Folder containing miscellaneous advertising records, including correspondence with W McMillan on advertising personnel (amongst other topics); 'Advertising Department Progress Report' by PA Management Consultants Ltd, 18 October 1967; diagram showing hierarchy of staff members, titled 'The Guardian Advertising Department'; ' memo regarding the appointment of Ronald Miller to a senior position within Anglia Television, November 1967; invitations sent out to various Advertising and Marketing companies, requesting their attendance at the Chairman's cocktail parties of 3 and 5 July, 1967, with replies; correspondence between LP Scott and Kenneth Searle and MacMillan, regarding ABC subscriptions and charitable causes, November 1966; information on advertising rates and comments on newspaper comparisons in the field, 1964; correspondence with AD George and Searle on advertising rates in the Sunday Times, July 1964 copy of 'The Journal of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce', including a highlighted article on The Social and Economic Context of Advertising; letter regarding a civil claim against the Guardian, with notes by Scott, February 1965; 'Foreign Advertisement Department', figures covering the financial year April 1963 - March 1964; 'General Report on the Response to the Public Appointment Columns of the Manchester Guardian', February 1948; letters on classified advertising rates; 'Display Advertisement Revenue, Increases for 1953 over 1952' by Scott, 1 March 1954; 'Joining the Guardian', booklet written for new employees, containing charts showing the staff heirarchy for different departments, June 1969.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
Files of correspondence and papers relating to LPS's role on various Royal Society of Arts committees- most of which he resigned from in 1973.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
File labelled 'Royal Society of Arts: Library Committee minutes and papers, 1969-1973', primarily containing minutes of, and agendas for meetings held by the Library Committee, which LP Scott was a member of, until his resignation in 1973.
Also includes proposed plans for transferring the library to a different location within the building, and for modernising the building as a whole (1971).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
File labelled 'Royal Society of Arts- Journal Committee papers, 1969-1973' containing minutes of, and agendas for meetings held by the Journal Committee (responsible for the publication of The Journal of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce), of which LP Scott was Chairman, until his resignation in 1973.
Also includes correspondence with JS Skidmore of the RSA, on the design and layout of the Journal, and a copy of The Journal published in July 1971 (partly annotated).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
File labelled 'Royal Society of Arts- Typography Section 1971-73' containing minutes of, and agendas for meetings held by the Industrial Design Bursaries Board, of which LP Scott was Chairman until his resignation in 1973.
Also contains correspondence and papers on the administration and judging of the typography section of the award, and of bursaries given, and a copy of the Industrial Design Bursaries Competition Report for 1971 (printed).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
File labelled 'RSA Bicenterary Committee 1971-73', containing minutes of meetings held by the Committee, of which LP Scott was a member.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
File labelled 'Royal Society of Arts- Finance and General Purposes Committee, 1973', primarily containing minutes of, and agendas for meetings held by the Committee, which LP Scott was a member of, until his resignation in 1973.
Also includes correspondence with George Mercer, General Secretary of the Committee, and papers on his retirement, as well as papers regarding the presentation of the Benjamin Franklin and Albert (in honour of Prince Albert) medals and the Society's Gold Medal, and of the Presidential awards for design management, at Buckingham Palace, London on 21 November 1973.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
Folder labelled 'Royal Society of Arts- General, 1960-1973' containing correspondence regarding LP Scott's attendance at various (informal) council dinners and soirees, and discussion groups.
Also includes papers regarding the nominations for the Benjamin Franklin Medal for 1970-2, and copies of some committee minutes. The bulk of the correspondence dates from the years 1968-1973.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
Donald Trelford's correspondence with individuals and organisations beginning with R.
Correspondents include: Cyril Ray, Sir William Rees-Mogg, Reuters, Michel Roux, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA).
Subjects covered: submission of articles, suggestions for articles, complaints about articles, requests for sponsorship and support, readers' letters, invitations for events and dinners, job applications, serialisation of books.
Also includes: Booklet entitled 'Reuters & Fleet Street - a technology brief publication, November 1983'.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford