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Contains the following sets of black and white negatives by Jane Bown relating to accidents and disasters:

Overturned crane on London Bridge - 19 April 1969 (2 sets)
Aberfan - 17 November 1991 (5 sets)
Aberfan - 4 August 1967 (2 sets)
Selbourne - Tree - 27 January 1990
Disasters - Lewisham Fire - 6 March 1981
Fire at Charing Cross Road - 16 August 1980 (2 sets)

Includes; Torrey Canyon disaster, Cornwall, 1967 (2 vintage, 1 mounted on card) (oversize)

Cash book containing quarterly accounts showing income and expenditure of the MGEN Society. Includes breakdown of contributions from different departments within MGEN Ltd. After December 1941 the accounts relate to the Joint TA Chapels' sickness and benefit fund, and later to the company's own fund.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Manchester Guardian and Evening News Society

A description of Anthony Smith's first impressions of the newsroom, his job interview with an editor, and his choatic first assignment to Aberdeen to report on blown down trees, all in 1953.

Administrative/Biographical history: Anthony Smith worked as a reporter for the Manchester Guardian from 1953 to 1957.

Account of Robert Kemp's time at the Manchester Guardian, written by his son Arnold Kemp, who himself worked for the Observer from 1999 to 2002 as foreign news editor.

Born in 1908 and studied at Aberdeen University. Worked as a reporter for the Manchester Guardian between 1929 and 1937. The last man to be appointed by CP Scott. Describes friendship with future novelist Howard Spring, also at the paper. Married in 1932. Describes how newsroom still wrote everything by hand and culture of long lunchtimes in the pub. Gravitated towards theatrical criticism. Left the paper in 1937 and went to the BBC.

Administrative/Biographical history: Robert Kemp worked as reporter for the Manchester Guardian from 1929-1937.

Envelope titled 'Chief Accountant , 1954-1969' containing correspondence with, and papers from Cooper Brothers and Co, accountants, as well as Kenneth Searle, Horace Milner and others.

Subjects discussed include the appointment of staff and salaries; staff expenses and the allocation of company credit cards; the purchase of tax revenue certificates; Branch Office Audits; advertising statistics; 'Report on the Proposal to Use a 555 Plugged Programme Computer in Conjunction with Existing ICT Equipment'; paying wages by cheque and newsletters of The Advertising Association (May and July 1966).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Contains correspondence relating to the preparation of the Observer budgets for 1979 and 1980. Includes consolidated and detailed budget summaries for 1979; a set of figures showing staff and contributors lineage costs for April - September 1978; information about individual staff salaries and memorandums relating to: capital expenditure, the costs of extra pagination, the finalised 1979 budget, actual 1979 spending against the budget and plans to put William Millinship in charge of the Magazine budget for 1980.

Primary correspondents include Roger Harrison, William Millinship, Ron Holmes, Alan J Snow, KP Obank and Donald Trelford.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Contains correspondence relating to the preparation of the Observer budget for 1981. Includes memorandums relating to: capital expenditure, budget cuts needed in 1981 and the potential impact of these, and savings to be made by moving magazine copying in-house. Also information about individual staff salaries; lists of budget codes for Observer cost centres; William Millinship's comments on the projected editorial budget (November 1980); three annotated copies of the budget released on 1 December 1980; figures showing projected newspaper profitability dated January 1981 and correspondence relating to budget statements for April 1981.

Primary correspondents include: Donald Trelford, Roger Harrison, William Millinship, John Nuttall-Smith and Ray Breden.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

File 1:
Contains correspondence and reports relating to the formulation and review of the 1983/4 Observer budget. Includes: memorandums relating to departmental overspending and re-forecasting including a draft proposal for production economies (April 1984); monthly and year end marketing promotional budget statements; financial projection for the year ending 30 September 1984; annotated draft Observer budgets for 1983/4 from September and August1983; Management Committee Review Meeting papers (July 1983); budget review task list with initials of responsible individuals (July 1983); bound, annotated copy of the advertisement department revenue budget for 1983/4; profit and loss accounts for the financial year 1983/4 and a report on financial results for the year ending 30 September 1984.

Primary Correspondents include: Jennie Beck, Brian S Blelloch, David Bishop, William Millinship and Roger Harrison.

File 2:
Includes: Memorandums relating to the formulation of the the Observer budget for 1983/1984, including comments on the potential profitability of a paper for young readers; budget schedules and summaries, circulation figures and other papers for discussion at budget review meetings and a bound copy of the 1983/4 budget submitted to the Board on 6 September 1983. This file includes information relating to individuals' salaries.

Primary Correspondents include: David Bishop and Roger Harrison.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison