| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/146 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">South Wales Colliery Managers and Officials Study</title> |
| Interview of Schewitz, Graham Brynmor |
| Second South Wales Coalfield Project 1979-82 |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Recorded memoirs of Graham Schewitz, Taff-Merthyr. Includes his first experiences of working underground; identity of individual collieries; Lodge leadership in Abercynon; differences in industrial relations between collieries; effect of Aberfan Disaster on the workforce; Taff-Merthyr Colliery working practices and conventions; run-down of the coal industry, and its effect on workforce morale; motivation of the workforce; and the work involved during the 1972 strike</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Schewitz</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Graham Brynmor & Taylor</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Colliery Managers & Measurers</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">National Union of Mineworkers & National Coal Board & Labour Party & Abercynon Lodge & Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company & Colliery Officials and Staffs Association (COSA) & National Association of Colliery Overmen Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS) & Association of Professional Executive and Management Staff (APEX) & Spencer Union & South Wales Miners Federation & South Wales Miners Industrial Union</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Taff-Merthyr Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Treharris</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Abercynon Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Abercynon</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Aberaman Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Aberaman</emph><emph altrender="parish">Aberdare</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Trelewis Drift</emph><emph altrender="county">Treharris</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Merthyr Vale Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Aberfan</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Fforchamman Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Cwmaman</emph><emph altrender="parish">Aberdare</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Disaster, Aberfan 1966</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1972</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1974</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Nationalisation, Vesting Day 1947</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial injuries </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">holidays </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">horses </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">ventilation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial relations </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">mechanisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">overtime </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">internal coalfield mobility </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">shift working </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">children </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disasters </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pickets </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">oil industry </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recession </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">power loading </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">productivity </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">incentive bonus scheme </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pit conditions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list><list type="deflist"><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>National Power Loading Agreement 1966</item></defitem></list> |
| Date | 1950 = 1980 (c) |
| 22.1.1980 |
| Related Material | <archref linktype="simple"><extref linktype="simple"><emph altrender="filename">WXYZ</emph><emph altrender="identity">loan copy : Miners Library</emph></extref></archref> |
| Physical Description | good |
| Extent | no of tapes : 2 |
| Language | English |