Nancy Tait taught herself about asbestos, then proceeded to produce her own literature on the subject. These texts often were self-published and usually written by Nancy Tait herself. But the literature to which Tait contributed included also scie...
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...
early correspondence and papers relating to Nancy Tait’s fact-finding mission regarding asbestosminutes of meetings of the SPAID/OEDA Trustees, annual reports, strategic plansregisters and other finding aids for the extensive OEDA case file series...
Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association
Copies of various versions of the 'Bibliography of papers available from OEDA, documenting the state of knowledge of the health effects of asbestos and related control measures 1897- '. At £20,00, this was by far the most expensive item ...
Photocopies of literature relating to the health effects of asbestos, dust in general, factory inspections, etc., consulted by Martin Stower at various London libraries c.1984-1986. Arranged alphabetically by name of author or where not known, tit...
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...
Scientific literature assembled by OEDA in the hope of influencing the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council's (IIAD) review of the prescription of asbestos-related diseases, eventually completed in 2005. In reverse chronological order.
Correspondence and papers, among them news coverage, press reports, scientific papers. Includes:correspondence with Belgian journalist Salvatore Nay (with copy of Nay’s contribution to the special issue of the ‘International journal of occupationa...
Correspondence, 1989-1994, in reverse chronological order. Includes extensive papers on all manner of asbestos-related matters, 1906-1976, includingphotocopies of Kazan-Allen's highly international correspondencephotocopies of historical docu...
