Report of the Royal Commission on the operation of the Sunday Closing (Wales) Act,
Report of the Royal Commission on the operation of the Sunday Closing (Wales) Act, 1881, with papers relating thereto, 1889-90, including copies of letters from Jonathan Davies to the secretary of the commission, and printed forms of petition issued by Cymdeithas Ddirwestol Meirion and Cymanfa Ddirwestol Gwynedd, the latter under the name of D. R. Daniel, Fourcrosses.
Report of visit to Frankfurt to meet German slate merchants,
Report on a visit to Frankfurt and Cologne, Germany,
Report on a visit to French and Belgian slate quarries,
Rhestr o Fythynod Adfeiliedig Ardal Nant Gwynant,
Composition comprising a brief history of the ruined cottages of the vale of Nant Gwynant, by Ceri Owen.
Rule book of the National Association of Slate Merchants and Slaters,
Share certificate of Robert Roberts, Tan-y-marian, Blaenau Ffestiniog,
An appendix records the transfer of the share to his son Robert R. Roberts of Newborough.
Slate account and production book,
Minutes of a Slate Conference, 5 April 1940, at Abbey House, Westminster, to discuss the position of the UK slate industry. Includes related letters.
Letters and copy minutes of an emergency meeting of the Association, 1912, to discuss opening a slate trade with Canada. Includes a report on possible business ties following a tour of Canada by E. Andrews, with list of Canadian merchants and architects.
Copy letter to the Association, from Richard Bowton, and copy of a report of a meeting with Irish local officials concerning the use of French slate ahead of the approved Portmadoc slates, for use in Ireland under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts 1883 to 1906.
Slate prices, 1872, 1891, 1893, 1902-1904. Includes an undated card from the Suzerne Slate Quarrying and manufacturing company, Slatinton, Pennsylvania.
Price quotation for second or third size slates on quarry bank.
Records and papers of various quarries in which Davies Brothers had financial interests, comprising Whitland Abbey Gilfach Quarries, [1890]-1918, Precelly Green and Rustic Slate Company Limited, 1897-1941, Oakeley Slate Quarries Company Limited, 1933-1957, Maen Offeren Slate Quarry Company Limited, 1906-1957, Diphwys Slate Quarry Company Limited, 1909-1937, and Tyrch Quarry, Mynachlogddu, 1933-1942.
Records relating to slate quarries in which Jonathan Davies had business interests-mainly as liquidator, including Bugail Slate Company Limited, 1875-1905; Moelpenamnan Quarry, 1873; Votty and Bowydd Slate Quarries Company, Limited, 1885-1933; and Wrysgan Slate Quarry Co. Ltd, 1859-1933.
English translation of an original composition by Pierce Davies which was awarded the first prize at the Ffestiniog Eisteddfod, 1867.
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.
Printed promotional leaflet giving buildings and names of architects where the slate was used.
South Caernarvonshire Board of Conservators,
Circular letter from the clerk of the Board of Conservators, with abstract accounts for 1902.
Statistics of slates transported by ship and rail from Porthmadog,