by individuals toward the cost of maintaining relatives in receipt of outdoor, indoor or asylum relief.
Includes name of relative making the payment; relationship to person receiving relief; amounts and dates of payments; in most cases also indicates type of relief being granted.

See also PLU/4/4 Collectors' Ledgers

Leaflets, flyers, and posters promoting performances by the York Muscial Society and other membership events.

Minutes books containing various committee minutes (eg. Central Council, Finance, Organisation, Management, Executive, Registration, Ladies Bazaar).

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Marked 'York School Board, Volume 1.'

Papers relating to the Local Government Board enquiry carried out by Dr Ballard into deaths from diarrhoea in 1880. The papers include notes, statistics, summary reports and reports of individual cases in York.

Many items in this collection were deposited in the York Reference Library primarily, by a number of different people, many of whom are now unknown. The cuttings are arranged into series by the year in which they were catalogued.

Includes admission and discharge books for the inmates of the York Workhouse (later called the City Institution and The Grange); admission and discharge books for the casual (wandering) poor; and porters' admission and discharge books.

Includes notebooks on English history generally, as well as the reigns of particular monarchs. Also includes lectures notes on the history, and the English Civil War in particular.

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Includes newspaper cuttings, book extracts and handwritten notes on communism, the rise of fascism, the results of the First World War, the League of Nations, foreign relations and life on the Home Front in the Second World War.

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Published half-yearly sales catalogues showing linen prices, as well as catalogues for external companies, one brochure for lace and one illustrated list of samples.

Includes bundles of bills for business transactions, arranged by year. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Includes handwritten notes and lecture transcripts on a variety of different subjects, most likely compiled by Marriott during his teaching career at Oxford university. See the individual item descriptions for more detailed information about what this series contains.

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Reports of the Medical Officer of Health to the Urban Sanitary Committee and later the Health Committee. Reports on average were fortnightly but could be more or less regular. Incudes notifications to the Town Clerk of cases of infectious diseases.

Includes birth, baptism, marriage and death certificates, pedigrees of the Clutton family and orders of service for family burials.

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Records include accounts, petty cash books, bar trading, insurance, taxation and papers relating to debt.

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At present this series only comprises one photograph album.

Includes copy of her will, funeral invoice, valuation of residence, probate of the will and additional probate documentation.

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Includes two small cash books, correspondence regarding fixtures accepted and declined, and papers regarding Westoe Football Club.

Includes papers relating to hereditaments at Church Fenton, and receipt for death duty following the death of Annie Hebblethwaite.

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Contracsts with tradesmen for building work

This collection includes the baptism certificate of John Alder Knowles, papers regarding his enlistment and rationing in both the First and Second World Wars, and papers relating to his honorary degree from University of Hull in 1957.

Bound copy of act

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Includes receipted accounts, stationary, charges, promissory notes and receipts, a draft tenancy agreement, plan of a railway line, correspondence and court orders. The original order of these files has been retained, and items have been catalogued as found. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Includes account books,

The volumes contain details of the proceedings of committee meetings of the York City Mission. One volume relates entirely to the 'Bedern' Mission in Ogleforth.

1 1884-89
2 1889-94
3 1894-1905
4 1905-13
5 1913-23
6 1923-1930
7 1930-40
8 1940-49
9 1949-53
10 1953-57
11 1957-63
12 1963-74

At present this collection only comprises one large-format invoice book containing folded invoices to clients, and one customer order book. Arranged chronologically.

Comprises York Poor Law Union year books; notices of meetings; newspaper cuttings books; and publications used in the administration of the poor law.

Contains committee and sub-committee minute books and agendas, a history of the club, administrative papers and deeds and leases. It also includes the club sign.

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Ad hoc reports by the Medical Officer of Health in response to particular events, primarily the outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Includes annual reports and special reports of the Medical Officer of Health in bound volumes. The volumes also include annual reports of various other officers assisting the Medical Officer of Health, including: the Chief Sanitary Inspector; the Inspector of Nuisances, the Public Analyst, the Canal Boats Inspector; the School Medical Officers; and from 1930 the Chief Medical Officer (Public Assistance).

Form of instruction from the Medical Officer of Health to the Inspector of Nuisances to visit and report on sanitary conditions of dwellings. Details recorded in the reports varies over time but typically includes name of infected person, age, occupation, disease and various details about their living conditions.
Note: not all volumes are indexed. See also Y/HEA/4

Includes photographs and cards relating to the activities of the cycling club.

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Bound copy of act

Includes papers relating to the marriage settlements of both men.

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Includes letters regarding their marriage settlement, schedule of securities and associated correspondence.

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Contains account books, payments and receipt books, payment books, petty cash books, subscription books, reports and miscellaneous accounts.

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Receipted household accounts for Mr H Teasdale, solicitor, and E Robinson. Teasdale originally lived at Grove Park Avenue, Clifton, and later at The Willows, The Avenue, Clifton. The receipts are pinned together and rolled into tight bundles. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Daily records of activities carried out by R. Dent and Son, Builders and Joiners. Includes details of hours spent on various different jobs across York and the charges incurred. Includes personal names and addresses for customers.

Includes indexes.

1 1886-89
2 1889-91
3 1891-94
4 1894-96
5 1896-99
6 1899-1901 (Became Health Committee in 1900)

Books relating to the world of fabrics, retained by Hardings Linen Drapers as reference works.

At present this series only comprises one register of teachers attendance.

Comprises registers recording births and deaths within the York Workhouse

Includes draft bill of costs, accounts, agreements, telegrams, letters, share dealing paperwork, receipts and notes, photograph and ledger book. It is thought that the business of J P Guy was a constituent of Gray, Dodsworth and Co. Please see item and file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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These volumes contain indexes

Bundles of correspondence and papers relating to the Baillie family.

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