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- 1962-1972 (Creation)
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1 file
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File of correspondence relating to the employment of staff members and contributors to The Observer, with a surname beginning with B. Primary correspondents include KP Obank and Peter Gibbings.
Staff and contributors involved include: Caroline Baker; Jeremy Banks; Frank Barber; DStP Barnard; William Belcher (illustrator); John Berger; Humphrey Berkeley; Ian Berry (photographer); Drusilla Beyfus; John Birks; Godfrey Blakeley; Tom Blau (photographer); Myrna Blumberg; Walter Bor; Arthur Bourne; Samuel Brittan; Denis Brogan; Tony Brooks; Bob Brooks; Ronald Bryden.
Other correspondents include: Desmond Goch; David Astor; Donald Trelford; Colin Legum; John Thompson; John Steel; Bryn Campbell; Roger Harrison.
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Material concerning financial and personal affairs of living individuals closed.
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- Goch; Desmond; Observer employee (Subject)
- Gibbings; Sir; Peter Walter (1929-2021); chairman of the Guardian and Manchester Evening News plc (Subject)
- Obank; Kenneth Pounds (1915-1991); managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Berger; John (1926-2017); author and art critic (Subject)
- Beyfus; Drusilla Norman (1927-2026); journalist (Subject)
- Baker; Caroline Christian (1943-); journalist (Subject)
- Brittan; Sir; Samuel (1933-2020); journalist (Subject)
- Brogan; Sir; Denis William (1900-1974); author and historian (Subject)
- Bor; Walter (1916-2000); town planner and architect (Subject)
- Brooks; Charles Anthony Standish (1932-); motor racer (Subject)
- Banks; Jeremy (fl.1960-1965); journalist (Subject)
- Barber; Frank Douglas (1917–1999); journalist (Subject)
- Barnard; Douglas St Paul (1924-1994); journalist and puzzle writer (Subject)
- Belcher; William (1923-); cartoonist, designer, illustrator, journalist and painter (Subject)
- Berkeley; Humphry John (1926-1994); poltician and author (Subject)
- Berry; Ian (1934-); photographer (Subject)
- Birks; John (fl.1964); journalist (Subject)
- Blakeley; Godfrey (fl.1964); journalist (Subject)
- Blumberg; Myrna ([1932-]); journalist (Subject)
- Bourne; Arthur (fl.1964); journalist (Subject)
- Brooks; Robert; photographer (Subject)
- Bryden; Ronald (1927-2004); theatre critic (Subject)
- Astor; Hon; Francis David Langhorne (1912-2001); editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Trelford; Donald Gilchrist (1937-2023); journalist, broadcaster, and editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Legum; Colin (1919-2003); journalist (Subject)
- Thompson; John Brian (1928-2017); journalist (Subject)
- Steel; John CK; company secretary of the Observer Ltd (Subject)
- Campbell; Bryn ([1933-]); photographer and Observer picture editor (Subject)
- Harrison; Desmond Roger Wingate (1933-); managing director and chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Blau; Tom (1912-1984); photographer (Subject)