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Notes, papers and reports on a variety of topics including:

• Establishment and running of 'Castlemilk Today' community newspaper
• Jeely Piece Club (summer play scheme)
• Horseshoe Steering Committee
• Glenwood Secondary School
• Barrowfield Community School
• Youth Action Group
• Castlemilk Community Centre
• Castlemilk Civic Week Committee
• Family meetings on education

Winter issue, no. 11.

• Poem entitled 'After a Bath' by Derek Bowman

• Various untitled poems by Jean Milton

Letters and postcards to Colin Kirkwood from friends. Correspondents include 'Beth', 'Carol', Bill Anderson, 'Alastair' and 'Bernard'.

• Letters and poems from David Godwin to Colin Kirkwood, 1960s-1992.

• Papers relating to death of David Godwin, 1996. Includes obituary from The Herald newspaper, funeral programme, euology delivered by Colin Kirkwood, poem entitled 'The Marriage Feast: Song Cycle' read by Colin Kirkwood at the funeral.

Three letters and a Christmas card from Edwin Morgan to Colin Kirkwood. Includes the poems:

'Shadows'
'The Loch Ness Monster'
'and blue toboggans'

Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Colin Kirkwood. Also included is a list of books.

Correspondents include several Scottish writers and poets.

Complete set of 'Castlemilk Today'.

In 1969, Colin Kirkwood took on the job of area principal for adult education in north-east Derbyshire. There he formed a partnership with Rob Hunter, a community worker. Together, they encouraged the residents of Staveley, Derbyshire, a small coal, steel and chemicals town, to produce 'Staveley Now', a community newspaper devoted to fact-finding and debate on local issues. The experience formed the subject of an MSc dissertation by Colin entitled 'Community Work and Adult Education in Staveley December 1969 to December 1971' [not in the collection].

Contents include a run of 'Staveley Now' (1970-1973) plus research notes, publications and correspondence.

Correspondence with and papers and correspondence relating to Sir Richard Doll and his research.
Richard Doll was a doctor and pioneering researcher with a particular focus on lung cancer. Doll published the first research showing the link between smoking and lung cancer. Nancy Tait and SPAID did not always agree with Doll's research findings and sometimes disputed his calculations in relation to the environmental risk from asbestos.

Papers include:
-copies of Richard Doll articles and research
-copies of some articles by Richard Doll and Julian Peto
-reports and papers about SPAID's comments on Doll's research
-correspondence and copies of correspondence with Richard Doll about his research
-handwritten notes commenting on Doll's research
-statistics on asbestos-related deaths
-copies of press clippings mentioning Doll's research
-correspondence about interactions with Richard Doll
-a transcript of 'smoke gets in your eyes' 'Brass Tacks' BBC programme, 17 November 1987
-correspondence about US and Canadian research on asbestos
-correspondence with newspapers about misleading articles
-correspondence contradicting Doll's research into asbestos in break linings
-correspondence discussing the shortcomings of Doll and Peto's report: 'Asbestos- Effects on Health of Exposure to Asbestos- the Risk from Asbestos in Buildings', 1985.

Papers and correspondence (including telephone memoranda) re Westminster Council's management of the Elgin Estate (Chantry and Hermes Points), in particular whether the Council took appropriate action in response to information about asbestos at the blocks and complaints from people who lived in them. Includes

• documentation of local campaigning subsequent to the Barratt report (see below), including a discussion between former tenants and Dr Julian Peto, February 1997
• copy of John Barratt (24 January 1996) ‘Report of a documentary review into the use by Westminster Council of Hermes and Chantry Points, Elgin Estate, Westminster, for housing purposes, given the presence of asbestos' ("Barratt Report")
• copies of Westminster Council papers (including minutes), relating to the management of the estate 1983-1991
• copies of 'WECH [Walterton & Elgin Community Homes] News', 1996 and earlier

The Barratt report coincided with a press conference to launch the 'Asbestos hazards handbook', at which Nancy Tait was one of five invited speakers.

Correspondence with and about safety and environment campaigner Alan Dalton.
Includes:
-Papers about the TUC Safety Convention 1997
-Correspondence about the death of Alan Dalton, on 11 Dec 2003, and his funeral
-A document: 'A Tribute to Alan Dalton'
-Minutes of a meeting of the National Hazards Campaign, 15 July 2002
-Papers and correspondence about a joint Hazards Campaign/TUC conference, 23 April 2001, at which Nancy Tait spoke
-Invitation to Alan Dalton's 50th Birthday Party
-Press Releases
-Some copies of Dalton articles
-Correspondence about Alan's involvement in and his leaving the 'Transport and General Workers' Union' (T&G)
-Correspondence about the OEDA 'balloon release', 1998
-Dalton's comments on the 'Peto Report', 1997
-Correspondence about fibre levels
-Copy of booklet 'Fighting Asbestos at work & at home'
-Copies of various articles about asbestos
-Copy of an article about John McPherson's story: 'Gleswegians fight asbestos'