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• Correspondence and papers on John Macpherson, Glasgow shipyard worker who won compensation case in 1985 against Alexander Stephen and Sons and Upper Clyde Shipbuilders for exposure to asbestos
• ‘Clydeside Action on Asbestos: aims and outline’ booklet, 1992

Folder entitled ‘H&S History II’ on the history of health and safety at work. Includes:

• transcript of proceedings at Labour Research Department Speakers' School, 1942
• account of proceedings at open meeting of National Union of Railwaymen, 1943
• Amalgamated Engineering Union first report on health and welfare enquiry, 1944
• report of Labour Research Department conference on accidents and ill health at work, 1960
• press release by Health and Safety Executive announcing first health and safety prosecution on indictment for alleged infringement of health and safety legislation, 1975
• Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs special report on Vinyl Chloride Monomer, 1980
• 'Reagan in the workplace: unravelling the health and safety net' by Philip J. Simon, 1983
• academic papers on various health and safety at work issues, 1948-1991

The British Asbestos newsletter was a quarterly publication distributed worldwide to solicitors, victim support groups, academics, medical personnel and research bodies. It was founded and co-ordinated by Laurie Kazan-Allen, coordinator of the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat.

Papers relating to Joe Walker, asbestos lagger and safety representative of General and Municipal Workers Union Heat & Frost Branch. Walker was sacked for calling in a factory inspector.

Academic papers, letters to journal editors, theses and reports on asbestos collected by Dalton. Many of the works are annotated by Dalton.

Press cuttings on asbestos collected by Dalton.

Includes:

• account by Jackson of his exposure to asbestos and campaign work
• papers on industrial disease compensation claims supported by Jackson

Correspondence on ban of asbestos in Argentina.

• ‘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.