Identity area
Reference code
GUA/6/1/2/1/2/8
Title
General correspondence - H
Date(s)
- January 1982- 25 August 1988 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 file
Context area
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters and copy letters mostly offering articles for publication or making complaints, also containing references to the Birmingham Olympic bid, the trial of former MI5 operative Peter Wright for breaking the Official Secrets Act and the exclusion of press from the trial of Maire O'Shea. There is notable correpondence with Patricia Hewitt concerning the Guardian's coverage of Neil Kinnock's visit to America and with Roy Hattersley MP relating to his articles.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; David McKie and Peter Cole
Accruals
System of arrangement
Chronological
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Subject to access restrictions in line with the Data Protection Act.
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
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
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Place access points
Name access points
- Cole; Peter; journalist and academic (Subject)
- McKie; David John (1935-); journalist (Subject)
- Hewitt; Patricia Hope (1948-); politician (Subject)
- Kinnock; Neil Gordon (1942-); politician (Subject)
- Wright; Peter (1916-1995); scientist and former MI5 counterintelligence officer (Subject)
- Hattersley; Roy Sydney George (1932-2026); politician and writer (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Status
Catalogued