University of Strathclyde Archives

Personal items

GB 249 OA/1
Section
1721 - 1789

Part of John Anderson papers

General correspondence

GB 249 OA/2
Section
1750 - 1788

Part of John Anderson papers

Scientific writings and experiments

GB 249 OA/3
Section
1761 - 1798

Part of John Anderson papers

Manuscript volumes containing scientific papers and experiments; blank sheets for recording barometer readings.

Writings on military science

GB 249 OA/4
Section
1782 - 1795

Part of John Anderson papers

John Anderson's writings and experiments on artillery; plan of the Greenock batteries, c 1795.

Papers relating to antiquarian interests

GB 249 OA/5
Section
1760 - 1770s

Part of John Anderson papers

Manuscript catalogues reflecting John Anderson's interest in fossils, natural history subjects and antiquities; diary of a tour to the Western Isles; account of the Antonine Wall.

Papers relating to Glasgow College

GB 249 OA/6
Section
1727 - 1787

Part of John Anderson papers

Lecture notes, notebooks and operator's books for experiments; lists of scientific instruments; financial receipts and correspondence; legal documents relating to Anderson's disputes with University of Glasgow.

Miscellaneous writings

GB 249 OA/7
Section
1750s - 1780s

Part of John Anderson papers

Commonplace books, writings on religion, literature, Scotticisms and catalogues of books.

Biographical and corporate documentation

Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Three series:materials relating specifically to Nancy Tait and her charitycorporate records including SPAID trustee correspondence, OEDA management committee correspondence and minutes of meetingsassessments of the organisation, business plans and...

Case support

Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

registers and other finding aids for the extensive OEDA case file series (OEDA CF); see link belowinformation resources on employers and insurers and other materials for supporting compensation claimssome case correspondence, medical appeals corre...

Providing information

Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Six series, each of them representing a type of information service provided by SPAID / OEDA. As follows:fielding occupational and environmental health enquiriespublications by the organisationdisplay boards and posters generated for use at meetin...

Research and expert witnessing

Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Nancy Tait viewed her organisation as an asbestos action group with a research agenda, rather than simply a victims support group. This perception is very much in line with the charity's trust deed, which lists research into the causes, preve...

Advocacy

Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

12 series:Early campaigningCorrespondence with MPSLegal Working PartyIndustrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC)Health & Safety Executive (HSE)Coroners and medical boardsCompensation recoveryAll Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety...

Networking

Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Networking was a core activity for Nancy Tait's organisation, and one she pursued through the so-called 'SPAID Fellowship' (imagined as a supporters' club), through an extensive series of conferences and meetings, and through i...

Topic files

Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

OEDA often tracked information by subject rather than by current activity or pending matter. In this manner the organisation tended to accumulate data on a range of occupational and environmental health themes.

Correspondence and telephone series

Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

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