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Manuscripts and printed works, 1818-1895, of Lady Charlotte Guest (née Bertie, other married name Schreiber), comprising journals, 1824-1891 (with gaps); papers relating to the iron and coal industries at Dowlais, 1818-1853; and copies of her printed books, 1888-1895.

Manuscripts, 1818-1853, relating to the iron and coal industries at Dowlais, Glamorgan, comprising a notebook of Sir John Guest, 1818-1841, and transcripts of reports, 1851-1853.

Notebook, 1818-1841, of Sir John Guest containing various memoranda relating mainly to the iron and coal industries, including analysis of iron ores and various technical data; notes of tonnage of iron made at Dowlais and transported by canal; record of prices of bar iron; numbers of men, boys and girls working at Dowlais, 1818; together with a few political notes, notably an estimate of 'supposed influence in Glamorgan Boroughs'.

Journal, 21 August-23 October 1824, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Paris; with a few rough sketches (ff. [80 verso]-[82 verso]).

Journals, 1824, 1827-1859, 1869-1891, of Lady Charlotte Guest (née Bertie, other married name Schreiber).
Summaries and short extracts from journals III-XVI were published in The Diaries of Lady Charlotte Guest, ed. by the Earl of Bessborough (1950), and from volumes XVI-XXXI in Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extracts from her Journal, 1853-91, ed. by the Earl of Bessborough (1952). Extracts from volumes XI-XIII relating to the translation of the Mabinogion were published in D. Rhys Phillips, Lady Charlotte Guest and the Mabinogion (Carmarthen, 1921). Volumes XIX-XXVII were published in Lady Charlotte Schreiber's Journals: Confidences of a Collector of Ceramics and Antiques, ed. by Montague J. Guest & Egan Mew, 2 vols (1911).

Journal, 1 January 1827-20 April 1828, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Uffington, [Lincolnshire], and London.

Journal, 22 April 1828-30 April 1829, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Uffington, [Lincolnshire], and London.

Journal, 30 April 1829-23 September 1832, of Lady Charlotte Bertie, in Uffington, [Lincolnshire], and London.
At least 7 ff. (covering late September 1832-May 1833) have been removed by Lady Charlotte herself (see R. Guest & A. John, Lady Charlotte (1989), p. 18).

Journal, 29 July 1833-1 February 1835, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Sussex, Dowlais and Uffington. Cuttings from the Weymouth Journal, 5 September 1856, are also included.

Journal, 31 January 1835-20 November 1837, of Lady Charlotte Guest at London and Dowlais.

Journal, 21 November 1837-28 March 1841, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Dowlais and Sully, [Glamorgan].
Record of iron manufacture, June 1896, inserted between pp. 8 and 9.

Journal, 29 March 1841-23 June 1844, of Lady Charlotte Guest, at Dowlais, London and Sully, with tours in Belgium and Germany.
Papers loose inside the volume include engraved views of Wesel, [Germany]; a poster, 1830, relating to the 'Swing riots' in Northamptonshire, sent to her stepfather, Rev. Peter W. Pegus; and notes and rough sketches of architectural details, a hand mangle and a domestic iron (10 ff.).

Journal, 24 June 1844-7 March 1848, of Lady Charlotte Guest in London, Sully, Dowlais, Canford [Magna, nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset], and Scotland.

Journal, 8 March 1848-26 February 1851, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Canford, Dowlais and Scotland.

Journal, 27 February 1851-1 September 1853, of Lady Charlotte Guest, in London, Paris, Dowlais and Canford.
Papers loose in the volume comprise a postcard, 1897, from Messrs Birdsall, Northampton, [bookbinders], to Lady Charlotte's daughter, Mrs K[atherine Gwladys] Alderson, Lutterworth; and a letter, 1976, from John [Guest], Connecticut, to Dowager Viscountess Wimborne, enclosing photocopies of 8 pp., covering 18-22 July 1853, from a separate 'Works Journal' of Lady Charlotte in his possession.

A volume containing transcripts of reports, 1851-1853, on the Dowlais Collieries, prepared by Thomas E. Wales, Nicholas Wood, [George] Martin, [mine agent], and John Evans, [works manager], addressed to Sir J. J. Guest and later to Lady Charlotte (pp. 1-94, 155-178). Also included are details of the power of engines used at the Dowlais Works (pp. 204-206).
Loose in the volume is a manuscript statement concerning a strike at Dowlais in 1853 (9 ff.).

Journal, 1 September 1853-28 December 1854, 10 April-3 June 1855, of Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber), in Canford, Dowlais, London, France and Italy.
Also included are loose notes for a journal, 1858-1860 (9 ff.).

Journal, 1 January 1856-20 October 1857, of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, at Canford, London, Dowlais and Brighton.

Journal, 20 October 1857-23 September 1859 (pp. 1-179) and January 1863 (pp. 179-181, summarising events of 1860-1862), of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, at Roehampton, Margam and Canford.

Records, September 1869-August 1872, of Lady Charlotte Schreiber's ceramic collection, giving details of provenance and price paid (ff. 1-28, 30-50, rectos only); followed by a journal, May-November 1869, of collecting in Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland, France, Scotland and England (ff. 51-58, 60-74).