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- January 1979 - September 1989 (Creation)
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1 file
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Correspondence, predominantly internal, concerning the Guardian picture desk, January 1979 - September 1989.
Subjects covered include: staff personnel issues, including staffing, pay, sickness, pensions and training, January 1979 - June 1989; enquiries about staff vacancies, January 1979; the purchase of photography equipment, February 1979 - April 1987; photographic material dispatched by rail, January 1981 - March 1981; commissioning and copyright practices, June 1980; budgets, August 1981; Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA) minimum rates, February 1982; expenses, February 1984; Council of Photographic News Agencies (CPNA) negotiations and agreements, 1982-1986; NPA and the coverage of Royal events, March 1986; private wire bills, July 1987; recording picture orders, August 1988 and requests from solicitors for pictures and photograhers' contact details, November 1988 - January 1989.
Correspondents include: Ken Dodd, Peter Preston, Denis Thorpe, Brian Crook and Mick Downing.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd
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Subject to access restrictions in line with the Data Protection Act.
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See also Peter Preston's 'Pictures' subject file: GUA/6/1/1/1/2/2/15
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- Dodd; Kenneth George; journalist and executive editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher (Subject)
- The Guardian (1821-); newspaper (Subject)
- Newspaper Publishers Association (1906-2014); print trade association (Subject)
- Preston; Peter John (1938-2018); journalist and editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Thorpe; Denis (1932-); photographer (Subject)
- Crook; Brian Reid (1925-2007); journalist (Subject)
- Downing; Mick; printer (Subject)