Summary of Holdings
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Summary of Holdings Perth & Kinross Council Archive AK Bell Library • York Place • Perth PH2 8EP Tel 01738 477012 Email [email protected] www.pkc.gov.uk/archives 1 Perth & Kinross Council Archive holds records from the twelfth century to the present day. There are a number of different types of records but the two main groups are official records Records of Perth & Kinross Council and its Predecessors and gifts and deposits. Official records comprise the records of Perth & Kinross Council and its predecessors, plus others such as customs records and records of the Justices of the Peace. CC1 Perth County Council and Perth & Kinross County Council Gifts and deposits are records that have been gifted or loaned indefinitely to the archive. The gifts and deposits collections are especially varied, comprising family and estate papers and Ref Nos Dates records created by individuals, organisations, societies and businesses. CC1 /1 Perthshire commissioners of supply records inc commissioners of 1650-1930 supply minutes, constabulary committee/standing joint committee This summary is only an outline of the Archive’s holdings. Visit our searchroom for complete descriptive minutes, prison board records, public buildings committee, finance and lists of the collections. The descriptive lists are constantly updated as new deposits are catalogued. valuations committees, local authority (diseases of animals) minutes, Summary descriptions of our collections are also available online at www.pkc.gov.uk/archives valuation rolls and cess books, commissioners of supply abstracts of accounts, assessed taxes appeals, cash books and adjusted lists of Family and local history researchers may also find it useful to consult our Family History Sources Perthshire commissioners of supply booklet. /2 Perthshire highway authorities records inc Perthshire highway 1765-1881 commissioners and trustees, turnpike roads trustees minutes Search Room Opening Hours /3 County Clerk’s dept, records for Perth County and Perth & Kinross 1852-1975 County, inc county council minutes, Perthshire standing joint committee The records are available for free consultation in the Archive searchroom on the first floor of the AK minutes, Perth County Clerk and county council abstracts of accounts Bell Library, Perth. We are open Monday - Friday, 9.30 am - 5.00 pm (except on public holidays at (incomplete), minutes of the committee of JP matters, letter books, Christmas, New Year and Easter). official guides, tenders and national registration /4 Treasurer’s dept, records for Perth County and Perth & Kinross County, 1890-1975 In addition appointments can be made up to a week in advance to consult the records on Tuesday and inc abstract of accounts, registers of decontrolled dwellinghouses, and Thursday evenings between 5.00 pm and 8.00 pm. county fund papers There are finding aids, such as indexes and descriptive catalogues, to help you locate the records and /5 Perth & Kinross County education records inc education authority/ 1841-1986 information relevant to your enquiry. Archive staff are always ready to help and advise you. education committee minutes, educational trust records, school log books and admission registers, school board/management committee/ Photocopies of documents can often be supplied. If you can’t visit the Archive yourself, we can search local education sub-committee minutes our collections for answers to specific enquiries. Current charges for these services are available on /6 County of Perth district committees records 1879-1930 our website or on request. /7 County of Perth civil parishes records: parochial boards and parish 1842-1930 Please be aware that some documents may not be available for consultation or reproduction for councils reasons of confidentiality or because they are too fragile. Perth & Kinross Council Archive complies with /8 Perth & Kinross County assessor: valuation rolls for the counties of Perth 1855-1986 the Data Protection Act (1998), which means that records containing personal identifying and sensitive and Kinross and the burgh of Perth, also registers of electors for Perth information will not be made available to another person except in certain circumstances. and East Perthshire, Kinross and West Perthshire and Perth (incomplete) For further details about our hours, services, terms and conditions, please telephone 01738 477012. /9 Medical officer of health journals and annual reports inc. papers of Perth 1891-1973 County and Perth & Kinross County sanitary inspector and director of environmental health plus county school health service annual reports /10 Perth & Kinross County departmental reports inc the county road 1965-1975 surveyor, trading standards, weights and measures and County Constabulary Chief Constable reports /11 Lunacy and hospital records inc district lunacy board/district board of 1858-1948 control/joint lunacy committee, joint sanatorium board minutes, Hillend fever hospital minutes and Perth district asylum at Murthly 2 3 Ref Nos Dates EDC Eastern District Council CC1 /12 Lieutenancy records 1801-1900 Ref Nos Dates /13 Freeholders minutes (incomplete) 1724-1831 EDC /1 Minute books, abstracts of accounts, cash books, ledgers, letter books 1930-1975 /14 Licensing records inc County of Perth Justices of the Peace quarter- 1736-1977 /2 Public assistance officer records for the district, Blairgowrie and Coupar 1939-1974 session minute books Angus, county welfare services, Rattray /15 Committees and boards records inc public hall committees and 1879-1975 /3 Strathmore Hospital, Old Rattray and Cottage Home, Blairgowrie 1902-1975 Perthshire rents tribunal records, joint police committee records, joint management committee records road safety committee records, joint fire committee and joint civil /4 Local youth panels minutes 1942-1948 defence committee records, district steering committee and Tay River purification board minutes EDC /5 Kirkmichael water supply committee minutes and Blairgowrie, Rattray 1892-1975 and District water board records, rates and council assets lists /16 Inventories and indexes to council records 1934, 1970 Miscellaneous files: statutory notices, correspondence and papers 1902-1975 /17 Perth County housing department lists and registers 1926-1953 relating to burial grounds, district council functions, population surveys /18 Perth & Kinross County planning dept, inc minute books, registers and 1948-1975 and abstracts, rates assessments, housing, community halls, roads, indexes of applicants and locations street lighting, sport and recreation, rural transport, open spaces, Cottage Home, rights of way etc /19 Combination poorhouse records for Atholl, Weem and Logierait 1859-1981 Combination Poorhouse and Upper Strathearn Combination Poorhouse including minute and letter books, admissions and discharges, medical HDC Highland District Council officers reports, journals and certificates, offence and punishments Ref Nos Dates book, inspection records HDC /1 Minute books, ledger and surveyors’ account book 1930-1975 /P Maps and plans relating to utilities, buildings, feus, districts and 1703-1975 development /2 Letter books 1931-1974 /3 Acharn special district committee minutes 1953-1964 PDC Perth District Council /4 Ballinluig & Logierait, Blair Atholl & Bridge of Tilt, Dunkeld & Birnam, 1938-1975 Ref Nos Dates Kinloch Rannoch, Strathtay & Grandtully local committee minute books PDC /1 Minute books 1930-1975 /5 Cuil-an-Durach Home, Ballinluig committee of management minutes 1952-1975 /2 Abstracts of accounts 1938-1975 Miscellaneous files: planning correspondence, notices of meetings and 1937-1975 applications, general district council correspondence, papers relating Filing handlist: miscellaneous papers relating to rights of way, bus 1930-1975 to transport, bridges, roads, local government and Castle Menzies shelters and public conveniences, burial grounds, war memorials, restoration street names, trusts and bequests, public parks and places CC2 Kinross County Council CDC Central District Council Ref Nos Dates Ref Nos Dates CC2 /1 Commissioners of supply minute books, police committee records, 1738-1920 CDC /1 Minute books and abstracts of accounts 1930-1975 prison board minute and cash books, Kinross prison records, cess rolls, /2 Muthill, Comrie, St Fillans, Blackford Special District Committee minute 1928-1975 freeholders minutes, registers of voters, Sheriff Clerk and Kinross Clerk books of Supply letter books Filing handlist: general correspondence, papers relating to rates and 1955-1975 /2 Kinross County statute, labour, county and district road trustees minutes 1808-1930 housing, Comrie hall, schools, lighting and drainage and accounts /3 Kinross County Council minute books, Clerk of the Peace letter books, 1890-1975 4 official guides 5 Ref Nos Dates Ref Nos Dates CC2 /4 Abstracts of accounts, County Treasurer’s ledgers, day and cash books, 1876-1974 B59 /12 Court books and court minute books 1507-1847 letter books, accounts, valuation rolls (incomplete) /13 Registers of acts and decreets, services, cognitions and judicial 1577-1847 /5 Education authority records: minute books, ledgers and cash books 1893-1930 ratifications /6 Parochial board and parish council minute and cash books, assessment 1831-1930 /14 Minute books of processes and decreets 1688-1730 rolls 1756-1803 /7 Special district committees and Youth Service Panel minute books, 1893-1975 /15 Registers of arrestments, lawburrows, judicial warnings, hornings and 1608-1816 registers for explosives, petroleum, motor cars, licensing