Personal documents and correspondence relating to Richard Fry's life including:
manuscript biographical notes
'Life Story'manuscript notes by Fry
black/white photograph of Fry by Terry Moore c1970
Letter from AP Wadsworth to Fry, 1952
Letter from Jim Callaghan, Chancellor of the Exechquer to Fry, 17 June 1966
Letter from Oliver Franks to Fry, 1 January 1965
Letter from Gordon Pepper to Fry, 6 February 1975
Telegram from Hamish McRae, the Guardian to Fry, 20 September 1985
Letter from David Scholey to Fry, January 1987
Letter from Richard Fry to Simon Jenkins, editor of The Times, concerning language, style and grammar in the newspapers, 12 June 1990
'Richard Fry CBE', by William Clarke, reprint from Central Banking Publications, August 2000
Menu for Fry's centenary luncheon, 28 September 2000
Creator: Fry, Richard Henry CBE (1900-2002); journalist
File of correspondence relating to Fry's work on the survey of industry, trade and finance. Includes background note on survey by [William Clarke].
Creator: Fry, Richard Henry CBE (1900-2002); journalist
Interview with William Clarke, financial journalist for the Guardian. Conducted by Victor Keegan on 25 July 2001. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.
Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):
Track 1
Test
Track 2
Test
Track 3
Test
Track 4
Test
Track 5
Test
Track 6:
00.55 Guardian Industrial Survey and its influence on the Bank of England
04.29 Richard Fry joining the MG in 1938
06.30 On City editors
07.42 On joining the Manchester Guardian/RAF experiences
08.56 Actually joined MG
09.44 Advised to read Gibbon [Decline and Fall] and "the Autobiography" [Kim by Rudyard Kipling]
10.55 Discusses what was it like when he joined. Comments on women's editor, Betty Wilson, and Tom Kent
13.59 On London office, 40-43 Fleet Street, 4 people including Raymond Frost
16.03 How often did he see the Manchester editor?
16.24 Was commercial editor in ?London 1 month for 5/6 years
17.20 First meeting with Wadsworth
25.00 On devaluation
30.00 More comments on London office
33.00 Fleet Street office, someone had office on whose door was written "God and Impartial"
36.50 No windows at Fleet Street. On George Gale and other personalities
41.20 Hetherington as future editor
42.30 Suez - feels Guardian got the feeling of the country wrong
45.10 Manchester vs. London - strength of a leader in Manchester
49.50 Guardian vs the Times felt he was "freer on the Guardian" from other people's ambitions