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- 1965-1986 (Creation)
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General file regarding the British Printing Corporation (BPC).
Contains correspondence, reports and memorandum concerning: questionnaires; statements to shareholders; BPC annual reports; profit announcements; social occasions; agreements between the Observer and the corporation; quality issues with printing and typesetting; Purnell and Sons, publishers; news cuttings regarding Robert Maxwell; complaints; trading forecasts; cost reports; advertisements; production of the Observer Magazine; the installation of an Add-a-Card machine for printing advertisements; technical meetings.
Also contains the minutes, agendas and papers discussed for meetings of representatives of the Observer Limited and the BPC.
Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Robert Maxwell; John Littlejohns; Tristan Jones; John Pollock; JM Pickard.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison
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- Harrison; Desmond Roger Wingate (1933-); managing director and chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Maxwell; Ian Robert (1923-1991); media proprietor (Subject)
- Maxwell Communications Corporation (1987-[1991]); media proprietors (Subject)
- Littlejohns; John; Financial director (Subject)
- Jones; Tristan (1913-1990); managing director of The Observer (Subject)