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Correspondence between E. L. Trist and the National Coal Board, Hobart House (London) about coal research, particularly concerning TIHR's report "Research at the Coal Face".

Projects and Work

National Coal Board (NCB)

Papers, reports and correspondence relating to the establishment and organisation of the coal mining studies

File 1: "Coal Mining"

File 2: "Morris and Shaw"

File 3: "Elsecar Colliery"

File 4: "Bolsover Colliery Experiment"

File 5: "Coal Project, early attempts"

File 6: "Coal Project, DSIR correspondence"

File 7: "Coal Project, Durham Correspondence"

File 8: "Chopwell Colliery"

File 9: "DSIR Correspondence"

File 10: "DSIR Correspondence"

P G Herbst: early papers on work organisation as a socio-technical system

Correspondence with the Staff College of the National Coal Board

Articles and resources relating to coal mining industry

Report: "A narrative on the organisation and its work with suggestions for study and researching into Human Relations at certain collieries in Durham"

Notes on NCB Payment of Team Captains (Pufflers)

Joint Consultation in Mining Industry: notes to be used as a basis for film and related papers

National Coal Board: Longwall

Coal mining reports: doc no. 462-463; 465; 470; 473

Doc no. 506: "Work Organisation at the Coal Face: a comparative study of mining systems"

Earliest operational plans and proposals

Master file of early reports and proposals:  "Comparative Study of Some Aspects of Mining Systems in a Northern Coalfield"

Master file of early reports and proposals: "Comparative Study of Some Aspects of Mining Systems in a Northern Coalfield"

National Coal Board, Hobart House, correspondence

National Coal Board, Hobart House, correspondence

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