The Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, part VII, the country around Ammanford. 1907

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South Wales Miners' Museum CollectionSWMM

Museum administration: mainly papers of Glyn Thomas as Director Secretary of the museumSWMM/4/hub

Collected material: photographs, song sheets, newspaper cuttings and other material donated by local communitySWMM/5/hub

Newspaper cuttings, leaflets, photographs etc concerning the Miners Strike, compiled by Betty Evans (who worked at the Miners Support Shop, and was part of the Women's Support Group). 1984-1995SWMM/5/1/hub

Photographs, n.d.SWMM/5/2/hub

Song sheets (Thomas Jones, Harriet Jones), 1950s-1960sSWMM/5/3/hub

Papers from, or concerning, the local community, (20th century)SWMM/5/4/hub

Posters and artwork, n.d.SWMM/5/5/hub

Socialist, political and trade union printed material, (20th century)SWMM/5/6/hub

Mines Department and Home Office notices, copies of acts etc., (20th century)SWMM/5/7/hub

Published material from institutions, 1917-1979SWMM/5/8/hub

Coal related publicationsSWMM/5/9/hub

'First Aid in Coal Mines' by the St Johns Ambulance Association (one revised edition). n.d.SWMM 5/9/1

'Geological Map of South Wales'. n.d.SWMM 5/9/2

The Midland Counties Colliery Owners' Association: third report on coal dust research, automatic stone dusting. n.d.SWMM 5/9/3

'South Wales Coalfield. Map of steam and anthracite properties' (cover damaged). n.d.SWMM 5/9/4

'Colliery accounts' by Ivor Phillips, reprinted from 'The Incorporated Accountants' Journal'. n.d.SWMM 5/9/5

'The Colliery Manager's Handbook' by Caleb Pamely, publishers Crosby Lockwood and Son, London. 1891SWMM 5/9/6

'Colliery working and management' by H F Bulman and R A S Redmayne, publishers Crosby Lockwood and Son, London. 1896SWMM 5/9/7

Fuel in Science and Practice Bulletin Nos 1-2: 'Producer gas and gas producer practice' and 'The spontaneous combustion of coal' by Richard Vernon Wheeler. (20th century)SWMM 5/9/8

The Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, part VII, the country around Ammanford. 1907SWMM 5/9/10

'The Coals of South Wales' by Aubrey Strahan and W Pollard. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales (damaged). 1908SWMM 5/9/11

'The Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, part 1, the country around Newport, Monmouthshire' by Aubrey Strahan, Memoirs of the Geological Survey . 1909SWMM 5/9/12

'The Breccia' The magazine of the South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines, No 1 . Dec 1914SWMM 5/9/13

Miners' handbook 2nd Percentages on the 1915 standard, minimum rates revised and Lord St. Aldwyn's Award. Compiled by John Harries, colliery checkweigher, Ammanford, and David Jones Morris, certified accountant, Llandilo. 1915SWMM 5/9/14

Papers read before the Swansea Technical College Metallurgical Society. 1922-1923SWMM 5/9/15

Reports on the work of the research laboratory for the year 1926, 1928 and 1931 by the Executive Board of Mining Research, University of Birmingham . Apr 1927-Jul 1932SWMM 5/9/16

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research reports: (stamped by Ammanford Amalgamated Collieries) 'Fires in steamship bunker and cargo coal Fuel research special report no 5' and 'The action of hydrogen upon coal technical paper no 29'. 1929-1931SWMM 5/9/17

'Difficulties of Underground District Officials' issued to the Powell Duffryn Colliery Officials' and Students' Association session 1938-1939 (Britannia Mining School). c 1939SWMM 5/9/18

The British Colliery Owners Research Association: report on the work of the mining research laboratory during 3 years ended Mar 1938. 1938SWMM 5/9/19

'Colliery explosions and recovery work' by J W Whitaker and H L Willett, publishers Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Limited, London . 1946SWMM 5/9/20

'British regional geology South Wales (second edition)' by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Signed by Stephen G Evans. 1948SWMM 5/9/21

British Coal opencase executive publication on opencast coal mining in Great Britain . c 1987SWMM 5/9/22

Offprint from Afan Uchaf, volume one 1978. 1978SWMM 5/9/23

'Down the pit: work in the Great Northern and South Wales Coalfields 1870-1914' by M J Daunton. Reprint from The Economic History Review. Nov 1981SWMM 5/9/24

'Books on Coal' published by British Coal Public Relations. Feb 1987SWMM 5/9/25

'Explosives and shot-firing' by Henry Davies, Director of Mining Instruction, Glamorgan County Council. 1912SWMM 5/9/26

National Union of Mineworkers: Coal Mining Conciliation Scheme, Vol 2 1948-1953. n.d. (20th century)SWMM 5/9/27

'A manual of modern underground haulage methods for mining engineers' by H R Wheeler. 1945SWMM 5/9/28

Photocopy of 'Colliery settlement in the South Wales Coalfield' by Philip N Jones, University of Hull publications. 1969SWMM 5/9/29

Volume of reports concerning colliery explosions in South Wales 1816-1972, collected by David Jones, Garw Valley. Includes loose papers. n.d. (20th century)SWMM 5/9/30

Miscellaneous publications, (20th century)SWMM/5/10/hub

Colliery records, 1861-1986SWMM/6/hub

Plans of collieries in the West Glamorgan area. Some of these show dates when the workings were dug, including progress along tunnels and shaftsSWMM/CP/hub

Whitworth Mineral EstateSWMM/W

South Wales Miners' Museum: photographs of collieries in South WalesSWMM/X/hub