Documents, press cuttings and correspondence relating to the appointment of WP Crozier as editor including:
Cutting from the Guardian on the retirement of CP Scott, 23 January 1930;
CP Scott Memorial Number, 5 January 1932;
Letter, 2 pages, from MW Fodor to WP Crozier, 4 May 1932;
Letter from I Brown to WP Crozier, 5 May 1932;
Letter from H Dore to WP Crozier, 6 May 1932;
Letter from F Attenborough to WP Crozier, 6 May 1932;
Cutting from the Guardian of the announcement of WP Crozier as editor, 7 May 1932;
Cutting from Times of appointment of WP Crozier as editor, 7 May 1932;
Cutting from the Manchester Evening News of appointment of WP Crozier as editor, 7 May 1932;
Letter from H Laski to WP Crozier, 7 May 1932;
Letter from M Montague to WP Crozier, 7 May 1932;
Letter from E Sharp to WP Crozier, 7 May 1932;
Letter from L Montague, 7 May 1932;
Letter from Durrants to WP Crozier, 7 May 1932;
Invoice from Durrants for press clipping service, 10 May 1932;
Instruction from WP Crozier to Durrants to clip all items relating to himself;
Letter from H Sidebotham to WP Crozier, 8 May 1932;
Letter from W Eames to WP Crozier, 8 May 1932;
Letter from H Sacher to WP Crozier, 11 May 1932;
Cutting from World's Press News of appointment of WP Crozier as editor, 12 May 1932;
Cutting from World's Press News, 'Mr WP Crozier Appointed Editor of Manchester Guardian', 12 May 1932;
Cutting from Newspaper World of appointment of WP Crozier as editor, 14 May 1932 (2 copies);
Letter from W Haley to WP Crozier, May 1932;
Letter from JL Garvin to WP Crozier, 29 November 1932;
Reply to the above letter, typescript, from WP Crozier to JL Garvin, 4 December 1932;
A first edition of 'The English Newspaper 1622-1932' by Stanley Morison, inscribed to WP Crozier on his appointment as editor, 1932.
Creator: Crozier, William Percival (1879-1944); newspaper editor
Documents and correspondence relating to Guardian staff and including details of M Crozier's employment at the Guardian:
Letter from AP Wadsworth to Mary Crozier, 16 May 1944;
Letter from FS Attenborough to Mary Crozier, 22 May 1944;
Letter from AP Wadsworth to M Crozier, 23 May 1947;
Letter from AP Wadsworth to M Crozier, 18 Dec 1948;
Letter from AP Wadsworth to M Crozier, 7 May 1956;
Postcard from AP Wadsworth to M McManus (Crozier), 11 February 1955;
Printed "Memorial Service" for AP Wadsworth, 4 Nov 1956;
Programme for Centenary of Daily Publication of the Guardian, 2 July 1955.
Creator: Mary Crozier, daughter of WP Crozier
Correspondence between WP Crozier and other members of Guardian staff concerning staff management and editorial duties including:
Letter from WJ Haley to WP Crozier, concerning the relationship between the Guardian and the Manchester Evening News, 22 Dec 1933;
Memo, 8 pages typewritten, from WP Crozier to JR Scott, 23 Feb 1936;
Letter from LB Namier to WP Crozier, about Syria and the Lebanon, 29 June 1936;
Letter from the Guardian canteen manageress, Muriel Turner, to WP Crozier, about diet, 6 January 1937;
Memo, 4 pages, typewritten, from WP Crozier to F Attenborough, 25 Jan 1937;
Wire from J Bone to WP Crozier, about Palestine and a new commission on Arab and Jew partition, 6 January 1938;
Letter from JL Hammond to WP Crozier, 27 Oct 1938;
Letter from 30 editorial staff to WP Crozier, 30 Dec 1938;
Memo from WP Crozier to TS Banks and Mr Foden, 12 Feb 1939;
Letter from WP Crozier to JR Scott, 13 Feb 1939;
Letter from TS Banks to WP Crozier, 6 Jan 1941;
Printed internal memo, "English in the Paper" marked 'Confidential', March 1941;
Letter from WJ Haley to WP Crozier, about a leader concerning WJ Haley's move to the BBC, 2 September 1943;
Letter from WP Crozier to LB Namier, 6 January 1944.
Creator: Crozier, William Percival (1879-1944); newspaper editor
Documents and correspondence relating to WP Crozier's two novels, 'Letters of Pontius Pilate' from 1928 and his posthumously-published novel, 'The Fates are Laughing', 1945:
Cutting of a review of 'Letters of Pilate' from the Guardian, 30 March 1928;
Letter from A Ransome to WP Crozier, 31 March 1928;
Postcard from Dean WR Inge to WP Crozier, 31 March 1928;
Letter from H Cadbury to WP Crozier, 4 April 1928;
Letter from A Monkhouse to WP Crozier, 13 April 1928;
Letter from Neville Cardus to WP Crozier, 24 April 1928;
Letter from Ivor Brown to WP Crozier, 3 May 1928;
Letter from JL Hammond to Mrs Crozier, 21 May 1944;
Letter from JL Hammond to Mrs Crozier, 17 Oct 1944;
Letter from AP Wadsworth to Mrs Crozier, 15 May 1945;
Letter from JR Scott to Mrs Crozier, 15 May 1945;
Letter from JL Hammond to Mrs Crozier, 15 May 1945;
Review from the Guardian of the 'Fates are Laughing', 16 May 1945;
Letter from J Bone to Mrs Crozier, 23 May 1945;
Letter from FS Attenborough to Mrs Crozier, 26 May 194;5
Letter from JE Mossey to Mrs Crozier, 18 July 1945;
Review by George Orwell from the Manchester Evening News of the 'Fates are Laughing', 7 June 1945.
Creator: Crozier, William Percival (1879-1944); newspaper editor
Documents, including typescripts and press-cuttings relating to speeches given by WP Crozier during his time as editor:
Speech, 7 pages with annotations, by WP Crozier on J Bone's 30 years on paper, 1 December 1934;
Speech, 11 pages with annotations, manuscript version, by WP Crozier regarding the unveiling of memorials to CP Scott and ET Scott, 11 August 1935;
Speech, 7 pages, typescript version, by WP Crozier, on the same subject as above, 11 August 1935;
Note from WJ Haley to WP Crozier, regarding the above memorial speech, 15 August 1935;
Cutting from The Times regarding the above memorial, "Memorial to CP Scott, 'Bronze Portrait of a Great Editor', 14 August 1935;
Cutting from Manchester Evening News regarding the above memorial, 'Mr CP Scott and Mr ET Scott, Memorial Plaques Unveiled', 14 August 1935;
Speech, 7 pages typewritten, by WP Crozier on the retirement of FS Attenborough, January 1939.
Creator: Crozier, William Percival (1879-1944); newspaper editor