Durham Miners Association
Reference: D/DMA 10 Catalogue Title: Durham Miners Association Area: Catalogue Category: Trade Union and Employers' Association Records Description: Papers collected by DMA
Covering Dates: 1914-1942
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- Durham Miners Association
- Topics collected by DMA (Ref: D/DMA 10)
- Circulars re Great War (Ref: D/DMA 10/1/1-14)
- Circulars re hours (Ref: D/DMA 10/2/1-6)
- Social policy, 1918-1935 (Ref: D/DMA 10/3/1-12)
- Reparations and their effect on the coal trade (Ref: D/DMA 10/4/1-12)
- 1926 strike (Ref: D/DMA 10/5/1-22)
- Second World War (Ref: D/DMA 10/6/1-11)
Catalogue Contents
Topics collected by DMA (Ref: D/DMA 10)Circulars re Great War (Ref: D/DMA 10/1/1-14)Ref: D/DMA 10/1/1
War Emergency: Workers' National Committee: Memorandum on the Cost of Living During The War, August 1914 - June 1916
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/18
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/2Circular, issued by the War Savings Committee, London, enclosing a leaflet on How to Form a War Savings Association and Model Schemes for War Savings Associations, 12 September 1916
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/25
(3 papers, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/3Coal Output and the War: National Conference of Representatives of the Coal Mining Industry at the Central Hall, Westminster, issued by the Home Office, 25 October 1916
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/24
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/4Letter from the National Service Department, Westminster, addressed to the 'Department for dealings with Theatres, Music-Halls and Entertainment' and asking the latter to persuade its patrons to join the armed forces, 8 March 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/26
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/5Circular, issued by the War Office, asking the recipient to help persuade miners to join the armed forces, 12 March 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/27
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/6War Emergency: Workers' National Committee: Minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee in the House of Commons, 15 March 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/19
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/7Circular, issued by the Ministry of Munitions of War, explaining Regulation 41AA, issued under the Defence of the Realm Act, October 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/29
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/8Pamphlet entitled War Wage issued by the Board of Trade, 23 October 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/22
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/8ALetter from the Board of Trade, London, to the secretary, DMA, Red Hill, Durham enclosing a copy of regulations relating to the payment of war wages, 5 October 1918
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/23
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/9Municipal Food Service: The supply of Cooked Food, n.d., c. 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/20
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/10An Alternative to Food Tickets, n.d., c. 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/21
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/11Circular issued by the Merchant Seamen's League, in favour of a boycott of Germany, n.d., c. 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/31
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/12Leaflet entitled: 'Workers and Soldiers' Council: Manifesto to District Conferences, n.d., c. 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 54/
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/13Workers' and Soldiers' Council: Constitution of Local Councils, n.d., 1917 - 1918
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 54/10
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 10/1/14Leaflet advertising: 'The Soldier and Workers' Council; Official Report of the Leeds Convention', n.d., 1917- 1918
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 54/9
(1 paper, printed)
Circulars re hours (Ref: D/DMA 10/2/1-6)Ref: D/DMA 10/2/1The House Famine! A Solution of The Housing problem, 5-roomed cottages at £10 pounds a year by Ex-Bailie M'Kerrell J.P., an Address to the Adult School, Kilmarnock, January 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/1
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/2/2Housing in Durham, a Proposal to set up a Public Utilities Society to Provide New Houses, 1923
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/25
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/2/3Bourneville Housing, A Description of the Housing Schemes, Cadbury Brothers Limited and the Bourneville Village Trust, June 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/5
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/2/4Circular on the Housing (Rural Workers) Act 1926, HMSO, 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/4
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/2/5'The Nation's Need for Houses', by John G Martin, reprinted from The North Mail and Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1 January 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/7
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/2/6The Need for A Royal Commission on Housing by E D Simon, reprinted from the Contemporary Review, January 1928
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/3
(1 booklet)
Social policy, 1918-1935 (Ref: D/DMA 10/3/1-12)Ref: D/DMA 10/3/1Summary of the Provisions of The National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 - 1920, for the information of members of Approved Societies, HMSO, 1920
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/19
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/2Leaflets, concerning family allowances, issued by the Family Endowment Society, 1925 - 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/41
(7 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/3National Health and Pensions Insurance, Leaflet Number 35, for Members of Approved Societies, 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/20
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/4Report of H M Inspectors on the Johnston School Institute, Durham, 1927, and prospectus for evening classes, session 1926 - 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/7
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/5Circulars, issued by The Ministry of Health on National Health Insurance, June 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/15
(1 booklet, 1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/6Workmen's Compensation Act 1923: statutory rules and orders concerning master and servant nos. 975, 1928 and 1095, 1930; and Workmen's Compensation, published by The Labour Publications Department, 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/10
(4 booklets)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/7Persons in receipt of Poor Law Relief, (England and Wales), return showing the number of persons in receipt of Poor Law Relief, in England and Wales, on the night of the first day of January 1928, HMSO, 1928
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/32
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/8Industrial and Labour Information, issued by The International Labour Office, 7 May 1928
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/53
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/9Circular, issued by British National Committee of Friends of Soviet Russia, urging the TUC to resume relations with Soviet Trade Unions, 31 August 1928
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/20/6
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/10National Housing and Town Planning Council: Report on Future Town Planning Policy, 18 February 1930
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/6
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/11Local Unemployment Index: Statistics of Unemployment, prepared by The Ministry of Labour, November - December 1928, March. August, September 1929, February, March, July - December 1930, February - June, October, November 1931
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/8
(1 bundle)
Ref: D/DMA 10/3/12Leaflet, advertising a conference on disarmament and unemployment, organised by The League of Nations Union, 1 - 3 March 1932
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/4
(2 papers)
Reparations and their effect on the coal trade (Ref: D/DMA 10/4/1-12)Ref: D/DMA 10/4/1Newspaper cutting from The Manchester Guardian, including an article on reparations, 11 September 1924
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/2
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/2'The Brand System: Hope for Coal, a New Fuel Crushed to Face Powder Fineness', article and illustration reprinted from The Illustrated London News, 4 February 1928, and Oil from Coal Slack, A Home Industry Aided by The Budget, article and illustration, reprinted from The Illustrated London News, 5 May 1928
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/8
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/3Copy letter, from Patrick Gower, on behalf of the Prime Minister, to A.J. Cook concerning Reparation Coal, 1 October 1924
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/35
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/4Short Explanatory Memorandum, on Reparation Coals, by A.J. Cook, 1924
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/33
(4 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/5Statement showing the quantities of coal, coke and lignite brickettes received each month by France, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg on account of reparations, 1922 - 1924
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/29
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/6Memorandum entitled 'The Dawes Plan' and the interests of British Coal Miners, 1 September 1924
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/31
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/7Report of The Special Conference on Labour and The Russian Polish War, in the Central Hall, Westminster, issued by The Council of Action, 13 August 1920
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/20
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/8Final Protocol, issued by The London Conference, concerning Reparations, 1924
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/37
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/9Reparation Coal and the British Coal Trade, 1924
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/34
(8 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/10Coal and the Dawes Report, Section One, History of Coal Deliveries under the Versailles Treaty, deliveries specified in the Versailles Treaty, c.1924
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/28
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/11Prospectus of The Powdered Fuel Steamship, 'Swiftpool', designed to use pulverised coal and to promote the use of coal rather than oil in steamships, and thereby preserve miners' jobs, 1930s
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/13
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/4/12Reports of The Expert Committees appointed by The Reparation Commission, Cmd.2105, HMSO, 1924
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/38
(1 booklet)
1926 strike (Ref: D/DMA 10/5/1-22)Ref: D/DMA 10/5/1National Coal Trade situation, diary of events, 18 June 1924 - 11 November 1926; note of an agreement 31 May 1926 and notes concerning miners' wages; Letter from Durham County Water Board, to Peter Lee, concerning a committee meeting, 10 February 1926; Letter to Peter Lee, concerning admissions to Tanfield Lea School, 9 February 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 285/9
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/2Wireless bulletins issued by The Trade Union Congress, 4 May - 6 May 1926; statements issued by The Trade Union Congress Intelligence Service, May 1926; statement made by The Prime Minister in The House of Commons, 29 April 1926; reply by The Miners' Federation of Great Britain, 30 April 1926; and letter from The Miners' Federation of Great Britain to Herbert Smith, 3 April 1926; statement by The Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning the coal industry, 5 March 1926 and statement concerning The National Lock-out, 7 May 1926; resolution of The Durham Coal Owners' Association concerning wages, April 1926; Trades Union Congress: official bulletin, numbers 1 and 2, 4 May - 5 May 1926, and wireless messages issued on 4 May 1926; Trades Union Congress General Council: The Mining Situation, proposals for co-ordinated action of Trade Unions, 30 April 1926; Durham Miners' Association: Coal Commission Report, 1 April 1926, and letter from Peter Lee to Mr Richardson concerning the movement of food stuffs by the Co-operative Wholesale Society, 4 May 1926; blank Wages Agreement between The Mining Association of Great Britain and The Miners' Federation of Great Britain, c.1926; note concerning the progress of The Strike, May 1926; latest London Bulletin; Strike, Cricket. Racing, describing the progress of The Strike around the country, the results of a cricket match and horse races, May 1926; note indicating that the miners will not accept the reduction in wages before the coal industry has been re-organised, 30 April 1926; statistical summary of output and costs in the coal mining industry, issued by The Mines Department, 1925; postcard showing Hartley's Fruit Farm and postcard showing W. P. Hartley's Aintree Works, 1920s
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 290/16
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/3Intimidation and Molestation: Home Office Circular, addressed to Chief Constables in England and Wales, Command 2666, HMSO, 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/19
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/4Deputation to the Prime Minister, from the Mining Association of Great Britain, and The Miners' Federation of Great Britain: minutes of the proceedings, 24 March 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/45
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/5List of names and addresses of those sentenced under The Emergency Powers Act, 10 June 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/12
Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/6List of men in Co Durham, with sums of money, possibly fines, against each one, 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/14
Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/7List of 22 men, from Crook, Quebec, Hedley Hill, Esh Winning who have been imprisoned under The Emergency Powers Act, 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/16
Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/8List of men, arranged by colliery, showing the amount of money paid to them by The Miners' Federation of Great Britain, 2 November 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/18
Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/
(4 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/9Emergency Regulations Number 7, Arrangement of Regulations, 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/20
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/10Meeting between The General Council, and The Emergency Committee of The MFGB, 10 May and 11 May 1926, and meetings of the Emergency Council of The MFGB, 10 and 11 May 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/22
(8 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/11Letter, from Clement Edwards, to Mr Richardson, concerning the proposed settlement, 3 July 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/24
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/12Northumberland and Durham Relief Committee, for miners and dependents, Statement of Income and Expenditure, 31 May 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/26
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/13List of men employed at Hamsterley Colliery who have received amounts of money towards the payment of their fines imposed under the Emergency Powers Act, 22 November 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/13
Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/14List of men who were given terms of imprisonment under The Emergency Powers Act, 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/15
Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/
(3 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/15List of men, tried under The Emergency Powers Act, at the Magistrates' Courts, at Gateshead, Castle Eden, Houghton, Consett, and Bishop Auckland, 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/17
Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/16Comments on suggested basis of settlement, 3 July 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/23
(4 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/17The Miners' Struggle and The Big Five Banks, How Victory Can Be Secured, with a forward by A J Cook, November 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/25
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/18Membership Card, of the National Unemployed Workers' Committee Movement, belonging to S Milner, 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/6
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/19Circulars concerning mechanics hours, issued by Durham Colliery Mechanics Association, 6 and 18 January 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/45
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/20Verbatim report of McKeag's speech at Croxdale commenting on a speech made by the Bishop of Durham concerning the miners' dispute of 1926, 12 January 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/19
(3 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/21Circular concerning The Northumberland and Durham Miners' March to London, written by William Henderson, with annotation by the DMA, to the effect that 'we do not entertain this circular', 22 October 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/20/1
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/5/22Letter, from W. W. Wilkinson, former Mayor of the City of Durham, to W. P. Richardson, enclosing a letter from James A. Ancram, asking for accommodation for men on the National Hunger March to London, 22 - 28 March 1930
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/23
(4 papers)
Second World War (Ref: D/DMA 10/6/1-11)Ref: D/DMA 10/6/1Report of an interview with members who left Bishop Auckland district and went to work at Markham Colliery, Derbyshire and returned, 24 February 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/36
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 10/6/2Letter from H.C. Westerton, Ministry of Labour, to W. Whiteley, M.P., referring to information concerning 'industrial transference', that is the moving of miners into agricultural work, 4 December 1928
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 50/3
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/6/3Letter from H.C. Westerton, Employment Exchange, Newcastle, to the General Manager, DMA, enclosing copies of 'A Talk About the Newcastle Migration Hostel'; 'Farm Training for Young Men who Wish to Settle in Canada or Australia', including a photograph of Weeting Hall, Brandon; 'Opportunities for British Boys In The Dominions Overseas'; Ministry of Labour Training Department: Course of Instruction at an Instructional Workshop, (Wallsend), 1928
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 50/2
(2 papers, 3 booklets)
Ref: D/DMA 10/6/4'Details of Transference Facilities available for Industrial Workers resident in the Counties of Durham and Northumberland, n.d., 1928
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 50/4
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/6/5Ministry of Labour: Central Committee on Women's Training and Employment: Home Training Centres, January 1929
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 50/6
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/6/6Notice, issued by the DMA, drawing members' attention to schemes for the transference of miners to agricultural work, 1928
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 50/8
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/6/7Women's Migration Training Hostel: 'Harden', Benton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d.
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 50/5
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 10/6/8Statistics, concerning numbers employed and unemployed in the coal mining industry in County Durham, and numbers who have transferred to other employment, 1923 - 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/37
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/6/9Circulars issued by The Ministry of Labour, giving details of women's training in Northumberland and Durham, 1927 and 1929
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/35
(1 bundle)
Ref: D/DMA 10/6/10Circular, issued by E. Percy and E. Allen, King's College, Newcastle, requesting that businesses give their records to the University rather than send them for salvage, February 1940
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/33
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 10/6/11Circular, issued by The Board of Trade, concerning clothes rationing, September 1942
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/38
1 paper
(1 paper)