Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- [1955]-2000 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 box
Zone du contexte
Histoire archivistique
Donated by Jean Stead, October 2000, January 2001, October 2003 and August 2006.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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.
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Arranged into three sections: correspondence, diaries, and other material
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Some access restrictions on diaries
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright: Various copyrights; diaries copyright of Jean Stead
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Access Status
Open(part)
Closed until
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
'Never the same again: women and the miners' strike' in historical reference library (ref:HRL/61)
