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This collection holds portrait and photo-journalistic work produced by Sally Soames between 1959 and 2004. It also contains correspondence and other papers relating to her projects, publications and activities.

Administrative/Biographical history: Sally Soames was born in London and has lived there all her life. Her first assignments were for the Observer in 1963 and she then went on to freelance for the Guardian, the New York Times, The Observer and various TV and film companies in the UK and the US. She joined the staff of The Sunday Times in 1968 and remained there until she retired in June 2000. Her books include Manpower (1987) and Writers (1995).

Documents that relate to Mary Crozier. They include a photograph, correspondence with Guardian staff, details of her employment at the Guardian and other media work, and recollections written by Crozier in 2002.

Letters and other papers accumulated and retained by WP Crozier and his family covering his career including his editorship of the Manchester Guardian. The collection also contains material concerning his literary works and commitments outside the Guardian.
The first file of the collection contains biographical material and focuses on documents relating to the first world war and Crozier's exemption from military service due to poor health.
The second file of the collection contains documents concerning Crozier's early career at the Guardian. It begins with documents detailing his initial appointment to the Guardian in 1903 after a brief spell working for The Times. At the Guardian Crozier began work for the sub-editors where his diverse range of interests helped him excel. The file includes correspondence with CP Scott who praises Crozier's work for the Guardian. At the end of 1912 Crozier became news editor (a new title at the Guardian). He was also instrumental in ensuring the Guardian kept pace with the changing face of journalism - introducing the women's pages and increasing the use of photographs within the paper. Crozier's responsibility on the Guardian increased with the outbreak of war in 1914. By 1921 he was made director of the company. Crozier had a massive influence on the production of the paper - he was involved in everything from introducing the crossword to presenting criminal trials. The file contains WP Crozier's correspondence with A Ransome from the early 1920s concerning difficulties in gaining entry to Russia and reporting on events there. There is also a photograph of WP Crozier from the latter end of this period, 1931.
The collection is then divided into a series of files all relating to WP Crozier's editorship of the Guardian which began officially on the 6 May 1932 following the death of Ted Scott in a boating accident. The first file in this series contains documents relating to Crozier's appointment as editor. There is a file of Crozier's general correspondence with Guardian staff focusing on staff management and editorial duties. During his editorship Crozier further developed the reputation of the Guardian for reporting foreign events. This was increasingly important as conflicts in Europe were slowly building to the second world war. A file of correspondence with W Eames contains much comment about general world events and there is a file of correspondence with FA Voigt, the foreign and diplomatic correspondent, which discusses European affairs leading up to the outbreak of the second world war. There is a further file of correspondence with individuals external to the Guardian, many of which are either politicians or staff from other newspapers. Again comment can be found amongst these documents concerning the outbreak of war. Further files relating to Crozier's time as editor include photographs and prints of the period and the speeches he gave as a part of his editorial duties.
WP Crozier did not limit his writing to journalism and published two novels; the first, the 'Letters of Pontius Pilate' was published in 1928 and the second, 'The Fates are Laughing', was published posthumously in 1945. The collection contains a file of documents and correspondence relating to these novels and includes a review of his second novel written by George Orwell.
Crozier also had many commitments outside the Guardian and the collection contains a series of files relating to these. One file contains documents and correspondence relating to WP Crozier's connection with the University of Manchester. He was a member of the Council, the Post-War Developments Committee and Chairman of the Athletics Committee at the university. The second file in this series contains an example of Crozier's freelance journalism. There is also a file containing documents relating to Crozier's other interests, including: the Liberal Party Convention Committee; the Historical Association of Manchester and the Reform Club in Manchester.
Towards the end of his twelve years in the editor's chair, Crozier began to have persistent heart problems. He was advised to rest but did not. He wrote his last leading article on the 14th April 1944. The collection contains a series of files relating to Crozier's legacy. The first contains press cuttings from the Guardian and the Manchester Evening News. It includes leaders, tributes, messages of sympathy, and reports of the funeral. The second file is a large collection of correspondence to Mrs Crozier expressing sympathy at Crozier's death and the third file contains messages of condolence written to James Bone.

Administrative/Biographical history: Born in Stanhope, Durham in 1879 Crozier was educated at the Manchester Grammar School and subsequently won a scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford - commencing 1898.

After leaving university, Crozier worked as a teacher for a year, before a brief spell at the Times newspaper. At the end of September 1903 he began working for the Guardian. Crozier began work for the sub-editors where his diverse range of interests helped him excel. He was particularly praised for his work on the Russo-Japanese war. At the end of 1912 Crozier became news editor for the paper. He was also instrumental in ensuring the newspaper kept pace with the changing face of journalism - introducing the women's pages and increasing the use of photographs within the paper.

Crozier's responsibility on the Guardian increased with the outbreak of war in 1914. By 1921 he was made director of the company. In April 1932 Crozier replaced ET Scott as editor.

At the Guardian Crozier built up a team of foreign writers while he was a deputy editor, but under his editorial position the foreign department of the newspaper grew in reputation. This was increasingly important as conflicts in Europe were slowly building to the second world war. He often wrote articles himself with a powerful and concise style.

Crozier was known for appearing cold and sceptical, but was extremely passionate about liberal politics. He reflected his views within the Guardian, promoting the League of Nations and attacking Hitler's anti-semitic policies before it was popular to do so.

Towards the end of his twelve years in the editors chair, Crozier began to have persistent heart problems. He was advised to rest but did not. He wrote his last leading article on the 14th April 1944.
Creator: Crozier, William Percival (1879-1944); newspaper editor

Papers relating to life and work of Tom Baistow.

The first section of the collection contains personal papers related to Baistow's working life including correspondence, notebooks, expenses, identification documents and professional contacts, providing an insight into a journalistic life of the mid-20th century.

Other papers have been divided into sections reflecting his journalistic career. His work for the News Chronicle from 1936 to 1960, when the newspaper closed, is shown through press cuttings of his articles, under his name and his pseudonym, Andrew Lawson. As NUJ father of the chapel his efforts to support his colleagues at the time of the newspaper's closure are recorded through correspondence, meeting papers and press cuttings.

His work for the Daily Herald from 1960 to 1965 is demonstrated through copy and press cuttings of his articles. Specific papers are related to his coverage of political crises in the Congo in 1961, including his copy and cables with the newspaper.

Baistow's work as journalist at the New Statesman, before his retirement, is shown through copy of his articles covering the period from 1965 to 1976.

Administrative/Biographical history: Enoch Thomas Baistow, known as Tom Baistow was born in Glasgow on 13 July 1914. During the First World War, he lived near Inverness where he learned to speak Gaelic. He emigrated with his family to Calgary in Canada in mid 1920s and in the late 1920s they returned to Glasgow.

He left school in 1928 and became a copyboy at the Scottish Daily Express where his father was a compositor. Then he became caption writer and started subbing, establishing himself in the newsroom. In 1931 he moved to the Daily Sketch in Manchester as 'splash' sub.

In 1936 Baistow moved to the News Chronicle as picture editor. The same year he visited Germany for the first time and became a 'secret' member of the Communist Party and Peace Pledge Union as well as the Labour Party and National Union of Journalists. In 1937 he met Mae Berg who became his wife within a year.

In 1939 he volunteered with his brother-in-law for the Navy but was told to await the call-up, so in 1940 he joined the army. He had basic training at Catterick, Yorkshire. Baistow came to senior officers notice by organising a strike about the poor quality of the food in the mess. His socialist views were also expressed in a competition to the question 'What kind of a society do you want after the war?' His officers, scared of his militant tendencies, sent him to Royal Military College at Sandhurst. There he edited a Forces newspaper. In 1941 his son Peter was born.

In 1942 Baistow joined the Royal Tank Regiment and he went to Egypt for the end of the North African campaign, Operation Torch, as a tank commander. He returned to Britain to prepare for the Operation Overlord and in 1944 he landed in Normandy on St Aubin beach near Arramanches. He lost many friends in those days, including the poet Keith Douglas. He was made a Captain in the and in 1945 fought in Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was with one of the first allied troops into the concentration camp at Belsen.

In 1946 Baistow returned to Manchester to his old job at the News Chronicle. In 1947 he moved to the News Chronicle in London as deputy features editor. The following year his daughter Karen was born. In 1948 Baistow started writing poetry in gaelic and ws broadcast on the BBC. He stood as Labour candidate in local elections.

During 1950s he worked as features editor and then foreign editor at the News Chronicle where he formed an 'infamous' lunch club (after being banned from the wine club El Vino). He late became special feature writer of the News Chronicle, covering industrial unrest in the car industry in the Midlands, housing, education, immigration - the whole of Britain's post war social development. Tom Baistow spent months covering the political crises in the Congo and in Rome for the Olympic games. He also wrote for The Tribune under the pseudonym of Ewan Pearson.

In October 1960 the News Chronicle closed down and he fought to secure best possible deal and new jobs for his colleagues. He joined the Daily Herald as special feature writer. During the 1960s, when the Daily Herald became the broadsheet The Sun, Baistow left and became deputy editor at the New Statesman. He was now frequently broadcasting on the BBC.

In 1976 he retired from the New Statesman and became part-time lecturer in the School of Journalism of the City University. In the 1980s and 1990s he contributed regularly to the letters, books and obituary columns of The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Times and the New Statesman. Tom Baistow died on the 8 March 1999.

(Biographical details provided by the Baistow family).

The papers of Richard Scott include: a series of memoirs written by Richard Scott covering subjects such as Charles Prestwich Scott, Edward Taylor Scott, Richard Scott's work as a Guardian journalist and The Scott Trust; a series of photographs showing CP Scott and his staff, the Scott family at Christmas and CP Scott's funeral; a series of documents and correspondence relating to the management of the Guardian and The Scott Trust; a series of printed works including the Manchester Guardian centenary number, the centenary edition of the Guardian Weekly, Winston Churchill's book 'The World Crisis, 1911-1914' containing a letter of dedication to CP Scott, and the CP Scott memorial number; and portraits of Edward Taylor Scott and Laurence Prestwich Scott.

Administrative/Biographical history: Richard Scott, journalist and chairman of the Scott Trust, held a series of senior editorial posts on the Guardian newspaper.

The son of Edward Taylor Scott and grandson of Charles Prestwich Scott, both former editors of the Guardian newspaper. Educated at Gresham School, Norfolk and Christ’s College, Cambridge. After leaving school he began his career with the Legal Nations Union in London, writing brochures, pamphlets and memoranda for members. Following this he spent a year working for The Spectator before working for the British Council and the Foreign Office in the news department.

He first contributed to the Guardian in 1947. As diplomatic correspondent Richard Scott was involved in the Guardian’s reporting of the Suez crisis. He moved to America, as Washington correspondent, in 1963.

A member of the Scott Trust from 1948-1984 and chairman from 1956-1984. As a member of the Scott Trust he was involved in guiding the Guardian through a financial crisis and possible merger with The Times in the 1960s.

He was the last member of the Scott family to hold senior office in the paper.