The box covers topics such as the Phunarcite plant, Coal, tower colliery, sale of the mining operations and Orimulsion. In the folders there are correspondence, letters, documents, reports, cases, consultation draft, Welsh Coalfields Map, information sheets, and parliamentary questions.

The box contains folders focusing on Coal compensation, with topics like miner's health such as Asbestos-related diseases, reduced earnings allowance and miner's pension. There are update papers, briefings, correspondence, Meeting Minutes, articles, parliamentary questions and newspaper cuttings.

Papers of Professor J. N. Hutchinson, 1940-1996, comprising reports on the Aberfan tragedy including Geotechnical investigation into the causes and circumstances of the disater of 21st October, 1966 , by the donor and others, together with a very rare copy of Rubbish Tip slide, Cilfynydd Common 5 December 1939 (1940), and an offprint of an article by him and others entitled 'Rapid failures of colliery spoil heaps in the South Wales coalfield', Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, 1996.

Papers, photographs and press cuttings, 1931-37, concerning D. L. (David Lewis) Davies (1872-1937), Labour MP for Pontypridd, mostly relating to the 1931 Parliamentary By-election, his work as a politician, and death. Other items include ephemara such as election pamphlets, programmes, and tickets to attend the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 12th May 1937.