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Covers most aspects of the SPAID / OEDA claims advisory service and health advice service 1978-2007.

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 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. Of the earliest of these, no trace has been found in the collection. The piece in question is J S Gilson, N Tait, J Zussman, and R G Burns (1977) 'Medicine and mineralogy and discussion', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A, 1336. 286 (1336): 585–592.

The following display boards have been disposed of in line with health & safety regulations of the University of Strathclyde:

• ‘Asbestos Insulation’: contained a sample of asbestos rope and asbestos tape in a bag
• ‘Floor Tiles’: contained vinyl-asbestos tile samples; a photograph of the board survives as part of OEDA display 'Asbestos in the environment' (OEDA/C/3/5/7)
• ‘Walls and ceilings’: contained sample of Asbestolux ceiling panels

In reverse chronological order.

Correspondence (1987-2004) and papers relating to compensation claims against the Johns-Manville Corporation / the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust (Manville Trust). Includes papers relating to Johns Manville filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1982.

The Manville Trust was established in 1988 to resolve all further asbestos personal injury claims resulting from exposure to asbestos and asbestos containing products mined or manufactured by the Johns-Manville Corporation and its affiliated entities.

In roughly chronological order, starting with Nancy Tait's interactions with and concerning the Asbestos Information Committee (AIC).

Tait's asbestos research began as a quest for convincing answers regarding the death of her husband William Ashton Tait, who died of mesothelioma in 1968.

Comparatively little material from the early years (1969-1978) of Tait's investigations survives. Gaps include:

• Tait's systematic study, begun in 1972, of the state of knowledge regarding the health risks of asbestos, resulting in her publication of 'Asbestos kills' (1976)
• Tait's application for the Churchill fellowship, awarded to her early in 1976, and correspondence relating to her extensive travels in Europe in 1976
• growing out of this, correspondence and papers documenting Tait's work with the Study Group on Asbestos of the Economic and Social Committee of the EEC (Section for Protection of the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Affairs) from 1977; much of this, including Nancy Tait's correspondence with Petra Kelly 1976-1981, can be consulted in the Petra Kelly Archive, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin

From the early to mid 1970s, Nancy Tait fashioned herself into a lay expert on occupational and environmental health hazards, initially chiefly those posed by asbestos.

This took several forms, such as: testifying before commissions and committees, advising and consulting during ongoing inquiries, participating in relevant panels, or commenting on consultation papers. The boundaries between Tait's expert witnessing / consulting work and her advocacy activities (see link below) are somewhat blurred.

Documentation from a number of projects and information resources with bearings on mesothelioma mortality and death certification. Roughly in chronological order.

Documentation from a number of projects relating to fibre counting, starting with the most recent project.

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.