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Includes correspondence with the Treasurer regarding Secretary expenses, records and balances sheets relating to open days, account statement, records regarding the grant from the councils, application to the Harris Centre and accounts of the separate gui

Includes papers relating to the formation of the constitution of the Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers, and later correspondence regarding constitutional changes.

Includes nomination forms, accounts, reports and associated papers relating to committee meetings and annual general meetings.

Minutes of meetings of the National Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers.

Set of meeting minutes relating to the local decisions made by the Town Council, and previously the Parish Council, in Haxby. Includes discussions on issues such as planning, roads and green spaces.

Includes files relating to the history and development of York Cemetery, such as plans and memorial information, as well as papers regarding the liquidation of the cemetery. Also includes details of monumental inscriptions.

Files relating to heraldry in York and elsewhere. Includes transcripts of a series of lectures carried out by Hugh Murray on the subject, and details of ecclesiastical heraldry. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes specific information on many individual York pubs, as well as more general information on the history of pubs in the city and the history of beer.

This series includes photographic prints collected by Hugh Murray, a local historian in York. The collection was listed by volunteers from York Civic Trust between 2015 and 2017.

The original order of this material has been maintained, and the prints have been item-level listed as they were stored.

Files comprise correspondence and notes on individuals who came under the supervision of the Yorkshire Association of Mental Welfare. Individuals supervised were regarded as being learning impaired; having some form of mental disability,; or being at risk of developing mental health issues. Summary information for each case may be found by consulting the case cards (see YAM/1).

Comprises files relating to the building and maintenance of council housing, particularly in the post-World War II period. Files consist primarily of correspondence and associated papers. .

Registers of unsound food surrendered to the Health Department.

Comprises correspondence and associated papers for the York School Dental Service. The papers mainly concern administrative matters such as staffing, statistics, equipment, training, the organisation of the service, and various aspects of dental health. Includes minutes of the Education Committee, some external committees, and printed promotional literature. Contains some correspondence from patients.

Includes The History of the Women's Institute Movement in England and Wales (1953), North Yorkshire East: Let's Celebrate our first year (1984) and The Federation of Women's Institutes Jubilee Book (1965).

Includes one file of North Yorkshire East Federation year books, and two examples of East Yorkshire Federation year books.

Includes one file of end of year financial statements, one subscription book and one account book.

Lists of programme activity and member details (including contact details in some cases). First volume is incomplete, but covering note explains which years are present.

Minute books and loose minutes recording the outcome of monthly members meetings held by the branch. Arranged chronologically.

Bound committee minues

Bound committee minutes

Bound committee minutes of the Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee, renamed Mental Hospital Committee from 1926

Bound committee minutes

Bound committee minutes.

Bound committee minutes

Annual report for the North Yorkshire County Council Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education

Reports, studies and development opportunities related toYork Inner Ring Road

Reports related to road accidents in York

Contains reports, studies and literature related to traffic, public transport and parking in York.

The home was located in Acomb, and provided both residential care and respite care. Includes deceased resident files, day / night books, patients medical administration records, respite care patients files, residents accounts and cash movement sheets. Many of the files contain sensitive personal information.

Draft reports of inspections carried out by the Health Department. Reports include name/s of owners/occupiers and condition of houses. Some reports include plans and/or measurements.

Comprises printed leaflets and other promotional literature relating to public health educations.

Comprises records relating to promotional events and health exhibitions

Bonds, contracts, cases, leases and purchases involving the City Commissioners

Small number of papers regarding policing under the York Improvement Act

Comprises correspondence, advertisements, petitions, handbills and notices.

Records relating to the administration of the general rate under the York Improvement Act.

Includes bills and receipts for services and goods bought by the City Commissioners under the York Improvement Act.

Papers concerning the election of City(Improvement) Commissioners.

Includes oaths to perform duties of the office and oaths of qualification (real estate), as Commissioners were required to own a certain amount of property in order to be eligible for election.

Correspondence to and from the City Commissioners under the York Improvement Act

Various antiquarian documents collected by Eustachius Strickland, including notes on the various world histories, extracts from people's memoirs, and correspondence.

Various published material relating to and collected by the Gray family including memoirs, notes and press cuttings.

Various manuscript and typescript sermons and religious notes by various members of the Gray family. Includes notes on the death of Lucy Gray.

Journals & descriptions of tours by William Gray , Jonathan Gray and Margaret Gray to various national and international locations.

Diaries of Faith Gray and of William Gray during the later years of his life. Also includes notes by William Gray recollecting his youth and reflecting on Faith's religious state in the last few days of her life.

Correspondence of various Gray family memebrs including William Gray Senior and Junior, Johnathan Gray and Mary Gray. Covers a wide variety of personal, financial and religious subjects.

Account books of William Gray and Faith Gray including household and personal accounting information.

Papers relating to the family history of the Gray family including Robert Gray, William Gray and Johnathan Gray. Includes legal documents, letters, notes and pedigrees which trace the history of the family including those who married into the family.

Notices and papers relating to the enactment and amendment of the York Improvement Act 1825

Comprises correspondence and associated papers of the Health Committee. An alphabetical index to the files is included in first box. Files have been weeded prior to deposit in the archive.

Comprises statistical information on the health of school children in York and reports on health services provided.

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).

Loose copies of annual reports from the Medical Officer of Health. Some years include reports from the Tuberculosis Officer, the Inspector of Nuisances, the Public Analyst, Chief Sanitory Inspector, Medical Officer (Public Assistance), Canal Boats Inspector and Tuberculosis Crusade Committtee.

Legal cases pursued under the Public Health Acts and bye-laws.

General administrative papers of the Medical Officer of Health

Copies of printed committee resolutions and proceedings, and minutes and reports of York Council. These copies were compile by the Chief Public Health Inspector and include annotations next to items that relate to public health.

Comprises papers relating to the planning, organisation and delivery of the Royal Sanitary Institute Congress in York.

Diaries of staff involved in deliveries and pickups of patients, food and other items. Also records some cases of insect control.

Registers of complaint of nuisances and unsanitary conditions. Entries include date of complaint, situation of premises and brief description of complaint, name and address of complainant, date investigated and result (if any). Includes references to Assistant Sanitary Inspectors' report books. Indexed by street name.

Records drainage improvements carried out in properties. Entries include situation of premises, name of owner and builder, a brief description of works, and a line sketch of drainage on the premises (note: the volume covering 1936-1956 does not include any sketches)

Details recorded include surname and address of patient; obstetric history of mother; nature of confinement; condition of foetus; and age, work, and health of mother.

Comprises registers relating to the oversight and inspection of midwives following the Midwives Act, 1902

Comprises papers relating to the erection of and provision of accommodation at the Fever Hospital at Yearsley Bridge.

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

Includes drainage papers, matron's reports, and correspondence files.

Papers relating to the administration and application of the Infectious Diseases Acts, 1890 and 1889.

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.

Local Board of Health papers relating to the outbreak of cholera in York in 1832

Inspections and reports on drains, sanitary facilities and food hygiene.

Comprises papers relating to stock and equipment at Clifford Street Dispensary.

Papers concerning the provision of additional war-time nurseries in York.

Includes assignments, assignment of mortgage, deed of covenant, and covenant for the production of deeds, relating to various properties and clients. Also includes probate of the wills of George Telford and Mary Ramsay. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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E86: Assessment made April 1596 for York's contribution to Ship of War to set forth from Hull.

E63: Book containing assessments, orders, warrants and proceedings relating to the civil war for the safety and defence (c.1645-)

E89: Fines and amercements for raising money for wars against France and Ireland (c.1660-1685)

E90: Contributions to royal aid and supplies in Walmgate ward parish (c.1660-1685)

E86A: Minutes of commissioners appointed under Acts of Parliament to raise proportions payable by City and Ainsty towards ships of war and disbanding of the army (c.1673-1678)

E91: Assessments made in City and Ainsty re: royal aid land tax for 1750-1777

E75: Militia accounts between the City of York, three Ridings of Yorkshire, Durham etc (1809)

Includes:
E60a: Transcriptions of City Charters, volume I;
E60b: Transcriptions of City Charters, volume II;
E60c: Transcript of a charter of King Edward VI, issued in 1547.
E60d: Translation of Two Charters relating to the Common Council of the City of York by a citizen 1662 and 1676

Includes reports from the Board of Control, The Incorporation of National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control; The Royal Albert Institution in Lancaster; the Yorkshire Association for Mental Welfare; and the Mental After Care Association. Also includes minutes of the East Riding and York Joint Board for the Mentally Defective; a printed volume of medical PR actioners approved by the Board of Control; and copies of the Mental Deficiency Acts.

Correspondence files on specific individuals in the care of the York local authority.

Includes information about telephone company contracts, a dinner card, information booklets, notes on gas poisoning, papers relating to housing schemes, circulars and copies of the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Includes the minutes for 1946-53 and 1956-68 only.

Comprises incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Yorkshire Association for Mental Welfare.

Index cards that record summaries of case histories; the case file number (see YAM/2); and/or personal details of each individual case.

Files relating to the history of the Pearson room at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Includes large format colour slides, and glass plate negatives.

Includes newspaper cuttings, secondary source material and handwritten notes regarding the supply of electricity to York and the history of street furniture.

Includes typescript pages, list of Peckitt works, notes relating to the genealogy of Peckitt and Fenton, papers by Brighton and photocopied articles.

Includes historical information and research notes on the development of public toilets in York city centre. Includes some secondary source material. In particular the information relates to the outbreaks of cholera.

Two British Library microfilms and one from North Yorkshire County Record Office. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Original archival documents retained by, or acquired by, Hugh Murray during the course of his research. In most cases the provenance of these items is not recorded.

Files of additional papers which cannot be easily classified into series. Please see file and item level desciptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Files relating to the role of the Royal Family, their connection with York, and Royal events. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Includes minutes and papers of meetings of the Friends of York Minster, as well as accounts and a letter to Hugh Murray thanking him for his service on the committee.

Newspaper cuttings on York schools and their activities. Some cuttings are arranged by school.

Includes one file specifically on the Grand Opera House (previously the Electric Theatre) and one file of newspaper cuttings on other York venues.

Scrapbooks relating to York buildings and weather, and places of interest.

Published magazines about York, including editions of City Life.

Two bundles of photocopied maps and plans of York and the surrounding area.

Includes bundles relating to Castle Howard, churches and merchants, Whitby and Leeds.

Published river charts relating to the navigation of rivers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Includes printed annual reports from York's Chief Constable, papers relating to Scarborough Bridge, public health, Layerthorpe slum clearance, the Lord Mayor's Heritage Working Group and industry and pollution in York. Also includes publications issued by City of York Council.