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Archival description
FFP · Collection · 1944-2012

Includes programmes for theatrical and musical performances in and around York, principally for choral music, light music, operas, and operettas. Many of the programmes relate to performances by amateur and community groups. These programmes were collected by Freda Freer during the course of her lifetime.

Information contained in each programme varies, but many of the programmes include some information about the society performing the production, information about the production itself, information about the performers and producers, lists of past performances by the society, lists of performances by other societies, and lists of other performances at the same venue.

Many of the programmes contain artwork on the covers and advertisements, in particular those for businesses based in York and for products and services relating to music and drama.

Freer; Freda PR (c1930s-2010s)
Records of York Scribes
YSC · Fonds · 1990-2023

Administrative records of the group relating to their work to promote calligraphy in York and the surrounding area. Includes: meeting minutes and papers, membership papers, finance records, correspondence, group constitutions, publicity materials and newsletters, examples of calligraphy and other artwork, histories and the group and of members, and photographs.

York Scribes
MLB · Fonds · 1971-2017

Administrative records of the sports club, comprising minutes and meeting papers, financial accounts and papers, and club rules.

Minster Ladies Bowls Club
York Musical Society
YMS · Fonds · 1767 - 2021

Administrative records and publicity material relating to both the original York Musical Society (c. 1767-1855) and to the reformed York Musical Society (from 1876). Also includes some research files relating to the history of the societies and to significant performers and conductors.

Includes minutes of meetings of various committees and of annual general meetings, financial records and account books, annual reports, administrative papers and correspondence, papers relating to performance and rehearsal administration, concert programmes, lists of members, papers relating to the history of the society, general files, floppy disks and a small amount of promotional material. Also contains editions of the Musical Times. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this collection.

York Musical Society
BUI · Fonds · 1909-1911, 1950, 1954-2016

PLEASE REQUEST ITEMS FROM THIS COLLECTION ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE - HELD IN OFFSITE STORAGE

Administrative records of the guild. Includes meeting minutes and papers, correspondence, financial records, papers relating to events and dinners, and year books. Also includes papers from one of the guild committee members, Anthony Neal, which includes a large series of photographs of people and events which he took in his capacity as a photographer.

York Guild of Building