| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/311 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">South Wales Miners Federation Founder Members Study</title> |
| Interview of Morgan, Abel |
| 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 Abel Morgan, Ynysybwl. Includes his family background and childhood; local government elections; his interest and involvement with the Labour Party; being a member of various local committees; the formation of the South Wales Miners Federation; his first-aid involvement within the colliery; the organisation during the 1898 strike; working conditions in Lady Windsor Colliery, and the horses underground</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Morgan</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Abel & Abraham</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Boys, Door & Lodge Secretary & Pit-Head Baths Superintendent & Hauliers & Colliers & Boys, Collier </occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Labour Party & South Wales Miners Federation & Ocean Joint Lodge Committee & Welsh Education Authority & Ocean Coal Company Limited & Lady Windsor Lodge</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ferndale Pits</emph><emph altrender="county">Tylorstown</emph><emph altrender="parish">Rhondda Fach</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ferndale</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Lady Windsor Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Ynysybwl</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ynysybwl Welfare Hall</emph><emph altrender="county">Ynysybwl</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</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, Cambrian Combine 1910-11</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">elections </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial injuries </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">safety </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pit-head baths </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">institutes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">horses </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pit conditions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">children </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1878 = 1972 (c) |
| 9.10.1972 |
| 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 : 1 |
| Language | English |