Coal mining
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Found in 308 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/121/116-122
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst, Assistant Secretary, Mines Department, representatives of the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners'...
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30 Apr 1926
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/122/60-67
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Neville Chamberlain, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst, Assistant Secretary, Mines Department, representatives of the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress and...
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30 Apr 1926
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/122/68-95
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 4th Lord Salisbury, Lord Privy Seal [earlier Lord Cranborne], 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Neville Chamberlain, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst,...
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30 Apr 1926
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(Untitled), 13 May 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/122/117-129
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Neville Chamberlain, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation. Subjects discussed include: the rejection by the miners of the...
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13 May 1926
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(Untitled), 18 May 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/123/3-52
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Minutes of a meeting between the Cabinet Coal Committee (including Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland [Minister of Labour], George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley] and Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department) and the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation, on the settlement of the coal dispute. Subjects discussed include: reduction in wages; the...
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18 May 1926
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(Untitled), 20 May 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/123/53-54
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Copy of a letter from Arthur Cook, General Secretary of the Miners' Federation, to the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin], informing him that the Federation had considered the Government's latest proposals for ending the coal dispute and were ready to meet him at any time. Cook also encloses a resolution passed by the Federation, stating that though they were largely in agreement with the Government's proposals, they could not recommend agreement to reduction in miners' wages and objected to...
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20 May 1926
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/124/48
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Typescript copy of 2 letters between the Mines Department and the Miners' Federation on the coal dispute (3-4 September), consisting of: letter from Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Mines Department, to William Lee, Secretary of the Mining Association, forwarding a letter from Arthur Cook, Secretary of the Miners' Federation, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Winston Churchill], and stating that Cook's letter was a basis for restarting negotiations; Cook's letter to...
Dates:
06 Sep 1926
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(Untitled), 05 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/125/30-57
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Notes of a meeting on the coal dispute, between the Coal Committee (Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under- Secretary, Mines Department and Christopher Hurst,...
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05 Nov 1926
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(Untitled), 06 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/125/58-85
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Notes of a meeting on the coal dispute, between the Coal Committee (Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department and Christopher Hurst, Assistant Under-Secretary, Mines Department) and the...
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06 Nov 1926
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(Untitled), 08 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/126/2-73
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Notes of a meeting on the coal dispute, between the Coal Committee (Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department and Christopher Hurst,...
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08 Nov 1926
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(Untitled), 11 Nov 1926 - 12 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/127/3-86
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Notes of meetings on the coal dispute, between the Coal Committee (Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department and Christopher Hurst,...
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11 Nov 1926 - 12 Nov 1926
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/21
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Top Secret" and "Personal" commenting on conditions in occupied Germany: the agricultural position, the general food situation, coal production, and discharging prisoners of war.
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11 Jun 1945
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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/107-109
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC on increasing French, Belgian, and particularly, German coal production, to prevent mass unrest in western Europe that winter.
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24 Jun 1945
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(Untitled), 02 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/8
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he fully agrees with Truman's proposal [on the threatened coal famine in Europe]. Accompanied by explanatory note.
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02 Jul 1945
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/206/39
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Letter from Gwilym Lloyd-George [later Lord Tenby, Minister of Fuel and Power] (7 Millbank) to WSC marked "Personal" offering to serve in a new National Government formed by WSC; stating that such an administration would be in the best interests of the country; that if it is formed, he will be happy to continue in his existing post; and that he soon hopes to put before the Cabinet proposals on the future structure of the coal industry. Carbon copy.
Dates:
21 Mar 1945
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(Untitled), [Jan] [1912]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/11/73-74
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Minute from [WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman], on the actions to be followed by the Navy during the threatened coal strike. [Typescript copy, with address to 1st Sea Lord struck through].
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[Jan] [1912]
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(Untitled), [1912]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/11/75-77
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Minute from [Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, 1st Sea Lord] to WSC, on coaling arrangements for the Navy during the threatened coal strike.
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[1912]
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(Untitled), 06 Oct 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/15/65-66
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel], (Reston Lodge, Petersham, Surrey) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the production of oil and smokeless domestic fuel from coal. Includes leaflet on smokeless fuel. [See CHAR 13/16/102 for typescript copy].
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06 Oct 1912
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(Untitled), 14 Aug 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/24/4
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Notes of a conference between the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, and representatives of the Miners' Federation. Subjects and issues discussed include: the constitution of a Court of Enquiry/Commission; the Miners' Federation's wish that the miners and the mine owners should be represented; the likelihood of the Commission producing a minority report otherwise; Stanley Baldwin's view that a small Commission, supplemented by technical assessors, would be preferable and would avoid "the two...
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14 Aug 1925
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/35
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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on coal exports.
Dates:
21 Mar 1940
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Chartwell Papers
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Official: Admiralty
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Official: Admiralty: copies of minutes [?mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC, with a summary of the contents at the start of the file. Also includes a small amount of later correspondence [from the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 18 Jul 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/34/9
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Letter from [Clement] Attlee [Lord Privy Seal] (11 Downing Street) to WSC advising against sending [David] Grenfell [Secretary for Mines] to New Zealand if he is to be removed from the Mines Department. Signed typescript.
Dates:
18 Jul 1941
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/3
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, April 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff.Subjects covered by the minutes include: the Japanese threat to the Falkland Islands; discussion of operation "Ironclad" [code name for British occupation of Diego Suarez, Madagascar]; the British naval...
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01 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942
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(Untitled), 17 Sep 1942 - 06 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/58/4-11
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Extracts from letter from Jennie Lee [Janet Bevan] to King Gordon, United States, intercepted by the censor: controversial comments on Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal], the attitude of the coal miners, organising opposition to a Conservative Government, and the resentment felt by United States airmen in Britain at slow British military development; includes covering notes between Hubert Gee [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Labour and National Service], John Martin [Private...
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17 Sep 1942 - 06 Oct 1942
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(Untitled), 13 May 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/11/58
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Letter from [1st] Lord Cadman to WSC suggesting that coal and oil should be dealt with by different departments as coal relates to labour matters while petroleum deals with supply, shipping and world-wide distribution.
Dates:
13 May 1940
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(Untitled), 07 Aug 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/45/14-15
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Letter from an unknown correspondent to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on disruption of work in the coal mines, and a statement made on the issue by Thomas Macnamara [Financial Secretary to the Admiralty].
Dates:
07 Aug 1914
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