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General file relating to oil company Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), owner of the Observer from 1977-1981, with papers mainly dealing with management matters. Contains correspondence, memorandums and reports including: event and travel details including transatlantic visits; circulation figures; budgets; industry press cuttings; costs relating to the Observer board meeting in Aspen; complaints received by the Observer relating to ARCO; printing arrangements; visit by the ARCO board; subscriptions to the newspaper; social occasions including dinner parties; minutes and related papers from the Observer board meeting held in Aspen in 1977; pension plans; management structure of ARCO.

Also includes annual reports for Atlantic Richfield.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Robert O Anderson; Brack Duker; John Steel.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file relating to oil company Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), with papers mainly dealing with the ARCO board and management matters. Contains correspondence, memorandum and reports including: information on profits and bonuses; Observer calendars; social gatherings; Tiny Rowlands' newspaper interests; the representation of ARCO in other publications; internal audit reports; renewal of insurance policies; proposed exhibitions; re-organisation of ARCO's interests in the United Kingdom; trading results; office equipment.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Robert Orville Anderson.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file relating to oil company Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), with papers mainly dealing with the ARCO board and management matters. Contains correspondence, memorandums and reports including: internal audit reports; social occasions; financial and budget reports; the election of Thornton Bradshaw as chairman of The Observer Ltd; relations with trade unions; plans to print outside of London and the future of printing the newspaper; relations with the Sunday Times.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Coopers & Lybrand, law firm; Thornton Bradshaw.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file relating to oil company Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), which covers the period when ARCO sold the Observer to Lonrho. Contains correspondence, memorandums and reports concerning: social occasions; the career of Robert Orville Anderson and his resignation from the Observer board; competitor papers; relations with trade unions; financial reports; trading forecasts; conditions of the proposed deal with Lonrho; the use of Norwegian paper; terms of employment in relation to the Lonrho takeover; plans for the future of the newspaper; the career of Thornton Bradshaw.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Robert Orville Anderson; Tiny Rowland; Thornton Bradshaw.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file relating to oil company Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) containing promissory notes signed by Roger Harrison which concern the finances of the Observer.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file relating to Coopers & Lybrand, chartered accountants.

Contains correspondence, reports and memorandums concerning: social occasions; newsletters; financial news briefings; charges; taxation; annual account reports; audits; cross-charges; employee share schemes; promotional materials; Atlantic Richfield; The Times; financial advice; budgets; Observer management review; Observer offers; meetings of the Observer board; a review of the distribution system; creation of a UK publishing group; profit sharing schemes; company news; usage calculations; Thornton Bradshaw; internal control; assets; leasing equipment; the appointment of Ronald Holmes; credit control; a guide to business in Nigeria; trading; recruitment of an accounting manager; publishing; Purnells, publishers; libel action; the appointment of Alan J Snow; weaknesses; depreciation.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Mike Goodbee; Lord Roger Chorley.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file regarding Lonrho Ltd.

Contains correspondence, memoranda and reports concerning: industrial action; the transfer of the newspaper; social occasions; a price increase; newspaper production under Rupert Murdoch; possible joint printing venture with The Telegraph; the establishment of an internal audit department; Lonrho Textile Products; staff figures; the mail order magazine; relations with the trade unions; budgets; Dutton-Forshaw Finance; computer systems; unsolds policy; the future of the Observer; an analysis of projected results; Lonrho advertising; staff discounts; Lonrho annual reports; research donations; management structure; fuel oil supplies; holiday working; staff contracts; capital expenditure; the Observer Buying Club; Countdown company; the sale of a house boat; printing outside of London; a book by Gavin Young; Stephen Pidgeon; libel cases; electricians; printing capacity; reporting schedules; staff pay; television and radio coverage; the sale of the Observer to George Outram & Company Limited; maintaining the journalistic standards and political independence of the Observer; trade union leaders; the sale of the Observer to Lonrho from Atlantic Richfield and the response of the trade unions; delivery vehicles; conditions of sale of the newspaper.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Terry Robinson; Alan Johnstone; Lonrho Ltd; Tiny Rowland; NATSOPA, trade union; Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT); National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Donald Trelford's subject file on the Observer's machine minders' dispute in 1980.

Includes correspondence with the National Graphical Association (NGA) on a disputed pay claim, offical statements by the Observer on the dispute, memos on Atlantic Richfield's threat to withdraw funding, if the dispute would not get resolved, and press cuttings regarding the crisis.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford

Donald Trelford's subject file on the Observer's takeover in 1976 by Atlantic Richfield

Includes memorandum on the general editorial character of the Observer, statement of the Observer Trustees on the editorial independence of the Observer, a type-written account by Trelford of negotiations with Rupert Murdoch, and various press cuttings about the takeover.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford