Focus on
Emily Capper and the 1934 Gresford Colliery disaster
Our records tell the story of Emily Capper's desperate campaign to recover the bodies of the victims, including that of her son.
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
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
COAL 30
-
Title (The name of the record)
- National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Secretary's Department
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1898-1996
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
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.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
-
- British Coal Corporation, Secretarys Department, 1987-1997
- National Coal Board, Secretarys Department, 1947-1987
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
899 files and volumes
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
-
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))
-
- Topics
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5278/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
131,483 records
Within the department: COAL
Records created or inherited by the National Coal Board, and of related bodies
You are currently looking at the series: COAL 30
National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Secretary's Department
You may be interested in
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.