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Ledgers containing summary accounts for the York Out-Relief Union.

Includes accounts from individual officers (Treasurer, Vaccination Officer, Relieving Officers and other officials) as well as general accounts relating to the administration of the Union.

Ledgers containing summary accounts for the Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Union and Rural District Council.

Includes accounts from individual officers (Treasurer, Vaccination Officer, Relieving Officers and other officials) as well as general accounts relating to the administration of the Union (and Council).

A series of numbered pieces of correspondence and bundles of correspondence organised by subject. 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. Contains information on patients/cases. There is an index to this correspondence filed in the front of Y/HEA/6/2/4/1 . Note, there are gaps in this series.

Comprises general correspondence sent by the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union, and, from 1930, the Public Assistance Officer of the Public Assistance Committee.

The correspondence concerns the general administration and application of the New Poor Law by the York Poor Law Union and Public Assistance Committee. Included in this correspondence are letters concerning individuals who applied for, or were receiving relief.

The letters are handwritten up to 1903, and typed from 1903 onwards.

Comprises general outgoing correspondence of Flaxton, Bishopthorpe and Escrick Out-Relief Unions. Each out-relief union also acted as their respective rural district council.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Papers relating to the gas lighting of York's streets

Volume 2 numbers 1-16.

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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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.

Papers relating to first aid courses, competitions and services.

Includes papers relating to the management of the Fire Service in York.

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

For Sir L Ropner. At present this collection comprises one job file for the work carried out.

Summary financial statements recording total receipts and expenditure.
Includes statements for the Guardians of the York Union and the York Union Assessment Committee.

Summary financial statements recording total receipts and expenditure by the Guardians of the York Out-Relief Union.

Statements are completed for each half-year ending in March and September.

Includes receipts for purchases and personal investments, Midland Bank statements and one household cash book. Please see file-level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes financial returns and paperwork regarding the expenditure of the Civil Defence Association in York.

Includes cash books, bank books, cheque books, financial papers and financial reports.

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Includes receipts, invoices and cheque stubs arranged chronologically. Incomplete series. The collection is not thought to represent all the financial transactions accrued by the Company during this period. Some later files also include correspondence and press cuttings.

Please note that receipt stubs are usually contained in five year bundles, but filed with the records of the first year concerned. The records up until 1890 correspond with the entries in BUT/2/1. These files were originally contained in a metal deed box. See BUT/4 for the deed box itself, which has also been retained.

Documents relating to various financial and business matters of the York Penitentiray Society Ladies Committee.

Indexes and lists of Civil Defence files.

Includes general administration files.

Includes general administration files.

Records relating to the upkeep and management of the factory including the updating and monitoring of features such as the sprinker systems, factory noise and expansion works.

Various technical plans relating to the land, factory and interior floor plans of the Glassworks. These plans are copies of originals and many contain copies of the planning application required to make alterations to the site.

Volumes detailing expenditure for the York Cemetery Company. Also includes details of expenditure as part of the liquidation process of the Company before becoming a Trust.

Includes administration files and details of which local departments were responsible for particular types of incidents.

Includes one circular, papers regarding mobilisation and deployment and a report by Marshall and Pengilley.

Papers for an enquiry by the Inspector of Nuisances regarding the erection of a public slaughterhouse in York. Includes correspondence with, and replies from other towns; a Report on the Sanitary Conditions of Slaughterhouses in York; and a Royal Commission Report on the danger to man of tuberculosis from animal food.

File of correspondence relating to employees of the business and staffing matters. Also includes some partner correspondence - business and personal - and papers relating to a private carriageway between Newland Park Drive and Green Dykes Lane.

Includes preparations for emergency feeding in the event of a nuclear attack.

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

Papers relating to the death and estate of Eliza Mary Croft, including letters of administration.

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Election notices and notification for election of City(Improvement) Commissioners.

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

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

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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.

Extensive notes about performances of plays, mostly at the Theatre Royal, York. Information includes the title of the play, the theatre company performing it, the theatre where it was performed, dates of performances, a brief summary of the run of the production elsewhere, character lists, lists of other performers taking part in the production (e.g. chorus singers), summaries of the plays act by act, and personal observations on performances.

Rough, unapproved minutes of the Board of Guardians of the York Poor Law Union

Rough, unapproved minutes

Draft and rough general accounts for the York Poor Law Union

Draft minutes of meetings of the City Commissioners

Includes marriage settlements, probates of the wills of Louisa Lumley and Sarah Kirk, inventory of household goods of Louisa Lumley, release from George Snowdon to Benjamin Lumley, and probate of the will of Benjamin Lumley, with associated papers.

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Items collected by William Camidge, most likely in the course of his research and Methodist career.

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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 papers relating to election results, nominations, ballots, proxy lists, letters, forms, absent voters, staff, premises and election expenses.

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.

Large collection of York war memorials (First and Second World War) taken by archives volunteer Linda Haywood as part of her work on the UK War Memorials database. Some images appear to be digital scans of pre-existing photographs. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries. The titles of the images have been taken from a database created by Linda Haywood as part of the indexing process. This Access database can be obtained from archivists on request and is located in the electronic accessions file.

Seven colour digital scans of photographs showing flooding in North Street, Ouse Bridge, St George's Field and Tower Street. The exact date for the floods is unknown, however it is thought probably that the subject matter is the Winter 1982 floods. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries. Covering dates are from the date the photograph was taken to the last modified date.

Thirty-six colour digital scans of photographs showing the site of the excavations at Hungate in June 2007. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries. Covering dates are from the date the photograph was taken to the last modified date.

Large collection of colour digital photographs showing the exterior and interior of the Ebenezer Chapel, when the premises was occupied by Borders bookshop. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries.

Eleven colour digital photographs showing building work on the site of the old Victoria House on Micklegate, York. The images were take as the building was being constructed, most likely in around 2001 (the existing building was demolished in 2001). Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries. Covering dates are from the date the photograph was likely to be taken to the last modified date.

Nine colour digital photographs showing work on a site in Spurriergate, on the corner of High Ousegate. The images were taken prior to redevelopment of the site. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this subseries. Covering dates are from the date the photograph was taken to the last modified date.

Includes Microsoft Word documents detailing the project background, minutes from a meeting, and results. The 'Permissions' folder contains the donor's gift agreement in PDF format.

The date range for these records (2017-2020) spans from the earliest creation date to the last-modified date. The last-modified dates were inadvertently altered by preservation actions but the original last-modified dates were recovered and are recorded at file level.

Alphabetical lists of theatre actors and the roles they played in various productions. Also includes three sheets of notes dating from the early 20th century about the contents of the dictionaries themselves.

Diaries maintained by the Lord Mayor's Secretary for Alderman Archibald Kirk and Councillor Stanley Palphramand, then Lord Mayors of York, during the period of their terms of office.

Diaries maintained by the Lord Mayor's Secretary for Alderman Ivy Gladys Wrightman and Alderman Wilfred Ward, then Lord Mayor of York, during the period of his term of office.

Diaries of people who held the position of Lord Mayor of York for the period of their term of office.

Incomplete set of annual diaries with handwritten notes by Frederick Adolphus Camidge.

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Annual desk diaries used by a member of staff working at Naburn Lock.

These deeds had been separated from the remainder.

This series contains records relating to the deeds and leases of the York Central Conservative Club premises.

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The files are arranged alphabetically by resident surname.

Includes details of medication for residents amd issues experienced by the home. Arranged chronologically.

Ledgers for the York Cemetery including name of deceased and amounts paid for various different services such as public graves and stonework.

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

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Includes:
E83: Book containing receipts and payments in respect of cremitt monies, 1651-1660;
E84: Register book of persons entitled to 'cremitt' money and other charities; also extracts from wills, together with the names of persons in St Catherine's and St Thomas's Hospitals etc, 1719-1836.

Includes papers and additional correspondence relating to the Crash Plan.

Includes details of money paid by pleasure boats passing through Naburn Lock.

Includes forms, pamphlets, papers relating to candidates, correspondence, proxy lists, absent voter paperwork, election expenses, appointment of Deputy County Officer, polling premises, results, staff and accounts.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 when Edward Lacy took office.

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.

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

Documents relating to the organisation of the festivities that took place on the occassion of Lord Mayor's Day, when Alderman Cecil Walter Wright took office.

Town Clerk's correspondence concerning the accommodation and maintenance of pauper lunatics.

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

Includes a bundle of letters and two signed contracts.

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Correspondence received by Frederick Adolphus Camidge, most likely in his role as Sheriff of York.

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Correspondence of Cuthbert Joseph Kleiser reflecting his personal and business life and his interest in, and support of the theatre in York and further afield. With the exception of KLE/5/1/25, all correspondence is from other individuals to Kleiser. He is sometimes addressed as 'Joseph', 'Joe' or 'Mr J Kleiser', particularly in the more informal letters from friends and family. Indeed, he signs himself 'J Kleiser' in the single piece of correspondence sent by him to Mr Cahill (KLE/5/1/25).