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Loose pages recording the conferment of the honorary degree of Doctor of Science upon Professor Sir Charles Kuen Kao at a ceremony held in Hong Kong, 22 September 2010, and the conferment of the honorary degree of Doctor of Science upon Charles Hard Townes at a ceremony held in San Francisco, 31 January 2011.
These details are recorded on loose pages because the bound volume was not taken to the overseas ceremonies.

Each year, the University of Strathclyde awards a small number of honorary degrees to people who have made an outstanding contribution to academia and learning, to the university, to society (nationally and/or internationally) or to enterprise or business in their particular field. Honorary degrees are now conferred at the university's regular summer and autumn degree congregations, but were formerly awarded at the annual University Day ceremony (previously known as Commemoration Day). Honorary degrees have also been conferred at congregation ceremonies arranged for specific occasions, such the opening of new buildings on campus.
The registers record each honorary graduate's name, signature, the title of degree conferred, and the date.

Papers relating to Laurie Kazan-Allen's work in the UK for the British Asbestos Newsletter and to her work internationally for the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat. The bulk of the collection comprises research files on various aspects of asbestos, its uses, dangers, and effects.

Includes:

• company correspondence re lung cancer, 1923-1946, including statistics on occupational lung cancer mortality, lists of 'suspended employees' (= suspended on health grounds) and of employees whose cause of death (as stated by coroner or medical board) involved some degree of asbestosis; also correspondence re Dr Leroy U Gardner's asbestosis research at the Saranac Laboratory for the Study of Tuberculosis, New York
• correspondence and papers re medical research conducted by Drs T Belt and E J King on behalf of T&N, 1942-1952
• records relating to Drs R Doll and J Knox' study on mortality from lung cancer among asbestos workers, and T&N seeking to suppress the findings, 1953-1954
• records chiefly re epidemiological studies on lung cancer among asbestos workers, 1954-1959
• correspondence and papers re asbestos and health, 1959-1986, including lists of claims settled or still proceeding, list of deaths from lung cancer and mesothelioma, etc

Press coverage, January to December 2005. In reverse chronological order. Some of the original cuttings mounted.

Predominantly on asbestos (including re IIAC report reviewing the prescription of asbestos-related diseases, Cm 6553), but also covers other themes, notably the health threats posed by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Includes press cuttings on Nancy Tait receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), and her welcoming Cm 6553. Also obituaries of Sir Richard Doll.

The IIAC report (Cm 6553), which was presented to Parliament in February 2005 and published in July 2005, admitted that asbestos can lead to lung cancer without asbestosis being present. It was taken to signal UK Government changes to the compensation scheme for asbestos-related lung cancer.

Correspondence and press reports re the continuing threat posed by asbestos around the globe. Contains:

• draft presentation (typescript with Flynn's manuscript annotations) on South Africa's mining industry, possibly given at the Joint Hazards Campaign / TUC Asbestos Conference 'Asbestos still kills', April 2001, London
• correspondence including with international solicitors, expert witnesses (among them Barry I Castleman) and asbestos ban campaigners, re the plight of asbestos victims, the impact of the liquidation of assets of Chester Street Insurance Holdings Ltd, etc. Also includes correspondence re expert witness Richard Doll, author of 'Mortality from lung cancer in asbestos workers' (1955), and re plans for Doll's personal archive
• press cuttings re asbestos compensation litigation, the legacy of asbestos in the UK and South Africa, Geoffrey Tweedale's new book (with Richard Hansen), 'Magic mineral to killer dust: Turner & Newall and the asbestos hazard' (2000), medical provisions in South Africa

Correspondence and papers re successive studies of mortality among former workers at J W Roberts Armley factory. One survey looked specifically at women and was undertaken by Dr Leo Kinlan, statistican to Dr Richard Doll, Oxford, during the 1970s. The second project was undertaken by Leeds City Council and looked more broadly at mesothelioma deaths in Leeds.

Correspondence between Dalton and Barry Castleman, environmental consultant, on asbestos-related issues. Subjects include Turner & Newall (including copies of Turner & Newall correspondence, 1938-1964), Richard Doll, Irving Selikoff, World Trade Organization asbestos case.

Includes letter to Dalton from John Hare, of Leigh, Day & Co, solicitors, re Dalton’s letter to the New Scientist.

Details recorded are graduate's name, signature, degree and class of degree.
No graduation ceremonies were held during 2020 or in summer 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of catch-up ceremonies, officially known as 'Celebrations of Graduation', was held from 18 March - 1 April 2022 so that students who had been obliged to graduate in absentia during the pandemic could attend a ceremony in person.
In 2024, the University introduced additional spring graduation ceremonies, held in March, specifically for the January intake student cohort. Most of these were international students and the spring ceremonies allowed them to celebrate their graduation together during the validity period of their existing visas.

Order of proceedings at degree awarding ceremonies at the University of Strathclyde. The order of proceedings were given to each graduand plus those members of staff present.
No ceremonies were held during 2020 or in summer 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of catch-up ceremonies, officially known as 'Celebrations of Graduation', was held from 18 March - 1 April 2022 so that students who had been obliged to graduate in absentia during the pandemic could attend a ceremony in person.
In 2024, the University introduced additional spring graduation ceremonies, held in March, specifically for the January intake student cohort. Most of these were international students and the spring ceremonies allowed them to celebrate their graduation together during the validity period of their existing visas.

Predominantly on mining workers' compensation. Includes:

• correspondence with John Carol Anthony (Tony) Davies, formerly Director of the National Centre for Occupational Health (Johannesburg), re his project of miners compensation, 1998-2000
• annotated copy of article on asbestos in 'Mining Annual Review' 1979
• notes on shop stewards meetings ("Turnall SA minutes"), Durban, 1980s and photocopies of information on Turnall (received from Halton Cheadle, a South African labour lawyer). Founded in 1943, Turnall Holdings Ltd produces building and construction materials and is headquartered in Harare, Zimbabwe
• affidavit of Samuel Manzezulu Sibanyoni in the matter of unionization (National Union of Textile Workers), 1981
• photocopy of an article on South Africa’s asbestos industry, 'South African Mining and Engineering Journal', 15 January 1938

Flynn's investigations of the South African mining industry covered asbestos, gold and diamond mining and focused in particular on the health and safety conditions of African workers.

Depositions from asbestos lawsuits 1975-1996. These were chiefly taken in 1996 and in conjunction with lawsuits filed by South African plaintiffs.

Also includes earlier depositions from other lawsuits with no direct South African connection.

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.