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OBS - Records of The Observer newspaper
- 1 - Management records
  - 2 - Managing director's records
    - 2 - Roger Harrison's records

Level	Series
Ref No	OBS/1/2/2/2
Title	Subject files
Date	c1960-c1987
Extent	81 boxes
Creator Name	The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison
Description	Tristan Jones and Roger Harrison subject files. Series of files accumulated by the managing directors of The Observer Limited containing correspondence and background material on a large number of subjects concerning the paper's management. Tristan Jones was general manager from 1953-1975 and Roger Harrison was Managing Director of the Observer from 1977-1984. Box 1 Accounts Advertising Credit control Accounts budgets 1984/5 Box 2 Accounts/budgets 1985/86 Accounts/budgets 1986/87 Accounts cars Box 3 Accounts 1986 Trading forecasts Accounts 1982/85 Trading forecasts Accounts Production costs Accounts general 1976/1985 Box 4 Acquisitions(2) Acquisitions(1) Box 5 Advertising classified Advertising display Advertising colour magazine Box 6 Advertising MAK order protection scheme Advertising:European sales operation Advertising agents A-K Advertising/Editorial features Box 7 Associated press Ltd Aspen Institute for Humanistic studies Box 8 Atlantic Richfield Co.1980 Atlantic Richfield Co.1979 Atlantic Richfield Box 9 Audit Bureau of circulation cerfificates Audit Bureau of circulation general Atlantic Richfield promissory notes Atlantic richfield Co.1981-1985 Box 11 Back numbers Book rights, serials etc Box 12 British Olivetti Co.Ltd British Printing Corpn.Ltd British Broadcasting Corp BBC Box 13 British United Press British Road Services Brown British Rail Box 14 Business pages :Editorial & Advertisment(2) Business pages :Editorial & Advertisment(1) Building work required within works block Box 15 Capital expenditure forms Observer move project:canteen/catering Cameron markby Camera press Ltd Box 16 Circulation 1980-81 General correspondence Circulation 1977-79 General correspondence Christies Contemporary Art Box 17 Circulation:British rail mag & newspaper contracts Circulation:General correspondence 1982-83 Box 18 SOGAT (Re:wholesalers) Circulation:Hachette gotch Ltd Circulation - London Trade weekly overtime claims Circulation:night managers report Circulation:RGPS estimated sales figs. Box 19 Circulation:strike arrangements Circulation:renwicks Freight Circulation:Circulation reps Circulation: re wholesalers etc Circulation:computer Box 20 Composing & reading rooms Commonwealth press unions Princess Alexandra Coutts & Co Box21 CORBY Cornwell,John Copyright Coopers&Lybrand Box 22 Box 25 Capital requirements & production expenditure Future planning & 1986 financial projections Monopolies commission Box 26 Grant & Partners miscellaneous Distribution Budget 1983/84 Reuters Holdings Plc offer of sale by fender Production review plant & method Part 1 -July 1984 Box 27 Future management structure Industrial relations redundancy - pensions (2) Industrial relations redundancy - pensions (1) Box 28 Marco polo lease 1 Feb-July (ii) Marco polo lease 2 Feb-July 1986 (i) Marco polo BOX 29 Barlow, Lyde & Gilbert printing contract Barlow Lyde & Gilbert industrial relations 8 St.Andrew's Hill Marco Polo lease 2 . Aug- Box 30 Worcester Sunderland Portsmouth Peterboro Web Ltd George Outram & Co.Ltd Observer Production Ltd The Independent Daily Telegraph Bradford Box 31 Staff contracts 1982-1985 Staff contracts 1978-1981 Staff contracts 1978-1981 BOX 32 NPA newsprint CTTEE 1976-1977 (2) NPA newsprint CTTEE 1976-1977 (1) Staff contracts 1986 BOX 33 NPA/NUS Jan 1973-part 2 NPA/NUS Jan 1973-part 1 OBS. NUS House agreement BOX 34 OBS NUS house agreement 1978 Part 2 JUS negotiations 1982 OBS NUS house agreement 1978 part 1 NUS part 3 NUS part 2 NUS part 1 BOX 35 OBS/NUS house agreement file 2 Part 1 NUS 1975 negotiations OBS/NUS house agreement 1978 part 4 OBS/NUS house agreement 1978 part 3 BOX 36 NPA/AUEW-stoppage of work NPA withdrawal of letter OBS/NUS house agreement file 2 part 3 Non-resident journalists photographers-Saturday subs OBS/NUS house agreement file 2-part 2 BOX 37 NPA council control group NPA joint standing committee file 2 of 2 NPA joint standing committee file 1 of 2 BOX 38 Reprints 1970-1973 Terence Reese Redundancy payments Report & inventory & valuation Marco Polo House accommodation BOX 39 Royal Russell school Reprinting Observer articles 1963 BOX 40 Commercial computer file 1 of 2 Scottish & Universal investments Ltd file 2 of 2 Scottish & Universal investments Ltd file 1 of 2 BOX 41 Patrick Seale file 1 of 2 SE Commercial computer file 2 of 2 BOX 42 Southern print - B.H. File 2 of 2 Southern print - B.H. File 1 of 2 Smith, Herbert & Co Senior management meetings Patrick Seale file 2 of 2 BOX 43 Staff 1983 Staff 1982 Staff 1981 BOX 44 Staff 1985 file 1 of 4 Staff 1984 file 2 0f 2 Staff 1984 file 1 of 2 BOX 45 Monthly staff figures file 1 of 2 Staff 1985 file 3 of 3 Staff 1985 file 2 of 3 BOX 46 Robert Stevens Steel J 1970-1975 file 2 of 2 Steel J 1970-1975 file 1 of 2 Monthly staff figures file 2 of 2 BOX 47 Sunday Times file 2 of 2 Sunday Times file 1 of 2 Sunday Newspaper distribution association BOX 48 Telephones file 1 of 2 BOX 49 Time off file 2 of 2 Time off file 1 of 2 ITT Business systems Telephones file 2 of 2 BOX 50 The Times 1955-1960 1 of 1 The Times 2 of 3 The Times 3 of 3 The Times (1971-1972+) file 1 of 3 BOX 51 The Times existing comprehensive agreements Times negotiations The Times (1961-1974) part 1 of 2 The Times 1960 -1969 BOX 52 Donald Trelford file 3 of 3 Donald Treford file 2 of 3 Donald Treford file 1 of 3 Travers award Trade union negotiations-observer chapels Trade union negotiations - NATSOPA BOX 53 TV developments file 1 of 2 Trade unions B.H P.Toynbee Times management correspondence BOX 54 Village London TV developments file 2 of 2 BOX 56 Board papers Production general J Cox Scottish section - George Outram BOX 57 Incorporated into rest of collection BOX 58 Vickers plc "SOGAT.1982' - 1985-1989 Legal matters Production general 1989 SP&C Photographs of The Observer 1791/1933 BOX 59 Board reports agendas/minutes Board reports/matters Board reports BOX 60 NUJ Max Benbohm photograph Roger Harrison chief executive memos from RH Roger Harrison chief executive confidential & memos Management committee 1985-1986 misc. Management committee 1985-1986 agenda minutes BOX 61 NUJ Nick Morrell (additional file) United file-Historical info PA & ETC special law - Mary Delane report JM Blanche,1985-1931 Commercial manager 1905-1931 Cuttings - Maclean
System Of Arrangement	Roughly alphabetical though series of mixed alphabetical files (correspondence/subjects beginning with 'CR' through to 'PY') removed from sequence while at the University of Sheffield.
Access Status	Open(part)
Access Conditions	Until fully catalogued material may be made available but only if subject file can be tracked down easily
Copyright	Various copyrights

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