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OBS/1/2/1/1/6 · File · April-October 1964
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

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

Minute book
OBS/1/1/1/3 · File · 1955-1962
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

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.

The Observer Limited (1917-1993); newspaper publisher