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Press cuttings of published articles by Alastair Matheson as follows:

• Six pages from a scrapbook containing press clippings of Matheson's articles published in newspapers worldwide as syndicated via the Observer Foreign News Service (Servob), 1980s
• An eight page article titled 'Amin's legacy of chaos' by Alastair Matheson which appeared in the Observer Magazine, 13 April 1980.

Four pages of Alastair Matheson's recollections of working as a journalist in Africa. Contains anecdotes relating to the process of covering stories and filing copy to the UK from Africa in the 1960s. Appears to be an extract from a longer unpublished document titled 'Anecdotal Adventures'.

Documents that relate to Alastair Matheson's employment as a stringer with the Observer including:

• Copy for an Observer Foreign News Service (Servob) article by Matheson titled 'Pygmy Paras burnish Mobutu's image', 22 December 1982
• Memo to all foreign correspondents from Managing Editor (News) Magnus Linkater regarding personnel changes and planned improvements to the paper's foreign coverage, 4 October 1983
• Copy for an Observer Foreign News Service (Servob) article by Matheson titled ''Law of Amputation' may stay in Sudan', 20 February 1986
• Faxed copy of a profile of Richard Leakey by Matheson, 21 Sept 1989
• Memo to all foreign correspondents containing guidance on copy filing procedures and deadlines, nd
• Telegram from Foreign News editor to Patrick Ferguson to Matheson regarding the placement of an article, nd

Also includes: Remittance advice, 26 September 1983

Documents that relate to Alastair Matheson. They include material related to Matheson's employment as a stringer with the Observer in Africa along with press cuttings and memoirs.

Administrative/Biographical history: Alastair Matheson was a writer and journalist who spent much of his working life in Africa. Matheson worked as a stringer for the Observer in Kenya, 1979-1988. The Observer featured articles by Matheson between 1963 and 1993. His articles were also syndicated through the Observer Foreign News Service (Servob).