ANC African National Congress
BSR Birmingham Sound Reproducers
CB Coal Board
CCC Colliery Consultative Committee
CEGB Central Electricity Generating Board
COSA Colliery Officials and Staff Association
CPGB Communist Party of Great Britain
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCB National Coal Board
NMMS National Mining Museum Scotland archives, Newtongrange, Midlothian
NRS National Records of Scotland
NUMSA National Union of Mineworkers Scottish Area
ODNB Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
SCDI Scottish Council (Development and Industry)
SCEBTA Scottish Colliery, Enginemen, Boilermen and Tradesmen’s Association
SNP Scottish National Party
SSEB South of Scotland Electricity Board
SSHA Scottish Special Housing Association
STUC Scottish Trades Union Congress
TNA The National Archives of the UK
UCS Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
UMS United Mineworkers of Scotland