Darrell Buttery Papers

Includes:
Original handwritten / digital copies of diaries, 1974-2022.
Papers created by Darrell during his early years, and by his parents and other family members. Includes drawings created by Darrell Buttery as a child, menu for the York Highflyer, flyers for performances by the Guisborough Parish Players (1958 and 1959), telegram from Darrell to his parents to say he had passed his teaching practice (1964), letters between family members, school reports for Darrell (1948-49), Ministry of Food ration book 1952-1953, Institution for Reverend H M Atterton to the parish church of Huntington (1952) and vicarages of Wressle (1955) and Rosedale (1962), papers relating to the Guisborough Grand Lodge of Freemasons, Grangetown Wesleyan Sunday School award for regular attendance issued to Ruby Wiskard, National Registration Identity Card in the name of Thomas Buttery, Soldier's pay book issued to Thomas Buttery, North Riding of York Constabulary Special Constable card for Thomas Buttery, driving licences for Catherine Ruby Wiskard / Buttery (1930-31 and 1947-48) and newspaper cuttings relating to family marriages and deaths.
Black and white mounted and unmounted photographs. The images are of individual sitters, family groups (including family marriages), school groups, gravestones and landscape scenes. Some of the images are mounted onto postcards, but only a small number of the images contain labels identifying the locations or sitters. Two of the images are of a staff Christmas party dated 1952.
Personal correspondence, including Christmas cards, received from Darrell Buttery from friends and associates.
Hardback scrap book containing cuttings from auction catalogues relating to items with a York provenance. Includes individual descriptions of items and the auction estimate prices. The volume has some loose correspondence inside the front and rear covers.
Copy of a talk / presentation created by Darrell Buttery, using the sayings of Sydney Smith.
Files on York Minster services and music, 1932-2020; York properties for sale, 1926-2006; York press cuttings, 1974-2017; early newspapers, 1758-2002; York newspaper cuttings and ephemera, 1954-2017; York buildings, 1967-2014; early York booklets, 1762-c.1945; pamphlets and programmes for local societies, 1957-2017; York pamphlets, 1955-2019; J W Knowles & Sons ephemera, 1813-1953; prints and engravings of York, Yorkshire and elsewhere, 18th century-19th century; York early ephemera, 1724-2001; medieval deed relating to property and land in Ormesby, 1370; papers relating to the dog show victories of Darrell Buttery’s aunt Olive, 1948-1958; and published materials relating to the Laurence Sterne Tercentenary, 2013.

Darrell Buttery was born in 1941 and is a leading member of the York community. He taught English in schools in and around York for many years, but was also noted for his work for the City particularly through local societies. He was a member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and the York Georgian Society and was President of the York Civic Trust.

Records are open to the public, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including data protection laws. 24 hours' notice is required to access photographic material.

The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute by Mr Buttery in 2004. Further additions were made to the archive in 2009, 2013 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2022.

Darrell Buttery was born in 1941 and is a leading member of the York community. He taught English in schools in and around York for many years, but was also noted for his work for the City particularly through local societies. He was a member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and the York Georgian Society and was President of the York Civic Trust.

A typescript finding aid of the diaries, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute.

Created by S. A. Shearn, 23.04.15.
Revised by L. Yeoman, 30.11.22.

A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

Further accruals are not expected.

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