Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1955]-2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Archival history
Donated by Jean Stead, October 2000, January 2001, October 2003 and August 2006.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, diaries, and papers kept by Jean Stead from her time at the Guardian.
Administrative/Biographical history: Jean Stead was born on 30 May 1926. She joined the Guardian as a permanent member of staff on 6 October 1963, serving as a reporter until November 1966 when she became deputy news editor to John Cole. In 1970 she became news editor and then assistant editor in 1974, a post held until 1978. From late 1978 to 1983 she was assistant editor, special features. In 1983 she became the Guardian's Scottish correspondent, reporting notably on the miners' strike, a post held until her retirement in 1988.
The miners' strike was the subject of her book 'Never the same again: women and the miners' strike' published in 1987.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into three sections: correspondence, diaries, and other material
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some access restrictions on diaries
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright: Various copyrights; diaries copyright of Jean Stead
Language of material
Script of material
Access Status
Open(part)
Closed until
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
'Never the same again: women and the miners' strike' in historical reference library (ref:HRL/61)
