Ephemera

Ref Description

...............Box of paperwork, photographs, some Holman museum information

...............Russian diploma

...............Text regarding N Holman and Trevithick

...............Original patent 8152 to John Henry Holman and James Miners Holman for �improvements in machines for drilling or perforating rocks or other hard substances�. 4th June 1888

199.........Record of drills supplied to customers June 1929 � Feb 1932

200.........Holman Bros. Souvenir Catalogue of the British Empire Exhibition 1924

206.........Record of drills supplied to customers. Sales ledger. August 1925 � January 1933

211.........Holman�s Newsletter 1951. Extract regarding work in Bulawayo, Rhodesia

212.........Working notebook (circa 1931) Plans, working and results

217.........Apprenticeship Indenture 1901 (for boys)

218.........Certificate from Mitchell Construction and the Breadalbane Hydro Electric Scheme to certify Trev. Holman Esq. As a supplier of compressors and drills which established The World Rock Tunnelling Record, from 20 � 27 October 1955

219.........Apprentice Indenture

220.........Certificate of Employment 10th September 1978

223.........Family tree of the Coad Family. Holman Employers

227.........Advert for Water Cleanser, Universal Exposition, Paris 1900

228.........Rock Drilling on the Rand. Drills from Holman � 3� inch 1908

229.........Australian Record � opinions on Holman Rock Drill 1909

232.........Illustration of the method of Timbering and Excavating a Rise

235.........Holman Bros. Prices of Materials. Camborne Foundry and Engine Works. January 1st 1889

237.........Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1900 � Maison Holman Freres

241.........Diploma for Gold Medal (copy) 1900

244.........November 1955, World Tunnelling Record

245.........Booklet: Mussens Ltd, Montreal. Incl. Photograph of a Holman drill at work in 18-inch stope, South Africa.

246.........Certificate: �Richard Carthew Holman has following in the footsteps of such explorers as Livingstone� And returned hence to tell the tale

247.........Transvaal Stope Drill Competition 1909. Report of the Committee

248.........Letter from W. Hosking (mine manager) regarding the Homan Rock Drill � unrivalled for low upkeep

249.........Supplement of the Mining World and Engineering Record June 18, 1910

251.........Poster advertising the use of Holman equipment by Indian and Colonial Governments and being found in the worlds leading mining camps.

...............Embossed testimonial to James Miners Holman JP 16th July 1917 from No. 1 and No. 3 office and works staff and the London and Johannesburg offices accompanying a gift of a silver tray on the occasion of his birthday � gives the names of the staff in the offices and works named