Fundraising correspondence, structured roughly as listed in the inscription on the container.
Correspondence and papers re the lease of office space at 6 Station Road, Cuffley, and the eventual relocation of the Cuffley office to Mitre House, Enfield.
Includes an estimate for removal of asbestos from Cuffley office, 1984. Also includes the original document: Underlease of the first floor offices, Cuffley, 1983.
Includes:
- typescript list of judgements (two versions), c.1997, in alphabetical order (by name of plaintiff)
- handwritten list of judgements to 2007, in no particular order
- typescript list of legal opinions, c.1997, in alphabetical order (by name of plaintiff), and edited version c.2004
- list of solicitors
Covering correspondence re thesis project of Caroline C Bamu, biological science student at Queen Mary & Westfield College, London. Bamu completed a (?bachelor) thesis on epidemiology of mesothelioma in England and Wales, under the supervision of Professor R C Tinsley.
Includes a copy of the thesis
Royal College of Science and Technology booklet detailing courses of study, qualifications for admission and fees for session 1961-1962; letters to Dougal White concerning his admission to the Royal College of Science and Technology and the University of Strathclyde; receipts for the submission of White's undergraduate and postgraduate theses; letter intimating the award of the Henry Bell Scholarship; letters intimating the recommendation of the awards of BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering and MSc in Mechanical Engineering; information leaflets on enrolment and academic dress for graduation; 1 black and white photograph of the University of Strathclyde degree congregation of 30 October 1965 at 11.00 am (copyright: George Outram & Co. Ltd), with admission ticket for the ceremony.
Conversation between David Walker and Mr Richard Fitzpatrick, Rutherglen, 13 August 2004.
- sound recording (44m) and transcript
Richard Fitzpatrick, b. 24 February 1917, process worker (chromates) Rutherglen, near Glasgow. Mr Fitzpatrick was a former employee at White's Chemical Works, Shawfield, Rutherglen.
In alphabetical order, A-T.
Conversation between R Johnston and the widow of a consultant quantity surveyor, b. 1933, 2 February 1998.
- sound recording (0h 42m 22s) and transcript
Tape 189. Consent form A21, formerly coded B4.
Johnston, Ronald James, b. c. 1960, oral historian, researcher, writerNeil Rafeek in conversation with Hugh Cairney, 26 March 2005.
- sound recording and transcript
String bound volumes, A3-plus size, containing mounted press clippings January 1978-July 1983. Loose material 1983-1987 tucked in at the back.
Corporate correspondence and papers on asbestos and health, including information leaflets on the topic, and safety labelling for asbestos products. Predominantly 1972-1986.
Correspondence and papers re asbestos workers at the Havelock/Bulembu asbestos mine, Swaziland. The bulk of the file relates to an epidemiological study of workers at the mine, undertaken jointly by the Medical Research Council Pneumoconiosis Unit at Llandough Hospital, Penarth (Wales), T&N Ltd, Manchester, and the Havelock Mine, Swaziland.
Includes reports of visits to the mine, preliminary reports of the epidemiological study of chrysotile workers. The study was triggered by a report of Peter Elmes, at the time director of the MRC Pneumoconiosis Unit, Penarth, following a visit in 1978.
Photocopy of an account of Turner & Newall Ltd, issued by the directors of T&N "so that the shareholders of the company may be acquainted with the nature and scope of its operations". Appeared while the company was still chaired by Frederick Stirling Newall, who died 1930.
Includes:
- scientific papers
- press cuttings
- health and safety publications
- COSLA Asbestos Working Group on Asbestos report, June 2002
- correspondence and papers on death of Shirley Gibson, teacher at Plumstead Manor School
- Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) Asbestos Joint Working Party reports