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Captions formerly used in displays, among them 'Diagram of houses constructed for the removal of crocidolite asbestos insulation from British Rail rolling stock', 'Mr David Cox prefers the carbon fibre suit he wore when operating the giant Catherine wheel at the royal wedding fireworks', 'An asbestos free brake pad is available in Australia [etc]' and 'Environmental exposure to asbestos'.

Various leaflets and booklets.

Guides, briefings, leaflets and flyers, among them

• 'Death due to asbestos: a guide to compensation' (2005)
• 'No win no fee agreements: a patient's guide' (2004)
• ‘Asbestos update – House of Lord’s decision 16 May 2002’ (c.2002)
• 'A guide to experts for writing reports and giving evidence following the Woolf reforms' (c.1999)

Includes

• RoSPA training programme leaflets, 1982-2007
• copy of RoSPA magazine 'Occupational safety and health' (January 1997), which makes reference to SPAID's name change to OEDA
• copy of RoSPA monthly 'Safety express' (March/April 1996)
• copy of RoSPA monthly 'Wrap: health and safety for all working people' (February 1994, August 1992)
• copy of ROSPA 'Occupational safety poster catalogue 1981-1982'

• (19) 2 copies ‘Mrs Coyston’ 21/12/82 [BETA-tape and VHS copy]
• (20) 'Mrs Tait | Asbestos | BBC4'
• (21) BBC2 'The forgotten epidemic: asbestos cases'
• (22) 2 copies of ‘Richard J Sharp’, one marked ‘original’, the other ‘edited master’
• (23) ‘Dust to dust: an asbestos documentary, produced by Platypus for The Institute of Environmental Health Officer (Greater London Centre); includes original dust jacket and a note from the director of Environmental Health and Consumer Service
• (24) ‘TV5 – Amiante | 35 |????’
• (25) ‘Asbestos’ [no further details]’
• (26) 2 copies, HSE ‘How are you today?’, one of them with a ‘A manager’s guide’. 'How are you today?' was a video explaining the risks of asbestos in buildings to construction industry workers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, gas fitters, refrigeration and telephone engineers and managers of workplace premises. According to OEDA's 'Asbestos facts', it was "invaluable to help mesothelioma patients identify where they met asbestos", crucial information since claims had been known to fail due to there being "no clear history of occupational exposure to asbestos in hospital case notes" ('Asbestos facts' (2000), p. 21).
• (27) ‘European week for safety and health at work 2000 | Safety & Health at Work in Practice” / “Good Practice In the prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders” [VHS PAL]; includes original dust jacket
• (28) ‘Jackson tape’, BBC Wales, Asbestos in BISF houses, EBBW Vale
• (29) ‘1. ?Circus, 2. R I Xmas lecture ‘96’
• (30) Balcan FSL Lamp Crushers
• (31) ‘Magic or medicine?’ (1. Encounters of a healing kind, 2. The rise of alternative medicine, 3. Feeling Better, getting better
• (32) 'Rumble Fish | Australia | N Wikeley' [re blue asbestos mines in Western Australia; with a note by Nancy Tait]
• (33) ‘Gandy | 20’

Correspondence and orders of Veterans Agency (VA) forms and leaflets, including an OEDA information requests re VA’s generally accepted medical thinking concerning asbestos-related disease, April 2006.

The Veterans Agency was an Executive Agency of the UK government's Ministry of Defence (MoD). It was amalgamated into the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) on 2 April 2007 under the brand Veterans-UK.

Annual Report from 1998 of the 'Victim Support' charity. Has a note, by Nancy Tait, attached reading: "Victim Support, founded 1974- 4 years before SPAID for victims of Crime. There appears to be no connection with Asbestos Victim Support Organisations"

Roughly in chronological order.