| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/242 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">South Wales Miners Federation Founder Members Study</title> |
| Interview of Davies, Joseph |
| First South Wales Coalfield Project 1972-74 |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Recorded memoirs of Joseph Davies, Trethomas. Includes death of his father in the colliery; information concerning the George Inn where he lived until 1900; worked in the collieries in the area; experiences as a Publican; gambling, and working and travelled around America; a comparison of Chicago and Merthyr; experiences in the Nevada Goldfields; and recollections of a boxing match (Johnson v. Jefferies)</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Davies</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Joseph & Price</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Drivers, Haulage & Publicans & Gamblers & Winders</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">South Wales Miners Federation & Illinois Steel Company</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">George Inn Hotel</emph><emph altrender="county">Brithdir</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Abernant Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Markham</emph><emph altrender="parish">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Coed y Moeth</emph><emph altrender="county">Bargoed</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Elliots Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">New Tredegar</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Garne Inn</emph><emph altrender="county">Maesteg</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Bargoed Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Bargoed</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Armstrong Whitworths Ellsick Shipyard</emph><emph altrender="county">Newcastle upon Tyne</emph><emph altrender="parish">Tyne and Wear</emph><emph altrender="township">England</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Bedwas Navigation Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Bedwas</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Maesteg</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Chicago</emph><emph altrender="county">America</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">America</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1898</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1921</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, General 1926</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">show cards </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">boxing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">steel industry </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War I </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">housing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">fatal accidents </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">culture </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">migration </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1895 = 1973 (c) |
| 6.1973 |
| 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 |