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Prints by Guardian/Observer photographers

Box 1
Waddington, David: Politician
Waddington, Jeremy: Limehouse T.V
Waddington, Leslie
Wade, Lord Donald: Politician
Wade, Robin
Wade, Virginia
Wade, William: Tract Publisher
Wadsworth, APW: Editor 'The Guardian' (agency pictures kept, includes one oversized group portrait stored on V/2/d box P1785)
Wagner, Lady (Gillian)
Wain, John
Wainwright, Alfred
Wainwright, George
Wainwright, Janice
Wainwright, Penny
Wainwright, Richard: Politician
Waite, Robert, Prof
Wakeham, John: Politician
Walden, Brian
Walden, Sarah*
Walker, Sir Alexander: Burnham Committee
Walker, Caroline
Walker, Fr. Dominic
Walker, Doreen: List Broker
Walker, Eric & Lydia: Educational Films
Walker, Henry: Seed Blower
Walker, Kanta
Walker, Patrick, G: Politician
Walker, Peter: Artist
Walker, Peter
Walker, Sebastian: Walker Books
Walker-Smith: Derek Colclough : Politician
Wall, Max
Wallace, Hugh: Convenor (Fords)
Wallace, Juliet: Actress
Wallace, William: Politician
Waller, Prof: Manchester University
Waller, Richard: Computers
Wallich-Clifford, Anton: Simon Community
Wallis, Geoffrey: Shops
Wallis, Pete
Walmsley, Joseph: Mountaineer
Walsh, Jenny
Walsh, John
Walsh, Peggy: Courier
Walston, Susan: Antique Restoration
Walton, Sir William: Composer
Walton, Sir William: TV
Ward, Dame Irene
Ward, Reg: London Docklands Development Corporation
Ward-Jouve, Nicole: Author
Warden, Charles: Aston Martin
Ware, Eileen: Media Project News

Box 2
Waring, Clive: Amnesia
Want, Tina
Warman, W: Sheet Metal Workers
Warmold, L: NUM
Warner, Deborah
Warner, Marina
Warnock, Mary DBE: Oxford Philosophy Don
Warr, Kenneth: Royal Photographic Society
Warren, Dennis: Flying Picket
Warren, Harry: Retirement
Watkin, Howard: Young Liberal
Waterstone, Tim: Bookshops
Watkins, Susan: Gardener
Watkinson, Mrs Eileen: Oldham Bird Sanctuary
Watkinson, Harold, Arthur MP, Lord
Watson, David: Yorkshire Rector
Watson, John: Game Keeper (Retro)
Waugh, Alex: Novelist
Waugh, Auberon: Writer
Way, Robert
Webb, Bob: Water Diviner
Webb, Kay: Puffin Books
Webber, WJP: Trade Unionist
Wedlake, Chief Superintendent Mary
Weighall, Sidney: NUR
Wein, George: Jazz Promoter
Weinstock, Arnold: Atkinson Lorries Holding
Weir, Gillian: Organist
Weiss, Gerry: Liquidator
Welch, Ann: Flyer
Welch, Robin: Potter
Weldon, Fay: Novelist
Weldon, Frank: Police
Weldon, Vic: Punchman
Wellbeloved, James; Politician
Wellings, Jack: George Cohen 600 Group
Wells, John
Wells, Neville: Tecfor
Welton, Peter: Butcher
De Wendfenton, Rose: Actress
Wertmuller, Lina
Wesker, Arnold: Playwright
West, Sir Frederick J: Engineer
West, Harry: Politician
West, Morris: Author
West, Nina: Housing Association
West, Rebecca: Novelist
Westall, Robert: Author
Westbrook, Mike
Westbrook, Neil. G: Lord Mayor Manchester 1969
Westminster, Duke Of
Weston, Margaret: Science Museum
Weston, Father Gerrard
Weymouth, Viscount: Artist
Whalley, George: Free Trade Hall
Wheare, Sir Kenneth
Wheatley, Doris
Whelan, Ann
Wheeler, Kim: Tenpin Bowling

Box 3
Whitaker, David & Salley: Whitaker's Almanack
Whitby, Anthony: Radio
Whitcombe, Caz
White, Edmund: Author
White, Mrs Eileen L: Politician
White, Fiona
White, Dr Gillian
White, Kate: Magistrate
White, Chief Supt Martin: Police
White, Norman: Manchester Business School
White, Norman: Manchester Business School
White, Phyllis: Novelist
White, Roger: Politician
White, Terence Hanbury: Writer
Whitehead, Bruce & Norman: Atlam International
Whitehead, Christine
Whitehead, Phillip: Producer / Labour M.P Derby
Whitehead, Edward
Whitehead, Ruth
Whitehouse, Mary Mrs: Clean-Up TV campaign
Whitelaw, Billie: Actress
Whitelaw, William: Politician
Whitelock, Dorothy
Whiteside, Kate
Whiting, Leslie (Rev)
Whitsey, John: Capitol Radio
Whitsey, Right Rev Hubert Victor
Whitty, Larry: Labour Party
Whitworth, Dr C: Salford University
Wiggin, Charles: Diplomat
Wiggins, Maurcice
Wiggins, Sally: Marathon Runner
Wiggs, Richard: Anti-Concorde
Wilbraham, John: Musician
Wilcox, Edna
Wild, David: Artist
Wilkins, Bill: Ultimate Equipment
Wilkinson, Capt: Politician
Wilkinson, Martin: Chairman-Stock Exchange
Willan, Ann
Willan, John
Willan, John: LPO
Willard, Barbara
Willcocks, David: Musician
Wilde, Frea: Painter
Wiley, Roland
William, David
William-Ellis, Amabel: Writer
Williams, Alan: Writer
Williams, Chief Inspector: Police
Williams, David: Sculptor
Williams, Don: Politician
Williams, Emlyn: Actor
Williams, Emlyn: South Wales Miners
Williams, Rev. F. Garfield Hodder: Dean of Manchester
Williams, Lady Gertrude
Williams, Gordon: Author
Williams, Harry: Trinity College Dean
Williams, Sir Leonard: Labour Party
Williams, Dr Peter: Guardian Young Businessman - 1986
Williams, Malcolm & Family: Homeless
Williams, Michael (Reverend): Industrial Chaplain
Williams, Raymond: Author
Williams, Serena: Bunny-Girl
Williams, Shirley: MP

Box 4
Wiliams, Stephen: Probation Officer
Williams, Ursula Vaughan
Williams-Ellis, Clough: Architect
Williamson, David
Williamson, Henry: Author
Williamson, John Reud: Moderator, Mersey Province
Williamson, Judy: Barclays Bank
Williamson, Malcolm: Giro Bank
Williamson, Malcolm: Composer
Williamson, Nicol: Actor
Williamson, Tom Sir
Williamson, Tony: Novelist
Willmer, Valerie: Photographer & Writer
Willmott, Phyllis
Willis, Lord: Sports Council
Willis, Norman: TUC
Wills, Henry
Windsor, Prince Edward Albert: 1st Duke (General)
Windsor, Prince Edward Albert: 1st Duke (1936) Accesion
Windsor, Prince Edward Albert: 1st Duke (1936) Abdication
Wilson, Alfred: CWS
Wilson, AN: Author
Wilson, Carol: WEA Records
Wilson, David Dr: British Museum
Wilson, Donald
Wilson, Elizabeth: Lecturer in Social Policy
Wilson, Harold - Portraits
Wilson, Harold: 1964
Wilson, Harold: 1966-1967
Wilson, Harold: 1968
Wilaon, Harold: 1969
Wilson, Harold: 1970-1973
Wilson, Harold: 1974
Wilson, Harold: 1975
Wilson, Harold: 1976
Wilson, Mrs

Box 5
Wilson, Howard
Wilson, John: Farmington Trust
Wilson, Commander John: Scotland Yard
Wilson, Marian
Wilson, Robert: Playwright
Wilson, Sandra
Wilson, Mrs Sylvia
Wilshaw, Harold
Winer, Stanley & Astrid
Winn, Denise: Writer
Wincott, Len: Invergordon Mutiny!
Windsor, Babara: Actress
Winship, Valerie: Knife Throwing Act
Winspear, Sammy: Cobble Fisherman
Winslanley, Michael Dr: MP
Winston, Robert: Hammersmith Hospital
Wint, Les
Winter, Right Rev Colin
Winterbottom, Walter
Winters, Shelley
Winterton, Nicholas
Wise, Mrs Audrey: USDAW
Wise, Valerie
Wistrich, Ernest: Politician
Wolfe, Charlotte (Dr): Psychiatrist
Wolfe, Peter: Publisher
Wolfe, Tom
Wolfendon, Sir John: Educationist
Wolfson, Isaac Sir: Industrialist
Wong, Dexter: Fashion Designer
Wontner, Sir Hugh: Lord Mayor
Wood, Charles: Playwright
Wood, Professor G: Corrosion
Wood, Shirley
Wood, Wee Georgie: Radio & Theatre
Wood, Victoria
Woodcock, George: TUC Official
Woodcock, George A: Atheist Evangelist
Woodcraft, Tess
Woodfield, Phillip: Assistant-Secretary Prisons Department
Woodham, Dai: Railway Engines
Woodhouse, Barbara: "Dogs"
Woodroffe, Gordon: Otters
Woods, Colin: Police CID
Woods, Rt Rev Frank: Archbishop
Woodward, Sarah: RSC
Woola, Phil: NUS
Wooley, Richard van der Rict: Astronomer
Woolff, Dr Charlotte
Wootton, Baroness of Abinger
Worlock, Derek: Archbishop
Wormald, Mrs Ethel: Lord Mayor Liverpool
Worsley, AD: Politician
Worsthorne, Peregrine: Sunday Telegraph
Worth, Irene: Actress

Box 6
Wrigglesworth, Ian: Politician
Wright, Mrs Ethel: Ministry of Transport
Wright, Hannah: Cook
Wright, Hazel: BBC
Wright, Dr Jules
Wright, Chief Inspector K: Police
Wright, Lord LT: Trade Unionist
Wright, Peter: Ballet
Wright, Robert: Connectair
Wyatt, Muriel: Red Cross
Wyatt, Woodrow: Politician
Wymark, Olwen: playwright
Wynne, Greville: Spy
Wynter, Dana: Actress
Creator: Manchester Guardian; Picture Desk; Manchester Picture Library

Working report of the Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited. The working report starts with an introduction by the chairman of the directors, Laurence Prestwich Scott which starts with a tribute to his late father 'It is with great regret that I find myself in the position of writing this introduction. The death of Mr JR Scott on April 5th, 1949, not only robbed me of an exceptionally kind and understanding father but robbed the firm of a wise and experienced chief...'.

The report also features a review of the financial year; balance sheet; profit and loss account; appropriation account; an explanation of the accounts - part one, taxation; a historical view of the Guardian's circulation with a chart for circulation 1937-49 and map showing sales distribution throughout England; figures for circulation, sales and advertising (with advertising/editorial ratios and display/classified advertising revenue) for the Guardian, the Manchester Evening News and the Guardian Weekly; issues concerning the staff including headcount and gender breakdown by department, pensioners, working days lost and sick leave; a report on the Scott Trust with a photograph of trustees (R Ebbage, William Haley, LP Scott, the solicitor to the trustees, AP Wadsworth, RF Scott, CP Scott and L Montague) taken November 1948; and details of the materials used by the company.

An advertisement for the company's pension scheme features on the back cover.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited

Working report of Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited. The report features a list of directors; an introduction by LP Scott including tributes to AP Wadsworth and CW Tonge; balance sheet; profit and loss account; appropriation account; a review of the financial year including a breakdown of how each £1 of revenue was received and spent; report on the prices and costs of newprint including the impact of rationing control by the Newsprint Supply Company; map showing the position of three-acre plot of land in Salford due to be purchased by MGEN; a report on the company and trade unions and statement on company policy; a report on newspaper sizes (quantity of pages) with the average number of pages of the Guardian, MEN and their competitors; graphs and report on newspaper sales for the MEN, Guardian and Guardian Weekly; a note on charges included in the accounts; and details of the materials used by the company, 1956-57.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited

Depicts representatives from New Statesman, Manchester Guardian and News Chronicle queuing up to be squashed by an obese [member of the Labour Executive].
Above Low's signature it is inscribed 'to APW from' (AP Wadsworth)

1 folder containing correspondence and papers relating to the printing of the Guardian Weekly in both the British Zone and the American Zone (and, from 1948, the French Zone) of Germany.

Included are a small handwritten diary of LP Scott's visit to Germany in April 1947, including many anecdotal observations and comments on the state of the country, post-war; correspondence with of Ewald Schmidt di Simoni, publisher of Die Ziet newspaper, regarding his company's licence to distribute the Guardian in Germany; correspondence with the Control Office for Germany and Austria, regarding allowing the Guardian access to a bank account in Hamburg, for administering the printing of the paper, and the problems encountered with selling it for 'probably worthless' German marks; letter from the Control Office, praising the Guardian's efforts to 'infuse democratic thought and practice into Germany', despite their monetary loss; correspondence with the chief of the PRISC division of the Control Commission for Germany (British Element), regarding increasing their exportation of newsprint (thereby alleviating the situation in Germany, brought about by paper rationing) and also, printing directly in Hamburg, May 1947; correspondence with the Board of Trade, and the Foreign Office on the same; correspondence with the afore-mentioned Schmidt di Simoni regarding the charges incurred through importing paper into Germany, and the currency reform law of 1948 (from reichsmarks to deutschmarks); document titled 'Third Regulation for the New Military Order, Responsibilities of members of the United Nations (undated); correspondence with Schmidt di Simoni regarding the affect that the Currency Reform Law has had on printing the Guardian in Germany, and the consequent decision to print in England once more, and export copies to Germany, February 1950; correspondence regarding Schmidt di Simoni's discreditation, subsequent to the aforesaid Currency Reform Act, February 1951.
Correspondents from the Manchester Guardian include J Midgley, TCF Prittie, JRL Anderson, W Lascelles and AP Wadsworth.

Some correspondence in German typescript.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Three folders, titled 'Publishers Policy, General 1947-64', 'Publishers Policy, Educational Weekly Project 1958' and 'Publishers Policy, Survey of Industry 1951-58'.

Folder titled 'Publishers Policy, General 1947-64' includes correspondence, predominantly with readers, on newspaper policy. Subjects include joint publishing venture proposals with Reynolds News, and Ernest Kay of John O' London's, Literary Periodicals Ltd, amongst others (all rejected), and correspondence with Lord Frederick Burnham on the printing of the Sunday Telegraph, for one day only, at the Guardian's Cross Street premises in Manchester, on 26 March 1961.

Folder titled 'Publishers Policy, Educational Weekly Project 1958', contains correspondence and papers on the proposed publishing of a weekly education paper. Documents include an assessment of current provision (predominately the Times Educational Supplement), and discussion between LP Scott and both Alastair Hetherington and Kenneth Searle, on the same; documents relating to the costing of the project, and projected revenue; a typed memorandum by Scott, commenting on the proposal, dated 21 April 1958; projected revenue figures drawn up by WJ Lascelles, and a letter giving circulation details of the main educational supplements currently published (including Teachers' World), provided by the London Press Exchange Ltd and sent to the same; second report on the project, by Scott, dated 30 April 1958, and appendix added by Searle, in May of that same year; report on survey conducted amongst the Chief Education Officers, on current provision, and their thoughts on the project (undated) and a revised assessment of the project, leading to it's ultimate rejection, dated May 1958.

Folder titled 'Publishers Policy - Survey of Industry 1951-58' contains correspondence and papers relating to the Survey of Industry, published annually, by the Guardian, for these years. Correspondents include Scott, AP Wadsworth, J Anderson, Richard Fry, W MacMillan, HG Milner, W Lascelles, H Roscoe and R Grey, all of the Guardian.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Folder containing different accounting records produced by MGEN, 1924-1960 and also circulation and [editorial/advertising] contents, 1830-1844.

The first part of the folder contains MGEN annual reports and accounts with balance sheet, profit and loss account and auditors report, March 1924 - March 1960, signed by the MGEN directors and secretary (except 1934 where there are no signatures and 1935 where only the secretary has signed) and also by the auditors (except 1934 and 1935). The accounts are six-monthly, September 1923 - March 1929, and for the earlier years only the March accounts are signed. Only a balance sheet exists for September 1923. The report and accounts are in typescript format until 1930 when they are printed. The signatories are CP Scott, EA Montague, James Bone, WP Crozier, WJ Haley, JR Scott, AP Wadsworth, Robert Ebbage, TE Henry and Laurence Scott.

The second part of the folder contains typescript profit and loss account and balance sheets for the six months preceeding September 1929 and March 1930.

The third and fourth parts of the folder contains six-monthly profit and loss accounts for the Guardian Weekly and then the Guardian Commercial, March 1924 - March 1930. These are predominately typescript with some manuscript records. Three pages of manuscript calculations comparing the profit and loss of the Guardian Weekly and the Guardian Commercial, 1924-1928, are loose following the Guardian Weekly profit and loss account pages.

After the Guardian Commercial accounts are manuscript figures 1830-1845 used for accounting purposes. The contemporary records have been glued to the reverse of typescript receipt and expenditure accounts (crossed through) for the Guardian, Guardian Commercial, Guardian Weekly and Evening News comparing figures for May/June 1940 and 1941. The exact purpose of the figures is unknown as few titles exist but they generally relate to sales/circulation, editorial columns or advertising content. Page 1 contains quarterly total and average circulation figures for the Guardian, 1830-1844, with some indication of Wednesday and Saturday variations from 1836. Page 2 contains quarterly total and average figures, possibly for editorial lines or advertising content, 1830-1844. Page 3 indicates the number of stamps from Parliamentary returns, for the Guardian, Advertiser, Chronicle, Courier (from 1836) and Times newspapers, 1835-1841. Pages 4 and 5 contain weekly figures, 1830-1840 possibly for editorial lines and/or advertising content. Page 6 has a manuscript note on the increase in editorial columns, 1821-1945 and an untitled and undated chart of Wednesday and Saturday figures. Page 7 has a chart of Wednesday and Saturday figures, 1843-1844. Page 8 identifies the quantity of advertisements carried in the Guardian. Advertiser, Courier, Times, Chronicle, Herald, Aris' Gazette, Leeds Mercury, Gores' Advertiser, Myers' Advertiser and Liverpool Mercury, 1832-1835.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited

Accounting procedure summaries for the MGEN from October 1953. Summarises various internal procedures such as overdue accounts, dealing with debts, dealing with cash as well as dealing with Guardian and Evening News financial accounts separately. Also includes staff names associated with each procedure within their department.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited

Interview with Edward Greenfield, music critic for the Guardian. Conducted by Stephen Moss on 14 April 2001. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1:
Track 1
00.30 Joining the Guardian
02.20 Had previously dismissed the paper because of the adverts on the front page.
03.00 On the day of his interview wandered around Manchester waiting for AP Wadsworth to arrive
05.00 First job was clearing out the obituary files
08.50 Anecdote about Canvey Island floods, Essex

19.00 On officer material and other classes

21.50 Discusses George Wainwright and CP Scott
23.00 Typical working day, starting at 3.30
23.30 Misprints and the first London edition
25.40 Remembers Michael Frayn doing Miscellany and Brian Redhead. The sense of the paper developing quite radically
26.20 The impact of AP Wadsworth's death
26.20 Anecdotes about Wadworth
28.30 Covering the early days of the Suez crisis

32.00 Describes Wadsworth's letters and hearsay of editorial conferences
34.00 Division between musical critics
36.00 Incident involving Wadsworth being conscripted - CP Scott phoning Lloyd George
37.30 Alistair Cooke and Neville Cardus meeting

Disc 2:
Track 1
00.00 Discusses Philip Hope-Wallace
01.18 Fleet Street culture
02.05 Remembers Jan Morris
03.30 Fond memories of Hope-Wallace
03.50 Had never been abroad before attending university
04.50 Remembers Cooke being first United Nations Guardian correspondent then American correspondent
07.00 Friendships forming from professional relations
07.40 Became records critic
09.35 Succeeded Colin Mason as music critic in 1964

10.00 *
10.34 Mason's death
11.00 His priorities as a music critic
11.40 Remembers Francis Boyd and his scoop that Harold Wilson would follow Alec Douglas-Home as prime minister
12.30 Remembers working with Cardus, chief music critic at the Manchester Guardian
17.30 Death of Cardus
18.50 Issue of pay for music critics. Encouraged to work outside of the Guardian

21.10 Memories of being a music critic
22.00 The 1960s as a period of change at the newspaper
23.40 How the Guardian's classic music coverage compared with other newspapers
24.40 Attempts at balanced music coverage
26.25 Remembers the Guardian coverage of the resignation of Andre Previn, music conductor, from the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO)

31.00 Discussion of Tom Sutcliffe and opera criticism at the Guardian
32.50 The editor's preference for film as an art form
34.00 Struggle to get opera included in the newspaper after 1964
35.30 Justification for an opera concert review
36.45 Time spent in concert halls
37.00 Process of writing copy
38.20 Mistakes in printing. 'Loveliest' misprinted as 'liveliest'
39.40 Remembering arts editors including Tim Radford

40.00 Closeness to Previn and Jacqueline du Pre
40.50 Remembers Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich
41.00 Did not allow himself to get too close to artists
43.30 How music criticism changed during his career. Less coverage of concerts
44.40 Criticises length of music reviews in modern day G2
46.00 Numbers of music critics working
47.30 Remembers 1960s features editor Chris Driver

50.00 Leaving the Guardian
52.40 Dumbing down of classical music criticism in mid to late 1990s
55.20 New wave of more record orientated critics
56.15 Retired in 1963 aged 65. Continued to write monthly record review
56.45 Strength of classical music criticism at the newspaper today
57.25 Celebrating fifty years at the newspaper
57.45 The Guardian unrecognisable from the newspaper he joined in 1953. Needed to change
58.00 Had not been a Guardian reader previously
58.20 Spends an hour each day reading the Guardian
58.40 Belief that Wadsworth would approve of the newspaper today, continuation of original ethos
59.20 Remembers Wadsworth

60.00 Remembers working with Peter Preston. Discussion of his personality
61.00 Comments on his writing
62.30 Remembers Welsh soprano Margaret Price
63.15 The rise of recording music
65.00 The future of classical music in the newspaper