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Photocopies of literature relating to the health effects of asbestos, dust in general, factory inspections, etc., consulted by Martin Stower at various London libraries c.1984-1986. Arranged alphabetically by name of author or where not known, title of publication. Includes an instruction from Nancy Tait, dating from 1996, to find more information on women inspectors.

Includes copies of K J Arul and P F Holt (1977), 'British medical journal' (May 1927), 'Building material' (1965), Burton Wood (1934, 1930), W E Cooke (1919, 1927, 1924), Myer Coplans (1913), N L Dolby (n.d., on Turner & Newall), W J Ellison (n.d., on Turner & Newall), W Glyn Own (1964), M Greenberg and T A Lloyd Davies (1974), R H Jones (1897, excerpt only), J F Knox et al. (1968), Sir T Legge (1934, excerpt only), Hilda Martindale (1944; excerpt only), E R A Merewether (1933-1934, 1930), 'Municipal engineering' (1968), M Newhouse and H Thompson (1965), 'New scientist' (1984, 1967; excerpts only), T Oliver (1902, excerpt only), Pancoast et al (1918, excerpt only), C W Price (1931), Report of the Medical Research Council (1915-1920, excerpts only), Report of the Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1921, excerpt only), L E Salt and R Sinclair eds (1970, excerpt only), F W Simson (1928), F B Smith (1979, excerpt only), Rose Squire (1927, excerpt only), H Taylor (n.d., on Turner & Newall), 'Thermal, acoustic, vibration insulation' (1966, 1967; excerpts only), and J C Wagner and K McConnochie (1983).

Hilda Martindale and Rose Squire were female factories inspectors.

Offprints, preprints, photocopies, typescripts of drafts (etc.) of scientific papers.

Arranged alphabetically by title of publication.

Copies of various versions of the 'Bibliography of papers available from OEDA, documenting the state of knowledge of the health effects of asbestos and related control measures 1897- '. At £20,00, this was by far the most expensive item on the OEDA price list.

Includes:

• other, earlier bibliographical compilations on the topic
• some correspondence re what is a key text, whether the OEDA chronological bibliography is complete, etc.
• press coverage, texts yet to be assessed for inclusion in the bibliography
• photocopies of (often extracts of) listed items 1897-1985 (reports, esp. Annual Reports of HM Chief Inspector of Factories, scientific publications, internal correspondence of the asbestos industry)
• index cards of key texts 1902-1982

Correspondence, 1989-1994, in reverse chronological order. Includes extensive papers on all manner of asbestos-related matters, 1906-1976, including

• photocopies of Kazan-Allen's highly international correspondence
• photocopies of historical documents, among them papers relating to the construction of the Queen Mary from the John Brown shipyard records, University of Glasgow, and papers relating to a lawsuit involving the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), c.1960-1976
• documents and discussions on the state of knowledge re asbestos spraying, 1940s-1960s
• correspondence re orders for copies of the SPAID asbestos bibliography
• photocopies from 'Mealey's litigation reports' on the Manville Trust litigation, August 1990-April 1992
• scientific publications including papers by Kvetoslav Rudolph Spurny (1923-1999), expert on fibrous particles
• press coverage
• occasional coroners' reports

Scientific literature assembled by OEDA in the hope of influencing the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council's (IIAD) review of the prescription of asbestos-related diseases, eventually completed in 2005. In reverse chronological order.

Correspondence and papers (chiefly papers) relating to the South African law suit against Cape Asbestos.

Includes papers of BAMCWU, the Black Allied Mining and Construction Workers’ Union, which organised workers in the Penge mine in the Sekhukhune District, South Africa. Also includes a photocopy of extract from Union of South Africa, Department of Mines and Industries 'Annual report of the Government Mining Engineer for the calendar year ended 31 December 1915'.

Copies (often photocopies) of statutes and statutory instruments relating to health and safety, social security, etc. In reverse chronological order. Starts with a photocopy of the ‘Workmen’s compensation act, 1925’. Also includes occasional correspondence, press reports, SPAID/OEDA notes.

Includes annotated copy of the Human Tissue Bill (2004).

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) with business historian Geoffrey Tweedale. One theme of the exchange is arrangements for the OEDA archive. Includes

• drafts of Tweedale’s publications
• correspondence with London Metropolitan Archive
• photocopies of corporate correspondence from the asbestos industry, including Sumner Simpson, 1934-1957

Mainly copies of correspondence and papers, collected at an unknown date and filed in reverse chronological order either by date of document or by date/date on which it sheds light. Includes papers covering all aspects of the work of SPAID and OEDA.

Originally included a tissue sample (probably wet, formalin fixed lung tissue, c.1-2) grms) and nuclepore filter (pore size 0.2 microns) with gold support grid for carbon film. The tissue sample has been removed in compliance with the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006.

Folders and date of material within as follows:

OEDA/J/9/1: 2000-2005
OEDA/J/9/2: 1999
OEDA/J/9/3: 1998
OEDA/J/9/4: 1996-1997
OEDA/J/9/5: 1993-1995
OEDA/J/9/6: 1991-1992
OEDA/J/9/7: 1988-1990
OEDA/J/9/8: 1985-1987
OEDA/J/9/9: 1988 Charity Cards
OEDA/J/9/10: 1984
OEDA/J/9/11: 1983
OEDA/J/9/12: 1982
OEDA/J/9/13: 1981
OEDA/J/9/14: 1980
OEDA/J/9/15: 1976-1979
OEDA/J/9/16: 1934-1975

Papers 1941, 1946, 1976-2004, and undated. In reverse chronological order with undated components at the back.

Correspondence with John Todd, a prominent representative of the Glasgow branch of the TGWU, 1984-1986.

Includes Todd’s medical notes, e-mails on his death in 2004, copy of extract of his father's entry in the Register of Deaths in 1944.

Correspondence and papers relating to Nancy Tait's presentation at the PO & Civil Service Sanatorium Society Conference, Scarborough, 5-6 May 1983. Includes

• typescripts of Nancy Tait's presentation
• letter from David Leon (Social Statistics Research Unit, City University, London), August 1983, summarising his conclusions on 5 recent papers discussing risks from occupational exposure to asbestos
• SPAID press release for the Health & Safety Commission (HSC) meeting 23 August 1983, criticising the upcoming HSC meeting for narrowly focusing on the risks involved in manufacturing asbestos, at the expense of the grave dangers posed by use of asbestos
• copies of key documents and a little correspondence, including with the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1977, to whom Tait had written about her project to conduct 'a pilot study on asbestos'

Nancy Tait's proof of evidence, including extensive appendix. Also Tait's handwritten notes on the meeting.

Further includes

• papers marked 'Papers referred to not appended', among them parts of Alex Cross, '[Presentation at] Asbestos Information Association third annual industry-government conference, 8-9 September 1976'
• copy of SPAID's extensive critical commentary on the final report of the Health & Safety Commission (HSC) Advisory Committee on Asbestos (Simpson Report, 1979)
• HSC/HSE correspondence and papers 1975-1977

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda), mainly with lawyers and occasionally with claimants, 1987-2004. Includes SPAID standard reply to potential claimants, c.1990. Papers includes press coverage.

Among correspondents are Marc P Weingarten of Greitzer & Locks, Philadelphia; Jane B Cantor of Garruto Cantor Trial Lawyers, East Brunswick NJ; also Brigitte Chandler of Townsends, Swindon; Reid Minty & Co, Solicitors, London; and Terry E Richardson of Blatt & Fales Law Offices, Barnwell, South Carolina.

Copies of statutory instruments relating to coroners.