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Memoranda and reports, 1948-1964, on the development of the British coal mining industry and the role of the National Coal Board, the use of coal and other fuels, and government fuel policies.

Papers, 1947-1985, arising directly from Philip Weekes' work at the National Coal Board, comprising a large number of memoranda and notes, 1962-1985; some general notebooks, 1973-1980; several reports and brochures, 1974-1985; and numerous official minutes with attached annexes, 1977-1983; correspondence and papers, 1947-1983 (3 folders) relating to Philip Weekes's emplyment by the National Coal Board; and his diaries, 1979-1985.

Letters, correspondence, copy minutes, formal comments and reports, and printed items, 1945-1946, relating to the Coal Industry Nationalisation Bill, including the Mining Association of Great Britain's comment on the Bill, a copy of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act of 1946, and printed material on the dangers of nationalisation (1919) and on the organisation of the National Coal Board (1948). The file also includes National Coal Board reports and accounts, 1948-50, and correspondence and letters, 1945, relating to the Office of Assistant Superintendent of the Great Western Railway, to the Export Credit Guarantee Fund, and to post-war industrial development of the railways and docks of the Great Western Railway.