Just to set the record straight:
1) Material at Holman's had been continually pruned over the past 200
years - what the Trevithick Society now holds is far from being their entire
records.
2) The Camborne Holman archives are held at Cornwall County Record Office
and the St Just Holman and Penzance Dry-dock (also Holmans) archives are
currently at Geevor Mine.
3) After the recent closure of Holmans the Trevithick Society acquired about
30000 negatives, slides etc; some of these predate the 1950s but most of
them are from 1960 onwards.
4) The 2.5 tons quoted includes a collection of heavy machinery: rock
drills, compressors etc - the paperwork only amounted to several kilos. The
machinery is mostly on display at King Edward Mine which is open to the
public.
5) Some historically important Trevithick/Harvey family papers have been in
the possession of the society for some time (they were not part of the most
recent acquisition) and are currently at the CRO. The paperwork from
Holmans is far less historically important but will be kept by the society.
It may be a pleasant windfall - it is also something of a headache as we
need to obtain funding to enable us to properly conserve these archives and
ultimately make them available for research.
Pete Joseph (Trevithick Society Curator)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Besleme" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: libraries
> In a message dated 10/16/2004 5:46:22 PM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> The Trevithick Society recently
> recieved the entire records of Holmans the compressor makers - who
started
> out as a foundry and manufactured many of Richard Trevithicks prototypes
> including the road locomotive. The collection includes 2.5tons of paper
> (including letters writtian and signed by Richard Trevithick) and 74000
> negatives covering everything from manufacturing to staff weddings &
> babies - a complete social history.
>
>
> Certainly a pleasant windfall for the Trevethick Society and future
> researchers.
>
> Jim Besleme
>
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