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Papers of Pierce Davies (d. 1882), father of Richard and Jonathan Davies, and slate quarry manager of Hendrefechan, Nanmor and Hafod-y-llan, Beddgelert.

Comprises letters to his son Richard, 1872 (references to the construction of the Ffestiniog-Betws-y-Coed Railway, mining ventures, the Methodist association), letters from his wife, Jane Davies from London, 1873 (reference to the Tichborne trial), letters from William Pierce, Ore Banks, Virginia, 1878-1881, relating to the death of his son David, letters from Daniel Rowlands, Normal College, Bangor, 1870, concerning the new School Board for Beddgelert, Joseph Thomas, Carno, 1876, and T. A. Masey, 1867, about Hafod-y-llan slate quarry. The papers also include evidence [c.1870s] by him on slate quarries in the neighbourhood of the proposed Merioneth railway from Ffestiniog to join the Cambrian Railway at Talsarnau; several items, presumably intended for publication in the local press, including reminiscences of 'Ysgol Pentre'r Felin', 'Ysgol Tremadoc', ‘Yr Eisteddfod’, ‘Maddeuant’, etc. Copy of W. R. Spencer’s Gelert's Grave, presented by Pierce Davies to H. D. Hughes in memory of David, son of Pierce, who was killed by lightning, 1 October 1853; newspaper cuttings, 1876-1879, most undated; various receipts, 1866-1876; and 'Hir-a-thoddeidiau' in memory of Pierce Davies, submitted for competition at an eisteddfod at Tabernacle [Porthmadog], 1883.

Programme for the opening of Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog, by Dr. T. H. Parry-Williams, Aberystwyth.

Copy will and probate of Pierce Davies, 51 High Street, Porthmadog, husband of Jane Davies, and father of Jonathan and Richard Davies.

Will and probate of Jane Davies, widow of Pierce Davies, and mother of Jonathan Davies. Includes copy of her death certificate.

Miscellaneous prose items relating to local subjects, and probably entered in local eisteddfod competitions.

Brief history, author unknown, of Hafod Garregog and Rhys Goch, the early 15th century poet.

Copy agreement between University College of North Wales, Bangor, and Messrs Davies Brothers, 1907, for the supply of Precelly slates for the new college building. Includes correspondence, 1907-1911, many concerning objections to their use, and accounts relating to their cartage. Writers include Sir John Edward Lloyd, L. D. Jones ('Llew Tegid'), Henry T. Hare, Architect, R. B. Hogg, Surveyor, and J. Stanford, clerk of the works. Printed booklets ‘University College of North Wales, Bangor’, 1907, containing details of the proposed buildings, and souvenir publication of the opening by H.M. King George V, 14 July 1911.

Written by Edward M. Goodwin, Whitland, architect.

Records of the Precelly Green and Rustic Slate Company, previously known as the Gilfach Green Slate Quarry, including promotional items, 1897-1941; agreements for sale and purchase, 1919; memoranda, 1920-1934; production costs, 1920-1941; balance sheets, 1922-1931; and pay sheets, 1934-1939.

Agreements for the sale and purchase of the Precelly slate quarry, between Alfred Prichard of Clynderwen co. Pemb., and Jonathan Davies of Bryn Eirian, Porthmadog, co. Caern, proprietors, and the Precelly Green and Rustic Slate Company Limited, 23 January and 26 April 1919.

Records of the Diphwys Slate Quarry Company, Blaenau Ffestiniog, comprising financial records, 1909-1936; memorandum and articles of association, 1919; register of members etc., 1919-1926; directors attendance book and reports, 1919-1932; minute book, 1919-1936; daybook, 1920-1927; press letter book, 1935-1937; and photographs, [early twentieth century].

Originally used as a cash account book, 1909-1915. Later used to record monthly subsistence lists, 1919-1925, pp 45, 80-140.

Includes incomplete draft copy.