'British asbestos newsletter'

• Reference:GB 249 OEDA/K/13
• Dates of Creation:1990-2007
• Name of Creator:
  Allen, Laurie, Kazan-, b. c. 1940, anti-asbestos campaigner
• Physical Description:
  2 folders
  Paper

• Scope and Content

  Copies of the 'British asbestos newsletter' (or 'BAN') 1990-2007, with intercalated material including correspondence.
  Incomplete set; the following numbers are missing:
  - ?2, ?4, 6, 9, 27, 37, 43, 44, 50, 51, 54, 55, and 66
  BAN was founded and edited by global anti-asbestos advocate Laurie Kazan-Allen.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Laurie Kazan-Allen studied history at Brandeis University (BA 1969). She is the founding editor, in 1990, of the 'British asbestos newsletter' (BAN), a quarterly publication distributed to victim support groups, environmentalists, solicitors, academics, medical personnel and research bodies in over thirty countries. Since 1999, Kazan-Allen has been as the coordinator of the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat. She is the sister of American asbestos litigator Steven Kazan.

• Access Information

  No access restrictions.

• Note

  Laurie Kazan-Allen studied history at Brandeis University (BA 1969). She is the founding editor, in 1990, of the 'British asbestos newsletter' (BAN), a quarterly publication distributed to victim support groups, environmentalists, solicitors, academics, medical personnel and research bodies in over thirty countries. Since 1999, Kazan-Allen has been as the coordinator of the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat. She is the sister of American asbestos litigator Steven Kazan.

• Archivist's Note

  Created by Anna-K Mayer, 12 September 2016

• Custodial History

  From two lever arch files inscribed 'LKA | British asbestos newsletters | May 1990 to December 2001 | BNA N/L 1' and 'LKA | British asbestos newsletters |BNA N/L 2 | January 2002 to '

• Additional Information

  published