Correspondence; staff records 1920, 1952-1967; scholarships 1955-1961; amalgamation with Royal College of Science and Technology 1962-1965.
Scottish College of Commerce, GlasgowPitt Street 1933-1964, Hotel School (Crookston) 1953-1961.
Scottish College of Commerce, GlasgowNews Bulletin of the College of Speech Therapists. Contains College, area, and individual members' news.
Three series:
- materials relating specifically to Nancy Tait and her charity
- corporate records including SPAID trustee correspondence, OEDA management committee correspondence and minutes of meetings
- assessments of the organisation, business plans and measures of improvement
The section closes with a file relating predominantly to SPAID / OEDA's status as a charity.
SPAID Trust Deed is at "Early correspondence with SPAID trustees" (OEDA/A/2/1/1). OEDA Memorandum & Articles of Association is at "Correspondence with L B Horam, 1988-1995" (OEDA/A/2/3), January 1994.
Six series, each of them representing a type of information service provided by SPAID / OEDA. As follows:
- fielding occupational and environmental health enquiries
- publications by the organisation
- display boards and posters generated for use at meetings, conferences and around the office
- responses to requests for information from solicitors
- responses to requests for information from the media
The section concludes with a small series relating to compensation claims against the Johns-Manville Corporation / the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust.
Networking was a core activity for Nancy Tait's organisation, and one she pursued through the so-called 'SPAID Fellowship' (imagined as a supporters' club), through an extensive series of conferences and meetings, and through information exchange and the development of professional contacts and alliances with a range of organisations and individuals, notably unions, victims support groups, and legal experts. Primarily these were based in the UK. But Tait also maintained a North American correspondence, in particular with personal injury lawyers and with asbestos critics, and she avidly followed news on European health & safety regulation.