| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/655 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Miscellaneous Coalfield</title> |
| Interview of Cornelius, Richard (Dick) |
| Miscellaneous |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Transcript only available. Memoirs of Richard (Dick) Cornelius, concerning his experiences in the pits, especially Wyndham colliery. Includes dust hazards and diseases; religious influences; adult education classes, including hypnotism and phrenology; World War I experiences and its political influence; recreational activities and the institute; activities with the Communist Party; his arrest in the 1926 General Strike; persecution for being an agitator; involvemwnt in protest marches; and his work for the British Legion concerning pensions</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Cornelius</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Richard & Owen</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet">Dick</emph></persname></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Communist Party & National Council Of Labour Colleges & Cory Brothers & Miners Federation Of Great Britain & Miners Minority Movement & Board of Guardians & British Legion &</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Wyndham Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Nantymoel</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Garw Ocean Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Blaengarw</emph><emph altrender="parish">Garw Valley</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Tynewydd Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Porth</emph><emph altrender="parish">Rhondda Fawr</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Nantdyrys Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Treorchy</emph><emph altrender="parish">Rhondda Fawr</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, General 1926</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">World War I 1914-18</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pneumoconiosis </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">dust </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">silicosis </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">clothing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">compensation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </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">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">adult education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">culture </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">army </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">migration </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">institutes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">marches </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">health </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sickness </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pickets </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">legal proceedings </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">coal owners </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pensions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">gleaning </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Welsh language </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list><list type="deflist"><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Emergency Powers Act 1920</item></defitem><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Eight Hours Act 1908</item></defitem></list> |
| Date | 1900 = 1970 |
| 4.1970 |
| 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 : n/a |
| Language | English |