David Green Archive Box 1

Includes:
• Green folder entitled ‘York 1’ containing a variety of photographic prints and research notes. Themes include Zouche Chapel Quarries (York Minster); restoration of the St Martin’s Coney Street clock figure; Castle Museum and Raindale Mill (1974); and many prominent York buildings. Also includes some original early 20th century postcards of York buildings, printed reproductions of photographs and drawings, printed internet articles and some original drawings of York streets and buildings by David Green (2006-2010). Includes some copyright details for images.
• Green folder entitled ‘York 2’ containing a variety of photographic prints and research notes. The vast majority of the photographic prints are reproductions of earlier images. Some of the images include copyright details. Includes photographs of stonework at York Minster, including detailed images documenting the repair of the roof and stonework; York Assembly Rooms; Parliament Street showing the market; an unidentified shop prior to restoration; Stonegate; St Martin’s Coney Street clock figure; York Minster Bells (1913); York Minster; St Martin le Grand damage following the Baedeker Raid (1942); damage to the South Transept, York Minster, following the 1984 fire; St William’s College; model of the York Minster Chapter House ceiling; Bedern Hall; St Andrew’s Hall; image of Deathwatch Beetle holes (found in the Minster, 1960s); York railway station; Beverley Minster (1962); High Petergate. It is likely the York Minster images were taken as part of the work of David Green's father, who was Clerk of Works at York Minster. Also includes research materials on the Bedern Hall restoration (by David Green), a handwritten article on ‘The Amateur Archaeologist’, The Restoration of York Minster (1911); The roofs of York Minster by David Green (reprinted from Architectural History); printed reproductions of photographs and drawings, and some original drawings of York streets and buildings by David Green (2006-2010).
• Pink folder entitled ‘York Photos’ including reproduction prints of etchings and drawings of buildings in York. Also includes photographic prints of York Assembly Rooms (1976), Guildhall West Window and Bedern Hall renovations.
• Handwritten notes on historical buildings and streets in York City Centre.
• Files of handwritten talks entitled ‘A New Look at some Old Buildings’. There are a number of talks in the file, but all are variations on the same theme. Also includes a photocopied article from York Press on York Assembly Rooms, 29 April 1994.
• Handwritten notes for a talk entitled ‘Myths in the Making (or let’s sort fact from fiction)’.
• Green folder of research notes. Includes original letters relating to works at York Minster (1924 and 1935); notes on Brierley Leckenby Keighley and Groom architects; article on the restoration of Bedern Hall; typescript notes (possibly a talk) on York Minster and its workmen (two copies); typescript notes (possibly a talk) on the Bedern Hall restoration; printed notes on work carried out at York Mansion House in the 18th century; typescript report on the structural condition of Holgate Windmill (1981); typescript entitled ‘A visit to Grays Court’ (1991); and handwritten notes entitled ‘Who was the architect of York Mansion House?’ (possibly for a talk).

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