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Correspondence volumes 1979-2007

Copies of outgoing correspondence in a series of originally 82 volumes, in chronological order.
Correspondence topics cover many of SPAID/OEDA's functions such as advocacy, networking and administrative communications however a large proportion of the correspondence is related to cases of asbestosis and compensation claims.

Incomplete. The following 35 volumes are missing:

  • vol 1 (? to September 1979)
  • vols 5-26 (October 1981 to April 1988)
  • vols 34-45 (May 1990 to January 1993)
Council minutes
GB 249 RCSLT/3/1 · Série · 1944 - 2005
Parte de Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists records

The first meeting of the Council was held on 21 October 1944. Contents include agendas, minutes, and supporting documentation.

Topics under discussion include: election of office holders; appointments of officers and committees; finances; travel expenses; salaries; correspondence; election of honorary fellows; applications for Licentiate-ship; elections of Licentiates; College policies; examinations; dissertations; premises; reports of conferences; the registration of training schools; reports from sub-committees; international colleges of speech therapists; exhibitions; lectures; research in the field; views of the council on official reports in the field e.g. the Quirk Report, 1972; professional terminology (e.g. the naming of the profession, particularly in RCSLT/3/1/8 & 9); reports submitted by working parties; celebrations e.g. Jubilee Year 1995; the college bulletin and journal.

Early campaigning of Nancy Tait

By 1978 Nancy Tait was, in her own words: "concerned with all aspects of the [asbestos] problem, since I provide information for the UK and European Parliaments, the DHSS and many other bodies, and have given written and oral evidence to the government Advisory Committee on asbestos. I am at present advising a Committee of the EEC ..." (to British Rail, Doncaster, 1 March 1978)

Includes early correspondence of Nancy Tait and materials focusing in particular on asbestos on railway and underground systems.

Mining in South Africa
GB 249 FLYNN/1 · Série · 1938 - 2005
Parte de Laurie Flynn papers on the asbestos industry

Flynn's twin interest in the South African mining industry and in international corporations' conduct in Southern Africa dates back to his period with Granada Television's current affairs programme World in Action, 1979-1990. Over the ensuing decade he expanded his network of contacts with South African researchers and with lawyers representing South African plaintiffs. This series reflects the broad range of Flynn's network including its legal dimension.

Operator's books for John Anderson's experiments
GB 249 OA/6/10 · Série · [1760s]
Parte de John Anderson papers

The volumes list the apparatus required for each experiment, which Anderson's laboratory assistant or 'operator' would be expected to set out for him. One volume (MS 30.4) has also been used for notes on astronomy.