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Includes press coverage.

• 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

The article was written in response to an article in the Guardian by John Mullin. Cutting of article included.

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

• Correspondence and papers, 1984-1990, on Dalton’s bankruptcy as a result of a libel action by Dr. Robert Murray for comments by Dalton in his book ‘Asbestos: Killer Dust'
• Correspondence and papers, 1984-1986, on a libel action by Dr. B.V. Lee for comments made by Dalton about Lee’s study on the hazards of visual display units at work for pregnant women

Documentary following the lives of tenants living on the Kingswood Estate in Hackney, East London. This episode is about a tenant who alerts other tenants on the estate to the dangers of living with asbestos in the flats.

Correspondence between Dalton and Alex Reid, Donisthorpe and Co Ltd, on asbestos and railway workers. Includes correspondence between Dalton and British Railways Board.

Papers on compensation claim by John McPherson. McPherson suffered cancer of the larynx after exposure to asbestos.