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General file regarding distribution, sales and the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC). Contains correspondence, memorandums and reports concerning: sales figures in detail; the effect of industrial action; disruption to sales caused by weather conditions; annual reports and newsletters from the ABC; ABC rules; membership of the ABC.

Also contains net sales certificates from the early 1940s.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; George Nicholson; Tristan Jones; John E Berridge.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file regarding British Road Services and the supply of delivery vans.

Includes mention of additional 'danger money' payment for delivery during the blitz.

Contains correspondence and memorandum concerning: charges including rate increases; deliveries during holiday periods; McNamara & Co, Royal Mail & Road Transport Contractors; van repairs; weekend and night duties; delivery during the blitz; reduction in use of vehicles during wartime; regulations on driving during the blitz; delivery procedures during states of emergency; agreement between the United Service Transport Company and the Observer.

Primary correspondents include: JE Berridge; Tristan Jones; British Road Services; McNamara & Co; United Service Transport Co.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file regarding the delivery of news by the British United Press service.

Includes discussion of alternative plans if war is declared.

Contains correspondence and memorandum concerning: agreements between British United Press and the Observer; issue of copyright; the delivery of news services during national emergencies and the possible outbreak of war; the circulation of news tips; subscription to the press service.

Primary correspondents include: JE Berridge; British United Press.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Correspondence between Tristan Jones and Roger Harrison and various individuals and organisations.

Includes correspondence with or about Anthony Wedgwood Benn MP, 1972, concerning views about press survival and promotion policies and Norman Berridge, 1960-1981, concerning pensions and his father, John E Berridge, general manager.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

The correspondence of Thomas Jones (the father of Tristan Jones) as trustee of The Observer, with senior staff of the paper, and other trustees between 1942-1953. Correspondents include former literary editor John Trewin, the former editors Ivor Brown and David Astor, and also a large collection of correspondence from Lord Waldorf Astor, the former proprietor of The Observer newspaper. In addition, records relating to the Trust and the paper in general are also covered, including Trustees' meeting minutes, newspaper cuttings, and extracts, and a 1951 balance sheet.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Tristan Jones

General file relating to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Contains correspondence, memorandum and reports concerning: printing and advancements in technology; social occasions; joint printing arrangements; meetings between Observer and Telegraph representatives; the Newsprint Committee; printing supplies; ownership of the Telegraph; relations with the trade unions; requests for charitable donations; advertising the Observer in the Daily Telegraph; the Telegraph magazine; colour printing rates; wholesalers; colour supplements; classified advertisements; balance sheets; the launch of the Sunday Telegraph; The Times; Viola Garvin and the papers of JL Garvin; editorial notices; Eve Maxwell-Lyte; official bans on the newspaper.

Also contains facsimile copies of the first edition of the Daily Telegraph.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Tristan Jones; John E Berridge; The Daily Telegraph; GP Simon.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file regarding the Department of Trade.

Contains correspondence, memorandum and reports concerning: social occasions; the Royal Commission on Standards of Conduct in Public Life; loans applied for under the Industry Act; pay and labour relations in the newspaper industry; advertising rates; increases to the cover price; salary increases; relations with trade unions; newsprint control; newsprint allocations; the supply of raw materials; the Companies Act 1929; the purchase of land near St Bride Street and Stonecutter Street; the transfer of the 'Morning Advertiser'; export licenses; production of a souvenir programme; newsprint production allowances; purchase of equipment; a questionnaire on machinery; the sale and purchase of worn service uniforms.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; BAF Burn; HF Heinemann; Tristan Jones; KS Finn; JE Berridge.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file concerning crossword compiler Derrick Somerset Mcnutt. Also contains some correspondence regarding Observer crosswords after the death of Mcnutt.

Contains correspondence and memorandum concerning: the history of Observer crossword compilers; prizes; the Azed puzzle; a crossword puzzle book; a puzzle book by Roger Millington; payment for crosswords; the death of Mcnutt; Ximenes ties; royalties due to Macnutt; competitors' entries; Ximenes 1000th crossword puzzle; Christmas competitions; the 900th Ximenes puzzle; pseudonyms; rules for competitions; bookplates; crossword competitions; pay increases; a celebration dinner for the 750th Ximenes crossword; responses to crosswords; publication agreements; proofs; complaints; alterations to puzzles; tax; Penguin books, publishers; entry figures; judging entries; Torquemada, crossword compiler; issues with clues; the 'Everyman's' crossword.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Tristan Jones; Roger Millington; JE Berridge.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General correspondence of Tristan Jones and Roger Harrison and various individuals and organisations.

Includes correspondence with potential, current or former employees of the Observer, Observer Trustees, neighbouring businesses, tenants and agents, advertisers and advertising agents and local and international business acquaintances concerning: former important figures in the Observer's history (mostly by Tristan Jones); invitations and responses to events held by the Observer and other organisations; service agreements and contracts; membership information and invoices from associations and societies (including subscriptions to magazines and newsletters); sympathy letters to employees or relatives of employees on accidents and death, and in memoriam donations; legal matters including libel reports, summons, statements and correspondence with solicitors; published or advertising material of associations, contractors and consultants; reports or comments on the Observer and other papers prepared by consultants and employees and agreements and contracts with publishers for serial and other rights to books and publications.

Personnel records are not included in the correspondence but there are several copies of confirmation of employment, contracts and salary increase details probably sent to the Managing Director's office for his information. From 1974-1976 there are several copies of the "Engagement of new employee" form which provides basic details of those starting employment.

The material is written by John Berridge, Tristan Jones and Roger Harrison and also their colleagues, either directly discussing the individual or organisation in question or writing to that individual or organisation with a copy to management.

The material was filed by the offices of Tristan Jones and Roger Harrison. It can be assumed that Roger Harrison's office inherited much of the Tristan Jones' material which, in turn, was inherited from John Berridge, general manager before Jones. Very little of the material predates Tristan Jones' office as general manager.

The groups of letters range from a single memorandum to a large range of letters and related material.

This series appears to be incomplete.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Cutting relating to a gift made by John Berridge, the former director and general manager of The Observer newspaper, to Trinity College, Cambridge.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Tristan Jones