Records marked as 'confidential' sent to David Astor by Ifor Evans relating to the meeting held, and the memorandum made to the Trustees of the paper on 4 August 1964. The records include correspondence, handwritten notes, and the memorandum itself.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Tristan Jones
Includes letters, copy letters, telegrams, and submitted work on articles and reviews between Terry Kilmartin (and Jim Rose) and individuals including: B Ifor Evans, Eugene Ionescu, J Isaacs, Christopher Isherwood
Creator: The Observer Limited; Terry Kilmartin
Includes signed and (partially) indexed minutes of: Directors' and Board meetings; Annual and Extraordinary General meetings; the Investment and Sealing Committees.
Runs from Board meeting, 6 December 1955 to AGM, 17 July 1962.
Also includes: Pension Fund Committee signed resolutions; meeting papers.
Matters discussed include: appointing Board members and directors; printing arrangements and other production matters; circulation; manager's and editor's reports; exhibitions; the pension fund; the leasing and purchase of property and other accommodation matters; advertising and promotion; luncheon vouchers; the Western Independent; future prospects; Whitfeld & Newman Ltd; Mrs JL Garvin; cheque writing authority; television; life insurance; staff matters; the northern edition; the History of The Observer; relations with The Times; salaries and bonuses; legal actions; colour magazine supplements; foreign sales.
Minutes signed by individuals including: Mary Stocks, Sir Ifor Evans.