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OBS/6/2/1/1/1/5 · File · 1981
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Geoffrey Lean's general correspondence with individuals and organisations, 1981.

Correspondents include: children's Hospital Medical Centre, Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Friends of the Earth, Green Alliance, Malcolm MacEwen, Marine Action Centre, Norman Myers, National Water Council, Royal Commonwealth Society, Socialist Environment and Resources Association, Swanage Railway, Treasury Solicitor*, United Kingdom Committee for the United Nations children's Fund, United Nations and Observer readers.

Subjects include: invitations to events, travel information, requests for meetings, suggestions for articles, a potential article by Prince Charles, Brixton riots*, discussions on published articles (covering Friends of the Earth, Brandt Report, fish farm threat to birds, lead pollution, 'superloos').
Creator: The Observer Limited; Geoffrey Lean

OBS/6/2/1/1/1/6 · File · 1982
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Geoffrey Lean's general correspondence with individuals and organisations, 1982.

Correspondents include: Anti Nuclear Campaign, Asahi Shimbun, British Transport Docks Board, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, British Wildlife Society, Wilderplors, Brunei Shell Petroleum Company, children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Christian Aid, CI Insect Control Ltd, Campaign for Lead Free Air, Conservation Foundation, Conservation Society Ltd, Council for Education in World Citizenship, Council for Environmental Conservation, Department of the Environment (via Tom King), Development Journalists Group, Earths Survival, Elm Farm Research Centre, Friends of the Earth, General and Municipal Workers Union, Charles L Goodacre, Grade Publicity Ltd, Gwynne Hart and Associates Limited, Habitat Scotland, Health and Safety Executive, House of Commons (via Simon May), Imperial College of Science and Technology, Institute of Development Studies, Marine Action Centre, Malcolm MacEwen, National Council on Inland Transport, National Playing Fields Association, New Internationalist Publications Ltd, New Scientist, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Overseas Development Institute, PLENTY, Pluto Press Ltd, Queens University Belfast, Royal Commonwealth Society, Royal Society for Nature Conservation, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Staffordshire County Council, Les Stocker, Survival International, Peter Tarrant and Associates Ltd. UNICEF, United Nations Association, United Nations Environment Programme, War on Want and World Development Movement.

Subjects include: suggestions for articles, invitations for conferences, events and meetings, press releases, environmental publications, travel arrangements, requests for information on environmental organisations and journalism, discussions on published articles (covering industrial injuries, agricultural chemicals, nitrate pollution, whale crisis, opencast mining, lead in petrol, lead in tap water, acid rain, pollution in the Mediterranean, asbestos, culling of gulls, can recycling, rainforests) and a reworked article*.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Geoffrey Lean

OBS/6/2/1/1/1/7 · File · 1983
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Geoffrey Lean's general correspondence with individuals and organisations, 1983.

Correspondents include: Association for the Conservation of Energy, Association of District Councils, British Road Federation, Capital Development Authority Islamabad, Central Electriciy Generating Board Nuclear Information Centre, Centre for Environmental Technology Imperial College, Centre for World Development Education, Campaign for Lead-free Air, Commission of the European Committee (Environment), Conservation Foundation, Conservation Society, Conservative Party International Office, Department of the Environment and Department of Transport, Earthscan, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, European Parliament, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Green Drum, Health and Safety Executive, House of Commons (via Gerald Kaufman), International Association for the Childs Right to Play, International Broadcasting Trust, International Council for Bird Preservation, International Institute for Environment and Development, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, National Trust for Scotland, New Internationalist, Putnik, Royal Commonwealth Society, Stop Acid, Rain, Gordon Strachan, Trent Polytechnic, TV-AM (Via Charlie Leadbeater), Twelve Islands, United Nations Association, University of Newcaster Upon Tyne (via Bruce Denness), University of Oxford, Water Research Centre, Watson Little Ltd, Wildlife Link, World Food Programme, World Wilderness Congress, World Wildlife Fund..

Subjects include: suggestions for articles, travel arrangements, discussions of environmental conferences, requests for information on environmental issues and organisations, press notices, summary of speeches, invitations to conferences, meetings and events, nomination for awards, expressions of appreciation, discussions on published articles (covering acid rain, nitrates, lead pollution, industrial deafness, Sizewell, Windscale, radioactive waste, English oak, pesticides, Brandt report, Himalayas, asbestos, hedgerows, industrial injury, famine in Africa).

Also includes: Seanad Eireann NUI panel 1983 campaign leaflet for Fergus O'Gorman and a request for Broadcast magazine.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Geoffrey Lean

OBS/6/2/1/1/1/8 · File · 1984
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Geoffrey Lean's general correspondence with individuals and organisations, 1984.

Correspondents include: Agri Energy Roundtable Inc, Ashgrove Press, Association of Croydon Conservation Societies, David Attenborough, Barrow and District Action Group, Berkshire Buckingham and Oxfordshire Natrualists Trust, House of Commons (via Richard Body), British Naturalists Assocation, National Trust Lake District Landscape Fund, Channel 4, Central Electricity Generating Board Nuclear Information Centre, Centre for World Development Education, Chemical Industries Association Limited, Commission of the European Communities, Countryside Commission, Council for the Protection of Rural England, Council for National Parks, Country Landowners Association, Curtis Brown, Department of the Environment, Development Commission, Earthscan, Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union, Charles Elliot, Esso Petroleum Company Ltd, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Gaia, Green Alliance, Habitat Scotland, House of Commons (via Nigel Forman and Richard Body), Institute for International Studies, ICI PLC, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Satish Kumar, Losehill Hall, International Institute for Environment and Development, Norman Myers, National Trust Lake District Landscape Fund, Overseas Development Institute, Peak District National Park, Pergamon Press, Royal Society, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sizewell B Information Service, Shropshire Trust for Nature Conservation, St Johns Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Thames Water, Town and Country Planning Association, Transport 2000, Unicef, United Nations Development Programme, University of Durham (via David Bellamy), Wastesaver, World Butterflies Ltd, World Wildlife Fund and Wye College.

Subjects include: responses to the 'Save our Countryside' Observer campaign, suggestions for articles, draft speeches on environmental issues, invitations to meetings, events and conferences, published conservation and environmental booklets and papers, invitation to interview for board position, press releases, discussions and responses to published articles (covering butterflies, radioactive contamination, nuclear power, Windscale, farming, nitrates in water), travel authorisations and expenses for overseas reporting, synopses of works by environmentalists.

Also includes: memos (including articles), invitation to press seminar in Sao Paulo, cutting on 'Which Species is Endangered' (publication unknown, Sept 1981), leaflet on the MacArthur Fellows Program, Sapling Publishing contents description and three Illustrated London News Picture Library negatives.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Geoffrey Lean

OBS/6/2/1/1/1/9 · File · 1985
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Geoffrey Lean's general correspondence with individuals and organisations, 1985.

Correspondents include: Ashgrove Press, Association of Croydon Conservation Societies, BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Wildlife, Kenneth Baker, Barbican Centre, Council for the Protection of Rural England, Bioscan UK Ltd, British Wildlife Appeal, Chronicle and Echo, Curtis Brown, Buckingham Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, Centre for Science and Environment, CBI Company and Environmental Affairs (via R R Martindale), Commonwealth Human Ecology Council, Concern, Centre of Environmental Technology, Council for National Parks, Council for the Protection of Rural England, Countryside Commission, Countryside Commission for Scotland, Country Landowners Association, Beer Davies, Commonwealth Human Ecology Council, Dartington Institute, De La Rue Company, Department of Environment, Disasters Emergency Committee, Environmental Data Services Ltd, Franklyn Public Relations Ltd, Friends of the Earth, Gaia, Graigian Society, Greater London Council, Harwell Environmental and Medical Sciences Division, Herbert Press Ltd, Henry Doubleday Research Association, House of Commons (via Chris Smith and Barry Sheerman), India Express Newspapers Bombay Pvt Ltd, Institute of Child Health University of London (via GJ Ebrahim), Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, International Fund For Animal Welfare, International Institute for Environment and Development, ND Jayal, Brian Johnson, London Centre for International Peacebuilding, London Weekend Television, MacArthur Fellows Programme, Museum of London, Norman Myers, National Farmers Union, National Portrait Gallery, National Trust Lake District Landscape Fund, Northern Heritage Development Fund, WW Norton and Company Ltd, Norway Press News, Open University, Oxfam, Peak District National Park, Queen Elizabeth House, Greta Rana, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, Royal Society of Chemistry, Sapling Publishing Company Ltd, Royal Society for Nature Conservation, Stop Acid Rain, Swedish Forestry Industry Information, Taunton Think Tank Ltd, Templeton College, TVS Television Centre, Thames Television Ltd, Town and Country Planning Association, Transport 2000, Transport and General Workers Union, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Assocation, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, University of Durham (via Brendan Quayle), University of Oxford, Van Nostrand Reinhold UK, Voluntary Service Overseas, World Commission on Environment and Development, World Development Movement, World Health Organisation, World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund.

Subjects include: suggestions for articles and books, discussions on editorial impartiality, published articles on environmental campaigns and issues, letters on local environmental issues, BBC Wildlife nature writing competition information, press releases, invitation to conferences, events and meetings, requests for references, information on environmental organisations, memberships subscriptions, news release on Battersea Pagoda and Billingsgate excavation, discussions and responses to published articles (covering 'Save Our Countryside' Observer Campaign, fluoridation, Bhutan, farming, onshore oil, Sizewell, acid rain, nuclear waste, sulphates, pesticides, Mali, Sahel famine, overseas aid).
Creator: The Observer Limited; Geoffrey Lean

OBS/6/2/1/1/1/10 · File · 1986
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Geoffrey Lean's general correspondence with individuals and organisations, 1986.

Correspondents include: Central Independent Television and London Landscape Consortium Ltd.

Subjects include: discussion on potential television film on acid rain, picture use, internal memos*, suggestions for articles, information on local environmental issues, discussion of published article (covering forestry tax dodge) and a security report**
Creator: The Observer Limited; Geoffrey Lean

OBS/6/2/1/1/1/11 · File · 1987
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Geoffrey Lean's general correspondence with individuals and organisations, 1987.

Correspondents include: Joan Davidson, Friends of the Earth (via Jonathon Porritt), Turkish Delight Holidays.

Subjects include: suggestion for an article on recycling, responses to invitations and memos.

Also includes: invitation to press briefing for Four Corners World Bike Ride, pamphlet for Chemical Pollution European Initiatives 1987-1992 Conference at the Palais des Congres Brussels (26 Mar 1987), information on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Jan-Feb 1987), telephone messages*.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Geoffrey Lean

OBS/6/2/1/1/1/12 · File · 1988
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Geoffrey Lean's general correspondence with individuals and organisations, 1988.

Correspondents include: Shillinglee Park Preservation Society.

Subjects include: suggestion for article concerning a planning applicatyion for buildings ovverlooking Shillinglee Park.

Also includes: a newspaper cutting on 'Interaction Between Land and Sea'' (publication unknown, marked 19 Nov 1986).
Creator: The Observer Limited; Geoffrey Lean

Correspondence JA-JE
OBS/1/2/2/3/1/46 · File · 1965-1986
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Correspondence of Tristan Jones and Roger Harrison and various individuals and organisations.

Includes correspondence with or about: Jackson Biolers Limited, 1971; Stanley Jackson, regarding serialisations, 1967; Sir Robert Rhodes James, 1965-1983; Conrad Jameson Associates, marketing research, 1968-1970; Japan, 1971-1986; Jerusalem exhibition, 1971-1973; subscription to Jeaune Afrique, 1969-1980; Jewish Chronicle, 1971-1983.

Also contains correspondence relating to the following staff: Ian Jack; Charles Jackson; Colin Jacobson; Harriett Jagger; Clive James; Diane James; Robert Rhodes James; Carol Jeayes; Alan Jeffreys; Roy Jenkins; Leslie Jessup.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Correspondence JL-JY
OBS/1/2/2/3/1/47 · File · 1954-1985
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Correspondence of Tristan Jones and Roger Harrison and various individuals and organisations.

Includes correspondence with or about: the art work of Augustus John, 1974; Ben Johnson Company Limited, printers, 1981-1984; Jones Lang Wootton, chartered surveyors, 1970-1982; Mervyn Jones, Wales Committee, European Architectural Heritage Year, 1975; Tom Jones, 1972; Jordan and Sons Limited, printers, 1954; Michael Joseph Limited, publishers, 1983; Journal of Commerce, New York, 1985; Gerald Judd Sales Limited, paper suppliers, 1974.

Also contains correspondence relating to the following staff: Liz Jobey; Miss J Johnson; Laurence Johnson; Roy Johnston; Alan Johnstone; Colin Jones; David Jones; Ted Jones; Mary Jones; John Jordan; Nicola Jordan; John Joyner; Judith Judd.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison