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Various photographs, negatives, and other images relating to the functions of the SPAID/OEDA organisation.
Photographs are divided into the following sub-series:
-Asbestos Discoveries
-Science and Research
-Individuals
-Events
-Other

• (OEDA/K/8/1) ‘Asbestos – a versatile killer’ | BBC Radio Sheffield Jan ‘78’
• (OEDA/K/8/2) ‘Asbestos – a versatile killer’ Pleural Tuesday / Langer part keep p.69’
• (OEDA/K/8/3) ‘SANDY – SF | Selikoff | Pickering’ and ‘Tuesday p.m.’
• (OEDA/K/8/4) ‘Langer | Notes 69’ / ‘Holstein to p.78 | Fischbein 72’
• (OEDA/K/8/5) ‘Thurs p.m. Mock Trial | 16.12.82’ and ‘Thurs p.m. 16th 12.82’
• (OEDA/K/8/6) ‘Mock trial 1’ / ‘Mock trial 2’
• (OEDA/K/8/7) ‘Selikoff Hammond & ?Lung Function | Tuesday am’ / ‘Tuesday a.m.’
• (OEDA/K/8/8) ‘to 96 p.m. Wed?Ener. &?Dis’ and ‘89 Wed p.m.’
• (OEDA/K/8/9) ‘?Rabin | meso | p.78 |?Lillis’
• (OEDA/K/8/10)‘? – working’

By 1978 Nancy Tait was, in her own words: "concerned with all aspects of the [asbestos] problem, since I provide information for the UK and European Parliaments, the DHSS and many other bodies, and have given written and oral evidence to the government Advisory Committee on asbestos. I am at present advising a Committee of the EEC ..." (to British Rail, Doncaster, 1 March 1978)

Includes early correspondence of Nancy Tait and materials focusing in particular on asbestos on railway and underground systems.

Depositions in chronological order, followed by an index to a deposition that appears to be missing.

Documents the foundation, by the Society of Labour Lawyers, of the ‘[SPAID] Legal Working Party’ (originally called ‘Asbestosis Working Group’) and some of its meetings 1980-1986. The brief of the working party was 'to examine the law and procedure on asbestosis claims, with particular reference to the inter-relationship between Coroners' Courts and the Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels'. The idea was to create a forum for helping Nancy Tait with research and also 'a useful tool for Parliamentary lobbying without infringing SPAID's charitable status'.

The following display boards have been disposed of in line with health & safety regulations of the University of Strathclyde:

• ‘Asbestos Insulation’: contained a sample of asbestos rope and asbestos tape in a bag
• ‘Floor Tiles’: contained vinyl-asbestos tile samples; a photograph of the board survives as part of OEDA display 'Asbestos in the environment' (OEDA/C/3/5/7)
• ‘Walls and ceilings’: contained sample of Asbestolux ceiling panels

Relates to Nancy Tait's efforts to bring about and implement a prohibition on the importation, manufacture, use and sale of asbestos-containing products in the UK.

Elsewhere in the archive there is documentation of Nancy Tait's involvement in the foundation of 'Ban Asbestos' in Strasbourg on 14 June 1991, at the initiative of the Green Group of Members of the European Parliament. See http://atom.lib.strath.ac.uk/oeda-maureen-wards-reference-files-on-key-actions

In alphabetical order by surname of author.

Documentation on asbestos on the London Underground.

Papers relating to the history of the organisation (SPAID and later OEDA).
Includes:
-photocopies of press clippings and magazine articles relating to the organisation and their work
-agenda for an Asbestos Seminar that Nancy Tait spoke at, 1984
-papers relating to events SPAID attended e.g. Health and Safety Expositions
-papers about public meetings organised by SPAID at St Barnabas Church, Bethnal Green
-examples of SPAID posters
-copies of SPAID circulars and notices
-copies of industry circulars e.g. Mintex announcing asbestos-free disc brake pads
-papers about SPAID Fellowship
-copies of SPAID leaflets and information packs
-copies of correspondence with Asbestos companies and MPs
-copies of correspondence about research into asbestos-related cancers
-copies of blank compensation forms
-copy of a meeting report, 1979
-papers about Leverhulme Research awards
-copy of a timeline of Nancy Tait's involvement with Asbestos and achievements of SPAID
-includes group of papers labelled 'Early SPAID notes'
-copies of OEDA newsletters
-some copies of articles about asbestos research
-some copies of papers about the Andrew Lees memorial award won by Nancy Tait
-copy of an article: 'The Role of SPAID (The Society for the Prevention of Asbestosis and Industrial Dideases) In the Prevention of Disease and the Welfare of Sufferers' by Nancy Tait, 1983
-some copies of correspondence about the SPAID Electron Microscope, 1993
-papers about positions within the organisation e.g. the job advert for the Development Officer post 1993
-copy of information sheet: 'How SPAID benefits Londoners', 1992
-copies of a leaflet for an 'Asbestos Freeway Kit', 2000
-some correspondence about Nancy Tait's Honorary Degree from the University of Southampton, 1999
-copy of an article: 'Review of Literature Concerning the Health Hazards from Asbestos', 1992
-some copies of case correspondence, 1993
-copy of an article: 'Malignant mesothelioma in women', 1992
-copy of an OEDA flyer: 'Asbestos: A Call for Action'
-copy of an OEDA flyer: 'Benefits Information Update May 1997'

Documentation from a number of projects relating to fibre counting, starting with the most recent project.