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General file relating to oil company Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), owner of the Observer from 1977-1981, with papers mainly dealing with management matters. Contains correspondence, memorandums and reports including: event and travel details including transatlantic visits; circulation figures; budgets; industry press cuttings; costs relating to the Observer board meeting in Aspen; complaints received by the Observer relating to ARCO; printing arrangements; visit by the ARCO board; subscriptions to the newspaper; social occasions including dinner parties; minutes and related papers from the Observer board meeting held in Aspen in 1977; pension plans; management structure of ARCO.

Also includes annual reports for Atlantic Richfield.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Robert O Anderson; Brack Duker; John Steel.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Donald Trelford's subject file on Atlantic Richfield after their take over of the Observer in 1977.
Includes correspondence with individuals from Atlantic Richfield on meetings, events, mutual visits and proposals for articles, and a revised editorial executive structure in 1979.
Also includes 'The year at Arco: an employees look at 1978', press cuttings on Arco or from Arco publications,

Correspondents include: David Sternlight, EM Benson, Robert O Anderson, Roger Harrison. Lord Barnetson.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford

General file relating to oil company Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), with papers mainly dealing with the ARCO board and management matters. Contains correspondence, memorandum and reports including: information on profits and bonuses; Observer calendars; social gatherings; Tiny Rowlands' newspaper interests; the representation of ARCO in other publications; internal audit reports; renewal of insurance policies; proposed exhibitions; re-organisation of ARCO's interests in the United Kingdom; trading results; office equipment.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Robert Orville Anderson.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file relating to oil company Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), with papers mainly dealing with the ARCO board and management matters. Contains correspondence, memorandums and reports including: internal audit reports; social occasions; financial and budget reports; the election of Thornton Bradshaw as chairman of The Observer Ltd; relations with trade unions; plans to print outside of London and the future of printing the newspaper; relations with the Sunday Times.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Coopers & Lybrand, law firm; Thornton Bradshaw.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file relating to oil company Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), which covers the period when ARCO sold the Observer to Lonrho. Contains correspondence, memorandums and reports concerning: social occasions; the career of Robert Orville Anderson and his resignation from the Observer board; competitor papers; relations with trade unions; financial reports; trading forecasts; conditions of the proposed deal with Lonrho; the use of Norwegian paper; terms of employment in relation to the Lonrho takeover; plans for the future of the newspaper; the career of Thornton Bradshaw.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Robert Orville Anderson; Tiny Rowland; Thornton Bradshaw.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Files of negatives of the following individuals:

Box 1:
Aaronson, Jack
Abbado, Gabriella
Abbe, Pierre (set by Jane Bown)
Abbot, David (set by Neil Libbert)
Abbott, George
Abele, Albert
Abensetts
Abercrombie, Patricia B.
Abernethy, Ian (set by Neil Libbert)
Abraham, Abu (Staff) (including set by David Newell Smith)
Abraham, Roger
Abrahams, David (including set by David Newell Smith)
Abrahams, Michael
Abrams, Dr Mark ( set Neil Libbert)
Abramsky, Jenny
Abse, Leo
Abraham, Abu (including set by David Newell Smith)
Accardo, Salvatore (including set by Jane Bown)
Achebe, Chunua
Acheson, David
Ackland, Joy
Adam, Peter
Adams, Douglas
Adams, JB
Adams, Stanley
Adams, Walter (including set by Jane Bown)
Adamson, Mrs (set by Jane Bown)
Adamson, Campbell
Adamson, Christopher
Adamson, Edward
Adderley, Ruth
Addison, Ruth
Adeane, Dobi (set by David Newell Smith)
Adenauer, Konrad
Adelja, Mr (Kenyan deportee)
Adjemain, Shane (set by David Newell Smith)
Adler, Larry
Adler, Michael
Adoman, Paul
Afrifra, AA

Box 2:
Ahern, Terence
Ahmed, Mrs (arriving at Luton airport from Karachi)
Ahmed, Shari
Ahrends, Peter (set by Neil Libbert)
Ahronovitch, Yuri
Ahumada, Jorge (Boxing)
Aidie, Mr (staff) (including set by David Newell Smith)
Airlie, Jimmy
Airy, Christopher
Aisenstadt, Professor (Russian Jew)
Aisher, Owen (set by David Newell Smith)
Aitken, Jonathan (set by Neil Libbert)
Aitken, Margaret (set by Tony McGrath)
Aitken, Meg (London busker) (set by Tony McGrath)
Aitken, Timothy
Akhtar, Nasreet
Akii-Bua, John
Akinyemi, Professor Bolaji
Akroyd, David
Al-Adsani, Ali Sulaimain
Al-Fayad, Mohammad (set by Neil Libbert)
Al-Hakim, Abdul Aziz
Alain-Fournier, Henri
Alan, Kathleen
Alberquerque, Duke of (set by Tony McGrath)
Albert, Tim (set by Tony McGrath)
Alder, Vera Stanley (set by Jane Bown)
Aldeman, Bob
Alderson, John
Alderton, John
Aldington, Lord
Aldred, Ralph
Aldiss, Brian
Aldrich, Mike
Aleksander, Della
Alexander, Lord (set by Jane Bown)
Alexander, Bill
Alexander, Sir Lindsey
Alexander, Robert
Alexander, Teresa
Alexii, Patriach
Alfreds, Mike
Ali-Akbar, Hafiz
Ali, Muhammad
Allan, Ian (set by Colin Jones, 1963)
Allan, James (British Ambassador to Mozambique) (set by Neil Libbert)
Allcock, Rupert
Allday, Con
Allebone, Allen
Allen, Lord

Box 3:
Allen, Gayle (set by David Newell Smith)
Allen, Joch
Allen, Maurice
Allen, Ray
Alliance, David/Davoud
Allimadi, Otema
Allingham, Margery
Alliss, Peter
Allison, Malcolm
Allon, Yigael
Allport, Denis
Almanack, Schloss Bijon
Alsop, Chris (set by Neil Libbert)
Althorpe, Viscount (set by Neil Libbert)
Alto, Suzuki
Altrincham, Lord John
Alun-Jones, Derek
Alvarez, Al (Staff)
Al-Tajir, Muhammad Mahdi
Alyiss, Peter
Amaya, Naohira
Ambatielos, Betty
Amery, Julian
Amidjo, Mme
Amihyia, Khow
Amies, Hardy
Amin, Idi
Amis, Kingsley (incldues sets by Don McCullin and Stuart Herydinger, 1962 & 1963)
Ampthill, Lord and Lady
Amran, Helena
Amy, George
Anderson, Alistair
Anderson, Digby
Anderson, Ernestine
Anderson, Jo
Anderson, Lindsay
Anderson, Robert, O
Anderson, Dr Ronald

Box 4:
Anderson, Stewart
Anderson, Viv
Anderton, James
Andress, Ursula
Andrew, Rob
Andrews, David
Ang, Swee
Angeles, Victoria De Los
Angell, Irene
Anglesey, Lord
Annan, Lord
Anrep, Boris
Ansell, Isobel
Anstey, Joan
Anstey, John
Antcliffe, John
Antonioni, Michelangelo (withj Monica Vitti) (set by Peter Keen, 1962)
Aquino, Corazon
Arain, Shafiq
Araskog, Rand Vincent
Arbiter, Reg (set by David Newell Smith)
Archer, Zena Scott
Ardron, Rose
Arguello, Mrs
Arkan, Alan
Arlott, John
Armitage, Reverend Michael
Armstrong, Reverend David
Armstrong, Elizabeth
Armstrong, William
Armstrong-Jones, Anthony
Arnander, Christopher
Arnold, David
Arnold, Douglas
Arnold, Jan
Arnold, Sue
Arnot, Penelope
Arran, Earl of
Arrowsmith, Pat
Arrowsmith, Sue
Arroyo, Martina
Artus, Ron
Ascherson, Neal
Ashe, Arthur
Ashley, Alan
Ashley, Laura
Ashraf, Mohammed
Askwith, Shawn
Aslam, Mohammad
Aspel, Michael
Aspen, Brian
Asquith, Lady (set by David Newell Smith)
Asserate, Rebecca & Wendwosser
Assiz, Abdul
Associated Leisure
Astles, Bob
Ashton, Joe (set by David Newell Smith)
Astor, David (set with his wife) (set by David Newell Smith)

Box 5:
Astor, David (continued)
Atherton, Tom (set by David Newell Smith)
Atkin, Peter
Atkin, Ron
Akins, David
Atkins, Eileen
Atkins, Humphrey
Atkins, Margaret
Atkins, WS
Attenborough, David
Attlee, Lord Clement (includes set by David Newell Smith)
Attwood, Graham
Audley, Bernard
Augustine, Fennie
Aupetit, Francoise (set by Neil Libbert)
Austin, LJF (Chairman of Clear Hooters) (set by Sally Soames)
Austria, Archduke Rudolph of
Avard, Ronald
Aves
Avon, Lady
Avon, Lord (Sir Anthony Eden)
Aydal Family
Aylott, William (Staff) (set by David Newell Smith)
Aziz, Aly
Aziz, Elizabeth
Creator: The Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library

Internal letters and memos regarding options for the continuation of the Observer. Further correspondence relating to the purchase by Atlantic Richfield Company and subsequent reorganisation at the newspaper. Offers by other bidders to purchase the newspaper. Statements by Atlantic Richfield and Observer trustees. Letters from readers both in support of and against options relating the sale.

Correspondents include Roger Harrison, James Goldsmith, Vere Harmsworth, David Astor, Robert O Anderson, Cyril Dunn, and Lord Devlin.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford

Press cuttings from a number of national newspapers relating to the possible sale of The Observer by Lonrho; articles from 'World Business', 'Personal Business Supplement' and 'Business' relating to the Lonrho trading group; list of alternative suggestions of possible wording of a statement by the Board of Lonrho for a public statement, including annotations; correspondence with Robert Lowe giving praise to Mitchell for his support in defending the newspapers interests; correspondence with Donald Trelford regarding the output of Conor Cruise O'Brien's articles and the arrangement of next meeting; correspondence with Lord Windlesham regarding the resignation of the chairman of the Observer, Bob Anderson, and a copy of section 58-62 of the Fair Trading Act 1973.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Sir Derek Mitchell

Donald Trelford's annotated set of papers for the meeting held at Aspen, Colorado.
Agenda points include: minutes of 12 June meeting; matters arising (photocomposition, social security contributions, Servob, Post Office Yellow Pages, commercial television and radio); management report (financial performance and revised forecast, production and labour relations, sales and advertising, promotion, other matters); editor-in-chief's report; editor's report; authorisation for additional signatory to company cheques.
Also includes: editor's report, July 1978; editor's notes to the board; paper on development of the Colour Magzine; texts of US reports on the financial position of The Observer; draft statement to be issued by Robert O Anderson and Thornton Bradshaw.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford