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Board showing mainly fibres under the ?electron microscope, from crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite and chrysotile asbestos to glass micro-fibre, aluminium silicate, ceramic fibre, rock wool, glass wool, slag wool, carbon fibre and human hair.

Display board alleging that 'cowboy operators' are putting the community at risk, featuring colour photographs of the Turner Asbestos Cement (TAC) Co Ltd / TAC Construction Materials Ltd, Dalmuir. Includes a black and white photograph captioned ‘Clydeside Turner and Newall’s old factory’.

Includes SPAID and OEDA label.

Display board featuring news re G E Rushworth's complaint concerning the demolition of a former warehouse at Robertson Street, Glasgow. Includes colour photographs of the site and extract from the article 'Procurator Fiscal takes up asbestos demolition complaint','Health and safety at work' (September 1984).

Includes SPAID and OEDA label.

Poster of news coverage in response to the proposal to build a private hospital on derelict industrial land on the north bank of the River Clyde between Clydebank and Dalmuir.

The SPAID caption reads: 'Old asbestos waste dumps are a hazard, men wore respirators and protective overalls when clearing Clydebank site where children have played. Thousands of tons of asbestos waste were dumped there during the thirty three years that Turner and Newalls factory operated.'

The hospital complex, a project of Health Care International, opened in June 1994 and incorporated a four star hotel so that family could travel with patients. Reportedly it cost £ 7m to decontaminate the site, which had previously been used by Turner Asbestos Cement (TAC) Co Ltd / TAC Construction Materials Ltd.

Display board visualising the gradual decline of asbestos imports into the UK, 1968-1983.

Labelled 'SPAID'.

Display board visualising an ideal SPAID conference stand.

Display board visualising the presence of asbestos in common building materials, and asbestos substitutes.

Display board visualising do's and don't's for the handiman, adequate protective clothing for interaction with asbestos, appropriate disposal methods.

Display board visualising the presence of asbestos in common plasters and fillers, and asbestos-free substitutes.

Display board visualising the presence of asbestos in common roof tiles, and substitute products.

Photocopy of letter to SPAID from Cleveland Constabulary, 1983, re asbestos free brake linings and pads. Mounted and captioned 'Asbestos free brakes'.

Papers and correspondence with White Lung Association (WLA), 1984-1991 and 1994-2000. From 1996 Mrs Barbara Zeluck is the main correspondent. Includes

• WLA asbestos update, May 1995 to September 1998 (incomplete set)
• opinion of Judge Becker, in Georgine v. Amchem Prod Inc, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (5 October 1996)
• WLA leaflet [1995] 'Differences between British and US compensation systems'
  Also research papers, among them:
• H Vinke and T Wilthagen [1994] 'The non-mobilization of law: asbestos victims in the Netherlands'
• L C Oliver et al. (1991) 'Asbestos-related disease in public school custodians'
• Paul W MacAvoy (January 1982) ‘Working paper series C: the economic consequences of asbestos-related disease’

Barbara Zeluck (née Adler, 1923-2010) was an American socialist, occupational health and safety campaigner, and civil rights activist.

Copies of 'Asbestos watch: newsletter of the White Lung Association' 1991-1995 (incomplete set) and of 'Asbestos update' May 1995-September 1998.

Correspondence with GMBATU Health & Safety officers (in particular David Gee), and papers. Includes:

• questionnaire for survey of health hazards and chemical substances in the food industry 1986
• typescript summarising GMBATU's take on R Doll & J Peto (1985) ‘Asbestos: effects on health of exposure to asbestos - the risk of asbestos in buildings’ (Doll/Peto Report)
• typescript summarising GMBATU's view of the consultative document (1985) ‘Control of asbestos at work: draft regulations and draft approved code of practice’
• typescript article ‘How self-regulation fails to protect workers – the asbestos story’ (1984)
• GMBATU (1984) ‘Progress report on fibrous dust campaign 1980-1984’
• drafts of HSE leaflet on asbestos brake linings, 1984
• draft GMBATU guide (1984) ‘The extent and characteristics of asbestos diseases – a guide for doctors, solicitors, union officials & exposed workers’ (1984)
• draft GMBATU 'TIE pamphlet', 1984; TIE being thermal insulation engineers, also known as laggers
• typescript GMBATU (1984) 'Draft TUC leaflet on asbestos'
• press coverage
• a little case correspondence

Papers and correspondence, chiefly with David Gee, re asbestos-induced diseases in shipyard workers (1982), reforms of the industrial injuries scheme 1982, World in Action documentary on mining practices in South Africa (‘Dust to dust’, 1981), an extended exchange re the GMWU questionnaire on production, employment and employee protection in asbestos manufacturing plants (including various drafts, 1979-1980), etc. Includes

• minutes of a meeting between Nancy Tait, David Gee, Tess Gill and Jane Welsh 23 November 1983
• summary of contribution from David Gee to inaugural meeting of SPAID, 10 March 1979 (incomplete)

David Gee was national Health & Safety officer for the GMB Union.