Identity area
Reference code
OBS/1/2/1/1/1/12
Title
Bound volume: history book
Date(s)
- 1852-1972 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
1 bound volume, 1 loose poster
Context area
Archival history
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Scope and content
Bound volume containing loose records relating to The Observer newspaper and prominent figures in the history of the newspaper, covering the broad date range 1852-1972 and including the 175th birthday colour magazine, newspaper cuttings, photographs, historical notes and publications, family history research and correspondence. The material was collated by Tristan Jones [1970s]. Some pages have been removed.
Also includes: a loose poster promoting a 'Hot air balloon contest for The Observer Trophy'. Not dated.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Tristan Jones
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Place access points
Name access points
- Sassoon; Siegfried Loraine (1886-1967); poet (Subject)
- Beer; Frederick (1858-1901); owner of The Observer (Subject)
- Clement; William Innell (1780-1852); owner of The Observer (Subject)
- Jones; Tristan (1913-1990); managing director of The Observer (Subject)
- Beer; Rachel Sassoon (1858-1927); editor of The Observer and the Times (Subject)
- Garvin; Viola Gerard (1898-1969); literary editor (Subject)
- Dicey; Edward (1832-1911); editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Brown; Ivor John Carnegie (1891-1974); editor of the Observer (Subject)
- The Observer (1791-); Sunday newspaper (Subject)
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Status
Catalogued