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Emily Capper and the 1934 Gresford Colliery disaster
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Series
National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Secretary's Department
Catalogue reference: COAL 30
What's it about?
COAL 30
Most of the series consists of the policy files of the central secretariat. Other file series which are included cover patents, public relations and general services, etc.This series also contains the minutes of Coal Commission meetings from 1938...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- COAL 30
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Secretary's Department
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1898-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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Most of the series consists of the policy files of the central secretariat. Other file series which are included cover patents, public relations and general services, etc.
This series also contains the minutes of Coal Commission meetings from 1938 to 1943 and Coal Commission Secretariat reports for 1946 and 1947.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- British Coal Corporation, Secretarys Department, 1987-1997
- National Coal Board, Secretarys Department, 1947-1987
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 899 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5278/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: COAL
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National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Secretary's Department
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