Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1976-2003 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
4 archive boxes
Paper
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
There is no dedicated series of minutes and associated papers, suggesting that much of the organisation's executive decision-making was effectively oral (i.e. that some records were not created in the first place).
Even where executive records were generated, they were not systematically kept. During the SPAID period (1978-1995) and in particular until c.1991, records of trustee meetings and written reports on the organisation's activities survive mainly as part of correspondence with a trustee. After OEDA formally took over from SPAID in January 1996, Management Committee meetings were convened on a fairly regular basis. Nevertheless, their documentation did not take the form of a continuous dedicated series of minutes of management meetings, nor are there series of management correspondence or correspondence with the OEDA chairperson.
The surviving documentation shows that earlier names for SPAID were 'Trust for Asbestos Welfare Research and Control' (TAWRC) and 'Asbestos Induced Diseases Society' (AIDS). Proposals for the name of the new organisation OEDA included 'Occupational Diseases Association' (ODA), 'Industrial Diseases of the Environment Association' (IDEA) and 'Investigation of Industrial Diseases of the Environment Association' (IIDEA).
Much corporate strategic information can be found in the organisation's fundraising records, in particular grant applications with the London Boroughs Grants Unit (OEDA/J/2/1) and the National Lottery Charities Board (OEDA/J/2/2/5).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Chronological; within file usually in reverse chronological order.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some files are restricted in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 1998.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Language(s)
- English