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Total number of records: 68

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Brotherton Collection17
Business Archives4
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society3
Leeds Russian Archive1
Liddle Collection1

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coal mines and mining68
coal13
coal trade5
iron industry and trade5
coal miners4
iron mines and mining3
mines and mineral resources2
business records1
coal leases1
coal mining accidents1

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Academie Des Sciences7
Morand, Jean-Francois-Clement (1726-1784)7
Dunn, Matthias3
Great Britain3
Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)3
Low Stubbin Colliery (Barnsley, England)3
Fordyce, William (1860-)2
Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire2
Johnston, James Finlay Weir (1796-1855)2
Munro, J E Crawford (1896)2

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Archive Collection

James Eccles Williams, notes on economic history

Williams, James Eccles

c.1950-1962

Comprises notes on Oldham cotton spinners and Derbyshire miners, with numerous typed extracts from the 'Derbyshire Times'.

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Coal mining papers compiled by Sir Andrew Bryan

Bryan, Sir Andrew

c.1901-1990

Comprises reports, articles, photographs, press cuttings, pamphlets, periodicals, and books on coal mining.

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Henry Briggs, Son and Company Limited, Business Archive

1865-1961

Minute books of the coalmaster's company.

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North Biddick Colliery, Co. Durham, 1722-1733, owned by Maj. Davison and partners

1722-1733

Contents comprise: (1) General accounts, 1722-1727; (2) ditto 1727-1729; (3) ditto 1729-1733; (4) Staith bills, 1728/9-1730; (5) Receipted accounts of Lancelot Harrison, 1724-26. 10 ff. ; (6-8) Miscel...

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Papers of John Harry Jones on the coal industry in Britain and overseas in the mid-1930s

Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)

1930s

Most of these papers were discovered in a cupboard in the School of Economic Studies in December 1976 and were presented to the Library through the good offices of Professor J. R. Crossley; a smaller ...

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Papers on coal mining, by J.T. Whetton

Whetton, John Thomas (1894-1979)

c.1925-1975

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Account book and commonplace book relating to the coal industry, ca.1700-1720, by Joshua Arthington

Arthington, Joshua

c.1700-1720

Contents: (1) [f. 1r] Accounts for getting coal, notes of agreement for sinking pits etc., at Farnley, 1710-1720; (2) [f. 129v] Accounts of a similar nature, 1711-1714; (3) [f. 155v] Commonplace-book ...

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Minute books and papers of the West Yorkshire Coal Owners' Association

1889-1955

Contents as follows: (1)-(8), (20) Minute books nos 1-9, 1890-1955; (9)-(12), (21) Finance Committee minute books nos 1-5, 1890-1955; (13)-(14) Annual output of members' collieries, 1889-1931; (15) De...

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Notes on mining and the coal industry in the 1930s, by John Harry Jones.

Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)

c.1930-1936

Comprises drafts of several publications on coal mining and correspondence concerning those publications dated between 1930 and 1936, together with an offprint.

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Account book for Middleton Colliery for the year 1806.

1805-1807

Comprises the accounts ledger for Middleton Colliery for the working year beginning 27 December 1805 and ending 2 January 1807.

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Correspondence and papers concerning the publication of the 'Dusseldorf Excursion Memoir' by the Midland Institute of Mining Engineers

1903

Comprises: (1) proof copy of the memoir, entitled 'Dortmund Mining-District', and (2) correspondence and other papers relating to members' complaints about the Secretary's objections to its publicatio...

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