GB 0103 MS ADD 401 - Adams Autobiography

1 volume

GB 0103 MS ADD 401 1891 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Adams , William Alexander , 1821-1896 , engineer
Born at Quintero, Chile, 1821; came to London, 1826; worked in the carriage works of his father, William Bridges Adams, and uncle, c1836-1846; became manager of the London Works, Birmingham, 1846; in business with George Alcock, 1846-1850; began his own business, 1850; member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; presented papers on railway carriages and wagons, 1850, 1852; formed the Midland Wagon Company, 1853; elected Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1865; a director of Muntz's Metal Company; introduced into the USA the purchase lease system of letting railway wagons, 1874; formed the Union Rolling Stock Company for financing wagons on that system in the USA, 1875; presented to the Institution of Civil Engineers a paper on railway rolling stock capacity, 1876; director of the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank; Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire; died at Gaines, Herefordshire, 1896. Publications: Twenty-six years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse Moors (H Cox, London, 1889); Bores and Loads for Sporting Guns for British game shooting (H Cox, London, 1894).

Received from Brian Adams via Professor Frederick Rosen in 1997.

Bound typescript autobiography, 'The Record of a Busy Life', by William Adams, 1891, detailing his life in Chile, London, and the Midlands, including family history, family and associates, business, and other reminiscences, with a two-page printed biography from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol cxxiv, Session 1895-1896, pt ii) inserted.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.
English
Binding in poor condition.

Collection level description.

Microfilm copy at University College London Special Collections.

University College London Special Collections also holds correspondence between William Bridges Adams and his wife Elizabeth and her father Francis Place, concerning their travels in South America (Ref: MS ADD 396), correspondence of William Bridges Adams with Sir Edwin Chadwick (Ref: CHADWICK), and various other papers of Francis Place.

Sources: biography from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol cxxiv, Session 1895-1896, pt ii; British Library OPAC. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jun 2001 England London Place , family Adams , William Alexander , 1821-1896 , engineer Adams , family Transport engineering Literature Literary forms and genres Prose Autobiographies Scientific personnel Scientists Engineers Transport Vehicles Trains UK Western Europe Europe Chile South America Birmingham Warwickshire Engineering personnel Personnel People by occupation People

Received from Brian Adams via Professor Frederick Rosen in 1997.

Bound typescript autobiography, 'The Record of a Busy Life', by William Adams, 1891, detailing his life in Chile, London, and the Midlands, including family history, family and associates, business, and other reminiscences, with a two-page printed biography from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol cxxiv, Session 1895-1896, pt ii) inserted.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• English

• Latin

English

University College London Special Collections also holds correspondence between William Bridges Adams and his wife Elizabeth and her father Francis Place, concerning their travels in South America (Ref: MS ADD 396), correspondence of William Bridges Adams with Sir Edwin Chadwick (Ref: CHADWICK), and various other papers of Francis Place.

Collection level description.

Microfilm copy at University College London Special Collections.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English