Allison, K. 'Heslington', in A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 3 (1976), 66-74.
Bloodworth, Greville. The Early History of the Department of Electronics at the University of York: Memoirs by Greville Bloodworth, founding head of department (York, 2003).
Brawne, Michael. 'University of York: First and Second Phases', Architectural Review, 148 (Dec 1965), 408-420.
Derbyshire, Andrew. University of York Development Plan 1962-1972 (York, 1962).
Derbyshire, Andrew. The University Campus: A Retrospective (York, 1985).
Derbyshire, Andrew. 'Learning from Universities', Architectural Review (1 July 2001), 7-9.
Hellyer, A. G. L. 'Landscape for a University', Country Life (2 Sept 1971), 532-534.
James, Eric. The Start of a New University (Manchester Statistical Society, 1966).
Lee, Maurice. 'Water Gardens: The University of York' in Concrete Quarterly no. 122 (Autumn 1979), 2-6.
Manning, Owen D. 'Landscapes revisited: the campus of York University', Landscape Research, 20, no 2. (01 Jun 1995) 68-75.
Moggridge, Hal. Strategic Review of the Landscape (York, 1992).
Nuttgens, Patrick. The Art of Learning: A Personal Journey (Brighton, 2000), 83-105.
Peacock, A.J. 'A Nineteenth Century York University', York History, 1 (1974), 35-6.
Phiri, M., Worthington, J., and Leaman, A. Briefing a Continuous Building Programme: Factors for Success: 35 Years of Briefing and Design at the University of York (York, 1999).
'Portrait Gallery Looks at James of York: The man who is moulding one of the Universities of Tomorrow', The Sunday Times (22 Apr 1962), 9.
Purvis, J.S. Towards a University [?1968].
Silver, Harold, Tradition and Higher Education (Winchester, 2007).
Smith, David. 'Eric James and the "Utopianist" Campus: Biography, Policy and the Building of a New University during the 1960s', History of Education, 37:1 (2008), 23-42.
Storm-Clark, Christopher. 'Newman, Palladio and Mrs Beeton: the Foundation of the University of York' in York 1831-1981: 150 Years of Scientific Endeavour and Social Change ed. C Feinstein (York, 1981), 285-310.
University of York. The Other 25 Years (York, 1988).
University of York. The University of York: 40 Years, 1963-2003 (York, 2003).
University of York. The University of York: The First Twenty-Five Years (York, 1988).
'University of York: Building Study', Architects' Journal, 142, no. 24 (15 Dec 1965), 1435-58.
Warren, Allen. Eric James and the Founding of the University of York (Borthwick Papers, York, 2017).
Webb, Katherine A. Oliver Sheldon and the Foundations of the University of York (Borthwick Papers, York, 2009).
Whiting, Jeremy. 'The University and the Community' in York 1831-1981: 150 years of scientific endeavour and social change ed. C Feinstein (York, 1981), 311-330.
Wood, G. Bernard. 'Old Buildings for a New University', Country Life (3 Oct 1963), 322-324.
Young, Roger. 'James, Eric John Francis, Baron James of Rusholme (1909–1992)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, May 2007.
Unpublished works
Derbyshire, A., 'The University of York Campus: 40 years of Growth and Change. What next?' (Open Course Lecture, 2005).
Gifford, R., 'A Concrete Ideal. A discussion of the visions and realities behind the opening of the University of York. 1945-1968' (unpublished BA Dissertation, History, 2001).
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Heslington Hall
Published works
Allison, K. 'Heslington', in A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 3 (1976), 66-74.
Fairhurst, Harry. Heslington Hall: Notes on the building and the Families (York, 1973).
Heigham, V. M. S. Heslington Hall York: Suggested Folk Park (York, 1955).
Hellyer, A. G. L. 'Landscape for a University', Country Life (2 Sept 1971), 532-534.
Heslington Hall, York: The site for the University of York (York).
'Heslington Hall bought by a York Trust', The Yorkshire Post (8 Nov 1955).
'Heslington Hall, York: The Seat of Lord Deramore', Country Life (17 Nov 1900), 624-630.
'Heslington Hall, York: The Seat of Lord Deramore', Country Life (19 Jul 1913).
Patmore, C, 'History Tales from Heslington Hall’s Gardens', Fishergate, Fulford & Heslington Local History Society (FFH Occasional Papers No. 2, July 2022).
Pevsner, Nikolaus. Yorkshire and the East Riding (London, 1972).
Royle, Edward. 'The Transformation of Heslington Hall and Heslington in the 1850s' in Yorkshire Philosophical Society: Annual Report for the year 2004, 44-53.
Architecture
Architecture and landscape
York
Brawne, Michael. 'University of York: First and Second Phases', Architectural Review, 148 (Dec 1965), 408-420.
Derbyshire, Andrew. University of York Development Plan 1962-1972 (York, 1962).
Derbyshire, Andrew. The University Campus: A Retrospective (York, 1985).
Derbyshire, Andrew. 'Learning from Universities', Architectural Review (1 July 2001), 7-9.
Grenville and Mardell. 'Learning from York' in Scroope: Cambridge Architecture Journal (July 2013).
Hellyer, A. G. L. 'Landscape for a University', Country Life (2 Sept 1971), 532-534.
Lee, Maurice. 'Water Gardens: The University of York', Concrete Quarterly no. 122 (Autumn 1979), 2-6.
Manning, Owen D. 'Landscapes revisited: the campus of York University', Landscape Research, 20, no 2. (01 Jun 1995) 68-75.
Mardell, J. 'A Certain Magic... University of York at 50' in C20 Magazine (November 2012). Moggridge, Hal. Strategic Review of the Landscape (York, 1992).
Patmore, C, 'History Tales from Heslington Hall’s Gardens', Fishergate, Fulford & Heslington Local History Society (FFH Occasional Papers No. 2, July 2022).
Phiri, M., Worthington, J., and Leaman, A. Briefing a Continuous Building Programme: Factors for Success: 35 Years of Briefing and Design at the University of York (York, 1999).
'University of York: Building Study', Architects' Journal, 142, no. 24 (15 Dec 1965), 1435-58.
Wood, G. Bernard. 'Old Buildings for a New University', Country Life (3 Oct 1963), 322-324.
Deeson, A. F. L. 'The University of Sussex', The Brick Bulletin 5, 8 (8 Jan 1965).
Newnham, C. E. 'Conserving Campus Landscapes' (M.A. thesis, University of York, 1996).
Perkin, George. Concrete in Architecture (London, 1968).
Pevsner, Nikolaus. Yorkshire and the East Riding (London, 1972), 23-29, 59-66, 186-190, 365-377, 461-467.
Roth, Alfred. New School Building (London, 1966).
Saint, Andrew. Towards a Social Architecture: The Role of School Building in Post-War England (1987).
Stephen, D., K. Frampton, and M. Carapetian. British Buildings 1960-1964 (London, 1965).
HE and the New Universities
Higher Education and the New Universities
Anderson, R.D. Universities and Elites in Britain since 1800 (London, 1992).
Armytage, Walter Harry Green. Civic Universities: Aspects of a British Tradition (London, 1955).
Beloff, M. The Plateglass Universities (London, 1968).
Berdhal, Robert O. British Universities and the State (London, 1959).
Daiches, David. The Idea of a New University: An Experiment in Sussex (London, 1964).
James, E. The next ten years in education (1970).
James, E. Plato's ideas on art and education (York, 1975).
Lowe, Roy. Education in the Post-War Years: A Social History (London, 1988).
McClintock, M.E. The University of Lancaster: Quest for Innovation, a history of the first ten years, 1964-1974 (Lancaster, 1974).
Muthesius, Stefan. The Postwar University: Utopianist Campus and College (2000).
Niblett, W.R. The Expanding University: A Report (London, 1962).
Perkin, H.J. Case Studies on Innovation in Higher Education: New Universities in the UK (OECD, 1969).
Rees, H. A University is Born: the Story of the Foundation of the University of Warwick (Coventry, 1989).
Ross, Murray G. New Universities in the Modern World (London, 1966).
Shattock, Michael. The UGC and the Management of British Universities (Buckingham, 1994).
Shattock, Michael (ed.) Making a University: A celebration of Warwick's first 25 years (Coventry, 1991).
Silver, Harold, Tradition and Higher Education (Winchester, 2007).
Sloman, A.E. A University in the Making (Reith Lectures, BBC, 1964).
Thompson, E.P. (ed.) Warwick University Ltd: Industry, Management and the Universities (Penguin Education Special, 1970).
Tolley, Brian H. The History of the University of Nottingham (2 vols, 2001).
University Grants Committee. A Strategy for Higher Education into the 1990s: The University Grant Committee's Advice (London, 1984).
University Grants Committee. The Development of Higher Education into the 1990s (London, 1985).
University Grants Committee. University Development 1952-1957 (London, 1961).
University Grants Committee. University Development 1957-1962 (London, 1964).
City of York
York - City, businesses and people
Feinstein, C. (ed.). York 1831-1981: 150 Years of Scientific Endeavour and Social Change (York, 1981)
Fitzgerald, Robert. Rowntree and the Marketing Revolution 1862-1969 (Cambridge, 1995).
Freeman, Mark. The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust: A Study in Quaker Philanthropy and Adult Education 1904-1954 (York, 2004).
Morrell, J. B. The City of Our Dreams (York, 1940).
Morrell, J. B. How York Governs Itself (London, 1928).
Pare, Philip. Eric Milner-White, 1884-1963: A Memoir (London, 1965).
Richardson, A. E. The Oliver Sheldon Memorial Lecture (York, 1954).
Robertson, Emma. ''The Romance of the Cocoa Bean': Women, Gender and Imperialism in the Rowntree Chocolate Industry' (Ph.D. thesis, University of York, 2004).
Rowntree, B. Seebohm. The Human Factor in Business (London, 1938).