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Includes correspondence between Terry Kilmartin and Miriam Gross and the following individuals or their representatives: Kingsley Amis, Sir Alfred Ayer, Sir John Betjeman, Arthur Koestler, Philip Larkin, George Melly, Edna O'Brien, Kenneth Tynan, Robert Lowell, Mary McCarthy.
Also includes contributions from some of the above and Maurice Richardson, Clive James, Roy Jenkins, and Hugh Thomas.
Also includes lists of people asked.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Terry Kilmartin

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

Includes correspondence with or about: subscription to RIBA journal, 1975; Ron Rickard, of Usher Walker, 1985.

Also contains correspondence relating to the following staff: Susan Richards; RF Richards; Maurice Richardson; Christine Richardson; Barbara Rieck; G Riley; Margaret Rix.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Includes letters, copy letters, telegrams, and submitted work on articles and reviews between Terry Kilmartin (and Jim Rose, David Astor and Ivor Brown) and individuals and organisations including: Kathleen Raine, Margaret Ramsay (including a letter from Eugene Ionescu), SK Ratcliffe, Terence Rattigan, Gordon Rattray Taylor, Cyril Ray, John Raymond, Henry B Raynor, Peter Rayner-Banham, Lord Rea, Herbert Read, Brian Reade, Michael Redgrave, Sir Carol Reed, Terence Reese, James Reeves, Charles Reid, Gerald Reitlinger, Anthony Rhodes, Hugh Richardson, Maurice L Richardson, John Rickett, Bruce Roberts, Alec Robertson, Bryan Robertson, Sir Dennis Robertson, RC Robertson-Glasgow, Lennox Robinson, WW Robson, Raymond Roden, RR Roe, Theodore Roethke, EJ Rogers, WR Rodgers, Giles Romilly, Ivan Roots, Alan Ross, Paul Rotha, Sir John Rothenstein, Royal Literary Fund, James D Rubadiri, Honorable Steven Runciman, Gordon Russell, Rt Hon Earl Russell, Hugh Ruttledge
Creator: The Observer Limited; Terry Kilmartin

Files of negatives of the following individuals:

Box 1:
Raab, Ernesto
Rabin, Oscar (set by Tony McGrath)
Rachkind, Ivar
Radford, Jim
Radford, Michael
Radford, Vaughan (set by David Newell Smith)
Rae, Daphne
Raelbrook, Harry
Rafferty, John (set by David Newell Smith)
Rafferty, Peter
Rahman, Sheikh Mujibur
Raincock, Brian & Graham (set by Neil Libbert)
Raine, Craig

Box 2:
Raison, Tim
Rajabi, Mohammad (set by Neil Libbert)
Ram, Jagjivan (set by Tony McGrath)
Ramaphosa, Cyril
Rambert, Marie
Ramelson, Bert
Ramirez Sanchez, Ilich (set by David Newell Smith)
Ramirez Navas, Dr Jose Altagracia
Ramishvili, Akaki (set by Tony McGrath)
Ramon, Alison
Ramphal, Sonny (set by Tony McGrath)
Rampton, Anthony (set by Neil Libbert)
Ramsamy, Sam (set by Neil Libbert)
Ramsey, Dr
Ramsey, Alf
Ramsey, Margaret (set by David Newell Smith)
Ramsey, Mr (Minister Trust Ltd)
Ramsey, Robert
Ramus, Mr (set by David Newell Smith)
Ranald, Charles (including set by Tony McGrath & Neil Libbert)
Rand, Mary
Randall, David
Randall, Derek
Randall, Marty
Randall, William
Randolph, Denys (Woodrush Industries Ltd)
Randolph, Roy (set by Tony McGrath)
Rank, Joseph (set by David Newell Smith)
Ranken, Alick
Rankin, Geoffrey (set by David Newell Smith)
Rankin, John
Rannie, John
Rao, Rama
Rapacki, Adam (Polish Foreign Minister) (set by Tony McGrath)
Raper, Jim
Raphael, Adam (including set by Tony McGrath)
Rapson, Sonia (set by David Newell Smith)
Rashid, Junior
Ratcliffe, Ruth
Rather, Dan
Ratnaraj, Neville
Ratner, Gerald
Rattenbury, Graham (set by David Newell Smith)
Rattle, Simon
Ratzinger, Cardinal
Rauschenberg, Robert
Raven, Ben (including set by Tony McGrath & David Newell Smith)
Raven, Simon
Ravensdale, Dr Tom (set by Neil Libbert)
Raw, Charles (set by Jane Bown)
Rawlings, Jerry
Rawlinson, Sir Anthony

Box 3:
Rawnsley, Commander (set by Tony McGrath)
Rayner, Lord
Rayner Banham
Rayward, Michael
Ray, Cyril & Elizabeth
Ray, Robert
Raymond, Paul (set by Tony McGrath)
Raymond, Santa (set by Tony McGrath)
Raymond, Stanley
Rayne, Max (including set by David Newell Smith)
Rayner, Bernard
Raynsford, Nick (set by Neil Libbert)
Read, John (including set by Neil Libbert & Tony McGrath)
Read, Richard
Reader, John (staff)
Ready, Professor William
Reagan, Nancy (Pottery roses)
Reagan, Ronald
Reardon, John
Redbridge, Mr
Reddish, Sir Halford (including set by David Newell Smith)
Redgrave, Sir Michael
Redgrave, Vanessa (including set by Neil Libbert & Tony McGrath)
Redmond, Phil
Redwood, Philip
Ree, Sally
Reece, Gordon
Reece, Terence
Reed, Mr & Mrs
Reed, John (set by Tony McGrath)
Reed, Oliver (set by David Newell Smith)
Rees, Chris
Rees, Eric
Rees, Merlyn (set by David Newell Smith)

Box 4:
Rees, Tudor
Reese, Terence
Reeve, Professor Karel ven Het (set by Tony McGrath)
Reeves, Reverend Ambrose
Reeves, Christopher (set by Neil Libbert)
Reeves, John (set by David Newell Smith)
Reeves, Ron
Reeves, Sue
Regan, Arthur (set by Tony McGrath)
Regine, Reg
Reibrutz, Baron Gunter von
Reich, Tibor
Reid, Desmond
Reid, Gordon & May
Reid, Sir Norman (including set by Sally Soames)
Reid, Jimmy
Reid, Milton
Reigner, G
Reimunto, Joacquim Martinez
Reindorp, Bishop (set by Tony McGrath)
Reisner, HT (set by David Newell Smith)
Reisz, Karel
Remez, Amaron (set by Sally Soames)
Remick, Lee (set by Tony McGrath)
Remnant, Lord
Remoortel, Edouard van (set by Tony McGrath)
Rena, Sally (set by Tony McGrath)
Rennie, Jimmy (set by Neil Libbert)
Renfew, Glen (Reuters)
Rensburg, Patrick van
Renton, Tim (set by Neil Libbert)
Renwick, Robin
Ressler, Lloyd (including set by David Newell Smith)
Restivo, Deziah Rhodes (set by David Newell Smith)
Revans, Professor
Reynolds, Bruce
Reynolds, Jane & Eddie
Reynolds, Sir Joshua
Reynolds, Michael (set by Tony McGrath)
Rhodes, Peter
Rhoodie, Dr Eschel
Rhys-William, Sir Brandon
Riach, Hughie
Ribeiro, Aqulino
Ribicoff, Abraham
Riboud, Marc
Riboulet, Pierre
Rice, Larry
Rice, Victor
Rich, Adrienne
Richard, Prince
Richards, AJ (set by David Newell Smith)
Richards, Alan
Richards, Dr Brian
Richards, CF
Richards, David
Richards, Emlyn

Box 5:
Richards, Viv
Richardson, Fred (set by Neil Libbert)
Richardson, Gordon
Richardson, Joan
Richardson, Sir John (set by David Newell Smith)
Richardson, Mary (set by Tony McGrath)
Richardson, Maurice
Richardson, Sir Ralph
Richenberg, Leonard (including set by Tony McGrath)
Richey, Michael
Richey, Mr
Rideal, Liz
Ridell, Davina
Ridge, Tom
Ridley, Jeff (set by Tony McGrath)
Ridout, Ronald (set by Tony McGrath)
Ridyard, Peter
Rieck, Barbara
Rierman, Professor David (set by David Newell Smith)
Riesel, Victor
Rifai, Zein (set by Tony McGrath)
Rigg, Diana
Riley, Bridget (including set by David Newell Smith)
Riley, Sir Patrick
Ringer, Paul
Rinpoche, Lama Chine
Rio, Gypsy del (set by David Newell Smith)
Rippon, Geoffrey (including set by David Newell Smith & Neil Libbert)
Risk, Sir Thomas
Ritblat, John
Ritchie, Lord (set by David Newell Smith)
Ritchie, Martin (set by David Newell Smith)
Rivenbury, Thomas (set by David Newell Smith)
Rives, Jean-Paul
Rix, Brian (set by Neil Libbert)
Rix, John
Rix, Karen
Roachie, William
Road, Alan (including set by Tony McGrath)
Robb, John
Robbins, Lord
Robbins, Jerome
Robbins, Peter
Robens, Lord (including set by David Newell Smith & Tony McGrath)
Roberto, Holden
Roberts, Archbishop (set by Tony McGrath)
Roberts, Alison

Box 6:
Roberts, Alun
Roberts, David (set by Tony McGrath)
Roberts, Derek
Roberts, Evan
Roberts, Sir Frank
Roberts, Gavin
Roberts, Mrs Harry (set by Neil Libbert)
Roberts, John
Roberts, John G
Roberts, John Scott
Roberts, Joy (set by Neil Libbert)
Roberts, Michael (staff) (set by David Newell Smith)
Roberts, Michelle
Roberts, Nancy
Roberts, PC Norwell
Roberts, Selwyn
Roberts, Teresa
Roberts, Thomas
Roberts, Vanessa
Roberts, Sir William
Robertshaw, John (set by Tony McGrath)
Robertson (set by Jane Bown)
Robertson, David
Robertson, Dr Ian
Robertson, Pat
Robertson, Toby (set by Tony McGrath)
Robin, George (set by David Newell Smith)
Robins, Ralph
Robinson, Mr (British Printing Corporation)
Robinson, Cedric
Robinson, Jill (set by Tony McGrath)
Robinson, George (set by David Newell Smith)
Robinson, Dr John (including set by David Newell Smith)
Robinson, Kenneth (including set by David Newell Smith)
Robinson, Martha (set by David Newell Smith)
Robinson, Robert
Robinson, Sugar Ray
Robison, David (staff)
Robson, Bobby
Robson, Christopher (set by Neil Libbert)
Robson, Donald (set by David Newell Smith)
Rodrigues, David
Rocco, Ellen
Rochdale, Lord
Roche, Fred
Rockley, Lord
Rodd, Tremayne (staff) (including set by David Newell Smith)
Rodewig, John
Roe, Graham
Roderick, David M
Rodgers, Ken & Maureen
Roger, Odette Pol (set by David Newell Smith)
Rogers
Rogers, Budge
Rogers, Ginger
Rogers, Mike (including set by Tony McGrath & David Newell Smith)

Box 7:
Rogers, Nick
Rogers, Richard
Rogers, Tony (set by Tony McGrath)
Rogerson, Tony (set by Neil Libbert)
Ronay, Egon
Ronson, Gerald (including set by Tony McGrath & David Newell Smith)
Rooke, Sir Denis
Rooley, Pat (set by Tony McGrath)
Rootes, Lord (set by David Newell Smith)
Rootstein, Adel (set by Tony McGrath)
Roper, Helen
Rose, Anthony
Rose, David
Rose, Geoffrey
Rose, Jim
Rose, Martin (set by David Newell Smith)
Rose, Stephen
Rosebery, Lady
Rosebery, Mike
Rosen, Count Carl Gustaf von
Rosen, Cyril
Rosen, Sheyla
Rosenblatt, Abe, Max & Eric (set by Tony McGrath)
Rosenblatt, Louis
Rosenburg, Mr
Rosenburg, Marianna
Rosensohn, Bill
Ross, Alan
Ross, Ali
Ross, Annie
Ross, Douglas
Ross, Michael (staff)
Rosse, Earl of
Rossiter, Amelia
Rostow, Walt (set by Tony McGrath)
Rostropovich, Mstislav
Rota, Bertram (set by Tony McGrath)
Rothenburg, Bonneau (set by Neil Libbert)
Rothschild, Edmund de
Rothschild, Philippe de
Rotten, Johnny (set by Tony McGrath, 1977)
Rousseau, Mrs (set by David Newell Smith)
Rowbotham, Sheila
Rowe family
Rowe, Albert
Rowe-Ham, David
Rowell, Sarah
Rowland, David (set by Tony McGrath, 1969)
Rowland (Rowlands), David John (set by David Newell Smith)
Rowland, John
Rowland, Reg

Box 8:
Rowland, Tiny
Roxburgh, David (set by Tony McGrath)
Roxburgh, Su
Roy, Georgie
Royal, Agatha
Royalton, Martin
Rozhdestvensky, Gennady (set by Neil Libbert)
Rubenis, Jean (set by Tony McGrath)
Rubenstein, Helen
Rubenstein, Hilary (staff)
Rubin, Jack (set by David Newell Smith)
Rubin, Joe
Rubra, Dr David
Ruddock, Joan
Rueff, Jacques (set by David Newell Smith)
Ruiz-Mateos, Jose & Maria
Rumbelow, PC
Runcie (by Mark Boxer)
Runcie, Robert
Runciman, Viscount
Runsey, Nicky (set by Neil Libbert)
Rushmore, Robert (set by David Newell Smith)
Rusk, Dean
Russell, Bertrand
Russell, David
Russell, Iris K (staff)
Russell-Rennie, Caroline (set by David Newell Smith)
Rust, Graham
Rutherford, Bill
Ryan, Kerry
Ryan, Mr
Ryan, Mary
Ryder, Sir Don (including set by Tony McGrath & David Newell Smith)
Ryder, Robert
Rye, Claude (set by Tony McGrath)
Ryeland, David (set by Tony McGrath)
Ryman, Desmond
Creator: The Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library

Interview with Penelope Phillips, assistant to the literary editor for the Observer. Conducted by Stephen Pritchard on 7 February 2002. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.

Disc 1:
Tracks 1-3
Test

Track 4
00.08 Worked on Observer Books desk from 1965
00.28 Had previously worked for the Times
00.42 Remembers interview
01.10 Discussion of working with Terry Kilmartin
02.30 Smoking at the Observer
02.38 Working at Tudor Street
03.06 Myth that one office in Tudor Street had a bath
03.15 Discussion of Charles Davey
03.55 Office moved to Queen Victoria Street
04.20 Parking at the office
04.30 Discussion of childhood
04.40 What it was like to work at the Observer in the 1960s
04.55 David Astor and his success at the Observer
05.18 Discussion of Kilmartin, David Astor and their wartime service
05.52 Disagreement between Kilmartin and Astor
07.50 Kilmartin and his approach to publishers
08.40 Kilmartin's team of reviewers including Malcolm Muggeridge
09.05 Muggeridge's help when she got married
09.53 Muggeridge's coverage of the Kim Philby affair

11.00 Discussion of the 1960s
11.45 Drinking at the Observer
12.45 Discusses Muggeridge's book on God
13.25 Discusses her educational background
14.20 Philip Toynbee's dislike of literary circles
14.40 Discussion of memorable colleagues including Clifford Makins and Hugh McIlvanney
15.20 Printing during this period
15.35 Remembers the political editor Nora Beloff and John Silverlight
17.40 Remained at the Observer until 1969
18.50 Death of Kilmartin
19.20 Remembers Kenneth Obank and his friendship with Kilmartin
19.50 Remembers Maurice Richardson and his coverage of the Moors murders

21.10 *
21.50 Remembers John Gale and his suicide
22.58 Social events at the Observer
23.30 Discusses Kilmartin's early life
25.00 Literary criticism today
25.55 How the Observer was seen in the 1960s
26.15 The effect of the Observer on her political beliefs
26.45 The effect on the newspaper when moved
27.28 Death of Francis Hope
27.40 Remembers Mary Holland's early career
28.00 Remembers Willi Guttmann who joined during the early years of Astor

31.20 Left work when had first child
31.40 Worked part time as an English teacher
32.40 The legacy of the Observer
34.00 Remembers working and socialising with Kilmartin
35.25 *
35.50 Remembers colleagues including Naomi Lewis and Stevie Smith

Includes correspondence from and concerning the Kilmartins.
Other correspondents include: Fred Tomlinson; David Astor; Arthur Koestler; Duncan Wilson; Richard Findlater; Philip Larkin; Roger Harrison; Donald Trelford; John Cole; Paul Johnson; John Nuttall-Smith; Nick Morrell; Michael Ratcliffe; Peter Heyworth; John Lucas; Anthony Howard; Brian Nicholson.
Subjects covered include: Terry Kilmartin's time in the Middle East; matters concerning The Observer's literary and arts pages and reviewers; Karl Miller; a 1963 visit to the United States by the Kilmartins; Gavin Young; AJP Taylor; Joanna Kilmartin's suggestions concerning European travel guides; Maurice Richardson; the Arvon Poetry Competition; Russell Davies; Conor Cruise O'Brien leaving The Observer; the Olivier theatre awards; Terry Kilmartin's farewell dinner in 1986.
Also includes: various cuttings from The Bookseller; cutting from The Tatler on Friday literary luncheons.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford