The Powering the World: Looking at Welsh Industry through Archives (PTW) project has been successfully completed. 10 collections, representing coal mining, slate quarrying, copper smelting, engineering, shipping and brewing, have been catalogued and are now available to the public. The project was recently featured in the National Cataloguing Grants Scheme: Five year review (pg 7)

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/pilgrim-trust-review.pdf 

The collections: 

South Wales:

Vivian and Sons Limited, West Glamorgan Archive Service

Emlyn Colliery and Brickworks, Carmarthenshire Archive Service

South Wales Transport Collection, Swansea University Archives

Cardiff Incorporated Chamber of Commerce, Glamorgan Archives

Powell Duffryn Limited, Glamorgan Archives

Waddle Engineering and Fan Company, Carmarthenshire Archive Service

North Wales:

Inigo Jones Ltd., Slate Merchants of Nantlle, Gwynedd Archives

Davies Bros., Slate Merchants, Porthmadog, Gwynedd Archives

Coppack Bros. & Co., Connah’s Quay, Flintshire Record Office

Wrexham Lager Company Papers, Wrexham Archives and Local Studies

Archives and Records Council of Wales (ARCW) has been awarded funding by CyMAL for a follow on project ‘Profiting from Powering the World’.  The new project will promote the collections, which have been catalogued, highlighting the importance of business archives and encouraging their use for research. Planned activities include a travelling exhibition, leaflet, web pages, and a one-day workshop. Highlights from the catalogued collections will be digitised and contributed to the People’s Collection Wales. The records of the South Wales Miners’ Museum collection will be catalogued in a linked bid from West Glamorgan Archive Service. 

For further information see the project blog at http://walespoweringtheworld.blogspot.com/