Circular issued to Lodges, as follows: Balance sheet of Durham Miners’ Association, 14 December 1877 – 13 March 1878 Relief Fund Balance Sheet, 13 December 1877 – 14 March 1878 Balance Sheet, Northumberland Levy, giving names of collieries contributing, 2 May 1878 Balance Sheet of Durham Miners’ Association, 14 March 1878 – 13 June 1878 Relief Fund Balance Sheet, 14 March 1878 – 13 June 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee meetings (East District), including Auckland cases, 12 July 1878 – 2 December 1878, 12 July 1878 Minutes of Committee meeting, 24 July 1878 – 31 December 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee meeting (North District), 9 August 1878 – 13 December 1878 Minutes of Council Meeting, 17 August 1878 Programme of Council Meeting, 17 August 1878 Minutes of Joint Committee Meeting (Auckland District), 26 August 1878 – 5 November 1878 Balance Sheet, 14 June 1878 – 12 September 1878 Relief Fund Balance Sheet, 14 June 1878 – 12 September 1878 Minutes of Special Council Meeting, 11 October 1878 Minutes of Ordinary Council Meeting, 12 October 1878 Programme of Special and Ordinary Council Meeting, 11 October 1878 Programme of Annual Council Meeting, 6 December 1878 Proceedings of Annual Council Meeting, 6 December 1878 Proceedings of Adjourned Annual Council Meeting, 7 December 1878 List of circulars sent to its members by the Durham Miners’ Association, April – June 1878, 12 July 1878 Circular concerning ‘Appeals against the doings of the Committee’, listing the details of the appeals, the colliery and, occasionally, the person involved, 3 August 1878 Circular concerning the Sliding Scale to regulate wages of hewers and others, indicating that no change in wages is to take place, August 1878 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, concerning an appeal concerning men at Shildon Colliery and Cornsay Colliery, 12 April 1878 Circular, issued by William Crawford, defending his proceedings in the appeal by men at Thrislington Colliery for strike pay, 17 August 1878 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, explaining why the Thrislington Appeal is not to be discussed at the next Council Meeting, August 1878 Poster announcing that all benefits from the Relief Fund will be discontinued after 7 September 1878, 27 August 1878 Circular requesting Lodges to return the number of their members, September 1878 List of collieries giving the number of votes for, and against, the payment of lock-out or strike allowances to workers at Thrislington Colliery, August – September 1878 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, stating that some financial irregularities have been taking place in the Lodges and suggesting that two sets of books be kept and that they be changed quarterly and sent to the Offices to be audited, 26 September 1878 Circular, issued by John Cummings and John Batey, concerning Mr. Richardson and Partners of Shildon, and a dispute centring on the dismissal of two men, mistakes in the payment of wages, and violation of the Special Rules of the Colliery, September 1878 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, concerning disputes at 5 collieries, and the payment of strike allowance, 26 September 1878 Circular, issued by the Executive Committee, entitled ‘The Present Condition of the Association’ concerning the discrepancy between the income and expenditure of the Durham Miners’ Association, because of the payment of benefits in a time of depression of trade, and recommending a reduction in the benefits, 26 September 1878 Circular entitled ‘Trimdon Case’, 7 October 1878 Circular, entitled ‘Work to be Done’, exhorting the members to persuade other miners to join the Association and to attend Lodge Meetings, 9 October 1878 Circular, entitled ‘Appeals’, indicating that no appeals will be discussed, in future, by Officers at Committee Meetings, 26 September 1878 Circular, entitled ‘Federation Necessary To All Those Employed In and About The Mines In The County of Durham’, recommending that the four Associations concerning mines in County Durham amalgamate, issued by the Coke Drawers, the Mechanics, the Enginemen, and the Miners, 17 October 1878 Circular requesting returns from the Lodges, either agreeing with, or suggesting alterations to, the proposal for Federation, 28 October 1878 Circular, entitled ‘Langley Park Report’, made by William Mould and W.R. Fairley, concerning the dismissal of Mr. Soulsby and the question of whether he should be considered ‘a sacrificed member’, 1 November 1878 Circular referring to the forthcoming National Conference and emphasising its importance, 5 November 1878 Circular containing the Durham County Mining Federation Rules, 13 November 1878 Circular informing the members of the date for any alteration in Lodge Secretaries’ addresses, the working of the 11-hour rule, and payment of wages at Wheatley Hill, November 1878 Circular, issued by The Agents, protesting against the ‘Hedley Hill Motion’, which seeks to reduce the agents’ pay at a time when the depression of trade has increased their work, 22 November 1878 Circular announcing a reduction of 1d. per ton in wages, in accordance with the Sliding Scale, November 1878 Blank ballot paper for 5 members of the Executive Committee, November 1878 ‘Programme: A Special Conference of The Miners of England, Scotland and Wales will be held in the Ardwick Town Hall, Manchester, on Monday, December 16th, 1878, and following Days. The Conference will be opened at One, P.M., Prompt. Alexander Macdonald, Esq., M.P., will Preside’; describing the fact that the National Union must press for a new Mines Bill to promote safety in the mines, as 660 men have been killed in 3 explosions in the past year; and listing questions that should be considered; issued by William Crawford, Secretary Miners’ National Union, November 1878 ‘List of Persons Nominated for Executive Committee’, of the Durham Miners’ Association, 16 November 1878 List of collieries, giving the number of seats and number of votes for each Lodge, November 1878 Circular, entitled The 99th Rule’, referring to a proposed change in the 99th rule, and emphasise the importance of solvency to trades unions, November 1878 List of collieries, giving the numbers of votes cast for each of the 2 candidates for the Office of Treasurer, November 1878 List of collieries, indicating the number of votes cast concerning the question whether Delegates’ wages should be ‘Off Board’ or ‘reduced to 6s. per day’, November 1878 Circular enquiring whether alterations to the rules should be ‘on slips’ or whether a new complete set should be supplied, December 1878 Circular enquiring whether the Sliding Scale should be amended, and whether strike pay should be paid at 7 named collieries, 27 December 1878 List of circulars sent to Lodges, from July to December 1878, 8 January 1879 Ballot paper for the question as to whether the retiring members of the Committee should remain in office until the renewal of the Sliding Scale has been accomplished, December 1878 Ballot paper for the question as to whether, and when, strike pay at 7 named collieries should be stopped, December 1878 Blank form for Lodges to return the Averages, both gross and nett, for 10 coal seams, January 1879 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 3 Indexed in ‘Mining Durham’s Hidden Depths’ https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/ – From: Minutes and circulars,Minutes of Council, committee, joint committee and Durham County Mining Federation meetings and circulars sent to Lodges