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The collection consists of 5 boxes of orginal artwork drawn by Abu Abraham for the Observer, the Guardian, the Tribune and various Indian publications. The collection also includes 1 further box containing newspaper cuttings of Abu's work, correspondence, photographs, articles and publications.

Administrative/Biographical history: The son of a lawyer, Abu was born Attupurathu Mathew Abraham into a Syrian Christian family in Tiruvalla, India, on 11 June 1924. He studied English, French and Mathematics at University College, Trivandrum, and graduated in 1945. He later moved to Mumbai (formerly Bombay) where he became a reporter for the Bombay Chronicle, drawing cartoons in his spare time for Blitz magazine and political journal Bharat. In 1951 he moved north again to New Delhi, where he joined the satirical English language journal Shankar's Weekly to work as a cartoonist and caricaturist. Two years later, he met political cartoonist Fred Joss, who encouraged him to try his luck in London. Abraham arrived in London in 1953 and within a few days, Malcolm Muggeridge, then editor of Punch, had bought one of his cartoons for seven guineas. In spring 1956 Michael Foot, future leader of the Labour party but then editor of the left-wing weekly Tribune, published two of his cartoons. Two days later, David Astor asked Abu to become the Observer's first-ever staff political cartoonist. He signed an agreement shortly afterwards and took his first cartoon to his new editor for approval on Friday 6 April. Astor requested that Abraham sign his cartoons as 'Abu' instead of 'Abraham', since 'any Abraham in Europe would be taken as a Jew and all cartoons would take on a slant for no reason.' The signature 'Abu' thus appeared on his first Observer cartoon on Sunday 8 April 1956 and Abu used this pseudonym for the rest of his career.

By July 1966, Abu was becoming increasingly unhappy with the change in the paper's stance on the Middle East and in September of that year, accepted an offer to move to the Guardian. Here he learnt to draw much faster and simplified his style to pocket cartoons. In 1969 he returned to India and began working as a political cartoonist on the Indian Express in Delhi. He left here in 1981 and chose instead to turn freelance, and in 1988, returned to his home state of Kerla where he continued to draw and write until his death in Thiruvananthapurum, India, on 1 December 2002.

Original artwork by Krauze for the Guardian Comment pages.

Administrative/Biographical history: Polish born illustrator, poster maker, cartoonist and painter who has contributed regularly to the Guardian since 1989.

Includes original artwork which appeared in the Guardian and copies and cuttings of her work.

Administrative/Biographical history: Anne Morrow studied at the Hornsey College of Art and the Royal College of Art. She has worked on the Sunday Times Magazine, Scotland on Sunday, The Observer and the Independent. From 1988 to the late 1997, Morrow produced a range of black and white and colour illustrations for various sections of the Guardian including byline pictures, features pages, and Weekend Guardian columns. In addition to the newspapers, she has worked in television (Jackanory, Rainbow), advertising (Habitat, Mothercare, The Post Office) and publishing (Penguin, Oxford University Press, Octopus).

A collection of cartoons which appeared in the Saturday and Tuesday Guardian.

Administrative/Biographical history: Biff are artist Chris Garratt and writer Mick Kidd, who met at school in the 1950s. They have produced Biff since the mid 1970s, with Chris creating the artwork, and Mick devising the characters and text. Biff cartoons originated with the self published Interplanetary News in 1976 (print run 200), Biff Quarterly nos 1 and 2 (1979 and 1980) and as postcards and badges, sold from a stall in Camden Lock market (1980-1992) and various bookshops. Biff strips appeared in International Times (1976-1980), City Limits (1983-1988) and appeared in the Guardian from 1985 to 2005.

A collection of letters written by CP Scott, editor of the Manchester Guardian (1873-1929) and WP Crozier (then assistant editor), to Cecil Sprigge from March 1923 to February 1929 during his employment as foreign correspondent for the paper. The letters provide an insight into post war Italy and cover topics relating to the economic and political climate and in particular the fascist regime under the leadership of Mussolini. Other topics covered include the arts and archeology with reference to excavations at Herculaneum, and general discussions centered around daily life as a foreign correspondent in difficult times.

Administrative/Biographical history: Cecil Jackson Squire Sprigge, son of Sir Squire Sprigge, was born in London in 1896 and educated at Eton and Kings College Cambridge. In 1923 he joined the Manchester Guardian as Italian correspondent based in Rome, succeeding the literary critic Emilio Cecchi. He left Italy for Berlin in 1929 but was recalled to England in the same year to take up the post of city editor, a role he was to remain in until his departure from the paper in 1939. He later returned to the Guardian in 1953 as leader writer on foreign affairs. He died in London on 22 December 1959.

This collection contains original illustrations by Clifford Harper for the Guardian.

Administrative/Biographical history: Clifford Harper was an illustrator for a number of 1970s radical publications, including Undercurrents, Cienfuegos Press Anarchist Review and his self-published Class War Comix, before becoming a regular contributor to the Guardian. He contributed illustrations for the 'Country Diary' column, from November 1996. Harper provided illustrations for the 'Last word' column by philosopher AC Grayling, which appeared in the Guardian from September 1999 to May 2002. He was also a contributor to Readers Digest and the Radio Times. An exhibition of Harper's work, titled Graphic Anarchy, was shown in the Guardian Newsroom in April 2003.

Photographic prints of Denis Thorpe's work from 1950 including photographs taken in a personal capacity, and work produced for the Daily Mail (1957-74) and the Guardian (1974-96). Also includes examples of Denis's freelance work for the Guardian, 1996-2000.

Administrative/Biographical history: Denis Thorpe initially aspired to become a reporter having been praised for some of his writing whilst at school. He joined the Mansfield Reporter as junior journalist in 1948, his job responsibilities mostly assisting the photographer. After National Service he rejoined the Mansfield Reporter as photographer. He then worked for the Northampton Chronicle & Echo (1954-55), the Lincolnshire Echo (1955), Birmingham Gazette & Dispatch (1955-57) before joining the Daily Mail in 1957. He joined the Guardian on the 12 August 1974, where he stayed for over 22 years. The Guardian encouraged his work and allowed him to explore new methods and to become adept in all genres of photography. Thorpe retired in April 1996 but continues to take photographs and give talks. An exhibition of photographs from his book 'Photographs 1950-2000' was displayed in the Guardian Newsroom from the 7 May-25 June 2004.

Original wood cut prints produced for the Guardian's comment pages.

Administrative/Biographical history: Born in Paris, Daniel Pudles spent his childhood in Brazil and America before returning to France to study at the Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques. In 1993 Pudles moved to London to work as an illustrator for a number of publications including The Daily Telegraph and The Economist. He began contributing to the Guardian's Comment pages in 1999 and his pieces regularly accompanied George Monbiot's Tuesday articles. Whilst in London he won three first prizes for illustration at the National Art Library Illustration Awards as well as the Victoria and Albert Illustration Award in 1996, 2001 and 2004. Pudles currently lives and works in Brussels.

Records relating to the Guardian Media Group plc, owner of the Guardian and the Observer newspapers. The company was founded as Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited (MGEN); and has also been known as Guardian and Manchester Evening News Limited (GMEN Ltd) and Guardian and Manchester Evening News plc (GMEN plc) before being renamed Guardian Media Group (GMG) in 1993.
Prior to the formation of Guardian Newspapers Ltd in 1967, the Guardian editor reported directly into Guardian and Manchester Evening News plc (and its predecessor names) and therefore records relating to the Guardian can be found here as well as in the main Guardian collection (GUA).

Administrative/Biographical history: Guardian Media Group (GMG) is a multimedia business. Its core business is Guardian News & Media (GNM), which publishes the Guardian and the Observer newspapers and the theguardian.com website. It also holds a diverse portfolio of investments to help support GNM's journalism. The Group has been wholly owned by the Scott Trust since 1936.

The company was established in 1924 as the Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd (MGEN Ltd) when CP Scott, the owner and editor of the Manchester Guardian, purchased the Manchester Evening News from Russel Allen. The company was renamed Guardian and Manchester Evening News Ltd (GMEN Ltd) in 1973; and it became a plc in 1982 (GMEN plc). In November 1993 it changed its names to Guardian Media Group plc (GMG).
Creator: Guardian Media Group plc, 1907-; newspaper proprietor
Creator: The Guardian, 1821-

The collection consists of notebooks, correspondence and files of cuttings, drafts articles and reports created and maintained throughout his long career from the late 1950s to 2010. The collection represents a large body of his work on Africa, Canada, South America, the UN, the Commonwealth, and press freedom. The titles given to notebooks and files are those originally given by Clyde Sanger, except where indicated by square brackets.

Names of countires, regions and territories in the catalogue descriptions have been taken from the original source material.

Administrative/Biographical history: Clyde Sanger (1928-2022) was a journalist and author who wrote prolifically over the last six decades on African and Canadian politics, the Commonwealth, international development, and the environment.

In his early career, Clyde was a reporter for the Staffordshire Evening Sentinel, London Evening News and Daily Mail. He moved to Africa in 1957 where he edited the political and economic magazine The Central African Examiner in Southern Rhodesia. He left the Examiner in 1959 to join the Guardian, where he became the paper's first Africa correspondent in 1960. Whilst working in Africa between 1957 and 1965 he reported on a range of social, economic and political news and befriended nationalist leaders including Joshua Nkomo, Kenneth Kaunda and Ndsbaningi Sithole.

Since moving to North America in 1965 Clyde worked as UN correspondent and Canada correspondent for the Guardian, Parliamentary reporter for the Globe and Mail and Canada correspondent for the Economist. He also served as a Governor of NewsConcern International Foundation, Director of Information for The Commonwealth Secretariat, Director of Communications for the North-South Institute, and Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Carleton University.

His books include: Central African Emergency (1960). The Kenya General Election of 1963 (1864), Half a Loaf: Canada's semi-role among developing countries (1969), Stitches in Time: the Commonwealth in world politics (1983) and Malcolm MacDonald: bringing an end to empire (1995).