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- 1959-1996 (Creation)
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1 file
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File of correspondence maintained by Hella Pick containing letters from Guardian editors' Alastair Hetherington, Peter Preston and Alan Rusbridger. The file spans her career at the newspaper and includes employment contracts, discussions of salary, appointments, assignments - including her coverage of the Birmingham Alabama campaign in 1963, potential articles and travel arrangements. Other correspondents include Guardian staff Ian Wright, Joe Minogue, Mary Stott, Geoffrey [Taylor] and Harold Jackson.
Also includes biographical notes and quotes from correspondence relating to Geoffrey Taylor's book 'Changing Faces - a history of the Guardian, 1956-88', nd [c early 1990s] and a letter to 'Barry' in which she details her travels across Europe and desire to return to the US, 31 May [1976].
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Subject to access restrictions in line with data protection and business confidentiality. Contact the archive for further information.
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See also HHP/2/1 'Memoir Research' which includes Pick's correspondence with family and friends.
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- Pick; Hella Henrietta (1927-2024); writer and journalist (Subject)
- Hetherington; Hector Alastair (1919-1999); journalist and editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Preston; Peter John (1938-2018); journalist and editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Rusbridger; Alan Charles (1953-); journalist and editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Wright; Ian (1934-2016); journalist and managing editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Minogue; Joseph (1923-1996); journalist (Subject)
- Taylor; Geoffrey Duke (1926-2016); journalist (Subject)