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Records relating to the employment of Geoffey Taylor at the Guardian as assistant editor and leader and Monday column writer, (1975-1991).

Includes correspondence with Peter Preston concerning Taylor's request for redundancy (1975), pay (1977-1989), arrangements for home working (1979), requests for the possibility of being relieved of duty editing, early retirement and working from home (1983), health (1985), interest in early retirement (1986), arrangements for the research and writing of Taylor's Guardian history (1987-1991), the relinquishing of his Monday Column (1989) and retirement (1991); staff changes forms (1978-1991) and correspondence with Alastair Hetherington (former Guardian editor) concerning Taylor's history of the Guardian (1987).

Records relating to Taylor's employment at the Guardian from 1946 to 1975 appear to have been lost in the move from 192 Gray's Inn Road to 119 Farringdon Road as the file contains a note stating: 'file lost in move'.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)

Interview with Geoffrey Taylor, journalist for the Guardian. Conducted by Leslie Plommer on 13 March 1998. 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
00.02 Introduction
00.21 Applied to the Guardian for a job as a reporter, but started as a foreign sub,1947
00:49 Went on to become chief foreign sub and left in 1956 for Nigeria
00.55 3 years in Nigeria working for the Mirror Group
01:38 Returned in 1959 and offered a job as overseas news editor
01.38 Sent to Africa a number of times
02.45 Became Northern Editor in 1968
03.00 Transferred to London in 1972 and became assistant editor
05.00 Scott Trust
08.42 Laurence Scott

10.20 Removing Manchester from the title and printing the paper in London
11.00 The Guardian in London
13.18 The Guardian 'almost handed over to The Times'
14.40 Relationship between Richard Scott, Alastair Hetherington and Laurence Scott
17.25 Discusses other overseas correspondents

23.40 Stringers, not very well paid
24.00 Foreign themes in the 1960s; Cold War, Cuban crisis and decolonisation
26.50 When it comes to Britain, 'the Guardian was never wholly committed to the Labour party'

30.00 1970s left wing factionalism among Guardian staff
31.22 Manchester-London rivalry
34.00 First technological development: facsimile printing
38.00 The paper during the second world war, incl. paper rations

41.00 Left the Guardian in 1988.
41.00 Differences between the paper then and now i.e. how it went from 8 pages to approx. 40
41.00 How the 'editorial freedom, spirit and friendly office' remained the same over the years
44.05 Great individuals incl. Max Freedman, Victor Zorza and Hella Pick

At this point there is a pause while the cassette was turned over. The end of the interview follows after the break

48.45 Changes after the London printing began and the editor moved from Manchester, with mention of Mary Stott

There is a period of recorded silence while the second side of the tape ran out.

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Photographer unknown

Creator: Hamilton-West; Edward (1933-2011); photographer

Interview with Geoffrey Whatmore, Manchester Guardian librarian. Conducted by Richard Nelsson on 14 December 2012. Recorded at Whatmore's home in Worcestershire.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1:
Track 1
00.10 Introductions
00.20 How he came to join the Manchester Guardian in 1951
00.35 The need for a professional librarian at the newspaper
01.15 Remembers the physical state of the library on his arrival. Piles of newspapers waiting to be catalogued
03.40 Moved to London
04.00 Had been working as a librarian at the Nottingham Journal. Advertisement in the Economist for a librarian at an unamed national newspaper
05.10 Advertisement for a qualified librarian with experience of working for a national newspaper
05.20 Informal interview
06.20 Offered job at the newspaper
06.45 Read the Guardian and other newspapers whilst at the Nottingham Journal. Had occasionally contributed to the Miscellany column
07.40 How the library looked at the Cross Street offices
08.15 Remembers Marjorie Wakefield indexing
09.00 The state of the newspaper cuttings collection. Headings unchanged over years

10.00 Created own classification system
10.30 Guardian staff began to use the library
11.00 Getting to know the staff who used the library
11.10 Remembers Alastair Hetherington, Paddy Monkhouse and John Anderson. Support of Anderson for the library
11.40 Suspicion over appointment of professional librarian
13.00 Interesting to interact with staff.
13.30 Remembers Jan Morris' return from Everest expedition
14.00 Managing the books collections. Unsure whether he was in charge of books so did not touch the books for the first year
14.40 Decision to organise books. Upset caused by rearranging books according to the Dewey classification system
15.10 Remembers George Wainwright. Books kept locked away with Wainwright in possession of keys
17.00 Never finished cataloguing books
17.15 Indexing by Wakefield
18.00 Responsbile for photographs, mainly photo agency prints
19.30 Close relationship with Manchester Public Library. Loaning of books
19.40 Member of Library Association

20.00 Relations with other newspapers.
21.10 Cuttings files originally arranged by subject. Created personality files
22.00 Obituaries
24.50 Employing more library staff including more qualified librarians
25.40 Remembers librarian Harry King who left the Guardian for the Scott Polar Research Institute. Followed by librarian Frank Singleton
26.00 Remembers Singleton

Track 2
00.09 Atmosphere of the Guardian in the 1950s
01.25 Remembers incident where Joe Maloy of the Philadelphia Inquirer library appeared late one night
02.10 People drifted into the library
03.00 Remembers colleagues at the newspaper
03.55 Remembers Hetherington
04.18 Library under editorial management
04.50 Approaching the editor
06.10 Memories of working during the Suez crisis
06.58 Decision to leave the Guardian. Desire to work in London
07.25 Gained job at the British Institute of Management running information management
08.20 Joined the Daily Mirror where he worked for over 10 years
08.45 Singleton became the Guardian librarian after his departure
09.10 Hierarchies at the Guardian

10.00 Socialising at the newspaper
11.50 Outside interests of staff
12.55 Left the Daily Mirror for the BBC
13.30 Lessons learnt at the Guardian
13.45 Remembers atmosphere at the Daily Mirror
14.10 Fondness for time spent at the BBC. His favourite job being at the Nottingham Journal
14.33 Recalls journalists from Nottingham Journal who later worked on Fleet Street including sports journalist Don Mosey and political commentator Walter Terry

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Creator: Stephens; Denis (fl 1974); photographer