Letter Books of W Gilbertson & Co Ltd, Pontardawe, 1890-1929
Details:
- Author(s) Jackson, P W (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2001
- Pages 420pp; illus
- Publisher South Wales Record Society
- Place Published Cardiff
Topics:
- Name Health & safety at work inc legislation & regulation
- Name Worker / employee housing & communities
- Name Worker / employee & industrial relations inc conflict, negotiation, demarcation, perogative, etc
- Name Worker / employee management inc control
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Extracts from outletter books for years, 1890-1929, arranged by trade and exports; growth and decline; financial performance; man management; labour relations; health and safety; company village; leisure pursuits. Contains much routine correspondence illustrating business processes. Has introductory chapters: 'William Gilbertson, founder of an industrial dynasty'; 'The Gilbertson family and Pontardawe, 1861-90'; 'The letter books - industrial and social context, 1890-1929'. Includes much about the Gilbertson family and their management style / paternalism. Some coverage of Capital & Counties Bank / Parrs Bank; British Mannesman Tube Co Ltd; Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, solicitors, London. The letters were used extensively in the writer's doctoral thesis 'Industrial Paternalism in the Welsh Tinplate Trade in the Nineteenth Century', Cardiff, 1986