W. E. Gladstone visit to Caernarfon,
Telegrams and letter to Jonathan Davies from J. Bryn Roberts, Sir Osmond Williams, etc., and a printed poster in Welsh, in connection with the visit of William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister, to Caernarfon.
Papers relating to Jonathan Davies's period as a prominent member of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist church in Caernarfonshire. Of particular interest are the groups of papers relating to the campaign against Sunday opening, 1889-1890 and letters and papers relating to the Welsh Ministers' Fund appeal in support of the Welsh undenominational church at Cape Town, South Africa.
Papers relating to his activities as a slate merchant with his brother Richard Davies, as company liquidator of several local quarry companies; his own business interests, 1859-1933; the construction and renovation of rail networks in the Ffestiniog and Porthmadog area, 1867-1920; Porthmadog harbour improvements, 1913-1920; and miscellaneous business interests, 1883-1904.
Annual report and balance sheet,
Printed annual report submitted to the Annual General Meeting held in Edinburgh.
Share certificate.
Printed annual report, balance sheet and statement of accounts for years ending 1912-1919, 1922-1932. There is also a notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting for the reduction and re-organisation of capital, 1922.
Copy lease, 1 January 1872, for 72 years by John Ralph Ormsby Gore, Brogyntyn, to James Clarke, Newton Heath, Manchester, at a yearly rent of £50, of a portion of an inclined plane tramway or railway situated at Tanygrysiau in p. Ffestiniog, co. Merioneth, from the Wrysgan Slate Quarries to the Ffestiniog Railway, with a copy lease by James Clarke, Newton Heath, Manchester, of a wayleave over a the same at Tanygrysiau, p. Ffestiniog, at a rent of £25 per annum, 1874.
Printed annual reports submitted to the annual general meeting of the shareholders. Included are notices of Extraordinary Meetings, 1891.
Correspondence, minutes, reports, etc., relating to the promotion of, and proposed extensions of, the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway; the Portmadoc, Beddgelert, and South Snowdon Railway; and the Portmadoc, Beddgelert, Dinas, and Caernarfon Narrow Gauge Railways.
Slate stocks, supply and shipments,
Papers relating to the location of slate stocks and the supply of orders, 1877-1915, method of transportation, 1894-1899, and supply of slate from building work at Bangor University, 1907-1911.
Price lists and specifications,
Papers comprising quarry reports, 1863-1945, price lists for purchase of slate in the UK, Europe and North America, but mainly North Wales, 1872-1905, and price lists of Davies Brothers, 1904-1917.
North Wales slate quarries price lists,
North Wales slate quarries price lists,
Printed promotional leaflet giving buildings and names of architects where the slate was used.
Price quotation for second or third size slates on quarry bank.
Slate account and production book,
Agreement between Alfred Pritchard, Rosebush, Clynderwen co. Pemb., quarry proprietor and Richard Davies of Davies Brothers of Porthmadog, co. Caern, slate merchants and agents, for the sale and purchase of the whole produce of the Gilfach Green Slate Quarry.
Circulars, business cards, price lists and other promotional items.