Collection RBM - RB Mills Tourist and Shipping Agency of Minster Gates

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RBM

Title

RB Mills Tourist and Shipping Agency of Minster Gates

Date(s)

  • 1934-1957 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

1 volume; 0.004 cubic metres

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Name of creator

(c. 1896-c. 1975-1985)

Administrative history

First listed in Kelly's Directory of York in 1896-1897 as R.B. Mills, auctioneer and emigration agent, 16 Stonegate. By 1900, the business is listed as Richard Bell Mills, valuer and ocean passenger agent, Minster Gates.

R.B. Mills occupied 7 Minster Gates as a travel agency, variously described as an ocean passenger agent, a shipping agent, and a tourist agent, until at least 1975, but appears to have stopped trading by 1985.

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Scope and content

Includes one sales and account ledger, principally containing entries showing the sale of travel journeys.

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Restricted access (Data Protection Act) until 01/01/2058

Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.

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Images are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

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