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Material relating to the British Coal Utilisation Research Association including Articles of Association, 1938; annual report, 1942; minutes and papers of General Meetings, 1938-1947; minutes of Council meetings, 1938-1946; minutes and memoranda of the Domestic Fuel and Appliances Commmittee, 1946; minutes of the Programmes Advisory Committee, 1938-1946.

Material relating to Robert Foot's "Plan for Coal," which addressed the issue of the transfer of the mining industry into public ownership. Includes Foot's report to the British Coal Utilisation Research Association Council, 1945; minutes of proceedings at a meeting of the chairmen and managing directors of colliery companies in the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association with Robert Foot, 1945; and notes on a deputation to the Minister of Fuel and Power regarding the nationalisation of mines, 1946.

Material relating to first aid in coal mines, comprising an application for the provision of transport to convey injured workmen to the pit bottom, and administrative correspondence and papers regarding the appointment of registered nurses at collieries.

Material relating to proposed group pension schemes for Monmouthshire and South Wales miners, colliery officials and clerks comprising circulars, memoranda, draft schemes, letters, reports, benefits and costs summaries, and draft life insurance schemes.

Material relating to the proposed Miners' Pension Scheme comprising correspondence, circulars, memoranda, notes of a deputation to the Minister of Health, statistical data, draft schemes, Conciliation Board minutes, and printed items.

Memoranda and correspondence relating to the Miners' Pension Scheme, including correspondence with the South Wales Miners' Federation incorporating the original offer of the owners, 1936-1937; correspondence with the Minister of Health, Minister of Labour and the Unemployment Assistance Board, 1935-1936; and minutes of the Pensions Joint Sub-Committee, 1937-1938.

Committee papers relating to discussions on topics raised from the 1915 Agreement, including Sunday night shifts, light work and the war bonus. Material comprises shorthand minutes, memoranda, letters, circulars and agenda.

Correspondence regarding points raised under the 1915 Conciliation Board Agreement, comprising letters from companies concerned and replies (guidance) of the Association. Packets 151-200.

Material relating to negotiations between the Coal Owners Association and the Anthracite Enginemen, Stokers and Outside Craftsmen's representatives for increased rates of pay and reduced working hours. Material includes correspondence, meeting notices and circulars, and minutes of meetings of the Enginemen Wages Committee.

Material relating to the renewing of the 1910 Time Agreement for winding enginemen including statistical tables showing the relative wages of enginemen under previous general wage agreements, correspondence and letters regarding the reaction of enginemen towards the proposed Agreement and the efforts of some to avoid signing it, and memoranda from other coalfields reporting the wages and conditions of enginemen in those districts.

Correspondence regarding the attitude of the Coal Owners Association towards these regulations, which were thought to affect colliery sidings, with members, the Mining Association of Great Britain, and other interested bodies. Also included are copies of the rules, with copies of the amendments sought by the Mining Association of Great Britain Parliamentary Committee, and the objections of the Bristol Channel Dock Owners Association to the draft regulations.

Correspondence regarding the establishment and composition of this commission, and the evidence given on behalf of South Wales (1903-1905); printed copies of the Trades Disputes Bill (1903) and the Trades Disputes Act (1906); also tables of statistics and memoranda relating to strikes which took place prior to the 1906 Act.

Material relating to a National Wage Agreement which includes letters and notices regarding the termination of the 1924 Conciliation Board Agreement and negotiations for a new Wage Agreement for miners; an interim Wage Agreement between the Mines Department and the Mining Association of Great Britain (MAGB); subvention claim forms for collieries with terms and instructions for their use; letters regarding the appointment of a Court of Inquiry; proof of evidence given on behalf of the MAGB; and supporting statistical statements. Also included are notes and statements regarding 8-hour days and the wages of the Saar miners, and a verbatim account of an interview with the Russian Trade Delegation, June 1925.

Correspondence with Lady [Juliet] Rhys Williams on the effects of railway rates and shipping charges on the South Wales coal trade.

Correspondence and printed matter relating to the establishment of a University Department of Mining at the Treforest School of Mines.

Material relating to a series of articles published under the title 'Pioneers of the South Wales Coalfield', by David Phillips, comprising copies of the individual articles and correspondence between Phillips and Finlay Gibson (Coal Owners Association) concerning the articles.

File contains a printed report of the Royal Commission on Mining Royalties, 1893; memorandum compiled as a result of a questionnaire to colliery companies in South Wales and Monmouthshire, 1933; return by the Mining Association of Great Britain of rents, royalties, and way-leaves for Great Britain, 1936; tabulated statement of the royalities, deadrents, and wayleaves paid by collieries in South Wales, 1931-2; schedule of 'temporary concessions' and 'unreasonable burdens' relating to the same topic.

Material relating to negotiations for a higher wage rate for miners including a statistical survery of the coal trade prior and subsequent to the Wages Award of 1934; district (Glamorgan, Swansea, Monmouth) statistics on coal sold for export; correspondence and memoranda relating to the miners' claim for higher wages; statement of the Coal Owners' case and notes of meetings between representatives of the Coal Owners and the Miners' Federation of Great Britain.

Memoranda, miscellaneous statistics, documents and papers relating to the claims by miners for higher wages. There is also an index to the contents.

Material relating to the government's plans for the future of the mining industry, and also relating to schemes for the training of juvenile entrants in the coal mining industry and for training colliery firemen, and the nationalisation of the coal mining industry. Material includes responses to proposed policy by the Mining Association of Great Britain, the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association, the British Iron and Steel Federation, and the Joint Technical Advisory Committee, among others, and comprises reports, memoranda, draft policies, copies of addresses, circular letters and papers, some printed items.