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Arthur Markham Memorial Prize Essays
Collection
Reference code: 268
Scope and Contents
Essays, poetry and short stories written by mineworkers for the Arthur Markham Memorial Prize administered by the University of Sheffield, submitted during the period 1932 - 1993. Contains essays that won the prize and those that were unsuccessful. Essays give insight into working in and for the mines and the home life of miners and their families. This archive contains essays for nearly all the years the prize was awarded. The 70 essays in this collection make up a small number...
Dates:
1932 - 1993
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Bradley Documents
Fonds
Reference code: 248
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of documents relating to the Great Strike of 1984-1985, collected by Andre and Phyllis Bradley. It includes newspaper cuttings, posters, pamphlets, photographs and correspondence, as well as working papers from specific mines, minutes, leaflets and conference reports. The majority of the documnets date from the 1970s to the 1990s but there are some older documents from the nineteenth century. For further details of this collection please see the finding...
Dates:
1865 - 1995
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Feickert Documents
Fonds
Reference code: 202
Scope and Contents
Documents relating to the work of Dave Feickert, former National Union of Mineworkers research officer 1983-1993.The collection consists of documents and working papers covering the period of the Great Strike (1984-85) and the subsequent privatisation and decline of the coal industry. It includes correspondence, newspaper and journal articles, and material published during the strike period. It also includes documents relating to clean coal technology, health and safety issues and...
Dates:
1972 - 2004
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Glyn Documents
Fonds
Reference code: 284
Scope and Contents
Over 100 reports, both published and unpublished, relating to the UK coal industry during the years of the Great Strike and also the pit closures that followed it.The collection consists of over 100 reports, both published and unpublished, relating to the UK coal industry during the years of the Great Strike (1984/1985) and the programme of pit closures which followed it. The reports are concerned with national matters and also with the viability of individual pits....
Dates:
1960 - 1995
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Literary remains of the writer Arthur Eaglestone aka Roger Dataller
Fonds
Reference code: 425
Scope and Contents
Papers from the life and works of Arthur Eaglestone (1892-1980), worker in the Yorkshire steel and mining industries, Oxford scholarship student, author, and adult educator with the WEA and the University of Sheffield’s Department of Extramural Studies. The material includes both manuscript and printed works, scripts for radio broadcasts, correspondence, and personal and family papers.For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the External Documents...
Dates:
1920 - 1999
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
National Union of Mineworkers Energy Research Archive
Fonds
Reference code: 242
Scope and Contents
Documents both published and unpublished relating to the Coal and other energy industries (mainly 1970s to early 1990s) formerly in the Library of the Research Department of the National Union of Mineworkers, Sheffield.
For further details of this collection please see the box list in the External Documents section below.
Dates:
1925 - 1993 (mainly 1973 - 1993)
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
National Union of Mineworkers (Yorkshire) Minutes
Fonds
Reference code: 243
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a complete set of printed minutes of the National Union of Mineworkers distributed to over 100 collieries in operation in the Yorkshire region between 1925 and 1992.
Dates:
1925 - 1992
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Tom Hague Papers
Fonds
Reference code: 407
Scope and Contents
Papers from the life and works of miner Tom Hague (1915-1998), also known as Totley Tom. The majority of the papers date from the 1970s to the 1990s, but also includes later recordings of interviews with family members.
Dates:
1970s - 2011
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives