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Predominantly incoming correspondence and papers from international anti-asbestos campaigner Laurie Kazan-Allen.

Audience responses to broadcasts and press coverage prompting surges of inquiries. In chronological order by media event.

Grant applications, in chronological order, for sums ranging from £1000 to over £100,000, as well as unspecified sums.

The main source of income for the organisation from 1983 were grants through the London Boroughs Grant Scheme (and donations).

SPAID / OEDA's core funding from 1983 to December 2002 came through the administration of Greater London. Initially this was a grant from the Greater London Council (GLC), and from 1986 a grant through the London Boroughs' Grant Scheme, which was set up under Section 48 of the Local Government Act 1985 to continue support for voluntary and community sector organisations operating in more than one borough. From 2000 to 2002, when a new legislative body known as the Greater London Authority (GLA) was established, OEDA received GLA funding. OEDA's subsequent applications to GLA were unsuccessful.

Both the funding applications themselves and the organisation's interactions with the grant scheme administration offer rich insight into SPAID / OEDA's activities and how the organisation evolved over time.

Material relating to the deposition of Dr Kevin Browne, in Chase Manhattan Bank v. T&N plc et al., United States District Court, Southern District of New York.

Papers relating to 'Identification of deaths from malignant mesothelioma', a joint project between chest consultant Dr R M Rudd and Nancy Tait / SPAID.

Papers and correspondence relating to the Langbaurgh public inquiry, 28 April 1981.

In 1980 Langbaurgh District Council adopted an anti-asbestos policy, refusing planning permission in six cases on the grounds that the projects involved asbestos use. Langbaurgh's policy was unusual at the time in that it was applied to both public and private building projects.

Appeals were lodged against the refusals. Four of the appeals came from local builder C & J Buckley and were backed by the Cement Manufacturers Association. During the ensuing public inquiry, Langbaurgh District Council was represented by QC Peter Boydell and called on evidence from Nancy Tait (SPAID) and G E Rushworth of the Glasgow-based Cancer Prevention Society.

SPAID's testimony at the inquiry, it was later asserted, "brought to light a lot of new information not available at the time of the Simpson Report in 1979" (House of Lords Debate 1 December 1981, vol 425 cc1008-31).

Langbaurgh was a borough in North East England.

Correspondence with coroners 1975-2004, and papers. In reverse chronological order.