Welshman Newspaper and Steam-Printing Co., records

This material is held atArchifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire Archives

Scope and Content

Minute books, 1889-1899; register of shareholders, 1902-1913; printed annual reports and statements of account, 1890-1914; wages book, 1897-1937; bank pass-books, 1898-1928; correspondence, [1889]-1905; photographs and illustrations, [1894]-[1899]; and letter to the depositor, 1975.

NB There are no copies of the newspaper in this archive.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Welshman Newspaper and Steam-Printing Co. Ltd, in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, published The Welshman newspaper, launched c. 1830 as The Welshman and General Advertiser for the Principality of Wales. In 1942, the paper changed its name to The Welshman. It was bought by the proprietors of the Carmarthen Journal in the late 1940s and ceased being published in 1984.

Arrangement

Arranged into the following: 1979 deposit; 1982 deposit.

Access Information

Ar Agor / Open

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Acquisition Information

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Note

Acc Nos: 5518; & 5944.

Other Finding Aids

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen / Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Carmarthenshire Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Carmarthenshire Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Archivist's Note

Compiled by Rhys Jones for Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire Archives using the following source: Carmarthenshire Archives Service, Business Records; Jones, Aled, 'The Newspaper Press in Wales 1804-1945', in Jones, Philip Henry, and Eiluned Rees, A Nation and its Books: A history of the book in Wales (Aberystwyth, 1998).

Appraisal Information

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Carmarthenshire Archives have been retained

Custodial History

Deposited by Mr D. E. T. Lewis, Llanllawddog, 1979, 1982

Accruals

Mae croniadau yn bosibl / Accruals are possible

Related Material

Further papers are privately held, see Business Archives Council Company Archives 1986, no 642. Carmarthenshire Archives holds copies of The Welshman.