| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/80 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Local Leaders Study</title> |
| Interview of James, Archie |
| 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 Archie James, Treherbert. Including his working experiences as a young boy in the mines, and the influence of Ned Evans and others on his politics; role of the workmens institutes and libraries in the communities; influence of the South Wales Miners Federation and trade unionism, and his experiences as Lodge and SWMF Executive member; the position and role of the Combines, particularly Cory Combine; problems of non-unionism; influence and power of Powell Duffryn; the relation with local mining politicians; and the Spanish Civil War and his brother Sid James' volunteering</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">James</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Archie & Evans</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet">Bedlinog</emph></persname><occupation>Clerks & Colliery Officials & SWMF Executive Member & Lodge Secretary </occupation></item><item><persname role="tydraw lodge chairman"><emph altrender="surname">Thomas</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Tom</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Tydraw Lodge & Communist Party & Labour Party & Templars & Conservative Clubs & South Wales Miners Federation & Cory Combine Committee & Ocean Combine Committee & Amalgamated Anthracite Combine Committee & Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company & Powell Duffryn Combine Committee & South Wales Miners Industrial Union</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Tydraw Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Rhondda Fawr</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Tydraw Workmans Institute</emph><emph altrender="county">Rhondda Fawr</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Fernhill Pits</emph><emph altrender="county">Fernhill</emph><emph altrender="parish">Rhondda Fawr</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Treherbert</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Rhondda</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ynyscedwin Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Ystradgynlais</emph><emph altrender="parish">Powys</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Fernhill 1936</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Spanish Civil War 1936-39</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">institutes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">communism </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">coal owners </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">seniority rule </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">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Spanish Civil War </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pit conditions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial relations </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1920 = 1973 (c) |
| 14.11.1973 |
| 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 |