Collections Hull_History_Centre

1 collections

1.1 main collections

1.1.1 university collections
1.1.2 city council collections
1.1.3 local studies collections
1.1.4 access archives

collections

the hull history centre houses combined archives of hull city council , university of hull, along other various local studies resources. collections include standard books, volumes, , documents, maps, paintings, pamphlets, photos, , film. if lined end end, history centre s collections cross local 2,220-metre long humber bridge 4 times.

main collections
university collections

the university collections made of 750,000 documents consisting of around 200 organisations, individuals, , families. range includes:

pressure group records: including liberty (formerly national council civil liberties), union of democratic control, , justice
modern political papers: including john prescott, kevin mcnamara, austin mitchell, chris mullin, sir patrick wall, , jock haston
modern english literary manuscripts: including philip larkin, douglas dunn, archie markham, , alan plater
landed family , estate archives: including hotham of south dalton, sykes of sledmere, , constable maxwell of everingham
trades union , labour archives: including numerous local trades unions , national figures such w.e. jones, lord ammon, , julia varley
business records: including ellerman s wilson line, earle s shipbuilding & engineering company, , hull & east riding co-operative society
religious archives: including local quaker records, papers of selby abbey , marrick priory, , of conrad noel , stanley evans
south-east asian manuscripts: including research collections of mervyn jaspan, david bassett , harry parkin
w.b yeadon collection, photographic , documentary collection of lner railway historian w.b. yeadon, including local , north-east of england railway historical material.

city council collections

the city council collections made of various records , documents of city. range includes documents relating to:

boroughs: including royal charter of 1299, issued king edward established city of kingston upon hull, title deeds of property purchased , sold corporation, financial records, , miscellaneous documents relating corporation (later hull city council)
civil parishes: including documents relating parish of drypool, parish of garrison side, united parishes of holy trinity , st. mary, parish of sculcoates, parish of southcoates, , parish of sutton , stoneferry
watching, lighting, cleansing , paving authorities: including documents assessors lighting , cleansing streets of hull, hull , myton improvement commissioners, , sculcoates improvement commissioners
boards of health: including documents beverly rural district, cottingham urban district, holderness rural district, hessle urban district, kingston upon hull board of health, skirlaugh rural district, newington board of health, , sculcoates rural district
school boards: including documents hull school board, newington school board, , sutton , stoneferry school board
poor law authorities: including documents kingston upon hull incorporation poor , sculcoates board of guardians
institutions , companies: including documents hull borough asylum, hull gas , light company, , newington water company

local studies collections

the local studies collections made of approximately 150,000 items including books, printed items, large amounts of pamphlets , other material on various topics relating hull , east riding of yorkshire. range includes:

periodicals: including local school , parish magazines, newsletters local societies, , business journals of local companies
directories: including directories of hull (1791–1939, local sections of national directories 1781), north riding , east riding of yorkshire (main file 1872–1937, east riding village entries 1823), , lincolnshire (1856–1972)
electoral registers: including electoral registers of hull (1835–present) , east riding of yorkshire (1949–present)
newspapers: including 40 local titles including general york courant, following main titles, available view on microfilm- hull packet (1787–1886), hull advertiser (1794–1867), eastern counties herald (1838–1884), eastern morning news (1864–1929), hull news (1852–1929), hull times (city , county editions, 1857–1984), hull daily news/evening news (1884–1929), , hull daily mail (1885 present)
local government records: including hull corporation (now hull city council) minutes (1887 present) , humberside county council minutes (1973–1996)
census returns: full returns available view on microfilms include hull , sculcoates poor law union areas (i.e. town of hull , immediate surrounding villages, 1841–1901) , complete east riding of yorkshire (1851), additional returns available view electronically
maps: including hull town maps (16th century present), ordnance survey maps hull , east riding @ various scales (1852 present), east riding enclosure maps, geological survey maps, agricultural land classification survey maps, soil survey maps, , goad plans
illustrations: collection of on 9,000 loose illustrations including drawings, prints, photographs, postcards, , framed paintings; in addition, separate collection of 2,000 photographs in health department collection taken hull corporation health department around 1900s
ephemera: including theatre bills , programmes, posters, football programmes, postcards, timetables, tradesmen s publicity, etc.
special collections: collections organised subject of particular interest area, including william wilberforce , slavery, andrew marvell (1621–1678), whales , whaling, winifred holtby (1898–1935), fosters & andrews (organ builders), , amy johnson.

access archives

the hull history centre offers various ways access archives. online catalogue provides information on over 225,000 documents. centre has collection of newspapers, census records, , burial records available viewing on microfilms.

the history centre allows customers view documents directly in climate controlled searchroom. view documents, customers must provide county archive research network (carn) ticket. obtain carn ticket, customers must bring valid form of identification name , address. there no charge obtain carn ticket.

customers can borrow select items loan stock using hull libraries library card.