File 3 - 'Chapter seven'

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Cuttings, correspondence and notes relating to chapter seven of Pick's memoir covering her experiences as a journalist at The Guardian and book projects between 1963 and 1965.

Includes letters from publishers George Weidenfeld, Penguin, Anthony Blond Limited and Stephen Watts from May 1963 to June 1965 concerning proposals for Pick to write books on the UN and West Africa. Also includes Synopsis for a book on West Africa, undated [early-mid 1960s].

There is also correspondence between Pick and Guardian staff including editor Alastair Hetherington between December 1962 and January 1966 concerning assignments, continuing in the US, a request to return briefly to London and Pick's potential book project. Other correspondents include Mary Stott from December 1963 and March 1965 concerning writing for The Guardian's Women's Page and Geoffrey Taylor,(May 1964) regarding Pick's mother's complaints to the Guardian and general office updates.

The file also includes Pick's press passes for the 'Goldwater-Miller 1964 campaign' and Royal Visit Committee, October 1964, her 1959 CV and a collection of newspaper cuttings of her own work between 1963 and 1965. Article topics include the Selma march, Royal visit to Quebec, the funeral of John F Kennedy, the Cold War, US politics (Barry Goldwater), The Beatles in the US, and the UN.