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Papers on the following victim support groups: Southampton Asbestosis and Mesothelioma Society, Swindon and South West Asbestos Group. Very little material.

In reverse chronological order, roughly.

Copy of the booklet.

• conference announcements and booking forms, 1999, 2001-2006.
• copies of ‘Conference news’ 2005-2006, annotated on front cover

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) and papers, among them press releases, press coverage, articles, etc. In alphabetical order by name of union. Includes copies of

• Tony O'Brien [2001] 'The fight to ban asbestos 1995-2000: construction safety campaign'
• T & G (1998) 'Canadian asbestos kills: ban all asbestos'
• Martin Stott (1983) ‘Fit as a fiddle? Case studies on international industrial health hazards’ (Trade Union International Research and Education Group)

Correspondence with various unions (in roughly alphabetical order by name of union). Includes publicity leaflets, press cuttings, copies of

• International Metalworkers’ Federation (1979) ‘Action programme against asbestos’ (at AUEW)
• Peter Kirby (c.1982) ‘Death in the textile industry: a proportional mortality study of 952 dyers, bleachers and textile workers who died between 1976-1980’ (at TGWU)

From the mid-1970s, Nancy Tait maintained very active contacts with a number of trade unions, discussing health & safety matters, news and developments. The resulting body of correspondence mostly accumulated by name of union.

• board with black and white photograph mounted (marked 'Ultra thin' at front and 'B34' at the back; stamped 'Queen Mary College Biological Electron Microscope Unit')
• black and white photograph, two sizes, of object under microscope; '10kv x1,000 10μm 541005'

• copy of ‘UK asbestos – the definitive guide’ (2004), produced by a working party under chairmanship of Julian Lowe of Norwich Union
• Nancy Tait's notes on the text and correspondence with Rodney Nelson Jones of Field Fisher Waterhouse

The guide discusses the estimated future cost to the UK insurance industry of asbestos-related claims (£4-£10 billion), November 2004. Nelson-Jones suspected that the insurance industry exaggerated these costs.

Correspondence re the Tyneside Hazards Group / the 'Tyneside occupational health pilot project'. Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) is chiefly with William (Bill) Lawrence and includes press coverage, conference information, and some case information.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) with Robert Pointer, Tyne & Wear Asbestos Support Group / Barrow Asbestos-related Disease Support Group, re awareness-raising concerning the dangers of asbestos. Starts with request Pointer for information to be used at TUC annual conference, later foundation asbestos victims support group.

Correspondence and papers (including press coverage), predominantly 2001-2006, re the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) Company site at Rochdale, Greater Manchester). Includes a little correspondence with Jason Addy of Irwin Mitchell Solicitors and with Barbara Balmer (daughter of Alan Balmer, asbestos victim). Themes covered include campaigning for compensation, redevelopment of the site, creation of an asbestos memorial for Nellie Kershaw, the first asbestos death on record (d.1924).

Includes a photocopy of 'Turner & Newall: the first fifty years' (c.1970) and other earlier material.

Annotated copies of tables ('Airborne asbestos dust survey results 1961-1972') presented by Turner & Newall plc to the Advisory Committee on Asbestos, yet not included in the published evidence.

Handwritten note added: “I would be glad to know of any conclusions you draw from them”.

Also includes draft letter to G Berry (MRC Pneumoconiosis Unit, Penarth), final version sent 4 March 1980, discussing the Simpson Report. It appears that Nancy Tait had recently visited the Penarth Unit.

Originals of Turner & Newall 'Report and accounts' 1976-1981 and some other company performance reports.

Correspondence and papers (including press coverage) relating to the administration of global manufacturer of automotive & vehicle safety products Federal Mogul's chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Federal Mogul had acquired the international asbestos manufacturer Turner & Newall in 1998. In 2001, Federal Mogul sought chapter 11 protection in the US and Administration under the Insolvency Act 1986 in the UK.

Correspondence is chiefly with solicitors, also with Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group (GMAVSG).