South Wales Coalfield Collection

Merthyr Vale Lodge

Minute Books, 1933-72. Financial Records, 1956-81. Correspondence, 1970-84. Administrative Records, 1966-84.

Minute Books

Ref No. Description Dates
MNC/NUM/L/22/1 Merthyr Vale Lodge minute book.
29.5.1933-13.8.1936
MNC/NUM/L/22/2 Merthyr Vale Lodge minute book.
16.1.1936-24.10.1938
MNC/NUM/L/22/3 Merthyr Vale Lodge minute book.
31.10.1938-17.3.1941
MNC/NUM/L/22/4 Merthyr Vale Lodge minute book.
21.12.1950-11.11.1954
MNC/NUM/L/22/5 Merthyr Vale Lodge minute book.
25.11.1954-26.2.1959
MNC/NUM/L/22/6 Merthyr Vale Lodge minute book.
12.3.1959-13.6.1963
MNC/NUM/L/22/7 Merthyr Vale Lodge minute book.
31.12.1970-8.6.1972
MNC/NUM/L/22/8 Merthyr Vale Lodge Area Safety Committee minutes.
Contains copies of minutes of the Area Safety Committee.
6.5.1975-15.12.1981
MNC/NUM/L/22/9 Merthyr Vale Consultative Committee minutes.
Contains copies of Merthyr Vale Colliery Consultative Committee minutes.
26.11.1963-5.5.1981
MNC/NUM/L/22/10 Merthyr Vale Lodge Colliery Safety Committee minutes.
Contains copies of minutes of the Merthyr Vale Colliery Safety Committee.
3.11.1963-18.7.1978

Financial Records

Ref No. Description Dates
MNC/NUM/L/22/11 Merthyr Vale Lodge contributions book.
1956-1977
MNC/NUM/L/22/12 Merthyr Vale Lodge return book.
Contains contributions collected by the Lodge, and the amounts due to National Union of Mineworkers central offices.
28.6.1958-31.12.1963
MNC/NUM/L/22/13 Merthyr Vale Lodge salaries and wages book.
5.10.1963-30.1.1965
MNC/NUM/L/22/14 Merthyr Vale Lodge annual returns and balance sheets.
Contains the Annual Returns for 1967 and 1975, and balance sheets from 1962-81 uncomplete.
1962-1981
MNC/NUM/L/22/15 Merthyr Vale Lodge petty cash book.
The petty cash book of the Social Welfare Organisation.
1956-1971
MNC/NUM/L/22/16 Merthyr Vale Lodge accounts and balance sheets.
Contains statement of accounts and balance sheets for the Aberfan and Merthyr Vale Welfare Hall Association.
1967-1971

Correspondence

Ref No. Description Dates
MNC/NUM/L/22/17 Merthyr Vale Lodge letter book.
Contains miscellaneous correspondence (carbon copy).
25.5.1970-14.7.1971
MNC/NUM/L/22/18 Merthyr Vale Lodge letter book.
Contains miscellaneous correspondence (carbon copy).
13.9.1972-13.2.1974
MNC/NUM/L/22/19 Merthyr Vale Lodge correspondence file.
Contains miscellaneous correspondence regarding various issues and disputes occurring at the colliery, and circular letters sent from the NUM (South Wales Area) headquarters.
1962-1984

Administrative Records

Ref No. Description Dates
MNC/NUM/L/22/20 Merthyr Vale Lodge secretary diary.
Contains names and addresses, and rough notes.
1966
MNC/NUM/L/22/21 Merthyr Vale Lodge installation agreements and bus contracts review.
Contains reviews of bus services and contracts for the Merthyr Vale Colliery, and a copy of an agreement between the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Coal Board concerning wages and installation agreements regarding plant at the Merthyr Vale Colliery.
5.1977-7.1983
MNC/NUM/L/22/22 Merthyr Vale Lodge accident reports and safety inspection reports.
Contains statistics and analysis of serious accidents in South Wales collieries, 1973-78, and safety inspections of Merthyr Vale Colliery, 1979-81.
27.4.1974-15.4.1981
MNC/NUM/L/22/23 Merthyr Vale Lodge accident reports.
Fortnightly accident reports, which contain details of parts of the body injured, and the causes of compensatable accidents.
9.6.1973-15.7.1978
MNC/NUM/L/22/24 Merthyr Vale Lodge accident league reports and safety campaign papers.
Contains details of the frequency rates of accidents in collieries, and their position in an accident league. It also contains details of a pit safety campaign.
3.1973-1.1984
MNC/NUM/L/22/25 Merthyr Vale Lodge gala day programme.
A copy of the Welsh Miners' Victory gala day programme. It contains photographs of all the South Wales Area Lodge committees.
10.6.1972

 


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