Invitiations, brochures and seating plans relating to Observer sponsored and partnership events including the Observer and Harvey Nichols Best of British Fashion Show, Laurence Olivier Awards, Observer Book Banquet, Dartington Hall Literature Event, Transglobe Polar Expedition reception, Observer Round Britain and Ireland Race, Observer Rugby dinner, Observer-Krug Le Manoir Dinner, Observer / Saab Beaujolais Run, and Observer 'What on Earth is to be done?' international conference.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
Letters regarding invitations, arrangements and procedures, confirmation, guest lists, thank yous and appreciation. Also includes notes relating to speeches made by Donald Trelford at some of the occassions.
Includes letters from The Cambridge Forum, British Sports Trust, Whitbread Book of the Year, Harper Collins Publishers, African National Congress, Garrick Club, Any Questions? Institute of Public Relations, British Legal Association, Buckingham Palace, Guild of British Newspaper Editors, and London School of Economics.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
Events to which Donald Treford was invited to as a guest and others to which he participated as a speaker or other capacity.
Includes invitations to dinners, book launches and dances, and menus, from The British Sports Trust, Chatto & Windus, What the Papers Say, The Corporation of London, Bob and Betty Maxwell, Cricket Writers' Club, Bridget Astor (For David's 80th birthday party), The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, Winston S Churchill MP, Lord Goodman, Neil Kinnock, Bank of Scotland Press Awards, Royal Over-seas League, Independent Television News, Bablake Old Boys' Association, The Royal Air Force Club Dinning Society, Mr Lodwrick M Cook of The Atlantic Richfield Company, A A Annual Press Luncheon, and Marylebone Cricket Club which includes notes speech by Donald Trelford.
Also includes leaflets and further information for events including Ayers Lecture Series, The British Press Awards 1977 and 1979, PPA Editorial Awards 1984, Press Photographers Association first annual dinner, 1986, BP Arts Journalism Awards 1989, Fleet Street snooker contest for Old Ben and World Univerisities Debating Championship.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
Cuttings relating to party by Lord Weidenfeld, and thanksgiving service for Edward Seaborne.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
Records relating to the deputy editors of the Observer. Currently contains records for Anthony Howard only.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office
Records accumulated by Anthony Howard during his time as deputy editor of The Observer, 1981-1988. Currently only contains Howard's correspondence and memos.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office
Correspondence and memos of Anthony Howard produced during his time as deputy editor of The Observer, 1981-1988.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office
Correspondence between Anthony Howard and a number of individuals and organisations including David Ash, Peter Ackroyd, Lady Acland, Corinna Adam, Stanley Adams, Robert Adley (MP), Martin Amis, Barbara Altounyan, David Astor, and Alan Ayckbourne. Also correspondence regarding the Angel Literary Award (1988), Arvon Poetry Competition (1985) and Association of British Editors, and the death of Lady Ayer.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Anthony Howard
Correspondence between Anthony Howard and a number of individuals and organisations including the BBC, Richard Branson, Alan Bishop, Martin Bailey (staff), Lord Ian Bancroft, Lady Beaverbrook, Steve Bell (staff), David Blunkett (MP), Mark Boxer (cartoonist), David Boulton (Granada TV), the British Council, Tina Brown (ed. Vanity Fair), and Michael Bywater (staff). Also includes replies to reader letters, lunch appointments, contributor letters.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Anthony Howard
Correspondence between Anthony Howard and a number of individuals and organisations including Jonathan Dimbleby, Harold Evans, John Edginton, Edward Jay Epstein, and Moss Evans (gen. sec. Transport and General Workers Union) and the Edinburgh Television Festival. Also reader and contributor letters including a complaint regarding the 1988 increase in subscription price.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Anthony Howard