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Memoranda of Agreements which contain generally lists of the representatives from both the owners' and workmens' sides, the decision regarding general rate of wages or other topics in dispute, rules of procedure and the effective dates of the Agreement, and relevant memoranda and statements. They may also include printed notices which were to be displayed by the collieries. Many Agreements contain original signatures.

Material related to the Hauliers' Conciliation Board, comprising Memoranda of Agreements and Awards granted by the Board, regarding rates of pay and specific duties of master hauliers.

Material related to the activities of the Windingmen's Conciliation Board, comprising memoranda of agreements between the owners' representatives and the workmens' representatives on the Board, and awards granted by either the Board or an Independent Chairman.

Agreements and awards granted by the Joint Examiners' Conciliation Board, the result of negotiations between the Coal Owners Association and the Colliery Examiners [Firemen] and Shotsmen. Material relates mainly to wage increases and disputes at various collieries.

Material relating to the work of the Craftsmen's Conciliation Board, comprising memoranda of agreements between the Coal Owners Association and the members of the Craftsmen's Association, and Awards granted by either the Board or an Independent Chairman.

Material relating to the work and activities of the Central Committee of the Mining Association of Great Britain comprising minutes of meetings. There is an index to the minutes in the front of each volume.

Verbatim minutes from the shorthand notes of Conciliation Board meetings, including those before an Independent Chairman, considering applications from the owners, or the workmen, for changes in wage rates. Material may include supporting documents such as memoranda, reports and statistical tables.

Statistics relating mainly to the coal industry of South Wales and the UK, containing figures for output, export, wages, selling prices, accidents, deaths from fatal accidents, absenteeism, colliery consumption, and railway transport.

Commercial Department files relating to various issues and practices in the coal and transportation industries which affected the Coal Owners Association's interests. Much of the material concerns the transportation of coal by rail and by ship, and the export, import, mechanical and labour issues associated with it. Files may include letters and correspondence, circulars, committee minutes and reports, statistics, and material relating to government rules and regulations.

Material relating to the work of the Coal Cutters and Conveyors Committee, which was appointed by the Owners' representatives of the Conciliation Board to negotiate price lists used for the payment of workmen on the introduction of machine mining, to investigate the question of these price lists at individual collieries, and to advise members in their negotiations for new price lists. Material comprises minutes of meetings and résumés of cases prepared for the meetings.

Material relating to the Coal Dust Research and the General Research Committees of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association. Material comprises minutes and research reports. The minutes are mainly for meetings of the Coal Dust Research Committee, which met to receive, and approve, periodic reports of work completed by Dr. T. D. Jones, Director of Research. They contain interim and final reports from Dr. Jones, statements of expenditure for the Coal Dust Research Department, and outlines of future research programmes. The minutes also include several meetings where both the Coal Dust and General Research committees met. Research reports deal with a variety of issues such as air sampling, the use of sprays for dust suppression, ventilation in mines, the effects of various types of conveyors on coal dust, sodium vapour lamps used underground, and pneumokoniosis amongst others.

Statistics relating mainly to the export of coal from ports in the United Kingdom to foreign destinations, although figures for coastwise shipments from South Wales ports to other UK ports such as London, Liverpool, Plymouth and Southampton may also be found. The figures mostly concern quantities, value, declared prices, and classes of coal exported.

Material relating to the activities of the Coal Mines Acts Committee, comprising draft minutes and occasional related letters. Indexes are included in the front of both volumes.

Reports relating to the coal mining industry, produced by various organisations including the Coal Utilisation Council, the National Coal Board, individual railway companies, individual coal companies and the Mining Association of Great Britain.

Statistics relating to the production of coal in the South Wales coalfield, other British coalfields, coalfields in the U.S.A., and other principal countries.

Material comprises letters, telegrams, newspaper cuttings, statistics, etc., dealing with disputes and strikes at collieries throughout South Wales, together with some details of indemnities paid by the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association (MSWCOA) to members involved. Also contains reports of investigations of the disputes by representatives of the MSWCOA and other individuals.

Bound volumes providing tabulated information on disputes dealt with by the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association. Information includes the name and owner of each colliery, the subject of the dispute, the duration of the dispute and any Conciliation Board recommendations. Lists and indexes are also included in this group. See P4/2 for scrapbooks relating to disputes during 1880-1897.

Material relating to the work of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association Commercial Committee, which dealt with the commercial side of the coal trade. Topics recorded include negotiations with the Coal Controller over the level of coal exports permitted, and schemes for ending government control; the establishment of a standard form for Fuel on Board (F.O.B.) and inland sales; negotiations with various bodies such as the South Wales Shipowners, the Liverpool Shipowners, etc., over standard contracts. The committee also dealt with railway rates, hire charges, transport and shipping facilities within the area, coal trimming and tipping, and co-operation with other exporting districts. Material includes minutes of committee and special meetings, and also notebooks containing shorthand minutes and notes. Minute book no. 7 missing.

Minutes of proceedings of Mining Association of Great Britain (MAGB) Council meetings, draft Council reports, and reports of Annual General Meetings.

Material relating to Courts of Enquiry held on a variety of issues, including the cost of living of the working classes, industrial agreements, coal mining industry wages, and industry disputes.