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Title
Date(s)
- 1934-1957 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
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.
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Small ledger, with alphabetical index, used to record sales of travel journeys, mainly showing transatlantic crossings, but also showing cruises and train journeys in Europe, and holiday tours.
Ledger entries principally include the name of the ship, details of the travel arrangements, the names of the purchasers, the date of sale, details of payments made and commission, receipts, the addresses and passport numbers of travellers, and other associated details, which sometimes includes the names and ages of the travellers.
The ledger also includes running accounts for the sale and purchase for stock, principally for a tobacco account, 1943-1948, and a wages and insurance account, 1955.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Restricted access
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Conditions governing reproduction
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Language of material
- English