Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1830-2009 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
78 boxes (accruing)
Context area
Archival history
The majority of records in this collection have been transferred directly to the archive from GMG offices in Manchester.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records relating to the Guardian Media Group plc, owner of the Guardian and the Observer newspapers. The company was founded as Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited (MGEN); and has also been known as Guardian and Manchester Evening News Limited (GMEN Ltd) and Guardian and Manchester Evening News plc (GMEN plc) before being renamed Guardian Media Group (GMG) in 1993.
Prior to the formation of Guardian Newspapers Ltd in 1967, the Guardian editor reported directly into Guardian and Manchester Evening News plc (and its predecessor names) and therefore records relating to the Guardian can be found here as well as in the main Guardian collection (GUA).
Administrative/Biographical history: Guardian Media Group (GMG) is a multimedia business. Its core business is Guardian News & Media (GNM), which publishes the Guardian and the Observer newspapers and the theguardian.com website. It also holds a diverse portfolio of investments to help support GNM's journalism. The Group has been wholly owned by the Scott Trust since 1936.
The company was established in 1924 as the Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd (MGEN Ltd) when CP Scott, the owner and editor of the Manchester Guardian, purchased the Manchester Evening News from Russel Allen. The company was renamed Guardian and Manchester Evening News Ltd (GMEN Ltd) in 1973; and it became a plc in 1982 (GMEN plc). In November 1993 it changed its names to Guardian Media Group plc (GMG).
Creator: Guardian Media Group plc, 1907-; newspaper proprietor
Creator: The Guardian, 1821-
Accruals
System of arrangement
Records of the company are divided into sections reflecting functions of the business:
GMG/1 Management
GMG/2 Finance
GMG/3 Legal (no records available currently)
GMG/4 Personnel
GMG/5 Internal Communications
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Access Status
Open(part)
Closed until
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
GUA - records of the Guardian newspaper
Please note that the majority of the historic records of the Manchester Guardian, 1821-1960s are held at the John Ryland Library, University of Manchester. See: http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/specialcollections/collections/guide/atoz/guardian/
