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- 1934-1986 (Creation)
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General file relating to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Contains correspondence, memorandum and reports concerning: printing and advancements in technology; social occasions; joint printing arrangements; meetings between Observer and Telegraph representatives; the Newsprint Committee; printing supplies; ownership of the Telegraph; relations with the trade unions; requests for charitable donations; advertising the Observer in the Daily Telegraph; the Telegraph magazine; colour printing rates; wholesalers; colour supplements; classified advertisements; balance sheets; the launch of the Sunday Telegraph; The Times; Viola Garvin and the papers of JL Garvin; editorial notices; Eve Maxwell-Lyte; official bans on the newspaper.
Also contains facsimile copies of the first edition of the Daily Telegraph.
Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Tristan Jones; John E Berridge; The Daily Telegraph; GP Simon.
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)
- Jones; Tristan (1913-1990); managing director of The Observer (Subject)
- Berridge; John E (fl.1953); general manager (Subject)
- Daily Telegraph (1855-); newspaper (Subject)
- Sunday Telegraph (1961-); newspaper (Subject)
- Garvin; Viola Gerard (1898-1969); literary editor (Subject)