Notebooks of transcripts of Retreat Correspondence and other Records, c 1760s - c 1900

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First volume is called: 'Manuscript copies of 'Early Correspondence: Summaries by H. C. Hunt, 1792 - 1822'. This includes some Tuke letters 1760s Second volume is called 'Early Correspondence 1794 - 1804. Summaries by H.C. Hunt'
Loose pages are entitled 'Abstract of Early Correspondence in connection with the founding of The Retreat, York'
These volumes and papers cover material of earlier or later dates than the titles suggest, and notes on some sources other than correspondence are included
Some items in these volumes are transcripts or extracts, other items are merely noted, particularly items of later dates

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A digitised copy of this reference is available via the Wellcome Collection and can be accessed here: http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b24965236

Related Material

Some of the items, not all, which are transcribed here, are in the Retreat archive. For William Tuke letters see RET 1/5/5/1, RET 2/2/1, RET 8/1/3/1
Incoming letters to Tuke are at RET 1/5/1

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Archive Record|Table of contents

The Retreat ArchiveRET

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVERET/1

MANAGEMENT MINUTES AND PAPERSRET/1/1

ANNUAL REPORTSRET/1/2

RULES AND REGULATIONSRET/1/3

VISITORS REPORT BOOKSRET/1/4

FILES, CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERSRET/1/5

PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLICITY BY THE RETREATRET/1/6

RETREAT MAGAZINESRET/1/7

RETREAT PHOTOGRAPHSRET/1/8

REMINISCENCES ABOUT THE RETREATRET/1/9

PAPERS ON THE HISTORY OF THE RETREATRET/1/10

Transcripts of Retreat ArchivesRET/1/10/1

Papers and Notes on the History of the RetreatRET/1/10/2

Notebooks of transcripts of Retreat Correspondence and other Records, c 1760s - c 1900RET/1/10/2/1

Notes: 'Supplementary Retreat History' [by H.C. Hunt]RET/1/10/2/2

Notebook of extracts from the early General Visitors' Books 1811 - 1861 and notes on some of the visitors namedRET/1/10/2/3

Notebook containing index to names in first General Visitors' Book between the dates 1798 - 1816RET/1/10/2/4

Notebooks with notes on the Retreat, the Tukes, Rowntrees, Lamel Hill, abstracts and extracts from Retreat reports, statistics, Mrs Pumphrey's notes etcRET/1/10/2/5

Notebook of notes on Retreat, Tuke family, lunacy etcRET/1/10/2/6

Notebook written by D.R. [Doris] Richardson, listing alterations and major additions to The Retreat, taken from Annual ReportsRET/1/10/2/7

List of names of female visitors 1818 - 1821RET/1/10/2/8

Notes on, and transcript of, the earliest printed form used for the admission of a patient on 19 May 1818RET/1/10/2/9

Notes and papers on the Seneca Indians who visited The Retreat 8 May 1818RET/1/10/2/10

Writings on William Tuke by H.C. HuntRET/1/10/2/11

Notes on Esther TukeRET/1/10/2/12

Genealogical Notes and Family Tree of Maud FamilyRET/1/10/2/13

Notes on Thomas Allis and John Kitching including a copy of a poem about the latterRET/1/10/2/14

Notes on people connected with the Retreat in the 18th and early 19th centuriesRET/1/10/2/15

Notes on Lamel Hill, with extracts from Committee MinutesRET/1/10/2/16

Manuscript extracts and typescript account, with extracts, of diary of Alfred Smith, patient at the Retreat, 1870sRET/1/10/2/17

Letters relating to enquiriesRET/1/10/2/18

Various notes on the history of the RetreatRET/1/10/2/19

Papers on the Retreat archives and booksRET/1/10/2/20

Newspaper cuttings, cuttings from magazines, and other printed material on the Retreat, and the Tuke familyRET/1/10/2/21

Newspaper cuttings about mental health and asylums in generalRET/1/10/2/22

Newspaper cuttings and other papers relating to local historyRET/1/10/2/23

Papers, newspaper cuttings, transcripts, leaflets, and notes on religion and spiritual mattersRET/1/10/2/24

Files of correspondence and papers relating to H.C. Hunt, A Retired Habitation. A History of The Retreat, York (London 1932)RET/1/10/2/25

LAND AND BUILDINGSRET/2

HOUSEKEEPING, STORES AND EQUIPMENTRET/4

ESTABLISHMENTRET/5

RETREAT ANNEXES AND BRANCHESRET/7

OTHER PAPERSRET/8