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Title
Date(s)
- 1882-1900. (Creation)
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Fonds
Extent and medium
7 vols.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Sir James Weeks Szlumper (1834-1926), civil engineer, began his career with a London firm of engineers. In 1853 he was appointed surveyor of Cardiganshire, a position which he held for the next 25 years, and also served as deputy engineer of the Manchester and Milford Railway. It was Szlumper who secured the contract for the construction of the railway line between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen, and also of the light railway which still runs from Aberystwyth to Devil's Bridge (the Vale of Rheidol Railway). Szlumper also worked on railway lines in Montgomeryshire, on the Barry Railway, the Cardiff-Ogmore Line and the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway, as well as on railways in Devon.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
J. Beddow, Esq., former clerk to J. W. Szlumper; Westminster, London; Purchase; August 1931
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers collected by Sir James Weeks Szlumper, 1882-1900, mainly relating to railways in Glamorgan and the south of England, namely the Barry Dock & Railway, the Vale of Glamorgan Railway, the Plymouth, Devonport and Southwestern Junction Railway, the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway and the proposed Lynmouth and Minehead Light Railway; and material relating to the court cases involving Pethick Bros of Plymouth v. the Vale of Glamorgan Railway and James Nuttall of Manchester v. the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Company.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: 9241-9247.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 131 (NOTE: overall (fonds) description only, not of individual files contained within the fonds).
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
A manuscript volume containing Acts of Parliament promoted by the town of Aberystwyth, 1780-1874, was removed after deposit.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 9241-9247.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2003. Description revised by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); May 2011.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW Project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW Schedule of Szlumper Papers; KnowUK website (http://www.knowuk.co.uk), viewed 11 April 2003; e-mails from Jacqueline Hardcastle, great-grand-daughter of Albert Weeks Szlumper, 24 December 2009, 11 January 2010.