File 1 - Journalist, editor and trustee

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A small collection of correspondence and other material from Alastair Hetherington's time at the Guardian retained separately to his official Guardian records.

This file includes:
letter from Guardian editor AP Wadsworth to Hetherington concerning personnel issues, 17 May 1953;
letter from Hetherington's father, Sir Hector Hetherington, commenting on the weight of reponsibility Hetherington carried on his shoulders during the Guardian's reporting of the Suez crisis, 13 November 1956;
letter from Alistair Cooke, in New York, to Hetherington, 15 February 1957;
article by Hetherington, 'The Editors: the Guardian', in Punch magazine, 6 January 1965;
Copy of 'Guardian: An introspective postscript' by David Ayerst, presented to LP Scott on his retirement on 13 November 1973. Contains information which was left out of Ayerst official history;
the front of the Guardian Christmas card from Hetherington, [c1960s*];
menu from the farewell dinner given for Hetherington's retirement from editor, 4 November 1975, the cover has a sketch and photographs of Hetherington and inside there is a tribute to Hetherington's work as editor, with a letter from Laurence Prestwich Scott marking the occasion;
and
signed menu from the dinner given by the Guardian and Manchester Evening News and Scott Trust to mark the retirement of Hetherington as the chairman of the Scott Trust, 31 October 1989.
notes for a 'meet the author' talk in Manchester which Hetherington gave in relation to the 'Guardian Years' book, 14 January 1982

Chronological

Reprints of lectures given by Hetherington can be found in the historical reference library.