Paperwork relating to the National Coal Board Photographic Collection

Scope and Content

Paperwork concerning the National Coal Board photographic collection, including indexes to the collection. Alongside the indexes there are also procedural documents concerning the creation of a coal industry photographic archive.

Custodial History

Previous reference: DNCB/48 and DNCB/79. It is unclear if the indexes to the collection were compiled by the NCB or the PRO. A letter in Depositors File D55/11/1c from Susan Edwards, Acting Glamorgan Archivist to David Rimmer, County Archivist, Gwent Record Office, 30 Apr 1997 states that 'Gary Parkin of the PRO[...] is having 46 boxes of photographic negatives for the Welsh Collieries listed'.

Related Material

Related material held at Glamorgan Archives. See DNCB/14/4 for negatives that are listed within the indexes in this series.