Collection name: The Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry Collection; Subjects: Oral History: The Institute of Occupational Medicine, based in Edinburgh, was commissioned to undertake a programme of research looking at parallels between the Scottish industry and that planned for the USA, and considering factors that might affect the health of the workforce and local population. The work included analysis of health records and a programme of interviews with retired shale workers and their families that aimed to identify any common factors in working or home life that might increase the risk of illness; items: 131 Compact Cassette, 131 Audio CD-R,