Durham Miners Association
Reference: D/DMA 20 Catalogue Title: Durham Miners Association Area: Catalogue Category: Trade Union and Employers' Association Records Description: Non-coal mining bodies
Covering Dates: 1891-1985
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- Durham Miners Association
- Non-Coal Mining Bodies (Ref: D/DMA 20)
- Board of Trade (Ref: D/DMA 20/1/1-4)
- Chopwell, Spen and District Labour Representation Committee (Ref: D/DMA 20/2/1-2)
- Consett Iron Co. (Ref: D/DMA 20/3/1)
- Co-operative Movement (Ref: D/DMA 20/4/1)
- Department of Health and Social Security (Ref: D/DMA 20/5/1-2)
- Durham City and District Local Association of Boy Scouts (Ref: D/DMA 20/6/1-3)
- Durham City Labour Party (Ref: D/DMA 20/7/1-3)
- Durham County Council (Ref: D/DMA 20/8/1-2)
- Durham County Federation of Divisional Labour Parties (Ref: D/DMA 20/9/1-2)
- Durham Women's National Front United Campaign Committee (Ref: D/DMA 20/10/1)
- General Federation of Trade Unions (Ref: D/DMA 20/11/1)
- General Post Office (Ref: D/DMA 20/12/1)
- Health and Safety Executive (Ref: D/DMA 20/13/1-2)
- Home Office (Ref: D/DMA 20/14/1-9)
- International Organisation of Labour (Ref: D/DMA 20/15/1)
- Labour Party (Ref: D/DMA 20/16/1-10)
- Ministry of Health (Ref: D/DMA 20/17/1-2)
- Ministry of Labour (Ref: D/DMA 20/18/1)
- National Council of Labour Colleges (Ref: D/DMA 20/19/1-2)
- North-East Development Council (Ref: D/DMA 20/20/1)
- North East Provisional Committee of Workers' Delegation to Soviet Russia (Ref: D/DMA 20/21/1)
- Seaham Divisional Labour Party (Ref: D/DMA 20/22/1)
- Sedgefield Divisional Labour Party (Ref: D/DMA 20/23/1-2)
- Trades Union Congress (Ref: D/DMA 20/24/1-5)
Catalogue Contents
Non-Coal Mining Bodies (Ref: D/DMA 20)Board of Trade (Ref: D/DMA 20/1/1-4)Ref: D/DMA 20/1/1
Report On The Strikes and Lock-Outs of 1891 By The Labour Correspondent To The Board of Trade C. 6890. H.M.S.O., 1893
Formerly numbered as D/DMA Main Vol 277
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: D/DMA 20/1/2Board of Trade - Labour Department: Report by the Chief Labour. Correspondent on the Strikes and Lock-Outs of 1892, C.7403, H.M.S.O., 1894
Formerly numbered as D/DMA Main Vol 278
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: D/DMA 20/1/3Labour Statistics. Statistical Tables and Report on Trade Unions. Fifth Report 1891. C.6990, H.M.S.O., 1893
Annotated: 'Secretary's Office W.H. Patterson'
Formerly numbered as D/DMA Main Vol 283
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: D/DMA 20/1/4Sixth Annual Report by the Chief Labour Correspondent on Trade Unions (1892), 1894
Command Paper [C-7436]
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 224
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Chopwell, Spen and District Labour Representation Committee (Ref: D/DMA 20/2/1-2)Ref: D/DMA 20/2/1Programme, issued by Chopwell, Spen and District LRC of The Tyneside District Left Wing Conference, in the Socialist Hall, Royal Arcade, Newcastle, 16 July 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/20/3
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 20/2/2Resolutions, submitted by the Chopwell, Spen and District LRC, concerning Item 4 and Item 6 on the preliminary agenda for The Labour Party Annual Conference, n.d.
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/20/4
(1 paper)
Consett Iron Co. (Ref: D/DMA 20/3/1)Ref: D/DMA 20/3/1Consett Iron Company Limited, table specifying rate per shift for a general labourer under the new Durham Agreement, n.d.
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/34
(2 papers)
Co-operative Movement (Ref: D/DMA 20/4/1)Ref: D/DMA 20/4/1Circular, attacking an attempt by the Socialist Party to gain control of the Co-operative Movement, n.d.
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/20 8
(1 paper)
Department of Health and Social Security (Ref: D/DMA 20/5/1-2)Ref: D/DMA 20/5/1Report: Miners' Rehabilitation Centres: Statistical Report for the Year Ended, prepared by the Department of Health and Social Security, 31 December 1981
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 252/38
(1 pamphlet)
Ref: D/DMA 20/5/2Report, Miners' Rehabilitation Centres, Statistics, 1968
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 252/36
(1 pamphlet)
Durham City and District Local Association of Boy Scouts (Ref: D/DMA 20/6/1-3)Ref: D/DMA 20/6/1Annual Report of the Durham City and District Local Association of the Boy Scouts, 1922
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/5
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 20/6/2Letters to a patrol leader, first series, The Scout Law, by Captain the Hon. Roland E Philipps, 1916
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/6
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 20/6/3The Patrol System, by Captain the Hon. Roland E Philipps, 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/7
(1 booklet)
Durham City Labour Party (Ref: D/DMA 20/7/1-3)Ref: D/DMA 20/7/1Circulars, issued by The Durham City Labour Party, concerning The Mines for the Nation Campaign, a proposal to nationalise the coal mines, 1919
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/42
(1 bundle)
Ref: D/DMA 20/7/2Proof of Rules and Constitution of Durham Divisional Labour Party, 1920s
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/2
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DMA 20/7/3Programme for Durham Labour Women, 48th Annual Gala, 5 June 1971
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 269/13
(1 pamphlet)
Durham County Council (Ref: D/DMA 20/8/1-2)Ref: D/DMA 20/8/1Juvenile Employment Officer's Report to the Juvenile Employment Sub-Committee of Durham County Council, 6 November 1930: letter from the Ministry of Labour, concerning an inspection of Durham County Council's Employment Service, 17 March 1930: Letter from James Smith complaining about his dismissal from the Juvenile Employment Service, 10 April 1930
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/8
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 20/8/2County of Durham: Public Assistance Department: Yearbook, 1941-1942
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 83/12
(1 booklet)
Durham County Federation of Divisional Labour Parties (Ref: D/DMA 20/9/1-2)Ref: D/DMA 20/9/1Report of a Deputation to the Minister for Health, from Durham County Federation of Divisional Labour Parties, 19 October 1926
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 42/1
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 20/9/2Durham County Federation of Divisional Labour Parties, 'Now for Post War Local Elections', 1946
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 2/13
(1 booklet)
Durham Women's National Front United Campaign Committee (Ref: D/DMA 20/10/1)Ref: D/DMA 20/10/1'Durham Woman', issued by the Durham Women's National Front United Campaign Committee, 16 April 1948
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/20/11
(2 papers)
General Federation of Trade Unions (Ref: D/DMA 20/11/1)Ref: D/DMA 20/11/1Leaflet describing the rules of the General Federation of Trade Unions, 1926 - 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/44
(1 paper; 1 booklet)
General Post Office (Ref: D/DMA 20/12/1)Ref: D/DMA 20/12/1Circulars and publications from the GPO, concerning postage and the handling of the Durham Miners' Association mail, 1917 - 1943
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/10
(1 bundle)
Health and Safety Executive (Ref: D/DMA 20/13/1-2)Ref: D/DMA 20/13/1Health and Safety Executive, Summary of Accidents, and Dangerous Occurrences in the North East, October 1977 - September 1985
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 276/12
(1 bundle)
Ref: D/DMA 20/13/2North Eastern District report (Coal and Miscellaneous Mines) for 1985/86
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 255
(1 file)
Home Office (Ref: D/DMA 20/14/1-9)Ref: D/DMA 20/14/1Circular, issued by the Home Office, entitled Firemen's Examiners' and Deputies' Certificates, concerning regulations under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, Section 13, 1912
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 213/30
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 20/14/2List of institutions, approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of granting certificates under his Order, dated 27 February 1912, prescribing the qualifications of surveyors for the purpose of Sections 20 and 21 of the Coal Mines Act 1911, 1915, 1916
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 213/32
(2 papers, duplicated)
Ref: D/DMA 20/14/3Coal Mines Act, 1911: Section 9: Certificates of Competency, notes, possibly by J. Robson, setting out the terms of Section 9 of the Act, n.d., c.1914
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 213/31
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 20/14/4Notice that the Home Office approves certain institutions for the purpose of training individuals for Rescue Work, under the Coal Mines Act 1911, 1915
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 213/33
(1 paper, duplicated)
Ref: D/DMA 20/14/5Minutes of the Proceedings of the Meetings of the Board for Mining Examinations held at the Home Office, 6 June 1912 - 8 May 1918
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 213/27
(xx papers)
Ref: D/DMA 20/14/6Annual Reports of the Board for Mining Examinations, Home Office, Whitehall, London, 1 September 1913; 14 October 1914; 30 September 1915; 20 September 1916; 30 September 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 213/34
(3 booklets, printed; 2 booklets, duplicated)
Ref: D/DMA 20/14/7Statutory Rules and Orders concerning the operation of the Board for Mining Examinations, nos. 450, 1150, 1151, 1538, 1912; no. 986, 1913; nos. 402, 1832, 1914; nos. 126, 379, 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 213/29
(xx papers, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 20/14/8Set of forms, nos. 1 - 34, to be used by the Board for Mining Examinations in conducting its business, c.1912 - 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 213/28
(xx papers)
Ref: D/DMA 20/14/9Report on the standard of training, and examinations, in mining in respect of certificates granted in British Possessions and Foreign Countries, 23 July 1914 and 13 June 1917
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 213/35
(1 booklets, printed; 1 booklet, duplicated)
International Organisation of Labour (Ref: D/DMA 20/15/1)Ref: D/DMA 20/15/1Proceedings of the I.O.L. Meeting of Experts on the Prevention and Suppression of Dust in Mining, Tunnelling and Quarrying, Geneva, Switzerland, 1 - 17 December 1952
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 36/11
(1 booklet)
Labour Party (Ref: D/DMA 20/16/1-10)Ref: D/DMA 20/16/1Memorandum on coal combines in Durham, prepared by the Labour Research Department, 60 Doughty Street, London, May 1939
Gives name of colliery company, capital, directors, profits, and date of registration of company
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/42
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 20/16/2W H Williams, Coal Combines in Durham, 1939
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/43
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 20/16/3Correspondence, between J H Swan, General Secretary, DMA, and W H Williams, Labour Research Department, concerning the production of 38/43, 18 May - 1 June 1939
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 38/44
(6 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 20/16/4Labour Party Bulletin, No.1 (New Series) - No.12 (New Series), November 1941 - October 1942
With index
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 208
(1 volume, printed, cloth bound)
Ref: D/DMA 20/16/5Labour Party Bulletin, Vol.2, No.1 - No.12, November 1942 - October 1943
With index
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 209
(1 volume, printed, cloth bound)
Ref: D/DMA 20/16/6Labour Party Bulletin, Vol.3, No.1 - No.13, November 1943 - December 1944
With index
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 210
(1 volume, printed, cloth bound)
Ref: D/DMA 20/16/7Number not used
Ref: D/DMA 20/16/8Number not used
Ref: D/DMA 20/16/9Labour Party Annual Conference, Composite Resolutions and Amendments; Report of the Conference Arrangements Committee, 1975
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 65/6a
(2 booklets; 1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 20/16/10Conduct of the Labour Party in Local Government: Report of a Special Committee Approved by the National Executive Committee, 23 July 1975
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 65/9
(1 booklet)
Ministry of Health (Ref: D/DMA 20/17/1-2)Ref: D/DMA 20/17/1Ministry of Health: Advisory Committee on Water: Report on measures for the protection of Underground Water, H.M.S.O., 1925
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/16
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DMA 20/17/2'Advisory Committee For Coal and the Coal Industry: Report of Ministry of Health Advisory Committee on Underground Water': summary of the recommendations in 53/16, c. 1925
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/17
(1 file)
Ministry of Labour (Ref: D/DMA 20/18/1)Ref: D/DMA 20/18/1Ministry of Labour, Minutes of Proceedings Of A Court Of Inquiry re Coal Mining Industry Dispute, 1925, Held On Friday July 17th 1925 (Transcript of the Shorthand Notes of Ernest L. Humphreys and Son, Mitre Court Chambers, Temple, E.C.4)
Includes: Minutes of the Proceedings 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 July 1925, Memorandum (No. 2) of Evidence to be given on behalf of the Mining Association of Great Britain before the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry, 1925; Appendix A: Compulsory Grouping; Appendix B: The Effect of the Nationalisation of Royalties Upon The Coal Mining Industry; Appendix C: Relations Between Employers and Employees in the Coal Industry; Appendix D: Regulation of Output and Employment; Appendix F: Memorandum on the Use of Wagons in the Coal Trade; Appendix G: Multiple Shifts; Appendix H: Mechanical Mining; Appendix J: Hours of Working
Formerly numbered as D/DMA Main Vol 288
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
National Council of Labour Colleges (Ref: D/DMA 20/19/1-2)Ref: D/DMA 20/19/1Poster advertising National Council of Labour Colleges postal courses, n.d. [c.1950]
With six photographs illustrating miners at work
Formerly numbered as D/DMA Main Vol 326/53
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 20/19/2Central Labour Colleges - Particulars of Scholarships
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/11
(?)
North-East Development Council (Ref: D/DMA 20/20/1)Ref: D/DMA 20/20/1Constitution for N.E. Development Council and expenses of representatives, July 1961
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/4
(?)
North East Provisional Committee of Workers' Delegation to Soviet Russia (Ref: D/DMA 20/21/1)Ref: D/DMA 20/21/1Circular, issued by The North East Provisional Committee, of The Workers' Delegation to Soviet Russia, concerning a conference to be held to select 5 delegates from the North-East, 20 September 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/20/7
(1 paper)
Seaham Divisional Labour Party (Ref: D/DMA 20/22/1)Ref: D/DMA 20/22/1The Socialist: Official Organ of The Seaham Divisional Party, February 1937
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 46/22
(2 papers)
Sedgefield Divisional Labour Party (Ref: D/DMA 20/23/1-2)Ref: D/DMA 20/23/1Correspondence, between Sedgefield Divisional Labour Party and the Durham Miners' Association concerning the appointment of a political agent, 14 June 1926 - 26 February 1930
Includes Minutes of a Meeting concerning political organisation and payments between T Trotter, J Gilliland, W P Richardson and the four political agents, 7 February 1930
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 45/16
(1 file)
Ref: D/DMA 20/23/2The Labour Sentinel: Official Organ of the Sedgefield Divisional Labour Party, Volume 1, Number 2, February 1937
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 46/21
(2 papers)
Trades Union Congress (Ref: D/DMA 20/24/1-5)Ref: D/DMA 20/24/1Report, issued by the Trade Union Congress, General Council Research Department, entitled 'The National Minority Movement', July 1927
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/50
(20 papers)
Ref: D/DMA 20/24/2Leaflet entitled Miners! You have Implacable Enemies, produced by the Trade Union Defence Committee, n.d. [1927]
Previously enclosed in D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol.177/1
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 177/3
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/DMA 20/24/3Volume entitled: Trades Union Congress 1891 Newcastle, containing the following:
: List of names and addresses of delegates attending the Trades Union Congress in Newcastle 1891
: Congress held in Newcastle, 1891
: Statement of income of the T.U.C., for the year ending September 1891
: date of and attenders at, meeting of the Parliamentary Committee of the T.U.C., 6 September 1890 - 7 September 1891
: Balance Sheet of the Parliamentary Committee of the T.U.C., 6 September 1890 - 7 September 1891
: Names of those elected to the Parliamentary Committee of the T.U.C., 11 September 1891 [includes J. Wilson, M.P.]
: Report of the Proceedings of the T.U.C. Congress, 7 September 1891 - 11 September 1891
: Account of T.U.C. march through Newcastle to end the Congress, 11 September 1891
: List of T.U.C. Congresses, 1868 - 1891
: History of the Congress, 1868 - 1890
: The Newcastle Meeting of the Trades Union Congress 1891. Report of the Proceedings Reprinted From the Newcastle Daily Chronicle, published for the proprietors of the Newcastle Daily Chronicle by Walter Scott, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and 24 Warwick Lane, London, c.1891
: 'Uncle Toby's Dicky Bird Society', From The Daily News, 27 July 1886
[The Dicky Bird Society was an organisation for children, in Newcastle, designed to encourage kindness to animals]
: Advertisement for Uncle Toby's Birthday Book, published by Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, London, and Felling, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d., c.1891
Formerly numbered as D/DMA Main Vol 292
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: D/DMA 20/24/4Guide to the Industrial Injuries Acts and Regulations, Trades Union Congress, March 1949
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 213
(1 volume, printed, cloth bound)
Ref: D/DMA 20/24/5T.U.C. Congress: Composite Motion: Motions 6 & 7: Equal Opportunities and the Equal Pay Act; Motion 11; 15 & 16, 13 & 14; 30 - 32, 33-34, 38 & 39, 86, 87, 88, 89 - 91, 1975
Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 65/7
(?)