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Union News, issue 349
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Union News, issue 349

03/05/1968

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Loose papers formerly inserted in MS 349/35, above.

1910-1966

1. List of students attending a village history course at the Borthwick Institute, April 1961. TS, 1f 2. Letter from Joan M Hansell, County Secretary Yorkshire WI , dated Rechabite Building, Cl...

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Various items formerly inserted loose inside MS 349/32, above.

1951

1. Geoffrey Barraclough. Village Hampdens, cutting from The Listener, 10th March 1949, pp 395-396. 2. Proofs of two plates (four copies of each) depicting documents in York Diocesan Registry 8 ...

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(Arr.) Michael Head: Child on the Shore

1990

1990 S, fl, pf Song to words by Nancy Bush. Score: pencil, on gathering of two bifolia of 18-stave music MS paper.

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 104 BCE

Issuer/creator: Gaius Coelius Caldus senior

Place: Rome

Material: silver


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Notes for, and texts of, various lectures given by Canon John Stanley Purvis

1920-1965

1. Lecture on the study of medieval English literature. MS, 19 ff 2. Lecture on York Diocesan Registry archives. MS, 8 ff 3. Extracts from York Diocesan Registry archives to illustrate the ...

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Correspondence and documents relating to copyright and royalty fees in connection with the York Cycle of mystery plays.

1957-1966

1. Letter from Tom Cecil Benfield, dated York Festival Society, The Guildhall, York, 4th May 1966, to Canon John Stanley Purvis TS, 1 f 2. Letter from J E Padfield, dated SPCK, Holy Trinity Church, M...

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Various printed items concerning York Minster.

1921-1969

1. York Minster. Order of service for the enthronement of Cyril [Garbett] Lord Archbishop of York in the cathedral ... on Thursday, June 11th, 1942. York, 1942. 26[2] pp 2. York Minster. [Order...

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