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Folder of material gathered by Dalton on the history of the awareness and knowledge of the risks of asbestos. Numbered and annotated by Dalton. Includes copies of:

• annual reports and correspondence of Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops, 1898-1947
• Home Office reports, 1930-1935
• annual report of Medical Officer of Health, London Borough of Barking, 1945
• Turner & Newall correspondence, 1943-1957
• academic articles and publications, 1904-1994
• press cuttings, 1920s-1983

Correspondence between Dalton and Barry Castleman, environmental consultant, on asbestos-related issues. Subjects include Turner & Newall (including copies of Turner & Newall correspondence, 1938-1964), Richard Doll, Irving Selikoff, World Trade Organization asbestos case.

Academic papers, press releases and fact sheets on silicosis.

Correspondence between Dalton and Morris Greenberg, physician, on asbestos-related issues. Subjects include asbestos exposure and dockers. Also included are copies of Turner & Newall correspondence on TUC submission to Advisory Committee on Asbestos, 1977.

Research carried out by Dalton for Labour Research Department on merits of hard versus soft toilet paper.

• Reports and newsletters of organisations campaigning against Rio Tinto-Zinc Corporation Ltd, a worldwide mining company with interests in metals, manufacturing, chemicals, engineering, construction and the exploitation of oil, gas and uranium.
• Report into operation of Rio Tinto plc’s Capper Pass smelting plant, Hull, written by David Russell, Senior Regional Solicitor to the Transport and General Workers Union.
• Copy of chapter on Rio Tinto Zinc's Bristol smelting plant from ' River of Tears: the Rise of Rio Tinto Zinc Mining Company' by Richard West, 1972.

Includes:

• papers re strike over asbestos by building workers at Barbican Arts Centre in London, 1976-1977
• letter plus papers to Franklin from John Todd, member of branch committee of Glasgow Insulation Workers branch of TGWU. Todd was a lagger and asbestosis sufferer.

Includes:

• copies of extracts from Hansard relating to Health and Safety at Work Bill, 1974
• article, possibly by Dalton, for Hazards Bulletin, 1976
• correspondence between Dalton and clerk of Select Committee on Employment, Health and Safety at Work Act Subcommittee on investigation of 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act, 1981

Correspondence and papers relating to fluoride levels at Anglesey Aluminium, Holyhead. Dalton carried out a study of conditions at Anglesey Aluminium for the Labour Research Department (an independent trade-union sponsored research organization). Includes:

• correspondence with employees
• health questionnaires completed by employees
• press coverage

Includes:

• letters from Nancy Tait, founder of SPAID, to Dalton
• correspondence on Nancy Tait’s husband, who died of mesothelioma
• SPAID/OEDA publications

Correspondence and papers on explosion at Nypro UK Ltd chemical plant at Flixborough in 1974. Includes:

• report of Court of Inquiry into the Flixborough Disaster
• press releases
• text of lecture at Imperial College, London by K. Gugan on Flixborough explosion and inquiry

• ‘Are chemists human?’ Chemistry in Britain, Vol. 11, No.3, March 1975.
• 'Dangerous workplace or dangerous worker?' Nursing. The Add-on Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol 2, No. 1, May 1982.
• ‘A chemist’s reactions’ Science for People, 60, April 1986.
• Outline of article on factory inspectorate, no date.
• 'Killing off a killer', April 1988.
• ‘Lessons from the United Kingdom: Fightback on Workplace Hazards, 1979-1992’. International Journal of Health Services, Vol. 22, No. 3, 1992.
• ‘Asbestos hazards: past, present and future’ Occupational Health review, September/October 1995.
• 'Homeworking can damage your health', c. 1997.
• Letter from Dalton to the Lancet on the hazards of white asbestos. The Lancet, Vol 352, 1998.
• Flyer for ‘Safety, health and environmental hazards at the workplace’ by A.J.P. Dalton, 1998.