We’re pleased to say that the Wellcome Trust funded cataloguing of the National Coal Board archive for the Derbyshire area is nearly complete. The archive contains more than 600 boxes of records, which relate to the miners who worked at the coalface as well as the management of the collieries and the coal they produced.
Now that these and other coal collections are becoming accessible, we’re running an online workshop on 13 October to examine their potential for study and research.
The workshop is particularly aimed at universities, to see how we can encourage students and academics to explore these new resources. If you’d like to join us at the workshop, just let us know by emailing record.office@derbyshire.gov.uk.
Derbyshire Record Office 
Over what time period does the archive cover?From a family history research point of view I would be looking at 1900-1930s.
Hi Jill. The whole NCB archive does cover that period, but it depends which colliery you’re interested in as to what survives. Here’s a link to the archive catalogue: https://calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk/CalmView/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=NCB%2fA
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Dear Sarah
Great news to see the completion of the archive ,I would be interested in attending but I note its aimed at university’s
Will it be to academic ?
Dave
This workshop is particularly aimed at academics and students, but we will be doing a talk for people with a local history or family history interest, so keep an eye out for a post about that soon!
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