Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1878-1920 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.131 cubic metres (65 volumes)
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Croesor slate quarry, near Penrhyndeudraeth, Merionethshire, first opened in the 1850s, and was operated by Croesor United Slate Co. Ltd until it closed in 1878. Nearby Parc quarry was opened c. 1870, employing up to 50 men, coming under the management of the engineer Moses Kellow (1862-1943). In 1895, Croesor quarry was reopened under Kellow's management and run in conjunction with Parc quarry by the Parc and Croesor Slate Quarries Company Limited, producing 5,000 tonnes of slate per annum. The two quarries were notable for being totally underground and for the technical innovations introduced by Kellow such as the first use of electric locomotives and his patent rock drill. Despite these innovations, the mines declined in the early 20th century, and Parc closed in 1920, and Croesor in 1930.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The archive appears to have been donated by the estate of Bob Owen, Croesor, 1964.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Press letter books, 1878-1920, press invoice books, 1878-1919, account books, 1893-1920, and a minute book, 1900-1901.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically into the following series: press letter books, press invoice books, pay account books, and expenses/petty cash books.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
The usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Croesor United Slate Company. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
January 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Croesor Slate Quarries Records; 'The Park and Croesor Quarries' (www.llechicymru.info/PDF/Croesor.pdf), originally printed in the Slate Trade Gazette, February 1911, viewed 14 November 2003; Richards, Alun John, A Gazeteer of the Welsh Slate Industry (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1991); Richards, Alun John, The Slate Regions of North and Mid Wales and their Railways (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1999).