Catalogue

The Miner's Pocket Companion, a poem containing the principal accidents in collieries in the counties of Durham and Northumberland, also, the loss of the Royal Charter. Composed by George Cooke, of Byers Green, 1860

The Shields Garland No. 2: a series of poems/songs concerning coal mining and the north east of England, n.d. [c.1900]

"The Stir in the Auld Kip Way": a poem by Robert Armstrong, Pittington, 4 November 1922

Song Book containing 25 popular songs of the late Thomas Armstrong (Pitman's Poet). Compiled by his son, W.H. Armstrong. Second Edition, 1930

Coaldust Ballads: a series of songs, with musical scores, commemorating life in the pits and north east in general; published by the Workers' Music Association Ltd., October 1952

Photograph of a page of a paybill account book taken from [Haswell Colliery]: gives hewers' names, hewers' scores, narrow work, consideration and earnings, n.d. [c.1840]

12 April 1851 (1) William Coulson of Pespool, Haswell (2) William Curry of Haswell Lane, parish of Easington, pitman Conveyance of certain parcels of land in Pespool as specified. Consideration: £100

Copy of public notice advertising the auction sale of Wheatley Hill Colliery, Thornley Colliery and Ludworth Colliery at the Turk's Head Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne, 9 August 1877

Valuation of Haswell and Shotton Collieries, prepared by G. C. Greenwell and John B. Simpson, 23 May 1878

Photograph of painting giving a panoramic view of the Hetton Colliery Railway as in 1822, showing various topograhical features of the area, n.d. [c.1880]

Copy report by C. W. Martin on the dispute at Ryhope [Pit] concerning coal cutting, 9 February 1900

Postcard of the interior of St. Paul's Church, Haswell, showing the High Altar, lectern etc., n.d. [c.1920]

Printed letter from Peter Lee, County Councillor, to the electors of the Thornley Division of Durham County Council thanking the electors for his re-election to Durham County Council, 7 March 1928

Postcard of the exterior of St. Paul's Church, Haswell; bearing postmark 1948

Public notice convening a public meeting to consider "Do you believe HASWELL should be allowed to decay and die?" held at the Palace Cinema, Haswell, 21 November [1954]

Set of photographs of Haswell: the Railway Hotel, The Lodge and its environs, Front Street, Fallowfield Farm, The Pemberton Arms, St. Paul's Church, and other general views of the vicinity, n.d. [c.1962]

Haswell Village Plan: a report by J.R. Atkinson, County Planning Officer, Durham, on the present condition of Haswell and its future, n.d. [c.1968] (1 volume, card bound) Miscellanea relating to mining

Certificate of competency issued to C.W. Martin of Ryhope Village confirming his competency as a Manager of a Mine, 19 September 1882

Certificate issued by the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers to the effect that C. W. Martin was elected a member of the Institute on 6 August 1892, issued on 9 November 1892

Copy letter from George Bailes, Penshaw, to the editor of the Newcastle Daily Chonicle concerning the area of upcast shafts in mines, 1 November 1893, with newspaper extract of same

Copy letters between W. C. Mountain [Martin], Close Works, Newcastle, and W.O. Wood, Esq., South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., concerning an estimate for an electric pumping plant and report on same, 11 October 1894

Copy of Statement showing the Production and Consumption of Coal, and the Number of Persons employed in coal Production, in the Principal Countries of the World, in each year from 1883 to 1894, as far as Particulars can be stated, including a general report on the subject by R. Giffen, Board of Trade, September 1895; printed by H.M.S.O.

Copy of revenue account, brick works account, lime works account and general [financial] statement for the Wearmouth Coal Company Ltd., 1899

Copy letter from G.H. Hornsby, North Biddick colliery, Washington Station, to J. Thompson, same address, concerning miscellaneous aspects of colliery business, 10 March 1900

Sketches of "boring gear" used in coal mining, with a reference key explaining the use of the various attachments, n.d. [c.1900]

Calculation of friction in the shaft at Seaham Colliery: diagram and mathematical calculation relating to the theoretical calculation of the readings of a water gauge placed at different locations in No. 1 shaft, n.d. [c.1900]

Copy letter from [ ] of the Lambton Collieries Ltd., Fencehouses to the Right Hon. Lord Templetown, 17 Craven Street, Strand, London, concerning the Champion coalcutter [machine], 17 February 1903

Photograph of grove of pitmen assembled under their banner at [the Durham Miners' Gala], n.d. [c.1936]

Report issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power: Durham Coalfield Regional Survey Report (Northern "B" Region), printed by H.M.S.O., 1945

Photograph of a group of [miners] assembled under their pit banner which illustrates Peter Lee and George Lansbury, Elemore Lodge, n.d. [c.1952/53]

"Report of the Proceedings of the Flameless Explosives Committee. Part 1 - Air and Combustible Gases" prepared by A.C. Kayll, Engineer, for the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, 1894

Copy letter from W.J. Saunders, Vice President, The Ingersoll - Sergeant Drill Company, New York, to the Ingersoll - Sergeant Drill Company, London, concerning the Mining Laws Electrical Competition, 14 November 1902

Copy letter from [ ], First Avenue Hotel, [ ], to Sir James Joicey, Bart., M.P., New Town, Monmouthshire, concerning a meeting of the Commission on Electricity in Mines, 26 November 1902

Letter from Reginald Guthrie, secretary, North of England United Coal Trade Association, Newcastle upon Tyne, to C.W. Martin concerning the Committee on Electricity in Mines, 27 November 1902

Notes regarding the use of electricity at the Margaret Pit, Newbottle Colliery, November 1902

Copy letter from W.C. Mountain [Martin], Close Works, Newcastle on Tyne, to Reginald Guthrie, Esq., Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle on Tyne concerning an enquiry into the application of electricity in mines, 4 December 1902

Copy letter from Philip Kirkup, Mining Offices, Birtley, to R[eginald] Guthrie, Coal Trade Office, Newcastle, concerning the debate upon the use of electricity in mines, 5 December 1902

Notes relating to the debate upon the use of electricity in mines, n.d. [c.1902]

Printers' copy of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the committee of the Mining Association of Great Britain on the enquiry upon the use of electricity in mines held at the Home Office, Whitehall, on the eighth day of the proceedings, 11 February 1903

Twenty eighth quarterly report of the Sherburn Hill Co-operative Society, Limited, for the year ending 27 December 1880

Set of photographs of Alderman Dr. John Wilson, J.P., M.P., one inserted within a frame to form a Christmas card, n.d. [c.1910]