Catalogue

Minute book of Council Meetings [signed], 14 February 1903 - 12 May 1917 Indexed At beginning: note of hours of council meetings, n.d., c.1903 Note that 'This Minute Book was produced by Thomas Fooks and referred to in evidence taken before me on the examination of John Lamb, charged with fraudulent conversion at the Justice Room, Stanley on the 1st day of December 1909 J.R. Ritson Community Justice' Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 30 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Council Meeting Minutes, 10 January 1931 - 12 March 1932 Chairman's stamp affixed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 315/1

Minutes of council meeting, 12 August 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 241/4

Register of Resolutions passed at Council, embodying requests to be put to the Coal Owners and the Coal Owners' reply, giving the text of the request, the date of the Council meeting, the text of the Owners' reply and the date of the owners' reply, 21 May 1927 - 8 August 1942 Indexed The text of the Owners' reply is given only to 31 July 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA 143

List of requests passed by the council meeting and the decision of the Coal Owners' Association on those discussed with them, arranged alphabetically, c.1929 - 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 309/8

List of outstanding requests, put by the DMA to the Durham Coal Owners' Association, giving the date of the Council meeting at which the request was discussed, between December 1929 and 11 July 1936, 1936 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 1/3/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Box 143/2

List of outstanding requests put by the DMA to the Durham Coal Owners' Association, between January 1938 and October 1941, 1941 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 1/3/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Box 143/3

List of requests put by the DMA to the Durham Coal Owners' Association, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/DMA 1/3/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Box 143/4

Report in respect of loans to Lodges, amounts owing to head office by defaulters, insurance of lodge treasurers, and Income Tax, prepared by the Financial Department and submitted to the Council Meeting by E. Moore, 20 January 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/39

Minutes of committee meetings, signed, 6 April 1894 - 17 October 1895 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 319/1

Minutes of Executive Committee meetings, signed, 26 January 1928 - 31 December 1928 The minutes are numbered in a continuous sequence in red ink for 1 to 139 They are signed by James Robson, Chairman, and Peter Lee, Committee Secretary Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/7

Minutes of Executive Committee meetings, signed, 9 January 1929 - 31 December 1929 The minutes are numbered in a continuous sequence in red ink from 1 to 141. They are signed by James Robson, Chairman, and Peter Lee, Committee Secretary Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/8

Minutes of Executive Committee meetings, signed, 7 January 1930 - 31 December 1930 The minutes are paginated from 1 to 75, a sequence that ceases with the minute of the Committee Meeting of 7 July 1930; the minutes are signed by James Robson, Chairman, and Peter Lee, Committee Secretary Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/9

National Union of Mineworkers' Executive Committee, minutes of committee meetings, signed, 25 June 1951 - 29 June 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 261/1

National Union of Mineworkers' Executive committee, minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 17 June 1908 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/1

Minute book of committee meetings, unsigned, 7 August 1915 - 11 October 1916 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 31 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Minute book of committee meetings, unsigned, 17 October 1916 - 22 September 1919 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 32a Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Minutes of committee meetings, unsigned, 8 January 1921 - 5 July 1921 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 213/26

Minutes of committee meetings, unsigned, 19 May 1924, 30 June 1924 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/27

Minutes of committee meetings, unsigned, 26 May 1924, 3 June, 10 June, 17 June, 23 June Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/7

Minute book of Executive Committee meetings, unsigned, 14 August 1934 - 9 December 1935 The 'minutes' consist of a record of resolutions taken at the meetings; no names of those attending are given and no signature of a chairman is given Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 32b Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Minute book of Executive Committee meetings, unsigned, 25 January 1937 - 13 September 1937 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 33 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Colliery Consultative Committee papers giving statistics of output and observations, unsigned, 24 June 1949 - 29 July 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 244/158

Minutes of committee meetings, unsigned, 3 January 1950 - 10 July 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 283/1

Minutes of committee meetings, unsigned, 13 March 1950 - 4 December 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 241/1

Minutes of committee meetings, unsigned and printed, 14 August 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/65

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed 5 June 1967 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/67

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed 19 June 1967 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/68

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 25 May 1985 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/96

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 3 June 1985 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/97

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 23 September 1985 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/98

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 11 August 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/99

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 26 August 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/100

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 8 September 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/101

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 22 September 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/102

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 6 October 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/103

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 13 October 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/104

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 27 October 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/105

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 24 November 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/121

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 8 December 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/106

Minutes of committee meeting, unsigned and printed, 22 December 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/107

Minutes of committee meetings, unsigned, 1 December 1969 - 16 May 1970, 7 June - 25 October 1971 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 241/2

Minutes of committee meetings, unsigned, 5 April 1976 - 3 May 1983 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 241/3

Minutes of the Jubilee Committee Meeting, held in the Market Hotel, Durham, 20 November 1919 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/46

Minutes of a Sub-Committee of the Durham Miners' Association, discussing the proposal to set up a tribunal and last wages agreement. 24 May and 21 June 1927 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/40

Proposals for the setting up of a tribunal and a last wages agreement 30 November 1926, clause 20, 17 May 1927 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/38

Requests Sub-Committee, 1940, also notes on proposed miners' pension scheme, 1931, 1932 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/15

Minutes of the activity of the Picketing Committee, February 1974, Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 285/2

Minutes of the Centenary Gala Committee, 17 January 1983 - 24 June 1983, and associated correspondence, January 1983 - February 1984 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 295/1

Minutes of the Area Emergency Committee, 7 December 1983 - 1 March 1984 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 285/1

Minutes and associated papers of the Centenary Celebrations sub-committee, 27 January - 20 November 1969 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 244/1

Report of General Meeting of Owners, 18 April 1873 Minutes of Council Meeting, 14 April 1873 Minutes of Committee Meeting, 22 April 1873 Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings, 23 and 24 April 1873 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting, 25 April 1873 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 1/13/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 204/2

Minutes and programmes of Council Meetings, 4 February 1899 - 9 December 1899; Monthly Circular, no. 37, January 1899 - no. 48, December 1899; Monthly Report, no. 34, October 1882 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 216/3

Programme of Council Meeting, 5 July 1924 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/28

Council programmes [agendas], minutes and results of lodge votes on motions before Council, 9 December 1933 - 5 December 1936 Minutes of Council, Annual Council and Special Council meetings, 9 December 1933 - 5 December 1936 (the minutes are usually preceded by obituaries); Programmes of Council, Annual Council and Special Council meetings, 10 March 1934 - 5 December 1936; Results of Lodge votes on Motions before Council meetings, 12 May 1934 - 5 December 1936; Durham County Mining Federation Board, Report of United Council meeting, 18 January 1936 Joint Committee Office copy - incomplete sequence Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 234 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Council programmes [agendas], minutes, decision papers and results of lodge votes on motions before Council, 20 January - 21 December 1940 Durham County Mining Federation Board, Agenda of United Council meeting, 27 January 1940; Durham County Mining Federation Board, Report of United Council meeting, 27 January 1940; Minutes of Council and Special Council meetings, 20 January - 21 December 1940 (the minutes are usually preceded by obituaries); Programmes of Council and Special Council meetings, 9 March - 21 December 1940; Decisions of Lodges on Motions before Council meetings, 20 January - 21 December 1940; Results of Lodge votes on Motions before Council meetings, 20 January - 21 December 1940 Chief Clerk's Office copy Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 235 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Council programmes [agendas], minutes, decision papers and results of lodge votes on motions before Council, 15 January - 29 November 1941 Minutes of Council meetings, 15 January - 29 November 1941 (the minutes are usually preceded by obituaries); Programmes of Council meetings, 15 January - 29 November 1941; Decisions of Lodges on Motions before Council meetings, 15 February - 29 November 1941; Results of Lodge votes on Motions before Council meetings, 15 February - 29 November 1941; Durham County Mining Federation Board, Report of United Council meeting, 26 May 1941; Durham County Mining Federation Board, Agenda of United Council meeting, 26 May 1941; Durham County Mining Federation Board, Report of Board meeting, 14 June 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 236 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Programmes for, and minutes of, Council Meetings; results of Lodge votes on motions before the Council, 15 February 1941 - 29 November 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 209/5

Council programmes [agendas], minutes and results of lodge votes on motions before Council, 17 January 1942 - 4 December 1943 Programmes of Council and Special Council meetings, 17 January 1942 - 4 December 1943; Minutes of Council and Special Council meetings, 17 January 1942 - 4 December 1943 (the minutes are usually preceded by obituaries); Results of Lodge votes on Motions before Council meetings, 17 January 1942 - 16 October 1943; Durham County Mining Federation Board, Agenda of United Council meetings, 21 March 1942 - 4 July 1942; Durham County Mining Federation Board, Reports of United Council meetings, 21 March 1942 - 24 October 1942 Incomplete sequence Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 237 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Council programmes [agendas], minutes and results of lodge votes on motions before Council, 4 December 1943 - 18 November 1944 Programmes of Council meetings, 22 January - 18 November 1944; Results of Lodge votes on Motions before Council meetings, 4 December 1943 - 23 September 1944; Minutes of Council meetings, 22 January - 18 November 1944 (the minutes are usually preceded by obituaries); Durham County Mining Federation Board, Agendas of United Council meetings, 5 February - 1 April 1944; Durham County Mining Federation Board, Reports of United Council meetings, 5 February - 1 April 1944 Incomplete sequence Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 238 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Programmes for, and minutes of, Council Meetings of the National Union of Mineworkers, Durham Area; notes for delegates to Council Meetings; results of Lodge votes on motions before the Council Meetings, ff.1 - 667, 12 February 1949 - 29 December 1951 At beginning: subject index; at end Lodge Index Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 209/1

Programmes for, and minutes of, Council Meetings of the National Union of Mineworkers, Durham Area; notes for delegates to Council Meetings; results of Lodge votes on motions before the Council Meetings, sent to Lodges, stamped with date sent to the Lodges, 12 August 1950 - 19 May 1951 The file is not indexed, and it contains a number of items not found in D/DMA 209/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 209/4

Programmes for, and minutes of, Council Meetings of the National Union of Mineworkers, Durham Area; notes for delegates to Council Meetings; results of Lodge votes on motions before the Council Meetings, ff.668 - 1401, 23 February 1952 - 28 November 1953 At beginning: subject index; at end: lodge index Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 209/2

Programmes for, and minutes of, Council Meetings of the National Union of Mineworkers, Durham Area; notes for delegates to Council Meetings; results of Lodge votes on motions before the Council Meetings, ff.1402 - 2207, 23 January 1954 - 26 November 1955 At beginning: Subject Index: At end: Lodge Index Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 209/3

Programmes for Council Meetings, 22 November 1924, 7 February 1925, 12 May 1934, 1 March 1947, 20 March 1948, 11 September 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 264

Programmes for Council Meetings, 21 January 1956 - 7 November 1959 (incomplete) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 264

Programmes for Council Meetings, 20 February 1960 - 18 October 1985 (incomplete) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 264

Minutes of Council Meetings, 4 September 1909, 1 September 1945, 23 January 1954 - 24 June 1985 (incomplete) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 264

Minutes of Council Meetings, 24 August, 26 October and 21 December 1968 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 264

Minutes of Council Meeting, 17 September 1982 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/89

Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets and other papers sent to Lodges, 25 February 1876 - 12 June 1876 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Minutes of committee meetings, and circulars sent to the Lodges, 9 January 1923 - 24 December 1923 The volumes include some notices and circulars, but are not duplicates of the D/DMA 1-12b, 15 - 29, as they include the minutes of the Committee only Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/1

Minutes of committee meetings, and circulars sent to the Lodges, 29 January 1924 - 29 December 1924 The volumes include some notices and circulars, but are not duplicates of the D/DMA 1-12b, 15 - 29, as they include the minutes of the Committee only Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/2

Minutes of committee meetings, and circulars sent to the Lodges, 5 January 1926 - 8 December 1926 The volumes include some notices and circulars, but are not duplicates of the D/DMA 1-12b, 15 - 29, as they include the minutes of the Committee only Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/3

Minutes of committee meetings, and circulars sent to the Lodges, 4 January 1927 - 30 December 1927 The volumes include some notices and circulars, but are not duplicates of the D/DMA 1-12b, 15 - 29, as they include the minutes of the Committee only Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/4

Minutes of committee meetings and circulars sent to the Lodges, 10 January 1928 - 31 December 1928 At beginning: a list of circulars issued by the Durham Miners' Association Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/5

Minutes of committee meetings and circulars as sent to the Lodges, 14 January 1929 - 31 December 1930 The minutes in this volume have a manuscript number written on them; the numbers are not continuous; it is possible that the missing numbers represent circulars and minutes of other bodies which are not in this volume Inscribed: Chief Clerk's Office Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/6

Minutes of committee meetings, 6 January 1931 - 28 December 1931 The volume includes circulars Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/10

Minutes and notices issued to Lodges, as follows: Minutes of committee meetings, 4 January 1932 - 28 December 1932 Notice referring to a potential Miners' Federation Pension Scheme, January 1932 Notice instructing Lodges to send one copy of a resolution concerning world disarmament, which has been supplied to them, to the Prime Minister, and one copy to the President of the World Disarmament Conference at Geneva [Switzerland] via the National Joint Disarmament Committee, Transport House, Smith Square, London, January 1932 Notice indicating that men in temporary work will be entitled to relief allowance after they have made 16 weeks' full contributions, since 1 September 1931, January 1932 Notice urging members of the to take one five and other insurance through a scheme run by the Daily Herald, February 1932 Notice of the favourable result of a vote on whether to send a donation of £1,000 to Polish miners who are on strike, 22 March 1932 Notice incorporating a letter from The Labour Party urging members of the to buy copies of the Labour Magazine, the current issue of which carries an article concerning, and picture of, Ebby Edwards, the new Secretary of the Miners' Federation, April 1932 Notice informing members that the Barrow Labour Party Silver Band [Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire], has a set of Besson's 'A' silver plate instruments for sale, April 1932 Notice that the owners have agreed that Saturday, 7 May 1932, May Day, will be a general holiday at the collieries, April 1932 Notice that L.N.E.R. will open Elvet Railway Station, Durham City, on Gala Day, 23 July 1932, April 1932 Notice listing 12 named individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as 'Miners' International Conference Representatives', 20 April 1932 Notice that Counsel's opinion is that ex-M.P.s cannot be nominated for any Office or Conference until they have returned to the industry, April 1932 Notice requesting Lodge Secretaries to complete a 'Return on Overtime worked at Collieries', May 1932 Notice indicating that the will pay for only 2 representatives to attend a Local Federation Board, 23 May 1932 Notice indicating that individuals who have left the industry are not entitled to continue their contributions for Death Benefit, 23 May 1932 Notice indicating that G. Lansbury, E. Edwards, T. Johnson, and Miss J. Lee have been elected as speakers at the Gala, 23 May 1932 Notice that a majority of 39 has voted against an Alteration to Rules, June 1939 Notice concerning the payment of Lodge Officers, July 1932 Notice including a letter from the Yorkshire Mineworkers' Association, describing a lock-out at Ingleton Pit and informing the members of the Durham Miners' Association that there are no houses for incoming workers, 22 July 1932 Notice that claims for the supplementary 25 shilling grant must reach the Treasurer's Department by 3 September, August 1932 Notice that those who have worked 16 weeks will be able to obtain 2 payments of 25 shillings only, September 1932 Notice that the members have voted to suspend Rule 52, September 1932 Notice describing the case of M. Cockburn, employed at Thrislington Colliery, who was assisted by the to obtain compensation for injuries sustained in an accident in which he was involved on the way to work, September 1932 Notice that copies of a picture shown to delegates at the previous Council Meeting can be obtained for a small price, September 1932 Notice of the appointment of a new Certifying Factory Surgeon in Crook and in South Shields, October 1932 Notice that P. Lee will supervise the Treasurer's Department until other arrangements can be made, and that Mr. Swan will supervise any Unemployment Insurance cases, November 1932 Notice drawing the attention of members to the insurance scheme run in conjunction with the Daily Herald, December 1932 Volume is inscribed on fly-leaf 'Peter Lee 1932' Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 13 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Minutes and notices issued to lodges, as follows: Minutes of committee meetings, 4 January 1933 - 18 December 1933 Notice informing the members that the Daily Herald does not insure against fire, January 1933 Notice recounting the case of a miner in Yorkshire, who received compensation for suffering from 'Coal Miners' Nystagmus', who then recovered, but was refused work by the owner of a mine; his claim for compensation, from the date work was refused, has been upheld, but is subject to an Appeal, January 1933 Notice that the Coal Owners' Association has decided to extend the House Rent and Firecoal Agreements, with regard to the definition of a householder and with regard to people renting rooms in public houses, for six months to 30 June 1933, January 1933 Notice, including a letter from The Daily Herald, concerning its withdrawal on 30 June 1932, of Fire Insurance from its free insurance scheme, and the possibility of its being reinstated, 1 February 1933 Notice, including a letter from the Commissioner for Transitional Payments County Durham, 2 Ravensworth Terrace, Durham, agreeing that a Lodge Official may accompany an applicant for payment, 9 March 1933 Notice indicating that figures compiled from the Ascertainment, and covering a period of two years, have been printed in leaflet form for inserting in the book 'Changes in Wages', March 1933 Notice that Hannen Swaffer, E. Shinwell, R.S. Cripps, and A. Greenwood have been elected as speakers at the Gala, April 1933 Notice that the Owners have agreed that 6 May 1933, May Day, will be a General Holiday at the collieries, April 1933 Notice giving the opinion of the Durham Miners' Association's solicitor that a prosecution, in the case of a breach of the Coal Mines Act with respect to overtime working, can be undertaken only by an Inspector, or with the consent of the Secretary of State, 9 May 1933 Blank form for the election of a new Agent to replace Mr. Trotter, May 1933 Notice that the details of a new Panel of Minimum Wage Umpires, agreed with the Owners' Association, will be issued shortly, 30 May 1933 Notice that a majority has agreed to an alteration of the Rules, 30 May 1933 Notice that a temporary General Treasurer has been appointed, June 1933 Notice that the House Rent Agreement is to be extended for a further 6 months to 31 December 1933, July 1933 Notice that an agreement has been reached with the Enginemen's Association that no man, under 18 years, can attend an engine of more than 10 h.p. and that all men attending engines of 10 h.p. and above must be members of the Enginemen's Association; also that men can move between the Enginemen's Association and the Durham Miners' Association, as their occupations change, 8 July 1933 Notice that the Scrutineers had no knowledge of a change made by the Secretary of a Lodge to the vote recorded by that Lodge in the election of the Treasurer, 27 July 1933 Notice giving the payments to be made to members of the attending local bodies, November 1933 Minutes of the Durham County Mining Federation Board, 8 December 1933 Notice that the establishment of a pension scheme has been postponed and that the DMA should join with other Districts of the Miners' Federation in pressing for a National Miners' Pension Fund, 19 December 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 14 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Minutes of committee meetings, and circulars sent to the Lodges, 17 July 1950 - 4 December 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 208/11

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 16 July 1951 - 31 December 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 261/2-24

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 7 January 1952 - 21 July 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 261/25-52

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 5 August 1952 - 29 December 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 261/53-71

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 3 January - 31 December 1956 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/3-52

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 4 June 1962, 26 June 1967, 20 and 28 October 1969 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/66,69-71

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 8 July - 14 October 1968 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/53-59

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 12 October 1970 -29 March 1971; 11 September 1972, 12 February 1979 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/75-84

Minutes of committee meeting sent to the Lodges, 30 August 1977 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 283/2

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 20 October and 17 December 1979 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/85-86

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 6 September 1980; 12 July - 20 December 1982 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/87-88, 283/3

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 27 March - 27 September 1984 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/91-95, 122

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 12 January - 20 July 1987 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 262/108-120

Minutes of committee meetings sent to the Lodges, 4 September 1944 and 26 March 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 284/32

number not used For D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 240 see D/DMA 1/11/38

number not used For D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol.239 see D/DMA 1/11/35-37

Minutes and circulars sent to Lodges, 25 February 1876 - 5 May 1876 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 305/5

Minutes and circulars sent to the Lodges, 25 February 1876 - 17 March 1876 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 204/1

Minutes and circulars sent to the Lodges, 17 June 1876 - 4 December 1876 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 204/3

Minutes and circulars sent to the Lodges, 18 December 1876 - 29 June 1877 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 204/4

Minutes and circulars sent to the Lodges, 4 July 1877 - 27 December 1877 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 204/5

Circulars issued Lodges, as follows: Balance sheet giving income, listing names of pits, giving the pit's total contribution, and its contribution for death, sickness and accident, and delegates' expenses; giving expenditure as follows: wages to named employees; grants and donations to named individuals; expenditure for deputations to named collieries; expenditure on conveyances at named collieries; expenditure on arbitrations at named collieries; expenditure on strikes and lock-outs at named collieries; expenditure on breakage of machinery at named collieries; expenditure on sacrificed members at named collieries for named individuals; expenditure on law charges and court expenses at named collieries; expenditure on death legacies and sick allowances at named collieries; miscellaneous expenditure including one named individual, September 1877 - December 1877 Relief Fund Balance Sheet giving the names of collieries contributing and receiving funds, 13 September 1877 - 13 December 1877 Programme of Ordinary Council Meeting, 5 January 1878 Minutes of Ordinary Council Meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 5 January 1878 Advertisement for the Miners' Watchman newspaper, January 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee (Auckland District) including names of collieries, 11 January 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 15 January 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (East District), including names of collieries, 21 January 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 28 January 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 1 February 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (North District) including names of collieries, 4 February 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 11 February 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 12 February 1878 Notice, issued by William Crawford, Offices, 16 North Road, Durham, asking members of the to cast their ballot for or against the grant of £50 to allow a sacrificed member, William Prentice, to establish a business, 8 January 1878 Notice, issued by W Crawford, Secretary, asking members who ask for the attendance of an agent at Lodge meetings to adhere to certain procedures in the submission of claims for money, 24 January 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting, including names of collieries, 15 February 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 20 February 1878 Notice, issued by W Crawford, accompanying details of the number of votes assigned to an individual or a colliery for the next Council Meeting 19 February 1878 Programme of Council Meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 2 March 1878 Report of the Executive Committee, explaining its actions in the case of appeals for relief made by individual miners, giving names of individuals and names of pits, 20 February 1878 Request, addressed by William Crawford to Lodges, for details of the number of inspections they have made of their 'Pit or Pits, or Seams' in 1877, 2 February 1878 Minutes of Council Meeting, including names of individuals or collieries, 2 March 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting, (East District), including names of pits, 4 March 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 12 March 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 19 March 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 21 March 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (North District), giving names of collieries, 25 March 1878 Notice, issued by W. Crawford, that 14 clearance cards, numbers 54 to 67, from Murton Lodge have been stolen and are not to be accepted, 16 March 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, giving names of individuals and 8 collieries, 26 March 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, giving names of individuals of individuals and collieries, 27 March 1878 Minutes of committee meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 30 March 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (Auckland District) giving names of individuals and collieries, 1 April 1878 Minutes of a Special Council Meeting concerning subscriptions to, and the work of, the Relief Fund; Hours of Working; and the Sliding Scale, 2 April 1878 Notice, addressed to the Members' of the Durham Miners' Association, announcing that the Relief Fund, established on 8 March 1877, is bankrupt, despite having taken £7,000 from the General Fund, and indicating that subscriptions to the fund must increase from 2d per fortnight to 5d per fortnight per member, or that payments must be reduced [April 1878] Notice, issued by the Executive Committee, addressed to members of the concerning negotiations with the coal owners, in the matter of extended working hours and the Sliding Scale, 27 March 1878 List, issued by William Crawford, Secretary, of minutes and circulars 'sent to the County' from 1 January to March 1878, 27 March 1878 Circular informing the members of the that a clerk could be appointed to assist Mr Patterson and a boy to assist Mr. Wilkinson; asking whether a vote of thanks be given to Mr. MacDonald, M.P.; asking whether a representative should visit London to speak to Mr. Cross, the Home Secretary, concerning the Mines Bill; asking for the number of people from each place likely to attend the Miners' Gala, [April 1878] Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 8 April 1878 List, issued by the Executive Committee, of appeals to the Relief Fund, giving names of collieries and individuals, 13 April 1878 Programme of Ordinary Council Meeting, giving names of collieries and individuals, 27 April 1878 Circular addressed to the members of the Durham Miners' Association Minutes of Committee Meeting, including names of collieries and individuals, 15 April 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, including names of collieries and individuals, 16 April 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (East District) giving names of collieries, 26 April 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 22 April 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting giving names of individuals and collieries, 29 April 1878 Minutes of Ordinary Council Meeting, including names of individuals and collieries, 27 May 1878 Circular, addressed to members of the Durham Miners' Association, concerning the Award by E.J. Meynell that working hours may be increased from 10 to 11 hours per day and instructing the members to report any attempt to make the shift longer than 11 hours and any attempt to push the hour onto the foreshift in the morning, 16 April 1878 Results, listed by colliery, of a ballot on whether Mr Prentice should have a grant of £50, n.d. April-May 1878 List, by colliery, giving the number of men idle through lock-out, strike, or depression of trade, 2 May 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 4 May 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (North District), 10 May 1878 Circular, addressed to members of the Durham Miners' Association, requesting Lodges to send in candidates for the 2 posts of clerk, suggested by the Committee, 13 May 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 13 May 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 14 May 1878 Notice indicating that 'men who are 'unfinancial' but one penny or one day outside rule time', will receive no financial support, n.d., May 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (Auckland District) giving names of collieries, 21 May 1878 Circular, addressed to the members of the Durham Miners' Association, informing them of the bankruptcy of the Relief Fund, listing the collieries where men are receiving relief, recommending the immediate cessation of the Relief Fund levy on members and the cessation of the payment of Relief Fund after12 weeks, 27 May 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 27 May 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 28 May 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 29 May 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 3 June 18788 Notice giving the correct date of the Council Meeting of the Durham Miners' Association, 5 June 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 7 June 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 10 June 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (East District), giving names of collieries, 11 June 1878 Programme of Ordinary Council Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 15 June 1878 List of Appeals giving names of individuals and collieries, 4 June 1878 Minutes of Special and Ordinary Council Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 15 June 1878 Minutes of Council Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 17 June 1878 Minutes of Council Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 18 June 1878 List of 'Nominees for Committee', giving name and colliery of the individual, 18 June 1878 Circular, addressed to Members of the Durham Miners' Association, encouraging attendance at the Gala and the bringing of bands and banners, 17 June 1878 Voting paper for members of the Executive Committee, 29 June 1878 List of four people elected to serve on the Committee, 1 July 1878 Circular describing in detail the situation at Thrislington Colliery, where the men are appealing for strike pay, but where the colliery is closed because of the depression of trade, 10 June 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 24 June 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 25 June 1878 Minutes of Committee Meeting, giving names of individuals and collieries, 29 June 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (North District), giving names of collieries, 28 June 1878 Circular, addressed to the members of the Durham Miners' Association, announcing that there will be no speaking from the windows of the County Hotel, at the Gala, 25 June 1878 Ballot paper on which the members of the may express their opinion as to whether the miners at Thrislington Colliery are entitled to a Lock-Out Allowance, and giving the text of a letter from Thrislington Lodge to Mr. Morrison, the owner of Thrislington Colliery, June 1878 List of circular, minutes, appeals, ballot papers, sent to the members of the between April and June 1878, 12 June 1878 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 2 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circular issued to Lodges, as follows: Balance sheet of Durham Miners' Association, 14 December 1877 - 13 March 1878 Relief Fund Balance Sheet, 13 December 1877 - 14 March 1878 Balance Sheet, Northumberland Levy, giving names of collieries contributing, 2 May 1878 Balance Sheet of Durham Miners' Association, 14 March 1878 - 13 June 1878 Relief Fund Balance Sheet, 14 March 1878 - 13 June 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee meetings (East District), including Auckland cases, 12 July 1878 - 2 December 1878, 12 July 1878 Minutes of Committee meeting, 24 July 1878 - 31 December 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee meeting (North District), 9 August 1878 - 13 December 1878 Minutes of Council Meeting, 17 August 1878 Programme of Council Meeting, 17 August 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (Auckland District), 26 August 1878 - 5 November 1878 Balance Sheet, 14 June 1878 - 12 September 1878 Relief Fund Balance Sheet, 14 June 1878 - 12 September 1878 Minutes of Special Council Meeting, 11 October 1878 Minutes of Ordinary Council Meeting, 12 October 1878 Programme of Special and Ordinary Council Meeting, 11 October 1878 Programme of Annual Council Meeting, 6 December 1878 Proceedings of Annual Council Meeting, 6 December 1878 Proceedings of Adjourned Annual Council Meeting, 7 December 1878 List of circulars sent to its members by the Durham Miners' Association, April - June 1878, 12 July 1878 Circular concerning 'Appeals against the doings of the Committee', listing the details of the appeals, the colliery and, occasionally, the person involved, 3 August 1878 Circular concerning the Sliding Scale to regulate wages of hewers and others, indicating that no change in wages is to take place, August 1878 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, concerning an appeal concerning men at Shildon Colliery and Cornsay Colliery, 12 April 1878 Circular, issued by William Crawford, defending his proceedings in the appeal by men at Thrislington Colliery for strike pay, 17 August 1878 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, explaining why the Thrislington Appeal is not to be discussed at the next Council Meeting, August 1878 Poster announcing that all benefits from the Relief Fund will be discontinued after 7 September 1878, 27 August 1878 Circular requesting Lodges to return the number of their members, September 1878 List of collieries giving the number of votes for, and against, the payment of lock-out or strike allowances to workers at Thrislington Colliery, August - September 1878 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, stating that some financial irregularities have been taking place in the Lodges and suggesting that two sets of books be kept and that they be changed quarterly and sent to the Offices to be audited, 26 September 1878 Circular, issued by John Cummings and John Batey, concerning Mr. Richardson and Partners of Shildon, and a dispute centring on the dismissal of two men, mistakes in the payment of wages, and violation of the Special Rules of the Colliery, September 1878 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, concerning disputes at 5 collieries, and the payment of strike allowance, 26 September 1878 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, entitled 'The Present Condition of the Association' concerning the discrepancy between the income and expenditure of the Durham Miners' Association, because of the payment of benefits in a time of depression of trade, and recommending a reduction in the benefits, 26 September 1878 Circular entitled 'Trimdon Case', 7 October 1878 Circular, entitled 'Work to be Done', exhorting the members to persuade other miners to join the Association and to attend Lodge Meetings, 9 October 1878 Circular, entitled 'Appeals', indicating that no appeals will be discussed, in future, by Officers at Committee Meetings, 26 September 1878 Circular, entitled 'Federation Necessary To All Those Employed In and About The Mines In The County of Durham', recommending that the four Associations concerning mines in County Durham amalgamate, issued by the Coke Drawers, the Mechanics, the Enginemen, and the Miners, 17 October 1878 Circular requesting returns from the Lodges, either agreeing with, or suggesting alterations to, the proposal for Federation, 28 October 1878 Circular, entitled 'Langley Park Report', made by William Mould and W.R. Fairley, concerning the dismissal of Mr. Soulsby and the question of whether he should be considered 'a sacrificed member', 1 November 1878 Circular referring to the forthcoming National Conference and emphasising its importance, 5 November 1878 Circular containing the Durham County Mining Federation Rules, 13 November 1878 Circular informing the members of the date for any alteration in Lodge Secretaries' addresses, the working of the 11-hour rule, and payment of wages at Wheatley Hill, November 1878 Circular, issued by The Agents, protesting against the 'Hedley Hill Motion', which seeks to reduce the agents' pay at a time when the depression of trade has increased their work, 22 November 1878 Circular announcing a reduction of 1d. per ton in wages, in accordance with the Sliding Scale, November 1878 Blank ballot paper for 5 members of the Executive Committee, November 1878 'Programme: A Special Conference of The Miners of England, Scotland and Wales will be held in the Ardwick Town Hall, Manchester, on Monday, December 16th, 1878, and following Days. The Conference will be opened at One, P.M., Prompt. Alexander Macdonald, Esq., M.P., will Preside'; describing the fact that the National Union must press for a new Mines Bill to promote safety in the mines, as 660 men have been killed in 3 explosions in the past year; and listing questions that should be considered; issued by William Crawford, Secretary Miners' National Union, November 1878 'List of Persons Nominated for Executive Committee', of the Durham Miners' Association, 16 November 1878 List of collieries, giving the number of seats and number of votes for each Lodge, November 1878 Circular, entitled The 99th Rule', referring to a proposed change in the 99th rule, and emphasise the importance of solvency to trades unions, November 1878 List of collieries, giving the numbers of votes cast for each of the 2 candidates for the Office of Treasurer, November 1878 List of collieries, indicating the number of votes cast concerning the question whether Delegates' wages should be 'Off Board' or 'reduced to 6s. per day', November 1878 Circular enquiring whether alterations to the rules should be 'on slips' or whether a new complete set should be supplied, December 1878 Circular enquiring whether the Sliding Scale should be amended, and whether strike pay should be paid at 7 named collieries, 27 December 1878 List of circulars sent to Lodges, from July to December 1878, 8 January 1879 Ballot paper for the question as to whether the retiring members of the Committee should remain in office until the renewal of the Sliding Scale has been accomplished, December 1878 Ballot paper for the question as to whether, and when, strike pay at 7 named collieries should be stopped, December 1878 Blank form for Lodges to return the Averages, both gross and nett, for 10 coal seams, January 1879 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 3 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars issued to Lodges, as follows: Balance sheet, 13 September 1878 - 19 December 1878 Relief Fund Balance Sheet, 13 September 1878 - 5 July 1879 Minutes of Committee Meetings, 31 December 1878 - 27 June 1879 Minutes of Federation Meetings, 28 January 1879 - 28 April 1879 Programme of Council Meetings, 1 February 1879 - 7 June 1879 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 14 February 1879 Minutes of Special Council Meetings, 15 February 1879 - 30 April 1879 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting, 24 February 1879 Programme of Ordinary and Special Council Meetings, 15 March 1879 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 27 January 1879 - 14 March 1879 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 17 January 1879 - 24 February 1879 Minutes of Council Meetings, 1 February 1879 - 9 June 1879 Programme of a Special Council Meeting, 30 April 1879 Circular listing circulars sent to the Lodges, from July to December 1878, 8 January 1879 Circular listing appeals against decisions of the Committee over welfare payments, 18 January 1879 Circular discussing the claim for strike pay at Hebburn, 21 January 1879 Average Form for recovering average pays in 10 named coal seams, January 1879 Form for recording reductions in pay, since March 1877, whether made by the Joint Committee or 'apart from the Joint Committee by being in some measure forced', in 11 named coal seams, January 1879 Circular setting out the 'Offer of The Owners' on alterations to the Sliding Scale of wages, 6 February 1879 Circular setting out 'The Owners' Claim for a Reduction' in wages, 22 February 1879 Circular setting out 'The Opinion of the Federation Board', giving details of the 2 offers to the Employers, proposed by the Board, February 1879 Monthly Report, no. 1, March 1879 Circular listing appeals against the decisions of the Committee over welfare payments, 10 March 1879 Circular, entitled 'The Pending Reduction', describing negotiations between the and the Durham Coal Owners' Association concerning the proposed reduction in miners' pay, and urging the members not to insist on going to arbitration which would end in a strike, 10 March 1879 Circular requesting that representatives attend the next Council Meeting to determine whether there should be a Gala Day in the current year, 11 March 1879 Circular describing negotiations with the coal owners and a reduction in wages, and describing the state of trade in South Wales, the Midlands and Durham, 17 March 1879 List of collieries giving their votes for and against the 'Committee Suggestion' of negotiation and 'Open Arbitration', 19 March 1879 Circular, giving the text of a letter to be sent to the press by William Crawford, entitled 'The Dispute in the Durham Coal Trade, 28 March 1879 Circular, giving the text of a letter to be sent to the press by William Crawford, entitled 'The Dispute in the Durham Coal Trade', 26 March 1879 Notice advising members who have received offers of settlement from the managers of their collieries, to take note of the resolutions in favour of arbitration by the last 2 Council Meetings, 29 March 1879 Notice advising members to be aware that voting for arbitration is, in effect, voting for a strike, 21 March 1879 Ballot paper for a further vote on whether the miners should negotiate with the owners or strike, March 1879 Ballot paper for a vote as to whether the retiring members of the Committee should remain in place while the problem with wages remains, March 1879 Notice concerning the giving in of notices for a reduction of wages, as agreed by a resolution of the Council on 5 December 1874, March 1879 Notice instructing Lodge Secretaries to call special full meetings of their members on 31 March 1879, 28 March 1879 Circular instructing Lodge Secretaries how to hold the ballot on whether the men should strike or accept the Owners' terms, 3 April 1879 Circular advising members how to behave if managers at collieries refuse to pay wages; that newspaper reports of collieries working are false; and that the members should send reports of conditions at their collieries to the at once, 9 April 1879 Circular containing a copy of a letter 'To the Various Trades Societies in The United Kingdom', describing the background to 'The Dispute in the Durham Coal Trade' and asking for financial support, 19 April 1879 Ballot paper for a vote on whether collieries now working should continue, 16 April 1879 Notice requesting Lodge Secretaries to call a meeting of their members on the next Tuesday, 25 April 1879 Circular warning against imposters fraudulently collecting money for the relief of the miners' and instructing Lodge Secretaries that all money collected should be used for the relief of all the members of their Lodge, 25 April 1879 Circular entitled 'The Owners' Offer', advising the members of the to accept the offer of negotiation made by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, 5 May 1879 Circular containing a copy of an article in The Daily Chronicle entitled 'The Prospect of a Settlement in Durham', May 1879 Notice, issued by the Executive Committee, instructing Lodge Officials to prevent any men from returning to work before they have had word from the Durham Miners' Association, 8 May 1879 Circular informing officers that no settlement had been reached in negotiations with the Coal Owners, 10 May 1879 Circular informing officers that no settlement has been reached, 14 May 1879 Circular containing the text of a letter, to be sent to the press by William Crawford, setting out the course of the dispute between the and the Durham Coal Owners' Association, 16 April 1879 Ballot paper whereby the members of the may vote for two arbitrators in the dispute on the reduction in wages, 17 May 1879 Circular setting out Mr. Bradshaw's arbitration in the dispute over the reduction in wages, 15 May 1879 Circular explaining that the coming arbitration in the dispute over the reduction in wages, will not necessarily exceed the award made by Mr. Bradshaw, 16 May 1879 Circular containing Thomas Bradshaw's opinion that the arbitration will be concerned with the Coal Owners' claims for a further reduction in wages, 19 May 1879 Circular announcing that the Executive Committee will distribute a payment of 2 shillings per head for full members and 1 shilling per head for half members, 29 May 1879 Blank form for the nomination of arbitrators, May 1879 Circular requesting that any changes required to be made to Local Secretaries' addresses be sent, 19 May 1979 Blank notice announcing that a meeting will be held at each Lodge to hear a statement from the Executive Committee, May 1879 List of collieries giving their votes for and against a reduction in delegates' wages, May 1879 Circular containing a list of persons nominated for the Committee, 16 June 1879 Ballot paper for nominations for the Executive Committee, 1879 Circular asking for applications for the post of 'Hall & Office Cleaner' at the Miners' Hall, Durham, 9 June 1879 Circular requesting information on the following: average wages of hewers, number of days worked per pay, local reductions in pay; hours worked longer and shorter than Mr. Meynell's Award, hours worked by hewers, number of deputies, June 1879 Blank Band Masters' Certificate for expenses claimed for the performance at the Gala, 5 July 1879 Blank Band Receipt for expenses, 1879 Notice asking the members of the DMA to reserve judgement on the Murton Appeal until the Executive Committee has replied to it, 23 June 1879 Circular requesting that as many members as possible attend the Gala, 23 June 1879 Ballot paper for the election of 4 members of the Executive Committee, re-issued because of a misunderstanding concerning the previous ballot paper, 25 June 1879 Circular requesting the Lodges to inform the Executive Committee how large a levy should be made to support men thrown out of work through strike, 26 June 1879 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 4 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Minutes and circulars sent to the Lodges, 1 July 1879 - 27 December 1879 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 204/6

Circulars issued to Lodges, as follows: Balance Sheet, 3 July 1879 - 25 September 1879; 1 January - 25 March 1880 Programme of Ordinary Council Meetings, 17 January 1880 - 26 June 1880 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 5 January 1880 - 21 May 1880 Minutes of Committee Meetings, 14 January 1880 - 29 June 1880 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 16 January 1880 - 12 June 1880 Minutes of Council Meetings, 17 January 1880 - 28 June 1880 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (East District), 2 February 1880 - 28 June 1880 Minutes of Federation Board Meetings, 19 February 1880 - 15 April 1880 Programme of Special Council Meeting, 17 April 1880 Minutes of Special Council Meeting, 17 April 1880 Monthly Reports, nos. 1-6, January 1880 - June 1880 Circular discussing two motions to be put to the Council Meeting of 17 January 1880, concerning support for Warwickshire miners and the winding of the Miners' Hall clock, 31 December 1879 List of 5 new members of the Executive Committee, 7 January 1880 Notice announcing the time of commencement of the Council Meeting, on 17 January 1880, and requesting the representatives of the Lodges to be punctual, 10 January 1880 Circular requesting details of the addresses of Lodge Secretaries, January 1880 Circular requesting nominations of persons to act as auditors of the accounts, January 1880 Circular, issued by the Durham County Federation, addressed to the 'Cokemen, Enginemen, Mechanics and Miners of the County', concerning workmen breaking the terms of the agreement concerning wages arrived at in October 1879, 14 February 1880 Notice announcing that the has begun to pay 'rule allowance' from 16 February 1880, February 1880 List of those nominated to act as auditors, 17 February 1880 Extract from the 'Minutes of Council Meeting of Cokemen', concerning men giving in notices for an increase of pay without the sanction of the DMA or the Federal Board, February 1880 Circular detailing appeals against decisions by the Executive Committee on welfare benefits, 27 February 1880 Blank ballot form for the election of 2 auditors, 1880 Circular containing a response by the Durham Coal Owners' Association to requests put to it by the Durham Miners' Association, and comments thereon by the Executive Committee, 8 March 1880 Circular containing an open letter 'To The Miners of England, Scotland, and Wales', soliciting money to ensure the re-election of Mr. Burt and Mr. Macdonald to the House of Commons, issued by William Crawford on behalf of the 'Miners' National Union', 13 March 1880 Circular containing a covering letter from the Executive Committee of the Durham Miners' Association, supporting the appeal made by the Miners' National Union, 16 March 1880 Circular concerning the resolution, passed at 2 Council Meetings, to restrict the earnings of hewers and the inadvisability of attempting to enforce the resolution, 25 March 1880 Circular remarking that the Lodge at Thornley is 'a good strong Lodge', 30 March 1880 Blank ballot paper for a vote to determine whether 'The extra Penny per Score is paid to our Hand putters when the rank turns', 80, 90 or 100 yards, March 1880 Circular requesting the total number of deputies in each colliery, the number who are members of the Durham Miners' Association, the numbers who are in the Deputies' Association, and the number in neither, March 1880 Circular announcing that wages will remain at the same level for the next 4 months, 5 April 1880 List of collieries, showing the number of votes at each for the continuation or abolition of the Restriction, April 1880 Circular discussing the question of Restriction to be discussed at a Special Council Meeting, 12 April 1880 Note, written by William Crawford, on behalf of the Federation Board, concerning changes in the price of coal and the Sliding Scale, April 1880 Note, written by William Crawford, on behalf of the Federation Board, listing items sent back to the for consideration, 20 April 1880 Circular, entitled 'Important Matters', discussing motions to abolish the Sliding Scale, 22 April 1880 Circular containing a motion to be put to the next Council Meeting concerning the payment of £20 from the Sick Fund to Thomas Foley of Castle Eden, 28 April 1880 List of collieries giving the number of votes at each on the abolition or continuation of Restriction, April 1880 Blank ballot paper for voting on the abolition of Restriction, April 1880 Circular requesting the numbers of full financial members at each Lodge, April 1880 Circular requesting Lodge Secretaries to arrange for the parts of the Monthly Circular dealing with 'Averages', 'East Howle' and the 'Sliding Scale', to be read to their members, 1 May 1880 List of collieries, entitled 'Revision of Voting', giving the number of seats and number of votes, May 1880 Circular requesting each Lodge to indicate how much rent is allowed to men in rented houses, the number of short shifts stonemen and shifters have in a fortnight, and their hours and rates of pay for Sunday working, May 1880 Blank form for the nomination of 4 persons as members of the Executive Committee, 28 May 1880 Circular asking the Lodge Officers to publicise a lecture by Lloyd Jones, 1880 Circular containing a report by William Longstaff and Patrick Carling concerning the dismissal of William Wears of Tinmill, May 1880 List of persons nominated to serve on the Executive Committee, 1 June 1880 Circular setting out questions raised by miners and the Executive Committee's response to them, 10 June 1880 Circular listing Appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee on welfare payments, 12 June 1880 List of persons nominated 'to act as Arbitrators in the case of the few collieries recently sent to enquiry', June 1880 Circular setting out details of the 'South Wingate Appeal' against decisions of the Executive Committee, 21 June 1880 Blank ballot paper for the election of 4 members of the Executive Committee, 1 June 1880 Circular announcing the date of the next Council Meeting, 1 June 1880 Blank ballot paper for the election of Arbitrators, June 1880 Notice requiring the bills concerning the Council Meeting be displayed, June 1880 Notice correcting a mistake on the list of nominees for the Executive Committee, June 1880 Circular requesting details of the average wage of 'Hand-Putters', May 1880 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 5 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Minutes and Circulars issued to the Lodges 27 June 1881 - 24 December 1881 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 319/2

Circulars sent to Lodges, as follows: Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 22 June 1883 - 21 December 1883 Minutes of Committee Meetings, 26 June 1883 - 31 December 1883 Minutes of Central Board of the Miners' National Union Meetings, 25 June 1883 - 16 November 1883 Minutes of the Board of the Durham County Mining Federation Association Meetings, 3 July 1883 - 9 November 1883 Minutes of the Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 9 July 1883 - 16 November 1883 Programme of Council Meetings, 28 July 1883 - 12 January 1884 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 13 July 1883 - 17 December 1883 Defence Fund Balance Sheet, 22 March - 28 June 1883; 28 June - 20 September 1883 Balance Sheet, 22 March 1883 - 28 June 1883; 28 June 1883 - 20 September 1883 Minutes of Council Meetings, 28 July 1883 - 10 November 1883 Programme of Sliding Scale Council Meeting, 3 November 1883 Minutes of Special Sliding Scale Council Meeting, 3 November 1883 Programme of the Annual Council Meeting, 15 December 1883 Minutes of the Annual Council Meeting, 15 December 1883 Notice, issued by Springwell Lodge, warning the Secretaries of other Lodges that only Clearance Cards bearing the Lodge stamp are genuine, 15 June 1883 Circular asking whether miners at Silksworth should 'have the £200' to build a house for the checkweighman; requesting details of boys' wages; asking whether men go in to hew coals on Baff - Saturday nights, 28 June 1883 Circular requesting members of the to attend the Gala, 2 July 1883 List of 4 new members of the Committee and the new Auditor, July 1883 Circular requesting details of stonemen's and firemen's wages, July 1883 Circular listing Appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee on welfare payments, 12 July 1883 List of Lodges giving the number of votes for, and against, the payment of the Silksworth Grant, July 1883 Notice asking for the return of the Middle Bitch Burn Banner, July 1883 Notice, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, indicating that wages will remain the same, 30 July 1883 Circular asking the Lodges to send their representatives to the next Council meeting, ready to decide whether to send a further grant to the miners of Staffordshire, who are on strike, July 1883 Circular encouraging members of the Lodges to attend the Reform Demonstration on Newcastle Town Moor, 1883 Circular setting out a resolution of Council, passed on 18 December 1882, that the Executive Committee should be informed when a Manager refuses to comply with a notice given, that members will no longer 'go up or down with non-unionists', August 1883 Notice encouraging members of Lodges to attend the Reform Demonstration on Newcastle Town Moor, 4 September 1883 Circular discussing an Appeal against the decision of the Executive Committee at Bewick Main No. 1, 6 September 1883 Form for the nomination of one man to serve as Auditor, September 1883 Circular requesting information concerning whether hewers draw juds when chocks are used and how much they are paid; whether boys are kept beyond hours and how long; how much hewers pay as pick-pence; how many hours the pits work on Pay-Saturdays and Baff Saturdays, September 1883 Circular requesting details of the numbers proposing to attend the Reform Demonstration, September 1883 Circular describing the unveiling of a statue to Alexander Macdonald, to be placed in the Miners' Hall, 18 September 1883 Circular instructing officials of Lodges on how to join the procession at the Reform Demonstration, 20 September 1883 List of persons nominated to become Auditor, 19 September 1883 Circular describing the situation in the Staffordshire Strike or Lock-Out, 21 September 1883 Circular describing the Parliamentary Reform Conference, to be held in Leeds and chaired by John Bright and enquiring how many and the identities of those who propose to attend, September 1883 Circular listing the rates to be paid to boys, September 1883 Blank form, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham Miners' Association, requesting information on whether 'yard price' is paid for 'fast Jenkins', and, if so, how much; and whether hewers change shifts weekly or fortnightly, September 1883 Notice announcing the name of the Auditor, October 1883 Notice requiring Lodge Secretaries to complete Joint Returns and requesting 'Motions' for the Sliding Scale Council Meeting, 8 October 1883 Circular setting out 'Boys' Wages As They Are Now Verified by Returns' and 'Boys Wages: General or Standard Rates, Subject to additions under Sliding Scale', October 1883 Circular requesting motions for the Annual Council Meeting, October 1883 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, setting out the questions for discussion concerning the Sliding Scale, 20 October 1883 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, discussing certain motions on the Programme of the Council Meeting of 10 November 1883, 27 October 1883 Notice, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association' indicating that rates of wages will remain the same, 27 October 1883 Circular urging people to attend the unveiling of the 'Macdonald Statue', 2 November 1883 Monthly Reports, no. 42 - no. 43, November 1883 - December 1883 Circular setting out 'Suggested Changes, Amendments and Additions to the Present Sliding Scale', 9 November 1883 Circular requesting every man on the foreshift to attend the unveiling of the Macdonald statue, 12 November 1883 Blank certificate, and receipt, for the claiming of expenses of Bands attending the unveiling of the Macdonald statue, 17 November 1883 Notice advising Officers of the Lodges to send Wheatley Hill Putt Pay Notes to the Treasurer of the Durham Miners' Association, 13 November 1883 Circular requesting contributions to a testimonial to Richard Fynes, 11 November 1883 Circular setting out 'Suggested Changes, Amendments and Additions to the Present Sliding Scale', 9 November 1883 Blank form for the nomination of 5 members of the Committee, and one Auditor; and requesting details of full financial members, and changes in the addresses of Secretaries of Lodges, November 1883 Circular, discussing the implications of a number of the resolutions at the Annual Council Meeting, and recommending that they be rejected, 30 November 1883 Notice of 'Suggested Changes, Amendments and Additions to the Present Sliding Scale', November 1883 Circular urging members to attend a national 'Miners Conference' called to discuss wages and conditions, 11 December 1883 Blank form for the nomination of delegates to the National Conference, December 1883 Circular urging the Lodges to send aid to the men on strike at Ushaw Moor, 6 December 1883 Blank ballot paper for the election of 5 members of the Committee and an Auditor, December 1883 List of nominees as Representatives on the Committee as Auditor, giving name, occupation and residence, 18 December 1883 Blank ballot paper for the election of 5 out of 11 named candidates for the Committee, December 1883 Circular requesting a list of named Lodges to return details of their full financial members, December 1883 Circular containing a response, by the Federation Board, to changes in the Sliding Scale, proposed by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, December 1883 Circular containing the 'Replies Of The Durham Coal Owners' Association to the Suggested Changes, Amendments and Additions to the present Sliding Scale, received from the different sections of the Federation Board', December 1883 Circular setting out 'Explanations' of items in the Council Programme, 29 December 1883 Circular recommending that the strike at Ushaw Moor be discontinued after 2 years, 29 December 1883 Circular containing a report on the National Conference on wages, and urging members to attend the adjourned Conference in Birmingham [Warwickshire] to be held on 28 January 1884, 31 December 1883 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 6 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars issued to Lodges, as follows: Minutes of the Durham County Federation Association Board Meetings, 9 January 1884 - 26 May 1884 Minutes of Committee Meetings, 10 January 1884 - 26 June 1884 Minutes of Council Meetings, 12 January 1884 - 3 May 1884 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 14 January 1884 - 19 May 1884 Balance Sheet, 20 September 1883 - 27 December 1883; 27 December 1883 - 20 March 1884 Defence Fund Balance Sheet, 20 September 1883- 27 December 1883; 27 December 1883 - 20 March 1884 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 28 January 1884 - 21 June 1884 Minutes of Central Board of the Miners' National Union Meetings, 1 February 1884 - 19 May 1884 Minutes of Special Council Meeting, 9 February 1884 - 17 May 1884 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 15 February 1884 - 5 May 1884 Balance Sheet of the Durham County Mining Federation, from January - December 1883, 30 April 1884 Programme of Council Meetings, 8 March 1884 - 28 June 1884 Programme of Special Council Meeting, 22 March 1884 Circular setting out a proposed change to Rule 98, concerning stoppage of pits if changes in working are made without consultation; and a proposed change to Rule 97, concerning subscriptions to the Association by men on strike, 14 January 1884 Circular requesting votes on how the unfinancial men at Ushaw Moor should be treated, 24 January 1884 Circular requesting information as to whether putters go in with the fore-shift hewers and begin to putt at once, January 1884 Circular discussing the Sliding Scale and urging Lodges to send representatives to the Special Meeting prepared to put the matter into the hands of 'some body of men', 24 January 1884 Circular, issued by the Miners' National Union, describing the Coroner's Inquest into the explosion at the Wharncliffe - Carlton Colliery, near Barnsley [Yorkshire]; extracts from Reports of, and Statements made before the Commissioners on 'Accidents in Mines', by Frank M. Warden, Inspector of Mines for the Yorkshire District, deploring the use of gunpowder, and recommending the use of safety lamps, in 'fiery mines'; text of letter sent to Rt. Hon. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Home Secretary, concerning the 'Unsatisfactory Proceedings at the Inquest' into the Wharncliffe - Carlton Colliery Explosion, January 1884 Circular containing 'Proposed changes, amendments and additions to the existing practices and customs now in force at the various Collieries', made by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, December 1883 Balance Sheet of the Miners' National Union, 1 December 1882 - 31 December 1883; list of sums subscribed for the Macdonald statue, 17 January 1884 List of Lodges, giving number of seats and number of votes for each one, entitled 'Revision of Votes, Jan. 1884' Circular giving an account of the Miners' Conference held in Birmingham [Warwickshire] on 28 - 30 January 1884, January 1884 Circular containing a statement, issued by Monkhouse Goddard & Co., accountants, Newcastle, and Edward Sparks, accountant, Newcastle, setting out the price of coal, 31 January 1884 Circular containing a letter from the Committee, setting out how the funds subscribed for the relief of the men of Ushaw Moor have been spent, and an account of money received from named collieries, 11 February 1884 Circular letter explaining the history of the condition of miners since 1850, and explaining the functions of the Miners' National Union, February 1884 Circular requesting the information as to whether married Screenmen and Bank Firemen are allowed house and coal, February 1884 Monthly Reports, nos. 44, 45, 46, 47, January 1884 - April 1884 Circular setting out Appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee, 22 February 1884 Circular letter discussing the dispute at Vanes Hartley Colliery, Cockfield; the length of the strike; the use of black legs; and the necessity of supporting the miners, 26 February 1884 Circular requesting that Lodge Secretaries send in money punctually, 1 March 1884 Blank nomination paper for the post of Auditor, March 1884 Circular containing reports by D. Reid and J. Jameson, and by D. Reid and J. Wilson, on the dispute at Evenwood Colliery, caused by the demand by the owners for reduction in wages in the 5-4 seam and the Yard seam, March 1884 Circular discussing the purchase of a former Methodist Free Church in Leadgate, as a Miners' Hall, and asking whether the members think that £600 should be advanced by the for the purchase, 17 March 1884 Blank nomination paper for an Auditor, March 1884 Circular addressed 'To The Miners of the United Kingdom' by William Crawford, urging the miners to sign petitions concerning the Liability Act and in favour of a demand for more Mine Inspectors, 19 March 1884 List of nominees, giving name, occupation and residence, for the post of Auditor, March 1884 Circular asking for the members' opinion on a change in the rules rendering a man unfinancial, and on whether Mr. Golightly, the Durham Miners' Association's clerk, should be granted a house, 27 March 1884 Blank ballot paper concerning Mr. Golightly's house, March 1884 Circular containing 2 copy letters between William Crawford, Secretary to the Miners' National Union, and W.E. Gladstone, Prime Minister, concerning Gladstone's Franchise Bill, now before Parliament, 21 and 24 March 1884 Circular containing two copy letters between William Crawford, Secretary to the Miners' National Union, and Joseph Chamberlain, President of the Board of Trade, concerning the latter's Merchant Shipping Bill, 21 and 24 March 1884 Circular instructing the Lodges how to construct petitions by the men, to be sent to C.M. Palmer, House of Commons, 28 March 1884 Blank ballot paper for the election of officers of the Miners' National Union and for stating how many men will attend the Conference, April 1884 Circular announcing that a Conference of the Miners' National Union will be held in Manchester [Lancashire], on 22 April 1884 and giving an agenda, 31 March 1884 Circular containing corrections to the minutes of the Special Council Meeting held on 22 March 1884, April 1884 Circular instructing the Lodges to ensure that the pits do not work on Good Friday and Easter Monday, 9 April 1884 Notice of the election of the Auditor, 1884 Notice requesting that petitions be signed and sent as soon as possible, 17 April 1884 Circular, issued by the Durham Mining Federation Board, asking whether prices should be 'taken out' for the period from January to March 1884, because a new Sliding Scale has not been established, 16 April 1884 Circular announcing that 'The New Rule has been altered, so that any man who has lost money during its operation, must now be paid', 19 April 1884 Circular setting out the Appeals made against decisions of the Executive Committee, 18 April 1884 List of Lodges giving their votes on Leadgate Hall; the New Rule, and Golightly's house, April 1884 Circular, issued by the Durham County Collieries Federation, requesting the members to allow the Federation Board to negotiate a new Sliding Scale, in the light of the extremely depressed conditions of trade obtaining at the present, 25 April 1884 Circular containing a copy letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association agreeing to the number of shifts worked to be put on Cokemen's pay notes, and to the appointment of a Committee to discuss the question of the average wage with the Mechanics, in order to facilitate the renewal of the Sliding Scale, 24 April 1884 Blank ballot form for a vote on whether the Federation Board should establish a Sliding Scale, April 1884 Circular criticising Arnold Morley's report on the Wharncliffe-Carlton Colliery Explosion, 2 May 1884 Blank nomination form for a member of the Executive Committee, May 1884 Report on the Conference of the Miners' National Union, on 23 and 24 April 1884, 3 May 1884 Circular setting out the claim made by Durham Coal Owners' Association for a reduction in wages; the depressed state of trade; and the advisability of the establishment of another Sliding Scale, 20 May 1884 Blank ballot paper to vote for, or against, the Federation Board's attempt to arrange a Sliding Scale, April 1884 List of nominees for the Executive Committee, 20 May 1884 Blank ballot form for the election of 4 members of the Executive Committee, May 1884 Notice requiring every man and boy to pay the levy, 27 May 1884 Request for, and blank nomination form for, paid speakers at the Gala, 1884 Blank ballot form for the election of 4 members of the Executive Committee, June 1884 List of Lodges, giving their votes on the number of paid speakers at the Gala, June 1884 List of speakers nominated to attend the Gala and blank ballot form to vote for 4 speakers, June 1884 Blank form for the nomination of an auditor, June 1884 Blank form for members to vote whether men should be penalised and receive no benefits if they are unfinancial when a pit stops, June 1884 Circular discussing appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee, 13 June 1884 List of dates of Joint Committee Meetings, 7 July - 29 September 1884 List of Lodges giving their votes on the question as to whether the Federation Board should have full power to form a Sliding Scale, June 1884 Circular, issued by the Durham Mining Federation Board, discussing the attempted reduction in wages, the state of trade, and the advisability of establishing a Sliding Scale, 16 June 1884 Circular, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association setting out the Sliding Scale Agreement, June 1884 Blank ballot paper for the election of an Auditor, June 1884 Circular listing the new members of the Executive Committee, 18 June 1884 List of nominees for the post of Auditor, 19 June 1884 Circular, issued by the Miners' National Union and directed to the Miners' Associations of England, Scotland, and Wales, describing how Mr. Burt has the opportunity to put a resolution before the House of Commons concerning the need for more Inspectors of Mines; and requesting the Association to send representatives to take part in a deputation to meet the Home Secretary, 20 June 1884 Circular urging that as many people as possible attend the Gala, 23 June 1884 Copy letter, by William Crawford, sent to the Editor of the Daily Chronicle, arguing that working men are unlikely to be Conservatives, as most of the improvements in their lot have been brought about by Liberal governments, June 1884 List of Lodges giving their votes on whether unfinancial members should receive benefits, June 1884 Blank form for nominations of members to attend the London Reform Demonstration, July 1884 Circular containing a copy letter, from the Durham Miners' Association, explaining that the House of Lords is opposed to the proposed parliamentary reform and that the Durham Miners' Association should send delegates to the proposed Reform Demonstration in London, to counteract the threat posed by the attitude of the House of Lords, 27 June 1884 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 7 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars issued to the Lodges, as follows: Minutes of Council Meetings, 28 June 1884 - 18 October 1884 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 30 June 1884 - 19 December 1884 Minutes of Committee Meetings, 8 July 1884 - 29 December 1884 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 7 July 1884 - 14 November 1884 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 11 July 1884 - 15 December 1884 Programme of Council Meeting, 23 August 1884 Minutes of Central Board Meetings of the Miners' National Union, 15 August 1884 - 9 December 1884 Balance Sheet, 20 March 1884 - 26 June 1884 Relief Fund Balance Sheet, 22 May 1884 - 18 September 1884 Programme of Annual Council Meeting, 13 December 1884 Minutes of Annual Council Meetings, 13 December 1884 - 15 December 1884 Circular letter, issued by the Miners' National Union to the Miners of the United Kingdom, concerning 'Working Men's Representatives in the House of Commons', advocating increased representation of the interests of working men in the House of Commons, by the establishment of Political Associations and the payment of working class M.P.s by Trade Associations, December 1884 Notice issued by Monkhouse Goddard & Co., accountants, Newcastle, and Edward Sparks, accountant, Newcastle, to the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham Miners' Association, et. al., giving the selling price of coal and announcing a consequent 1¼ per cent reduction in wages, 1 August 1884 Notice of the election of the Auditor, 1884 Circular setting out the results of an enquiry into paying sacrificed money to 2 men at Hamsteels, 1884 Notice announcing that new rules are now available, and that the 1¼ per cent reduction in the Sliding Scale will begin on 28 July and 4 August 1884, 1884 Circular discussing Appeals by members against decisions by the Executive Committee, 9 August 1884 Circular setting out an appeal, correspondence, minutes of Executive Committee Meetings, concerning the stoppage of the pit at Usworth and the refusal of the Committee to pay benefits to the men, 16 August 1884 Circular indicating that no design of Safety Lamp has come up to the criteria set out in a competition, for which a prize was given by Mr. Ellis Lord; includes a list of the criteria and the report of the adjudicators, 1 January 1883 - 1884 Circular appealing for contributions to a testimonial to H. Broadhurst, M.P., 21 August 1884 Blank form, to be completed by Secretaries of Lodges, indicating how much should be contributed to Mr. Broadhurst's testimonial, August 1884 Circular discussing the need for an increase in Mine Inspectors, in the following way: list of members of a Trade Union delegation to Sir William Vernon Harcourt, M.P., Home Secretary, in support of Mr. Burt's motion for an increase in the number of mine inspectors, 2 July 1884; text of the petition; description of the proceedings at the meeting; Mr. Burt's moving the motion on 4 July 1884 the text of Mr. Burt's resolution concerning the need for more Mines Inspectors, 5 July 1884 Monthly Reports, nos. 48 - 52, August 1884 - December 1884 List of dates of Joint Committee Meetings, 17 October 1884 - 19 December 1884 Blank form to indicate how many clerks each Lodge thinks should be appointed to the Durham Miners' Association, September 1884 Circular announcing the death of Mr. J.C. Hewitt, one of the clerks in the offices, and raising the question of the number of clerks required to transact business efficiently, 18 September 1884 Blank ballot form for the election of an Auditor, September 1884 Circular requesting as many men as possible to attend local Reform Demonstrations to be held on 4 October 1884, 26 September 1884 Circular requesting the names of boys who have putt-pay wages at Thornley and Ludworth and details of the amount of money they receive, September 1884 Circular announcing that the ballot was in favour of 2 clerks and asking for applications for the 2 posts, October 1884 Notice, informing the members, that the Durham Coal Owners' Association has been informed that the pits will be idle on 4 October, October 1884 Circular giving the result of Henry Jemison's enquiry into a claim by Mr. C. Bell at Ivesley for sacrificed allowance, October 1884 Circular giving details of appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee and commenting on proposals to be discussed at the next Council meeting, 3 October 1884 Circular discussing the Industrial Remuneration Conference to take place in January 1885 to discuss possible changes to the organisation of capital and labour, 3 October 1884 List of lodges, with the number of votes each cast for one clerk or two clerks, October 1884 List of nominees for the post of Auditor, 9 October 1884 Blank ballot paper for the post of Auditor, October 1884 Circular asking Lodges to vote on the question whether Mr. Crawford should become a member of the Committee set up to arrange the Industrial Remuneration Conference, October 1884 Circular, issued by Monkhouse, Goddard & Co., accountants, Newcastle, and by Edward Sparks, accountant, Newcastle, to the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham Miners' Association, et. al., announcing the Selling Price of coal and the fact that wages will remain unaltered, 31 October 1884 Notice of the appointment of an auditor, October 1884 List of Lodges and the number of votes each has cast in favour of, or against, Mr. Crawford's becoming a member of the Industrial Remuneration Committee, November 1884 Notice announcing the date of the Annual and Ordinary Meetings, on 13 December, 17 November 1884 Report by Daniel Reid on the case of Mr. Todd of Sleekburn, 28 November 1884 Blank nomination paper for one member of the Committee and one Auditor, 1884 Circular setting out the understanding between the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the with regard to stopping pits after accidents; and responses to miners' requests, November 1884 Circular setting out appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee, and topics proposed to be discussed at the next Council Meeting, 27 November 1884 List of dates of Joint Committee Meetings, 26 December 1884 - 13 May 1885 Blank ballot paper for election of a member of the Committee and an Auditor, December 1884 Blank form for the return of the number of full financial members in each Lodge and details of any changes to the address of the Lodge Secretary, December 1884 List of dates of meetings of Joint Committees, between 26 December 1884 and 13 March 1885, December 1884 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 8 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars sent to Lodges, as follows: Balance Sheet of Durham Political Reform Association, January 1890 - June 1890 Minutes of Joint Committee (East District), 30 June 1890 - 22 December 1890 Balance Sheet, 20 March 1890 - 26 June 1890; 26 June 1890 - 18 September 1890 Minutes of Committee Meetings, 1 July 1890 - 30 December 1890 Minutes of Board Meetings of Durham County Mining Federation Association, 2 July 1890 - 18 December 1890 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 7 July 1890 - 14 November 1890 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 11 July 1890 - 12 December 1890 Minutes of Special Council Meetings concerning a ballot on the question of a strike over miners' hours, 28 July 1890 - 11 September 1890 Programmes of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 5 August 1890 - 22 December 1890 Programmes of Council Meetings, 16 August 1890 - 11 October 1890 Minutes of Council Meetings, 16 August 1890 - 11 October 1890 Programmes of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 22 September 1890 - 12 December 1890 Programmes of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 17 October 1890 - 14 November 1890 Programme of the Annual Council Meeting, 6 December 1890 Minutes of the Annual Council Meeting, 6 December 1890 List of 4 members elected to the Executive Committee, 11 July 1890 List of nominees for the post of Auditor, 11 July 1890 Circular containing letters, between the DMA and the Durham Coal Owners' Association, discussing the impossibility of resuming negotiations on the 'hours question', because of the strike at Wearmouth Colliery, 15 July 1890 Circular recommending that Mr. Patterson become Secretary, and that Mr. Wilson should become Financial Secretary, 21 July 1890 Circular including a letter from W.H. Patterson, advising the members, of the terms of the ballot on the hours issue, 29 July 1890 Circular stating the 'Workmen's Case' on the hours issue, 15 December 1890 Circular setting out reasons for the dispute at Wearmouth Colliery, including distances underground travelled by the men, time taken in travelling; with letters between the Durham Miners' Association, and Durham Coal Owners' Association, 9 August 1890 Circular setting out, and responding to, appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee, 2 August 1890 Circular setting out the result of the ballot on the strike over the hours issue, August 1890 Circular setting out negotiations with the Durham Coal Owners' Association on the hours issue, 20 August 1890 Circular setting out the 'Proposed Amended Rules for the Regulation of the Federation Board', August 1890 Circular recommending that the men at Wearmouth Colliery return to work on the basis of 7 hours work, bank to bank, 6 September 1890 Circular announcing that an 'Important Statement' would be issued concerning the 'Wearmouth Case', 3 September 1890 Circular including a statement on the 'Hours Question', 3 September 1890 Circular informing the members of the circumstances of the end of the Wearmouth strike, 19 September 1890 Circular setting out, and appealing to, appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee, 26 September 1890 Circular discussing the 'Conditions of Hours Question', 9 October 1890 Notice of the election of 4 agents and 2 named individuals to the Federation Board, November 1890 Circular describing negotiations, concerning an increase in wages, between the Durham County Mining Federation Board and the Durham Coal Owners' Association, 21 November 1890 Circular describing the fact that there are currently no appeals against the decisions of the Executive Committee, and discussing 5 proposals made by Lodges, 21 November 1890 Circular containing minutes of a meeting between the Durham County Federation Association and the Durham Coal Owners' Association, on the Silksworth dispute, 29 November 1890 - 1 December 1890, 2 December 1890 Circular setting out details of the 'Working Hours' agreement between the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham Miners' Association, 24 December 1890 Circular appealing for contributions to the support of the men striking at Silksworth, 27 December 1890 List of nominees to the Federation Board; and list of nominees for the position of Auditor; list of collieries, giving average hours worked in 'fore and back shifts'; list of collieries, giving 'hours worked by all pits in Durham', 1890 List of persons nominated to be members of the Executive Committee, and to be Auditor, 29 November 1890 Circular issued by the Durham Mining Federation Association: 'Copy of a Statement given by Mr. Guthrie, Secretary of the Coal Owners' Association, Durham, before the Royal Commission on Royalties, as to the average price of coals in Durham and Northumberland, ascertained by public Accountants, Net Selling Price at Pit on all Coals Raised', January 1875 - December 1889; 1890 Notice, to be displayed in Lodge Rooms, giving instructions on the procedure to be followed if the manager of a pit will not accede to the men's refusal to go up and down with non-unionists, 25 June 1889 Notice asking those attending the Miners' Gala to behave in respectable manner, as a mark of respect to the late Secretary, William Crawford, 1890 'Tabulated Statement of loosing at each flat, and time of riding at shift' at A Pit No. W. Maudlin; No. B Pit S East Maudlin, n.d., 1890 Notice, to be displayed in Lodge Rooms, instructing the members as to which officer they should contact concerning appeals, finance and law, 1890 Blank nomination form for members of the Federation Board and for the positions of Auditor and Secretary, 1890 Blank circular and voting form, to decide whether the Durham Mining Federation should pay for the registration and agents' fees for the Houghton-le-Spring Electoral Division, and whether there should be a meeting of its 4 constituent Associations to choose a candidate for the Division, October 1890 List of questions concerning the times when shifts at an unidentified colliery begin and end, 1890 Blank polling form for the election of members of the Federation Board and of the Auditor, 1890 Return of hours worked by the fore shift, back shift, night shift and tub loaders and 4th shift, in named collieries, 28 August 1890 List of Lodges giving number of votes, headed 'Revision of Voting for 1891', 1890 Programme of Resolutions to be put to No. 2 Platform of the 19th Annual Gala of the Durham Miners' Association, 1890 Blank nomination form for Committee and Auditor, 1890 Blank form requesting details, from Lodges, of the hours during which their pits draw coals on Baff Saturdays; and the hours during which their pits draw coals on Pay Saturdays, 1890 Blank Band Master's Certificate of Attendance at the Gala and blank Band Receipt for payment for attendance, 12 July 1890 Blank voting form on the question whether the Durham County Mining Federation Board shall have the power to negotiate a settlement, 1890 Blank voting form for the election of an Auditor, July 1890 Circular requesting suggestions for Resolutions to be put to the 'International Congress of Miners to be held in Paris [France] in 1891, 1890 Notice of the dates of Joint Committee Meetings, 1 October 1890 - 13 March 1891 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 9 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Minutes and circulars sent to the Lodges, 4 January 1897 - 30 June 1897 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 204/8

Minutes and circulars sent to the Lodges, 2 July 1897 - 30 December 1897 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 204/9

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 7 January 1908 - 30 June 1908 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings, Auckland District, 6 January 1908 - 25 May 1908 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings, East District, 14 February 1908 - 29 June 1908 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings, North District, 24 January 1908 - 19 June 1908 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Society, Minutes of Board Meetings, 23 January 1908 - 11 May 1908 Minutes of Programme of Council Meetings, including Committee notes, 15 February 1908 - 4 July 1908 Minutes of Minutes of Council Meetings, 15 February 1908 - 2 May 1908 Monthly circular No 145, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee, - January 1908 Monthly circular No 146, including a report from the 'The Conciliation Board' and an article concerning 'Agreements and Illegal Stoppages', - February 1908 List of nominees for the election of Auditor, 6 March 1908 Balance Sheets, for the period, 26 December 1907 - 19 March 1908 Monthly circular, No 147, including an article on the Washington Glebe Explosion, and reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee March 1908 List of the nominees for Gala Speaker, 3 April 1908 Notice of the result for the election of Auditor, 16 April 1908 List of the nominees for the Executive Committee, 23 April 1908 Monthly circular, No 148, including an obituary to Sir H Campbell-Bannerman, and reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee, April 1908 Report by the Durham County Mining Federation Association, concerning the Conciliation Board Meeting, and notes relating to Uniform Percentage and Cokemen's Coals in relation to the 1903 Agreement, May 1908 Announcement, relating to the terms of an agreement, dated 5 August 1903, between the Durham Coal Owners' and the on 'Coal Drawing after Loose' Notice of the result of First Vote for the Election of Executive Committee, 16 May 1908 Monthly circular, No 149, concerning the Conciliation Board Meeting and notes relating to Uniform Percentage, Cokemen's Coals, and the Budget and Pensions, May 1908 Notice of the Final Result for the Election of Executive Committee, 4 June 1908 List of nominees for the election of Auditor, 13 June 1908 Notice concerning the payment of Removal Allowance and that members in receipt of relief allowance are entitled to pay eight pence per fortnight, 16 May 1908 Notice, in response to a letter received from East Tanfield Lodge, requesting financial assistance for Mrs N Wilkinson, widow of the first Treasurer of the Association, 19 June 1908 Balance Sheets, for the period, 19 March 1908 - 25 June 1908 Monthly circular, No 150, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee, and notes on the Permanent Relief Fund, the International Miners' Conference, and the Eight Hours Bill, June 1908 Blank voting form, for and against re-joining the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, November 1907 Folded insert in respect of Revision of Voting 1908, listing names of Lodges and number of seats Blank nomination form, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the appointment of Election Agent for South-East Division, 1908 Blank nomination form, issued by for the nomination of auditor, 1908 Blank order form in respect of obtaining a cheaper edition of the 'History of the Durham Miners' Association Blank consent form, issued by the Durham Miners' Association to members in respect of acceptance of the 'Committee's Suggestion' to recognise their obligation to Mr Taylor and the Chester le Street Division, 1908 Blank consent form, issued by the DMA to Lodges to register their support of the Unemployed Bill, set down for Second Reading on 13 March 1908 Blank voting form, issued by the for election of Auditor, March 1908 Blank voting form, issued by the for nomination of Gala Speaker, March 1908 Blank voting form, issued by for the election of Auditor, April 1908 Blank voting form, issued by the for election of Gala Speakers, April 1908 Blank nomination form, issued by for the election of the Executive Committee, April 1908 Blank slip form, issued by the Executive Committee, with a request for completion in respect of wages paid to machine men, May 1908 Blank voting form, issued by the for the election of Executive Committee, May 1908 Blank slip vote, circulated to Lodge Secretaries to decide on the number of representatives that should attend the International Miners' Conference, May 1908 Blank slip vote, circulated to Lodge Secretaries to decide on the amount of 'Grant' to be awarded to those 'at present locked-out on the North East Coast', May 1908 Blank slip vote, circulated to Lodge Secretaries, to determine number in favour of the 'Alteration of Rules', as stipulated by the terms of the 'New Rule' at the Annual Council Meeting of 1906, 25 May 1908 Blank slip form, issued by the for the nomination of Auditor, June 1908 Blank slip form, issued by the for the return of votes in respect of the election of four persons to the Executive Committee June 1908 Blank slip form issued by the for the election of Auditor, (First Vote), June 1908 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 202/1

Circulars sent to Lodges, as follows: Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 29 June 1908 - 18 September 1908 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 17 July 1908 - 8 January 1909 Minutes of Council Meetings, 4 July 1908 - 7 November 1908 Minutes of Committee Meetings, 9 July 1908 - 30 December 1908 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 27 July 1908 - 15 January 1909 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 17 July 1908 - 30 November 1908 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 10 August 1908 - 21 December 1908 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 27 July 1908 - 7 December 1908 Minutes of the Federation Association Board Meetings, 5 August 1908 - 1 December 1908 Programme of Council Meetings, 5 September 1908 - 7 November 1908 Programme of Annual Council Meeting, 12 December 1908 Minutes of the Annual Council Meeting, 12 December 1908 Balance Sheets, 25 June 1908 - 17 September 1908; 17 September 1908 - 24 December 1908 Notice informing Lodges that Treasurers for the Checkweigh Fund may be guaranteed at the expense of the individual lodges, July 1908 List of nominees to represent the on the Federation Board, 16 July 1908 Notice of the appointment of the Auditor, 23 July 1908 Durham Coal Owners' Association and Joint Committee Rules As Amended, 23 July 1908 Monthly Circulars, nos. 151 - 156, July 1908 - December 1908 [Nos. 152, August; 154, October; 155, November; 156, December contain reports of compensation claims] Notice warning those members who work at landsale collieries, 'outside the ordinary conditions of contract, not being subject to 14 days' notice', cannot claim assistance from the Relief Fund when they are dismissed, 6 August 1908 Report by the Durham County Mining Federation Association concerning the Conciliation Board Meeting, on 7 August 1908, 1908 Circular containing details of, and responses to, appeals against decisions by the Executive Committee, 21 August 1908 Circular setting out the terms of 'The House-Rent Arrangement' which will be confirmed at the next Conciliation Board Meeting, 25 August 1908 List of those elected, and those failing to be elected, as representatives on the Federation Board, 28 August 1908 List of persons nominated for the post of Auditor, 29 August 1908 Notice of the election of the Auditor, 23 October 1908 Circular giving details of a supplement to the House-Rent Agreement, confirmed by Conciliation Board, 9 November 1908 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Association, reporting on the issues discussed at the most recent meeting, on 13 November 1908, of the Conciliation Board, 16 November 1908 List of nominees for the Executive Committee, 20 November 1908 List of nominees for the Executive Committee, giving the votes won by each, 11 December 1908 List of nominees for the post of Auditor, December 1908 Circular containing 'Pits being laid idle against Rule', 30 December 1908 Notice of dates of Joint Committee Meetings, 21 December 1908 - 21 June 1909 'Percentages, Wages & Hours': lists of average wages and 'Percentage to be Added or Deducted', 7 August 1908 and 13 November 1908 Blank form for the nomination of Federation Board Representatives, July 1908 List of 8 candidates for the position of Auditor who have received the highest number of votes, and blank polling forms to elect a candidate from these eight persons, 20 July 1908 Blank ballot form for a vote in favour of, or against, sending a deputation to the Trades Union Congress, due to take place on 7 September 1908, July 1908 Blank ballot form for the nomination of 4 members of the Federation Board, July 1908 Circular recommending an increase in wages for the Agents, General Secretary, and Committee Secretary of the Durham Miners' Association, and blank ballot form for each lodge to express its opinion of the proposal, August 1908 Blank form for the nomination of an individual for the position of Auditor, August 1908 List of 10 candidates, to act as representatives on the Federation Board, and blank ballot form for the selection of the 4 required, August 1908 Blank form for the nomination of an individual for the position of Auditor, September 1908 Blank ballot form for the Lodges to indicate whether they are in favour of sending a deputation to the Miners' Federation Conference, to be held in October 1908 at Chester, Cheshire, September 1908 List of 26 candidates for the position of auditor and blank ballot form for the election of one individual, October 1908 List of 9 retiring members of the Executive Committee, and blank nomination form for a replacement, November 1908 Blank nomination form for 5 candidates for the Executive Committee, December 1908 Blank ballot form to allow Lodges to express their opinion on whether the Durham Miners' Association should send a deputation to a Special Miners' Federation Conference, called to discuss the Miners Eight Hours Bill, December 1908 Blank form for the nomination of a candidate for the post of Auditor, December 1908 Blank ballot form for the election of 5 candidates to sit on the Executive Committee, from a list of 12 candidates, December 1908 Blank form requesting each Lodge to indicate the number of full and half-financial members on its books, December 1908 Blank form for the nomination of a candidate for the position of Auditor, January 1909 Circular, and blank ballot form, requesting the opinion of each Lodge as to whether a deputation should attend the Conference on Land Values [the proposed taxation of land values, which was enacted in the 1910 Finance Act] to be held in February 1909, January 1909 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 10 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars sent to Lodges, as follows: Summary balance sheet, 1 January 1909 - 31 December 1909 Balance sheet, 16 September 1909 - 23 December 1909; 23 December 1909 - 17 March 1910 Minutes of Committee Meetings minutes, 3 January 1910 - 25 June 1910 Programme of Council Meetings, 22 January 1910 - 21 May 1910 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Association Board Meetings, 11 January 1910 - 17 May 1910 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 31 January 1910 - 13 July 1910 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 14 January 1910 - 27 May 1910 Minutes of Council Meetings, 22 January 1910 - 21 May 1910 Business of Joint Committee Meeting (East District), 14 February 1910 - 20 June 1910 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 31 January 1910 - 6 June 1910 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 18 February 1910 - 7 July 1910 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 14 February 1910 - 20 June 1910 Programme of Special Council Meeting on the Eight Hours' Agreement, 12 March 1910 Programme of Special Council Meeting continued, 12 March 1910 Minutes of Special Council Meeting to discuss the resolution, put forward by the Lodges that they should be paid for the stoppage of work undertaken in protest at the application of the Eight Hours' Agreement, 12 March 1910 Minutes of the Special Council Meeting, 12 March 1910 Circular setting out a 'Request for Special Council Meeting', 10 January 1910 Circular, issued by the Durham County Federation Board, referring to 'Lord MacDonnell's Award', 12 January 1910 Circular setting out the conditions required by the Durham Coal Owners, in September 1909, in making arrangements for putting into operation the Eight Hours' Act, 25 January 1910 Monthly circular, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee, no. 169, January 1910 Circular requesting amendments to the Eight Hours' Agreement, from the Lodges, February 1910 Notice of the election of an Auditor, February 1910 List of Lodges and the number of votes given by each for and against the resignation of the Agents and Committee in respect to the settlement made on the introduction of the Eight Hours' Act, 12 February 1910 Circular explaining why the will not pay strike pay to Lodges or Sections of Lodges, who have ceased work without the consent of the Council and Committee, 25 February 1910 Circular discussing the date of the Miners' Gala and the reason for its being held on 13 August, 8 April 1910 List of nominees for the position of Auditor, 8 April 1910 List of individuals, giving their names and place of residence, nominated as Gala Speakers, 8 April 1910 List of individuals, giving their name and place of residence, nominated to represent the at the Trades Union Congress, 29 April 1910 Circular, entitled 'Eight Hours' Agreement', referring to a resolution of Council, passed on 22 January 1910, preventing the Executive Committee from entering into agreements without referring them back to the Lodges, and the difficulty it presents, 5 May 1910 Details of appeals against, and explanations for, decisions of the Executive Committee, 6 May 1910 Report on Cookson's Case of Redheugh, May 1910 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Association, including a report of the proceedings at a meeting of the Conciliation Board, 11 May 1910 Notice advising the Lodges to make individual local arrangements to mark the funeral of Edward VII, 14 May 1910 Notice of the election of an Auditor, 21 May 1910 Notice of a telegram received from Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, where the miners have been on strike for 9 months, requesting miners not to move there, May 1910 Circular entitled 'Pits Lying idle Illegally', concerning the stopping of pits by illegal action of the putters; and a list of 'putters' Stoppages, supplied by Employers, from December 1909, to May 1910 (inclusive), 4 June 1910 List of nominees for the Executive Committee, with the number of votes each have received in the first vote, 10 June 1910 List of 4 individuals elected to the Committee and 6 individuals who failed to be elected, 30 June 1910 List of Lodges giving the number of seats allocated to each, and the number of votes, 1910 Notices of dates of Joint Committee Meetings, 27 December 1909 - 7 October 1910 Notices of 'Percentages Wages & Hours', 1910 Notice of the dates of the 'Ending of Quarters for the Year 1910', 1910 Blank ballot paper for the election of an Auditor, January 1910 Blank form on which each lodge is to record its number of full financial members and half-financial members, 1910 List of 8 candidates for the position of auditor, who have received the highest number of votes, and a blank ballot form to vote for one, January 1910 Blank ballot form, on which the Lodge may vote on whether the Agents and Executive Committee should resign, February 1910 Blank ballot form, on which the Lodge may vote on whether representatives should attend the Special Conference on the House of Lords' decision re the payment of Trades Union Funds for Parliamentary Purposes, February 1910 Blank nomination form for the post of Auditor, March 1910 Blank nomination form for 4 speakers at the Gala, March 1910 Circular requesting details of how many collieries stopped work, because they objected to the Eight Hours' Agreement, and of how long the stoppage lasted, April 1910 Circular requesting details of how many shifts of hewers and putters are worked on Saturdays and for how long, details required in connection with proposed amendments to the Eight Hours' Agreement, April 1910 Circular requesting the opinion of the Lodges on whether the DMA should be represented at the Trades Union Congress, and the names of suitable representatives, April 1910 Blank nomination form for 4 speakers at the Gala, April 1910 Blank nomination form for a candidate for the post of Auditor, April 1910 Circular requesting the opinion of the Lodges on whether the DMA should maintain its old rules and standing orders, in the light of the fact that the Registrar of Friendly Societies will not accept the Durham Miners' Association's new rules, because they include a rule in support of Labour Party candidates, April 1910 Blank nomination form for a member of the Executive Committee, May 1910 Blank form for the nomination of 7 representatives at the Trades Union Congress from a list supplied [not found], May 1910 Blank ballot form for the election of 9 named candidates as Auditor, May 1910 Blank ballot form requiring each Lodge to indicate its agreement or disagreement that the rules should be altered, May 1910 Blank nomination form for 4 members of the Executive Committee, June 1910 Blank ballot form requiring each Lodge to indicate whether it is in favour of giving money to the Whitehaven Disaster Fund [Cumberland], and, if so, how much, June 1910 Blank ballot form requiring each Lodge to indicate whether it is in favour of 7 representatives attending the International Miners' Congress in Brussels [Belgium] and, if so, nominations, June 1910 Blank ballot form requiring each Lodge to vote for 4 of 10 named individuals for a place on the Executive Committee, June 1910 Blank nomination form for the position of Auditor, July 1910 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 11 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 4 July 1910 - 28 December 1910 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings, Auckland District, 7 July 1910 - 10 January 1911 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings, East District, 15 August 1910 - 9 January 1911 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings, North District, 13 July 1910 - 22 December 1910 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Society, Minutes of Board Meetings, 2 August 1910 - 13 December 1910 Minutes of Programme of Council Meetings, including Committee notes, 23 July 1910 - 26 November 1910 Minutes of Minutes of Council Meetings, 23 July 1910 - 26 November 1910 Programme of Annual Council Meeting 17 December 1910 Notice issued to Members concerning amendments to the Eight Hours' Agreement, 20 April 1910 List of nominees for the election of Auditor, 15 July 1910 Monthly circular, No 150, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee, and notes on the Permanent Relief Fund, the International Miners' Conference, and the Eight Hours Bill, June 1908 Notice issued by Chester Moor Lodge, concerning the arrest of the late Treasurer, Stephen Smith, on a charge of embezzlement, [August 1910] Report, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Association, concerning the Quarterly Meeting of the Conciliation Board, 3 August 1910 List of nominees for the election of Federation Board Representatives, 4 August 1910 Notice, advising that Mr R Local, of Sherburn Hill, has been elected Auditor, [September 1910] Monthly circular, No 176, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee, and notes on the recent fortieth gala, August 1910 Notice, issued by the Executive Committee, contained within the Programme of the Council Meeting Agenda of Business, requesting that the case of payment of relief money to the two sons of a dismissed miner at Boldon is not pursued, 9 September 1910 Notice, issued to Lodges advising of the distribution of reports compiled by a deputation appointed by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, concerning the state of trade and the social conditions in Germany, 9 September 1910 Balance Sheets, for the period, 23 June 1910 - 15 September 1910 Notice of result of the election of Federation Board Representatives, 24 September 1910 List of nominees for the election of Auditor, 24 September 1910 Monthly circular, No 177, containing reports on the visit by aged people living in miners' homes to Auckland Castle, the Conference on Trade Union Funds, The International Congress, and the Trades Union Conference, and an article titled 'Kindness in a Motor Car', December 1910 Monthly circular, No 178, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee, and articles on the opening of Aged miners' homes at Ushaw Moor and at Hare Law, and the Miners' Federation Conference, October 1910 List of nominees for the Election of the Executive Committee, 4 November 1910 Notice of the result of First Vote for the election of Executive Committee, 25 November 1910 Notice advising that Mr Richard Hodgson of Binchester has been elected Auditor, 25 November 1910 Notice, informing of Christmas and New Year Holiday arrangements, 30 November 1910 Monthly circular, No 179, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee, and articles titled 'The Osborne Judgement', and 'Retirement of Inspector Bain', November 1910 Notice of the result of election of Executive Committee, 17 December 1910 Notice, issued by the Executive Committee, advising that 27 December is a Bank Holiday, not a National Holiday, and pits will work on that date, 20 December 1910 Slip, advising on the death and funeral arrangements of Mr Johnson, Financial Secretary, 29 December 1910 Monthly circular, No 180, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee and articles on the death of Mr Johnson, the explosion at Little Hulton in Lancashire, the repair to the dilapidated headstone of Tommy Hepburn, social 'pioneer', and Harrogate Convalescent Home, December, 1910 Slip, advising dates of Joint Committee Meetings, 15 October 1910 - 23 December 1910 Blank voting slip for nomination of Federation Board Representative, August 1910 Blank voting slip for Election of Auditor, (First Time), August 1910 Blank voting slip for return of those in favour/not in favour of the Committee's suggestion to award Mr Johnson three months leave with pay due to ill health, August 1910 Blank voting slip for Election of Auditor, (Final), August 1910 Blank voting slip for Election of Federation Board Representatives, September 1910 Blank slip for Nomination of Auditor, September 1910 Blank slip vote, circulated to Lodge Secretaries to decide on the number of representatives that should attend the Miners' Federation Conference, in Edinburgh, September 1910 Blank slip vote, circulated to Lodge Secretaries to decide on the Committee's suggestion to grant a sum of £200 to the striking women chain makers of Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, October 1910 Blank slip for return of vote for Election of Auditor, (First Time), October 1910 Blank slip for return of vote for Election of Auditor, (Final), October 1910 Blank slip for nomination of candidate for the election of Executive Committee, October 1910 Blank return slip, requesting lodge secretaries to advise of the customary length of time at their colliery, rent was paid on behalf of men who were absent from work due to sickness prior to the House Rent Agreement, November 1910 Blank slip for return of votes for the election of Executive Committee, (First Time), November 1910 Blank slip for nomination of Auditor, December 1910 Blank 'return of vote' slip for election of Executive Committee (Final), December 1910 Blank return slip issued to Lodge Secretaries to ascertain local rates of 'Basis Wages of Men at Bank', January 1911 Blank slip vote, circulated to Lodge Secretaries to decide on the Committee's suggestion to grant a sum of £2000 to striking men in the South Wales Miners' Dispute, October 1910 List of Lodge Secretaries' Addresses Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 202/2

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 3 July 1911 - 28 December 1911 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings, Auckland District, 17 July 1911 - 17 November 1911 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings, East District, 3 August 1911 - 16 November 1911 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings, North District, 1 August 1911 - 17 January 1912 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Society, Minutes of Board Meetings, 29 July 1911 - 22 December 1911 Minutes of Special Council Meeting, 23 September 1911 Minutes of Programme of Council Meetings, including Committee notes, 26 August 1911 - 16 December 1911 Minutes of Programme of Special Council Meeting, 7 October 1911 Minutes of Special Council Meeting, (on Eight Hours' Agreement), 7 October 1911 Programme of Annual Council Meetings 16 December 1911 - 27 December 1911 Balance Sheets, for the period, 23 March 1911 - 29 June 1911 Monthly circular, No 187, including a report on first Gala Day of the Durham Miners' Mutual Confident Association, and the International Miners' Congress in London, and an article titled 'A Warning from Australia', July 1911 Report, issued by the Durham Mining Federation Board, on the proceedings at the Quarterly Meeting of the Conciliation Board, 5 August 1911 Notice, announcing a Special Council Meeting on Three-Shift Question to be held on Saturday 9 September 1911 List of nominations for the Election of Auditor, 16 August 1911 Report, issued by the in respect of negotiations on the 'Eight Hours', prior to the Council Meeting on 9 September, 21 August 1911 Monthly circular, No 188, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee and articles titled 'The Conciliation Board Settlement', and 'Caution as to Clearance Cards', August 1911 Notice, to Lodge Secretaries requesting the completion of a return in respect of the 'County Average for Hewers', 6 September 1911 Notice, announcing a Special Council Meeting to consider the Programme of Business for the Miners' Federation Conference to be held in Southampton on 3 October 1911, 12 September 1911 Notice, titled 'Minutes of Special Eight Hours Council' held on 9 September 1911, and requesting Lodges to send in resolutions prior to the next Council Meeting, 14 September 1911 Balance Sheets, for the period, 29 June 1911 - 21 September 1911 Result of Election of Federation Board Representatives and Election of Auditor, 22 September 1911 Notice, issued by the Executive Committee, concerning Payment of Levies as per Rule 79, 22 September 1911 Monthly Circular, No 189, including a report on the Trades Union Congress, September 1911 Insert, in respect of 'Tabulated Voting on the Three Shifts at the Council Meeting held on Saturday, 7 October 1911 Notice, issued the Executive Committee, concerning the Southport resolution on, Minimum Wage, 6 November 1911 Notice, announcing the issue of ballot papers in respect of abolition of 'Three Shift System, as introduced by the Eight Hours' Agreement, 21 November 1911 Monthly Circular, No 191, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee and articles titled 'The Wage Question', 'Enginemen and Mechanics' Cases' and 'Minimum Wage Conference' Result of Election of Executive Committee, (First Time), 8 December 1911 List of nominees names for Election of Auditor, 8 December 1911 Monthly Circular, No 192, including reports on the proceedings of the Compensation Committee and articles titled 'The Minimum Wage Conference' and 'A Point, re-old Age Pensions, December 1911 Blank voting return slip, issued to Lodges in respect of for and against 'Abolition of Three-Shift System, as introduced by the Eight Hours Agreement', December 1911 Slips, advising of 'Dates of Joint Committee Meetings', July - November 1911 Slip, marked 'Private & Confidential', in respect of D M A Percentages, Wages and Hours, 4 August 1911 Slip, marked 'Private & Confidential', in respect of D M A Percentages, Wages and Hours, 21 December 1911 Blank return slip, for nomination of 'Gentlemen' to attend the Trades Union Congress at Newcastle-on-Tyne in the week commencing 3 September 1911, August 1911 Blank slip, for nomination of Auditor, August 1911 Blank slip, for nomination of Federation Board Representatives, August 1911 Blank slip, for registering votes cast in respect of 'Election of Delegates to Trades Union Congress', Newcastle, August 1911 Blank slip, for registering vote cast for Election of Auditor, (First Time), August 1911 Blank slip, for registering vote cast in respect of Election of Federation Board Representatives, (First Time), August 1911 Blank return slip, to decide the 'deputation' for attending the Miners' Federation Conference, in Southport, September 1911 Blank slip, for Lodges to register vote cast in respect of Election of Federation Board Representatives, (Final) Blank slip, for Lodges to register vote cast in respect of Election of Auditor, (Final), September 1911 Blank return slip, to decide the 'deputation' for attending the 'Conference on the Minimum Wage', in Southport on 14 November 1911, September 1911 Blank return slip, to register vote cast for Nomination of Executive Council, November 1911 Blank slip, for Lodges to register vote cast for Election of Auditor, December 1911 Blank slip, for Lodges to register vote cast for Election of Executive Committee, (First Time), December 1911 Blank slip, for Lodges to register vote cast for Election of Auditor, (First Time), December 1911 Blank return slip, issued to Lodges, for notification of the number of Financial and Half Financial Members in their books in respect of 'Revision of Voting', December 1911 Nomination form, for Election of Executive Committee, (Final), December 1911 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 202/3

Circulars issued to Lodges, as follows: Balance Sheet, 29 June - 21 September 1911; 21 September - 28 December 1911; 29 December 1911 - 21 March 1912 Summary Balance Sheet, 1 January 1911 - 31 December 1911 Business of Joint Committee Meeting (East District), 18 January 1912 - 2 July 1912 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Board Meetings, 4 January 1912 - 3 May 1912 Minutes of Committee Meetings, 4 January 1912 - 29 June 1912 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 22 January 1912 - 24 May 1912 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings, (North District), 23 January 1912 - 24 June 1912 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 16 February 1912 Minutes of Special Council Meeting On Minimum Wage, 11 February 1912 and 30 March 1912 Programme of Council Meetings, 2 March 1912 - 4 May 1912 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 31 May 1912 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 16 February 1912 - 31 May 1912 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 7 March 1912 - 24 June 1912 Minutes of Council Meetings, 2 March 1912 - 5 May 1912 Circular instructing Lodges on how 'The Ballot on the Minimum Wage' is to be conducted, as was agreed at the most recent Miners' Federation Conference, 4 January 1912 Notice informing the Lodges that Christopher Collingwood, former Treasurer of Auckland Park Lodge, has been prosecuted and imprisoned for embezzling £81 8s.7d., January 1912 Circular instructing Lodge Secretaries and Treasurers on the regulations in place for the joining of the Sick Fund and for the payment of sick allowance to members of the Fund, January 1912 Circular containing a 'List of Requests June 1st 1912', put forward between 26 January 1907 and 27 December 1912 Note of the death of Major Joicey, 29 January 1912 Monthly Circular, no. 193, January 1912 Notice of the intention of holding a Special Council Meeting on Minimum Wage, 6 February 1912 Notice instructing officials of the Lodges that all notices must be given in by 15 February 1912 and that each notice must be signed by the individual, 7 February 1912 Circular, issued by Durham Mining Federation Board, describing the deliberations at a meeting of the Conciliation Board, 9 February 1912 Circular, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham County Mining Federation, setting out the Objects Constitution and Rules of Procedure of the Conciliation Board, 17 October 1897 Notice of the death of W. Robinson, J.P., 12 February 1912 Circular, written by John Wilson, describing the proceedings at the Miners' Federation Conferences, details of negotiations with the Durham Coal Owners' Association, and the proceedings of the Executive Committee concerning the minimum wage, 15 February 1912 Circular setting out the details of an appeal against a decision of the Executive Committee, 16 February 1912 Notice that another Trustee is needed to replace W. Robinson, 17 February 1912 Notice indicating that R. Barton, Secretary to the Aged Miners' Homes, is not eligible to stand as Trustee, 21 February 1912 Notice indicating that men concerned with dealing with water, maintaining ventilation, keeping the pit in general repair, and with feeding the horses, will be allowed to work during the strike, 26 February 1912 Monthly Circular, nos. 194 - 198, February 1912 - June 1912 including Compensation Committee: February, May, June Notice instructing Lodge officials that striking miners are required to continue their contributions to the General Fund, March 1912 Circular setting out the way in which strike pay will be sent to the Lodges, to distribute to the members, 4 March 1912 Circular requesting nominations for the post of Trustee, vacated by the death of W. Robinson, 7 March 1912 Circular setting out answers to questions concerning the payment of strike pay to men on light work; to boys; to those in receipt of sick pay or unable to work; to men earning less than 10 shillings a week from elsewhere, 11 March 1912 Circular setting out the logistics of the payment of the strike pay, emphasising that payments must be according to the Rules of the Durham Miners' Association, 21 March 1912 Notice concerning cavils during the strike, March 1912 Notice of a Special Council Meeting on the Minimum Wage Act, which has just passed through the House of Commons, 28 March 1912 Notice indicating that the Executive Committee will take steps to help men on strike, who have to pay rent 'immediately the present crisis is over', March 1912 List of nominees, their occupation and place of abode, for the position of Trustee, 6 April 1912 Notice concerning the payment of strike pay, immediately prior to the men's return to work, 9 April 1912 Circular describing the necessity of setting up Joint Boards and arranging the minimum wage within 2 and 3 weeks respectively, and requesting the opinion of the Lodges on the Executive Committee's actions and their opinion on future action, 9 April 1912 List of nominees as Gala speaker, 12 April 1912 List of nominees for the position of Auditor, 12 April 1912 Notice correcting a mistake in the spelling of the name of Thomas Davis on the list of nominees for the position of Auditor, April 1912 Circular listing appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee, 19 April 1912 Notice indicating that the work of the Joint Committee will be resumed at an early date and requesting to know whether Lodges wish to proceed with cases, which were before the Committee before the strike, 20 April 1912 Notice indicating that the membership has voted in favour of the 'Formation of District Board', April 1912 Circular setting out the arrangement for a 'County Levy for the Payment of Rent during Strike', 10 May 1912 Notice informing the members that full details of three days' meetings on the question of the minimum wage will be supplied as soon as possible, 10 May 1912 Circular explaining why District Meetings are held, 15 May 1912 Circular, issued by the Joint District Board for the District of Durham, giving 'Proposed Minimum Rates & District Rules': list of minimum rates for different workers in the coal industry and rules, explaining the terms used, May 1912 Coal Miners' Minimum Wage Act, 1912: Durham District: setting out and defining the terms used in the agreement in Durham, 1912 Circular containing the following: Coal Miners' Minimum Wage Act, 1912: Joint District Board for the District of Durham: Award of Chairman Fixing Minimum Rates and Conditions: Schedule 1: First Minimum Wages for Underground Workmen coming within the Act; Schedule 2: District Rules; awarded by Sir R. Roland, 15 May 1912 Notice that instructions concerning the payment of levy for rent purposes will be issued the next week, 17 May 1912 Report, issued by the Durham Mining Federation Board, on proceedings and meeting of the Conciliation Board, 22 May 1912 Circular discussing the possibility of a ballot on the question of miners' wages being paid weekly and the reaction of the employers to the suggestion, May 1912 List of nominees to the Executive Committee, 24 May 1912 List of 4 speakers elected to address the Gala, and 4 speakers not elected, 25 May 1912 Notice announcing the election of the Trustee and the Auditor, 25 May 1912 Circular setting out the way in which rent will be paid to those who had to pay rent during the strike, 25 May 1912 List of Lodges giving the position of each Lodge in a ballot to determine when each Lodge will receive the rent payments, May 1912 Circular advising members on the way in which to press their complaints about the non-carrying out of the provisions of the Minimum Wage Act, 3 June 1912 List of nominees to be representatives of the at the International Congress giving name and residence, 3 June 1912 Notice announcing that, as all disputes arising out of the Minimum Wage Award must be settled in keeping with no. 13 of the District Rules, the General Fund will pay the Umpire's Fee and one man's wage, and train fare and 2 shillings for refreshments, if the meeting is away from the colliery, 3 June 1912 Circular discussing points of dispute that have arisen during the application of the Minimum Wage, 11 June 1912 List of nominees to the Executive Committee, giving the number of votes each has received, 15 June 1912 Notice instructing Treasurers and Secretaries of Lodges that they must not charge commission on the Rent Levy, June 1912 Notice asking members to send in their votes for the nominees to the Executive Committee now that a dispute has been resolved, 18 June 1912 Notice informing the members that instructions issued by the Government concerning weekly pays, will be received in the near future, 29 June 1912 Notice of the death of Enoch Edwards, M.P., 1 July 1912 Blank form on which to record the signatures of the Lodge Secretary and Treasurer, 1912 Circular setting out the 'Ending of Quarters for the Year 1912', including Small Pay and Big Pay at the Collieries; and at the Central Office, 1912 Blank ballot form to vote whether to return to work pending the Settlement of Minimum Rate of Wages by District Boards under Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, March 1912 List of percentages, wages and hours, 18 May 1912 Dates of Joint Committee Meetings, 28 December 1911 - 2 July 1912 Blank ballot form to vote for 8 individuals for the position of Auditor, 18 January 1912 Blank ballot form to vote on whether to give £100 to support miners near Bristol, who have been unable to resume after a strike, February 1912 Blank form on which Lodges should record the number of full and half members on their books and the number of notices handed in, April 1912 Blank form on which Lodges are to record their nomination of 4 speakers for the Gala, April 1912 Blank form for the nomination of the Auditor, April 1912 Blank form on which Lodges are to record the number of Deputies in the Durham Miners' Association, April 1912 Circular, addressed to the officials of the Lodges, informing the latter that the will pay for 'odd days', after the declaration by the Federation of the cessation of the strike, provided that men began work as soon as they were able; with form attached on which the officials should record the payments and disbursement, 1912 Blank nomination form for the election of a Trustee, April 1912 Blank ballot form on which the Lodges should indicate whether they approve the action of Committee in setting up the Joint Boards, April 1912 Blank nomination form for 4 speakers at the Gala, April 1912 Blank ballot form on which Lodges can indicate whether they consider the should become an Approved Society under the Insurance Act, May 1912 Blank ballot form for the election of an auditor from 8 named individuals, May 1912 Blank ballot form on which Lodges are to vote on whether they agree to the rules of the being altered, May 1912 Blank ballot form for the nomination of a member of the Executive Committee, May 1912 Blank ballot form for the election of a Trustee from 4 named individuals, May 1912 Blank ballot form for the election of 4 Gala speakers from 8 named individuals, May 1912 Blank ballot form on which Lodges are to record whether they are in favour of 7 representatives attending the International Miners' Congress and to make nominations, May 1912 Blank form for the nomination of 4 members of the Executive Committee, June 1912 Blank form for the nomination of 7 representatives at the Miners' International Congress, June 1912 Blank form on which to record the names of miners' and owners' representatives on the Joint District Boards, June 1912 Blank ballot form for the election of 4 members of the Executive Committee from 8 named individuals, June 1912 Blank ballot form for the election of 7 representatives to the Miners' International Congress, from 14 named individuals, June 1912 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 12a Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars issued to Lodges, as follows: Balance sheet, 22 March - 27 June 1912 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 2 July 1912 - 20 December 1912 Programme of Council Meetings, 20 July 1912 - 14 December 1912 Minutes of Committee Meetings, 9 July 1912 - 30 December 1912 Minutes of Council Meetings, 20 July 1912 - 14 December 1912 Programme of a Special Council Meeting on the Insurance Act, 10 August 1912 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 13 August 1912 - 13 December 1912 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 12 August 1912 - 6 January 1913 Business of Joint Committee Meetings (East District), 14 August 1912 - 20 December 1912 Minutes of Durham County Federation Association Board Meeting, 1 August 1912 - 23 December 1912 Minutes of a Special Council Meeting on the Insurance Act, 10 August 1912 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), 12 August 1912 - 21 November 1912 Minutes of Joint Committee Meetings (North District), 13 August 1912 - 13 December 1912 Programme of Special Council Meetings concerning the payment of surface workers, and a resolution that every householder working in the mine and on the surface should have a colliery house in turn, 9 November 1912 Programme of Annual Council Meeting, 14 December 1912 Minutes of Annual Council Meeting, 14 December 1912 Circular informing the members that the has divided the County into 6 Wards, as required by the rules amended in December 1911; with a list of the wards, and the area covered by each, attached, July 1912 List of 4 individuals, elected as members of the Executive Committee, and list of 4 individuals not elected, 1 July 1912 Circular containing details of appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee, 5 July 1912 Circular concerning the logistics of arranging for the to be an Approved Society under the Insurance Act, 11 July 1912 Notice that Lodges may acquire a copy of the County Agreement Book, July 1912 List of nominees for the post of Auditor, 18 July 1912 List of nominees for the position of Representative of the to the Trades Union Congress, 18 July 1912 List of nominees for the position of Approved Society Agent, 18 July 1912 Notice of the death of Enoch Edwards, M.P., 25 July 1912 Monthly Circular, nos. 199 - 204, [nos. 200, 202, 203, 204 include Compensation Committee Reports], July 1912 - December 1912 List of requests between 26 January 1907 and 20 July 1912, 1 August 1912 Circular, issued by the Durham Mining Federation Board, describing the business at the meeting of the Conciliation Board on 2 August 1912, 6 August 1912 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, asking members to complete a return, designed to ascertain the amount of Sunday working in the County, 9 August 1912 Circular informing the members that a vote taken in June was against alteration of the rules, and that, under Rule 119, the rules cannot be reviewed at the next Annual Meeting, 9 August 1912 List of 'Amendments to our Rules as suggested by the Health Commissioners', 10 August 1912 Circular announcing that a mistake was made in the return sent out on the Alteration of Rules, 12 August 1912 Notice of the imminent publication, on 8 October 1912, of The Daily Citizen, a daily newspaper, designed to promote the interests of organised labour; and of the fact that its success will depend on the support of the Trades Union Movement, August 1912 Circular containing details of appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee, 23 August 1912 Notice informing the members that the has been approved as a Society for Insurance Purposes, and requesting each member to complete an application form for individual approval, 23 August 1912 Notice of the election of 4 individuals as Auditors and of 4 individuals not elected, 26 August 1912 Circular enclosing a further supply of forms for completion in connection with the Durham Miners' Association's becoming an Approved Society and giving an explanation of Question No. 8 on the form, 27 August 1912 Circular emphasising that members may transfer from one Approved Society to another before 13 October 1912, and informing the Lodges that they must appoint a President and Secretary to transact business in connection with the National Insurance Scheme, 29 August 1912 Notice announcing the result of the voting for the election of Insurance Agent and the names of the delegates to the Trades Union Congress, September 1912 List of nominees as Delegates to the Miners' Federation Annual Conference, 5 September 1912 Notice of explosion in France, 7 September 1912 Circular informing local officials that it will be some time before books to be kept in connection with the Insurance Department will be issued; and emphasising that those wishing to join the scheme must fill in an application form and those in other schemes must withdraw from them if they wish to join the Scheme, 7 September 1912 Circular informing the members that they may continue to contribute to the Sick Fund, as well as the State Fund, 14 September 1912 Circular, addressed to local officials, discussing the previous circular addressed to the members and urging them to encourage the members to remain with the Durham Miners' Association, 16 September 1912 Notices concerning the following: the scale of contributions to the Sick Fund and Labour Department; whether a man called M. Whalley has been killed at a colliery; the fact that the Durham Miners' Association, as an Approved Society, adopts Memorandum 119; October 1912 Notices concerning the following: information on whether a man has been refused the minimum wage, because he has not reported himself to some official in charge, so that the can bring a Test Case; the names of 4 clerks who have been elected; October 1912 List of appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee, 11 October 1912 Notice of the death of Dean Kitchin, [in minutes of Committee Meeting], 15 October 1912 Notices concerning the following: men should receive rent money from the Lodge to which they belonged during the strike and should pay the money to the colliery at which they now work; the fact that sick notes can be signed only by fully qualified medical practitioners, October 1912 Notice that Thomas Kelly, formerly Secretary of the Bowden Close Lodge, was convicted, at the Durham Quarter Sessions, of making false entries in the Lodge Contributions Book and the Strike Pay List, 18 October 1912 Circular announcing that 18,000 members of the have joined its Insurance Scheme, and that 40,000 members of the have joined the insurance scheme through Insurance Companies, 19 October 1912 List of nominees for the Executive Committee, October 1912 Circular, issued by the Durham County Federation Board, concerning a meeting of the Conciliation Board, 14 November 1912 Note concerning changes in the way members of the Executive Committee are elected, November 1912 Notice that John Douglas was convicted at the Durham Assizes, on 9 November 1912, of stealing £120 from the Durham Miners' Association, of having stolen £10 from the funds subscribed by the officials and workmen of Washington Glebe Colliery for Newcastle Infirmary, and of having forged a cheque for £90 on the Compensation Fund; crimes for which he was sentenced to 3 years' penal servitude, 21 November 1912 Notice that a circular will be sent out concerning the appointment of local officials, November 1912 Notices concerning the allowance to Local Officials for expenses, November 1912 Notice concerning a Board of Trade grant towards unemployment benefit, November 1912 Notice that George A. Franks of Horden was sentenced at Castle Eden Petty Sessions to 1 month's hard labour for having absconded with the wages of his marrow, November 1912 List of nominees, arranged by ward, who have received the largest number of votes in each ward, 27 November 1912 List of nominees to the Federation Board, 30 November 1912 Circular containing the judgement in the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, in the case of Herd v. Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company, Ltd., in favour of the plaintiffs in which the plaintiff, an employee at Thornley Colliery was suing the owners for false imprisonment, because the owners would not allow him to leave the pit before the end of the shift, despite the fact that he had refused to work, 30 November 1912 List of appeals against decisions of the Executive Committee, 30 November 1912 Circular, addressed to the Local Officials, setting out the rate of expenses to be paid for insurance work and the duties insurance work entails; and addressed to the members, urging them to register with the for insurance matters, December 1912 List of candidates for, and those elected as, members of the Executive Committee, 14 December 1912 Notice indicating that rent is being paid to Ballot No. 100, December 1912 List of nominees as Representatives at the Labour Party Conference, 16 December 1912 List of nominees as Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, December 1912 Notice of dates of Joint Committee Meetings, 24 July - 21 December 1912 List of Lodges, with numbers of votes cast by each Lodge for each candidate, 6 July 1912 Blank ballot form for the election of an agent for the Approved Society, 15 July 1912 Blank ballot form for Lodges to nominate Delegates to the Trades Union Congress, 15 July 1912 Blank ballot form for the nomination of an Auditor, 15 July 1912 Blank return, to be completed by the Lodges of the 'Number and Classes affected by Minimum Wage Decision', including the 'Number of Men who are considered above age', men 'affected through Partial Compensation', 'Number of Infirm Men', and 'Men affected through Lost Time', 1912 Blank nomination form for 7 'Representatives to Trades Union Congress', 5 August 1912 Blank nomination form for 'Approved Society Agent', 5 August 1912 Blank nomination form for the election of Auditors, 5 August 1912 Blank ballot form for the election of 7 Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, from 14 individuals, 21 August 1912 Blank ballot form for the election of Agent for Approved Society, from 2 individuals, 21 August 1912 Blank ballot form for the election of 4 Auditors from 8 individuals, 21 August 1912 Blank ballot form for the vote by Lodges on the 'Suggested Alteration' to the rules, 24 August 1912 Blank ballot form for the vote on whether a Deputation shall be sent to the Miners' Federation Conference in Swansea [South Wales], 28 August 1912 Blank nomination form for members of a deputation to the Miners' Federation Annual Conference, 5 September 1912 Blank nomination form for 1 of 4 Clerks (2 between 14 and 16 years and 2 between 17 and 20 years) required by the Durham Miners' Association, because of increased business, 14 September 1912 Blank nomination form for 7 Representatives to the Miners' Federation Annual Conference, 4 September 1912 Blank ballot form for the election of 7 Delegates, from 14 named individuals, to the Miners' Federation Annual Conference, 24 September 1912 Blank ballot form for the nomination of an individual to the Executive Committee, 26 October 1912 Blank ballot form for the Lodges to vote for the investment, by the Miners' Federation, of £10,000 in the Daily Citizen newspaper, 26 October 1912 Blank return for each lodge to indicate the names of the officials, the nature of the business, the time occupied, the expenses incurred, and the number of members enrolled, in connection with the Durham Miners' Association's being an Approved Society, October 1912 Blank nomination form for the election of a member of the Executive Committee, 25 November 1912 Blank nomination form for 4 Representatives on the Federation Board, 25 November 1912 List of duties of Local Officials, including changes brought about by the Durham Miners' Association's becoming an Approved Society, November 1912 Blank return, issued by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, requiring details of the number of Surface Workers under and over 20 years of age; the rates of wages of those over 20; rates of wages of those between 14 and 20; the hours worked each day; the number of Surface Workers in the Durham Miners' Association; and information concerning any other Association to which they may belong, 26 November 1912 Blank ballot form for a member of the Executive Committee, 11 December 1912 Blank nomination form for 7 Representatives at the Labour Party Conference, 11 December 1912 Blank nomination form for 3 Representatives on the Federation Board, 14 December 1912 Blank nomination form for 7 Representatives at the Labour Party Conference, 28 December 1912 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 12b Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars issued to lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, as follows: 5 June 1922 - 27 January 1923 Notice indicating that all Lodges in the County are paying the County Levy, 18 January 1922 Notice that payments from the Sick Fund will remain unaltered, 25 January 1922 Notice indicating that 2 named men have left New Herrington Colliery without clearance cards, 25 February 1922 Notice that 2 named men left Delves; and 1 named man left South Hetton; without clearance cards, 10 February 1922 Notice that a slip vote has confirmed all the decisions taken at the Council meeting on 8 December 1921, 31 January 1922 Notice: indicating that all claims for Relief Allowance, for the fortnight ending 15 October 1921, have been paid; requiring any claims for 29 October 1921 to be forwarded; indicating that, in future, a notice in the minutes will indicate when payment has been made, 31 January 1922 Notice that 2 named men have left Delves Colliery without clearance cards, 15 February 1922 Notice encouraging members to purchase the Daily Herald, 'the only daily paper we can depend on for stating our case', now priced 1d., 22 February 1922 Notice that 2 named men have left South Hetton Colliery without clearance cards, 22 February 1922 Notice of the minimum wage for March, 2 March 1922 Notice that 3 named men have left East Pontop Lodge Colliery without clearance cards, 2 March 1922 Notice concerning the eligibility of unemployed men to receive Unemployment Benefit while in receipt of sickness and accident benefits, March 1922 Notice that all claims for Relief Allowance have been paid up to 12 November 1921, and that claims up to 26 November should be submitted, March 1922 Notice that 2 named men have left Wheatley Hill Colliery without clearance cards, and that 3 named men have left Lumley Colliery without clearance cards, March 1922 Notice announcing the election of 2 named Scrutineers and the non-election of 2 named individuals, 16 March 1922 Notice confirming the election of 2 Scrutineers, as in the notice of 16 March, 20 March 1922 Notice instructing Lodge Secretaries that only returns relating to elections should be sent to the Scrutineer, 23 March 1922 Notice giving the result of a vote on the Miners' Federation Executive Recommendations [unspecified] on proposals for the Trades Union Congress General Council [unspecified], 28 March 1922 Notice that the management of Stargate Colliery requires stonemen and will consider applications from full financial members of the Durham Miners' Association, March 1922 Notice that the Minimum Wage for April will be the same as that for March, March 1922 Notice that 2 named men have left Hamsterley Colliery, and that 6 named men have left Towneley Colliery without clearance cards, 7 April 1922 Notice that 13 named men have left Towneley Colliery owing money for Food Vouchers received during the recent lock-out, 7 April 1922 Notice of the death of Thomas Burt, 19 April 1922 Notice, issued by the Scrutineers, that the new rules on the sending of nominations in sealed envelopes have not been adhered to, 12 April 1922 Notice that 1 named man has left Delves Colliery; 3 named men have left Stargate Colliery; 5 named men have left Hetton Lyons Colliery; all without clearance cards, April 1922 Notice that Relief Payment, for the fortnight ending 24 December 1921, will be paid during the week ending 6 May 1922 Notice that a vote on the Council's decisions of 1 April 1922, has been in favour, 26 April 1922 Notice that a vote on the Executive Committee's recommendations has been in favour, 26 April 1922 Notice that Wingate Colliery has restarted under the same conditions as when work ceased, not under the conditions first proposed for its re-starting, April 1922 Notice that the 'Umpire in London' has found in favour of men at Auckland Park Colliery, who refused to return to work because the owner was proposing to change conditions agreed between the and the Durham Coal Owners' Association, in that they are entitled to Unemployment Benefit in these circumstances, 26 April 1922 Notice that a vote recently taken has been in favour of the Executive Committee's recommendations, May 1922 Notice of the death of W. Abrahams, leader of the South Wales miners, and formerly Treasurer of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, 16 May 1922 Notice that 2 named men have left South Hetton Colliery without clearance cards, May 1922 Notice that payment of Relief Allowance, for the fortnight ending 7 January 1922, will be made imminently, May 1922 Notice that 2 named individuals have left Delves Colliery without clearance cards, May 1922 Notice that Council proposes to attempt to change the Joint Committee Rules and requests lodges to send in any proposals they have for such changes, May 1922 Notice that the Council decisions of 20 May 1922 have been confirmed by a vote, 9 June 1922 Notice that 3 named individuals have been elected to the Finance Committee and that 3 named individuals have failed to be elected, 8 June 1922 Notice that J.A. Walbank has been elected Chartered Accountant, 8 June 1922 Notice that the Treasurer of the Weigh Fund at, not the General Treasurer of, Thornley Lodge has defaulted, June 1922 Notice of a Special Council Meeting to be called to discuss a 'Report on financial position of Association and Members Unemployed', submitted by the Financial Secretary and General Treasurer, June 1922 Notice that 4 named men have left Trimdon Grange Colliery; 2 named men have left Newfield Colliery; and 3 named men have left Kibblesworth Colliery; all without clearance cards, July 1922 Notice that 6 named men have left Fanny Pit; 13 named men have left Handonhold Pit; 4 named men have left North Hetton Pit; all without clearance cards, July 1922 Notice that Council decisions of 24 June 1922 to continue the 'Levy and Relief Payments', and that the Payment of Rent shall rest over until Relief is paid up to date, have been confirmed by a vote, July 1922 Notice that 'the Minimum Wage Tables issued for February will apply for August', July 1922 Notice that 1 named man has left Chophill Colliery; 1 named man has left Malton Colliery; and 9 named men have left Stargate Colliery; all without clearance cards, July 1922 Notice that 6 named men have left Lambton Colliery; 1 man has left Hamsterley Colliery; all without clearance cards, August 1922 Notice, including a letter, dated 24 April 1922, from the Kent Mine Workers' Association, describing how 100 miners have moved to Kent under the impression that there is 'plenty of work and money in Kent', and how there is unemployment among the existing mines in Kent and how Tilmanstone Colliery has flooded, throwing 700 men out of work for at least a month, 30 August 1922 Notice informing the Lodges that 'unfinancial men' cannot have their cases handled by the DMA and that 'unfinancial men' cannot pay their subscriptions after being laid off and then be supported by the Durham Miners' Association, 29 September 1922 Notice that the programme for the Council Meeting on 14 October, will be issued in due course, 29 September 1922 Note that Head Office of the will no longer sell contribution cards, September 1922 Notice that 5 named men have left Hamsterley Colliery; one man has left Vale Pit; 4 men have left Burnhope Colliery; 4 named men have left Silksworth Colliery; all without clearance cards, September 1922 Notice that the Council decisions of 26 August 1922 have been confirmed by a vote; and that the motion put forward by Morrison that the be affiliated with the Red International Trades Union has been defeated in a vote by 622 to 65, 14 September 1922 Notice that 4 named men left Lumley Sixth Pit; and 5 named men left Bewicke Main Pit; all without clearance cards, September 1922 Notice including Report of the Finance Committee, 29 September 1922, that, between 30 June and 28 July, showed that all receipts for Arbitration Cases, Compensation, Relief, Awards, and Blackpool and Edinburgh Conferences have been carried out in accordance with the Rules and Constitution of the Association, October 1922 Account of income and expenditure of the General Fund; Account of income and expenditure of the Sick Fund; 29 September 1922 Notice that the Minimum Wage in October will be the same as that in September, September 1922 Notice that 4 named men have left Hamsterley Colliery; that 21 named men have left Craghead Colliery; that 20 named men have left Kibblesworth Colliery; all without clearance cards, September 1922 Notice that Council decisions, taken on 14 October 1922, have been confirmed by a vote; and that a resolution that the Compensation Committee should meet twice monthly, and a resolution that Philadelphia should be allowed to form two Lodges, have both been defeated in a vote, 2 November 1922 Notice that Relief Allowance will cease after members have received it for 12 months, in accordance with a decision of the Council Meeting of 14 March 1915, November 1922 Notice that 2 named men have left Hamsterley Colliery without clearance cards, December 1922 Notice that the programme for the Council Meeting of 16 December, has been issued, December 1922 Notice that 6 named men have left Black House Colliery without clearance cards, December 1922 Notice that 1 named man has left Hamsterley Colliery, and 1 named man has left South Hetton Colliery, without clearance cards, December 1922 Notice listing 4 named men elected to the Federation Board and 4 named men not elected to the Board, 21 December 1922 Notice of the election of 2 named men as Scrutineers and of 2 named men not elected, 21 December 1922 Notice indicating that there are 700 men idle at Tudhoe Colliery and advising members not to seek employment there until the idle men have been re-started, 3 January 1923 Results of vote in favour of the Executive Committee's recommendation that Mr. P. Lee be transferred to the Joint Committee Department and that the new Agent, when appointed, be Financial Secretary, 3 January 1922 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 12c Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars issued to lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 5 January 1925 - 27 July 1925 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Society, Minutes of Board Meetings, 9 July 1925 - 12 May 1925 Minutes of Programme of Council Meetings, including Committee notes, 7 February 1925 - 30 May 1925 Minutes of Minutes of Council Meetings, 7 February 1925 - 30 May 1925 Programme of Council Meetings, 5 September 1925 - 24 October 1925 Programme of Special Council Meetings, 4 May 1925 - 20 June 1925 Notice, concerning 'Returns and Scrutineers', and a reminder to Lodge Secretaries, that only such returns as relate to Elections are dealt with by the Secretaries, 7 January 1925 Notice, concerning 'Election of New Agent' with nominations appended, 13 January 1925 Report, of Proceedings of Arbitration Committee Meeting, held in the Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-On-Tyne, 14 January 1925 Result, of 'Election of Chartered Accountants', Final Vote, 20 January 1925 Notice, naming four men who have left Kibblesworth Colliery without clearance cards, [January1925] Result, of 'Election of Gala Speakers', Final Vote, 23 January 1925 Report, of Proceedings of Arbitration Committee Meetings, held in the Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-On-Tyne, 3 December 1924 and 15 December 1924 Report, titled 'Miners' Nystagmus' by J E Swan [1925] Report, of Proceedings of Arbitration Committee Meeting, held in the Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-On-Tyne, 2 February 1925 Notice, naming a man who have left Philadelphia Colliery without a clearance card, [February 1925] Notice, naming four men who have left West Thornley Colliery without clearance cards, [February 1925] Notice, concerning 'Men receiving notice as Miners and commencing work in other Departments in or about the Mines', and a man named as leaving Waterhouses Colliery without a Clearance Card, [February 1925] List of nominations, received by Approved Society, in respect of the 'Election of Committee of Management', 24 February 1925 Circular, issued by titled 'County Council and other Local Elections', 24 February 1925 Report, including tables and figures of number of cases and claims, titled 'Review of the Work of the Compensation Department during the Year 1924, [1925] Notice, naming four men who have left Auckland Park Colliery without clearance cards, [March 1925] Notice, concerning 'Returns not sent to Head Office', including list of collieries and numbered returns that individual Lodges failed to send into Head Office, 14 March 1925 Report, of Proceedings of Arbitration Committee Meetings, held in the Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-On-Tyne, on 2 March 1925, 16 March 1925 and 30 March 1925 Notice, reminding Lodges of the resolution, passed at the last Annual Conference of the Miners' Federation, held at Swansea, in respect of May Day General Holiday, 8 April 1925 List of nominations, to select five miners to be representatives at the Miners' Federation Conference, 15 April 1925 Notice, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, incorporating a circular issued by the Miners' Welfare Committee, Mines Department, Millbank, Westminster, London, concerning 'Miners' Welfare Fund', 17 April 1925 Notice, concerning 'May Day Demonstrations', including a list of speakers and venues in the Durham area, 18 April 1925 Notice, issued by the DMA and the Durham Mining Federation Board, concerning the Miners' Welfare Fund, and the necessity of a strict audit of the accounts of the Local Committees, 20 April 1925 Report, of Proceedings of Arbitration Committee Meeting, held in the Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-On-Tyne, on 27 April 1925 Result, of 'Vote on Compensation Medical Certificate', in favour of accepting to pay a doctor's fee of 5/- for filling in Special Form N in Compensation cases, 29 April 1925 Notice, incorporating letters, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and Durham County Mining Federation Board, Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the Miners' Welfare Committee, Dean Stanley Street, Millbank, Westminster, London, concerning accidents on recreation grounds, 2 May 1925 Notice, incorporating correspondence, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and Durham County Mining Federation Board, Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-on-Tyne concerning distribution of 'District Fund', and the recent grant to Durham County Education Authority, 8 April 1925 Financial Statement, for the period 27 June 1924 to 30 April 1925, showing position of General Fund and Sick Fund List, of nominations in respect of the Election of Executive Committee, (First Time), 5 May 1925 Notice, confirming the acceptance of the decisions of the Council Meeting held on 28 March 1925, by a majority vote, [May 1925] Notice, confirming the appointments of two new certifying surgeons, [May 1925] Notice, issued by Red Hill, concerning the 'Relief Fund', 7 May 1925 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, incorporating a circular from the Welfare Commissioners, concerning, 'Tenders, Specifications and Contract Work, 19 May 1925 Report, of Proceedings of Arbitration Committee Meeting, held in the Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-On-Tyne, 25 May1925, and 29 May 1925 Notice, issued by Houghton Lodge, concerning the issue of an incorrect press statement, [May 1925] Notice, naming four men who have left Auckland Park Colliery without clearance cards, [May1925] List of short-listed nominees for Election of Executive Committee, (Final), 27 May 1925 Result of Final Vote, for the Election of Miners' Federation Annual Conference Representatives; Result of Final Vote, for the Election of Trades Union Congress Representatives, 12 June 1925 Result of Final Vote, for the Election of Executive Committee, 17 June 1925 Propositions discussed by the Owners and on Questions before Special Council Meeting, held on 20 June 1925, circulated to Lodges to indicate whether Members are in acceptance. Result of Vote on Decisions of Special Council Meeting, 20 June 1925, 30 June 1925 Circular, issued by The Executive Committee, requesting Lodges to 'stand firm', on the following questions, - not to increase the hours of hewers, not to suffer any Local Reductions, and not to agree to any change in Cutters or Fillers doing any work other than that provided for in County Agreements, 30 June 1925 Notice clarifying the need for men leaving employment in the mines to draw their clearance card before joining another Trade Union, July 1925 Notice, titled 'National Lock-Out' recommending members to follow the instructions issued by the County Federation Board on 20 July 1925 and those issued by the Miners' Federation, to cease work on 31 July unless otherwise advised. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 202/4

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 7 July 1925 - 31 December 1925 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Society, Minutes of Board Meetings, 8 July 1925 - 4 December 1925 Minutes of Programme of Council Meetings, including Committee notes, 5 September 1925 - 24 October 1925 Minutes of Minutes of Council Meetings, 18 July 1925 - 24 October 1925 Programme of Council Meetings, 5 September 1925 - 24 October 1925 Programme of Annual Council Meeting 12 - 16 December 1925 Supplementary Programme of Council Meeting, 5 September 1925 - 12 December 1925 Minutes of Annual Council Meeting 12 - 16 December 1925 Minutes of Special Council Meetings, 13 October 1925 - 24 November 1925 Letter issued by The Executive Committee, to members, concerning Arbitration issues, 1 July 1935 Report, of Proceedings of Arbitration Committee Meeting, held in the Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-On-Tyne, on 6 July 1925 Letter, issued by The Executive Committee, to members, concerning alterations to Rules, 6 July 1925 Notice, requesting the submission of suitable photographs for illustrating the next annual report of the Miners' Welfare Committee, 19 June 1925 Notice, advising of the requirement of the observation of the Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act, 1888, in respect of Trust Deeds for charitable purposes Nomination, in respect of selecting five persons to attend the Labour Party Annual Conference Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 202/5

Minutes and circulars sent to the Lodges, 4 January 1927 - 29 June 1927 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 202/6

Minutes and circulars sent to the Lodges, 6 July 1927 - 29 December 1927 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 202/7

Minutes and circulars sent to the Lodges, 4 January 1928 - 28 June 1928 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 202/8

Minutes and circulars, printed 3 July 1928 - 28 December 1928 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 203/1

Minutes and circulars, printed 7 January 1930 - 24 June 1930 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 203/2

Minutes and circulars, printed 30 June 1930 - 30 December 1930 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 203/3

Circulars sent to the lodges, as follows: Schedule of Reserved Occupations and Memorandum of Tribunals, Addendum to Local Officials' Manual - Section VII, issued by the Durham Miners' Association, 16 December 1940 Minutes of Committee Meetings, including lists of named individuals receiving Relief Fund Allowances, 30 December 1940 - 23 June 1941 Notice of a vacancy for six coal hewers at Cleckheaton Colliery, Dudley Hill, Bradford, Yorkshire, giving details of conditions in the colliery, January 1941 General Secretary's Review for year, including statistics of output, May - November 1940, 31 December 1940 Compensation Department: Report of Proceedings of the Arbitration Committee meeting held at Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 20 November 1940 - 6 March 1941 Miners' Welfare Fund: Minutes of meetings of Sub-Committee, 14 January 1941 - 10 June 1941 Local Officials' Manual - Addendum - Section VII Building and Civil Engineering Industries Uniformity Agreement, 1940 Circular, addressed to the members of the Durham Miners' Association, setting out the terms of the Determination of Needs Bill, February 1941 Notice, including an advertisement issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, Northern District, appealing for unemployed miners to join Rescue Parties in London to rescue people trapped as a result of the bombing in that city, February 1941 Miners' Welfare Fund: Minutes of District Committee meetings, 11 February 1941 Programme of Council Meetings, 15 February 1941 - 5 July 1941 Notice that a statement will be given at the Council Meeting on Resolutions, 1, 2, and 3, February 1941 List of resolutions which have been 'kept off the programme', February 1941 Minutes of Council Meetings (including notes of named persons who have died and who have sustained fatal accidents), 15 February 1941 - 24 May 1941 Notice concerning the welfare of 'Transferred Members', as discussed in resolution no. 7 of the Council Meeting of 15 February 1941 Notice, including a letter from H.M. Inspector of Taxes, Market Place, Durham, informing the Durham Miners' Association that the 5 shillings paid to miners in lieu of rent-free houses, is assessable for Income Tax purposes, 18 February 1941 Letter from Burndept Limited, Light Gun Factory, Erith, Kent, asking if unemployed miners would be interested in being employed as 'labourers mixing the black powder essential to the making of batteries', 19 February 1941 Local Officials' Manual - Addendum - Section IV: Secondary Condition: Normal Working Week spread over less than Six Days, 4 March 1941 List of nominees to be Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, 5 March 1941 List of Representatives to the Miners' Federation Conference, 5 March 1941 Notice that a statement will be given to the Council Meeting on Resolutions 4, 5, 6, April 1941 List of Resolutions kept off the Programme, 5 April 1941 Notice, including a letter from The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society, asking for donations in aid of merchant seaman and their dependants, February 1941 Notice issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, indicating that War Wage Additions will take place from 1 April 1941, 21 March 1941 Notice, including a letter form from the Durham Coal Owners' Association, indicating that free houses or rent allowance, and an annual supply of coals, will be granted to dependants of coal miners who have been called up, and who were entitled to such benefits at the time of their call-up, 28 March 1941; and including a letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association concerning the payment of wages on Friday, rather than Saturday, 28 March 1941 'Report of Welfare Officer on Visits Paid to Centres to which Durham Men have been Transferred', in Weymouth [Dorset], Portland [Dorset], Weston-super-Mare [Somerset], Bridgewater [Somerset], Avonmouth [Somerset], 25 March 1941 Minutes of meetings of the Durham County Mining Federation Board, 13 March 1941 - 14 June 1941 Circular concerning a meeting with Lord Woolton, Minister of Food, concerning supplementary rations for miners, 17 March 1941 Circular concerning 'Safety in Coal Mines: Workmen's Inspection', including a draft agreement between the Mining Association of Great Britain and the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain', 18 March 1941 Notice of number of men needed at 4 named pits, March 1941 Notice of the fact that the Welfare Department of the Ministry of Labour and National Service will represent men employed at Aycliffe, March 1941 Circular entitled 'Determination of Needs Bill: Further Concessions', 24 March 1941 List of nominees as Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, 26 March 1941 Circular concerning 'Working on Good Friday', 5 April 1941 List of nominees as Representatives to the Mineworkers' Federation Executive Committee, 8 April 1941 List of nominees for election to the Executive Committee, 8 April 1941 Circular, entitled 'May Day Manifesto', discussing the Durham Miners' Association's hopes for the future and its view of the war, with a timetable of May Day meetings, 14 April 1941 Addendum to Local Officials' Manual Section VII The 1941 - 42 Budget: describing the increases in income tax, May 1941 'May Day Resolution for May 3rd and 4th, 1941' Annual Report of Compensation Department for 1940, containing the following: number of fatal and non-fatal cases dealt with by Arbitration Committee; numbers of, and value of, commutation cases; numbers of, and value of, fatal cases dealt with by Arbitration Committee, arranged by meeting of the Committee; list, giving name, and colliery, of the individuals, of 'Non-Associated Colliery Commutation Cases'; name, and colliery, of 'Running Down Cases'; name, and colliery of 'Claims Against Employers at Common Law'; names, and collieries of 'Application for Certificates in Respect of Silicosis'; lodge, name, offer, award, and explanatory comments on 'County Court Cases During 1940'; statistics of 'Cases Dealt with Since the Inception of the Act'; February 1941 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, entitled 'Compulsory Partial Inspection', introducing a partial inspection of mines, as agreed by the Mining Association and the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, 18 April 1941 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation, urging the members to work on 3 May, in order to assist the war effort, 25 April 1941 Notice urging members to support the Daily Herald, as requested by the Trades Union Congress, May 1941 Notice that a statement will be given at the Council Meeting on Resolutions, nos. 1, 2, 3 and 8; and that 20 resolutions have been kept off the programme for the Council Meeting, 24 May 1941 List of 6 named individuals who have been elected as Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, and six named individuals who have not been elected, 6 May 1941 List of 6 named individuals who have been elected as Representatives to the Mineworkers' Federation Annual Conference and 6 named individuals who have not been elected, 6 May 1941 List of 6 named individuals who have been elected as representatives to the Labour Party Conference, and 6 named individuals who have not been elected, 6 May 1941 Programme for 'A United Council Meeting' of the Durham County Mining Federation Board, to discuss the suspension of Annual Holiday with pay, pits working on recognised Annual Holidays, Local Coal Production Committees and rules governing them, and the Essential Work Order and its application to the Coal Mining Industry, 19 May 1941 and 7 June 1941 Notice of Additional Resolution for the Agenda of the Council Meeting of 24 May, concerning Commutation Cases, 19 May 1941 Notice that, following an announcement by Ernest Bevin, Whit Monday will be observed as a holiday, 19 May 1941 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, containing 'Proposals' put forward by the Durham District Coal Production Committee, concerning working practices and the need to increase the output of coal, May 1941 Circular, issued by the Durham District Coal Production Committee, entitled 'Proposed County and Local Coal Production Committee Rules', proposing a County Committee to meet each month and a Local Coal Production Committee at each colliery to reduce absenteeism and increase production, May 1941 List of 6 named individuals who have been elected to the Executive Committee and 6 named individuals who have not, 21 May 1941 Notice that the Trade Union Congress is urging all members to support the National Savings Movement because of the increasing cost of the war, May 1941 Notice concerning the use of miners, unemployed through disability, in the 'dumping' of supplies of timber in mining districts, May 1941 List of 3 named individuals, one of whom has been elected as Representative on the Mineworkers' Federation Executive Committee, 21 May 1941 Minutes of United Council Meeting of the Durham County Mining Federation Board, accepting the proposals concerning the suspension of Annual Holidays, the establishment of Local Coal Committees and the Essential Work Order, 26 May 1941 Notice concerning 'Men in Receipt of Compensation obtaining Work Outside the Mines', June 1941 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning the Attendance Bonus qualifications, discussed on 26 May 1941, and the County and Local Coal Production Committee rules; discussing, in addition, the demand for coal; with a statement from the Mines Department, and amended proposals from the Durham District Coal Production Committee; and amended proposals for the conditions of qualification for the Attendance Bonus, 7 June 1941 Notice of a vote rejecting the Durham Coal Production Committee's proposals, June 1941 Notice of a County Conference to be addressed by Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison, M.P., Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security, to be held at the Miners' Hall, Red Hill, Durham, on 21 June, 10 June 1941 Notice that the Mineworkers' Federation has applied to the President of the Board of Trade for concessions, similar to those granted to munitions workers, under the Clothing (Coupon) Order, 9 June 1941 Notice that there has been a tie, in Ward no. 2, between 2 named individuals in the election to the Executive Committee, a tie which has been resolved by ballot, 9 June 1941 Agenda for the Mineworkers' Federation Annual Conference, 1941 Minutes of United Council Meeting of Durham County Mining Federation Board, giving the results of the votes for and against the motions, 14 June 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 15 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Council Meetings, including lists of deaths and fatal accidents, 5 July 1941 - 29 November 1941 Minutes of Committee Meetings, including list of those receiving Relief Fund Allowances, 3 June 1941 - 24 November 1941 Minutes of Arbitration Committee meetings issued by Compensation Department, 27 March 1941 - 22 May 1941 Minutes of Durham Miners' Welfare Fund District Sub-Committee meetings, 8 July 1941 - 11 November 1941 Programme of Council Meetings, including list of resolutions 'kept off the Programme', 23 August 1941 - 29 November 1941 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Board meetings, 6 September 1941 - 8 December 1941 Emergency resolution of the Executive Committee in support of Churchill's speech pledging support for the Soviet Union, 8 July 1941 Note that Will Lawther has been chosen by the Trade Union Congress to visit America, 8 July 1941 Presidential Address of Will Lawther at the Annual Conference of the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, held at Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, 14 July 1941 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning the Attendance Bonus, 8 July Circular describing the fact that the Executive Committee has been unanimous in agreeing that a donation should be made from the Political Fund of the to purchase six ambulances for the Anglo-Russian Ambulance Corps, one for each of the six County Wards, 17 July 1941 Circular, including the text of a letter from Winston Churchill and of a letter from Ivan Maisky, Ambassador of the U.S.S.R. to Great Britain, in response to the resolution of support for the peoples of the U.S.S.R., issued by the Durham Miners' Association, July 1941 Circular indicating that the pits will be idle on August Bank Holiday Monday, 4 August 1941, and working on Saturday, 2 August 1941 Notice that the Lodges have voted in favour of giving six ambulances to the Anglo-Russian Ambulance Corps, 6 August 1941 Circular concerning payment for Quarterly Partial Pit Inspections, with blank return for each Lodge to indicate when pit inspections are to take place in its area, 1941 Circular concerning 'Aid to Russia', indicating that the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain has suggested that each District Association should contribute 2s.6d. per member to the U.S.S.R.; the suggests that such a sum should be granted out of the General Fund; it also suggests that lodges with a surplus in their Local Fund should contribute some of it to the U.S.S.R., 11 August 1941 Circular, entitled 'A Report of A Visit to War Factories', describing a report of a visit by six miners to a power station, and to an armaments factory on Tyneside, to see how urgent is the need for coal, 11 August 1941 Circular concerning 'Income Tax Concession for Manual Workers', concerning manual workers have incurred extra travelling expenses because of circumstances caused by the war, 26 August 1941 Notice concerning the 'Attendance Bonus', indicating that the conditions as to full attendance attached to the bonus are to be dispensed with, and that British Coal Committees will be responsible for machinery being set up at each pit to deal with any persons who militate against the maximum production of coal, 6 September 1941 Circular enclosing collecting sheets for the use of each lodge to collect money for the 'Aid to Russia Fund', 1941 Circular informing the members that the Board of Trade has allocated 60 extra clothing coupons per year for underground workers, in addition to the 66 coupons issued to all civilians, 22 September 1941 Notice of a letter of appreciation, from Blaydon Burn Lodge, acknowledging the help given to the Lodge by the Agents and the Executive Committee in increasing the wages of the surface workers by 1 penny per shift, 16 September 1941 List of nominees for the Executive Committee, 30 September 1941 List of nominees for the positions of Scrutineer, 30 September 1941 Circular, entitled 'Aid to Russia and Freedom', exhorting the members to support the struggles of the U.S.S.R. in its resistance to Hitler, pointing out that Durham is not meeting its coal production targets, because of absenteeism, and that to defeat Hitler every miner needs to work as hard as possible, 7 October 1941 List of Aid For Russia meetings, 19 and 26 October 1941 Notice indicating that the members of Blaydon Burn Lodge have decided to levy 2s. 6d. per member as aid to Russia, 4 October 1941 Notice containing letters from the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain concerning wages and the cost of living, 29 September 1941; and the Essential Work (Coal Mining Industry) Order, 22 August 1941 and 22 September 1941 Notice informing lodges that Death Fund contributions cannot be received from members who are fully employed in other industries, especially the Merchant Marine, 1941 Notice concerning shortage of matches at naked light pits, 1941 List of named individuals and named Lodges who have contributed to the Aid to Russia Fund, October 1941 Circular discussing the fact that Lodges have indicated that doctors have requested increased fortnightly fees for services to miners and their wives, the need for which is partly attributed to the increased number of certificates required by a miner who is ill, 15 October 1941 Notice announcing that miners' representatives will be given 3 shillings allowance for attending meetings of the Pit Production Committees, 15 October 1941 List of individuals and Lodges who have contributed to the Aid to Russia Fund, October 1941 Circular suggesting that the Enginemen, Mechanics and Cokemen should also contribute to Aid to Russia Fund, 25 October 1941 Notice, incorporating a letter from the Mines Department indicating that miners' representatives will be paid 3 shillings per meeting to attend meetings of Pit Production Committees, 23 October 1941, with blank form to record meetings attended and sums received, October 1941 Notice that 2 named individuals have left Hamsteels Colliery without clearance cards, October 1941 Notice that 3 named individuals have left Hamsteels Colliery without clearance cards, November 1941 Notice that the Coal Owners will continue Houses or Rent, and Coals, Allowance to men serving in H.M. Forces, November 1941 List of named individuals and Lodges who have contributed to the Aid To Russia Fund, November 1941 List of 17 named individuals, six of whom have been elected as members of the Executive Committee, 12 November 1941 List of 4 named individuals, 2 of whom have been elected as scrutineers, 13 November 1341 [sic] Circular urging the Lodges to agree to the terms [unspecified] agreed with the Owners concerning pits lying idle after a fatal accident, 26 November 1941 Circular containing correspondence between the Board of Trade and The Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain concerning clothing coupons for surface workers, between 8 and 17 November 1941; with copy letter by the General Secretary of the Durham Miners' Association, and a schedule of categories of Colliery Surface Workers, 24 November 1941 List of individuals, Lodges and other organisations who have contributed to the Aid to Russia Fund, November 1941 Circular giving notice of vacancies for a male Labour Party District Organiser for the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire and for a female Labour Party District Organiser for the same area, 1 December 1941 Circular including a letter from the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain concerning 'Essential Work (Coal Mining Industry) Order: Exemptions from Disqualifications for Guaranteed Wage (Sickness etc.)', and concerning Interruptions of Work during a shift, 1 December 1941; and a copy of Essential Work (Coal Mining Industry) Order; Proposals of the Owners' side of the Joint Standing Consultative Committee for dealing with the payments of guaranteed wage to a piece-worker during interruptions of work during a shift, December 1941 Circular concerning Underground Boys' Wages, 4 December 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 16 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars issued to lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, including list of individuals paid Relief Fund Allowances, 5 January 1942 - 29 June 1942 Programme of Council Meetings, including Committee Notes and list of resolutions kept off the programme, 17 January 1942 - 20 June 1942 Minutes of Durham Miners' Welfare Fund District Sub-Committee meetings, 13 January 1942 - 9 June 1942 Minutes of Council Meetings, including list of those who have died and those killed in fatal accidents in the County, 17 January 1942 - 20 June 1942 Minutes of the Arbitration Committee, 29 January 1942 - 25 June 1942 Minutes of the Durham County Mining Federation Board meetings, 28 February 1942 - 27 June 1942 Programme of a United Council Meeting, concerning Holidays, 1942, 21 March 1942 Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Executive Committee concerning the dispute at Blackhall Colliery, 30 March 1942 Programme of a Special Council Meeting to hear a report on 'the recent unconstitutional stoppages' to be held on 30 May 1942, 18 May 1942 Programme of a United Council Meeting to discuss the organisation and wages proposals of the Government in regard to the Coal Mining Industry, 4 July 1942 Supplement to Local Officials' Manual - Section II: Overtime and Weekend Work, 2 January 1942 Notice containing a letter from the First Secretary, Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, London, to Will Lawther, Executive Committee Secretary, Durham Miners' Association, thanking the members of the for their goodwill and support, 29 December 1941 Notice concerning Winter Allowances that may be conferred by an Assistance Board, December 1941 List of donations, by branches of the National Union of Cokemen and By-Product Workers, to the Aid to Russia Fund, December 1941 Notice advising members how to complete Income Tax Forms and Expenses Forms, with list of agreed yearly allowances for different types of employees, January 1942 Circular giving the terms of agreement concerning overtime and weekend work, between the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham Miners' Association, 2 January 1942 Durham County Mining Federation Balance Sheet, 1 January - 31 December 1941 Report of the Compensation Department on its work in 1941, as follows: summary list of fatal and non-fatal cases; numbers of arbitration cases; numbers of commutation cases; number of fatal cases dealt with by Arbitration Committee; 'Non-Associated Colliery Commutation Cases dealt with during 1941, giving names, lodges, and amounts of money; list of 'Running Down Cases', giving name, lodge, and amount of money; list of 'Claims at Common Law', giving name, lodge, and outcome; list of 'Applications for Certificates in Respect of Silicosis', giving name, lodge, and outcome; list of County Court Cases, giving name, lodge, owners' offer, award, and comments; table of numbers of fatal cases dealt with by the Committee and sums awarded, 1891 - 1941; table of 'Cases Dealt With Since The Inception of the Act', 1898 - 1941 Notice giving the text of a letter received from the Chairman of the Soviet Trade Union Delegation which inspected the underground workings at Horden Colliery, 15 January 1942 List of nominees to serve as Representatives on the Mineworkers' Federation Executive Committee, 3 February 1942 Circular making recommendations concerning the fees to be paid for medical services, 5 February 1942 Notice giving the text of a letter from General J. Auchinleck, General Officer Commanding in the Middle East, in reply to a letter of congratulation from the Durham Miners' Association, to him and his troops for their gallant effort in the Libya battlefield, 19 January 1942 List of named individuals, Lodges and other organisations contributing to the Aid to Russia Fund, January 1942 Circular giving the text of a letter from the Soviet Trade Union Delegation to the Members of the Durham Miners' Association, 5 February 1942 Circular informing the members that, under the current terms of The Essential Work (Mining Industry) Order, workmen are unable to 'receive payment of the guaranteed wage for the day on which they are unable to get to work owing to transport difficulties such as operated in the recent snow storm', and that the Miners' Federation of Great Britain is discussing the situation with the Ministry of Labour, 19 February 1942 Notice that Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps, K.C., M.P., Lord Privy Seal, will address a conference of the at the Miners' Hall, Red Hill, Durham, 14 March 1942 Circular setting out an agreement between the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham County Mining Federation, whereby the Coal Owners agree that no non-union labour will work in the mines, and the agrees that no stoppages will occur in the collieries, 27 February 1942 List of named individuals, lodges and other organisations who have contributed to the Aid to Russia Fund, March 1942 Notice that Dame Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson and the Old Vic Company will be performing Medea in 9 named venues, between 9 and 29 March, March 1942 List of nominees to serve as Representatives to Trades Union Congress, 4 March 1942 List of nominees to serve as Labour Party Conference Representatives, 4 March 1942 List of nominees to serve as Miners' Federation Conference Representatives, 4 March 1942 List of nominees to serve on the Executive Committee, 4 March 1942 Circular setting out the 'Powers of Direction of National Service Officer' under the 'Essential Work Order', to direct individuals to work underground, 12 March 1942 Circular concerning the payment of subsistence allowance to Mineworkers' Representatives on Pit Production Committees, 14 March 1942 Circular instructing Lodge secretaries not to send claims for subsistence allowance for attendance at Pit Production Committees, while the confusion concerning these payments is sorted out, 16 March 1942 Notice giving the text of a letter from J. Maisky, Ambassador of the U.S.S.R. to Great Britain, thanking the DMA for the sum of £24,650 raised in aid of the U.S.S.R., 10 March 1942 Circular giving the text of a letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association asking for changes in the holidays of cokemen to ensure continuity of supply of coke to allow the production of steel to continue uninterruptedly, 24 March 1942, and the response of the rejecting the proposal, 30 March 1942 Notice, issued by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, indicating that the War Addition to Wages will remain the same, 20 April 1942 Notice giving texts of communication from the Durham Coal Owners' Association to the effect that the collieries will work on May Day; that Holy Saturday should be an agreed holiday; 18 April 1942 Notice that Arthur Horner, President of the South Wales Miners' Association, will talk on the radio on 'Coal Production and the Struggle of the United Nations', April 1942 Circular giving the text of a communication from the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain setting out the way in which a man who has been discharged from the armed forces may re-join the coal industry, 28 April 1942 List of named individuals, Lodges and other organisations contributing to the Aid to Russia Fund, April 1942 List of 12 candidates to be Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, 6 of whom have been elected, 30 April 1942 List of 12 candidates to be Representatives to the Mineworkers' Federation Annual Conference, 6 of whom have been elected, 30 April 1942 List of 12 candidates to be Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, 6 of whom have been elected, 29 April 1942 Notice issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, to the effect that the Federation has agreed that if a man produces satisfactory evidence that he has made every effort to reach his place of work, he is entitled to the guaranteed wage in the pay week affected, 28 April 1942 List of two individuals, one of whom has been elected Representative on the Mineworkers' Federation Executive Committee, and list of Lodges which have not sent the return with their vote in time, 1 May 1942 List of 13 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected to the Executive Committee, 1 May 1942 List of lodges who have not sent their vote for the Executive Committee in time, 1 May 1942 Notice, issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, that men who have been dismissed unjustifiably for serious misconduct, will be entitled to the guaranteed wage between his dismissal and the result of his appeal to the Appeal Board, 8 May 1942 Notice warning Lodges that they may not communicate official information concerning the business of the DMA or the Lodges to the Miners' Journal, June 1942 Agenda for Mineworkers' Federation Annual Conference, 1942, 2 June 1942 Notice consisting of a letter from the Deputy Chairman of the Red Cross, thanking the DMA for its contribution of £29,400, 12 June 1942 Notice consisting of a letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association, indicating that the Owners will give men returning from H.M. Forces holiday credits, 13 June 1942 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning 'Wages Proposals and Organisation of the Coal Mining Industry', issued by H.M. Government, including tables of piece rate classes; adult datal classes; scales of boys' wages underground and above-ground; tables of wages of different workers employed by the Durham County Colliery Enginemen's, Boiler Minders and Firemen's Association, 25 June 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 17 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars distributed to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Board meetings, 4 July 1942 - 24 December 1942 Minutes of United Council Meeting of the Durham County Mining Federation Board, held to discuss the Wages Proposals and organisation of the Coal Mining Industry as awarded by the Lord Greene Board of Investigation, 4 July 1942, 24 October 1942 Minutes of Committee Meetings, 6 July 1942 - 28 December 1942 Minutes of Durham Miners' Welfare Fund District Sub-Committee meetings, 14 July 1942 - 8 December 1942 Programme of Council Meetings, 8 August 1942 - 9 January 1943 Minutes of Arbitration Committee Meetings, 23 April 1942 - 30 July 1942 Minutes of Council Meetings, 8 August 1942 - 26 September 1942 Notice incorporating a letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association; a letter from the Durham Miners' Association; and a letter from the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, all concerning the rights of men returning from the Armed Forces or other industries, 17 June, 2 July and 9 July 1942 Notice, issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, incorporating a letter from the Mines Department, Mill House, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, concerning 'Extra Soap Ration for Miners', 15 June 1942 Circular expressing the disapproval of the Executive Committee on receiving a circular from Dawdon Lodge, indicating that that Lodge was proposing to invite Lodges to attend a conference in Ryhope Miners' Hall on 8 August 1942; reiterating the Committee's instructions to other Lodges not to attend and its belief that such unofficial conferences foment disunity, 13 July 1942 Circular discussing payment for overtime shifts under the 'Lord Greene Award', 13 July 1942 Circular concerning payments for 'Wet Working', and for the use of Steel Supports Underground, July 1942 Circular concerning Compulsory Quarterly Inspection Scheme and the levy to pay for it to be deducted from colliery workers, 16 July 1942 Circular indicating that arrears of wages, under the Greene Report, will be paid to men who have left the collieries since 1 June 1942, 27 July 1942 Notice incorporating a letter from Spen Lodge in which the pit boys pledge that they will do their utmost 'to increase production in order to bring Victory over Fascism as early as possible', 24 July 1942 Notice incorporating a letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power explaining the system by which miners may purchase Safety Boots and giving an example of a permit to do so, 23 July 1942 Notice incorporating a letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, indicating that Supplementary Occupational Clothing coupons may be issued, 23 July 1942 Notice incorporating verse, by Hilda J. Hooper, 97 Gleneldon Road, Streatham, London, entitled 'Lidice - 1942', describing the destruction of the Czech mining village of Lidice, as a reprisal by the Germans, for the murder of Heydrich, 13 - 14 June 1942 Notice indicating that relief will not be payable to men leaving mining, on the production of a medical certificate, July 1942 Notice concerning Supplementary Occupational Clothing Allowance, and Pit Safety Boots, 23 July 1942 Notice announcing the appointment of the Certifying Surgeon for Wingate District, 1 August 1942 Circular concerning the 'Possibility of a Great National Coal Output Conference' in London, on 23 August 1942, to discuss the fact that coal output is falling behind the national needs, and urging that Special Lodge Meetings be held to choose Delegates, 17 August 1942 Notice that the proposed conference has been cancelled, 18 August 1942 Circular incorporating an appeal, issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, entitled 'The Urgent Need to Increase Coal Production', 17 August 1942 Circular concerning payments when 'Piece Workers [are] Sent to Datal Work When Their Own Work is Available', 19 August 1942 Circular concerning 'Holidays 1942', 21 August 1942 Notice incorporating a letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association concerning Piece -workers' Overtime, 22 August 1942 Addendum to Local Officials' Manual - Section II: Pieceworkers' Overtime, August 1942 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, including a letter from the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, concerning the 'Coal Output Bonus', and a scheme produced by the Board of Investigation, otherwise known as the Greene Board, 8 September 1942 Notice, giving the result of a ballot by the Lodges on whether to accept the Owners' offer concerning piece workers sent to datal work, including list of Lodges the votes of which have not been received, 5 September 1942 Circular informing the members that 10 extra clothing coupons will be allocated to certain workers, 29 September 1942 Notice incorporating a letter from the Trades Union Advisory Committee Northern Region, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, enquiring whether the leaflets concerning the National Savings Movement have had any results, 28 September 1942 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, announcing the holding of a United Council Meeting on the 'Greene Minimum Wage To Workmen at 21 Years of Age and Over', on 24 October 1942, 10 October 1942 Notice concerning a proposed new rule of the concerning 'Claims in Respect of Members Reported Missing', October 1942 Notice that the is to purchase a library of Law Reports, 'recently inspected by Mr. Lawther and the Solicitor', October 1942 List of nominees to serve as members of the Executive Committee, 13 October 1942 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning the arrangements for the United Council Meeting on 24 October 1942, 16 October 1942 Notice announcing that the Coal Production Conference is to be held on 31 October and that there should be a Delegate, preferably a working miner, from every colliery with over 20 workers, 16 October 1942 Addendum to Local Officials' Manual - Section II: Putters' Basis wage, 13 October 1942 Blank ballot form on which the Lodges could indicate whether they wished 2s.6d. per member to be paid towards the re-building of the village of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, 1 October 1942 Circular, incorporating a circular, dated 16 October 1942, issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, describing the discussion concerning the re-building of Lidice, which took place at the Annual Conference in July 1942, entitled 'Lidice Shall Live', 19 October 1942 Circular announcing that workmen taking money instead of a firecoal allowance will not be liable for Income Tax, October 1942 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, incorporating a 'Report of the United Council Meeting', held on 24 October 1942, on 'Greene Wages Award: Points of Interpretation', 24 October 1942 Addendum to Local Officials' Manual - Section II: Pieceworkers Sent to Datal Work', 13 October 1942 Notice, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham County Mining Federation, announcing that the 'holiday allowance credits' will, for the duration of the war, be increased by 20 per cent, 27 October 1942 Notice incorporating a letter, from the Board of Trade, concerning claims by checkweighmen at Harton Colliery for supplementary clothing coupons, 30 October 1942 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning an output bonus earned by the Durham Coalfield for the 4 weeks ending 31 October 1942, 16 November 1942 Notice of the result of the vote on a grant for the re-building of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, 3 November 1942 Notice concerning the case of R.R. Langdale, fatally injured at work, and warning members against 'Claim Societies ... who tout for business on a 10% basis', November 1942 Notice incorporating 3 letters from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, concerning the Output Bonus Scheme, dated 12, 13 and 14 November 1942 List of 12 named individuals, 6 of whom have been elected to the Executive Committee, and list of Lodges, the votes of which have not been received, 24 November 1942 List of 2 named individuals, one of whom has been elected as Chartered Accountant, and list of Lodges, the votes of which have not been received, 25 November 1942 List of 8 named individuals, 2 of whom have been elected Scrutineers, and list of Lodges, the votes of which have not been received, 25 November 1942 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, announcing that the Durham Coalfield has earned a bonus for output during the 4 weeks ending 28 November 1942, 14 December 1942 Notice announcing that the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the have agreed to submit the question of payments for the 'Use of Steel Supports on Working Faces, to arbitration, 24 November 1942 Notices incorporating a letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, and one from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, concerning output bonuses, both dated 11 December 1942 Notice incorporating a letter from the Miners' Welfare Commission, London, and a letter from the Trades Union Congress, London, concerning towels for miners, where no pithead baths are installed, 10 October and 10 December 1942 Notice that a named individual has left Shotton Colliery without a clearance card, December 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 18 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 4 January 1943 - 28 June 1943 Minutes of Council Meetings, 9 January 1943 - 29 May 1943 Minutes of Durham Miners' Welfare Fund District Sub-Committee Meetings, 12 January 1943 - 8 June 1943 Minutes of Disputes Committee Meetings, 14 January 1943 - 18 March 1943 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Board Meetings, 30 January 1943 - 26 June 1943 Programme of Special Council Meeting, 6 February 1943 Report of Special Council Meetings, 6 February 1943 Programme of Special Council Meetings, 6 February 1943 Report of Special Council Meetings, 6 February 1943 Programme of Council Meetings, 27 February 1943 - 10 July 1943 Notice incorporating a letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association concerning the additional payments for 2 shifts worked on Saturdays, 30 December 1942 Notice incorporating a letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association undertaking to pay holiday credits to persons returning to the mining industry after 31 October 1942, 30 December 1942 General Secretary's Review for Year 1942, 8 January 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, indicating that a bonus has been earned by the Durham Coalfield for the 4 weeks ending 26 December 1942, 13 January 1943 Notice incorporating a letter of congratulation addressed to the Durham Miners, following a broadcast, 22 January 1943 Notice incorporating a letter of thanks from Jan Becho, leader of a delegation of Czechoslovak miners, 14 January 1943 Notice, issued by the Trade Union Congress, concerning the supply of artificial limbs, 14 January 1943 Notice issued by the Durham County Mining Federation, that the Durham Coalfield has not earned a bonus for output for the 4 weeks ended 23 January 1943, 5 February 1943 Blank ballot paper whereby the Lodges may vote on the 'National Wages Machinery Proposals', February 1943 Notice of the result of the ballot on the National Wages Machinery Proposals, and list of Lodges, from which no return has been received, 16 February 1943 List of nominees for election as Labour Party Conference Representatives, 16 February 1943 List of nominees for election as Miners' Federation Conference Representatives, 16 February 1943 List of nominees for election as Representatives to Trades Union Congress, 16 February 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham Miners' Association, concerning the payment of Pieceworkers sent to Datal Work, 17 February 1943 Letter from the Compensation Department requesting details from each Lodge Compensation Secretary of cases which could claim compensation under the new Workmen's Compensation Act 1943, 20 February 1943 List of nominees for election to the Executive Committee, 23 February 1943 List of nominees for election as Representatives for the Mineworkers' Federation Executive Committee, 23 February 1943 Report of the Compensation Department, including summary of cases; statistics of Arbitration Committee work; statistics of Fatal Cases dealt with by the Arbitration Committee; statistics of Non-Associated Colliery Commutation Cases; list of individuals involved in Running Down Cases and claims at Common Law; list of individuals applying for certificates in respect of Silicosis; table of individuals involved in County Court cases; statistics of fatal cases, 1898 - 1942; February 1943 Letter from the Ministry of Information, Newcastle upon Tyne, thanking the DMA for taking part in the Red Army Day Celebration, 24 February 1943 Notice, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, indicating that no output bonus has been earned in the 4 weeks ended 20 February 1943, 5 March 1943 Notice, issued by The Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, concerning the Output Bonus Scheme, 9 March 1943 Notice, issued by The Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, concerning towels for miners, enclosing a form for the collection of 2 towels for each miner, 1943 Circular concerning broadcasts by miners to occupied countries, emphasising the support for the war effort by Trades Unions and Trades Unions' view of the future, and requesting details of any miners who speak a foreign language, 23 March 1943 Circular giving the Umpire's award in the dispute concerning the use of steel supports in the mines, 20 March 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning 'Holidays, 1943', 26 March 1943 Report on a Special Conference on Workmen's Compensation, held on 27 March 1943 at Durham, 29 March 1943 Notice, issued by the Miners' Welfare Commission, Ashley Court, Ashstead, Surrey, concerning the purchase of The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street, as a Durham Miners' Rehabilitation Centre, March 1943 Circular incorporating a memorandum, signed by R. Yates, H.M. Divisional Inspector of Mines, No. 3 (Durham) Division, produced by the Advisory Committee concerning the increase in fatalities in the mines in County Durham, in 1942, compared with those in 1941, 3 March 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, indicating that no output bonus had been earned by the Durham Coalfield for the 4 weeks ended 20 March 1943, 3 April 1943 Notice, issued by the Trade Union Congress, announcing a Trade Union Congress Summer School at Holywell Manor, Oxford, in the weeks beginning 10 and 17 July 1943, 18 March 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, that any man directed back to the collieries between 1 January and 31 December 1943 will receive his full holiday credit, 2 April 1943 Notice concerning youths directed to work underground, indicating that young men, refusing to work underground, will be released only to the R.A.F. for flying duties and that any young man who refuses an upheld direction to work underground, will be prosecuted, April 1943 List of 2 named individuals, one of whom has been elected as representative on the Federation Executive Committee, and list of lodges from which no vote has been received, 6 April 1943 List of 14 named individuals, 6 of whom have been elected to the Executive Committee, 7 April 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning 'Holidays 1943' Circular concerning the National Council of Labour Colleges Summer Schools at Edinburgh [Mid-Lothian, Scotland] and Bangor [Caernarvonshire, Wales], and six scholarships available to members of the Durham Miners' Association, 14 April 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham Miners' Association, setting out 'Deputies Basis wages', 14 April 1943 Circular concerning 'Basis Wage - Deputies, Shotfirers and Chargemen', 15 April 1943 Notice that the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain is negotiating with the Mining Association concerning 'Holidays with Pay', 12 April 1943 Notice issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, indicating that 2s.6d. will be paid in expenses for miners obliged to attend hospital as out-patients, 16 April 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, that any miner not attending work on Good Friday will be penalised in his rent allowance and holiday credits, 20 April 1943 Notice, issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, informing the members that each miner may purchase one pair of Safety Boots, without coupons, but on the production of a 'Safety Boot Certificate', 27 April 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, indicating that the Durham Coalfield has not earned an output bonus for the four weeks ended 17 April 1943, 1 May 1943 Memorandum concerning the financial position of men employed at collieries closed, or partially closed, on the initiative of the Regional Controller, particularly those men whom, it is unlikely through age or infirmity, will be suitable for alternative employment, May 1943 List of nominees to attend Summer Schools at Edinburgh [Mid-Lothian, Scotland] and Bangor [Caernarvonshire, Wales], including list of Lodges from which no vote has been received, 6 May 1943 Circular, entitled 'Vane Tempest': 'Resolution For Council Programme and Circular to Lodges', concerning the resolution put forward by Vane Tempest Lodge that legal action should be taken to secure guaranteed wages for 3 men 'light rate compensation men'; condemning the action of Vane Tempest Lodge, as the Durham Miners' Association, as part of the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, agreed in September 1941 to a mechanism for settling disputes via the Local Pit Production Committee, the District Production Committee and the Chief Divisional Controller; remarking that the work of the Union in these matters 'has not been helped by the quantity of ex-miners who have been directed back to the industry and producing medical evidence that they were only fit for light work on the surface, further young workmen on the surface refused in large numbers to work below ground', 12 May 1943 Notice concerning the payment of 2s.6d. as expenses to miners attending hospital as out-patients, 16 April 1943 Notice of a National Essay Competition, organised by the Anglo-Soviet Youth Friendship Alliance, for persons aged between 12 and 24 years, May 1943 Appeal from Thomas Hornsby, Regional Controller, Milburn House, Newcastle, for Durham Miners to produce additional coal to celebrate the victory in Tunisia, as Scottish miners propose to produce an additional 50,000 tons, 19 May 1943 Letter from the Regional Controller, Newcastle, informing the DMA that a boiler suit can be purchased with 4 instead of the usual 11 coupons, 19 May 1943 Circular, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham County Mining Federation, concerning the Greene Minimum Wage, 25 May 1943 Circular explaining 'The Charlesworth Steel Award', including Dr. Charlesworth's Award in the Steel Supports Arbitration, 6 March 1943; responses by Dr. Charlesworth to questions concerning the award raised by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham Miners' Association, 25 May 1943, 27 May 1943 Notice instructing lodges to distribute extra clothing coupons only to those miners who demonstrate a need and not issue them in lots of 4 or 6 to all employed in the colliery, May 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, indicating that the Durham Coalfield has failed to earn an output bonus for the 4 weeks ended 15 May 1943, 1 June 1943 Notice instructing Lodges to ensure that men working outside the coal industry and who remain members of the Durham Miners' Association pay full contributions, because, after 7 July 1943, no Death Benefit will be paid to those paying reduced contributions, June 1943 Notice that the report of the Falls of Ground Advisory Committee will be supplied to the Lodges, June 1943 List of 13 nominees to attend the Summer Schools, 6 of whom have been elected, with list of Lodges returning no vote, 17 June 1943 Notice concerning the Prisoners of War Scheme, whereby members of the Durham Miners' Association, or sons and daughters of members of the Durham Miners' Association, who are prisoners of war will receive a monthly parcel of cigarettes and a quarterly parcel of books, June 1943 Notice that the Roof Control Committee's report had been sent to the Lodges, June 1943 Notice that the Durham Coalfield failed to earn an output bonus for the 4 weeks ended 12 June 1943, 25 June 1943 Notice incorporating a letter from General Alexander, H.Q., 18th Army Group, thanking the DMA for its congratulations, 19 June 1943 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, (Coal Division), Crown Buildings, 63 Westgate Road, Newcastle, discussing the fact that contraband materials have been found in the vicinity of explosions in the mines and appealing to the good sense of the miners to desist from taking cigarettes underground, 26 June 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 19 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Circulars distributed to lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 5 July 1943 - 27 December 1943 Minutes of Council Meetings, 10 July 1943 - 4 December 1943 Minutes of Dispute, Committee Meetings, 22 June 1943 - 16 December 1943 Durham Miners' Welfare Fund District Sub-Committee Meetings, 13 July 1943 - 14 December 1943 Programme of Council Meetings, 28 August 1943 - 4 December 1943 Programme of Special Council Meetings, concerning the Reorganisation of the Mineworkers' Federation, 11 September 1943 Minutes of Special Council Meeting concerning the Reorganisation of the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, 11 September 1943 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Board Meetings, 18 September 1943 - 18 December 1943 Programme of Special Council Meeting to hear Major Gwillym Lloyd George, Minister of Fuel and Power, 19 November 1943 Notice incorporating a letter from Philadelphia Miners' Lodge deprecating appeals for financial assistance when members' homes are destroyed by fire and recommending that they insure them, 30 June 1943 Special Appeal issued by the Executive Committee for increased output of coal now that 'The attack on the European Fortress of Fascism' has begun [the invasion of Sicily], 12 July 1943 Circular concerning 'Voluntary Absenteeism - Suggested New Procedure', 12 July 1943 Blank ballot form whereby lodges may vote for or against the new procedure for dealing with voluntary absenteeism, July 1943 Circular, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham Miners' Association, concerning 'Out-of-Pocket Expenses of Mineworkers as Hospital Out-Patients', 14 July 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, indicating that no output bonus has been earned by the Durham Coalfield for the 4 weeks ended 10 July 1943, 24 July 1943 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning out-of-pocket expenses for workmen attending hospital as out-patients, with examples of forms certifying the need to attend hospital, that the hospital has been attended, and that the payment has been received, July 1943 Notice giving the result of the vote of the Lodges on the new procedure concerning absenteeism, 27 July 1943 Circular enclosing the award of the Umpire in the dispute whether surface and underground datal workers instructed to work on 24 April 1943 (Easter Saturday) should be paid weekday or holiday rates, 27 July 1943 Circular, issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, concerning the payment of holiday pay to new entrants to the industry, 30 July 1943 Instructions, issued to Lodges, accompanied by a Report of the National Executive Committee, concerning the reorganisation of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, to discuss the report and brief a Delegate to the Special Council Meeting called to discuss the proposals, 9 August 1943 Notice announcing that the extension of time, during which the widow of a member of the Durham Miners' Association, killed in the armed forces, shall receive free coal and rent, has been extended from 6 to 12 months, August 1943 Notice concerning the achievements of the D.L.I., including a statement issued by the War Office and the text of a broadcast made by Colonel C.L. Matthews, Colonel of the D.L.I., August 1943 List of 5 nominees elected as lay members on Pensions Appeals Tribunals, August 1943 Text of verse, entitled '70th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Vale', by an Officer of the Durham Light Infantry', August 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, that the Durham Coalfield failed to earn an output bonus for the 4 weeks ending 7 August 1943, 20 August 1943 Circular concerning the right of Lodges in the Consett Parliamentary Division to nominate a member of the as a candidate for the Divisional Party Selection Conference, 25 August 1943 Letter from the Board of Trade, Millbank, London, to the Durham Miners' Association, concerning the importation of alarm clocks from the U.S.A. and Canada, and the reservation of a proportion of them for mineworkers, 30 August 1943 Circular concerning claims for a partial rate of compensation under the provision of the Workmen's Compensation Acts, August 1943 Circular concerning the Training of 'Persons entering Coal Mining Industry', enclosing a letter from The Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, which, in its turn, encloses a proposal from the Ministry of Fuel and Power for the establishment of Training Centres in the principal coalfields, 1 September 1943 Notice, issued by the Mining Federation of Great Britain, concerning the width of surgical belts no longer being restricted, 13 September 1943 Notice that, from 27 September 1943, increased supplies of newspapers will be available, including the Daily Herald, September 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, that no output bonus has been earned by the Durham Coalfield in the 4 weeks ending 4 September 1943, 20 September 1943 Accounts of the Prisoners of War Fund, June - August 1943 Notice, issued by the Mining Federation of Great Britain, that the Ministry of Labour and National Service has decided to raise the ages below which deferment to men in certain occupations, including Trades Union employees, would not normally be granted, 20 September 1943 Letter from the Regional Controller, Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern B Region, Newcastle, inviting the DMA to nominate a Representative on the regional Training Advisory Committee, 18 September 1943 Circular, issued by the M.F.G.B., informing the District Organisations that the Government intends to introduce medical examinations for all new entrants to the coal industry, 24 September 1943 Notice that, for the duration of the war, a married workman occupying the whole of a furnished house shall be entitled to rent and coals, September 1943 Circular issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Newcastle, setting out the system whereby alarm clocks will be distributed, 30 September 1943 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Newcastle, concerning extra clothing coupons for 'Mining Optants', September 1943 List of nominees for the position of Scrutineer, 12 October 1943 Notice instructing Lodge Secretaries to produce averages for 6 weeks previous to a claim, when Representatives of the are attending Colliery Offices to discuss piece rates, October 1943 Notice that Lodge Secretaries should bring the attention of members of the Lodge to classes and postal courses provided free by the National Council of Labour Colleges, October 1943 Notice, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, that no output bonus has been earned by the Durham Coalfield for the 4 weeks ending 2 October 1943, 19 October 1943 Circular, enclosing a copy of the Award of the National Tribunal on the Minimum Wage Scale for Juveniles, 25 October 1943 Circular, issued by the Mining Federation of Great Britain, enclosing a letter from Labour Branch (D.R.), Ministry of Fuel and Power, Dean Stanley Street, London, informing the DMA that men born before 1907, and with underground experience, may be released from the armed forces to return to the mines, 20 October 1943 Notice that trainees will not be required to be members of the Durham Miners' Association, until they are posted to a colliery, October 1943 Notice concerning clothing coupons for mining optants, and others beginning underground work, 12 October 1943 Notice concerning delays in repairs to boots, 28 October 1943 Notice asking Lodge Secretaries to draw the attention of members to the National Council of Labour Colleges, October 1943 Circular, issued by the Mining Federation of Great Britain, explaining the way in which new entrants to the mines can obtain supplementary clothing coupons, 5 November 1943 Circular letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, concerning the establishment of a training centre in Sheffield, Yorkshire, for the training of mechanisation personnel: training employees to use equipment sent by the U.S.A. under the Lend-Lease Scheme; training engineers; training assistants to colliery engineers and electricians, 2 November 1943 Notice that P.O.W.s have acknowledged the receipt of parcels from the Durham Miners' Association, November 1943 Circular exhorting the members not to go on unofficial strikes and indulge in unconstitutional stoppages, in contravention of agreements and in hindrance of the war effort, 10 November 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, that the Durham Coalfield has failed to earn an output bonus in the 4 weeks ended 30 October 1943, 13 November 1943 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, enclosing a circular issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham County Mining Federation, concerning out-of-pocket expenses of mineworkers attending hospital as out-patients, 15 November 1943 List of 13 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as members of the Executive Committee, 24 November 1943 List of 4 individuals, 2 of whom have been elected Scrutineers, 25 November 1943 Notice urging members to adhere to the decision, taken on 26 March 1943 that only 25 December 1943 and 1 January 1944 shall be taken as holiday, December 1943 Circular issued by the Compensation Department, setting out the terms of the Workmen's Compensation (Temporary Increases) Act, 1943, 29 November 1943 Notice indicating that underground miners will receive one pair of safety boots coupon-free, December 1943 Notice that the quota of alarm clocks allocated to miners has not been taken up, December 1943 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, indicating that the Durham Coal Owners' Association has agreed to pay the Greene Minimum Wage to miners who will miss Saturday shifts on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, December 1943 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, indicating that the Durham Coalfield has failed to earn an output bonus for the 4 weeks ended 27 November 1943, 13 December 1943 Notice that Seaham Lodge contributes 1d. per member and South Moor 2 Lodge contributes 2d. per member to the Red Cross, December 1943 Notice that the agrees with the decision of the Ministry of Labour and National Service to 'ballot for the young men who are to go to the mines', December 1943 Notice that new entrants to the collieries during the weekly holiday are not entitled to the Guaranteed Wage, December 1943 Notice concerning the mechanics of the payment of expenses for attending meetings of Pit Production Committees, December 1943 Notice setting out the contributions of Roddymoor Lodge to the Red Cross, December 1943 Notice concerning the submission of complaints concerning boot repairs to the Regional Technical Officer, Board of Trade, Newcastle, December 1943 Notice concerning additional clothing coupons for those disabled through the loss of a limb, November 1943 Notice including a letter from Vane Tempest Lodge indicating that its members wish to contribute 1d. a week to the Red Cross, November 1943 Circular, including a letter received from the Trades Union Congress, setting out the regulations for the distribution of supplementary clothing coupons, December 1943 Circular including a letter received from the Trades Union Congress setting out the regulations for the distribution of supplementary clothing coupons, December 1943 Notice of the appointment of Consett Examining Surgeon, 22 December 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 20

Circulars distributed to the lodges: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 3 January 1944 - 26 June 1944 Minutes of Council Meetings, 22 January 1944 - 17 June 1944 Minutes of Durham Miners' Welfare Fund Sub-Committee Meetings, 11 January 1944 - 13 June 1944 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Board Meeting, 31 January 1944 - 10 March 1944 Programme of United Council Meetings of Durham County Mining Federation Board, 5 February 1944 - 1 April 1944 Minutes of United Council Meetings of Durham County Mining Federation Board, 5 February 1944 - 1 April 1944 Minutes of Disputes Committee Meetings, 10 February 1944 - 4 May 1944 General Secretary's Review for Year 1943, January 1944 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, that the Durham Coalfield has failed to earn an output bonus for the 4 weeks ending 25 December 1943, 8 January 1944 Notice indicating that members of Fishburn Lodge each contribute 2d. per week to the Red Cross and 1d. a week to the men of H.M. Forces, 10 January 1944 Circular discussing the terms of 'The Charlesworth Steel Award' concerning steel supports in the mines, 10 January 1944 Circular giving the text of the Fourth Award and of the Fifth Award of the 'Porter Awards of the National Reference Tribunal': Minimum Weekly Wages for Adults and Juveniles, and Payment for Overtime and Week-end Work, 24 January 1944 Report of the Compensation Department, including statistics of fatal and non-fatal cases; statistics of Arbitration Committee Work; Fatal Cases dealt with by the Arbitration Committee; Non-Associated Colliery Commutation Cases giving names and lodges; Running Down Cases and Claims at Common Law, giving names and lodges; Applications for Certificates in respect of Silicosis, giving names and lodges; County Court cases giving names and lodges; statistics of fatal cases, 1898 - 1943; statistics of cases dealt with since the inception of the Act, 1898 - 1943; February 1944 Notice issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, that the Durham Coalfield has failed to earn an output bonus for the 4 weeks ending 22 January 1944, 7 February 1944 Notice that the agrees with the Durham Coal Owners' Association, that consideration of increased piece-work rates should be postponed, February 1944 Circular, including a letter, dated 4 February 1944, from the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, reporting on the Awards of the National Reference Tribunal in respect of wages and overtime and week-end rates and decisions arrived at by the National Negotiating Committee on 3 February 1944, 7 February 1944 Notice, incorporating a letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power concerning the release of ex-underground workers from the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the Royal Air Force and the Army, 31 January 1944 Circular concerning Summer Schools at Edinburgh [Mid-Lothian, Scotland] and Bangor [Caernarvonshire, Wales], 7 February 1944 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning the date at which payments under the Porter Award will begin, 11 February 1944 Notice, incorporating a letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern B. Region, Milburn House, Newcastle, setting out the categories of unskilled surface workers who have been directed underground and who have not complied with the direction, indicating that all these categories are to be interviewed, requesting details of all unskilled surface workers, and numbers of men who have complied, been released from the coal industry, or have been retained on the surface by agreement, 11 February 1944 Notice that Chilton Lodge will contribute 2d. per week per member to the Red Cross, 12 February 1944 Notice that payments under the Porter Award will be delayed, 21 February 1944 Notice, incorporating a letter from the Ministry of Production Northern Regional Board Regional Industrial Publicity Committee, Ministry of Information, Metrovick House, Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the Works Relations Centre, 15 February 1944 Notice that Randolph Lodge contributes 2d. per week to the Red Cross, 18 February 1944 Circular concerning The Porter Award, which has led to 'much confusion and misunderstanding' and 'in a limited number of lodges it has led to illegal stoppages of work and deliberate restriction of output'; emphasising that the Porter Award has been accepted by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, and suggesting the convening of a meeting at which the Agents and Executive Committee will discuss the Award with representatives of the Lodges, 1 March 1944 Notice that Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Hall of Hardwick Hall, Castle Eden, have donated £150 to the Aid to Russia Fund, March 1944 List of nominees for election to the Executive Committee, 7 March 1944 List of nominees for election as Representatives on the Mineworkers' Federation Executive Committee, 7 March 1944 List of nominees for election as Miners' Federation Conference Representatives, 8 March 1944 List of nominees for election as Labour Party Conference Representatives, 8 March 1944 List of nominees for election as Representatives to Trade Union Congress, 8 March 1944 List of nominees for election as Summer School Representatives, 8 March 1944 Notice that the payment of overtime, and week-end double time will be made on 31 March 1944, backdated to 22 January 1944, 20 March 1944 List of Lodges visited by the Agents to explain the Porter Award, March 1944 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning holidays on Good Friday and Easter Monday, and double time required for any work done on these days, 22 March 1944 Notice that the Durham Coal Owners' Association has recognised 6 days on which the collieries will be idle, 25 March 1944 Notice that out-of-pocket expenses will be paid to miners attending hospital as out-patients because of illness, or accidents away from work, 30 March 1944 Notice, issued by the Mining Federation of Great Britain concerning industrial clogs, 1 April 1944 Notice, issued by the Mining Federation of Great Britain, concerning the payment of men who work partly on the surface and partly underground, 27 March 1944 Notice incorporating a letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association, concerning working on Sunday, and resistance by the owners to miners changing the time of their shifts to bring them within the double time period, 31 March 1944 Notice, issued by the Durham Coal Mining Federation Board, that the pits will work on Good Friday and that double time will be paid, 3 April 1944 Notice that Whitworth Park Lodge is paying 2d. per week, per member, to the Red Cross, 5 April 1944 Notice concerning the 'Training of Mineworkers Upgraded to Work at the Face', April 1944 Notice concerning 'Alarm Clock Buying Permits', incorporating a letter from the Trade Union Congress concerning the restriction on the supply of clocks, 30 March 1944 Notice concerning the regulations governing charges for delivering coal allowances to miners working at non-associated collieries, April 1944 List of 12 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as members of the Executive Committee, 19 April 1944 Notice incorporating telegrams from the Ministry of Fuel and Power concerning the 'Effective District Shift Minimum', April 1944 List of 2 individuals, one of whom has been elected as Representative on the Miners' Federation Executive Committee, 19 April 1944 Notice incorporating a letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Coal Division), Crown Building, 63 Westgate Road, Newcastle, concerning the death of S. Jones at Dawdon Colliery, on 17 April 1944, as a result of an improperly supported roof, 25 April 1944 Letter from Thomas Hornsby, Ministry of Fuel and Power, Milburn House, Newcastle, agreeing to pay expenses for up to 2 members of any Lodge attending the office at his request, 28 April 1944 Circular concerning the terms under which holiday with pay will be taken in 1944, 1 May 1944 List of 12 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, 2 May 1944 List of 12 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, 2 May 1944 List of 12 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected to the Mineworkers' Federation Annual Conference, 2 May 1944 List of Lodges who have sent no return on time to vote for the representatives, 2 May 1944 List of 12 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected to attend Summer Schools at Edinburgh [Mid-Lothian, Scotland] and Bangor [Caernarvonshire, North Wales], 3 May 1944 Notice incorporating a letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, concerning travelling and billeting allowances, 9 May 1944 Notice concerning Day Wage Special Stonemen being put onto piece rates, May 1944 Circular giving a list of workmen who will be paid an extra 1s. per shift gross, in addition to those shown in Information Pamphlet, No. 1, May 1944 Notice concerning Bevin Trainees and their right to travel on 25 May 1944, as there will be travel restrictions on 26 - 29 May, 17 May 1944 Notice concerning certificates for coupon-free safety boots, 9 May 1944 Notice, issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, announcing that the Labour Party Conference is to be postponed because of 'severe traffic restrictions' on the railways, 18 May 1944 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning working on general holidays, the value of coal allowances, holidays with pay for A.R.P. men and pit guards, money payment in lieu of coal allowance, holidays with pay for trainees completing 'Stage A' training, 30 May 1944 Notice, issued by the Durham Coal Owners Association and the Durham County Mining Federation, concerning the value of the coal allowance, 30 May 1944 Letter from the National Council of Labour Colleges, Division No. 9, 18 Derwentdale Gardens, Newcastle, offering free 'Lantern Lectures' on 5 specified topics, May 1944 Notice, issued by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, indicating that the decision whether to postpone the annual conference on 8 June 1944 has not yet been taken, 22 May 1944 Circular, issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, indicating that shoeing smiths should be paid the same whether they work on the surface or underground, and indicating that overalls, singlets and shoes will be made available for miners attending rehabilitation centres, 23 and 24 May 1944 'Information Pamphlet No. 1, showing Present Basic Piece Rates plus 153.3 per cent, which is equal to the Operative Basic Piece Rate, including 70 per cent, as awarded by the Ministry of Fuel and Power in lieu of the 41 - Flat rates' as follows: Hewers, Putters, Stonemen; Putters-Up of Conveyors; Percentage Table; Datal Rates under New National Agreement; Heads of Agreement; Schedule: Skilled Craftsmen, 20 April 1944 'Information Pamphlet no. 2: Annual Holiday With Pay', as follows: Award of National Tribunal; Agreement of 1944; Queries and Answers Arising From the Agreement, May 1944 'Addendum to Local Officials' Manual - Section II': 'Porter Award regarding Overtime and Weekend Work', 1 June 1944 Circular entitled: 'Overhaul of Wages Structure: Schedule III. Classes: Additional Skilled Day Wage Workmen', 6 June 1944 'Addendum to Local Officials' Manual - Section II' entitled 'Overtime and Week-End Agreement June 1st, 1944 Explanatory Statement', 10 June 1944 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Milton House, Newcastle, concerning 'Agreed New Procedure', concerning fines for absenteeism, 7 June 1944 Notice issued by Ministry of Fuel and Power, 'Northern 'B' Region, concerning the 'Preliminary Training of Surface Workers Directed to Underground Employment', 10 June 1944 Notice, issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, concerning the entitlement of absent workmen to holidays with pay, 9 June 1944 Notice concerning holidays with pay, as in the circular of 9 June, 16 June 1944 Circular concerning the payment of trainees who work part of shift on the surface and part underground, 20 June 1944 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, concerning the 'Agreed New Procedure', concerning absenteeism, 15 June 1944 Notice, issued by the National Council of Labour Colleges (War-time Address) Tillicoultry [Clackmannanshire], Scotland, listing free postal courses on 28 named topics, June 1944 Notice announcing free scholarships to a Week-End School at Gilsland [Cumberland] for 36 people, selected as a result of an essay competition on 3 specified subjects, June 1944 Notice concerning the Durham Miners' Association's Prisoner of War Fund, including the text of 12 letters of thanks from Prisoners of War, and the text of a letter from Sam Watson expressing the appreciation of the for the letters received from P.O.W.s, 14 June 1944 Circular appealing for volunteers to work in agricultural camps during their holidays, June 1944 Notice concerning 'Safety Boot Coupon-Free Certificates', June 1944 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, entitled, 'Overhaul of Wages Structure Schedule III. Classes Additional Skilled Day Wage Workmen', 29 June 1944 'Information Pamphlet no. 3: Overtime', as follows: 'Week Days: Datal, Underground Workers and Pieceworkers'; 'Double Time: 1 p.m. Saturdays to 1 p.m. Sundays. Pieceworkers, Datal, Surface and Underground'; Week-End Time: After 1 p.m. Sunday to first shift on Sunday night, Datal, Surface and Underground', May 1944 'Information Pamphlet no. 4', as follows: 'Porter Minimum Wage Rules'; Rulings on the Essential Work (Coalmining: Industry) Order 1943 (S.R. & O. 1943, no. 505) and the Porter Award; The Essential Work (Coalmining Industry) Order, 1943 dated 26th March 1943 (S.R. & O., 1943, no. 505), June 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 21

Circulars issued to lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 3 July 1944 - 26 December 1944 Minutes of Disputes Committee Meetings, 15 June 1944 Minutes of Durham Miners' Welfare Fund District Sub-Committee meetings, 11 July 1944 - 12 December 1944 Programme of Council Meetings, 5 August 1944 - 30 December 1944 Minutes of Council Meetings, 5 August 1944 - 30 December 1944 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Board Meetings, 26 August 1944 - 29 December 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, concerning the dismissal of men over 65 years of age, 22 June 1944 Letter from the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, concerning the encouragement of National War Savings amongst mineworkers, 21 June 1944 'Addendum to Local Officials Manual - Section II Pieceworkers Working at Weekends And On Recognised Holidays', 10 June 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning 'Pit Boots, Safety Helmets and Other Equipment for Youths Joining the Coalmining Industry', in that sons of coalminers who wish to become miners are complaining that 'Bevin Boys' have equipment supplied free of charge while they are at Training Centres and in the employ of the Ministry of Labour, 28 June 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning 'Holidays With Pay For Trainees Completing Stage 'A' Training', 6 June 1944 Information Pamphlet no. 3: See full description in D/DMA 21 Information Pamphlet no. 4: see full description in D/DMA 21 'Information Pamphlet no. 5: Fourth Award of National Reference Tribunal: Porter Minima: Make-Up of Weekly Earnings of Adults and Juveniles', July 1944 'Information Pamphlet no. 6: Queries Arising From The Porter Awards As Received From The Lodges, And the Answers Thereto Given By The General Treasurer, Mr. Sam Watson', June 1944 Notice that it has been considered advisable to suspend the sending of parcels to P.O.W.s, because of the bombing by the R.A.F. of the railway system in France, July 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, instructing colliery managers to refuse leave of absence to miners volunteering for civil defence duties in London, 14 July 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning the purchase of alarm clocks, 17 July 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning holidays taken by Bevin trainees in August Bank Holiday week in the light of the fact that travel by railway will be restricted from 4 to 8 August 1944, 18 July 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning the 'Welfare of Trainees in Stage B Training', 24 July 1944 Notice, issued by the National Council of Labour Colleges, (War Time Address) Tillicoultry [Clackmannanshire], Scotland, setting out 28 postal courses that members of the may take, free, July 1944 Circular, issued by the Compensation Department, enclosing a copy of the 'Workmen's Compensation Agreement entered into between the Durham Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association and the Durham Miners' Association, with respect to accidents coming under the Provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1906 - 1943', 28 July 1944 Circular concerning Voluntary War Savings, 4 August 1944 'Information Pamphlet no. 9: Income Tax: Tax Payments and Post War Credits; Agreed Yearly Allowances: Durham Miners' Association', August 1944 Notice incorporating 4 letters of thanks from Prisoners of War for the parcels sent to them by the Durham Miners' Association, August 1944 Circular, entitled 'and the Deputies' Association', concerning a proposed strike by the Deputies, the Durham Miners' Association's attitude to this, and describing the attitude of the Deputies' Association to the in the past, 28 August 1944 Notice incorporating a letter from the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain and the Miners' Welfare Commission concerning Mineworkers' Food Rations, 21 and 24 August 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Coal Division), Newcastle, concerning the question of searching men going underground for matches and cigarettes, as such items were found in the clothing of a victim of the firedamp explosion, on 25 March 1944, at Bowburn Colliery, 1 September 1944 Notice setting out the 'Rules for Admission, Treatment and Discharge of Patients' at the Hermitage, Chester-le-Street; and 'Explanation with Regard to the Routine of Admission of Patients to the Above Centre', August 1944 Letter from the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, concerning entitlement to holidays with pay when a mineworker is transferred to a different colliery, 5 September 1944 Letter from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain concerning the claim by Pit Head Bath attendants to extra clothing coupons, 13 September 1944 Letters from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning protective clothing for surface workers, 19 September 1944; and concerning safety boot buying permits, 21 September 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Mining Supplies Branch, 5 Eaton Gate, London, concerning reconditioned rubber knee boots, September 1944 Special notice concerning 'Coal Mining Industry of Great Britain Conciliation Scheme: National Reference Tribunal: Ninth and Tenth Awards', September 1944 Letter of thanks for the opportunity of attending the National Council of Labour Colleges Weekend School at Gilsland [Cumberland], giving the names of the tutors and of those miners from County Durham who attended, September 1944 Notice announcing a ballot for the creation of the national mineworkers' union, September 1944 Letter from the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, concerning the right of dependants of deceased mineworkers to claim his holiday allowance, 2 October 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning 'Safety Boot Coupon-Free Certificates', 21 September 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Milburn House, Newcastle, concerning 'Holidays with Pay for Trainees Completing Stage 'A' Training', 3 October 1944 Letter from the National Council of Labour Colleges, 18 Derwentdale Gardens, Newcastle, reporting on the Gilsland Weekend School, 28 September 1944 List of nominees for election as Scrutineers, 10 October 1944 Notice giving the results of the ballot on the formation of a Miners' National Union, 30 October 1944 List of results in the ballot for the formation of one mineworkers' national union, October 1944 Notice that negotiations are pending on the deputies' wages claim and giving a table showing to which unions the deputies belong, October 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning the 'Care of Coalmining Trainees During Sickness and Other Emergency', enclosing a copy of Ministry of Labour and National Service: Care of Transferred Work people in Case of Sickness and Other Emergency, Leaflet E.D.L. 83, 14 November 1944 Circular appealing for 'Voluntary War Savings', 14 November 1944 Notice marking the 7th Anniversary of the formation of the Durham Miners' Association, 20 November 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning 'Medical Examination of Juveniles - Coal Mining (Training and Medical Examination) Order 1944 Section 7', and concerning a fall in those deemed fit for any kind of mine work, 17 November 1944 Notice, issued by the Regional Welfare Officer, that miners living in lodgings may apply to live in hostels at Easington, Ferryhill and Chester-le-Street, 16 November 1944; with covering letter from the Ministry of Labour and National Service, Newcastle, 16 November 1944 List of 8 individuals, 2 of whom have been elected as Scrutineers, 22 November 1944 List of 13 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected to the Executive Committee, 22 November 1944 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, enclosing a decision by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, Northern Regional Office, 28 Great North Road, Newcastle, concerning the claim by members of the to be paid the guaranteed wage during the strike by the Deputies, 22 November 1944 Notice, issued by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, concerning 'Protective Clothing for Surface Workmen', 21 November 1944 Information Pamphlet no. 7: Coal Mining Industry of Great Britain Conciliation Scheme: National Reference Tribunal Awards; National Agreement with Schedule III Classes (Additional Skilled Day Wage Workmen) and Appendices in respect of National Negotiations; Pieceworkers' Earnings prior to, and following, the National Wages Agreement', December 1944 Letter from The Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, indicating that the National Reference Tribunal is likely to deal with national wage rates for power loading machinery, 30 November 1944 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, enclosing a letter dated 9 December 1944, from the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Coal Division) 7 Millbank, London, concerning 'Protective Clothing For Surface Workers Exposed to Weather', 12 December 1944 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle', indicating that Bevin Boys will be able to take only the same holidays at Christmas and New Year as the rest of the mineworkers, December 1944 Ballot form for a vote on the 'Proposed Partial Alteration of Rules', in connection with the vote in favour of a single mineworkers' union, December 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 22

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 2 January 1945 - 11 June 1945 Agenda of Special Council Meeting, 27 January 1945 Minutes of Durham Miners' Welfare Fund District Sub-Committee, 9 January 1945 - 12 June 1945 Programme of Council Meetings, 17 February 1945 - 14 June 1945 Minutes of Council Meetings, 17 February 1943 - 26 May 1945 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Board, 3 March 1945 - 9 June 1945 General Secretary's Review for the Year 1944, January 1945 Circular describing the 'Individual Ballot for Election of President for National Union of Mineworkers', 19 January 1945 Notice giving the results of the ballot on the 'Proposed Partial Alteration of Rules', 22 January 1945 Notice incorporating a letter from a P.O.W. member of the Foreign Legion, asking for help in getting Red Cross parcels, January 1945 Notice, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, concerning 'Protective Clothing for Surface Workmen', 19 January 1945 Notice, issued by the Miners' Welfare Commission, Ashtead, Surrey, announcing 'Forty Scholarships for Part-Time Day Advanced Mining Courses', January 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning the 'Transfer of Surface Workers to Underground Employment', 9 February 1945 Notice giving 'Summary of Changes Proposed in Coal Mines (Training) General Regulations, as compared with the Coal Mining (Training and Medical Examination) Order 1944', January 1945 List of 28 postal courses available from the National Council of Labour Colleges, Tillicoultry [Clackmannanshire], Scotland, January 1945 Notice concerning 'National Union of Mineworkers: Election of Representatives to the Executive Committee Three (3) Wanted', 19 February 1945 Notice asking for one nomination from each Ward for a scholarship at the Summer School in Edinburgh [Mid-Lothian, Scotland], sponsored by the National Council of Labour Colleges, 20 February 1945 Notice of a change of address for the N.U.M., March 1945 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning arrangements for the Easter holidays, 1945, 6 March 1945 Notice, issued by the National Council of Labour Colleges, describing a postal course on the 'Co-operative Movement To-Day', March 1945 Letter, sent by the Ministry of Fuel and Power to the Executive Committee of the N.U.M., concerning the 'Re-allocation of manpower between Civil Employments', in the period between the defeat of Germany and the defeat of Japan, 14 February 1945 List of nominees for election as Representatives on the Executive Committee of the N.U.M., 14 March 1945 List of nominees for election as Representatives on the Executive Committee of the Durham Miners' Association, 15 March 1945 List of nominees for election as Representatives to the Trade Union Congress, 15 March 1945 List of nominees for election as Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, 15 March 1945 List of nominees for election as Representatives at the Summer School, 16 March 1945 List of nominees for election as Representatives to the N.U.M. Conference, 16 March 1945 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Coal Division), Newcastle, discussing simultaneous shotfiring in 'the safety lamp mines', in Durham, 16 March 1945 Letters from Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, warning all stage 'B' trainees and Bevin Boys that they must take only the same holidays as other mineworkers, 16 March 1945; and warning coal owners that they are not able to grant extra holidays to trainees, 16 March 1945 Blank form, to be signed by any miner discharged from the Rehabilitation Centre at The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street, to the effect that he is willing to undertake light work, March 1945 Report of the Compensation Department, including statistics of fatal accidents; statistics of fatal cases and non-fatal cases; statistics of Arbitration Committee work; details of County Court cases giving names, lodges, details, sums awarded; statistics of fatal cases, 1898 - 1944; statistics of cases dealt with since the 'Inception of the Act', 1898 - 1944, April 1945 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., concerning 'V.E. Day Celebrations', 9 April 1945 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Division, Newcastle, concerning the right of trainees to use cheap travel warrants on Bank Holidays, 10 April 1945 Correspondence between the Durham Miners' Association and the Durham Deputies' Mutual Aid Association, concerning the transfer of members between the associations under the new Deputies' Agreement, 9 - 16 April 1945 Letter from the Trade Union Congress, concerning the necessity for trade unionists to resist requests to become involved in the administrative machinery of established and new political movements, 5 April 1945 Letter from the Trade Union Congress, enclosing details of positions with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, which it is considered might be appropriately filled by Trade Union activists, 5 April 1945 Letter from the Trade Union Congress concerning the expenses of lay members of Pensions Appeal Tribunals, 12 April 1945 Notice concerning holidays with pay, and arrangements for a holiday to mark the cessation of the war in Europe, 30 April 1945 Notice incorporating a judgement by the Umpire in the case of James Andrew Metcalfe v. The Randolph Coal Company Limited, under the Reinstatement in Civil Employment Act, 1944, 11 April 1945 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, incorporating circulars on holidays with pay, 1945, issued by the N.U.M., May 1945 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, summarising the arrangements for holidays with pay in 1945 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, summarising the arrangements for holidays with pay in 1945 and a holiday on V. Day, 30 April 1945 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, incorporating circulars, issued by the N.U.M., concerning V. Day Celebrations, 23 April, 30 April, 1 May 1945 List of nominees for election as a new Agent, 15 May 1945 List of 12 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as Summer School representatives, 15 May 1945 List of 13 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as Representatives to the Trade Union Congress, 15 May 1945 List of 12 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as Representatives to the Mineworkers' Federation Annual Conference, 15 May 1945 List of 12 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, 15 May 1945 Text of the agreement between the Durham Miners' Association and the Durham Deputies' Mutual Aid Association, 26 May 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 7 Millbank, London, concerning the reduction in food rations imposed on the country, 8 June 1945 Circular concerning the 'Transference of Deputies' between the and the Durham Deputies' Mutual Aid Association, 7 June 1945 List of 8 men who have received the highest number of votes in the ballot for the new Agent, 11 June 1945 'Addendum to Information Pamphlet No. 7: Coal Mining Industry of Great Britain National Reference Tribunal Thirteenth Award', 13 June 1945; 'Coal Mining Industry of Great Britain Conciliation Scheme: Fourteenth Award', 13 June 1945 Notice issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board announcing a ballot to decide, in the light of the Red Cross levy's termination on 30 June 1945, whether to continue a payment of 1d. per week to establish a fund to assist members who have to attend The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street; Conishead Priory, near Ulverston, Lancashire; or Hetherdene Home, Harrogate, Yorkshire, June 1945 Blank ballot paper for a vote on the proposal to continue the levy to establish a fund to help members attending rehabilitation or convalescent homes, June 1945 Blank ballot paper for a vote on the procedure to be adopted by Marsden Lodge in its attempt to persuade the Ministry of Fuel and Power to drop the Hutton Seam, Whitburn Colliery, Transference Scheme, 6 June 1945 'Information Pamphlet No. 10: Conciliation Agreement for the District of Durham; Agreement for the Settlement of Pit Questions arising in the District of Durham', April 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 23

Circulars issued to lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 2 July 1945 - 31 December 1945 Minutes of Durham Miners' Welfare Fund District Sub-Committee Meeting, 10 July 1945 - 11 December 1945 Minutes of Council Meetings, 14 July 1945 - 5 December 1945 Programme of Council Meetings, 1 September 1945 - 20 October 1945 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Board, 26 October 1945 - 5 December 1945 Notice that the annual Gala will not be held because of shortage of food and transport, and the impossibility of using the racecourse, 5 July 1945 Notice confirming that the 1d. per week levy on the wages of the mineworkers previously donated to the Red Cross will, from 2 July 1945, be used to set up a Rehabilitation Fund for the benefit of members attending the Rehabilitation and Convalescence Centres, 8 July 1945 Notice confirming that 'Transferred Workmen' will be able to use their cheap travel warrants at any time of the year, 13 July 1945 Circular explaining the Memorandum (Cmd. 6,651) on the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Bill, July 1945 Notice, incorporating a letter from the N.U.M., concerning extra clothing coupons for surface workers, 20 July 1945 Circular requesting that 2 signed copies of local agreements be sent to the Durham Miners' Association, 23 July 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 7 Millbank, London, concerning complaints that Pithead Canteen Feeding Stocks were running low in County Durham, 25 July 1945 Circular concerning the 'Control of Engagement Order', July 1945 List of constituencies in County Durham, giving the total votes for each political party in each constituency, 5 July 1945 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee and Agents, congratulating the members on the return of a Labour Government, 31 July 1945 Circular discussing the 'Model Rules' of the N.U.M., and recommending that the accept them, 31 July 1945 Circular concerning the N.U.M. Political Fund, informing the members that each will have to contract into the Fund in order for the Fund of the Miners' Federation to be transferred to the N.U.M., 1 August 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, giving notice that a subsistence payment of 3s. will be paid to Secretaries of Pit Product Committees, 3 August 1945 Articles governing the Durham Mineworkers' Rehabilitation Fund, 11 August 1945 Letter from the Mayor of Durham thanking the Durham Miners' Association for a £1000 donation to the Regimental Fund of the D.L.I., 9 August 1945 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning the V.J. Holiday, 15 August 1945 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., concerning V.J. Holiday arrangements, 13 August 1945 Notice, issued by Joint National Negotiating Committee, concerning the V.J. Holiday, August 1945 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., outlining the 'Situation in the Coalmining Industry', with regard to the extremely low stock of coal obtaining in the country and the way in which this situation may be alleviated, 18 August 1945 Letter from Col. C.L. Matthews, Colonel of the D.L.I., thanking the Durham Miners' Association for its £1,000 contribution to the regimental funds, August 1945 Draft agreement between the Durham Coal Owners' Association and concerning Machine Minding: Power-Loading; Composite Working in Concentrated Machine Minding, September 1945 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, informing the members of the output of coal needed to reach the targets assigned to the pits of County Durham, with list of collieries and target assigned to each, September 1945 Notice giving the names of 2 individuals, 1 of whom has been elected as Financial Secretary, 4 September 1945 'Durham County Mining Federation Board: Notes by Sam Watson, Secretary, For The Use Of District Officials and Members Of The Executive Committee, On The Production Problem Confronting The Coal Industry, Red Hill, Durham, September 1945' Circular, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, suggesting how output can be increased, in the light of the fact that the government is now Labour and that the coal industry is to be nationalised, September 1945 Notice concerning the cessation of work of members at the age of 65, who may now leave without permission, and listing their entitlements, 31 August 1945 Letter from H.E. Briggs, an airman, thanking miners in Consett for their gifts of cigarettes, and other comforts, to him while he was a patient in Shotley Bridge Hospital, 26 August 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning the increased coal production needed before 30 April 1946, 26 August 1945 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, entitled 'Situation in the Coal Mining Industry' concerning the need for increased production, 31 August 1945 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., requesting details of miners, aged 65 and above, who have been dismissed by colliery managers, 5 September 1945 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., concerning increased output requirement, 5 September 1945 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning the Costs of Maintenance of Pithead Baths, 5 September 1945 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., concerning the Costs of Maintenance of Pithead Baths, September 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning the 'Release from the Forces in Class B of Former Underground Workers in Coal Mines', 27 August 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Coal Division), 7 Millbank, London, concerning absenteeism, 30 August 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning breaches of the Essential Work (Coal Mining Industry) Order, 1 September 1945 Letter from the N.U.M., concerning the 'Drive For Production', 5 September 1945 Letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association, to the concerning a proposed meeting concerning the need for increased coal production, September 1945 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning 'Absenteeism, Bevin Boys and Optants', 11 September 1945 Notice, issued to 'All Durham Coal Owners', by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, requesting the names of men over 65 whose employment has been terminated, 11 September 1945 Notice issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power to 'All Durham Coal Owners' concerning the use of split props in the mines, 13 September 1945 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, to All Durham Coal Owners, concerning a new procedure to improve the attendance of miners, and to improve discipline in the pits, 13 September 1945 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., concerning 'Pieceworkers sent to Datal Work', 19 September 1945 Notice listing 2 individuals, one of whom has been elected as Chartered Accountant, 24 September 1945 Letter from the Trade Union Congress, Transport House, Smith Square, London, addressed to Mr. Swan, Durham Miners' Association, concerning George Tuthill, banner maker, other banner makers, and possible alternatives to the traditional banner, using linen with designs by John Armstrong, September 1945 List of nominees for election as Scrutineers, 26 September 1945 List of nominees for election as members of the Executive Committee, 26 September 1945 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, enclosing a Memorandum on New Proposals For Dealing with Absenteeism and Breaches of Discipline, under the Essential Work (Coal Mining Industry) Order, incorporating objections to the new procedures from the Durham Coalfield, September 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, announcing the appointment, by the N.U.M., of F. Malpas of Leadgate, as Area Production Officer, 27 September 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, asking the Durham Coal Owners to consult the Regional Controller before the employment of any men over the age of 65 is terminated, 27 September 1945 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, entitled 'Situation in the Coalmining Industry', making suggestions as to how the problem of under-production of coal may be dealt with, 27 September 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, entitled 'Fixation of Realistic Pit Targets and Processing Output, making suggestions as to how the problem of under-production of coal may be dealt with, 27 September 1945 Circular, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, entitled 'Increased Coal Production', making suggestions concerning the problem of under-production of coal, 22 September 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, concerning 'Training Within Industry for Supervision', 6 September 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, entitled 'Essential Work (Coal Mining Industry) Order 1943, Agreed New Procedure', describing a new procedure agreed, after discussions with the N.U.M., to deal with absenteeism and indiscipline in the coalmines, 13 September 1943 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Coal Division, Millbank, London, entitled: 'Schemes of Concentration Application of the 12 Weeks Rule', concerning the right of redundant miners to be paid the equivalent of 12 weeks guaranteed wage, only when they are made redundant as a result of a 'scheme of concentration', approved by the Regional Controller, 6 April 1945 List of 23 individuals nominated as Speakers at the Gala, 2 October 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning workmen at 65 years of age, 5 October 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning procedures for dealing with disciplinary cases, 5 October 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning the maintenance or closure of roadways made during the Second World War in connection with Air Raid Precautions, 2 October 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, indicating that Pit Target Figures are expressed 'in terms of raised and weighed tonnages, 2 October 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning the 'Subsidised Transport of Colliery Workers', instructing colliery companies no longer to subsidise the transport of the workers to their pits, 9 October 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Coal Division), Newcastle, concerning the death in Eden Colliery of a fitter, Ernest Thompson, as a result of a roof fall caused by an inadequate support, 11 October 1945 Circular, entitled 'The Paris Conference: World Federation Plans', to be held between 25 September and 9 October 1945, September 1945 Notice containing the 'The Coal Mines (Training) General Regulations 1945, dated 28 September 1945', September 1945 Letter, from Thos. Robson and 38 other named individuals, addressed to the Executive Committee of the Durham Miners' Association, thanking the latter for its 'interest in younger members of the Association by providing the above educational facilities' [Dalston Hall Educational School, Dalston Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland], and thanking those who organised the school and gave the lectures, 11 October 1945 Letter from Stan Rees, National College of Labour Colleges, 18 Derwentdale Gardens, Newcastle, to S. Watson, Durham Miners' Association, praising the students, members of the Durham Miners' Association, who attended Dalston Hall Week School, 19 October 1945 Letter from Joe Crispin, Organiser, Division 3, 46 Avondale Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, to Sam Watson, congratulating him on the keenness and intelligence of the students at Dalston Hall, 17 October 1945 Letters to Stan Rees and J. Crispin from S. Watson, thanking the former for their letters, 22 October 1945 List of nominees for the election of 2 additional Agents, 23 October 1945 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning the fact that Emmanuel Shinwell wished 4 November to be considered 'Coal Sunday' on which mass meetings should be convened to further the production of an extra 8 million tons of coal before 30 April 1946, and suggesting that, in Durham, it should be marked by a special meeting of each Pit Production Committee, 30 October 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, addressed to the Durham Coal Owners, requesting colliery managers to oppose applications to leave the coal industry, 30 October 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, addressed to the Durham Coal Owners' advising the latter that the cost of certain capital expenditure will be reimbursed to the colliery owners, as the assets on which the capital has been spent may come into public ownership as the result of the nationalisation of the coal industry, 29 October 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, to the Durham Coal Owners, enclosing a copy of the circular of 29 October 1945 concerning capital expenditure, 3 November 1945 Letter from Fred Sweet, The Durham Coal Owners' Association, to S. Watson, Red Hill, Durham, enclosing a circular of 20 October 1945 and a letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power of 25 September 1945, asking the Durham miners to re-consider their refusal to accept a reduction in their coal allowance, 31 October 1945 Circular, entitled 'Circular For Regional Controllers to All P.C.C.s', designed to be circulated to Pit Production Committees to assist in the achievement of the output targets, November 1945 'Circular for National Association of Colliery Managers to send to all Colliery managers', November 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, concerning the implementation of the new discipline concerning absenteeism, including a table showing absenteeism in Durham, from 1939 to October 1945, November 1945 Circular, issued by the N.U.M. (Durham Area), suggesting that, instead of a Coal Sunday, there should be a Production Conference on Saturday 7 November 1945, for miners, aged between 16 and 20, and that each colliery should nominate three Representatives of the appropriate age, who are interested in production, 23 October 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, enquiring into the number of boys, between the ages of 14 and 20, employed at each colliery, 7 November 1945 Circular, issued by the Miners' Welfare Commission, 5 & 6 Saville Place, Newcastle, giving the results, for Durham, of a recent enquiry into colliery canteens, 12 November 1945 List of 13 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected to the Executive Committee, 14 November 1945 Results of a review of average earnings in the coal industry from 1938 to 1945, November 1945 Circular listing 8 individuals who have received the most votes in the first ballot for the 2 new Agents and instructing the members how to vote in the second ballot, 24 November 1945 List of 6 individuals, 3 of whom have been elected as Speakers at the Gala, 20 November 1945 List of 5 individuals, 2 of whom have been elected as Scrutineers, 23 November 1945 Circular, issued by the N.U.M. (Durham Area) requesting a return from each Lodge concerning 'Filling Prices', November 1945 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning Christmas and New Year holidays, 3 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, concerning the payment of £5 p.a. to Lodge Secretaries in connection with their duties in combating absenteeism, 30 November 1945 Circular, issued by the N.U.M., concerning the upgrading of underground workmen, 29 November 1945 Draft agreement between the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) concerning 'Essential Work Order - Payment of Guaranteed Wage in Respect of Breakdown of Transport and Extreme Inclemency of Weather', 1945 Circular entitled 'Charter for Britain's Disabled New Bill's Benefits Over Workmen's Compensation' describing the terms of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Bill, 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, addressed to Pit Production Committees, enclosing a circular concerning the 'Recruitment and Upgrading of Man-Power', recently sent to all Colliery Managers, 3 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, addressed to the N.U.M. (Durham Area), and circular, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, addressed to 'Firms and Viewers', concerning Christmas and New Year holidays, 10 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning Christmas and New Year Holidays, 11 December 1945 'Draft No. 3 29th November 1945 of Agreement between the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) concerning the 'Essential Work Order - Payment of Guaranteed Wage in Respect of Breakdown of Transport and Extreme Inclemency of Weather', 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Coal Division), Newcastle, to S. Watson, Red Hill, concerning 'Dust Suppression', 23 November 1945 List of Agents of the Association, November 1945 Notice announcing the formation of a National Joint Committee of the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Association of Colliery Managers, 6 December 1945 Circular, issued by the N.U.M., indicating that no vacancy that may occur may be filled without permission of the National Executive Committee of the N.U.M., 7 December 1945 Circular, issued by the N.U.M., requesting nominations for the position of 3 Trustees of the proposed N.U.M. Superannuation Scheme, 7 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, requesting changes to the procedure set out in the 'Guide to Pit Production Committees', 7 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning difficulties experienced by Canteens in getting supplies of adequate food and appropriate food, 7 December 1945 Letter from the Miners' Welfare Commission, Newcastle, to S. Watson, describing the shortage of tinned meat in Colliery Canteens, 6 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, asking Lodge and Branch Secretaries to bring the Sheffield [Yorkshire] Mines Mechanisation Training Centre to the attention of workmen, as mechanisation is increasing in the Durham coalfield, 3 December 1945 Circular, issued by the N.U.M., indicating that mineworkers may be able to apply directly to the Mines Mechanisation Training Centre, Sheffield [Yorkshire]; that 2 shorter, 16-week, courses are being introduced in electrical or mechanical engineering; that the collieries will no longer be expected to pay the wages of miners on the courses; and that more men are still needed to undertake the 26-week course, 28 November 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, and by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, describing the Mines Mechanisation Training Centre - Sheffield [Yorkshire], December 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning the appointment of 3 named Canteen Officers to visit the Canteens and report on their standards, to see that improvements are carried out, and to encourage miners to use the Canteens, 15 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, moderating the disciplinary system, currently in place to deal with absenteeism, so that not too many men of use to the industry are lost, 15 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, indicating that the Ministry is not prepared to authorise the payment of expenses to the Joint Secretary, 18 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, entitled 'Nationalizing Coal Industry: Control by Board Subject to Direction: Tribunal to Fix Compensation', reprinted from The Times, 20 December 1945 Notice of the appointment of Dr. J.R. McDonald as Examining Surgeon, December 1945 Circular, issued by the N.U.M., enclosing a circular from the Ministry of Fuel and Power on the appointment of Canteen Officers, 20 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power to Pit Production Committees, asking for further nominations for mechanisation training, as only 2 have been nominated and 15 places have been reserved for the Northern Region, 21 December 1945 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, to S. Watson, Red Hill, asking the latter to request the Lodges to nominate men for mechanisation training, 21 December 1945 Circular, issued by the N.U.M. confirming that mining clothes have been supplied, coupon-free, since 19 January 1945, 20 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Trade Union Congress, concerning 'Supplementary Clothing Coupons - Rationing Period 1945 - 1946', enclosing details issued by the Board of Trade on 'The Industrial Ten Extra Coupons for 1945 - 1946', 13 December 1945 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Coal Division), 7 Millbank, London, concerning the appointment of Canteen Officers, 17 December 1945 Notice describing the 27th Session of the International Labour Organisation in Paris, 1945 N.U.M. (Durham Area) Compensation Report, including summary of fatal and non-fatal cases; statistics of fatal cases dealt with by the Arbitration Committee; statistics of Arbitration Committee work during 1945; list of County Court cases giving lodge, name of individual, award; list of cases at Common Law, giving lodge, name of individual, type and amount; statistics of fatal cases, 1898 - 1945; statistics of cases dealt with since the inception of the Act, 1898 - 1945; December 1945 N.U.M. (Durham Area): General Secretary: Review 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 24

Circulars sent to the Lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 7 January 1946 - 17 June 1946 Minutes of Durham Miners' Welfare Fund Sub-Committee Meetings, 8 January 946 - 18 June 1946 Programme of Council Meetings, 2 February 1946 - 25 May 1946 Minutes of Council Meetings, 2 February 1946 - 30 March 1946 Minutes of Durham County Federation Board Meetings, 9 February 1946 - 1 June 1946 Notice setting out the terms of The Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944, and giving the new address of the Northern Regional Council of the Labour Party, January 1946 Notice announcing the election of John Foster and John Joyce as new Agents and describing changes in the functions of the other 3 Agents; accompanied by the report of 4 January 1946, of the Returning Officer on the election, 9 January 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., instructing each Area to modify its procedures to conform to the Model Rules of the N.U.M., 17 January 1946 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation, urging members to register, if appropriate, as a disabled person under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944, 30 January 1946 Notice concerning the appointment of Canteen Officers and the 'Report of the Regional Controller re Visits of Canteen Officers' to Canteens, February 1946 Circular concerning the payment of 'Piece-workers Brought Back to Datal Work' and the terms of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944, January 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, to Coal Owners, Colliery Agents and Managers and Pit Production Committees, asking them to consider the use of steel, instead of timber, as pit props, 31 January 1946 Circular, issued by W.F. Morris, Solicitor to the N.U.M. (Durham Area), asking for details of the Trustees, Trust deeds, and property of each Lodge, 5 February 1946 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, setting out the Holidays for 1946, 11 February 1946 'Financing a Better Britain', by J.P.M. Miller, February 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M. (Durham Area), addressed to Lodge Secretaries, asking them to write to the Coroners asking them to inform the Lodge Secretary when an inquest on a fatal accident is to be held, with list of Coroners attached, 13 February 1946 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, stating that the practice of inviting miners' families to 'Guest Nights' in canteens is to be encouraged, 14 February 1946 List of nominees for election as Representatives to the Trade Union Congress, 20 February 1946 List of nominees for election as Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, 20 February 1946 List of nominees as Representatives to the N.U.M. Conference, 20 February 1946 'Information Pamphlet No. 14': 'The Coal Crisis - Circular to Members From The Executive Committee'; (Table) - Percentage of Shifts Lost; (Table) - Statistics of Production of Mined Coal in Durham since 1938; Statistics of Production of Mined Coal since 1938 for the Durham Associated Collieries Only; (Table) Output. Durham Associated Collieries Tons per Annum; The Miners' Charter', February 1946 Notice concerning Payment to Lodge Compensation Secretaries for New Year's Day, 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, addressed to all Colliery Managers, concerning 'Recruitment of Men For Underground Employment in the Coalmining Industry', encouraging them to recruit men returning from H.M. Forces, in view of the fact that comparatively few young men are entering the industry, 22 February 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., to Area Secretaries, indicating that subsidised transport will be provided for men directed to collieries under Schemes of Concentration, and for men directed to collieries, other than those in which they worked before joining the H.M. Forces, 23 February 1946 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, emphasising that subsidised transport is not available to workers directed from other industries to the coal mines, 28 February 1946 Circular, issued by the N.U.M. (Durham Area), concerning the proposed alteration of the rules to recognise that the former Durham Miners' Association, is now the N.U.M. (Durham Area), 4 March 1946 List of nominees for election to the Executive Committee, 5 March 1946 Notice concerning compensation obtained for the widow of a stoneman, employed at Chilton Colliery, who was killed on his journey home from work, March 1946 Circular, issued by the N.U.M. concerning the relationship between the N.U.M. and other trades unions, and concerning the draft 'Agreement Respecting Dual Membership Between The Amalgamated Engineering Union and The National Union of Mineworkers', 1 March 1946 Agreement, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham County Mining Federation, that when a disabled ex-serviceman is employed he 'shall receive the wages applicable to his occupation at the colliery irrespective of the amount of his service pension', 14 March 1946 Notice of information supplied to delegates to the Council Meeting of 30 March 1946 Agreement between the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) concerning the payment, during training, of mineworkers upgraded to work at the Face, March 1946 Circular informing the members that no alteration to the allocation of clothing coupons to mineworkers can be achieved at present, 25 March 1946 National Union of Mineworkers Durham Area: National Insurance Bill, 1946: Short Summarised Statement of the Main Provisions of the National Insurance Scheme by John Foster, General Treasurer and Unemployment Officer, Red Hill, Durham, March 1946 Notice, concerning the statistics, and trends, in Trade Union membership from 1930 to 1944, March 1946 Agreement between the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) concerning the payment of 'Pieceworkers sent to Datal Work when their own work is available', 14 March 1946 Letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association to S. Watson, Red Hill, Durham, concerning the supply of fire-coal to aged mineworkers, 27 March 1946 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, instructing local officials not to approach the headquarters of government departments on questions 'arising in respect of the industrial work of the union', without the sanction of the N.U.M., 27 March 1946 List of 12 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as Representatives to N.U.M. Annual Conference, 4 April 1946 List of 13 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, 4 April 1946 List of 13 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected as Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, 4 April 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., giving the text of the Agreement Respecting Dual Membership Between the Electrical Trades Union and The National Union of Mineworkers, 28 March 1946 Notice, issued by the Trade Union Congress, concerning the terms of Section 80 of the Industrial Injuries Bill, 11 April 1946 Notice giving the results of the Lodge vote on the change in the rules, 3 April 1946 List of 13 individuals, 6 of whom have been elected members of the Executive Committee, 16 April 1946 List of nominees for 12 additional Delegates to the N.U.M. Conference, 17 April 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., giving details of Holidays with Pay, 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M. concerning the 'Payment of Trainees Upgraded', 13 April 1946 Notice concerning the vacancy of Secretary to the N.U.M., created by the move by Ebby Edwards to the National Coal Board, with memorandum setting out the rules governing full-time national officials of the union, 15 April 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., that Production Officers should cease to operate, 15 April 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., that the minutes of the previous years' meetings of the National Executive Committee will be made available to the Delegates to the Annual Conference, but that debate on the decisions will only be allowed if a formal appeal has been made by an Area, 15 April 1946 Notice concerning travel to Durham for the Gala on 20 July 1946, the question of reduced fares and the advice that attenders should bring their own food and drink, as none extra will be available, 17 April 1946 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee of the N.U.M. (Durham Area), discussing the attempt by the North East District Communist Party to persuade Lodges to support the affiliation of the Communist Party to the Labour Party, and requesting the Lodges to indicate to the Executive Committee their views on the matter, 23 April 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M. (Durham Area), indicating that the remuneration for full-time Inspectors of Coalmines is 27s. 6d. per shift, 24 April 1946 Resolutions - Council Programme, 30 March 1946 Letter from the N.U.M. concerning safety boots, 9 April 1946 Notice giving details of Holidays With Pay, 1946, 24 April 1946 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, indicating that the 26 week course at the Sheffield Mines Mechanisation Centre is full, but that there are vacancies on the short courses, 25 April 1946 'Information Pamphlet No. 12: House, Rent and Firecoal; Queries and Answers relating to the several aspects of claims for Houses, Rent and Coals, based on claims allowed by the Owners' Association after the negotiation with the Durham Area of The National Union of Mineworkers. These are intended to serve only as a guide and must not be accepted as legal decisions within the ambit of the agreement, practice or custom governing the granting of colliery houses or allowances for rent and coals; Notes on points arising from the Houses, Rent and Firecoal Agreement', April 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M. (Durham Area), concerning the agreement covering a paid 'Victory Holiday - 8th June 1946', 12 June 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M., advising Area Officers not to engage in discussions with the National Federation of Colliery Officials and Staff, pending negotiations at the centre, 7 May 1946 Notice, incorporating a letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 7 Millbank, London, concerning transport difficulties alleged to exist in Durham and asking for examples, 10 May 1946 Letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association to S. Watson, defining the terms used in the agreement relating to Pieceworkers sent to datal work, 14 May 1946 Letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association to S. Watson offering 22s.6d. per shift for shotfirers when engaged in simultaneous shotfiring, 14 May 1946 Circular, issued by the N.U.M., informing Area Secretaries that safety boot certificates will be available for the current rationing period, 15 May 1946 Circular, issued to all Durham Coal Owners by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' region, Newcastle, concerning recruitment to the coal industry, 16 May 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, to Durham Coal Owners, announcing that a survey of mineworkers is to be undertaken by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, 18 May 1946 Agenda for the N.U.M. Annual Conference, 1946 Circular, issued by the N.U.M. (Durham Area), concerning the commutation of compensation payments into a lump sum, 28 May 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M. (Durham Area), describing the compensation won by the union for 4 named workmen who suffered minor injuries on the way to work in Silksworth, 29 May 1946 Circular, issued by the N.U.M. (Durham Area), concerning the vote rejecting the affiliation of the Communist Party to the Labour Party, June 1946 List of 29 individuals, 12 of whom have been elected as Representatives to the N.U.M. Annual Conference, 6 June 1946 Notice that a named member of the Dean and Chapter Lodge has received compensation for an accident on his way to work, 17 June 1946 Notice, issued by the N.U.M. (Durham Area), indicating that men undertaking light work because of an accident, will not be called for a medical by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 7 June 1946 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 25

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 8 July 1946 - 31 December 1946 Minutes of Durham District Miners' Welfare Fund District Sub-Committee Meetings, 9 July 1946 - 10 December 1946 Programme of Council Meetings, 27 July 1946 - 4 January 1947 Minutes of Council Meetings, 27 July 1946 - 9 November 1946 Minutes of Durham County Mining Federation Board Meetings - 2 August 1946 - 26 October 1946 Minutes of Special Committee Meetings 7 December 1946 Circular issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, announcing the fact that, despite the cut in the domestic soap rate, the ratio of soap to the pits will remain at their present level, 6 July 1946 Circular listing 45 names, winners of the essay competition for attendance to Summer School at Edinburgh, 4 July 1946 Circular issued by the National Union of Mineworkers advising members receiving compensation under the terms of the Workmen's Compensation Acts not to accept a lump sum in lieu of continued payments, 3 July 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle-on-Tyne requesting that details of mine workers not making a contribution to the coal industry be supplied to the Regional Labour Director and, if appropriate those individuals will be re-directed to other national service schemes and that details of absenteeism no longer be sent to Pit Production Committees, 20 June 1946. Circular issued by the Miners' Welfare Commission, Surrey, setting out new arrangements for colliery canteens, 6 May 1946 Circular issued by the confirming that men sent to the mines and subsequently re-directed to H.M. Forces will have their service in the mines counted towards their demobilisation, 8 July 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 'B' Region, concerning bread rationing, 8 July 1946 Annual Gala 1946 Souvenir: Annual Gala 20 July 1946 List of Gala Dates and Speakers, [1871-1946]; Financial Statement, year ended 30 June 1946; Wages; Subsistence Wages; Cost of Living and Average Wages: Agents of the Association; Comparison of Pieceworkers' earnings, 1946. Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 7, Millbank, London, concerning 'Bread Rationing: Arrangements for Manual Workers at Mines', 17 July 1946 Notice issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, giving details of payments of August Bank Holiday, on 5 August 1946, 25 July 1946 Letter from Clement Atlee, 10 Downing Street, London, Prime Minister of Great Britain and speaker at the Gala thanking Sam Watson for 'such an inspiring day at Durham on Saturday' and for the gift of a 'silver lamp and the scroll as mementoes, 22 July 1946 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, concerning holidays with pay, 23 July 1946 Letter from W F Morris, solicitor to the DMA to S Watson, requesting permission to pursue a claim for compensation on behalf of a miner at Medomsley, for injury to his son on a railway line, as he was on his way to the City Office, 23 July 1946 Circular concerning the successful claim for compensation on behalf of a miner at Hedley Hope in respect of his wife who was injured when a piece of explosive exploded in his fireplace, 25 July 1946 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers concerning the relocation of the Essential Work (Coalmining Industry) Order, 1943, with a note on its implications by S Watson, 26 July 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle, concerning visits abroad for young miners to reward them for good service, and advising of a proposed visit to Holland for 27 August to 6 September 1946: requests each Pit Production Committee to nominate one candidate, 26 July 1946 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 7 Millbank, London, to S Watson informing that due to the incidence of dermatitis in the Durham area, 2 Dermatological Specialist Referees have been appointed by the Ministry of National Insurance, 12 August 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle on Tyne, concerning 'The Repeal of the Essential Work (Coalmining Industry) Order, 1943, Coalmining Ring Fence', 19 August 1946 Circular issued by the concerning dermatitis, with a letter of 22 July 1946 from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 7 Millbank, London, enclosing an extract from a report by Dr S W Fisher, Chief Mines Medical Officer, August 1946. Circular issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Newcastle concerning the 'Repeal of Essential Work, (Coalmining Industry) Order 1943. Coalmining Ring Fence to Conserve the Industry's Manpower, 22 August 1946 Letter from Stan Rees, National Council of Labour Colleges, to S Watson, describing the success of the Durham Students attending the Summer School in Edinburgh, 22 August 1946 Joint letter signed by 46 students, addressed to the General Secretary, thanking the DMA for sending them to the N.C.L.C. Summer School in Edinburgh, 1946 Circular, issued by the Compensation Department, concerning Family Allowances and Workmen's Compensation, 24 August 1946 Circular enclosing copies of the New Political Fund Rules of the 28 April 1946 Notice inferring to members that they withdraw from the political levy part of their subscription to the DMA, 30 August 1946 Extract from a report issued by Dr S W Fisher, Chief mines medical Officer, concerning dermatitis among coal workers, 1946 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 7 Millbank, London, announcing the appointment of a dermatological specialist for Northumberland and Durham, 12 August 1946 Circular announcing the payment of rent and coal allowances to mineworkers living in 'hutments' and other inappropriate accommodation, 27 August 1946 Letter from the Ministry of Food, Central Division, 30 Portman Square, London, explaining the distribution of tomatoes, fruit and meat, 29 August 1946 Correspondence between the Durham Coal Owners' Association and the concerning pieceworkers refusing to accept as trained workmen, men who had undergone 3 months' training, 4 July 1946 Letter from the National Union of Mineworkers to the indicating that the National Union of Mineworkers will not be responsible for payment for August Bank Holiday Monday, 29 August 1946 Circular from the Ministry of Fuel and power, Northern 'B' Region, requesting colliery owners to supply the names of all unskilled surface workers over the age of 18, 10 September 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, concerning the value of safety boot coupon free certificates, 9 September 1946 Circular concerning the discharge of patients from the Rehabilitation Centre, The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street, with statistics of those discharged since its opening in November 1943, August 1946 Circular, issued by the reporting its attempt to secure increased food for mineworkers, 14 September 1946 Circular, issued by the concerning the incidence of dermatitis among mineworkers, August 1946 Letter, from the Miners Welfare Commission, Ashley Court, Ashstead, Surrey, to the Joint Secretaries of the Durham District Welfare Committee, Coal Trade Offices, Neville Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, considering the supply of artificial limbs to civilians who have sustained injuries, 15 December 1944 Letter, from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, concerning the payment of men undergoing mechanisation training, 13 September 1946 Notice, concerning the carrying over of agreements and arrangements in the industry adopted by the National Executive Committee, September 1946 Notice, setting out a resolution issued by the Joint Area Conference of Mineworkers and Managements, setting out their determination to establish new relationships and keep high levels of production, in the period between the present and the effective re-organisation of the coal industry, 13 September 1946 Agreement between the Durham Coal owners' Association and the Durham Coal Mining Federation concerning 'Squatters' House Rent and Firecoal', 17 September 1946 Statement issued by the National Union of Miners, concerning a breakaway movement of winding enginemen, 13 September 1946 Report by the National Union of Mineworkers on the breakaway movement of winding enginemen, 23 September 1946 Letter from the National Coal Board stating that the National Coal Board will not recognise the new movement, 16 September 1946 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board that a conference on the issue will be held at Red Hill on 28 September 1946, 23 September 1946 Letter, from the Ministry of fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, concerning the provision of an X-Ray Mobile Unit for Durham, 18 September 1946 Circular, from the District Organiser of the National Council of Labour Colleges asking for Lodges to exercise their right by appointing representatives to the College Committees Special Conference of Winding Enginemen, members of the Durham County Colliery Enginemen's Boiler Minders' and Firemen's Association; after hearing a full report on the question of the breakaway movement it was resolved to condemn the action of the minority, 28 September 1946 Table of Comparison of Earnings of Piecemakers for four week periods, June 1946 Letter, from the Assistant Registrar, Red Hill, Durham to the Registrar of Friendly Societies, 17 North Audley Street, London W1, advising the non-acceptance for the registration of a trade union under the name of 'Durham Winding Enginemen's Association', 30 September 1946 Letter from Samuel D Berger of the 'Foreign Service of the United States of America', to S Watson, thanking for presenting him with a silver miner's lamp in commemoration of his first Miner's Gala, 25 September 1946 Acknowledgement from W. Averall Harriman, to S Watson, for receiving a silver lamp in commemoration of the Miner's Gala Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 7 Millbank, London, concerning the intrinsic safety of electrical mining machinery, 25 September 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 7 Millbank, London, concerning 'Discussion Groups for Young Mineworkers', September 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Milburn House, Newcastle upon Tyne, advising that the Board of Trade have agreed to issue a further safety boot coupon to underground workers, 2 October 1946 Notice, incorporating a letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Milburn House, Newcastle on Tyne, to S Watson, confirming that both underground and surface miners may obtain extra soap allowance, 3 October 1946 List of names nominated for Speaker at the Annual Gala, 8 October 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, advising the granting of an extra meat ration for underground coal miners, 14 October 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Milburn House, Newcastle on Tyne, to Durham Coal Owners advising of the provision of pit boots and helmets for new recruits trained at collieries, 19 October 1946 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, advising of the granting of an extra cheese ration for surface workers employed at pits without canteens, 18 October 1946 Circular, issued by the DMA to Lodge Officials and Members, advising of the threat of industrial action by the breakaway Winding Enginemen's Union, 18 October 1946 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers , Westminster Bridge Road, London, advising of the discontinuation of the employment of accountants by the Union as from the vesting date, 28 October 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Milburn House, Newcastle on Tyne, requesting nominations for 1947 courses at the Sheffield Mines Mechanisation Training Centre, 24 October 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Milburn House, Newcastle on Tyne, inviting estimates for the redecoration of Colliery Canteens, 26 October 1946 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers concerning organisation following Nationalisation, 18 October 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Milburn House, Newcastle on Tyne, to all Pit Production Committee Secretaries, advising of the availability of surplus pocket watches, 30 October 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, to Pit Production Committee Secretaries, requesting nominations for 1947 courses at the Sheffield Mines Mechanisation Centre, 28 October 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Milburn House, Newcastle on Tyne, advising of the ceasing of Regional Controller posts as from the 31 October 1946, 29 October 1946 Notice, advising of the intention of the Durham Coal Owners' Association to revert to the procedure of 'Termination of Employment' of men who have been on full compensation or off work sick for 24 weeks or more following the modification of the Essential Works Order, October 1946 Result of Final Vote for the Election of Executive Committee of the 13 November 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern Region, Milburn House, Newcastle on Tyne, advising of the alteration of the method of ordering equipment for use in Colliery Canteens, 11 November 1946 Result of Final Vote for the Election of Scrutineers issued by the 23 November 1946 Notice, incorporating a letter, from J Calder Gillie, 43 Albury Park Road, Tynemouth, on the availability of a panel of speakers who are willing to provide talks on the subject of the 'Health Bill', November 1946 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, advising that due to the shortage in the supply of fats, it will not be possible to increase additional rations of soap, 21 November 1946 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, to Area Secretaries, concerning the payment of workmen's compensation and the payment of pensions under the provisions of certain colliery pension schemes, 28 November 1946 Notice, incorporating a letter from N.F. Nattrass of the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Milburn House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Mr Kelly, concerning forthcoming appointments in the Labour Branch of the Northern Divisional Coal Board, 19 November 1946 Circular, issued to Lodge Members concerning 'Coal Mines (Training), General Regulations, 1945 and job vacancies at Training Centres in the Durham Coalfield, 27 November 1946 Circular, issued by the concerning ruling from the Secretary, Ministry of National Insurance, in respect of 'Increased Old Pensions - Effect of Workmen's Compensation Payments' , 4 December 1946 Notice, issued to members, announcing a Special Council Meeting on Saturday, 14 December 1946, to discuss holiday and pay arrangements for Christmas 1946 and New Year 1947, 9 December 1946 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, to members advising of payments and conditions for Christmas and New Year Holidays,, in the Durham area as notified by the National Union of Mineworkers, 11 December 1946 Notice, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, Westminster Bridge Road, London, to Area Secretaries, concerning the Pit Conciliation Scheme attaching proposed amendment to clauses by the National Executive Committee, 28 November 1946 Notice, issued by Sam Watson, General Secretary, advising of the duly elected three guest Gala speakers for 1947, December 1947 Circular, issued by N F Nattrass, Director of Labour, Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern Region, to Colliery Managers and Miners' Lodge Secretaries advising of Miners' Transport during the Christmas and New Year Holidays, December 1946 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, to Area Secretaries, concerning the 'Family Allowance Act, 1945', December 1946 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, to Area Secretaries, concerning the arrangements to mark the Vesting Date, December 1946 Notice, issued by the by Sam Watson, General Secretary, concerning the 'Pit Conciliation Scheme' as proposed by the National Union of Mineworkers, and the procedure to be followed on 'Pit Questions of Dispute, 14 December 1946 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern Region, to Lodge Secretaries of the National Union of Mineworkers, concerning Vesting Day Celebration in respect of Nationalisation of the Coalmining Industry on 1 January 1947, 9 December 1946 Notice, issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, concerning hygiene in colliery canteens, December 1946 Notice, incorporating a letter, from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Northern 'B' Region, Ponteland Road, Newcastle on Tyne, to S Watson, National Union of Mineworkers, concerning illegal 'traffic' in Miners' coal in the Ferryhill area, December 1946 Notice, incorporating a letter, from Durham Coal Owners' Association, Coal Trade Offices, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle on Tyne, concerning 'Sickness and Compensation Cases' and the 'Revocation of the Essential Work Order', 24 December 1946 Notification, issued by Sam Watson of the Red Hill, Durham, concerning nominations of representatives to the Executive Committee, 31 December 1946 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 26

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 6 January 1947 - 30 June 1947 Minutes of Council Meetings, 4 January 1947 - 21 June 1947 Minutes of Meeting of District Sub-Committee - 14 January 1947 Durham County Mining Federation Board - Minutes of Board Meeting, 18 January 1947 - 28 June 1947 National Union of Mineworkers - (Durham Area), General Secretary's Annual Report for the year 1946 Notice, incorporating a letter from National Union of Mineworkers, Red Hill, Durham to Mr S Watson relating to 'Procedure in Compensation Cases arising after 1 January 1947. Notice, incorporating a letter from the National Union of Mineworkers, London to Area Secretaries in respect of 'Workmen's Compensation', 4 January 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter from the National Union of Mineworkers to Area Secretaries concerning a resolution adopted by the Special Conference of the Union on the 20 December 1946 in relation to agreements between the Board and the Union in respect of Conciliation Machinery, Carry-Over Agreements and Pit Conciliation Machinery, 31 December 1946 Notice, incorporating a letter from the National Union of Mineworkers to Area Secretaries concerning Family Allowances, 2 January 1947 Notice incorporating a letter concerning the eligibility of C. Pick and T. Kay to continue as members of the Executive Committee. 7 January 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter in regard to accidents occurring on or after 1 January 1947 and the new procedure for Workmens' Compensation cases, 7 January 1947. Notice incorporating a letter from the National Union of Mineworkers, London, concerning the Settlement of Compensation Claims out of Court. 7 January 1947 Notice incorporating a letter from the National Union of Mineworkers, London, concerning 'Workmen's Compensation Cases - Arbitration Committee, 10 January 1947 Notice concerning increased pensions for widows, including children's allowances and rates of pensions to be paid, January 1947 Notice concerning increase in Old Age Pensions, including increased pension contributions and rates payable, January 1947 Letter from the National Union of Mineworkers, London, to Area Secretaries concerning outstanding disputes in the industry, 16 January 1947 Memorandum of arrangements made between the National Coal Board, the Mining Association of Great Britain and the National Union of Mineworkers, relating to the determination of trade disputes in the coalmining industry outstanding on 31 December 1946, (Signed 16 January 1947) Notice concerning the claim to compensation of J Reed of Pelton Fell Lodge against L & N E Railway Company, 20 January 1947 Letter from Pelton Fell Lodge to Secretary and Executive in thanks of their work in making the J Reed case a success, 18 January 1947 Notice announcing the arrangements for the unveiling of a Memorial in memory of the men and boys who had lost their lives in the Mining Industry of Durham County during a Special Commemoration service conducted by the Lord Bishop of Durham at Durham Cathedral, 21 January 1947 Copy of an Agreement made between the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers dated 5 December 1946 concerning the adoption of the National Conciliation Scheme. Notice incorporating a letter from the Northern Divisional Coal Board outlining 'Interim Arrangements of the Labour Department at Divisional Level' on matters previously dealt with by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, as from 1 January 1947. List of Nominations for the Election of Representatives to serve on the National Executive Committee, 28 January 1947 Compensation Report for 1946 issued by the Compensation Department of the Durham Area of the National Union of Mineworkers dated December 1946 Copy of an Agreement made between the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers concerning 'Wages of Supervisors and Trainees at Training Faces in the Coalmining Industry', dated 28 January 1947. Notice, incorporating a letter from the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne concerning 'Coalmining Ring Fence Arrangements, 20 January 1947 Notice informing of the offer of 'Forty Scholarships for Part-time Day Advanced Mining Courses' by the Miners' Welfare Commission. Notice, incorporating a letter from the National Union of Mineworkers, London in relation to an agreement between the Board and the Union concerning 'Pit Production Committees - Expenses of Workmen's Representatives, 16 February 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter from the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne concerning the 'Release of ex-Miners from H M Forces in Class B to take up Underground Coalmining Employment', 4 February 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter from the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne, concerning terms and guidance relating to 'Coal Mining Ring Fence - Notification of Vacancies, 3 February 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter from the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle concerning Porter Minimum Shift Rate during the Christmas holiday period of 1946, 6 February 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter from National Union of Mineworkers, London, concerning the retention of Trade Union membership upon the acceptance of posts with the Coal Board, 24 February 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter from Durham Coal Owners' Association confirming the arrangement in respect of 'Porter Minimum' during August Bank Holiday period, 1 March 1947 Circular advising of full-time Residential Training Courses for Juvenile New Entrants at Easington and New Kyo Miners' Hostels, 26 February 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter from National Union of Mineworkers, London, concerning organisation of colliery officials and staff, 11 February 1947 Copy of letter from the National Coal Board concerning Superannuation schemes, 6 February 1947 Request to Lodge Secretaries to obtain data concerning electricity charges made by collieries supplying electricity to workmen with the object of securing a reduction in cost, 7 March 1947 List of nominations for the 'First Vote' in respect of the 'Election of Executive Committee', 11 March 1947 Result of 'Final Vote' for the election of 3 representatives to the National Union of Mineworkers' Executive Committee, 11 March 1947 Copy of the 'Pit Conciliation Scheme', effective from 1 January 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter from Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne notifying of an increased hourly rate of payment for pieceworkers working at weekends and on recognised holidays, 12 March 1947. Notification of an increased hourly rate of 'Double Time' payment for Pieceworkers with effect from 10 March 1947 Notice informing of the opportunity of entering an 'Essay Competition', the successful entrant to be offered a place at an all-expenses paid Summer School in either Edinburgh or Paris, March 1947 Notification, incorporated in a letter from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, London, advising fellow members that a permanent arrangement had been negotiated with the National Coal Board in respect of payment for statutory holidays, 18 March 1947 Notification, incorporated in a letter from the National Union of Mineworkers, London expressing the view of avoiding litigation wherever possible in respect of 'Workmen's Compensation Cases', 21 March 1947 Notice, incorporated in a letter from the National Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne urging for 'Colliery Consultative Committees' to be established as early as possible, 29 March 1947 Notification, incorporated in a letter, from the Manpower and Welfare Department of the National Coal Board, London, enclosing comments to points raised by the Durham County Mining Federation Board in connection with the Model Constitution relating to Colliery Consultative Committees, 24 March 1947. Notice incorporating a copy of a letter received from the Chairman of the Board setting out an agreed interpretation of points arising in connection with clauses in relation to a Five Day Week Agreement between The National Coal Board and the Union, 21 March 1947 Notice issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne advising that the National Coal Board are prepared to assume responsibility for meeting the full maintenance cost of the Pithead Baths except as regards the provision of soap and towels, 28 March 1947 Notice issued by the National Union of Mineworkers expressing that further consideration has been given to the release of men from HM Forces in order to take Underground Coalmining Employment, 28 March 1947 Notice issued by the National Union of Mineworkers concerning the re-engagement of workmen following incapacity with reference to industrial injury and nystagmus cases and cases where there has been unsuccessful application for a pneumoconiosis certificate, 26 March 1947 Notice issued by the National Union of Mineworkers concerning employment of Poles in the Coalmining Industry, 27 March 1947 List of Nominations for the Election of National Union of Mineworkers' Conference Representatives (First Vote), 2 April 1947 List of Nominations for the Election of Labour Party Conference Representatives (First Vote), 1 April 1947 Notice issued by the National Coal Board incorporating a memorandum to be issued to doctors concerning workmen's compensation, April 1947 Circular letter advising of the appointment of Mr R J Edwards to the post of H. M. Divisional Inspector in charge of the Northern Division of the Mines Inspectorate, 11 April 1947 Notice issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne concerning the employment of Polish Volunteers, 11 April 1947 Notice issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne requesting nominations for courses to be held at Sheffield Mines Mechanisation Training Centre, 18 April 1947 Notice issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, requesting Colliery Managers to reconsider the employment of Polish workers, 18 April 1947 Notice issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board concerning the 'Employment of New Entrants of Military Age in the Coalmining Industry', 18 April 1947 Notice issued by the DMA to members concerning the Union Membership of Instructors and Supervisors, 16 April 1947 Notice incorporating a letter from the Home Office, Whitehall, to Boldon Lodge concerning comments made by the Sunderland coroner at the inquest into the death of Mr E P Wade, 12 April 1947 Notice relating to the preliminary training for underground employment of inexperienced persons who are 18 years of age or over on first being employed at a coal mine, April 1947 Notice issued by the Secretary of the Ministry of Fuel and Power in relation to training and the exemption of certain persons over 18 years of age with reference to 'The Coal Mines (Training) General Regulations 1945, 24 March 1947 Communication issued by the outlining the provisions of the 'Five day Week Agreement' to its members, April 1947 Notice to Area Secretaries concerning Recruitment Publicity and the intended usage of non-experienced adult labour during the coming year, 15 April 1947 Notice issued by concerning paid and unpaid holidays, 24 April 1947 Notice concerning the terms of the 'Five Day Week Agreement' between the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers, to take effect from 5 May 1947. Notice incorporating a letter issued by the Director of Labour, Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne concerning insufficient nominations for courses held at the Sheffield Mines Mechanisation Training Centre, 29 April 1947 Notice issued by the concerning local arrangements in respect of shortage of candles, 30 April 1947 Notice issued by the National Union of Mineworkers to Lodge Secretaries arranging for the distribution of leaflets in pay packets in respect of the Five Day Week, 30 April 1947 Notice issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, London, to Area Secretaries concerning the interpretation of the 'Five day Week Agreement' and any misunderstandings arising between the workmen and the management of a pit should be resolved in accordance with the agreed procedure, 2 May 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter, issued by the National Coal Board, Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London, to all Labour Directors concerning the clearance of coal from the colliery surface on Friday nights and weekends following the introduction of the Five Day Week, 24 April 1947 Notice issued by the Director of Labour, Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle to 'All Superintendents of Group Training Centres' concerning the preliminary training of juveniles and adults following the introduction of 'Five-Day Week', 1 May 1947 Notice issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham to members advising that the calculation in relation to the payments to be made in respect of the annual holiday period in 1947 should be the same as for last year, May 1947 Copy of the 'Joint National Negotiating Committee Holidays with Pay Arrangements for 1947', 18 April 1947 Notice issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham concerning the election of Colliery Consultative Committees, 7 May 1947 Notice issued by the DMA to Lodge Secretaries concerning the interpretation of the 'Memorandum on the Five Day Week', 30 April 1947 Notice issued by the Durham County Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, to members appending information received from the National Union of Mineworkers in connection with the 'Five Day Week Agreement', 7 May 1947 Notice issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, concerning the action of the breakaway union and the unconstitutional stoppage resulting in 18 collieries rendered idle, 5 May 1947 Result of 'Final Vote' of the Election of the Executive Committee issued by Durham Miners Association, 5 May 1947 Notice issued by the incorporating notes in respect of Workmen's Compensation, May 1947 Notice issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, London, concerning 'The Coal Mines (Training) General Regulations 1945, 24 March 1947. Table issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, (Durham Area) advising of rates of compensation payable for 'Total Incapacity' on and from November 1943. Notice issued by the concerning bonus shift payment to members who are rendered idle as a result of a 'Fatal Accident', 8 May 1947 Notice issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, concerning the ending of the minority strike with a loss in output of 100,000 tons of coal, 10 May 1947 Notice issued by the National Union of Mineworkers to Area Secretaries concerning the 'Five-Day Week' in relation to Supervisory and Clerical Grades, 9 May 1947 Notice incorporating a 'Statement by the Minister of Fuel and Power' in respect of 'The Five-Day Week' in the mines, 13 May 1947 Notice incorporating a letter issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne concerning the 'Entitlement of Students at Technical Colleges to Bonus Shift', under 'Five Day Week Agreement', 12 May 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne concerning 'Notification of Vacancies', 12 May 1947 Notice issued by the National Union of Mineworkers to Area Secretaries concerning the interpretation of the Five-Day-Week Agreement, 16 May 1947 Result of 'Final Vote' of the Election of Representatives to the National Union of Mineworkers' Annual Conference issued by the 2 June 1947 Result of 'Final Vote' of the Election of Representatives to Labour Party Conference issued by the 3 May 1947 Result of 'Final Vote' of the Election of Representatives to Trades Union Congress issued by the 2 June 1947 Notice issued by the DMA to Lodge Secretaries concerning queries by telephone in relation to 'Five Day Week', 21 May 1947 Notice issued by the National Coal Board (Northern Division) and National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area), incorporating clauses from the 'Joint Statement of Interpretations' regarding the 'Operation of the Five Day Week Agreement, 20 May 1947. Notice issued by the National Coal Board, (Northern Division), and National Union of Mineworkers, Durham Area to members incorporating a 'Copy of Tentative Agreement' reached by the Joint National Negotiating Committee in relation to 'Payment for Statutory Holidays', 22 May 1947 Circular issued by the Director of Labour of the Northern Divisional Coal Board incorporating a summary of Ministry of Education Circular 137 with reference to 'Technical State Scholarships' and State Scholarships for Students of Mature Age', 23 May 1947 Notice issued by the concerning provision of facilities for 'Piece-workers' Averages to be taken at the Colliery Office prior to the issue of pay-notes to workmen, 3 June 1947 Notice issued to Members incorporating observations by the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress in respect of 'Local Appeal Tribunals under National Insurance Act and Industrial Injuries Act, 3 June 1947 Notice issued by the National Consultative Council to Member of the Council in respect of re-imbursement for expenses incurred by Secretaries of Colliery Consultative Committees in respect of meetings held outside their normal working hours, 13 June 1947 Notice issued to Area Secretaries concerning remuneration payable to delegates attending Council and Executive Committee Meetings held on Saturdays, 13 June 1947 Notice issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board concerning a visit to the Ruhr by a party of underground miners, June 1947 Circular advising of the entitlement of safety boots and overalls for adult and juvenile new entrants to the coal mining industry, June 1947 Notice issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board stating that wages of trainees undergoing preliminary training should be paid at surface rates, June 1947 Notice concerning the award of damages to W. Birchnall at Durham Assizes following the case of W Birchnall v Stella Coal Company Ltd, 27 June 1947 Notice incorporating a letter issued by the Director, National Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne concerning the difficulties encountered in placing Polish workers at collieries in the Division, 28 June 1947 Notice issued by the Director of Labour concerning discussions with the Ministry of Fuel and Power in respect of Deferment of Call up of persons opting for mining, June 1947 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 27

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 14 July 1947 - 29 December 1947 Durham District Miners' Welfare Fund District Sub-Committee, Minutes of Meetings, 14 August 1947 - 9 December 1947 Minutes of Council Meetings, 16 August 1947 - 6 December 1947 Durham County Mining Federation Board, Minutes of Meetings 9 August 1947 - 26 December 1947 Durham County Mining Federation Board, Minutes of Special Board Meeting, 14 July 1947 Durham County Mining Federation Board, Special United Council Meeting, 23 August 1947 Durham County Mining Federation Board, Special United Council Meeting, 11 October 1947 Circular issued by the concerning bonus payments and the miners' annual Gala Day, 12 July 1947 Circular issued by the concerning arrangements for Gala Day, 14 July 1947 Circular, issued by N F Nattrass, Director of Labour, advising of training courses available at Sheffield Mines Mechanisation Training Centre, under the new administration of the National Coal Board, July 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter, issued by National Coal Board, Northern Division, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Sam Watson of the National Union of Miners, Red Hill, Durham, informing him of decisions reached at the July Board Meeting, 10 July 1947 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, to members concerning clauses in the 'Five Day Week Agreement', relating to bonus shift payments, following a 'Fatal Accident', 15 July 1947 Notice, issued by Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, incorporating a letter from Mr Ebby Edwards to Mr A L Horner on the subject of 'Substituted Shifts', 17 July 1947 Circular, issued by National Union of Mineworkers, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, to Area Secretaries, asking for local arrangements to be made for the consideration of the proposals of the National Executive Committee in respect of the 'Fatalities Scheme', 18 July 1947 Circular, issued by Sam Watson of the notifying of a Council Resolution, carried unanimously, in the name of Eppleton Lodge, concerning the eradication of 'Unofficial Stoppages', July 1947 Notice, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, concerning the cost and supply of artificial limbs and other surgical appliances, 26 July 1947 Circular, issued by outlining the proposals and suggested amendments of the National Executive Committee in respect of the 'Fatalities Scheme', 31 July 1947 Notice issued by the incorporating a letter received from miners at the N.C.L.C., [National Council of Labour Colleges], Summer School, in Paris expressing their thanks and appreciation for their splendid week, 27 July 1947 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, to Area Secretaries, referring to the coal crisis and the recent Government proposals to attain the highest possible production of coal, 1 August 1947 Notice, incorporating a poem by a patient attending the Rehabilitation Centre, at The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street, August 1947 Circular, issued by A L Horner, Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, concerning the opposition of Branches at the recruitment of Polish labour to increase coal production, 15 August 1947 Notice, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, (Durham Area) containing a report on the National Union of Mineworkers Annual Conference, 1947, by the Durham Area General Secretary, Mr Sam Watson, 11 August 1947 Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board and Durham County Mining Federation Board, informing of an increase in the daily rate for refreshments paid to compensation cases when having to attend medical appointments as a result of sickness or accident away from the colliery, 18 August 1947 Notice, issued by the National Coal Board, Northern Division, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne, to S Watson, National Union of Mineworkers, Durham, advising of the provision of protective clothing for Lamp Cabin Men, 11 August1947 Notice, issued by the DMA to members expressing the serious allegations made in the Council Chamber on the number of hours billed to piece workers for 'waiting-on', 18 August 1947 Circular, issued by the advising of the condemnation by Delegates assembled at the Council Meeting of 16 August 1947, of 'Unconstitutional Stoppages' at pits, (19 August 1947) Circular issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, urging acceptance of Resolutions passed at the Special Conference of National Union of Mineworkers to support the Government's temporary policy of increasing coal production, including the employment of Polish or foreign labour, 23 August 1947 Notice, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, to Area Secretaries, forwarding a copy of the Report by a 'Committee of Investigation under the Chairmanship of Sir John Forster' into the 'Applicability of Five Day Week Agreement, 22 August 1947 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, expression vigilance at pits following the William Pit explosion in Cumberland, and the loss of 104 miners' lives, August 1947 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, requesting donations and financial support for families and wives of those miners killed in the explosion at Louisa Old Pit, 30 August 1947 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, stressing the need for maximum safety in pits following recent explosions at William Pit, Cumberland, and Louisa Old Pit, [near Tanfield], Stanley, 1 September 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter, from C R Attlee [Prime Minister], 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, to Sam Watson, thanking him for the continued support of the Durham Miners in difficult times, 17 August 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter, from T.H. Bluett, to the advising settlement of damages in respect of the claim of Thomas Ward, deceased, Tanfield Lea, 5 September, 1947 Notice, issued by the incorporating a letter from the N.C.L.C. [National Council of Labour Colleges], expressing the appreciation of those students who attended the Edinburgh Summer School, August 1947 Circular, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning complaints received in respect of casual employment of miners in agriculture, 27 August 1947 Notice, issued by the Coalmining Industry, incorporating a 'Warning' to persons employed in the coalmining industry not to undertake seasonal agricultural employment, August 1947 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, to Area Secretaries, concerning the financial position of widows of persons who have died whilst in the employ of the National Union, 28 August 1947 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, announcing that final agreement has been reached on Ancillary Workmen in respect of the 'Five Day Agreement', 3 September 1947 Letter, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, advising of the adoption of the conditions referred to in Circular No 121 in respect of 'Pithead Baths Attendants and Canteen Workers', 1 September 1947 Letter, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, enclosing a Memorandum of Interpretation agreed between the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers relating to the application of the 'Five Day Week Agreement' made between the 'Board' and the 'Union' on 18 April 1947, 1 September 1947 Circular, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, incorporating a copy of a letter, from M.J.M. Swanney, Deputy Director of Training, National Coal Board, London to T.M. Broadie-Griffith, Secretary of the Federation of Small Mines of Great Britain, advising of the willingness to accept nominations from both institutions to attend courses held at the Sheffield Mechanisation Training Centre, 30 August 1947 Circular, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, advising that a 'Rehabilitation and Improvement of Colliery Canteens' is to be undertaken by the National Coal Board, 4 September 1947 Circular, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, advising of the availability of National Coal Board films for viewing at Miners' Welfare Halls, 5 September 1947 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, advising that the National Coal Board have agreed that the provisions of the Five Day Week Agreement should be applied to Pithead Baths Attendants, 27 August 1947 Notice, issued by the National Coal Board, Northern Division Notice, issued by the Northern County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, announcing, that by a large majority vote, to fully implement the Five Day Week Agreement - Clauses 8 to 14, September 1947 Circular, issued by the concerning comments by Sam Watson on the provisions of payment of 'Workmen's Compensation', 12 September 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter, received from the Minister of Fuel and Power, concerning the coal crisis, 25 August 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter, received from the Minister of Fuel and Power, concerning the coal crisis, 11 September 1947 Notice, concerning 'Manpower in the Coalmining Industry', incorporating a letter received from the Ministry of Labour and National Service, advising that the Government are prepared to adopt suggestions made by the National Union of Mineworkers for improving recruitment in the Coalmining Industry, 26 August 1947 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, Northern Division, concerning 'Voluntary Absenteeism', with an enclosed statement of returns made by collieries, August 1947 Notification, of 'Result of Vote' of an unanimous decision in favour of the Executive Committee's recommendation to make a Grant of £1,000 to the dependents of those who lost their lives in the 'Explosion at Louisa Old Pit', 16 September 1947 Notice, issued by the National Coal Board, concerning the 'Progress of Long and Short-Term Plans of Re-organisation, September 1947 Circular, issued by the 'National Union of Mineworkers', (Durham Area), concerning 'Payment for Statutory Holidays' enclosing a copy of a tentative Agreement reached by the Joint National Negotiating Committee, 22 May 1947 Copy of letter, received from the Northern Division of the National Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the introduction of 10-feet straps at Hobson Colliery, 19 September 1947 Committee Notes, advising of resolutions that have been kept off the Council Programme, September 1947 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, informing of the decision to pay 'back money' to Pithead Bath Attendants, following their recent inclusion in the 'Five Day Week Agreement', 26 September 1947 List of nominations, issued by the for the election of two scrutineers, 30 September 1947 List of nominations, issued by the for the nomination of three speakers for the Annual Gala, 13 November 1947 Notice, relating to material for the use of Labour Parties in the production of local leaflets and journals, 1947 Letter, from the National Coal Board, Lansdowne House, London, outlining rules for an 'Output Competition' for the Mitchell Hedges Trophy, 18 August 1947 Letter, from the National Coal Board, Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London, listing target outputs for Divisions, 28 August 1947 Table, stating number of Poles placed at collieries up to week ending 22 September 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter from the National Coal Board, Northern Division, Collingwood Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, listing coal output figures in respect of the Mitchell-Hedges Trophy, 7 October 1947 Circular, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, providing an up-date in relation to increase of wages of Day-Wage workmen, 8 October 1947 Circular, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, announcing special meetings in connection with the extensio0n of hours in the Mining Industry, 11 October 1947 Resolution and Draft Agreement carried by Special National Conference, London, in respect of an extension of working hours, 10 October 1947 Circular, issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, 15 Portman Square, London, concerning 'Scope of Order' in relation to Restrictions on Engagement of Workers, Imposed by The Control of Engagements Order 1947, September 1947 Circular, issued by Vincent Tewson, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, to the Secretaries of all Affiliated Organisations, providing a copy of the Control of Engagement Order and Direction of Labour. Appendices circulated by Sam Watson, Secretary to the Board, Red Hill Durham, relating to Extension of Working Hours, Draft Agreement including the Result of Voting in favour of accepting the Agreement and Resolution adopted by the Special National Conference, 24 October 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter, from E Shinwell, War Office, Whitehall, London, to Sam Watson, thanking the officials and executive of the Durham Area of the National Union of Mineworkers for their loyalty and co-operation during his term of office, 15 October 1947 Circular issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the Out-of-Turn Release from H M Forces to Take Up Underground Coalmining Employment. Circular, advising of contact details in respect of 'Inspection Districts Comprising The Northern Division'. Circular, announcing the publication of Labour's 'Pocket History', Notes, for use by delegates of Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning the Extension of Working Hours Agreement, and Working an Additional Shift on Saturday, October 1947 Notice, issued by Northern Coal Board, Northern Division, advising of weekly output targets of saleable coal in respect of the Mitchell-Hedges Trophy, 20 October 1947 Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning 'Army Surplus Compo Ration Packs', 24 October 1947 Notice, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, to Area Secretaries advising of the terms of the Agreement between the National Union of General and Municipal Workers and the National Union of Mineworkers, dated 16 October 1947, 6 November 1947 Response by the to an unofficial circular issued to Lodges in No 6 Area, 29 October 1947 Circular, issued by Northern Divisional Coal Board, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, concerning adoption of procedures in respect of 'Coal Mines (Training) General Regulations, 1945, Pre-Entry Training before Employment on the Surface, 6 November 1947 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, to Area Secretaries, enclosing copy of signed agreement, relating to the adjustment of the Remuneration of Overmen, 7 November 1947 Circular issued by the Trade Union Congress[Trades Union Congress], Legal Information Circular No 4, (1947-48), concerning a case brought before the Court of Appeal, in respect of Workmen's Compensation, Earnings Reduced by Economic Changes, 6 November 1947 Notice, issued by Northern Divisional Coal Board, Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning 'Colliery Consultative Committees, and the payment of expenses, 7 November 1947 Circular, issued by the National Coal Board, (Northern Division), concerning 'Colliery Consultative Committees' Absenteeism', in relation to workmen guilty of persistent absenteeism, 10 November 1947 Result of Final Vote, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, [Durham Area], concerning the Election of Scrutineers, 12 November 1947 Announcement, by the National Coal Board, Northern Division, in respect of the Mitchell-Hedges Trophy and the Inter-Divisional Output Competition, 18 November 1947 Notes, prepared by Sam Watson, General Secretary, to enable consideration of the new wages draft proposal Letter sent by Mr. Watson, National Union of Mineworkers, Red Hill, Durham, to the Divisional Coal Board concerning matters affecting the administration of the Divisional Coal Board, 12 November 1947 Obituary notice in respect of Sidney Webb, following his death on 15 October 1947 Notes prepared by Mr Sam Watson, General Secretary, on the draft terms of the 'New Wages Agreement', for use by Delegates at the Special United Council Meeting, Red Hill, Durham, November 1947 Circular, issued by the Red Hill, Durham, concerning a medical investigation into the nature and effects of Miners' Nystagmus, 4 December 1947 Circular, issued by the National Coal Board, Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, advising of output of saleable coal in respect of the Inter-Divisional Output Competition, in respect of the Mitchell-Hedges Trophy, 2 December 1947 Result of northern counties Municipal Elections, December 1947 Circular, issued by Sam Watson, General Secretary, of the concerning the draft National Agreement in relation to wages, enclosing copies for members' attention, 15 December 1947 Notice, incorporating a letter issued by L Graham of the National Coal Board, Northern Division, Collingwood Buildings, to Sam Watson, National Union of Mineworkers, (Durham Area) requesting the circulation of a Christmas message from Lord Hindley to all members, 20 December 1947 Notice, issued by A L Horner, Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, to Area Secretaries, concerning the intention of 'Winding Enginemen' to stop work, December 1947 Letter, issued by N F Nattrass of the National Coal Board, Northern Division, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the 'Sale of Surplus Firecoal, 23 December 1947 Circular, issued by Sam Watson, General Secretary, of the DMA to members concerning missed votes in the count for the election of the Executive Committee, No 1 Ward, 29 December 1947 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 28

Circulars issued to the lodges, as follows: Minutes of Committee Meetings, 5 January 1948 - 14 June 1948 Durham County Mining Federation Board, Minutes of Board Meeting, 6 February 1948 - 5 June 1948 Durham County Mining Federation Board, Minutes of Special Board Meeting, 3 April 1948 - 13 May 1948 Durham District Miners' Welfare Committee, Minutes of Meeting of District Sub-Committee, 13 January 1948 - 9 March 1948 Minutes of Committee Meeting, 19 January 1948 - 21 June 1948 Minutes of Council Meeting, 31 January 1948 - 22 May 1948 National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area), Programme of Council Meeting 31 January 1948 - 22 May 1948 Notice, incorporating a letter, from the Northern Regional Council of the Labour Party to Individual and Affiliated Members, concerning inaccuracies in 'Pollitt's Letter to a Labour Member' that was published in the 'Daily Worker', Reply of Durham Area Executive Committee to Pollitt's Letter to 'A Labour Member', issued by Mr Sam Watson, General Secretary Circular, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, concerning the agreement in respect of 'Coals Sold Back to the Colliery', 5 January 1948 Circular, issued by the Red Hill, Durham, concerning 'Unconstitutional Stoppages' in coalfields, 5 January 1947 Circular, issued by the to all Lodges in No 4 area, informing that the Executive Committee condemn the introduction of new organisational functions into the Union stating that the action was unconstitutional and contrary to Rule, 6 January 1948 Notice, incorporating an article, titled 'The Communists: We Have Been Warned', by Morgan Phillips, Labour Party Secretary Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, informing that increased wages in respect of 'New Wages Agreement, Day Wage Men, will be paid at all Collieries from Friday 16 January, 15 January 1948 Agreement, between the National Coal Board, Northern Division and concerning rates paid to pieceworkers, 12 January 1948 Agreement, between the National Coal Board, Northern Division and Durham County Mining Board to the effect that commission should cease to be deducted from Lodge off-takes, 12 January 1948 Agreement, between the National Coal Board, Northern Division and the DMA relating to amendments to tables of shift work as stated in Clause 19 of the 'Revision of Formula for Stabilising the Division, 12 January 1948 Agreement, between the National Coal Board, Northern Division and the National Union of Mineworkers, Durham Area in respect of 'Overtime and Week-end Additional Payment to Pieceworkers, 12 January 1948 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, to Area Secretaries, concerning amendments agreed by the National Executive Committee with the Clerical and Administrative Workers Union to clauses concerning 'Staff Salaries' and the Salaries and Expenses of Officials of the National Union with effect from 1 January 1948 Result, issued by S Watson, General Secretary, of the Speakers duly elected to attend the Annual Gala, 15 January 1948 Circular, issued by the DMA to Members, advising of an appeal to provide a memorial to the late Sydney and Beatrice Webb, 21 January 1948 Result of First Vote, for the Election of National Union of Mineworkers Conference Representatives, issued by the 27 January 1948 Result of First Vote, for the Election of Representatives to Trades Union Congress, issued by the 27 January 1948 Notice, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, to Area Secretaries concerning an 'Agreement Respecting Dual Membership between The Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers and the National Union of Mineworkers, 13 January 1948 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers', (Durham Area), concerning delegates' expenses for attending Council and other meetings on Saturdays, 21 January 1948 Circular, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, 5 Westminster Bridge, London, to Area Secretaries advising that the restriction on underground and agricultural workers to Appointments in the Ministry of National Insurance has been modified, 22 January 1948 'Information Pamphlet No 17' issued by the concerning conciliation agreements and schemes, and the election of 'Colliery Consultative Committees' entitled 'Conciliation Machinery', 1947-1948 'Information Pamphlet No 18', issued by the concerning the interpretation of the Five Day Week Agreement, [1947-1948] 'Information Pamphlet No 19', issued by the concerning answers and queries arising from the Five Day Week Agreement, [1947-1948] Notice, concerning local 'County Agreements' as to Saturday Working or the extension of hours during the week, in respect of the implementation of the Five Day Week Agreement, 30 April 1948 Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Akenside House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, making an anxious request for names of intending juvenile trainees to attend courses at training centres, 7 February 1948 Notice, incorporating a letter to S Watson, General Secretary, National Union of Miners, (Durham Area) from the National Coal Board, Northern Division, Milburn House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, concerning provisional arrangements for payment of wages in respect of the national shortage of silver coinage, 14 February, 1948 Notice, titled, 'What the Marshall Plan means in Goods and Money' including an itemized list of Commodities that the USA may send to the sixteen nations participating in the European Recovery Programme, 14 February 1948 Notice, titled 'The Big Party Job in 1948', concerning the 'new and urgent responsibilities' to be faced by the Labour Movement, [1948] Notice issued by the National Coal Board, Northern Division, concerning the 'Extension of Working Hours Agreement', [1948] Result of Lodge Vote, issued by Sam Watson, General Secretary, in respect of the Executive's Committee's Recommendation that a grant of £250 to be made to the 'Webb Memorial Fund', 10 February 1948 Notice, incorporating a letter, to S Watson, General Secretary, National Union of Mineworkers, Durham Area from The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, thanking him for the donation, contributed by members, to the sick children 'Christmas Appeal 1947', 18 February 1948 Notice, incorporating a letter, to Sam Watson, Red Hill, Durham, from the National Coal Board, (Northern Division), Akenside House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, concerning the Mines Medical Service Scheme, and discouraging the appointment of Colliery Doctors and Colliery Nurses at a local level, 20 February, 1948 Notice, concerning the Schedule to be adopted following the introduction of salary scales and standard hours of work for clerical and junior administration staff in the Board's service, [1948] Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Labour Relations Department, Akenside House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, concerning the duplication in applications for thermos flask permits, 27 February 1948 Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board Labour Relations Department, concerning the requisitioning of medical supplies, 27 February 1948 Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board Labour Relations Department, Akenside House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, referring to the 'Provision of Boots, Helmets, Overalls and Clothing Coupons to Entrants destined for employment below ground, 27 February 1948 Notice, incorporating an obituary, in respect of Mr Jan Masaryk, [1948] Notice, concerning the lack of information by Lodges in respect of 'averages' when submitting 'Applications for Increased Piecework rates', [1948] Notice, issued by the National Divisional Coal Board, advising that under the provision of the 'Extension of Working Hours Agreement', all collieries in Durham which work on Saturdays will be idle on Easter Saturday, 27 March 1948, 18 March 1948 List of nominations for the Election of Executive Committee, First Vote, issued by the Red Hill, Durham, 23 March 1948 Notice, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, advising that shifts not worked by new entrants, due to attendance for medical examination, are to be deemed worked under the terms of the 'Five Day Week Agreement' 22 March 1948 Notice, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers, concerning payment for mealtimes in the case of winding enginemen, 22 March 1948 Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Labour Relations Department, Akenside House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, concerning the supply of protective clothing, 24 March 1948 Notice, issued by the Miners' Welfare, incorporating memoranda concerning the co-ordination of the work and activities of various Miners' Welfare schemes, [1948] Result, issued by the Red Hill, Durham, of the 'Final Vote' for the Election of Representatives to National Union of Mineworkers' Annual Conference, 1 April 1948 Result, issued by the Red Hill, Durham, of the 'Final Vote', for the Election of Representatives to Labour Party Conference, 1 April 1948 Result, issued by Red Hill, Durham of the 'Final Vote', for the Election of Representatives to Trade Union Congress', 1 April 1948 Circular, incorporating memoranda and copy of letter addressed to the Ministry of Labour and National Service, concerning the 'Dispute between the National Coal Board and the National Union of Colliery Winding Enginemen, 3 April 1948 Notice, issued by the Labour Relations Department, advising of the terms of the 'Joint Agreed Interpretation' for 'New Entrants attending Medical Examination', in relation to the 'Five-Day Week Agreement', 30 March 1948 Notice, issued by the National Coal Board, Northern Division, Durham Area, incorporating table of figures relating to Pieceworkers' Averages, and County Average, for the week, 14 February to 21 February, 1948 Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, titled 'Free Holidays for Miners, incorporating a list of drawn names of workmen for participation in the 'News Chronicle' holiday scheme, 31 March 1948 Notice, advising of an agreement between the National Divisional Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers, (Durham County Mining Federation Board), in respect of Picksharpers' Wages, 16 March 1948 Notice, issued by the requesting the views of Lodges and the completion of an enclosed Questionnaire in respect of 'Organisational Machinery', 7 April 1948 Notice, issued by the National Union of Mineworkers' (Durham Area), incorporating a copy of a circular, issued by Lodge Compensation Secretaries, titled, 'A New Compensation Agreement' dated 7 April 1948, 10 April 1948 Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, Labour Relations Department, Akenside House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, inviting applications from underground workers to attend a Summer School at Oxford, 2 April 1948 Result of Lodge Vote, issued by Sam Watson, General Secretary, Red Hill, Durham, confirming a majority vote in favour of the Executive Committees' Recommendation that a grant of £1000 should be made to the United Nations Appeal for Children, 6 April 1948 Notice, issued by A L Horner, Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, concerning complaints arising from the loss of bonus shift by workmen attending medical boards, in relation to the 'Five Day Week Agreement', 14 April 1948 Notice, issued by A L Horner, Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, advising of arrangements made by the National Coal Board with the Inland Revenue Authorities, concerning P.A.Y.E. [Pay As You Earn] 15 April 1948 Notice, issued by the National Consultative Council, Safety and Health Committee, incorporating a Memorandum from the Chief Medical Officer, titled, 'Colliery Health Service: Plans and Progress, [1948] Notice, issued by the National Consultative Council, Safety and Health Committee, incorporating a Memorandum by the Secretary, titled 'The Pneumoconiosis Problem, [1948] Notice, issued by the National Consultative Council, Safety and Health Committee, titled 'A Ray of Hope, Note prepared by Dr C L Cope', Director of Research, concerning pneumoconiosis and dust in mines, [1948] Notice, issued by the National Consultative Council, Safety and Health Committee, incorporating 'Note supplied by the Miners' Welfare Commission', on the subject of 'Rehabilitation of Nystagmus Cases at Higham Grange Rehabilitation Centre, 24 March 1948 Notice, incorporating a 'Statement by Viscount Hyndley', Chairman of the National Coal Board, at a General Press Conference, London, Thursday, 18 March 1948, issued by the Press Office, 18 March 1948 Notice, issued by Sam Watson, Secretary of the Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, concerning 'Mass Radiography', for miners as part of the national campaign for the prevention of tuberculosis by the Ministry of Health, 23 April 1948 Notice, incorporating terms and appendix of an Agreement between the Northern Divisional Coal Board and National Union of Mineworkers relating to 'Wages of Weekly Paid Industrial Staff', for Clerical and Supervisory Grades, Area Group No 3, [1948] Notice, incorporating a letter, issued by the National Coal Board, Northern Coal Board, Northern Division, Akenside House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Sam Watson, National Union of Mineworkers, Red Hill, Durham, concerning redundancy and the 'Dismissal of Workmen' aged 65 years and over, 6 April 1948 Notice, concerning the rise in wages of workers between 1938 and 1947, [1948] Notice, issued by the incorporating a May Day message from Sam Watson, General Secretary, 1 May 1948 Notice, issued to Lodge Secretaries advising of 'Holiday with Pay' arrangements for 1948, 30 April 1948 Memorandum, issued by Mr T E B Young of the National Consultative Council concerning the 'Deficiency, in Saleable Output of Deep Mined Coal' in the months January to March 1948, [1948] Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, concerning the Control of Engagement Order 1947, and changes in the ruling in the length of trial period for new entrants, 7 May 1948 Notice, titled 'Social Security For All', concerning the introduction of Social Security Benefits by the Labour Government, as from 5 July 1948 Result of 'Final Vote', of the Election of Executive Committee, issued by Sam Watson, General Secretary, Red Hill, Durham, 11 May 1948 Notice, issued by the concerning the application of the recent Agreement in relation to 'Overtime and Week-End Additional Payments to Piece-Workers', 18 February 1948 Circular, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, concerning the 'University Scholarship Scheme', 11 May 1948 Circular, titled, 'Brief History of a Dispute Involving the Lambton and Hetton Railway Workmen', [1948] Circular, advertising the availability of the publication, Fynes' History of the Northumberland and Durham Miners [1948] Notice, announcing the names of two successful candidates, to attend the National Council of Labour Colleges' Summer School in Belgium, [1948] Notice, issued by the National Coal Board, Northern Division, incorporating a copy of a press statement issued by the National Coal Board, following the resignation of Sir Charles Reid and a note on the formation of A general Purposes Committee, 21 May 1948 Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, advising that applications for increases in soap permits should be made to the Local Food Office, [1948] Notice, titled 'A Plan for Free People, concerning the Economic Survey for 1948', [1948] Notice, issued by Sam Watson, General Secretary, Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, providing information concerning the Arbitration between the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Coal Board, enclosing a copy of the Seventeenth Award of the National Reference Tribunal, 1 June 1948 Notice, issued by Sam Watson, Secretary, Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham, forwarding copies of the Agreement signed with the National Coal Board, in respect of wages and conditions of employment of workpeople employed at coking plants vested in the Board, and the grading and wages of craftsmen, 7 June 1948 Notice, issued by the Northern Divisional Coal Board, concerning the current shortage in soap and supplies of soap for Medical Treatment Centres and Ambulance Rooms, [1948] Notice, titled 'Coal Mines in 1948', incorporating a review by Lord Hyndley during the first year of control by the National Coal Board, [1948] Notice, issued by Sam Watson, Secretary of Durham County Mining Federation Board, Red Hill, Durham advising of entrance to Universities via the National Coal Board Scholarships Scheme, 12 June 1948 Notice, issued by the incorporating a letter to the Compensation Secretary, concerning Industrial Injuries, Reports of Accidents and Claims for Benefit on and after 5 July 1948, 9 July 1948 Notice, titled, 'in Sixteen Industrial Groups, Earnings Rise as Hours Fall, June 1948 Notice, issued by the concerning procedures for making claims under the Social Security Scheme Including Industrial Injuries Act, 1946, following the introduction of new National Insurance Schemes on 5 July 1948, 21 June 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 29

Minutes and Circulars issued to the Lodges, 28 August 1984 - 19 February 1985 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 320/3

Minutes of Joint Committee meeting, Auckland District, 9 February 1914 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 1/18/8 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol.113/1

Register of Minutes, Circulars, Reports, etcetera, issued to Lodges, 15 February 1916 - 14 September 1929 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 315/3

Register of Minutes, Circulars and Reports issued to Lodges, 21 September 1929- 27 March 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 200/3

Register of Minutes, Circulars and Reports issued to Lodges, 28 March 1944 - 23 December 1955 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 200/4

Register of Minutes, Circulars and Reports issued to Lodges, 3 January 1956 - 12 December 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 200/5

Monthly Circular, no. 25, January 1898 - no. 84, December 1902 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 216/4

Circulars, Appointment of Finance Committee, 1924 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/6

Circulars Sick and Accident Fund, 6 June 1924 Minimum Wages, May, June 1924 Results of Election for representatives to Labour Party Conference, June 1924 Re-allocation of Agents to the various offices, June 1924 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/12

Circular, issued by Will Lawther and others attacking the idea of a war on China, 26 January 1927 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/20 2

Circular issued to the Lodges enclosing: Industrial Transference: Household Removal Scheme: Government Grants For Married Men To Move From Depressed Areas To Other Employment; Home Training Centres for Women and Girls in the County of Durham, February 1929 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 50/7

'Why Boys Should Join The Union', 11 February 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 1/26/38 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 320/8

Circular, announcing the publication by the DMA of a report of a visit by a delegation to the USSR, 12 March 1937, and list of newspapers and magazines to which a review copy has been sent, 11 March 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 46/20

Instruction Circular, September 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 191/15

Circulars and information pamphlets, January December 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 286/3

Statutory/customary holidays for year 1955/56 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 67/4

Circulars and information pamphlets, c1939 - 1965) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 286/5

'May Day Message', 1959 -1965 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/17

Papers circulated to lodges (labelled 'Circulars & Trade Unions Disputes Act, 1927'), 16 April 1926 - 28 August 1944 Copies of documents circulated to lodges: Notice of termination of contracts following the termination of the National Wages Agreement, 16 April 1926; Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act, 1927; Financial Position of the Society, 27 April 1928; Statement by Peter Lee, 7 August 1928; Persons Not Eligible as Delegates or Speakers to Labour Party Conferences or Meetings, 1 November 1928; Proposed Reduction of Contributions and Benefits, 19 November 1928; Proposed Reduction of Contributions and Benefits, 4 December 1928; Unfinancial & Non-Union Men, 2 July 1929; Scheme for reclaiming of Old and enrolling of New Members into the Union, 28 January 1930; Coal Mines Act, 1930; Rearrangement of Agents' Duties, 10 September 1930; MFGB, Safety in Mines, 29 September 1930; Central (Coal Mines) Scheme, 1930, 22 October 1930; Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme, 1930, 29 October 1930; Northumberland District (Coal Mines) Scheme, 1930, 29 October 1930; Scottish District (Coal Mines) Scheme, 1930, 24 November 1930; Coal Mines Act, 1932; Machinery in Mines, 26 May 1932; Reduction in Medical Charges, 23 February 1933; Vote on Election of Agent, 14 June 1933; Coal Mines Reorganisation Commission: Report to the Secretary for Mines, 28 November 1933; Minutes of Council Meeting, 14 May 1934; Enginemen's Association: Men Employed at Underground Engines, 5 June 1934; Dispute under the Harton Group of Collieries, 3 December 1934; Harton Collieries Dispute, 8 January 1935; Day-to-Day Contracts, 31 July 1935; Follonsby Dispute, 4 September 1935; Statement on circulars by Morrison and Chopwell Lodges, 28 February 1936; Re-admittance of Non-Union & Unfinancial Men into the Association, 29 April 1936; Safety in Mines Campaign, 17 August 1936; Requests, 22 October 1936; and the Deputies' Union, 14 November 1936; Youth and Trade Unionism, 11 February 1937; Minutes of Committee meeting, 9 June 1937; Requests, 29 January 1939; and the Deputies' Association, 28 August 1944; Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 218

Papers circulated to lodges (labelled 'Circulars by General Secretary'), 1 February 1937 - 13 July 1942 Copies of documents circulated to lodges: National Council of Labour, Spanish Aid Fund, 1 February 1937; County Council Elections, 1 February 1937; Why Boys Should Join the Union, 11 February 1937; May Day Manifesto, 6 April 1937; Dispute at Harworth Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 4 May 1937; Notice of United Council Meeting, 5 May 1937; DCMFB, Wages Negotiations, 6 May 1937; DCMFB, Minutes of United Council Meeting, 11 May 1937; DCMFB, Strike Notices, 11 May 1937; DCMFB, result of wages ballot, 21 May 1937; Settlement of Nottingham Dispute, 28 May 1937; Surface Worker' Hours, 1 June 1937; Safety issues at Murton Colliery, 8 June 1937; Instructions to Lodges re Contracting-in Arrangements, 17 June 1937; Essay Competition, 7 July 1937; Putters' Wages, 12 July 1937; Election of Gala Speakers, 4 August 1937; Putters' Wages, 17 August 1937; 100 per cent Union Campaign, 18 August 1937; Nomination of Speakers for Annual Gala, 24 August 1937; Mines Safety Conference, 1 September 1937; Testimonial to Mr. Joseph Elliott, 14 September 1937; Advertisement for Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation by Sidney & Beatrice Webb, 15 September 1937; Election of Gala Speakers (Final), 20 September 1937; DCMFB, Minutes of Board Meetings, 6 April 1938; Parliamentary Candidates, 6 April 1938; Requests on Holidays with Pay, 16 February 1939; May Day Manifesto, 10 April 1939; Re Unofficial Conference, 14 November 1939; May Day Manifesto, 16 April 1940; Safety in Coal Mines: Workmen's Inspection, 18 March 1941; May Day Manifesto, 14 April 1941; Dawdon Lodge Circular, 13 July 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 217

Papers circulated to lodges (labelled 'Circulars and Pamphlets, January to December 1940') Copies of documents circulated to lodges: Government Training Schemes and Forestry - unemployed members, n.d.; The Unemployment Insurance Acts, Means Test Regulations and Assistance Board Scales, March 1935; Samuel Watson, War Time Legislation Passed up to December, 1939, January 1940; Samuel Watson, War Time Legislation Passed up to April, 1940, May 1940; Samuel Watson, Pamphlet containing Useful Information in connection with changes in The Unemployment Insurance Acts, The Unemployment Assistance Board, 30 September 1939; Samuel Watson, Supplementary Pensions, June 1940; Samuel Watson, Unemployment Insurance Bill Emergency Powers (Defence) Transference of Workpeople, July 1940; Sam Watson, Improved Allowances for Service Men's Dependants, 18 March 1940; Disability pensions, Family Allowances and Means Test, 9 January 1940; Sam Watson, Holidays with Pay and The Unemployment Act including Umpires' Decisions, 20 June 1938; Sam Watson, Holidays with Pay and The Unemployment Act including Umpires' Decisions, Addendum, 1938; Holidays and the Unemployment Insurance Acts, with decisions by Umpires [gives name and details of the claim and adjudication] , 28 October 1939; Military Training Act, 1939, and Reserve and Auxiliary Forces Act, 1939, 27 June 1939; Unemployment Assistance, Appeals Tribunals (Amendment) Provisional Rules, 1939; Unemployment Assistance, Emergency Powers Amendment Regulations, 29 May 1940; Pension, Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme, 16 October 1939; Military Training Act, 19 June 1939; Unemployment Assistance - Territorial Army, 7 June 1939; Abolition of Waiting Period, 11 March 1940; Review of the Wholly Unemployed Coal Mining Register, 29 April 1940; Schedule of Reserved Occupations, 1940; Summary of the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1935 and 1936, 1937; Regulations made under the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1934, 1936; Reports of the Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee, 1939; Draft Unemployment Assistance (Determination of Need and Assessment of Needs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1939; Local Officials' Manual and County Agreement Handbook, 1 October 1940; War Injury and War Damage: Your Rights to Compensation, n.d. [1940] Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 204 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

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Publications 15000-15999 (box 2) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 24

Volume of 'Publications Issued' to and by the DMA, issued July - December 1956 Includes: NUM (Durham Area) Notes for Delegates for Council Programme 7 July 1956 and 10 November and 29 December, Programme of council meeting for 8 September 1956 and 10 November and 29 December, Circulars 9 July 1956- 31 December, minutes of council meeting 7 July 1956 - 10 November, decisions of lodges on motions before council meeting held 7 July 1956 and 8 September and 10 November and results, revision of voting , balance sheet 31 December 1955 and 30 June 1956, minutes of committee meeting 30 January 1956 - 28 May, election and votes for various positions including scrutineers and executive committee, poster for annual county tutorial class 4 November 1956, posters for increased contributions from 1 January 1957, report of the delegation to the U.S.S.R. on the invitation of the Central Committee of the Russian Mineworkers 27 July - 17 August 1956, list of lodge secretaries' addresses , November 1956 [no names of individuals] NUM Information Bulletin vol. II nos. 5-6 and 7-9, May/June and July/September 1956 Gala ephemera including Miners' Festival Service booklet, application form for band masters' certificate, and programme, 21 July 1956 Joint agreed notes 25 July - 24 August 1956 Durham County Mining Federation Board annual report 1955, minutes of board meeting 16 June 1956, circulars 29 October 1956- 28 December, Notes for Delegates for Special United Council Meeting 22 December 1956 Coal Industry Reports and Accounts 1955-6 for Mineworkers' Pension, Industrial Injuries, Supplementary Benefits and Special fatal Accident schemes, Agreements between NCB and NUM regarding pay1 January 1956-27 July 1956 Typed report on unemployment in the Northern Region originally found in the Sunderland Echo on 7 December [1956] Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 142

Volume of 'Publications Issued' to and by the DMA, issued July - December 1957 Includes: TUC What the TUC is doing 1957, Durham Divisional Coal Board and NUM (Durham Area) circular 19 June 1957 Forward vol. 51 nos. 25 and 27-33, 35-38, 40, 42-52, 21 June - 27 December 1957 Socialist Commentary July - December 1957 University of Sheffield leaflet on the Arthur Markham Memorial Prize, July 1957 Socialist Digest, August - December 1957 Broadsheets on Britain: No. 67 Food, Farming and Efficiency; No. 68 Free Trade with Europe?; No. 69 About the House; no. 70 On the Never-Never, July - October 1957 The National League of the Blind appeal to trade union and co-operative movements, n.d. Britain in Europe- viewpoint for the labour movement, n.d. National Council of Labour Colleges circulars and course programmes, 1957 The Labour Party Conference 1957, 30 September - 4 October 1957 British Red Cross Society appeal, n.d. Tribune, 25 October 1957 Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation poster for scholarships and exhibitions, 1 November 1957 Durham Academy of Singing and Pianoforte circular, n.d. Schools Athletic Association circular concerning 28th All England Championships at Houghton-le-Spring 25-26 July 1958 UNESCO Courier leaflet Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 146

Volume of 'Publications Issued' to and by the DMA, issued July - December 1966 Includes: Socialist Commentary July - December 1966 Reports and Accounts 1964-65 for Mineworkers' Pension, Industrial Injuries, Supplementary Benefits and Special fatal Accident schemes NUM (Durham Area) minutes of council meeting 18 June - 22 October 1966, decisions of lodges on motions before council meeting held 18 June- 22 October 1966 and results, circulars 13 July 1966- 14 December , committee meeting 6 June - 7 November , programme for council meeting held 20 August 1966 - 17 December and notes for delegates , revision of voting and wards, poster appealing for 'interesting material' to include in History of the Durham Miners, 1969, election of scrutineers, executive committee and new agent ephemera, posters for annual county tutorial class 6 November 1966 and for area union diary 1967, balance sheet at 30 June 1966 Gala ephemera Durham County Mining Federation Board circulars 11 July - 2 December1966, minutes of board meeting 27 May 1966- 23 September 1966, booklet entitled Guide to the new Earnings-related Short-term Benefits Scheme' by A. Hesler, Blue Card Information Series 1966 No. 3, 1966 and Smokeless Fuel Entitlement 'Gloco' and 'Sunbrite' Blue Card information series- 1966 no. 4 National Union of Miners Presidential address 4 July 1966, decisions of annual conference held 4-7 July 1966, minutes of national executive committee 9 June -13 October 1966, report of Special Conference concerning National Power Loading Agreement 5 April 1966 University of Sheffield leaflet on the Arthur Markham Memorial Prize 1967 Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance information leaflet 1 March 1966 The National League of the Blind appeal to trade unions and co-operative movements Workers' Educational Association Northern District circular for residential weekend school, 18 September TUC Information Broadsheet Labour August/September - November 1966, The Trades Union Congress 1966 Guardian Report, 5-9 September 1966, Labour Party Conference The Guardian Report, 3-7 October 1966 British Red Cross Society Durham County Branch Annual Report and Accounts 1965 with Directory for 1966 National Coal Board Memorandum of agreements etc. 1 January - 31 December 1965 Sam Watson Rest Home, Bolton Crofts, Richmond Yorkshire letter concerning admission of guests, 31 October 1966 Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation - Durham Divisional Welfare Committee poster for scholarships and exhibitions, circular 17 November 1966 Ministry of Social Security information booklets Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Holiday Centre at Winthorpe Avenue, Skegness ephemera for 1967 season Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 144

Volume of 'Publications Issued' to and by the DMA, issued January - March 1967 Includes: Socialist Commentary, January 1967 - Mar 1967 TUC Information Broadsheet Labour December 1966 - February 1967 NUM (Durham Area) Minutes of Council Meetings, 17 December 1966 - 18 February 1967, Decisions of Lodges in Motions Before Council Meeting held 17 December 1966 and results, and 18 February 1967, minutes of committee meetings 14 November 1966- 13 February 1967 , circulars 28 December 1966 -17 March 1967, National and District Agreements 1 January 1965 - 31 December v 1965, List of Lodge Secretaries' Addresses [not named individuals], Notes for Delegates Council Programme 18 February 1967, Election of Executive Committee 15 March 1967 poster for essay competition and summer school 17-24 June 1967 Durham County Mining Federation Board 25 November 1966 Durham Academy of Singing and Pianoforte circular advertising scholarships for miners, January 1967 Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation Annual Report 1965 National Union of Mineworkers, National Executive Committee minutes 10 November 1966 Preliminary Agenda of the Annual Conference 1967 Anderson's Discount Trading Co. Ltd. Ephemera W. Morris and Son Ltd. Carpet and furniture showrooms advertisement Broadsheets on Britain DEA No. 11 15 Changing Britain February 1967 R.N.I.B. circular appeal letter The Workers' Education Association Northern District residential school application form 1 March 1967 Durham Divisional Consultative Council Safety Campaign Special Meetings January 1967 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 139

Volume of 'Publications Issued' to and by the DMA, issued July - December 1967 Includes: National Union of Mineworkers, Executive Committee minutes 13 April 1967- 12 October 1967, decisions of annual conference 3-6 July 1967, presidential address of Sir Sidney Ford 3 July 1967, address by Lord Robens chairman of NCB 6 July 1967, special meeting minutes 4 July 1967 Sam Watson Rest Home, Bolton Crofts, Richmond Yorkshire admission application form, June 1967 and requirements 9 August 1967 NUM (Durham Area) circular letters July - December 1967, gala ephemera [includes some names], revision of voting and results [includes names] 17 June 1967- 24 November1967, committee meeting minutes [includes names] 5 June 1967- 30 October, Balance Sheet 31 December 1966 & 30 June 1967, programme for council meetings to be held 19 August - 16 December 1967, Notes for Delegates report on NUM Annual conference 1967, Notes for Delegates council programmes 19 August - 16 December, joint agreed notes 24 August 1967, council meeting minutes [names] 19 August 1967- 16 December, Notes for Delegates for Special Council Meeting 7 October 1967, Abstract of Agreements 1 January 1964 -31 December 1965 (includes list of seams associated with collieries and pony putting), poster for annual tutorial 12 November 1967, National Demonstration Meeting in London ephemera 1-7 November 1967, poster for Area Union Diary 1968 NUM (South Wales Area) ephemera for History of South Wales Miners by Robin Page Arnot, 25 October 1967, TUC Information Broadsheet Labour July 1967- November 1967, congress report 4- 8 September 1967, education service residential schools brochure autumn 1967, September - December 1967 Broadsheets on Britain DEA Nos. 14 and 15 Looking at Europe July - October 1967 Ministry of Social Security information booklets Durham County Mining Federation Board minutes 19 May 1967-14 August 1967 [includes names], circular letter 5 October 1967, notes 1- 15 December 1967 Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation - Durham Divisional Welfare Committee annual report 1966 [lots of names, including social activities], poster for scholarships and exhibitions, annual report 1966 [includes names] University of Sheffield leaflet on the Arthur Markham Memorial Prize 1968 The National League of the Blind appeal to trade unions, Labour Party Conference The Guardian Report, 2- 6 October1966 British Red Cross Society appeal, November 1967 Durham Miners' Tutorial Class programme 19 November 1967 - 21 January 1968 Mineworkers' Pension Scheme amendments leaflet The Workers' Education Association Northern District residential school application form 20-21 January 1968 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 138

Volume of 'Publications Issued' to and by the DMA, issued January- June 1968 Includes: NUM (Durham) gala ephemera, result of lodge vote on motions before council meeting held on 16 December 1967, circulars 12 January 1968- 19 June minutes of committee meeting 13 November 1967- 13 May 1968, programme for council meeting 17 February - 22 June 1968, notes for delegates, decisions of lodge vote on motions before council meeting 17 February - 27 April 1968 and result, minutes of council meeting 17 February - 27 April 1968 nominations and voting of chartered accountants as auditors, executive committee, revision of wards List of Lodge Secretaries' Addresses [not named individuals], poster for essay competition and summer school 15-22 June 1968 The Trades Union Congress Educational Trust circulars 4 January 1968, education service residential schools brochure spring 1968, weekend courses April to June 1968 TUC Information Broadsheet Labour December 1967- June 1968, ephemera for celebration of centenary for TUC ('TUC Day'), 1 June [1968) Durham County Mining Federation Board circulars 20 December 1967 - 6 June 1968; minutes of special board meeting 21 November 1967- 1 March; minutes of board meeting, 3 May 1968 NUM partial alteration of rules, minutes of national executive committee 7 November 1967- 9 May1968, report of Special Conference concerning the situation in the industry, 15 March 1968, agenda of the annual conference 1968, minutes of special meeting 27 February 1968 Conishead Priory Convalescent Home for Durham mineworkers, Ulverston, Lancashire, 36h annual report and statement of accounts for 1966 National Coal Board Memorandum of agreements etc. part xxi 1 January - 31 December 1966 Sam Watson Rest Home, Bolton Crofts, Richmond Yorkshire letter concerning admission of guests, 5 February 1968 Ministry of Social Security information booklets The workers educational association northern district residential school application form, February 1968 Mayor of Durham appeal letter for The Attlee Memorial Foundation, 20 February 1968 Booklet entitled Facilities for Better Health- Durham Coalfield [with photographs] Economic Brief The Labour Party newsletter March 1968 Broadsheets on Britain DEA No16 The Developments Areas, no. 17 Regional Planning, no. 18 What Development Means, no. 19 The Public Purse January- May1968 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 145

Volume of 'Publications Issued' to and by the DMA, issued July - December 1968 Includes: NUM (Durham Area) minutes of council meeting 22 June - 26 October 1968, programme of council meeting to be held 24 August and 26 October and 21 December 1968, notes for delegates 24 August 1968 and 26 October and 21 December 1968, report on annual conference 1968 decisions of lodges on motions before council meeting held 22 June 1968 and 24 August and 26 October 1968and results, minutes of committee meeting held 27 May - 11 November 1968 circulars 15 July - 17 December 1968 revision of voting and numbers of seats and wards, 31 December 1967, nominations and voting of executive committee and scrutineers, poster for election of secretary partial alteration of rules, national and district agreements 1 January 1967- 31 December 1967poster for annual tutorial 10 November 1968 and area union diary 1969 gala ephemera including programme and miners' festival service, 20 July 1968 and nominations for speakers in 1969 Durham County Mining Federation Board circulars 15 July- 5 December, minutes of board meeting 23 September 1968, Booklet entitled The Redundant Mineworkers Payments Scheme Order (1968) A guide to the Operation of the Scheme' by A. Hesler, Blue Card Information Series No. 1, 1968 and The Redundant Mineworkers Payments Scheme Order (1968) A guide to the Operation of the Scheme (revised edition)' by A. Hesler, Blue Card Information Series No. 2, 1968 Trades Union Congress Education Service autumn programme 1968 and winter programme 1969, Information Broadsheet Labour July - October1968 NUM Presidential address at annual conference 1 July 1968, decisions of the annual conference 1968, partial alteration of rules, circulars October - 13 December 1968, poster for ballot to be taken on wage increases, minutes of meeting of national executive committee 13 June - 12 September 1968, minutes of special meeting 31 august 1968 Ministry of Social Security information booklets Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation Durham Welfare Committee annual report, 1967, poster for scholarships and exhibitions, 1968 Booklet entitled National Schedule of Occupations and Job Descriptions (manual workers), December 1967 Trades Union Unit Trust ephemera NCB Guide to Consultation in the Coalmining Industry, 1968 British Red Cross Society Durham County Branch annual appeal letter, November 1968 Reports and Accounts 1966-67 for Mineworkers' Pension, Industrial Injuries, Supplementary Benefits and Special fatal Accident schemes Sam Watson Rest Home, Bolton Crofts, Richmond Yorkshire letter concerning admission of guests, 22 November 1968 Labour Party Conference 1968 The Guardian Report from Blackpool, 1968 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 143

Volume of 'Publications Issued' to and by the DMA, issued January - June 1969 Includes: NUM (Durham Area) minutes of Committee Meetings 25 November 1968 - 12 May1969, minutes of council meetings 21 December 1968- 26 April 1969, programme for council meeting and Notes for Delegates 22 February 1969 and 26 April and 28 June, Decisions of Lodges in Motions Before Council Meeting held 21 December 1968 and results, and 26 April 1969, List of Lodge Secretaries' Addresses [not named individuals], election of executive committee circulars and forms, Balance Sheet at June 1968 Standard Rates of Benefits, poster for essay competition and summer school 14-21 June 1969, poster for Durham Miner's Gala Centenary [in colour] Socialist Commentary, January 1969 - Mar 1969 TUC Information Broadsheet December 1968 - May 1969 National Coal Board scheme for supplementary payments, January 1968 and memorandum part xxii 1 Jan to 31 Dec 1967, blue card information series no. 1 Smokeless Fuel Entitlement 'Gloco' and 'Sunbrite'`, The Miner, January - May1969 Durham County Mining Federation Board circulars 27 January - 16 may 1969, minutes of board meeting 3 December 1968 Sam Watson Rest Home, Bolton Crofts, Richmond Yorkshire letter concerning admission of guests, 3 February 1969 University of Cambridge board of extra-mural studies notice re bursaries for adult students National Union of Mineworkers circular 10 February 1969, National Executive Committee minutes 9 January 1969 Durham Aged Mineworker' Homes Association blank nominations form February 1969, circulars may 1969, agenda for meeting 12 may Trades Union Congress Education Service Spring Programme, Northern regional Education Advisory Committee half-day school, 22 June 1969 Durham Miners' Welfare circular re admission to Conishead Priory Convalescent Home, 22 January 1969, 37th annual report and statement of accounts for Conishead Priory Convalescent Home for Durham mineworkers Frank Graham Newcastle-upon-Tyne flyers advertising reproductions of coalmining books, 1969 Coal Queen of Britain poster [in colour] and supporting information, including for Durham heats Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation Annual Report 1967 Ministry of Social Security information booklets Forum Theatre Newsletter, June 1969 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 140

Volume of 'Publications Issued' to and by the DMA, issued July - December 1969 Includes: National Union of Mineworkers, Executive Committee minutes 13 April 1967- 12 October 1967, NUM (Durham Area) balance sheet at December 1968, gala brochure and ephemera1969, committee meeting minutes 28 May - 6 October council meeting minutes 28 June- 25 October, circulars 9 July- 3 November including closure of Conishead Priory Convalescent Home , programme of council meeting and notes for delegates 23 August 1969 - 25 October, revision of voting and numbers of seats and wards, Decisions of Lodges in Motions Before Council Meeting held 28 June 1969 23 August and result, nomination forms, Annual Report 1967 [ includes damages cases settled in 1967, with names dates of accident, what happened and amount settled], poster for Annual Tutorial Class 9 November 1969 [in colour] Copy letter from G.C Shephard, National Coal Board, Hobart House, Grosvenor Place, London to L. Daly, Secretary, National Union of Mineworkers Durham County Mining Federation Board, minutes of board meeting 28 March - 13 June 1969, circular 24 July - 23 September 1969 The Miner including conference special, June 1969- November Forum Theatre Newsletter, July 1969 - October Mineworkers' Pension Scheme amendments September 1968 Booklet entitled Facilities for Better Health- Durham Coalfield [with photographs] TUC Information Broadsheet Labour July 1969- October Department of Health and Social Security information booklets Mineworkers' Pension, Industrial Injuries supplementary benefits and special fatal accident schemes reports and accounts 1967-8 Trades Union Congress Education Service Autumn Programme The National League of the Blind and Disabled of Great Britain and Ireland appeal to trade unions and Co-operative Movements University of Sheffield leaflet on the Arthur Markham Memorial Prize 1970 National Coal Board (Durham Area) circular 27 October `1969 Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation poster for the Miners' Welfare National Educational Fund British Red Cross Society appeal letter October 1969 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 141

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publications issued, no. 1, January - June 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 193/1

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publications issued, no. 2, July - December 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 193/2

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publication issued no. 3, January - June 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 192/1

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publication issued no. 3, July - December 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 192/2

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publication issued no. 6, July - December 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 192/3

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publication issued no. 7, January - June 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 192/4

L.P. Gov. Miscl. Publication Issued, Vol. 8, July - December 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 249/1

L.P. Gov. Miscl. Publication Issued, Vol. 9, January - June 1946 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 249/2

L.P. Gov. Miscl. Publication Issued, Vol.10, July - December 1946 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 249/3

L.P. Gov. Miscl. Publication Issued, Vol.11, January - June 1947 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 249/4

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publication issued no. 12, July - December 1947 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 192/5

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publication issued no. 13, January - June 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 192/6

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publication issued no. 14, July - December 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 192/7

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publication issued no. 15, January - June 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 192/8

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publications issued, no. 16, July - December 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 193/3

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publications issued, no. 17, January - June 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 193/4

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publications issued, no. 18, July - December 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 193/5

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publications issued, no. 19, January - June 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 193/6

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publications issued, no. 21, January - June 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 193/7

L.P. Gov. Miscellaneous Publications issued, no. 22, July - December 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 193/8

NUM, NCB and Miscellaneous Publications Issued, July 1956 - December 1956 Fact, A Monthly Socialist Digest, July - December 1956; Socialist Commentary, July - December 1956; NUM Information Bulletin, vol. II, Nos. 5 - 8, May - September 1956 (published as double issues); Broadsheets on Britain nos. 59 - 62; Coal Industry Reports and Accounts, 1955 - 1956; circular re: National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, no date; circulars from the National Council of Labour Colleges, Division No. 9, October 1956; Forward, vol. 50 no. 38 - 52, 21 September - 28 December 1956; circular from the University of Sheffield re: The Arthur Markham Memorial Prize, July 1956; Northern News Sheet, Workers' Educational Association; circular from the British Red Cross Society, no date; Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation poster for scholarships, November 1956; Socialist Digest (Incorporating Fact), January 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 250/5

'War Time Legislation Passed up to December, 1939', 17 January 1940 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/24

'Information Pamphlet No.23, Miners' Nystagmus Research', 9 December 1949 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/30

'Explanation of Principles of Common Law', December 1963 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/20

'Coalmining Industry: Third National Daywage Structure', 28 June 1971 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/37

'The New Concessionary Fuel Agreement', 7 December 1983 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/21

'Table of National Insurance Benefits (General Scheme)', 1962 Blue Card Information Series, 1962, no.1 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/4

'Mineworkers' Pension Scheme and N.C.B. Staff Superannuation Scheme, Summary of Contribution Rates, Benefit Qualifications and Amounts of Benefit Payable', 1962 Blue Card Information Series, 1962, no.2 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/5

'Smokeless Fuel Entitlement', 1962 Blue Card Information Series, 1962, no.3 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/6

'Allowances to Transferred Industrial Workers, Redundant Workers and Long Distance Industrial Recruits', 1962 Blue Card Information Series, 1962, no.4 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/7

'Allowances to Transferred Industrial Workers, Redundant Workers and Long-Distance Industrial Recruits', 1963 Blue Card Information Series, 1963, no.4 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/8

'Smokeless Fuel Entitlement, "Gloco" and "Sunbrite"', 1964 Blue Card Information Series, 1964, no.1 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/10

'Coal Mining Industry, Contracts of Employment Act, 1963', 1964 Blue Card Information Series, 1964, no.2 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/11

'The Mineworkers' Sick Pay Scheme', March 1970 Blue Card Information Series, 1970, no.1 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/18

'Ascertainments Return Sheets &c. Jan - June 1925', as follows: Ballot paper for the election of Gala speakers (Final), January 1925 Notice, issued by the Executive Committee, that a levy will be made on all members to pay a sum, equivalent to unemployment pay, to members at Sherburn House who have been 'sacrificed by the owners owing to the Owners' decision to allow no local reductions', 13 January 1925 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, enclosing the 'ascertainment for October, November and December which governs the wages payable for the month of February 1925', including: the Joint Report of Price Waterhouse & Co., acting for the Durham Coal Owners' Association, and Edward Sparks & Son, acting for the Durham Miners' Association, giving the district basis rate; the district percentage payable in July 1914; the 88% of 'surplus proceeds' expressed as a percentage upon the basis rate; making an addition to the basis rate (viz. 100 percent); with, attached, (1) Table of the Calculation of 'Standard Wages'; (2) Table of the 'Calculation of Division of 'Surplus Proceeds'; (3) Table of the 'Calculation of Efficiency'; Joint Report, giving figures aggregated from Returns T.S.1 and T.S.2 submitted to us for the months of October, November and December 1924, in respect of all the Collieries coming under the Durham Coal Owners Association'; table setting out 'the total amount in the various departments, grouped in keeping with instructions of the National Wages Board. We also show the number of hours and the amount per ton in the different departments and the percentage relationship to the proceeds of the industry'; list of workman in the giving basis wage per shift, August wage, February 1925 wage; list of boys in the giving same information; list of types of workmen in the Durham County Colliery Enginemen's Boiler Minders' and Firemen's Association, giving the same information; list of workmen in the Durham Colliery Mechanics' Association giving the same information; Blank ballot form for nominees for the Committee of Management, February 1925 Durham County Mining Federation Board: Balance Sheet, 1 January - 31 December 1924 List of motions to go before the Council Meeting of Saturday, 7 February 1925, with blank spaces for Lodges to vote for and against the motions, February 1925 List of motions concerning the National Wages Agreement on which lodges may record their votes for and against, 1925 List, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, listing schemes put forward for grants from the Miners Welfare Fund, 12 February 1925 Blank form for the election of members of the Committee of Management, March 1925 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, giving the ascertainments for the months of September, October and November, which governs the wages payable for the month of January 1925, 31 December 1924 Announcement of the ballot for the election of a new Agent, 2 March 1925 Notice enclosing ballot papers for the election of a new Agent, 5 March 1925 Notice of, and ballot paper for, the election of Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, April 1925 List of 8 individuals in the result of the first ballot for the election of a new Agent, 17 March 1925 Notice announcing the final ballot for the election of a new Agent, 21 March 1925 Notice, issued by the Executive Committee, describing the financial position of the Durham Miners' Association, and blank form requesting details of numbers of members at each colliery on the funds of the Durham Miners' Association, 24 March 1925 Questionnaire, issued by the General Secretary, requesting information concerning how compensation cases are dealt with, numbers, and costs, in the years, 1921 - 1924, 1925 Questionnaire requesting information on hewers' hours, shifts worked, and machinery used, 25 March 1925 Circular enclosing blank ballot form for the election of a new Agent, 5 March 1925 List of motions to go before the Council Meeting of 28 March 1925, with blank spaces for Lodges to vote for or against the motion, 28 March 1925 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of December 1924, January and February 1925, which governs the wages payable for the month of April 1925, 2 April 1925 Notice of the result of the final ballot for a new Agent, with the election of J. Gilliland, 8 April 1925 Summary of Return on Hours, Coal Drawing, Unemployed, Coal Cutter Machines and Conveyors, etc., arranged alphabetically by lodge, April 1925 Circular concerning changes made by doctors in the issuing of a medical certificate, required by the 'New Compensation Act', and blank ballot form for Lodges to vote for the new, lower, charge, April 1925 Summary of Return on Financial Position and Benefits, giving the numbers of members on different benefits and the total liability of the Durham Miners' Association, 21 April 1925 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of December 1924, January and February 1925, which governs the wages payable for the months of January, February and March 1925, which governs the wages payable for the month of May 1925, 1 May 1925 Return on hours, machinemen and others, 2 May 1925 Notice asking Lodges to vote on 3 resolutions, recommended by a Special Council Meeting on 4 and 5 May 1925, to the effect that: the Executive Committee be given authority to negotiate with the coal owners on hewers' hours, the division of labour, the re-starting of the Joint Committee, and a change in basis rates of piece-workers; that benefits paid by the be reduced; that the Sick Fund be wound up, 6 May 1925 Ballot paper and list of candidates for the final election of Representatives to the Miners' Federation Conference, May 1925 Ballot paper and list of candidates for the final election of Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, May 1925 Notice giving the result of the Lodges' vote on the 3 resolutions recommended by the Special Council Meeting, 14 May 1925 Notice, enclosing an announcement issued, on 15 May 1925, by Ruskin College, Oxford, that a scholarship, tenable for one year, is offered to a working miner who is a member of his Trade Union, and who is active in the working class movement, 27 May 1925 Balance sheet of the General Fund, for the half-year ended 24 December 1924; and for the Political Fund, for the year ended 24 December 1924; Annual Return for 1924; Balance Sheet for the Sick Fund, for the half year ended 24 December 1924 List of motions taken before the Council Meeting of 30 May 1925, with blank spaces where Lodges may record whether they are for or against the motions, 5 June 1925 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of for January, February, March and April 1925, which governs the wages payable for the month of June 1925, 1 June 1925 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation, giving dates of Joint Committee Meetings with the Cokemen, July 1925 Blank ballot paper for the election of the Executive Committee, June 1925 Minutes of Committee Meeting, 2 June 1925 Poster informing members that they must pay their contributions to the Sick Fund right up to the date of its being wound up, 10 June 1925 Circular, enclosing details of a proposed scheme of co-operation between the Ministry of Labour and the Durham Miners' Association, to ensure that local mining jobs are, if possible, filled by local men, and ballot for the Lodges to vote on whether the scheme be accepted, 10 June 1925 Notice that a future Council Meeting will discuss the National Wages Question; and giving a report of the Special Miners' Federation Conference held on 20 May 1925, 15 June 1925 Minutes of Committee Meeting, 15 June 1925 Blank ballot paper for the election of Representatives at the Labour Party Conference, 7 July 1925 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, listing the schemes supported by the Miners' Welfare Fund, 11 June 1925 Blank quarterly returns, for the Small Pay and the Big Pay, to be completed by the Lodges, giving numbers of members of different categories, and details of income and disbursements, June 1925 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 106 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Ascertainment Return Sheets, &c., July - December 1925 Ascertainments Return Sheets, &c., March, April, May 1925, July 1925, 1 July 1925 Annual Survey, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, based on the Ascertainments for 1924, 1 July 1925 List of dates of Joint Committee Meetings with Cokemen, &c., July 1925 Circular requesting details of unemployed boys, between 14 and 16 years of age, who are employed in mining, in conjunction with the County Council's Juvenile Unemployment Scheme for the setting up of Unemployment Centres, 6 July 1925 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, indicating the fact that the National Coal Owners wish to change the process on which wage agreements are based, and comparing the Ascertainment under the old Agreement and under the proposed new Agreement, 7 July 1925 Circular concerning, and blank ballot form for, the election of Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, July 1925 List of decisions taken on motions before the Council, at its meeting of 18 July 1925, with blank spaces for the lodges to vote for or against each decision, taken on motions before the Council, 20 July 1925 Notice announcing that the L.N.E.R. will allow miners, and their wives and families, to attend the Gala for the cost of a single rather than return fare, 29 June 1925 Notice, enclosing a resolution by the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, allowing Safety Men to continue working during a stoppage, to ensure that the mines be ready to work after the stoppage, 29 July 1925 Ascertainment Return Sheets, &c., April, May, June 1925, August 1925 Notice, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, enclosing statements by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain and H.M. Treasury, as a basis for the settlement of the wages dispute: a subsidy by H.M. Government in aid of wages from 1 August 1925 to 1 May 1926, 5 August 1925 Notice informing the members that the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation, in collaboration with the Railwaymen, Transport Workers, Amalgamated Engineers, and others, have drafted an Industrial Alliance; and ballot form on which each Lodge can indicate whether it is in favour of the Alliance, 20 August 1925 Notice of, and blank ballot form for, the election of a Trustee, the vacancy for which has been occasioned by the death of Alderman Thomas Foster, 31 August 1925 Ascertainment Return Sheets, &c., May, June, July 1925, September 1925, 14 September 1925 List of decisions, 5 September 1925, September 1925 List, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, of schemes supported by the Miners' Welfare Fund, 7 September 1925 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, setting out the wages payable under the last Ascertainment, 15 September 1925 Notice concerning the Coal Commission, enclosing a circular, issued by the Mining Federation of Great Britain, discussing how the miners may be able to suggest how the costs of the production of coal may be cut, without a reduction in wages, by eliminating inefficiencies in production and distribution, 16 September 1925 Notice indicating that unemployed miners must continue to pay their contribution of 2d. per week if they wish to receive Death Benefits, 25 September 1925 Notice concerning the Coal Commission, enclosing a questionnaire, to be completed by each Lodge to supply information to the Miners' Federation National Executive, to allow it to put the case of the miners to the Coal Commission, 22 September 1925 Ascertainment Return Sheets, &c., June, July, August 1925, October 1925, 5 October 1925 Blank ballot form for the election of Chartered Accountants, 13 October 1925 Blank ballot form for the election of Federation Board Representatives, 13 October 1925 Blank ballot form for the election of Gala speakers, 13 October 1925 Blank ballot form for the election of Scrutineers, 13 October 1925 List of decisions taken on motions before the Council, at its meeting of 18 July 1925, with blank spaces for the lodges to vote for or against each decision, taken on motions before the Council, 20 July 1925, 24 October 1925, 27 October 1925 Ascertainment Return Sheets, &c., July, August, September 1925, November 1925, 5 November 1925 Ballot paper for the election of Trustee, 12 November 1925 List of decisions taken on motions before the Council, at its meeting of 18 July 1925, with blank spaces for the lodges to vote for or against each decision, taken on motions before the Council, 14 November 1925, 9 November 1925 Ballot paper for the election of a Chartered Accountant, 16 November 1925 Ballot paper for the election of the Executive Committee, November 1925 Ballot paper for the election of the Federation Board Representatives, November 1925 Ballot paper for the election of Scrutineers, November 1925 Circular requesting that a ballot of individual members be held on the Resolution that 14 days' notice should be given before the cessation of employment, in order to ensure that there should be no further local reductions, or increase of hewers' hours, 25 November 1925 Circular indicating that an individual ballot is to be held, 25 November 1925 Circular enclosing ballot papers for the individual ballot, 28 November 1925 Notice and ballot paper for the election of Scrutineers, 30 November 1930 Ascertainment Return Sheets, &c., August, September, October 1925, December 1925, 1 December 1925 Ballot paper for the election of a Chartered Accountant, 2 December 1925 Ballot paper for the election of Gala speakers, 4 December 1925 Circular indicating that the individual vote resulted in a 51% majority in favour, but that a 75% majority is necessary for action to be taken, accompanied by a questionnaire to be answered by each lodge giving information on 'reduction, revisions and increases of hours since May 1923', 8 December 1925 Ballot paper for the election of the Executive Committee, 15 December 1925 Dates of Joint Committee meetings with the Cokemen &c., January - June 1926 List, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, of schemes supported by the Miners' Welfare Fund, 23 December 1925 Balance sheets of General and Sick Funds for the half-year ended 24 December 1925, and of the Political Fund for the half-year ended 24 December 1925; annual return for 1925; return to be completed by each lodge giving membership, number of deaths, income and expenditure for the Small Pay and for the Big Pay, December 1925 Ballot paper for the vote in which lodges came out in favour of allowing lodges to negotiate local settlements, 31 December 1925 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 107 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Blank Membership Return, 1925 (as required by Registrar General), January 1926 List of motions, to be put before the Council Meeting of 30 January 1926, with blank spaces in which lodges may vote for or against the motions, January 1926 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of December 1924, January and February 1925, which governs the wages payable for the month of September, October, November 1925, January 1926, 5 January 1926 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of February 1926, which governs the wages payable for the month of February 1926, 1 February 1926 Circular concerning the payment of a removal allowance to any unemployed member on the Relief Fund within 12 months of his going on the Fund, with ballot paper concerning the question, 9 February 1926 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of November, December 1925, January 1926 which governs the wages payable for the month March 1926, 2 March 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, enclosing statistics for 1925 for the coal industry: Table 1: Trading Account; Table 2: Percentage Relationships; Table 3: Drawings; Table 4: Percentage Table; Table 5: Exports; Table 6: Wages and Cost of Living; Table 7: Number of Persons Employed, 5 March 1926 Notice, and ballot paper, for the appointment of Assistant Solicitor, 2 March 1926 'Revision of Voting (under New Rules) 1926 (Compiled from Last Quarterly Statement), giving the name of each Lodge its 'No. of Seat' and 'No. of Votes', 16 March 1926 Return, to be completed by each Lodge, giving the number of members, number of deaths, income and expenditure, 18 March 1926 Balance Sheets for the General and Sick Funds for the half year ended 24 December 1925; balance sheet for the Political Fund, for the half year ended 24 December 1925; Annual Return for 1925, April 1926 Notice, and ballot paper, for the selection of Representatives to the Miners' Federation Conference, April 1926 Notice, and ballot paper, for the selection of Representatives to the Miners' Labour Party Conference, April 1926 Notice, and ballot paper, for the selection of Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, April 1926 List of motions, before the Council meeting of 20 March 1926, to be voted on by Lodges, 26 March 1926 List of Lodge Secretaries' address, 1926 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of December 1925, January and February 1926, which governs the wages payable for the month April 1926, 1 April 1926 Ballot paper for the nomination of the Executive Committee, April 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, discussing the findings of the Coal Commission, and giving tables of the effect that the reduction in wages, necessary to reduce to the cost of the production of coal to level of the price obtainable for the coal, will have on the income of coal workers in Durham, 17 April 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, enclosing a circular, issued by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain and the National Federation of Colliery Enginemen and Boilermen, concerning the employment of Safety Men during the stoppage, 21 April and 1 May 1926 Blank ballot form for the election of the Executive Committee, Delegates to the Miners' Federation Annual Conference, delegates to the Labour Party Conference, and to the Trades Union Congress, April 1926 Circular concerning the Emergency Powers Act, requesting details of any members prosecuted, 18 May 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, reporting on a National Conference, held on 20 and 21 May, concerning the government's proposals for the coal industry in the aftermath of the collapse of the General Strike, 25 May 1926 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of January, February, March 1926, which governs the wages payable for the month May 1926, 31 May 1926 Circular enclosing 2 copies of The Miner, a weekly paper, published by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, 4 June 1926 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of February, March, April 1926, which governs the wages payable for the month June 1926, 10 June 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, referring to the fact that Labour has secured a majority on the County Council, and most District Councils and Boards of Guardians and that the County Council 'is interested in seeing that the children shall not hunger in consequence of a struggle in which they have no responsibility, the causes of which are inherent in our industrial system'; referring also, to the fact that money raised should be shared equally between districts, 14 June 1926 Circular announcing that the National Council of Labour Colleges is offering 12 free places on correspondence courses to the Durham Coalfield and enclosing a circular from the N.C.L.C. describing the courses, 14 June 1926 Notice, and ballot paper, for a vote on whether the 1926 Gala should be cancelled, 16 June 1926 Nomination paper for a place on a free correspondence course offered by the N.C.L.C., June 1926 List of nominees for, and ballot paper for, the Executive Committee, 18 May 1926 List of nominees for, and ballot paper for, Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, 18 May 1926 List of nominees for, and ballot paper for, Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, 18 May 1926 List of nominees, and ballot paper, for the election of Assistant Solicitor, 18 May 1926 Form for a weekly report from each Lodge on the number and type of men who have returned to work, any proposals made by the Owners, any small collieries with no Lodge, whether the colliery company is allowing the men coal, 1926 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 108 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Ascertainments, Return Sheets, &c., July - December 1926 as follows: Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, discussing the terms offered by the owners for a return to work on 12 July, enclosing a table of the wages on offer and a copy of the letter from the Durham Coal Owners' Association to the Durham Miners' Association, 8 July 1926 Notice, and blank voting slip, concerning a proposed alteration of the Rules, August 1926 Notice of Special United Council Meetings of the Durham County Mining Federation Board, to be held on 21 August and 18 September, to discuss reports from the National Conference, 19 August and 13 September 1926 Form for the Quarterly Report, required from each Lodge on number of members, number of deaths, income and expenditure, 16 September 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Association, including Conference Resolutions, 2 September 1926; Samuel Memorandum: Draft Proposals, 11 May 1926; Government Proposals for the Settlement of the Mining Dispute on the lines of Royal Commission Report; Memorandum, embodying suggestions for the termination of the coal dispute, prepared at the close of Conference between representatives of the Christian Churches and the Officials of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain on July 1st, 1926; A.J. Cook's letter to Evan Williams, 8 September 1926; letter from Evan Williams to Winston Churchill, 13 September 1926; text of the resolution of the Committee of the Miners' Federation, 14 September 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, including a copy of a letter sent by the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, to the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, giving the Government's proposals concerning the National Lock-Out, 17 September 1926 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, of a Special United Council Meeting, to discuss a resolution from the National Conference, 30 September 1926 Blank form on which Lodges are to report the number and type of men who have returned to work, September 1926 Ballot form on which Lodges may vote in favour, or against, the Government's proposals, 1926 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, of a Special United Council Meeting to consider resolutions passed at the National Conference: Safety Men to be withdrawn from every colliery; embargo on all foreign coal; cessation of mining of outcrops; a Special Congress of the Trade Union Congress be convened to deal with a levy; speakers to be sent to all 'black areas' and a nation-wide campaign to be led by Labour M.P.s, 9 October 1926 Notice, and ballot form, for a vote on the conference proposals, October 1926 Notice, and form, for the nomination of Chartered Accountants, October 1926 Notice, and form, for the nomination of Scrutineers, October 1926 Notice, and form, for the nomination of Federation Board Representatives, October 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, urging members to resist approaches, made by the coal owners, to individual members to return to work, 20 October 1926 Ballot form for the election of Scrutineers, November 1926 Ballot form for the election of Executive Committee, November 1926 Ballot form for the election of Federation Board Representatives, November 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Board Federation, concerning threats by the Coal Owners to individual miners that their jobs will be filled by blacklegs if they do not return to work, 2 November 1926 Nomination form for the Executive Committee, October 1926 List of nominees and ballot form for Chartered Accountant, November 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, informing members that negotiations have been opened with the Government, 8 November 1926 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, that a Special United Council Meeting will be held on 15 November, 13 November 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, giving the Memorandum of Settlement put forward by the Government, and explanation, given by the Mines Department, of certain clauses in the settlement, 15 November 1926 Ballot form on which to record the agreement of Lodges to Conference recommendations concerning the National Lock-Out, November 1926 Notice, issued by Durham County Mining Federation Board, of a Special United Council Meeting, 20 November 1926 Second draft, issued by the Durham Coal Owners' Association, of 'Owners' proposals, as submitted to the Representatives of the Workmen on 23 November 1926' Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, of a Special United Council Meeting, to consider the negotiations that have taken place with the Durham Coal Owners' Association, 24 November 1926 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, of the 'Terms of Settlement' between the Durham County Mining Federation Board and the Durham Coal Owners, 24 November 1926 List of nominees and ballot form, for the election of Chartered Accountant, December 1926 List of nominees and ballot form, for the election of Executive Committee, December 1926 'Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham County Mining Federation: Durham Coal Mining Industry: Wages and Conditions of Employment: Agreement dated November 30th 1926' Report form on which Lodges are to indicate, weekly, how many, and what sort of, men have returned to work; what, if any, proposals have the Owners made to Lodges or individuals; how many small collieries are in their areas; how many Safety Men; how many Soup Kitchen and other forms of relief; whether the Colliery Company is allowing the men coal, 1926 List of nominees, and ballot form, for Scrutineers, December 1926 Circular giving the result of the ballot, on 29 November 1926, on the question of accepting the proposals for a return to work, listed by Lodge, 1 December 1926 Notice concerning, and ballot form for, a proposal to leave the number of votes belonging to each Lodge as they are at present, December 1926 Return asking each Lodge to give the numbers and types of men who have returned to work; numbers who worked during the Stoppage; the method used by Management in re-starting men; whether Lodge Officials have been employed; whether the Checkweighman has been interfered with; whether more men and boys will be employed; whether men and boys have been laid off; December 1926 Quarterly statement form, December 1926 Return of hours of various classes of men, December 1926 Circular discussing how aid can be organised for men who lived in rented houses during the stoppage, 29 December 1926 Ballot form concerning aid for men in rented houses, January 1927 'List of Cash Payments of Compensation for Various Classes, December 1926 to February 1927: 89%', December 1926 List of dates of the ending of Quarters for the Year 1927; January 1927 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 109 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Ascertainments, Return Sheets, &c., January - June 1927, as follows: Membership Return (as required by Registrar General), 1926 Durham Coal Owners' Association and the Durham County Mining Federation: Durham Coal Mining Industry: Wages and Conditions of Employment: draft agreement, 17 January 1927 List, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Association, of dates of Joint Committee Meetings with Cokemen, &c., January - June 1927 Form for a return of numbers of men who have not re-started work; the number of these men who are not bona-fide householders; the number of men who were paid their complement of relief prior to the lock-out, but who did not get re-started, January 1927 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning the Miners' Welfare Fund; minutes of the meeting of the Miners' Welfare Fund Committee; list of schemes submitted to the Welfare Fund Committee, 9 February 1927 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, discussing the fact that the Coal Owners have imposed, as part of the Settlement, the condition that houses, and house coal shall be regarded as wages, not other costs, 11 February 1927 List of motions before the Council Meeting of 12 February 1927, on which Lodges may vote, and results of vote, 15 February 1927 and 1 March 1927 Ballot form on which Lodges may indicate whether they are in favour of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain taking over The Miner, February 1927 Ballot form on which Lodges may indicate whether men who resumed work before the end of the stoppage may be re-admitted to the Durham Miners' Association, January 1927 Notice of the provisions, by the Oxford University Tutorial Classes Committee, of two-year scholarships to qualified working-class students, 28 February 1927 Circular, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, asking members to submit their schemes for support by the Miners' Welfare Fund, 4 March 1927 Ascertainments, Return Sheets, &c., January 1927, March 1927, 11th March 1927 Minutes of the Durham County Mining Federation Board meeting, 11 March 1927 Ballot form for the resumption of the Gala, March 1927 Ballot form for the acceptance of the Committee's recommendations concerning the conditions and regulations under which Rent Allowance has to be paid and those entitled to receive it, March 1927 Ballot form for the acceptance of the Committee's recommendations concerning the arrangements for men in arrears and Unfinancial Members, March 1927 List of motions before the Council Meeting of 12 March 1927, on which lodges may vote, 15 March 1927 Ascertainment, Return Sheets, &c., February, April, 1 April 1927 Result of Lodge vote on motions before the Council Meeting of 12 March 1927, 8 April 1927 Ballot form for the election of Assistant Solicitor, April 1926 Ballot form for the nomination of Executive Committee, April 1927 Notice concerning the possible adoption of The Miner as the official newspaper of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain; description of the Pit-Head Baths at Boldon which will be inspected by Delegates to a Conference at Boldon concerning The Miner, April 1927 List of motions before the Council Meeting of 2 April 1927, on which the lodges may vote, 8 April 1927 Ascertainment, Returns Sheets, &c., March 1927, May 1927, 2 May 1927 Nomination form for Gala speakers, May 1927 List of nominees as, and ballot forms for, Gala Speakers, May 1927 Notice giving details of one-year scholarships at the Labour College, London, and at Ruskin College, Oxford, 8 June 1927 Notice of, and nomination form for, Miners' Federation Conference, 11 May 1927 Notice of, and nomination form for, Labour Party Conference, 11 May 1927 Notice of, and nomination form for, Trades Union Congress, 11 May 1927 List of nominees and ballot form for Executive Committee, 17 May 1927 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, on the Miners' Welfare Fund, with a list of schemes submitted to it, 18 May 1927 List of motions before the Council Meeting, held on 21 May 1927, on which Lodges may vote, 24 May 1927 Ascertainment, Return Sheets, &c., April 1927, June 1927, 31 May 1927 Balance Sheets of the General Fund and Political Fund for the year ended 23 December 1926 and Annual Return, 1926 Return to be completed by each Lodge, giving details of Rent Allowance paid, 1927 List of motions before the Council Meeting of 21 May 1927, on which the Lodges may vote, 14 June 1927 Ballot form for election of Delegates to Labour Party Conference, 21 June 1927 Ballot form for election of Delegates to Trades Union Congress, 21 June 1927 Ballot form for election of Delegates to Miners' Federation Annual Conference, 21 June 1927 List of nominees, and ballot form, for Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, 23 June 1927 List of nominees as, and ballot form for, Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, 23 June 1927 List of nominees as and ballot form for, Representatives to the Miners' Federation Annual Conference, 23 June 1927 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 110 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Ascertainments, Return Sheets, &c., July - December 1927, as follows: Ascertainment, May 1927, July 1927, 4 July 1927 List of dates of Durham County Mining Federation Association Joint Committee Meetings, August 1927 Result of Lodge vote on motions before the Council Meeting of 9 July 1927, 2 August 1927 Notice that the L.N.E.R. will allow those travelling to the Gala to purchase return fare for the price of a single fare, 15 July 1927 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Sections (Cokemen, Mechanics, Enginemen and Miners), of a Conference re Unemployment Benefit, at Red Hill on 6 August, 25 July 1927 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of June 1927, August 1927, which governs the wages payable for the month 28 July 1927 Circular, issued by Thomas Trotter, General Treasurer to the Durham Miners' Association, discussing the proposed conference on unemployment benefit, describing the regulations governing the payment of benefits, 6 August 1927 List of motions, before the Council Meeting of 27 August 1927, on which the Lodges may vote, 29 August 1927 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of July 1927, September 1927, August 1927, which governs the wages payable for the month 28 July 1927, 30 August 1927 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, on the Miners' Welfare Fund, with list of schemes submitted to it, 5 September 1927 Result of Lodge vote on motions before the Council Meeting of 27 August 1927, 13 September 1927 Form for Quarterly Statement by each Lodge, 15 September 1927 Balance Sheet of General Fund, 23 June 1927 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, of 60 meetings to be held in the County, by the Industrial Health Education Society, to inform mineworkers on matters of health, 20 September 1927 Notice urging members to buy The Miner, which is still not selling enough to make it a paying proposition, 22 September 1927 Notice of, and nomination form for, the appointment of a junior clerk, 24 September 1927 Notice of, and nomination form for, the election of Scrutineers, 24 September 1927 Application form for scholarships at Labour College, London, for the period from September 1927 to July 1928, September 1927 Notice of, and nomination form for, Federation Board Representatives, 1 October 1927 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the month of August 1927, which governs the wages payable for the month October 1927, 1 October 1927 Circular announcing that the Durham County Mining Federation Board has received a letter, from the Durham Coal Owners' Association, indicating the latter's desire to modify the County Agreement of 30 November 1926, 8 October 1927 Return, to determine the 'actual number of coal drawing days' worked at each Colliery, to be completed by each Lodge, October 1927 Notice of, and nomination form for, the Executive Committee, October 1927 List of motions before the Council Meeting of 15 October 1927, on which the Lodges may vote, 18 October 1927 List of nominees, and voting form, for the election of Chartered Accountant, October 1927 Form on which the number of days worked during the weeks ending 22 and 29 October may be recorded by each Lodge Secretary, October 1927 List of nominees, and voting form, for the election of Chartered Accountant Voting form for the election of Scrutineers, October 1927 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of September 1927, November 1927, which governs the wages payable for the month October 1927, 2 November 1927 List of nominees, and voting form, for the election of Scrutineers, November 1927 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, on the Miners' Welfare Fund, including list of schemes supported by the Fund, 10 November 1927 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, on the Miners' Fund National Scholarship Scheme, 11 November 1927 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, on negotiations with Coal Owners over the latter's demands that the level of wages should be re-negotiated, 12 November 1927 Form on which Lodges should record the days worked in the weeks ending 5 and 12 November 1927 Notice, and voting form, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, setting out a clause entitled the 'Northumberland County Agreement' and asking Lodges to indicate whether they agree that it should be included in the Durham County Agreement, November 1927 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, on the Miners' Federation of Great Britain Conference held in London on 27 October 1927, concerning the attitude, and proposals of the Durham Coal Owners, 12 November 1927 Nomination form for the election of Federation Board Representatives, November 1927 List of nominees, and voting form, for the election of Federation Board Representatives, 18 November 1927 List of nominees, and voting form, for the election of the Executive Committee, 18 November 1927 Form on which Lodges should record the number of days worked during the weeks ended 19 and 26 November 1927 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, concerning the involvement of unemployed men on Local Welfare Committees, 30 November 1927 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of October 1927, December 1927, which governs the wages payable for the month October 1927, 2 December 1927 List, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, giving dates of Joint Committee Meetings with Cokemen &c., September - December 1927 List of motions before the Council Meeting of 3 December 1927, on which Lodges may vote, 6 December 1927 Result of Lodge vote on the political levy on a motion before the Council Meeting of 15 October 1927, 8 December 1927 Return on weekly shifts to be completed by lodges for the weeks ending 3 and 10 December 1927, 14 December 1927 Result of Lodge vote on motions before Council Meeting of 3 December 1927, 30 December 1927 Return on weekly shifts to be completed by lodges for the weeks ending 17, 24 and 31 December 1927, 7 January 1928 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 111

Ascertainments, Return Sheets, &c., January - June 1928, as follows: Report by W.P. Richardson, General Secretary, on 'Contracting for Political Purposes', 4 January 1928 List, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, of the dates of Joint Committee Meetings with Cokemen etc., January - April 1928 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of November 1927, January 1928, which governs the wages payable for the month 2 December 1927, 9 January 1928 List of Quarters for the year 1928, January 1928 List of motions before the Council Meeting of 21 January 1928, 24 January 1928 Return on weekly shifts for the weeks ending 7, 14, 21, 28 January 1928 Form to be completed by the Lodge, recording Local Reductions, January 1928 Form, to be completed by the Lodge, recording Pieceworkers' Averages for the latest Pay on which Averages are available, January 1928 Membership Return, 1927, to be completed by the Lodge, January 1928 Durham County Mining Federation Board: Revision of Minimum Percentage: Evidence Submitted To The Independent Chairman of the District Board, 6 February 1928 Durham County Mining Federation Board: Revision of Subsistence Wage: Evidence Submitted to The Independent Chairman of the District Board, 6 February 1928 Result of Lodge vote on motions before the Council of 21 January 1928, 7 February 1928 Notice, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, that the Award of the Independent Chairman is a reduction in the current Minimum Percentage payable on the basis wages, and a reduction in the Subsistence Wage, with tables indicating the level of wages for different workers, 10 February 1928 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of December 1927, February 1928, which governs the wages payable for the month February 1928, April 1928, 13 April 1928 Motion deploring the award of the Independent Chairman, before the Special Council Meeting of 25 February 1928, on which lodges may vote, 28 February 1928 List of Cash Payments of Compensation for Various Classes, March 1928 List of Wages and Percentages Issued by Joint Committee Department, March 1928 Form which should be completed, on the receipt, from the General Treasurer, of a sum as Death Grant, 1928 Form to be completed on the receipt from the General Treasurer of a sum as Death Benefit, 1928 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of, January 1928, March 1928, which governs the wages payable for the month February 1928, April 1928, 13 April 1928 Return, to be completed by the Lodges, giving weekly shifts details for the weeks ending 4, 11, 18, 25 February, 7 March 1928 Form on which Lodges may record their opinion of the Executive Committee's recommendations concerning Lintz and South Garesfield Lodges, 3 March 1928 Result of the Lodge Vote on the motion before the Special Council Meeting of 25 February 1928, 13 March 1928 List of motions before the Council Meeting of 10 March 1928, 13 March 1928 Balance sheet of the General Fund for the half year ended 22 December 1927; balance sheet of Political Fund for the half year ended 22 December 1927; Annual Return for 1927 Notice and nomination form concerning 2 Members and 2 Agents to attend the Miners' International Conference at Nimes, France, on 28 May and following days, 19 March 1928 Result of Lodge Vote on motions before the Council Meeting on 10 March 1928, 27 March 1928 Notice concerning, and nomination form for, Gala speakers, 2 April 1928 Form for return on weekly shifts, for the weeks ending 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 March, 7 April 1928 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, describing the submission by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, to the Minister of Mines, describing the conditions in the Durham coalfield which have resulted from the Award of the Umpire, reducing the miners' wages, 10 April 1928 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of February 1928, April 1928, which governs the wages payable for the month 13 April 1928, 13 April 1928 List of nominees, and voting form, for Representatives at the International Conference, 17 April 1928 Nomination form for Executive Committee, May 1928 Voting form for delegates to International Conference, April 1928 List of nominees as Gala speakers, 18 April 1928 Notice, and tables, giving a summary of the returns concerning weekly shifts, arranged by Colliery, 19 April 1927 Form for return on weekly shifts for the weeks ending 7, 14, 21, 28 April, May 1928 List of nominees, and voting form, for International Conference Representatives, 30 April 1928 List of motions before the Council Meeting of 28 April 1928 on which Lodges may vote, 30 April 1928 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of March 1928, May 1928, which governs the wages payable for the month April 1928, 1 May 1928 Voting form for the election of Gala speakers, May 1928 List of 4 nominees and voting form, for the election of International Conference Representatives, 8 May 1928 List of nominees, and voting form, for the election of Gala speakers, 10 May 1928 Report, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, discussing the impact on wages and output of the Umpire's Award, 11 May 1928 Result of vote on Motions before the Council Meeting of 28 April 1928 on which Lodges have voted, 17 May 1928 Notice, and nomination form, for the Labour Party Conference Representatives, 18 May 1928 Notice, and nomination form, for the Trades Union Congress, 18 May 1928 Notice, and nomination form, for the Miners' Federation Conference, 18 May 1928 Notice giving details of Trades Union Congress Scholarships at the Labour College, London, and at Ruskin College, Oxford, 21 May 1928 Form for return on weekly shifts, for the weeks ending 5, 12, 19, 26 May, June 1928 Voting form for the Executive Committee Representatives, May 1928 List of nominees, and voting form, for Executive Committee Representatives, 2 June 1928 Agenda of the Miners' Annual Conference, giving the Council Meeting's notes and recommendations concerning each item, and asking the Lodges to vote for or against each one, June 1928 Notice and voting form, concerning possible alteration of the Rules of the Durham Miners' Association, 5 June 1928 Form for the claiming of Removal Money, 1920s Form for the election of Delegates to the Labour Party Conference, June 1928 Form for the election of Delegates to the Miners' Federation Annual Conference, June 1928 Form for the election of Delegates to the Trades Union Conference, June 1928 Ascertainment, issued by the Durham County Mining Federation Board, for the months of April 1928, June 1928, which governs the wages payable for the month June 1928, 8 June 1928 List of motions before the Council Meeting of 16 June 1928, on which lodges may vote, 19 June 1928 Notice and voting form, for the election of the Executive Committee, 20 June 1928 Notice and voting form, elucidating the Council resolution of 16 June, concerning contributions, 23 June 1928 Notice and voting form, concerning the re-starting of the Joint Committees, 25 June 1928 List of nominees, and voting form, for Representatives to the Miners' Federation Annual Conference, 26 June 1928 List of nominees, and voting form for Representatives to the Labour Party Conference, 26 June 1928 List of nominees and voting form for Representatives to the Trades Union Congress, 26 June 1928 Form for returning on shifts for the weeks ending 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 June 1928 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 112 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1928 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 113

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1929 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 114

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1929 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 115

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1930 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 116

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1930 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 117

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1931 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 118

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1931 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 119

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1932 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 120

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1932 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 121

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 122

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 123

Papers circulated to lodges (labelled 'Ascertainments, Return Sheets &c.'), 1 July - 28 December 1933 Copies of documents circulated to lodges: Revision of voting and numbers of seats [on Council] and wards, 1 July 1933; Result of Lodge Vote on Motions before Council Meeting, 5 July - 14 November 1933; Gala Day, July 22nd, 1933, Railway Fares, 11 July 1933; Return on Weekly Shifts, period ending 24 June 1933 - period ending 30 December 1933; DCMFB, circulars with joint reports from the accountants acting for the D.C.O.A. and the D.C.M.F. on ascertainments - wages, output and profits; comparisons with the previous periods; and the wage rates consequently payable to workers in the four constituent unions of the D.C.M.F., 13 July - 4 December 1933; Assistance from County Political Fund, 25 July 1933; Decisions of Lodges on Motions before Council Meeting, 9 August 1933 - 12 December 1933; Durham District Miners' Welfare Committee. Applications for Position as Porter at Conishead Priory, 11 August 1933; Appointment of New Agent, 28 August 1933; Quarterly Statement [of lodge membership] - Sept. 1933; Balance Sheet for General Fund for half-year ended June 29th, 1933; Nomination of Federation Board Representatives, 10 October 1933; Election of Chartered Accountants, 10 October 1933; Election of Scrutineers, 10 October 1933; Election of New Agent, 13 October 1933; Nomination of Executive Committee; Assistance from County Political Fund; Election of New Agent (First Vote); Election of New Agent November 1933 (First Ballot). Totals Sheet for Counting the Ballot; Ballot for Election of New Agent, 31 October 1933; Election of Chartered Accountant (First Time), 31 October 1933; Ballot for Election of New Agent, 2 November 1933; Election of New Agent [ballot papers]; Election of New Agent November 1933 (Final Ballot). Totals Sheet for Counting the Ballot; Election of New Agent [poster]; Election of New Agent Result of First Ballot, 14 November 1933; List of Lodge Secretaries' Addresses, November 1933; Election of Federation Board Representatives First Time; Election of Executive Committee First Time; Election of Scrutineers First Time; Election of New Agent [poster]; Election of Scrutineers (Final) , 21 November 1933; Election of Executive Committee (Final), 21 November 1933; Election of Federation Board Representatives (Final), 21 November 1933; Election of Chartered Accountant (First Time), 31 October 1933; Questionnaire re Pensions for Miners, 22 November 1933; Final Ballot for Election of New Agent, 23 November 1933; Election of New Agent Result of Final Ballot, 4 December 1933; Quarterly Statement [of lodge membership] - Dec. 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 222

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 124

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 125

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1935 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 126

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1935 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 127

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 128

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 129

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 130

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 131

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 132

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 133

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1939 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 134

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1939 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 135

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 136

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January - June 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 137

Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July - December 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 138

General Secretary's Quarterly Reports nos. 1 - 5, December 1935 - December 1936; General Secretary's Year's Review, January 1938, December 1938; General Secretary's Year's for the years 1939 - 1944; Souvenir Historical Record, 1869 - 1944; May Day Manifesto, 1938 - 1940; May Day Meetings, 1936; Circulars, 1936, 1942 (3) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 186/4

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1946 Includes: Annual report, 1 January 1947 (pp.7-14); Work of head office (p.14); Numbers of meetings held, documents issued and cases referred to Executive Committee members (pp.15-16); Matters negotiated with D.C.O.A. (pp.17-18); Bank holidays (pp.18-19); Numbers of accidents (pp.19-20); Common law cases settled in 1946 [gives lodges, names, details of accidents and settlements] (pp.21-24); Pneumoconiosis and Dermatitis (p.24); Rehabilitation centres and convalescent home (pp.25-29); Colliery canteens and packed meals depot (pp.30-35); National Council of Labour Colleges (pp.35-37); Essential Work (Coalmining Industry) Order, 1943 - Revocation (pp.39-42); Coal Mines (Training) General Regulations, 1945 (pp.42-47); Durham Coalmining Training Scheme and recruitment (pp.47-63); Pit Conciliation Machinery (pp.63-68); Cases unresolved on Vesting Day (pp.68-69); County agreements (pp.70-81); Matters negotiated with D.C.O.A. during 1946 (pp.81-85); Statistical information (pp.86-87) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 242 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

General Secretary's Annual Report for the year 1947 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 186/1

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1948 Includes: Annual report, January 1949 (pp.10-22); Poem, 'The Pitman' by John Rowell Waller (pp.22-23); Annual Gala (pp.24-27); Production bannerette (p.27); Visits abroad (pp.27-28); National Coal Output Competition (p.28); Awards for gallantry [gives names and details of awards] (p.29); Savings campaign (pp.29-30); National Health Service (p.30); Work of the head office departments and staff (p.31); Deputations, Executive Committee and Council Meetings (p.31); Numbers of cases dealt with by head office and Divisional Coal Board (pp.31-32); County questions discussed with Divisional Coal Board and agreements reached [details of agreements in Appendix 1] (p.33); Coal Production 1948/49 (pp.33-45); Extension of working hours agreement (p.46); Cleaner Coal, position at Bearpark Colliery (pp.46-48); Guaranteed wage and five-day week (pp.48-53); Redundancy and reorganisation schemes (pp.53-59); Wages and conditions of employment (pp.59-64); Annual holidays, 1949-1952 (pp.64-66); News Chronicle scheme of free holidays for miners [gives names, occupations and collieries of successful members] (pp.66-67); Concessionary coal allowance (pp.67-68); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme and dealt with by head office (pp.68-74); Strikes, stoppages and restrictions of output, 1872-1948 (pp.75-77); Consultative machinery (pp.79-82); Accidents, 1869-1948 (pp.83-86); Compensation (pp.86-97); Common law cases [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled and under negotiation in 1948 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.98-107); Rehabilitation centres and convalescent home (pp.108-111); Mines medical service (pp.111-114); First aid training (p.115); National Health Service provisions (pp. 116-121); National health insurance contributions (p.122); Research into miners' nystagmus and pneumoconiosis (pp.123-124); Scientific research (pp.124-126); Protective clothing (p.127); Housing (pp.127-133); Education (pp.134-136); N.C.B. scholarships [gives names and addresses of successful applicants] (pp.136-139); Work of the National Miners' Welfare Council (pp.139-142); Special ration concessions and allowances (pp.143-144); Training (pp.145-153); Appendices relating to county agreements, statistical information and applications for disablement certificates (pp.154-188) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 26 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1949 Includes: Annual report, January 1950 (pp.10-15); Work of the head office departments and staff (pp.15-16); Proposed library (p.16); Annual Gala (pp.16-19); Honours and awards for gallantry [gives names and details of awards] (pp.19-20); Production bannerette (pp.20-21); Anglo-American Council on Productivity (pp.21-22); Visit of the Minister of Fuel and Power (pp.22-23); Brancepeth Colliery clay fall, 11 July 1949 (pp.23-26); Cocken Drift rat infestation (pp.26-27); Attempts to clear waterlogged collieries in south-west Durham (pp.27-28); Festival of Britain (p.28); National Committee of Enquiry into Production and Costs (pp.28-29); Structure and conduct of nationalised industries (pp.28-36); National wages structure grading proposals (pp.36-39); War additions to wages agreement (pp.39-45); Deduction of union contributions from wages (p.45); Concessionary coal (pp.45-49); Deputations, Executive Committee and Council Meetings (p.49); Numbers of cases dealt with by head office and Divisional Coal Board (pp.50-51); Continuation of extension of working hours agreement (pp.51-53); Production campaign (pp.54-58); Clean coal campaign (pp.58-61); Redundancy agreement (pp.61-67); Closure of Burnhope Colliery (pp.67-76); Redundancy due to development of Peterlee (p.76); Miners' subsidised transport, draft memorandum of policy (pp.77-79); Forepoling in mothergate caunches, test case (pp.80-82); Provision of cap lamp fittings (p.82); Annual and statutory holidays (pp.83-88); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme and dealt with by head office (pp.89-97); Strikes, stoppages and restrictions of output, 1872-1949 (pp.97-108); Consultation and conciliation (pp.108-117); Accidents, 1869-1949 (pp.118-120); Thornley Colliery, inrush of water [gives names, ages, family details and settlements of those who died] (pp.120-121); Emergency medical arrangements in the event of a disaster (pp.121-124); Compensation and national insurance questions (pp.124-151); Common law cases [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled and under negotiation in 1949 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.151-158); Rehabilitation centres and convalescent home (pp.159-161); Safety and health in the mines (p.162); Mines medical service (pp.163-164); Dust suppression, wet cutting (pp.165-166); Occupational diseases, pneumoconiosis, dermatitis and nystagmus (pp.166-172); Pithead baths (pp.172-175); Colliery canteens (pp.175-177); Welfare (pp.177-180); Miners' hostels (pp.180-182); Housing (pp.182-188); Education (pp.188-192); N.C.B. scholarships [gives names and collieries/schools of successful applicants] (p.190); Manpower and training (pp.192-205); Coal Industry (Nominees) Ltd. (p.206); Appendices relating to national arbitration award and statistical information, (pp.207-223) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 27 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1950 Includes: Annual report, January 1951 (pp.11-12); Work of the head office departments and staff (pp.13-14); Honours [gives names, addresses and collieries] (p.14); Annual Gala (pp.15-19); Poems, 'Gala Reflections' and 'Toil' by W. Dowding (pp.20-21); Production bannerette (pp.21-22); N.C.B. certificates for long and meritorious service (pp.23-24); Pioneer diplomas (p.25); Around the collieries - Byermoor, Dawdon, Elemore, Emma, Fishburn, Herrington, Heworth, Littleburn (pp.25-30); Visitors to the coalfield (pp.30-32); Dividing the N.C.B. Northern Division (pp.32-33); Review of the coal industry (pp.33-39); National Plan for Coal (pp.39-60); Trade Union Congress wages policy (pp.62-66); Wages of lower-paid workmen (pp.66-83); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.83-86); Deputations, Executive Committee and Council Meetings (p.87); Numbers of cases dealt with by head office and Divisional Coal Board in 1950 (pp.87-88); Requests made to the Divisional Coal Board (pp.89-93); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme and dealt with by head office, including Aggression in Korea (pp.93-102); County conference of consultative committees (pp.102-109); Pit conciliation scheme (p.109); Strikes, stoppages and restrictions of output, 1872-1950 (pp.110-116); Unofficial stoppage at Fishburn Colliery (pp.117-118); Absentee procedure (pp.119-120); Extension of working hours agreement and coal crisis (pp.121-126); Compensation for redundancy - Leasingthorne, Hetton Lyons, Burnhope, Malton, Shotton (pp.126-128); Partial closure of Garesfield and Addison Collieries (pp.129-131); Compensation for redundancy, checkweighmen (p. 132); Mechanisation (pp.132-133); Manpower (pp.135-140); Call-up of miners for armed forces (pp.141-145); N.C.B. new training scheme, The Ladder Plan (pp.145-152); Training in County Durham (pp.153-164); N.C.B. scholarships [gives names and addresses of successful applicants] (pp.158-159); N.C.B. summer school [gives names, addresses, collieries and occupations of successful applicants] (p.164); Mines inspections (pp.165-166); Mining disasters in 1950 - Knockshinnoch Castle (Scotland) and Creswell (Derbyshire) collieries (pp.166-167); Accidents, 1869-1950 (pp.169-171); Fatal accident scheme (pp.172-191); Fatal industrial diseases scheme [gives names, lodges, dates of death, names of dependants and settlements] (pp.191-195); Compensation and national insurance questions (pp.196-217); Quinn v. N.C.B., third party proceedings (pp.217-219); Common law cases [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled in 1950 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.220-228); Rehabilitation centres and convalescent home (pp.228-235); Miners' welfare scheme (pp.235-240); Emergency and part-time medical services (pp.240-241); Mines medical service (pp.241-246); Occupational diseases, nystagmus, pneumoconiosis, dermatitis, etc. (pp.246-249); Pithead baths (pp.249-255); Colliery canteens (pp.255-258); Extra meat for underground coal miners (pp.258-259); Miners' welfare (pp.260-262); Annual and statutory holidays (pp.263-267); Ukrainian celebration of Christmas (p.266); Housing (pp.267-274); Progress at Peterlee (pp.268-271); Sam Watson as chairman of the Labour Party (pp.275-284); General election, 1950 (pp.284-291); Union's role in politics (pp.291-294); What Labour has done (pp.294-297) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 28 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1951 Includes: Annual report, 1 January 1952 (pp.13-19); Distinctions conferred on members [gives names, occupations and collieries] (pp.20-21); Annual Gala (pp.22-28); Production bannerette (pp.29 and 31); News of the World production competition (p.29); Festival of Britain [including names, addresses and collieries of faceworkers demonstrating the mining machinery on display] (pp.29-30); N.C.B. certificates for long and meritorious service (p.32); Pioneer diplomas (pp.32-33); Around the collieries - Bildershaw, Crawcrook, Crookhall, Dawdon, Eppleton, Easington, Horden, Greenside, Lambton, Quaking Houses, South Birtley (pp.34-38); Visitors to the coalfield (pp.39-40); N.C.B. annual report (pp.41-46); N.C.B. research plan (pp.48-49); Coal exports and stocks (p.50); Coal output, Durham division (pp.51-52); First Increase in Wages Agreement, 1951 (pp.53-80); Second Increase in Wages Agreement, 1951 (pp.81-106); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.107-128); Subsidised mineworkers' transport (pp.129-133); Numbers of cases dealt with by head office and Divisional Coal Board (pp.134-135); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme and dealt with by head office, including circular on the resignation of Aneurin Bevan M.P., 24 April 1951 (pp.136-184); Queries under Charlesworth Award (pp.185-186); Industrial Disputes Order, 1951 (pp.187-188); Strikes, stoppages and restrictions of output, 1872-1951 (pp.189-192); Dismissal for absenteeism or indiscipline (pp.193-195); Extension of working hours agreement (pp.196-201); Amendments to five day week agreement (pp.202-209); Mechanisation (pp.210-218); Manpower (pp.219-225); Implementation of the Ladder Plan (pp.226-227); Training and education (pp.228-232); N.C.B. scholarships [gives names of successful applicants] (p.231); Sheffield Mines Mechanisation Training Centre (pp.233-236); N.C.B. summer school [gives names, addresses, collieries and occupations of successful applicants] (p.237); National Council of Labour Colleges (pp.238-239); Call-up of miners for H.M. forces (pp.240-247); Draft Coal Mines (Officials and Inspections) General Regulations, 1951 (pp.248-250); Scientific research (pp.251-256); Easington disaster [gives names of men killed, witnesses called at inquiry, and widows selected for holiday in Yugoslavia] (pp.257-270); Eppleton disaster [gives names of men killed] (pp.271-282); Deaths from natural causes and fatal accidents (pp.283-284); Accidents, 1743-1951 (pp.285-293); Fatal accident scheme [gives names, collieries, dates of accidents and settlements] (pp.294-296); Fatal industrial diseases scheme [gives names, lodges, dates of death, names of dependants and settlements] (pp.297-304); Workmen's compensation and industrial injuries (pp.305-308); Damages cases [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled in 1951 [gives lodges, names, ages, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.309-322); Workmen's compensation arbitration committee (p.323); Pneumoconiosis enquiry (p.323); Miners' nystagmus (pp.324-330); Employment of men suspended under Workmen's Compensation Act for pneumoconiosis or silicosis (pp.331-333); Workmen's Compensation (Supplementation) Scheme, 1951 (pp.334-348); Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Benefit Act, 1951 (pp.349-355); National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946 (pp.356-364); National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Colliery Workers Supplementary Scheme (p.365); National Insurance Act, sickness benefit (pp.366-376); Rehabilitation centres and convalescent home (pp.377-389); Miners' welfare [gives names and collieries of divisional boxing finalists] (pp.390-401); Pithead baths (p.402); Colliery canteens (p.403); Annual and statutory holidays (pp.404-410); Progress at Peterlee (pp.411-416); Death of Ernest Bevin M.P. (pp.417-419); General election, 1951 (pp.420-426); Labour's achievements from 1945 to 1951 (pp.427-430); Election results (pp.431-434); Wages agreements (pp.435-452); occupations in respect of which recognition is claimed from the N.C.B. (pp.453-456) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 29 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

General Secretary's Annual Report for the year 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 186/3

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1953 Includes: Annual report, 1 January 1954 (pp.1-7); Distinctions conferred on members [gives names, occupations and collieries] (p.8); Retirements of Edward Moore, President, and John Robson, Executive Committee Clerk, and death of Robert Gray, Chief Clerk (pp.9-12); Annual Gala (pp.13-23); National flood and tempest fund (pp.24-26); Production bannerette (pp.27-29); May Day message (pp.30-31); East German rising (pp.32-38); Around the collieries - Blackhall, Bowburn, Chilton, East Hetton, Eldon, Hole-in-the-Wall, Louisa and Morrison Busty, Murton, Ravensworth, South Hetton, Thornley, Watergate, Wardley, (pp.39-40); Questions in Parliament (pp.41-43); Durham Aged Miners' Homes Association (pp.44-47); Coal and the economic survey (pp.48-50); N.C.B. review for 1953 (pp.51-56); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.57-75); The coal trade in 1953 (pp.76-77); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme and dealt with by head office (pp.78-101); Colliery houses and firecoal allowance agreement (pp.102-114); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.115-119); South-west Durham coalfield (pp.120-129); Trade future of West Durham (pp.130-135); Union membership - full-time shotfirers (pp.136-142); Payments to mineworkers substituting for deputies or shotfirers (pp.143-148); Protection from call-up for National Service (pp.149-156); Part-time rescue brigade men retaining fees (pp.157-163); Annual and statutory holidays (pp.164-187); Transference of workmen to the West Midlands (pp.188-205); National wages negotiations (pp.206-226); Amendment to five-day week agreement (p.227); N.C.B. annual report and accounts (pp.228-238); New Mines and Quarries Bill (pp.239-256); Durham Division manpower (pp.257-261); Scientific research (pp.262-272); Committee on roadway conveyors (pp.273-276); Report of H.M. Inspector of Mines (pp.277-281); Report of Durham County Federation of Mines Inspection Boards (pp.282-285); Accidents, 1743-1953 (pp.286-289); Explosion at Horden Colliery [gives names, ages, occupations of men killed and taken to hospital] (pp.290-293); Fatal accident scheme [gives names, collieries, dates of accidents and settlements] (pp.294-296); Fatal industrial diseases scheme [gives names, lodges, dates of death and settlements] (p.297); Rehabilitation centres and convalescent home (pp.298-309); Report of Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (pp.310-315); Pithead baths (pp.316-317); Colliery canteens (p.317); Medical treatment centres (pp.318-319); Safety boots (p.320); Training and education (pp.321-339); N.C.B. scholarships [gives names of successful applicants] (p.340); N.C.B. summer school [gives names, addresses, collieries and occupations of successful applicants] (pp.341-342); National Council of Labour Colleges (pp.343-345); Pioneer diplomas (p.346); N.C.B. certificates for long and meritorious service [gives names and collieries] (pp.347-349); Progress at Peterlee (pp.350-355); Memorial garden at Miners' Hall (pp.356-357); Work of the head office departments and staff (p.357); Compensation Department (pp.358-360); Damages cases [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled in 1953 [gives lodges, names, ages, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.361-384); Workmen's compensation and industrial injuries (pp.385-405); Damage to dentures, teeth and glasses (pp.406-409); Pneumoconiosis research (pp.410-436); Miners' nystagmus (pp.437-444); Numbers of cases dealt with by head office and Divisional Coal Board (pp.445-446); Strikes, stoppages and restrictions of output, 1953 (pp.447-450); Coal output, Durham division (p.451); Coal production campaign (p.452); Attendance at Civil Defence training establishments (p.453); Wages, expenses, protective clothing and electricity supply agreements (pp.454-476); Numbers of redundancy schemes and workmen transferred to West Midlands (p.477); Strikes and stoppages, 1872-1953 (pp.478-479) Photographs: E. Moore and J.L. Robson (opp. p.10); Gala cathedral service (opp. p.14) Annual Gala [view of racecourse] (opp. p.16); Annual Gala [Royal County Hotel] (opp. p.16); Annual Gala [father and child] (opp. p.18); Rehabilitation treatment - The Hermitage (opp. p.304); Presentation of Pioneer Diplomas to aged members (opp. p.346); Miners' Hall and memorial garden (opp. p.356) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 30 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1954 Includes: Annual report, January 1955 (pp.1-6); Annual Gala (pp.7-14); Production bannerette (pp.15-16); Easington disaster cemetery memorial (pp.17-21); Honours conferred on members [gives names, occupations and collieries] (p.22); Around the collieries - Adelaide, Brandon, Brancepeth, Burnopfield, Blackhall, Bowburn, Craghead, Easington, Eldon Drift, East Hetton, Fishburn, Greenside, Harton, Lanchester, Mainsforth, Twizell Burn, Tanfield Lea, Wearmouth, Westoe, West Auckland (pp.23-27); Questions in Parliament (pp.28-33); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.34-64); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme and dealt with by head office, including a report on the unconstitutional stoppage at Whitburn, Harton and Westoe collieries, February and March 1954 (pp.65-166); Rehabilitation centres and convalescent home [gives names, ages, collieries, diagnoses, dates of discharge and reasons for non-employment for men not re-employed] (pp.167-180); Annual and statutory holidays (pp.181-213); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.214-231); Damages cases [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled in 1954 [gives lodges, names, ages, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.232-248); Workmen's compensation and industrial injuries (pp.250-252); National Insurance Bill, 1954 (pp.253-263); Pneumoconiosis and byssinosis (pp.264-267); Scientific research (pp.268-275); Training and education (pp.276-288); National Council of Labour Colleges (pp.288-290); N.C.B. certificates for long and meritorious service (p.291); Mineworkers' redundancy scheme (pp.292-300); Colliery houses and firecoal allowance agreement (pp.301-304); Production in 1954 (pp.304-319); Situation in the coal mining industry (pp.320-323); The coal trade in 1954 (pp.324-326); Review of the mining industry (pp.327-331); Coal prices (pp.332-334); Review of the N.C.B. organisation (pp.335-337); Amendments to the constitution of the Colliery Consultative Committee (pp.338-343); Extracts from minutes of meetings between N.U.M. and N.C.B. (pp.344-359); Subsidised transport for miners (p.361); Divisional housing committee (pp.362-365); Numbers of cases dealt with by head office and Divisional Coal Board (p.366); Stoppages and restrictions of output, 1954 (pp.367-450); Coal Mines Regulation (Suspension) No.2 Order, 1954 (p.368); Coal Mines (Training) (Longwall and Supervision) (Amendment) Exemption, 1954 (p.369); Extension of Hours Agreement (pp.370-371); Leave and pay arrangements for N.C.B. employees in H.M. forces (pp.372-376); Hospital out-of-pocket expenses (p.377); Amendment to five-day week agreement (p.378); Civil Defence training (p.379); Mines and Quarries Act, 1954 (pp.380-386); New wages structure (pp.387-397); Address of Sir Hubert Houldsworth to the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.398-406); 'Trade Unions in China' by Sam Watson (pp.407-410); Progress at Peterlee (pp.411-422); Sheffield Mechanisation Training centre (pp.423-426); Fatal accident scheme [gives names, collieries, dates of death and settlements] (pp.427-428); Fatal industrial diseases scheme [gives names, lodges, dates of death and settlements] (p.429); Report of H.M. Inspector of Mines (pp.430-440); Report of Durham County Federation of Mines Inspection Boards (pp.441-444); Divisional Welfare Officer's report (pp.445-450); Colliery canteens (p.451); Pithead baths (p.452); Medical treatment centres (p.453); Report of Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (pp.454-458); Wages and expenses agreements (pp.459-499); Accidents, 1743-1953 (pp.500-502) Photographs: E.H.D Skinner (chairman of Durham Divisional Coal Board) laying a wreath at Easington garden of remembrance (opp. p.19); Communal grave at Easington Colliery (opp. p.20) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 31 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1955 Includes: Annual report, 19 June 1956 (pp.1-4); Honours conferred on members [gives names, occupations and collieries] (p.5); N.C.B. certificates for long and meritorious service [gives names and collieries] (p.5); Annual Gala (pp.6-11); Visit of Soviet mineworkers to the Gala (pp.12-22); Pit-heap tree planting (pp.23-24); Production bannerette (pp.25-26); Questions in Parliament (pp.27-30); Around the collieries - Harton High Staithes, Crookhall, Leasingthorne, Chopwell, Greenside, New Herrington, West Pelton, Barlow Towneley, Boldon, Wingate, Deaf Hill, Herrington, Langley Park, Mainsforth, Thrislington, Ryhope (pp.31-34); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.35-48); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme and dealt with by head office (pp.49-89); Annual and statutory holidays (pp.90-93); Numbers of cases dealt with by head office and Divisional Coal Board (p.94); Extracts from minutes of meetings between N.U.M. and N.C.B. (pp.95-115); Divisional Welfare Officer's report (pp.116-121); Pithead baths (p.122); Colliery canteens (pp.122-123); Report of Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (pp.124-144); Committee of enquiry on the rehabilitation of the disabled (pp.145-153); Rehabilitation centres and convalescent home [gives names, ages, collieries, diagnoses, dates of discharge and reasons for non-employment for men not re-employed] (pp.154-168, pp.155-156 missing); Scientific research (pp.169-179); Rheumatism in miners (pp.180-182); Report of H.M. Inspector of Mines (pp.183-206); Report of Durham County Federation of Mines Inspection Boards (pp.207-211); Fatal accident scheme [gives names, collieries, dates of death and settlements] (pp.212-214); Fatal industrial diseases scheme [gives names, lodges, dates of death and settlements] (p.215); Damages cases [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled in 1955 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.216-251); Workmen's compensation and industrial injuries (pp.252-253); Colliery housing (pp.254-255); National Insurance increased benefits, 1954 (pp.256-257); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.258-290); Education and training (pp.291-294); N.C.B. Report on technical education (pp.295-296); National policy on the training and supervision of boys in surface employment (p.297); National Council of Labour Colleges (pp.298-300); Miners' welfare national scholarships [gives names, occupations, universities and course details for successful candidates] (pp.301-305); Manpower statistics (pp.306-309); Stoppages and restrictions of output (pp.310-313); Closures and reorganisations of collieries (p.314); First aid statistics (p.315); Amendment to extension of hours agreement (p.316); Method of payment of trainee supervisors and trainees (pp.317-319); Memorandum on the situation in the coalmining industry (pp.320-338); N.C.B. annual report (pp.339-378); Review of the industry (pp.379-380); The coal trade in 1955 (pp.381-382); New wages structure (pp.383-391); Supplementary agreement relating to chargemen and foremen (pp.392-408); Progress at Peterlee (pp.409-420); Wages and expenses agreements (pp.421-432) Photographs: Unveiling of Ushaw Moor Lodge banner by Countess Attlee (opp. p.xii); Earl and Countess Attlee, and Hugh and Dora Gaitskell at the Royal County Hotel (opp. p.6); Paddling in the River Wear at the Gala (opp. p.8); Soviet mineworkers' delegation at Durham station (opp. p.12); Presentation of a bannerette by Ivan Rossochinsky (opp. p.14); Visit of the Russian delegation to Greenside Aged Miners' Homes (opp. p.20) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 32 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1956 Includes: Poem, 'The Old Pitman's Wayside Story' by 'A Durham Miner' (p.xvi); Annual report, 19 June 1957 (pp.1-7); Honours conferred on members [gives names, occupations and collieries] (p.8); Death of John Foster, Executive Committee Secretary, and retirement of Harry Peacock, Finance Department Chief Clerk (pp.9-10); Annual Gala (pp.11-16); Durham area delegation to the U.S.S.R. (pp.17-19); Hungary (pp.20-21); Production bannerette (pp.22-23); Around the collieries - Wardley, Louisa, Lintz, Vane Tempest, Wheatley Hill, Dean and Chapter, Marley Hill, Wearmouth, Tudhoe, New Shildon, Brusselton, Gordon House, South Hetton, Silksworth, Shotton, South Medomsley, Westoe, Brandon, Lyons, Elemore, Morrison Busty, Tursdale, Blackhall, Usworth, Blaydon Burn Bessie, South Hetton, Hawthorn, Westerton, South Garesfield (pp.24-31); Questions in Parliament (pp.32-42); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.43-57); The Durham coalfield (pp.58-64); Progress reports from the East Durham pits (pp.65-66); More machine power in the Durham coalfield (pp.67-69); The Durham Coalfield: Prospects for 1957 (pp.70-71); Report of press conference held by the Durham Division Coal Board, 14 January 1957 (pp.72-73); The Durham Coalfield: All-Round Loyalty - The Foundation (pp.74-79); The coal trade in 1956 (pp.80-82); Investing in Coal (pp.83-86); Pit life in the last century (pp.87-88); Numbers of cases dealt with by head office and Divisional Coal Board (p.89 missing); Stoppages and restrictions of output (pp.90-95, p.90 missing); Annual and statutory holidays (pp.96-101, pp.97-100 missing); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.102-130); Increase in wages (pp.131-143); Amendment to extension of hours agreement (p.144); Pieceworkers doing alternative day-wage work when their own work is available (pp.145-147); Workmen's compensation and industrial injuries [gives dates, lodges, names and settlements] (pp.148-159); Instructions for the employment and medical supervision of pneumoconiosis cases (pp.160-164); Scientific research (pp.165-174); Report of H.M. Inspector of Mines (pp.175-200); Report of Durham County Federation of Mines Inspection Boards (pp.201-206); N.C.B. annual report (pp.207-263); 'My Impressions of the New China' by Sam Watson (pp.264-275); 'The Miner in the Atom World' by Sam Watson (pp.276-278); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme and dealt with by head office (pp.279-337); Damages cases [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled in 1956 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.338-368); Benefits payable to disabled mineworkers (pp.369-373; National Assistance Act, resources disregarded in assessing need (pp.374-382); Report of Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (pp.383-387); Rehabilitation centres and convalescent home] (pp.388-397); Education and training (pp.398-402); National Council of Labour Colleges (pp.403-406); Summer School at Oxford [gives collieries, names and occupations for successful candidates] (p.407); Training courses at the Mines Mechanisation Training Centre at Sheffield (p.408); Progress at Peterlee (pp.409-420); N.C.B. certificates for long and meritorious service [gives names and collieries] (pp.421-422); N.C.B. Amateur Boxing Association results [gives names, collieries and weights] (423-424); Safety footwear (p.425); provision of free meals for workmen engaged on overtime (p.426); provision of free light underground (p.427); Wages and expenses agreements (pp.421-432) Photographs: unnamed Durham miner (opp. p.xvi); Harry Peacock (opp. p.10); N.F. Nattrass (Labour Director, Durham Divisional Coal Board) and E.H.D. Skinner (Chairman, Durham Divisional Coal Board) (opp. p.72); Stan Rees (National Council of Labour Colleges organiser) (opp. p.406) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 33 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1957 Includes: Annual report, 1 February 1958 (pp.1-6); Awards for gallantry [no Durham names] (p.7); Honours conferred on members [gives names, occupations and collieries] (p.8); N.C.B. certificates for long and meritorious service [gives names and collieries] (pp.9-10); Annual Gala (pp.11-18); Election of Alfred Hesler as Financial Secretary (p.19); Around the collieries - Burnopfield, Hawthorn, Handonhold, Morrison Busty, Louisa, South Pelaw, South Garesfield, Stanley Burn, Murton/Eppleton, Deaf Hill, Wearmouth, Blackhall, Houghton, Esh Winning, Leeholme, Tudhoe Mill, Westoe (pp.20-25); Questions in Parliament (pp.26-36); The coal trade in 1957 (pp.37-47); A decade of vigorous progress in the Durham Coalfield (pp.48-53); Wages claim for day-wage workmen (pp.54-78); Removal of disqualification of the five day week bonus (pp.79-86); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.87-114); Presidential address of W.E. Jones to the annual conference (pp.104-111); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme and dealt with by head office (pp.115-145 and 371-382); Money grants to retired service officers (pp.146-147); Numbers of cases dealt with by divisional committees (p.148); Annual and statutory holidays (pp.149-156); Report of Durham County Federation of Mines Inspection Boards (pp.157-159); Report of H.M. Inspector of Mines (pp.160-185); Safety in mines (pp.186-204); Damages cases [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled in 1957 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.205-244); Fatal accident scheme [gives names, collieries, dates and settlements] (pp.245-248); Industrial injuries, industrial death and workmen's compensation schemes (pp.249-258);Durham area workmen's compensation, 1932-1957 (pp.259-263); National Assistance Act, resources disregarded in assessing need (pp.264-265); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.266-286); National superannuation scheme (pp.287-291); National scheme for the apprenticeship of engineering craftsmen (pp.292-295); Miners' welfare national scholarships and student exhibitions [gives names, occupations, universities and course details for successful candidates] (pp.296-305); Education and training (pp.306-309); Pithead baths (pp.310-312); Colliery canteens (pp.313-315); Medical centres (p.316); Report of Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (pp.317-330); N.U.M. guide to Mines and Quarries Act, 1954 (pp.331-332); Amendment to extension of hours agreement (pp.333-334); Statutory initial medical examination (p.335); Flat rate allowances for clothes and tools for colliery workers (pp.336-337); Index of wage rates (pp.338-339); Labour Party conference (pp.340-344); Scientific research (pp.345-351); Progress at Peterlee (pp.352-363); Stoppages and restrictions of output (pp.364-366); Survey of wages, 1932-1957 (pp.367-370); N.C.B. annual report (pp.383-428); Wages and expenses agreements (pp.429-448) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 34 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

General Secretary's Annual Report for the year 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 186/2

General Secretary's Annual Report for the Year 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 186/5

General Secretary's Annual Report for the year 1960 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 187/1

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1961 Includes: Annual report, January 1962 (pp.1-4); Annual Gala (pp.5-22); 'Durham Galas were not always carefree' (pp.23-26); Around the collieries - Westoe, Blackburn Fell, Roddymoor, Boldon, Moorhill, Bowburn, Greenside (pp.27-38); Questions in Parliament (pp.39-89); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.90-165); N.C.B. annual report (pp.166-191); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.191-279); Colliery welfare (pp.280-290); Pithead baths (pp.280-283); Damages claims [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled in 1961 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.291-391); Report of Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (pp.392-414); Miners' welfare national scholarships and student exhibitions (pp.415-418); Report of H.M. Inspector of Mines (pp.419-439); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme (pp.440-465); Wages and expenses agreements (pp.466-515) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 35 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1962 Includes: Annual report, January 1963 (pp.ix-xiv); Address of Lord Robens (Chairman, N.C.B.) to the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.1-6); National Safety Year (pp.7-15); Report of H.M. Inspector of Mines (pp.16-50); Manpower profile (pp.51-53); Inter-divisional transfer scheme (pp.54-73); Prospects for 1963, address by Dr. William Reid (Chairman, Durham Divisional Coal Board) (pp.74-184); Notes on areas and individual collieries - Westoe, Wearmouth, Heworth, Adventure, Harraton, Lambton D, Deaf Hill, Sherburn Hill, Thornley, Bowburn, Dean and Chapter, Westerton, Mainsforth, Haggs Lane, Chester South Moor, Roddymoor (White Lea), South Pelaw, Pelton, Hole-in-the-Wall, Esh, Waterhouses, High Marley Hill, Addison, Stanley Burn, Tanfield Lea, Crookhall, Medomsley, Stargate, Fenhall, Lanchester, Eden, Emma, Chopwell (Whittonstall Drift), Burnopfield, Wingate Grange (pp.106-153); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme (pp.185-226); Seaham lifeboat disaster, 17 November 1962 (pp.227-230); Report of the N.C.B. Chief Safety Engineer (pp.231-236); Damages claims [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled in 1962 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.237-343); N.C.B. annual report (pp.344-371); Around the coalfield - Randolph Hutton Drift, Haggs Lane Drift, Shildon, Eldon Drift, Whitburn, Chopwell, Trimdon Grange, Horden, Toft Hill, Eppleton (pp.372-384); Questions in Parliament (pp.385-393);Transfer allowances scheme (pp.394-397); Annual and statutory holidays (pp.398-409); Increase in wages (pp.410-419); Family allowances and National Insurance Act, 1961 (pp.420-430); Common Law procedure in Durham, 1948-1962 (pp.431-439); May-day message from Sam Watson, 3 May 1962 (pp.440-445); Annual Gala (pp.446-449); Army Reserve Act, 1962 (pp.450-451); Compensation for redundancy (pp.452-468); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.469-480); Social Insurance (pp.481-491); The changing face of first aid in coal mines (pp.492-509); Report of Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (pp.510-557); Miners' welfare national scholarships and student exhibitions [gives names, occupations, universities and course details for successful candidates] (pp.536-557); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.558-609); Wages and expenses agreements (pp.610-638); Statistics on stoppages, restrictions, fatal accidents, deaths, conciliation and cases dealt with by divisional committees (pp.639-645) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 36 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1963 Includes: Annual report, January 1964 (pp.1-2); Annual Gala (pp.3-20); Around the coalfield - Ravensworth Ann, Wearmouth, Seaham (pp.21-27); Echoes from the past - Message addressed to the miners of County Durham by William Crawford, February 1871; Employment of children in mines, 1842; A model colliery village [Waterhouses] (pp.28-45); Progress since nationalisation (pp.46-88); The Durham coalfield (pp.89-92); May-day message from Alfred Hesler, 1 May 1962 (pp.93-96); Report of Miners' Parliamentary Group, 1963/64 (pp.97-102); Questions in Parliament (pp.102-108); Resolutions submitted by lodges for council programme (pp.109-133); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.134-170); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.171-174, 231-233); Social Insurance (pp.175-185, 208-231); Presidential address of S.W.G. Ford to the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.186-202); Address of Lord Robens (Chairman, N.C.B.) to the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.202-208); Situation in the coalmining industry (pp.233-243); Wages increase for day-wagemen and craftsmen (pp.244-262); Annual and statutory holidays (pp.263-272); Redundancy compensation scheme (pp.273-292); Damages cases [negligence claims against N.C.B. and other claims] settled in 1963 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.293-399); National Insurance and workmen's compensation (pp.400-429); Visit to German Democratic Republic (pp.430-431); Agents of the Durham Miners' Association, 1869-1963 (p.432); Strikes and stoppages, 1872-1963 (pp.433-435); Accidents, 1869-1963 (p.436); Statistical survey of the mining industry in Durham, 1931-1963 [employment, output, wages and financial statistics] (pp.437-438); Accidents in Mines, 1960-1963 (p.439); Cases dealt with by head office and divisional coal board (p.440); Minimum wages increases, 1944-1963 (p.441); Wages and expenses agreements (pp.442-477); Manpower profile (pp.478-568); Prospects for 1964, addresses by Dr. William Reid (Chairman, Durham Divisional Coal Board) (pp.484-505 and 544-568); Notes on areas and individual collieries - Westoe, Wearmouth, Heworth, Ryhope, Washington F, Glebe, Wardley, Harton, Central Washeries, Usworth, Boldon, Whitburn, Hylton, Elemore, Harraton, Houghton, Lambton D, Wheatley Hill, Deaf Hill, Thornley, Sherburn Hill, Central Joiners' Shop, Tudhoe Mill, Esh, Waterhouses, Bowburn, Dean and Chapter, Langley Park, Hole-in-the-Wall, Emma, Stanley Burn Drift, Tanfield Lea, Eden, Lanchester Drift, Morrison Busty, Craghead, Derwent, Hamsterley, Pelton, Watergate, South Pelaw (pp.510-529) Photograph: Sam Watson (opp. p.xii) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 37 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1964 Includes: Annual report (pp.a-b); General Election, 20 October 1964 (pp.1-4); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.5-44); Presidential address of S.W.G. Ford to the annual conference (pp.45-66); Address of Lord Robens (Chairman, N.C.B.) to the annual conference (pp.67-79); Fraternal addresses to the annual conference (pp.79-84); Contracts of employment (pp.85-108); Annual and statutory holiday payments (pp.109-114); Wages increase for day-wagemen and craftsmen, 1964 (pp.115-146); Colliery rest day agreement (pp.147-160); Annual Gala (pp.160-180); May-day message from Alfred Hesler, 1 May 1964 (pp.181-187); Agreement on the wages of men downgraded on transfer (pp.188-190); Common law cases [negligence claims against N.C.B] settled in 1964 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.191-301); 'One Hundred Years Ago, excerpts from The Colliery Guardian (pp.302-303); Around the coalfields (pp.304-311); Manpower profile, 6 January 1964 (pp.312-330); Notes on areas and individual collieries - Westoe, Wearmouth, Washington F, Glebe, Wardley, Harton, Central Washeries, Usworth, Boldon, Whitburn, Hylton, Elemore, Harraton, Lambton D, Houghton, Wingate, Wheatley Hill, Tudhoe Mill, Bowburn, Hole-in-the-Wall, South Pelaw, Emma, Hamsterley, Derwent, Crookhall, Eden, Craghead, Greenside (pp.316-321); Appendices relating to wages (pp.331-334) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 38 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1965 Includes: Annual report, January 1965 (pp.v-vii); Report on the five year plan (pp.1-30); Durham County Mining Federation Board, Report on the contraction of the coalmining industry [with lists of continuing, short-life and doubtful collieries] (pp.31-37); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.38-76); Presidential address of S.W.G. Ford to the annual conference (pp.77-86); Address of Lord Robens (Chairman, N.C.B.) to the annual conference (pp.87-97); Wages increase, 1965 (pp.98-102); Annual Gala (pp.103-111); Annual and statutory holiday and rest day payments, 1965-1968 (pp.112-117); Protective clothing agreement (pp.118-130); Damages cases settled during 1965 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.131-222); Wages increases and wages (pp.223-229); Appendices relating to wages (pp.230-269) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 39 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1966 Includes: Annual report, January 1967 (pp.1-3); General Election, 1966 (pp.4-6); May-day message from Alfred Hesler, 1 May 1966 (pp.7-9); Annual Gala (pp.10-21); Report on special conference on 18 February 1966 (pp.22-71); Claim for increase in wages (pp.72-79); National Power Loading Agreement (pp.80-100); Report of Miners' Parliamentary Group, 1965/66 (pp.101-105); N.C.B. Scheme of compensation for redundancy (pp.106-127): Termination of contracts of employment of long-term sickness and accident cases (p.128); Unemployment and sickness benefits (pp.129-143); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.144-174); Addresses of S.W.G. Ford (President, N.U.M.) and Lord Robens (Chairman, N.C.B.) to the annual conference (pp.174-195); Report on the Durham coalfield (pp.196-200); Mineworkers' pension scheme (pp.201-204); Amendment to rest day agreement (pp.205-206); Annual and statutory holiday payments (pp.207-208); Washed and bagged coal agreement (pp.209-222); Allowances to transferred workers (pp.223-236); Report of the Northern Divisional Mines Inspector (pp.237-239); Damages cases settled during 1966 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.240-318); Appendices relating to wages, protective clothing, tools and accidents (pp.319-337) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 40 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1967 Includes: Annual report, 1 January 1967 [recte 1968] (pp.1-2); Social insurance (pp.3-27); Wages and conditions (pp.28-41); Miners' Parliamentary Group, 1967/68 (pp.42-45); Situation in the coalmining industry (pp.46-60); Damages cases settled during 1967 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.61-146); Report of Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation, Durham Area Welfare Committee (pp.147-153); Mineworkers' special fatal accident scheme (pp. 154-163); National union finances (pp.164-175); Transferred worker' allowances (pp.176-181); Appendices relating to wages, protective clothing, holidays, training and redundant mineworkers' training scheme (pp.182-275) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 41 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1968 Includes: Annual report, 1 January 1968 [recte 1969] (pp.1-2); Trade union legal advice, (p.3-14); Common law damages cases settled during 1968 [gives lodges, names, ages, occupations, details of accidents, periods of disability and settlements] (pp.15-83); Redundant Mineworkers (Payments Scheme) Order, 1968 (pp.84-112); N.C.B. annual report (pp.113-124); Report on the N.U.M. annual conference (pp.125-158); Presidential address of Sir Sidney Ford to the annual conference (pp.159-170); Rents of board houses (pp.171-173); Situation in the coalmining industry, report to annual conference (pp.174-189); Miners' Parliamentary Group, 1967/68 (pp.190-193); Redundant mineworkers pension scheme (pp.194-196); Annual and statutory holiday and rest days and payments (pp.197-201); Wages increase (pp.202-207); Appendices relating to wages and protective clothing (pp.208-225) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 42 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

National Miners' Association Rules 1902 - 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 191/2

Standing Orders, Revised Copy, 20 December 1909 One copy is signed W. P. Richardson, Redhill, Durham Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 49/12

Rules Revised 1913 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 191/3

Rules, Revised 1925 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 191/4

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Rules, Revised 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 191/7

Rules, Revised December 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 191/8

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Alteration of rules, March 1934; including election papers Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 87/1

Rules, Revised October 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 191/11

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Rules, Revised October 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 191/13

New Rules, November 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 191/14

Amendment to Rules, I November 1946 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 273/6

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Association Rules, Amendments suggested by the Financial Department', post 1948; Death Benefit Rules, incomplete, n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 322/37

Rules, including Political Fund Rules, Revised October 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 83/7

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Rules, 1980 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 273/7

Approved Society, Separate Section, Number 2138, Rules, 1923 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/17

Approved Society, Superannuation Fund for Staff, Rules, 1927 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/18

Notes for Delegates of Council Meeting 4 June 1955, 8 September 1956 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 30/11

Notes for Delegates attending Council Meetings, 6 August 1955, 10 August 1957, 21 June 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 5/2

Notes for Delegates attending Council Meetings, 11 March 1950 - 29 December 1956 (incomplete) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 264

Notes for Delegates attending Council Meetings, 23 February 1957 - 31 December 1960 (incomplete) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 264

Notes for Delegates attending Council Meetings, 25 February 1961 - 15 May 1965 (incomplete) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 264

Notes for Delegates attending Council Meetings, 26 February 1966 - 16 July 1984 (incomplete) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 264

Information for use of Lodge Officials Only, 31 August 1935 Notes and questions and answers on contributions to, and benefits received from, the Association Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 85

Wages and Percentages, printed by Veitch, Printer, Durham, May 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/7

Report and Preliminary Draft relating to The National Mineworkers' Union of Great Britain, 12 December 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/30

Local Officials' Manual, 1940 Gives summaries of Acts of Parliament and Coal Mines Regulations, and documents relating to county agreements, minimum wages legislation, unemployment insurance, unemployment assistance and public assistance for the use of local officials; with supplements, 1941 and 1942 Presented to Robert Todd, secretary, Usworth Lodge 20 December 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 212

Income Tax Allowances to Miners, compiled by Samuel Watson, Red Hill, Durham; printed by J.H. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Printers, Durham, 11 June 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/15

Lodge Book Keeping and Accounting Systems and Instructions to Treasurers, Financial Secretaries, Finance Committees, and Local Auditors, November 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/45

Sam Watson, Queries arising from the Guaranteed Wage and Five-Day Week and Answers thereto, N.U.M. (Durham Area) Information Pamphlet No.21, June 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 243

National Insurance and Associated Services, Information Manual, June 1953 Reprints of leaflets relating to National Insurance, benefits, and legal aid, for local officials and members Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 133

National Insurance, and Associated Services, Information Manual, 1953 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 324/2

Manual on the Revision of the Wages Structure: Red Hill, Durham: Sam Watson, Area General Secretary, July 1955 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 197/12

Manual on the Revision of the Wages Structure: Supplementary Index and Additional Notes, January 1956 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 197/14

Revision of Wages Structure, 15 March 1956 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 197/13

Manual on the Revision of the Wages Structure, 8 June 1956 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 197/6

Manual on the Revision of the Wages Structure: Supplementary Index and Additional Notes, June 1956 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 197/15

Guide to the Industrial Injuries Scheme, by Sam. Watson, December 1961 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 188/12

Coalmining Industry, Third National Day Wage Structure, 28 June 1971 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 197/10

List of Lodges arranged by Ward, giving the number of total financial members and votes of each Lodge, n.d., 1920s Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 52/46

List of Lodges arranged by Ward, 1926 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/5

List of Lodges arranged by Ward, 1929 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/6

List of Lodges arranged by Ward, January 1930 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/7

List of Lodges arranged by Ward, July 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/8

Tables, arranged by Ward, in respect of 'Summary of Allocation of Wards', listing the name of lodge, the number of members, and the number of votes allocated, July 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/38

List of Lodges arranged by Ward, August 1939 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/9

List of Lodges arranged by Ward, n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/10

Numbers of seats of lodge delegates in council chamber arranged by the order in which the lodges joined the Union, 22 July 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 271/3

List of Lodges in alphabetical order, giving the names and addresses of the officers, 1950s - 1970s At end: list of scrutineers, 1958 - 1972 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 321/8

Card listing Revision of voting and numbers of Seats and Wards, DMA Lodges, December 1966 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 63/3

Table, titled 'Annual Conferences Representation, Rota System, to commence 1 July 1968 Includes numbers of total votes possible from the 4 Ward Areas and a plan depicting the geographical position of the Wards Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 322/35

List of Lodges giving number of votes, number of Ward and number of seat of each, 1 July 1982 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 244/21

List of Secretaries of the Lodges, in the Bizada Visible Card Index, n.d. 1930s - 1950s Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 321/9

List of Lodge Secretaries Addresses, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/9

List of Lodge Secretaries and their addresses in No. 6 Area, 6 February 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 244/18

List of Lodge Secretaries' addresses 1952, 1954, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1973 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 271/5

List of Lodge Secretaries and their addresses, January 1980 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 244/19

List of Lodge Secretaries and their addresses, January 1983 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 244/20

Blank form to be used by Lodges asking a mineworker to become a member of the DMA, n.d., 1890s Originally enclosed in D/DMA 3/1/8 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 40/2

Blank form, issued by DMA, to be used by Lodges to inform a member that his subscriptions are in arrears, that he is suspended from the Union and that he can pay the arrears at the next time of payment, n.d., 1890s Originally enclosed in D/DMA 3/1/8 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 40/1

'Concerning Percentage Additions Since the Outbreak of War', September 1914 - June 1916 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 52/1

Return on Horsekeepers - October 1916 Gives name of Lodges in alphabetical order; number of horsekeepers at each Lodge; basis wage; hours per shift; hours at weekends; number of times at pit for one shift; shifts paid for per week; whether wage includes whitewashing, clipping, etc.; if not, what is paid for same; weekly wage (if any); remarks No names of individuals given Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 142

Completed questionnaires sent back by the Lodges answering questions and making comments concerning miners' organisations taking part in recruiting for the army, August 1917 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 321/3

Tabulated return of voting for election of political candidates, October 1919 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/10

House rent return - schedule giving all lodges, March 1920 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/12

Tabulated return of voting re regulation of national wages, February 1921 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/11

'Relative position of the lowest paid workmen to Hewers when wages reached the maximum (April 1920) and at present (November 1921), 1921 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 52/11

Return from Lodges giving details of the employment of Deputies and Chargemen, October 1923 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 267/2

Election of representatives to Labour Party Conference, 1924 (final) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/2

DMA Blanks - Election of Finance Committee International Miners Conference Note, 1924 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/1

Election of representatives to Labour Party Conference, 1924 (first) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/3

Return, as to Hewers hours, Summary of the Joint Return taking in April 1923, August 1924 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/23

List, of non-financial members giving numbers and name of Pit, as used when before the Owners on Council Resolutions, December 1924 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/2

Table, produced by the DMA, arranged by type of workman, showing what wages would be if the cost of living percentage were added to the 1914 wage, March - May 1925 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 52/47

Blank circular, sent to 9 Lodges, requesting details of the hours of the hewers and fillers, 3 March 1925 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/24

Summary of Return of Hours, Coal Drawing, Unemployed, Coal Cutter machines and Conveyors etcetera, arranged alphabetically by colliery, April 1925 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/22

Questionnaire issued to the Lodges, concerning medical service fees, 1928 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/34

Table of Circulation, of The Miner, 6 February - 21 June 1930 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/1

Table of Answers to a Questionnaire concerning conveyors on Longwall workings, sent by the Lodges to the DMA, November 1930, text of the Questionnaire, 1930, letter from Boldon Miners' Lodge to Peter Lee concerning conveyor faces at Boldon Colliery, 29 October 1930 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/11

Orders, from Lodges, for books published by the DMA, 1930; and orders for a book published by the DMA, 1943 Includes list of books published, 5 November 1930 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 46/5

Summary of days worked, tables listing figures of total shifts completed for years 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/36

List of collieries which have stopped since 1924, and are still idle, 1932; List of collieries which stopped in 1931 and in January - June 1932, 1932: List of collieries stopped within recent years and still idle, 8 September 1931 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/5

Return of overtime worked at the collieries for April and May 1932 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/37

Returns, from working pits, arranged alphabetically, giving details of amounts paid, from political fund, to representatives on local bodies, August 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 44/6

Returns, from idle pits, arranged alphabetically, giving details of amounts paid, from political fund, to representatives on local bodies, August 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 44/7

Two lists of collieries in alphabetical order, indicating how much was paid to representatives on local bodies, when the pit is idle and when it is working, arranged alphabetically, n.d. [1933] Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 44/2

Returns, from part idle pits, arranged alphabetically, giving details of amounts paid, from Political Fund, to representatives on local bodies, August 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 44/11

Assistance from County Political Fund, Returns from Lodges indicating how much has been paid during pit stoppages to members of the Lodges who sit on local bodies, arranged alphabetically by colliery, October 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 44/1

Circular, and blank return, requesting details of amounts paid from the Political Fund to representatives on local bodies, from Lodges where the pits have been idle since June 1933, 12 October 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 44/5

Minutes of a meeting of the Political Sub-Committee, concerning returns from the Lodges, giving details of representatives of local bodies and their payment, 14 November 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 44/4

Summary of Assistance from County Political Fund, given to representatives on local bodies, c.1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 44/3

List of Delegates to the Labour Party Conference, 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 43/5

Queries received from Lodges concerning the Porter Award, arranged alphabetically, March - July 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 309/2

Statement of the result of Lodge votes on motions before the Council Meeting held on 27 April 1935, issued by John E. Swan, Committee Secretary, Red Hill, Durham, 23 May 1935 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 1/6/7 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 32b/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Table, giving a summary of information supplied by Lodges regarding the selling of colliery houses by colliery companies, c.1935 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 40/10

Safety in Mines Campaign, 1936, list of Lodges from which satisfactory reports have been received; Reports on conditions in named mines, made by Inspectors during 'Safety Week', 7 - 12 September 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 320/5

Extracts, taken from the Reports submitted during 'Safety in Mines Campaign', week, 7 - 12 September 1936, in respect of collieries numbered 1 - 53, 1936 Sheets for collieries numbered 37 - 51 are missing Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/44

Safety in Mines Campaign Summary of Complaints Received, 1936 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 1/26/38 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 320/6

List of workmen suffering from industrial diseases as a result of working pneumatic picks, pneumatic drills, conveyors and other coal cutting machinery, 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/15

Return days worked, 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/16

Return on days worked, arranged alphabetically by Lodge, 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 310/21

Questionnaire concerning Transit of Workmen Underground and Summary of Returns received from the Lodges, October to November,1939: War Addition to Wages; Arrangements formulated at a meeting of the Joint Standing Consultative Committee for the Coal Industry held on Thursday, 18 January 1940; questionnaire circulated to Lodges following the Report on negotiations in respect of Pneumatic Pick Men, Piece Workers sent to datal work, Datal Putters and Basic Wage of Chargemen, 31 March 1939 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 322/6

Replies, from Lodges, where no Safety Committee has been formed, 1939 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/26

Description given by the Lodges concerning their Safety Committees, 1939 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/24

Digest of replies received from collieries, where Committees are to be formed, 1939 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/27

Description given by the Lodges concerning their Safety Committees, received since the list was tabulated on 11 January 1939 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/25

Morrison Busty Lodge, Return to the giving details of hand hewing pneumatic pick hewing, filling, itemised prices, May 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 310/20

Correspondence with the Lodges concerning the appointment of delegates to the Coal Production Conference, held in London on 31 October 1942, October 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/40

Nominations for lay members on the Pensions Appeal Tribunals, 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/39

Nominations, for lay members of Pensions Appeal Tribunals, sent by the Lodges, 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/40

Comments, by a number of Lodges on the Turner Report on Manpower and the Mining Industry, October and November, 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/50

Suggestions submitted by Lodges, to be considered by D.T. Turner, in the compilation of his report on Manpower and the Mining Industry, 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/41

List of candidates' and return of voting by the Lodges for Summer School Representatives, 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 49/10

Correspondence, notices, notes, list of Lodges with their votes, concerning the election of the President of the National Union of Mineworkers, 9 January 1945 - 15 February 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 49/6/2

Tabulated return of voting, for members of the Executive Committee, 1947 - 1969 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 271/1

National Wages Agreement, Clause 11, Lodge replies, February 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 30/3

Enquiry into organisation and appointments by the National Coal Board in Divisions: Lodge replies, May 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 30/2

Upgrading of Labour, Lodge replies, August 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 30/4

Lists of names of miners in respect of membership on local government councils , stating age, coal mining occupation, Lodge, and length of service on: Urban District Council; Rural District Council; Borough Council; Parish Council; Durham County Council, post 1949, Includes 345 names of miners Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/13

Number not used

List of collieries, indicating when annual holidays were taken, 1954 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 30/12

List of miners who have applied for unsplinterable glasses, giving name, colliery, occupation and cost of glasses, 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 31/3

Number not used

Election of Committee (final results) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/21

Results of Lodge votes, 1940 -1971 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 286/4

Voting returns for the election of gala speakers, 1948 - 1973 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 295/6

List of pits in alphabetical order, giving details of occupations, recorded on Forms A, D, E and F, n.d. 1950s Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 310/22

Membership returns, 1956, 1959, 1960 - 1963, 1971, 1977, 1980 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 271/8

List of candidates and results of votes for the election of scrutineers,1967 - 1980, 1984; nominations for gala speakers, 1984 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 265/6

Returns from lodges giving prices for underground operations, with tabulations of responses, May 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 59

Correspondence, concerning the election of scrutineers, 12 April 1922 - 14 October 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 46/9

Blank form, T.S.1., requesting details of costs and output for each colliery for September 1924 under the wages agreement of 18 June 1924, 1924 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 52/33

Correspondence, between the General Secretary, DMA, and individual members of Lodges concerning enquiries from the latter about entitlement to benefit payments, 1927 - 1931 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/3

Correspondence, concerning the attendance of representatives of the DMA at the Miners' International Conference at Prague, 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/32

Letters from the secretaries of Lodges to the General Secretary of the DMA, indicating their desire to purchase copies of 'Soviet Communism' by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 2- 13 October 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/15

Correspondence between the General Secretary, the DMA, and Sidney Webb, concerning the purchase by Lodges of the of Sidney and Beatrice Webb's book, 'Soviet Communism', 16 - 28 October 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/14

List of nominations for the selection of a miner's candidate for the Spennymoor Divisional Labour Party Selection Conference, 28 April 1942 and completed nomination papers, April 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 46/11

Miners' Federation of Great Britain: extract from report of Executive Committee in respect of Reorganisation of the Federation, 1943; letters from the Lodges giving the Lodges' views and proposed amendments to the draft rules of the proposed National Miners' Union, 17 August - 29 August 1943; programme of a Special Council meeting to consider amendments to the draft rules of the proposed National Miners' Union, 11 September 1943; list of amendments from the Lodges, 1943; rough notes concerning the amendments, 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 49/3 1 file

Correspondence, ballot papers, list of votes concerning the opinion of the Lodges, concerning the formation of the National Union of Mineworkers, September - October 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 43/22

Correspondence, ballot papers, notices, poster, and list of votes for the election of three representatives on the National Union of Mineworkers' Executive Committee, February - April 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 43/12

Correspondence to Lodges re audit of accounts, 1949, 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 67/11

Letters to lodges re half yearly balance sheets, 1949, 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 67/12

Letters: re auditing Lodge funds, 1950 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 67/15

Letters: re auditing Lodge funds, 1951, 1952, 1953 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 67/14

Correspondence from Lodges concerning Miners' Superannuation Scheme and Redundancy of Aged Mineworkers, (coal allowance), 1950s Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 290/5

Correspondence and election papers concerning the election of an Agent, 1935 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/1

List of qualifications of Jim Hobbs of Burnhope to the position of Agent, April 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/10/1

Correspondence and election paper concerning the election of an Agent, 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/3

Correspondence and election papers concerning the election of an Agent, 1936 and 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/2

Correspondence and election paper concerning the election of an Agent, 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/4

Correspondence and election paper concerning the election of an Agent, 1953 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/5

Correspondence concerning alleged irregularities in the election of an Area Agent, 18 December 1953 - 18 January 1954 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 271/7

Correspondence, list of ballot papers, concerning the election of a new agent, 1954 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 265/1

Correspondence, list of ballot papers, concerning the election of a new agent, 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 265/2

Correspondence and election paper concerning the election of an Agent, 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/6

Correspondence and election paper concerning the election of an Agent, 1957 and 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/7

Correspondence, list of ballot papers, concerning the election of a new agent, 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 265/3

Correspondence and election papers concerning the election of an Agent, 1967 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/8

Correspondence and election papers concerning the election of an Agent, 1967 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/9

Lists of candidates, blank ballot forms and circulars for the election of new agent 1967 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 265/5

Number not used

Correspondence and election papers concerning the election of an Agent, 1969 and 1970 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/10

Correspondence and election papers concerning the election of an Agent, 1969 and 1970 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/11

Returns of voting for new agent, 1970 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 265/7

Correspondence and election papers concerning the election of an Agent, 1970 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/12

Revision of voting and numbers of seats and wards, 1954 - 1966, 1968. 1972, 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 271/4

Tabulated return of voting, for members of the Executive Committee, 1970 - 1978 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 271/2

Correspondence and election papers concerning the election of an Agent, 1978 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/13

Correspondence, list of ballot papers, concerning the election of a new agent, 1978 - 1979 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 265/4

Correspondence concerning alleged irregularities in the election of the Union's representative on the National Executive of the National Union of Mineworkers, July 1981- September 1981 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 271/6

Correspondence and election papers concerning the election of an Agent, 1985 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/14

Correspondence and election papers concerning the election of an Agent, 1985 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 243/15