Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1133 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Records transferred from Gateshead Central Library
Covering Dates: 1921-1938
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Records deposited on long-term loan22 March 1996 Acc: 2360(D)
6 January 2009 Acc: 7283
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Solicitor's note books (Ref: D/X 1133/1-2)
These volumes are possibly the records of George A. Carpenter & Son, solicitors, of 3 North Bailey, Durham, which had branches at Syson's Buildings, Front Street, Chester-le-Street and 1 Egton Terrace, Birtley.
(Acc: 7283)
Solicitor's note book recording work undertaken, payments made, advice given, etc., on weekly visits to Chester-le-Street Office, 21 July 1930 - 2 March 1936
(1 volume, cloth-bound)
Ref: D/X 1133/2Solicitor's note book recording work undertaken, payments made, advice given, etc., on weekly visits to Birtley Office, 12 April 1934 - 12 May 1938
(1 volume, cloth bound)
D/X 1133/3 Correspondence to and from Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry chief agent at Seaham, 1921, 1926 and 1928 (Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(1)-3(35))Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(1)Copy letter to Leigh Maclachlan, Chief Organising Agent for the Unionist Party, concerning the appointment of local party agents, 1 April 1921
Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(2)Letter from Leigh Maclachlan, chief organising agent for the Unionist Party, 1 Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, Westminster, concerning the appointment of local party agents, 1 April 1921
Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(3)Copy letter to A.J. Dawson, [Director of Education, Durham County Council], Shire Hall, Durham, concerning the provision of meals to children who have left school but have not started work owing to the miners' strike, 11 May 1921
Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(4)Copy letter to Captain Hon. B. Norton, Basildon House, Moorgate Street, London, concerning the attitude of miners to the strike and the holding of political meetings, 12 May 1921
Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(5)Copy letter to Dr. Eustace Hill, [Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Council], Shire Hall, Durham, concerning the provision of free milk, 21 May 1921
Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(6)Letter from Frederick Young, Upper Standard School, Seaham Harbour, concerning a meeting of the Seaham Harbour Schools Committee, 23 May 1921
Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(7)Copy letter to Captain Hon. B. Norton, Basildon House, Moorgate Street, London, concerning the holding of political meetings, 18 July 1921
Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(8)Copy statement from the Seaham and District Feeding of Necessitous Children Committee, giving details of the committee's work between May and July 1921
Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(9)Statistics of meals provided by Canteen Committees in the Durham County Education Committee, North-Eastern between April and July 1921
Ref: D/X 1133/3/1(10)Letter to Lady Londonderry from Mrs. J. Owens, 34 Longnewton Street, Dawdon Colliery, concerning the provision of clothes and boots for her son, n.d. [ c.1921]
(10 papers)
Ref: D/X 1133 /3/2(1)Copy letter to W.H. Loveridge, Ivy Croft, Seaton Carew, enclosing a copy of Lord Londonderry's speech on the coal industry and miners' wages, 11 January 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(2)Part of a copy letter to Lord Londonderry concerning steam colliers and migration of miners to Derbyshire, 20 February 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(3)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Mountstewart, Newtownards, Co. Down, concerning the purchase of stock, fires in country houses and 'tobacco' money at Dawdon Colliery, 1 March 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(4)Part of a copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Mountstewart, Newtownards, Co. Down], concerning the signing of documents and the interest of the iron industry in the 'coal question', 6 March 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(5)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the employment of German miners and the pay offer put forward by the Durham Coal Owners, 30 April 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(6)Part of a copy letter to Lord Londonderry concerning the pay offer put forward by the Durham Coal Owners and the attitude of the Durham miners, 1 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(7)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the attitude of the Durham miners to the strike, suspending the sinking of the new pit, the insurance of Londonderry properties and the stockpiling of petrol, 3 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(8)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the miners' strike, 4 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(9)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning aspects of the general strike, 6 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(10)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Londonderry House, London, concerning aspects of the general strike, 7 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(11)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning aspects of the general strike, 10 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(12)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning aspects of the miners' strike, 14 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(13)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Mountstewart, Newtownards, [Co. Down], concerning the Seaham Colliery Explosion Relief Fund and aspects of the miners' strike, 25 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(14)Copy letter to Lord Beaverbrook, Cherkley Court, Leatherhead, Surrey, from Lord Londonderry, concerning the miners' strike, 25 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(15)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Mountstewart, Newtownards, Co. Down, concerning the miners' strike and Lord Londonderry's shareholdings, 28 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(16)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Mountstewart, Newtownards, [Co. Down], concerning the miners' strike, 29 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(17)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the miners' strike, 31 May 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(18)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the miners' strike and Lord Londonderry's shareholdings, 1 June 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(19)Copy of questions put to Lord Londonderry concerning the miners' strike and his answers, 5 June 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(20)Part of a copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the miners' strike and coal undertakings' financial results, 11 June 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(21)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the miners' strike, 23 June 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(22)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the sale of fish and miners' strike, 25 June 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(23)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the miners' strike, 28 June 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(24)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the miners' strike, 29 June 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(25)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the miners' strike, 9 July 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(26)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the miners' strike, rate payments and Lord Londonderry's shareholdings, 13 July 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(27)Letter from Lord Londonderry, Londonderry House, London, concerning the resumption of work at East Tanfield colliery, 16 July 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(28)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the resumption of work at East Tanfield colliery, the miners' strike and the insurance of items at Londonderry House, 19 July 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(29)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Londonderry House, London, concerning the purchase of a Peugeot motor boat, low-temperature carbonisation, the miners' strike and the inauguration of the war memorial organ at New Seaham Church, 21 July 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(30)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the purchase of a Peugeot motor boat, the transport of German coal to Britain, the miners' strike and Lord Londonderry's shareholdings, 24 July 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(31)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, [Londonderry House], London, concerning the miners' strike, 26 July 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(32)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Mountstewart, Newtownards, Co. Down, concerning the miners' strike, the new colliery and Lord Londonderry's shareholdings,
4 August 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(33)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Mountstewart, Newtownards, Co. Down, concerning the miners' strike, the Royal Welsh Show and Lord Londonderry's shareholdings, 10 August 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(34)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Mountstewart, Newtownards, Co. Down, concerning the miners' strike and Lord Londonderry's shareholdings, 11 August 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(35)Copy of proposed letter to J. Ramsey Macdonald from Lord Londonderry, concerning the conditions in the colliery areas during the miners' strike, 18 August 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(36)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Wynyard Park, Stockton, concerning the miners' strike, 23 August 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(37)Copy of a proposed letter from Lord Londonderry concerning the feeding of children during the miners' strike, 18 August 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(38)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Londonderry House, London, concerning the miners' strike and the letting of Plas Machynlleth, 25 August 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(39)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Wynyard Park, Stockton, concerning alleged intimidation during the miners' strike, 21 October 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(40)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Londonderry House, London, concerning a new road in Seaham and the miners' strike, 10 November 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(41)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Wynyard Park, Stockton, concerning Lord Londonderry's shareholdings and the miners' strike, 16 November 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(42)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Wynyard Park, Stockton, concerning Lord Londonderry's shareholdings, the employment of ex-officers, Seaham Harbour Dock Co. and the miners' strike, 23 November 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(43)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Londonderry House, London, concerning the possible ending of the miners' strike and restrictive practices in Londonderry collieries, 23 November 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(44)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Londonderry House, London, concerning the ending of the miners' strike and Calder's Piccadilly Property Co., 30 November 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(45)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Wynyard Park, Stockton, concerning the ending of the miners' strike Lord Castlereagh as a possible M.P., 30 November 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(46)Notes for a speech to be made by Lord Londonderry at Seaham Harbour Conservative Club on 16 December 1926
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(47)Notes for a speech to be made [by Lord Londonderry], n.d. [1926]
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(48)Notes for a speech to be made [by Lord Londonderry], n.d. [1926]
Ref: D/X 1133/3/2(49)Lord Londonderry's correspondence with Sidney Webb, n.d. [1926]
(150 papers)
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(1)Durham and Northumberland Coal Industries: Its [sic ] Stagnation, Arrest and Salvation, n.d. [c.1928]
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(2)Letter from Captain J.B. Adams, Ministry of Labour, Quebec House, Leeds, [Yorkshire], concerning emigration statistics and a possible meeting promoting emigration for women, 13 January 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(3)Copy letter to Captain J.B. Adams, Ministry of Labour, Quebec House, Leeds, [Yorkshire], concerning emigration to Australia for women, 14 January 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(4)Copy letter to Captain J.B. Adams, Ministry of Labour, Quebec House, Leeds, [Yorkshire], concerning a meeting promoting emigration for women in domestic service, 4 February 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(5)Letter from Captain J.B. Adams, Ministry of Labour, Quebec House, Leeds, [Yorkshire], concerning a meeting promoting emigration for women and giving emigration statistics, 6 February 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(6)Copy letter to F[rederick] Wilson, Dawdon Colliery, concerning the prices offered by coal merchants, 18 February 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(7)Letter from Frederick Wilson, Dawdon Colliery, concerning the restriction of output by pony putters, 13 March 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(8)Letter from Frederick Wilson, Dawdon Colliery, concerning a court case resulting from a dispute over the restriction of output by pony putters, 30 March 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(9)Letter from Frederick Wilson, Dawdon Colliery, concerning a war widow and her allowances and gratuity, 12 April 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(10)Copy letter to Mrs. Ditchfield, Lyzwick Hall, Keswick, Cumberland, concerning colliery wages and allowances, 21 April 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(11)Copy letter to F[rederick] Wilson, Dawdon Colliery, concerning timber stocks at Dawdon Colliery, 2 July 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(12)Copy letter to Rev. P. Dunphy, The Presbytery, Seaham Harbour, concerning graffiti on houses and fences, 24 July 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(13)Copy letter to Chief Accountant, Bank of England, 18 Finsbury Circus, London, concerning a stock transfer form, 25 August 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(14)Letter from Walter Citrine, Transport House, Smith Square, London, to Lord Londonderry, concerning correspondence in the Daily Herald over allegations of victimisation, 10 September 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(15)Copy letter to W[alter] Citrine, Transport House, Smith Square, London, concerning correspondence in the Daily Herald over allegations of victimisation,
12 September 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(16)Copy letter to Lord Castlereagh, Witherslack Hall, Grange-over-Sands, Cumberland, concerning Castlereagh's candidacy for the parliamentary seat at Darlington,
12 September 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(17)Letter from Walter Citrine, Transport House, Smith Square, London, concerning correspondence in the Daily Herald over allegations of victimisation,
18 September 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(18)Copy letter to F[rederick] Wilson, Dawdon Colliery, concerning a proposed Dawdon Conservative Club and the distribution of dried milk, 4 October 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(19)Copy letter to F[rederick] Wilson, Dawdon Colliery, concerning stocks of stores at Dawdon Colliery, 8 October 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(20)Letter from Frederick Wilson, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour, concerning the employment of George Foster and enclosing a letter from Foster,
29 October 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(21)Copy letter to George Foster, 26 Henry Street, Seaham Harbour, concerning employment at Dawdon Colliery, 30 October 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(22)Letter from Thomas Bell, 24 Henry Street, Seaham Harbour, requesting a pension in view of his and his family's long service with the Londonderry collieries,
29 October 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(23)Letter from Thomas Bell, 24 Henry Street, Seaham Harbour, to Lord Londonderry requesting a pension, 3 November 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(24)Copy letter to Thomas Bell, 24 Henry Street, Seaham Harbour, regretting that nothing can be done for him, 3 November 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(25)Copy letter to Thomas Bell, 24 Henry Street, Seaham Harbour, regretting that nothing can be done for him, 8 November 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(26)Letter from Thomas Bell, 24 Henry Street, Seaham Harbour, to Lord Londonderry requesting a pension, 3 November 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(27)Copy letter to [Herbert Hensley Henson] Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, concerning coal royalties and miners' wages, 28 November 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(28)Copy of a letter from Herbert [Hensley Henson] Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, concerning coal royalties and miners' wages,
30 November 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(29)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, London, concerning requests for subscriptions, coal prices, accounts and the appointment of magistrates, 4 December 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(30)Copy draft letter to R.D. Blumenfeld, Daily Express , 8 Shoe Lane, London, concerning unemployment and miners' wages, 6 December 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(31)Letter from Lord Londonderry, Office of Works, Storey's Gate, Westminster, concerning the inadvisability of publishing Dillon's draft letter to the Daily Express,
7 December 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(32)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Londonderry House, London, concerning contributions to the Lord Mayor's Miners' Relief Fund and the Horden Coal Co. balance sheet, 17 December 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(33)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Londonderry House, London, concerning investments, and food parcels and parcels of clothing sent to County Durham,
20 December 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(34)Copy letter to Lord Londonderry, Londonderry House, London, concerning the North East Coast Exhibition, Miss Duberly and distress in County Durham,
27 December 1928
Ref: D/X 1133/3/3(35)Copy letter to Peter Lee, Durham Miners' Association, Durham, concerning the absence of hewers at Seaham Colliery when the colliery re-opened, 29 December 1928
(65 papers)
