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AMA
Title
Papers of Alastair Matheson
Date(s)
- c1970s-1990s (Creation)
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3 files
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Archival history
Part of a project by The Observer to gather material for the GNM Archive.
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Scope and content
Documents that relate to Alastair Matheson. They include material related to Matheson's employment as a stringer with the Observer in Africa along with press cuttings and memoirs.
Administrative/Biographical history: Alastair Matheson was a writer and journalist who spent much of his working life in Africa. Matheson worked as a stringer for the Observer in Kenya, 1979-1988. The Observer featured articles by Matheson between 1963 and 1993. His articles were also syndicated through the Observer Foreign News Service (Servob).
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