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Material relating to various aspects of the coalmining industry in general, and to matters concerning the Coal Owners Association, such as wage rates, taxation, the improvement of docks and railways, the Sliding Scale, accidents, disputes and strikes at collieries throughout South Wales. Material includes Board, Council, and committee minutes; circulars; notices; reports; letters; bills and newspaper cuttings.

Reply forms, labelled 'A' and 'B', which were sent to colliery companies to collect information on the activities of the South Wales Miners' Federation regarding the holding of "Show Cards" on colliery premises to promote union membership. Some letters and circulars may be found within the volumes.

A series of administrative files, arranged by subject, consisting mainly of correspondence, circulars, memoranda, reports, meeting notes and miscellaneous papers, and printed items.

Annual summaries (March-March) of information submitted by the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association, giving details of membership, assured output, the number of pits in each district, and the names of Association members serving on various boards and committees.

Minute books of the Swansea District Board of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association. The minutes cover a range of activities, such as the Board's considerations of claims for compensation made by members within the district; passing resolutions embodying its recommendations on these claims for the consideration of Association meetings; conducting preliminary hearings on individual disputes; pursuing investigations of disputes and agreeing on settlements; consideration of reports from members; preliminary consideration of applications to join, or leave, the Association; annual revision of Assurances of members; the election of officers and the implementation of Association policy within the district.

Material related to the work of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association Transport Committee, comprising meeting minutes, agenda, notices and related papers.

Material relating to typical employment disputes at member companies, in which these companies sought the advice of the Association before submission to the Joint Disputes Committee. Material comprises mainly correspondence, usually between the company or colliery involved and the Association, and often with the South Wales Miners' Federation. Companies concerned include the Powell Dyffryn Steam Coal Co., the Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries, Evans & Bevan Ltd., the United National Collieries, the Brynhenllis Colliery, the Tredegar Iron and Coal Co., and the Thomas Merthyr Colliery Co.

Material relating to wage disputes dealt with by the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association. Material includes meeting notices; strike notices; summaries of claims for compensation owing to loss of output during stoppages; particulars relating to stoppages at specific collieries; and correspondence and papers relating to Conciliation Board negotiations, appointments, and joint recommendations and resolutions.

Material related to the work of the Windingmen's Conciliation Board, comprising minutes of proceedings and agreements and awards.