Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1997-2002 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
24 items
Context area
Archival history
Collected as part of a project by the Guardian and the Observer to gather material for the archive.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Memoirs written by former members of staff to record the memories of those who have worked for either the Guardian or the Observer.
Staff include Guardian photographer Robert Smithies, award-winning Observer food writer Paul Levy and Betty Jerman, who wrote a Guardian fashion column under the name Clair Wilson in the 1950s.
Topics covered include their interviews to join the papers, the effect of the advancement in technology on newspapers and the coverage of foreign affairs with memoirs from Northern Ireland correspondent Hugo Davenport and foreign correspondent Hella Pick.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited
Accruals
System of arrangement
Alphabetical by author
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some parts of the collection remain closed where the author has requested
Conditions governing reproduction
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
Oral history recordings with Guardian and Observer staff - ref. OHP
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher (Subject)
- The Guardian (1821-); newspaper (Subject)
- The Observer (1791-); Sunday newspaper (Subject)