Includes correspondence between Terry Kilmartin and the following individuals or their representatives: Dr Alex Comfort, AJ Ayer, Graham Greene, Professor Frank Kermode, Mary [McCarthy], Sir Edward Boyle, Iris Murdoch, Professsor Edmund Leach, Kenneth Tynan, William Golding, Henry Moore, [Michael] Davie, Jonathan Miller, Dr Desmond Morris, VS Naipaul, John Osborne, Stephen Spender, Edna O'Brien, Professor EH Gombrich, Lord Annan, Arthur Koestler, Richard Findlater, Lord Goodman, Lord Harewood, Marshall McLuhan, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Roy Fuller, Isaiah Berlin, John Updike, WH Auden, Kingsley Amis, Noel Coward, Sir John Gielgud, Roy Jenkins, 'Alan' [AJP Taylor], Jacquetta Hawkes, Lord Snow, Sir Steven Runciman, Doris Lessing, Angus Wilson.
Also includes lists of people asked and 'books of the year' list, 1963
Creator: The Observer Limited; Terry Kilmartin
Includes correspondence from and concerning Legum.
Other correspondents include: David Astor; Anthony Sampson; Michael Davie; Richard Findlater; William Millinship; Gritta Weil; Donald Trelford; Shlomo Hillel (Israeli Minister of Police); Roger Harrison.
Subjects covered include: Legum's application to join The Observer; his work as Commonwealth correspondent; Michael Scott; Drum newspaper; affairs concerning various countries including Sudan, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, China, Nigeria, Israel, Spain, Uganda, and the United States; the Suez Crisis; an application to the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth for a grant by Legum; Dr [Benjamin] Spock; suggested articles on children's issues; Henry Kissinger and other senior US officials; Lonrho's takeover of The Observer.
Also includes: cuttings on South African affairs; 'confidential non-attributable talk with George Brown', September 1966; 'Reasons for Israel's decision to go to war', 1967; copy letter from Legum to Paul Foot; copy of Legum article, 'How Africa's Asians helped to create their own peril', 8 August 1972; comments on Arianna Stassinopolous' 'The Female Woman' by Margaret Legum; draft of article on Ghana trial; information on Travellers' Rights International; notice of talk by Legum in New York; draft of 'International Flow of News' by Legum and John Cornwell; copy of cartoon of Legum by Trog.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
Includes letters and copy letters between Terry Kilmartin and Tynan on syndication rights, Tynan's reviews and articles, Tynan's work for the New Yorker.
Also includes correspondence with: Ken Obank, Colin Young and Lawrence Hammond of Curtis Brown Limited, David Astor, Hugh Massingham, Elaine Tynan, Penelope Bennett, Peter Gibbings, Michael Davie, and Kathleen Tynan; and Joyce Egginton, Richard Findlater, Truman Capote, Joseph P Jenkins, Roger Machell of Hamish Hamilton Ltd, Leonard Boudine, Arval A Morris, Herb Greer, Aaron R Frosch, Joseph Satten, and Estela D'Accurzio on Tynan's review of Capote's 'In Cold Blood'.
Also includes: photostats of a 'controversy' between Tynan and Eugene Ionescu; cuttings on the Capote controversy; a sworn affidavit by Frosch; copy of Capote's cheque to the Howard League for Penal Reform.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Terry Kilmartin
Correspondence with and about David Astor concerning the running of The Observer. Principal correspondents include Kenneth Obank, John Thompson, Michael Davie, Richard Findlater, Les Cane and Kenneth Harris.
Please note there are no details traditionally associated with personnel matters in this file, such as salary and other conditions of employment.
Contents include a copy of notes made 'for the editor's keynote speech', discussing The Observer's circulation, and existing and potential future competitiors (1961); draft of an article, provisionally titled 'The Sunday War: What it's all about, by an employee of The Observer', written by KP Obank (1962); typscript letter, written to Astor, from a correspondent who signs himself K on the future of The Observer (no address, but dated Oct 1961); memos to all editorial staff, emphasising the importance of confidentialily, and of not writing llibellous copy (1962); memo to KP Obank, on the need to reduce staff numbers (1962); a note on the cost of holding 'wine parties' (nd); copy of transcript of an interview of Astor, questioned by Kenneth Harris, and concerning his role as Editor (1963); copy of a report written by Bob Heller, on the organisation of the Sunday Times editorial team (1964); letter to Sir John Hunt on his accepting to be interviewed (1964); correspondence with Captain BH Liddell Hart on an interview,and on publishing extracts from his forthcoming memoirs (1965); correspondence with K Harris on contributors articles (1964-5); correspondence with readers on writing a piece on Sir Winston Churchill (1965); letters to Rt Hon RA Butler on becoming an occassional contributor to The Observer, and on publishing extracts from his forthcoming memoirs (1965); correspondence with Leeds University on recruiting graduates (1965); letter to the Rt Hon George Brown, MP, on an interview (1965); letter to John Osborne, on profiling him in The Observer (1965); letters to Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, proposing interviews (1965); letter to Sir Philip Magnus-Allcroft on writing an obituary for the Duke of Windsor (1965); letter to Rt Hon Christopher Soames on writing an obituary of his mother-in-law (1965); memo on new staff appointments (1965); memo suggesting that the authors of lead articles are always credited in the copy (1966); correspondence with KP Obank on the structure of the newspaper (1966); correspondence with Colonel LG Lohan of the Services, Press and Broadcasting Committee on providing information to The Observer (1966); note from Ken Obank, suggesting that William Millinship is promoted to Assistant News Editor (1966); report by Astor on his attendance at a conference on nuclear proliferation, held in Canada (1966); correspondence with The Press Council on an inquiry into the Moors Murder trial (1966); letter to Sir Eric Roll, on contributing to The Observer (1966); to Jo Grimond, on an interview (1967); correspondence regarding Astor's 21st anniversary as Editor of The Observer, and the presentation to him, of a 19th century hand-printing press as a gift (1969); notice of Astor's intention to retire, and a transcript of an interview held on the same (1975).
Also includes newspaper clippings of articles by Astor (1964-75).
Includes correspondence from and concerning Edward Crankshaw, Observer special correspondent on Soviet Affairs.
Other correspondents include: David Astor, Tristan Jones, Ken Obank, John Pringle, Hilary Rubenstein, John Thompson, Robert Stephens, Michael Davie, Nigel Hawkes, Donald Trelford, Douglass Cater, Bill Millinship, John Silverlight, Iain Lindsay Smith, Richard Findlater, Robert Maxwell, Anthony Howard, Clare Crankshaw.
Subjects covered include: Crankshaw's terms and conditions; his expenses; foreign news comment and coverage; Soviet affairs; Crankshaw's health; office politics including Crankshaw's relationship with Isaac Deutscher and Mark Frankland; German affairs; the Week; Crankshaw's book on Khrushchev; Crankshaw's travels in Eastern Europe; The Council for Science and Society; Crankshaw's memorial service.
Also includes: 'a note on the Commonwealth argument' and 'Who is Khrushchev?' by Crankshaw; 'Superstar Technologies' report by The Council for Science and Society; memorial service address by Mark Bonham-Carter.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
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Memorandum from Richard Findlater, concerning payment for publication of an extract from Amis' new book, The James Bond Dossier.
The Observer Limited (1917-1993); newspaper publisherIncludes correspondence from and concerning Findlater.
Other correspondents include: David Astor; Michael Davie; Desmond Goch; John Pringle; Ken Obank; Trevor Huddleston; Laurie Gandar; Donald Trelford; Jeremy Hunt; Nigel Lloyd; James Mitchell; John Cole; Colin Smith; Roger Harrison; John Nuttall-Smith; Iain Lindsay-Smith; Colin Legum; Peter Crookston; Anthony Howard; Richard Burton (copies of old letters); Roly Bain.
Subjects covered include: Findlater's thoughts on The Observer's content and layout; Findlater's work for the paper; arts coverage including architecture, theatre, television, film, and books (including many details of books reviewed or not by The Observer); discussion of individual writers including Kenneth Tynan, Philip French, John Silverlight, Eric [Newby], and AJP Taylor; Findlater's book writing; women's pages; potential articles for the review section; Findlater's financial affairs, including his subscription for the Garrick Club; Findlater's health.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
Includes correspondence from and concerning the Kilmartins.
Other correspondents include: Fred Tomlinson; David Astor; Arthur Koestler; Duncan Wilson; Richard Findlater; Philip Larkin; Roger Harrison; Donald Trelford; John Cole; Paul Johnson; John Nuttall-Smith; Nick Morrell; Michael Ratcliffe; Peter Heyworth; John Lucas; Anthony Howard; Brian Nicholson.
Subjects covered include: Terry Kilmartin's time in the Middle East; matters concerning The Observer's literary and arts pages and reviewers; Karl Miller; a 1963 visit to the United States by the Kilmartins; Gavin Young; AJP Taylor; Joanna Kilmartin's suggestions concerning European travel guides; Maurice Richardson; the Arvon Poetry Competition; Russell Davies; Conor Cruise O'Brien leaving The Observer; the Olivier theatre awards; Terry Kilmartin's farewell dinner in 1986.
Also includes: various cuttings from The Bookseller; cutting from The Tatler on Friday literary luncheons.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
Includes correspondence from and concerning Newby and Mace.
Other correspondents include: David Astor; Roger Harrison; Diana Petry; Richard Findlater; WH Smart; Donald Trelford; Alan Day; Brian Nicholson; KP Obank; John Nuttall-Smith; Nicholas Morrell; Ann [Barr]; Sue [?Arnold]; Desmond Balmer.
Subjects covered include: Venice; travel advertising including of cheap air fares; the end of Newby's spell as 'Time Off' editor; US travel; South Africa; the position of Time Off in the paper; Time Off contributions.
Also includes: piece on East Berlin by Trelford.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford