History Files
- Reference:GB 249 OEDA/A/5
- Dates of Creation:1977-2001, 1954-2001
- Physical Description:5 folders
paper
Scope and Content
Papers relating to the history of the organisation (SPAID and later OEDA).
Includes:
-photocopies of press clippings and magazine articles relating to the organisation and their work
-agenda for an Asbestos Seminar that Nancy Tait spoke at, 1984
-papers relating to events SPAID attended e.g. Health and Safety Expositions
-papers about public meetings organised by SPAID at St Barnabas Church, Bethnal Green
-examples of SPAID posters
-copies of SPAID circulars and notices
-copies of industry circulars e.g. Mintex announcing asbestos-free disc brake pads
-papers about SPAID Fellowship
-copies of SPAID leaflets and information packs
-copies of correspondence with Asbestos companies and MPs
-copies of correspondence about research into asbestos-related cancers
-copies of blank compensation forms
-copy of a meeting report, 1979
-papers about Leverhulme Research awards
-copy of a timeline of Nancy Tait's involvement with Asbestos and achievements of SPAID
-includes group of papers labelled 'Early SPAID notes'
-copies of OEDA newsletters
-some copies of articles about asbestos research
-some copies of papers about the Andrew Lees memorial award won by Nancy Tait
-copy of an article: 'The Role of SPAID (The Society for the Prevention of Asbestosis and Industrial Dideases) In the Prevention of Disease and the Welfare of Sufferers' by Nancy Tait, 1983
-some copies of correspondence about the SPAID Electron Microscope, 1993
-papers about positions within the organisation e.g. the job advert for the Development Officer post 1993
-copy of information sheet: 'How SPAID benefits Londoners', 1992
-copies of a leaflet for an 'Asbestos Freeway Kit', 2000
-some correspondence about Nancy Tait's Honorary Degree from the University of Southampton, 1999
-copy of an article: 'Review of Literature Concerning the Health Hazards from Asbestos', 1992
-some copies of case correspondence, 1993
-copy of an article: 'Malignant mesothelioma in women', 1992
-copy of an OEDA flyer: 'Asbestos: A Call for Action'
-copy of an OEDA flyer: 'Benefits Information Update May 1997'Arrangement
Folders arranged in chronological order and within each folder, reverse chronological order (how materials were originally stored within lever-arch files).
Access Information
Folder 2 , 3, and 5 contain some records that are restricted due to Data Protection and will be removed before issuing to readers.
Acquisition Information
From three lever arch files labelled: 'History 1935-'84' | Also SPAID Early Notes'; 'History 1985''; and 'History'
and from one ring binder labelled 'A| Archives'Archivist's Note
Created by Rachael Jones, February 2019
Custodial History
From a later accession to the papers of OEDA: ACC 1628
Additional Information
published