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Minute book of the Observer Ltd, Includes signed minutes of: Directors' and Board meetings; Annual, Extraordinary, and Ordinary General meetings.
Runs from first directors' meeting, 15 March 1917, to AGM, 15 June 1944. Entered on first page: 'The Observer Limited Certificate of Incorporation dated March 14th 1917 No. 146482'.
Also includes details of resolutions in accordance with article 39 of the articles of association; letters to the Secretary of The Observer Limited from Lord Astor.
Matters discussed include: accounts, share prices, the leasing of buildings, the pension fund, manager's reports, staff changes.

Includes signed and indexed minutes of: Directors' and Board meetings; Half-yearly, Annual, Extraordinary, and Ordinary General meetings; the Investment Committee.
Runs from Ordinary General Meeting, 10 January 1945, to Board meeting, 10 November 1955.
Also includes: special resolutions, meeting papers, reports.
Matters discussed include: accounts, salaries, the pension fund, share prices, manager's reports, the size and structure of the paper, staffing, circulation, accommodation, the Observer Foreign News Service, advertising, exhibitions.
Minutes signed by individuals including: Lord Astor, Arthur Mann, Mary Stocks, Dingle Foot, JE Berridge, John Thomson, RJ Butterworth.

Records relating to the advertising in The Observer newspaper, including documents relating to the scale of charges for advertisements, and leaflets regarding the code of standards of advertising practice, certificates relating to the net sale of the paper, newspaper extracts, leaflets for exhibitions arranged by the newspaper, a facsimile of the first edition of The Observer, and published material advertising the paper to an external audience.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Tristan Jones

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