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Title
Date(s)
- 1863-1957. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
9 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Davies Brothers Slate Merchants, Porthmadog, was a company co-founded with his brother Richard Davies in 1879, from a business established in 1877 by Jonathan Davies.
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Scope and content
Papers of Davies Brothers, Porthmadog, slate merchants, including details of stock; and supply and shipments, 1877-1915; price lists and specifications of slate being supplied by various quarries, 1863-1947; records of quarries in which the company had financial interests, [1890]-1957; Government Housing Scheme, 1908-1924; papers relating to the Ffestiniog District Slate Quarry Proprietors' Association, 1902-1934; North Wales slate industry, 1875-1919; and printed works relating to the slate industry in North Wales, [c.1891]-1947.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into seven series; Slate stocks, supply and shipments; price lists and specifications; quarries; Government Housing Scheme; Ffestiniog District Slate Quarry Proprietors' Association; North Wales slate industry; and printed material.
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Note
Preferred citation: BD.