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Material relating to Robert Foot's "Plan for Coal," which addressed the issue of the transfer of the mining industry into public ownership. Includes Foot's report to the British Coal Utilisation Research Association Council, 1945; minutes of proceedings at a meeting of the chairmen and managing directors of colliery companies in the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association with Robert Foot, 1945; and notes on a deputation to the Minister of Fuel and Power regarding the nationalisation of mines, 1946.

Material relating to a broad range of issues in the coal mining industry such as fuel efficiency, railway rates on coal, coal dust experiments, education and training, and nationalisation of the coal industry. Material comprises minutes of proceedings at a deputation from the Mining Association of Great Britain (MAGB) to the Home Secretary, 1896; minutes of proceedings of MAGB Central Committee meetings with the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, 1923-6; reports of the Coal Industry Joint Fuel Efficiency Committee, and other reports, including a major report and supplementary notes by the Association's chairman, Robert Foot, "A Plan for Coal" concerning the nationalisation of the coal industry, 1944-7; and an historical review of mining compiled to supplement an exhibit of models at the Wembley Coal Mine, 1924.