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35mm colour photographic slides, including images of publications, floor plans, and drawings. Slides were taken by the depositor to support the teaching of architectural history courses for the WEA and for building conservation courses at the University of York. These courses were based on work carried out by the depositor for English Heritgae [now Historic England] revising and rewriting the Statuatory List of Buildings of Architectural and Historical Interest in York, published in the late 1990s.

Includes small collections of photographs and other images relating to York. Includes photographic prints, photographic negatives, postcards, drawings, engravings, and other images.

Includes 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.

Also includes some secondary material concerning the item.

Scientific papers and correspondence created by John Goodricke, Nathaniel Pigott, and Edward Pigott in the course of their activities as astronomers. The majority of the papers relate to the observances of atronomical phenomena, particularly variable stars. Also includes papers relating to barometrical and meterologial observances [weather] and to the calculation of latitude and longitude. Some of the papers include drawings and diagrams.

Many of the observations, particularly those by John Goodricke and Edward Pigott were made at York.

References can be found accross the collection to observations and papers elsewhere in this collection.

Summaries, extracts, and transcriptions have been provided by a volunteer.