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Records relating to negotiations for the 1981 Guardian National Union of Journalists (NUJ) freelance agreement, July 1981 - February 1982.

Includes: draft copies of freelance agreement, with annotations, nd, [cJuly 1981]; a formal written offer from Jim Markwick to Mick Downing, December 1981; correspondence between Ken Dodd and the editor of the UK Press Gazette concerning the terms of the agreement, February 1982 and a copy of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People freelance agreement operative from 1 July 1981 - 30 June 1982.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Records relating to negotiations for, and the implementation of, the Guardian Newspapers Limited (GNL) and National Union of Journalists (NUJ) 1985 freelance agreement, April 1984 - August 1985.

Includes: an NUJ guide to freelance fees, 1985; GNL and NUJ house agreement operative from 1 April 1984; copy of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People freelance agreement operative from July 1984 - June 1985; draft and annotated copies of the 1985 freelance agreement, May 1985 - June 1985 and a memorandum from Ken Dodd to Guardian management and heads of departments concerning the implementation of the agreement, August 1985.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Photographs selected from the Gemini Photograph Library related to China.
GP233 [Sangey Yeshe]
GP237 Governer Youde in amongst a crowd
GP238 Richard Luce and Governer Youde
GP524:Chris Mullin, surrounded by children in a Peking suburb
GP525 Man by wooden hut, Photo by Chris Mullin
GP526 Primary school singing lesson. Photo by Chris Mullin
GP527 Street scene, Shanghai. Photo by Chris Mullin
GP528 Students at Peking University. Photo by Chris Mullin
GP 529 Jimmy Carter with Deng Xiaoping, Washington January 1979
GP530 Walter Mondale with Deng Xiaoping, August 1979.
GP531 2 copies of girl welder in Shanghai. Photo by Derek Ingram
GP532 Acupuncture classes in Shanghai,1972
GP533 Patient after Tubectomy by Acupuncture anesthethic, 1972
GP534 Tumour removed by acupuncture surgery
GP535 Doctors work on a patient for adominal surgery by acupuncture
GP542 Photograph and negative of acupuncture treatment at Deaf Mute School in Kwangchow - November 1972: Photo by Derek Ingram
GP543 School girls rehearsing for China's national day parade. Photo by Chris Mullin
GP544 2 copies of children
GP545 2 copies of men building a wall at Sha Shih-yu. Photo by Chris Mullins
GP546 Negative of Deaf mute school girl recieving acupuncture, Kwangchow.
GP547 A chinese market.
GP548 Chinese metrologists
GP549 Chinese scientists with organism specimens
GP550 Mr Rafael Salas (UNFPA)
GP551 Female welder in Shanghai. Photo by Derek Ingram
GP552 Derek Ingram with Chou En-lai in Beijing (first visit of journalists to china after cultural revolution)
GP1232 Chris Mullin, the author of the And Then Came Mao series surrounded by children in a Peking suburb
GP1233 A group of Chinese children
GP1234 A photo of two men resting on a bed
GP1235 Two Chinese men putting up a wall
GP1236 A brick-layer at work
GP1237 A group of people putting up a wall
GP1238 A group of Chinese lchildren pause to watch a foreigner taking a picture of them
GP1239 Cheng Ching-chu talks withe her fellow students at the University of Peking
GP1240 A street scene in Shanghai
GP1241 A street scene in Shanghai (as above)
GP1242 Sir Robert Hart's Chinese band

Donald Trelford's correspondence with individuals and organisations beginning with M.

Correspondents include: Mail on Sunday,John Major (via his Press Secretary), Robert Maxwell, Alasdair Milne, Daily Mirror.

Subjects covered: requests for support and sponsorship, invitations to events and dinners, complaints to other newspapers about articles on the Observer, readers' letters, complaints about articles, job offers and applications, suggestions for articles, corrections and clarifications.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford

File of correspondence from the International Press Institute (IPI), created and held by Peter Preston, concerning legal issues affecting journalism and journalists, February 1984 - January 1988.

Correspondents include: Frank Rodgers (Chairman of the IPI British Executive Committee); Peter Preston and Colin Webb (editor, The Press Association Limited).

Subjects covered include: the impact of the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill on journalism, February 1984; the libel system and costs, May - December 1985; Peter Preston's appointment as chairman of the IPI British Executive Board and nomination to the IPI International Board, October 1987 and the award of a knighthood to Frank Rodgers, January 1988.

Also includes a draft questionnaire and covering letter concerning the cost of libel cases and responses from The Guardian, Financial Times, Reuters, LWT, Westminister Press, News Group newspapers (News of the World, The Sun and Sunday), Western Mail, Guardian, The Press Association Ltd, the Observer, Mirror Group Newspapers, Granada Television Limited and The Times, May - December 1985 and Peter Preston's IPI membership card valid until 31 December 1988.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)

Press cuttings about news websites including the Guardian's website, Guardian Unlimited which launched in January 1999. The document is dated June 1999 but includes cuttings dating from March to July 1999. The cuttings were collated by the International Press Cutting Bureau and sent to Guardian New Media, 3-7 Ray Street.

Subjects covered by the cuttings include: the launch of free Internet Service Providers by The Sun and The Mirror newspapers, changes in personnel in new media publishing roles, newspaper website launches, promotions and competitions on Guardian Unlimited, the launch of Work Unlimited, Film Unlimited, Jobs Unlimited and the GU Archive search, the operation of Guardian Unlimited sites in their first months after launch, online cricket coverage and reviews of news websites.

Administrative/Biographical history: The team who worked on the Guardian's network of websites had previously been called the New Media Lab and New Media Department before becoming Guardian Unlimited in 1999.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Jane Glentworth

Contains correspondence of LP Scott with many UK newspaper publishers, much of which concerns administrative and other incidental matters.

Correspondents include Alick Jeans of the Liverpool Daily Post, Allan Stephen of the Glasgow Herald, Malcolm Graham of the Wolverhampton Express and Star, Rodney Andrew of the Southern Evening Echo, JB Walker of the Birmingham Post, James Henderson of the Belfast News-Letter, David Astor of The Observer (congratulating him on the launch of a colour magazine), Michael Renshaw of the Times (concerning obtaining a mailing list), Frank Rogers of the Daily Mirror (concerning recommendations for a job vacancy) and Fred Burnham of the Daily Telegraph.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott