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Papers relating to Chapter twenty-one of 'One of Us'

Includes:
Handwritten research notes
Copy of speech by Margaret Thatcher, 14 November 1983
Copy of speech by Norman Tebbit, 13 November 1985
Copy of speech by Norman Tebbit, 19 November 1985
Research articles
Newspaper cuttings
Creator: DS/UK/122

Papers relating to Chapter twenty-two of 'One of Us'

Includes:
Handwritten research notes
Transcripts of BBC 'Panorama' programmes featuring Margaret Thatcher, January 1988
Research articles
Newspaper cuttings and magazine articles
Copy of Political Quarterly for July-September 1987
Creator: DS/UK/122

Contains cuttings and personal correspondence relating to chapter eight of Pick's memoir which largely covers her work as The Guardian's Europe correspondent, based in Geneva,1966-1972, but which also included a temporary return to the US to cover a survey of the UN General Assembly and Nixon-Humphrey Presidential election campaign, September to November 1968.

Includes 20 letters sent by Pick to her mother while she travelled around the US covering the Nixon-Humphrey Presidential election campaign, September - November 1968. The letters cover her assignments, thoughts on Nixon, social events attended and her mother's concerns for her working in America. There are also two undated postcards sent by Pick to her mother from Rome and an undated letter sent from [Daban] in Africa mainly discussing travel arrangements and the weather.

Also includes loose photocopies and printed cuttings, some annotated, of her own work and other Guardian writers covering the years 1966 to 1979 on topics including refugees, the Pope, Paris fashion houses, women's rights, American politics, the UN, Romania, Yugoslavia, Vietnam War peace negotiations, and French strikes and riots.

Contains photocopies and printed newspaper cuttings relating to Pick's research for chapter eleven and part of chapter thirteen of her memoir which mostly covers her role as The Guardian's East European correspondent and later Diplomatic editor c1975-1994.

The cuttings, some with annotations, are principally written by Pick but other authors include Michael Simmons, Neal Ascherson, Edmund Szczesiak, Mark Frankland and Dennis Johnston. The majority of cuttings date from 1975 to 1989. Topics include: Communism; USSR; Papal election, 1978; the Pope's visit to Poland, 1979; Polish politics, 1980-1987; Communism in Eastern Europe including Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, 1980; the Conference on European Cooperation and Security, Belgrade, 1977; the death and funeral of Jospi Broz Tito, 1980; Warsaw Pact, 1975-1976; Romania and Nicolae Ceausesc, 1978-1989; and East Germany, 1975-1980.

The file also contains notes of key events in the period 1975 to 1987.

Contains items relating to Pick's early assignment as UN correspondent for The Guardian.

Records include: Pick's press pass and one sheet itinerary for the 'Belgrade Conference' [Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement] in 1961; letters sent from Pick to her mother during her first few months stay in New York as UN correspondent, subjects include day to day life in New York, living arrangements, reporting from the UN, dinners and social events attended, and brief mentions of stories covered including 'The Congo Crisis' and nuclear debates, 1961; a letter to Pick's mother from close friend Grete Marmorek, undated; a list of attendees on President JF Kennedy's press trip to Hyannisport, Massachusetts, 10-11 May 1963; and a note dictated by Alastair Hetherington concerning a Polaris story by Pick, February 1963.

The file also includes newspaper cuttings of some of her own articles from 1961 to 1963 covering the topics of US social politics, the Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear arms, Lissa-Maria PiIla, U Thant at the UN and the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama.

Papers relating to Chapter five of 'This Blessed Plot'

Includes handwritten checklist of items for the chapter and photocopies of research articles.
Creator: DS/UK/122

Contains newspaper cuttings related to her research for chapter nine of her memoir which mostly relates to Pick working from London as European correspondent in the early 1970s. The cuttings date from between 1963 and 2019. Topics include John F Kennedy's trip to Europe in 1963, the end of communism in Eastern Europe, British politics, sanctions against South Africa, nuclear missiles, and the Guardian's VE-Day 40 years on special supplement from 1985.

Contains letters and newspaper cuttings relating to her early life in England, education and beginning of her career as a journalist.

Includes letters and telegrams dated between 1946 and 1961 with friends including the sculptor Ophelia Gordon Bell which discuss Pick's career, time at LSE, life at The Croft in Grasmere and the Moral Rearmament movement. There is also one letter from Ophelia to Pick's mother Johanna. There are a number of letters from Pick's friends or acquaintances identified only by their first names. These include letters from Joan (1946), Bridget (1946), Giselle (undated), and Margot (undated) which largely reference daily life such as holidays, gifts, visits to The Croft and household items.

The file also includes six newspaper cuttings (some Guardian) of her own writings. Subjects include her experience of being an Austrian child refugee in the UK and the work of artist William Heaton Cooper.

Cuttings, correspondence and notes relating to chapter seven of Pick's memoir covering her experiences as a journalist at The Guardian and book projects between 1963 and 1965.

Includes letters from publishers George Weidenfeld, Penguin, Anthony Blond Limited and Stephen Watts from May 1963 to June 1965 concerning proposals for Pick to write books on the UN and West Africa. Also includes Synopsis for a book on West Africa, undated [early-mid 1960s].

There is also correspondence between Pick and Guardian staff including editor Alastair Hetherington between December 1962 and January 1966 concerning assignments, continuing in the US, a request to return briefly to London and Pick's potential book project. Other correspondents include Mary Stott from December 1963 and March 1965 concerning writing for The Guardian's Women's Page and Geoffrey Taylor,(May 1964) regarding Pick's mother's complaints to the Guardian and general office updates.

The file also includes Pick's press passes for the 'Goldwater-Miller 1964 campaign' and Royal Visit Committee, October 1964, her 1959 CV and a collection of newspaper cuttings of her own work between 1963 and 1965. Article topics include the Selma march, Royal visit to Quebec, the funeral of John F Kennedy, the Cold War, US politics (Barry Goldwater), The Beatles in the US, and the UN.

Contains photocopies and printed newspaper cuttings relating to Pick's research for chapter thirteen of her memoir which mostly relates to her role as The Guardian's East European correspondent, Diplomatic editor and Associate Foreign Affairs Editor, between 1980 and 1996.

The cuttings, some with annotations, are principally written by Pick for The Guardian. The majority of cuttings date from 1980-1991. Topics include: UN leadership; Boutros Boutros Ghali; Lech Walesa; labour unrest in Poland; Paul-Marc Henry's obituary; Geoffrey Howe's visit to Prague, April 1985; Margaret Thatcher and sanctions against South Africa; the Khyber Pass, 1986; East German, 1989; the Malta Summit, 1989; Warsaw pact and NATO meeting, Ottawa, 1990; Bruno Kreisky, 1975; Mikhail Gotbachev's visit to London, December 1984; and the Reykjavik summit, 1986.