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- April 1981 - April 1985 (Creation)
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1 file
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Internal and external correspondence concerning the Guardian picture desk, April 1981 - April 1985.
Subjects covered include: budgets, April 1981 - August 1981; access to the Hulton Picture Library, December 1981; United Press International picture contract, December 1981; changes to desk arrangements, November 1982; photographs for NUJ press passes, December 1982; Peter Johns freelance photography, September 1981 - May 1983; late pictures, August 1983 - November 1983; work load organisation, December 1983 - February 1984; picture quality and problems with wire picture receivers, March 1984 - October 1984; staff dispute concerning the processing of freelance photographers' work, cMarch 1985 - April 1985 and processing procedures, March 1985.
Correspondents include: Ian Wright, Ken Dodd, Brian Crook, Peter Preston, Frank Platt, Guardian readers, David Dalton.
Also contains examples of wire prints, c1984.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright
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Readers' letters and staff records are subject to access restrictions in line with the Data Protection Act.
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- Wright; Ian (1934-2016); journalist and managing editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher (Subject)
- The Guardian (1821-); newspaper (Subject)
- Dodd; Kenneth George; journalist and executive editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Crook; Brian Reid (1925-2007); journalist (Subject)
- Preston; Peter John (1938-2018); journalist and editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Platt; Frank; production director, Guardian (Subject)