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File of Peter Preston's International Press Institute (IPI) correspondence, December 1986 - August 1989.

Correspondents include: Peter Preston, Ian Yates (general manager, The Press Association), Terry Robinson (director, Lonrho), Lord Rothmere (Associsted Newspaper Holdings Plc), Sir Zelman Cowen (MP and Press Council chairman), Frank Rodgers (Chairman of the IPI British Executive Committee), Michael Heseltine (MP) and Alastair Stuart (IPI Secertary).

Subjects covered include: expenses, April 1988; the appointment of a full-time chairman to the Press Council; letter of protest and reply from Frank Rodgers, concerning the invitation to the Abassador of South Africa, Denis Worrall, to the IPI Annual dinner, December 1986 - January 1987; seminar arrangements, February 1987 - November 1988; the foundation of the Naji El-Ali fund to support the family of the cartoonist who was assasinated in London (July 1987) and the donation of prints of El-Ali's cartoons to Peter Preston, January - April 1989; membership and changes to members contact details, April - August 1989.

Also contains an advert sponsored by the IPI British Executive listing all the editors who endorsed a letter from Frank Rodgers urging the government to remove all references to journalists in the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill, April 1984; a leaflet on the British Executive of the IPI, May 1986 and three black and white prints of cartoons by Naji El-Ali donated to Peter Preston by Naji El-Ali's son, nd.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)

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

General file regarding Lonrho PLC.

Contains correspondence, memorandum and reports concerning: a contract with the Standard; jobs listings; the Albert exhibition; relations with the trade unions; investment in public information terminals; Lonrho share option scheme; Fitch & Company, design consultants; Scottish newspaper circulation; executive bonus; Fassnidge Son & Norris, building services; Observer funding; pensions; Lonrho annual reports; Michael Lehrer Associates (MLA), management services consultants; social occasions; budgets; an internal audit report; the publication of the 10,000th issue of the Observer; a MORI poll of newspaper readers; staff discounts; Lonrho interests in Africa; magazine costs; reducing staffing levels; cost reductions; the National Readership Survey; cover price increase; strategies for the Observer; the Ladies Live handbook of rules and etiquette; management meetings schedule; staff salary increases; draft statements concerning the position of Lonrho and ownership of the newspaper.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Lonrho; Terry Robinson; Fitch & Company; Malcolm Hill.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file regarding Lonrho PLC.

Contains correspondence, memorandum and reports concerning: shareholder offers; budgets; wholesalers; the appointment of Roger Harrison as chairman of Lonrho; internal audit reports; relations with the trade unions; overseas agents; staff expenses; chief executives reports; social occasions; publications; competitions; updates on the Observer; vacancies; payment for articles; the Observer magazine; the Monopolies Commission, regulatory body; the dispute over ownership of the House of Fraser; profits and losses; recruitment; Jim Levi; pay increases; holidays; an overview of Lonrho's ownership; features; industrial relations; advertising results; annual meetings; board meetings; Observer funding; marketing; the sale of Reuters Investment; promotional activities; quality control; the National Tyre Service (NTS); loans; circulation; taxes; Third World Book Review, magazine; the editor's contractual terms; article complaints; regional budgets; negotiations with the unions; enterprises; sale of the Standard newspaper; the installation of a telefax machine; the Albert exhibition; Lonrho annual reports.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Lonrho; Nick Morrell; Terry Robinson; Tiny Rowland; David Bishop; Alan Johnstone.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Donald Trelford's correspondence with or concerning Lonrho
Correspondents include: Donald Trelford, Tiny Rowland, David Astor, T J Robinson, Jack Lundin, Francesca Pollard

File 1:
Memorandum of Agreement between the Observer and Lonrho, the report of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission on the proposed merger between Lonrho Limited and House of Fraser (1981), Tiny Rowland's character and past, Lonrho News releases, invitations to meetings and lunches, NUJ motions, topics of articles, the Observer's editorial independence, circulation of the Observer, independent directors' statement in reply to the NUJ Chapel motion of June 7 1989.

Also includes: A print of Tiny Rowland at the Albert exhibition dated 14 December 1983, editor's report November 1981, a copy of The Media Reporter vol. 5.3 (1981) on 'Rowland at the Observer', internal audit report of the Observer April 1983, Opinion on the Memorandum of Agreement by Michael Hunt June 1989.

File 2:
Richard Hall's book 'My life with Tiny', job applications, requests for support and sponsorship, complaints about articles published in the Observer (including letter from Adnan Kahshoggi), Lonrho News Releases, the report of the Department of Trade and Industry on the acquisition of Harrods by the House of Fraser, Donald Trelford's complaints about articles on the Observer by other publications, copies of Tiny Rowland's correspondence regarding Mohamed Fayed and Harrods, the Observer's articles on various African countries such as Malawi and Kenya, the official opening of the Observer building at Chelsea Bridge House, Lonrho's sale of the Observer in 1993, Trelford's termination of employment.

Also includes: Follow up on May 1983 and July 1985 internal audit reports dated 26 August 1986, 'Pitch, pool, rink, ...court? Judicial review in the sporting world' by Michael J Beloff (1988).

File 3:
Monopolies and mergers commission including copy of evidence supplied by Conor Cruise O'Brien and submission by David Astor, research on Tiny Rowland's profile and history, complaint by Jack Lundin to Richard Hall regarding his portrayal in the book 'My Life with Tiny', and campaign against Tiny Rowland by Francesca Pollard.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford