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- 1957-1986 (Creation)
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Includes correspondence from and concerning Chris Brasher, sports editor and journalist for the Observer.
Other correspondents include: Tristan Jones, Fred Tomlinson, John Pringle, KP Obank, WH Smart, David Astor, Michael Davie, Peter Gibbings, Clifford Makins, Bagenal Harvey (Brasher's agent), Roger Harrison, Donald Trelford, Brian Nicholson, Jess Watts.
Subjects covered include: Brasher's terms and conditions of employment; matters concerning the sports pages including advertisements, space, and production issues; the NUJ and non-journalist sports writers; the racing correspondent; a Loch Ness monster project; the Singlehanded Transatlantic race; reporting from sporting events including the Tokyo Olympics; orienteering; a Mount Everest expedition; Brasher's work for the BBC; the London Marathon; 'The Runner' magazine; copy taking.
Also includes: invitation to Brasher's wedding; details of collection for his wedding present; Denys W Tucker's comments on Loch Ness story; 'The Runner' feasibility study by Watts.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
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Copyright: Mostly Guardian News & Media
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- Trelford; Donald Gilchrist (1937-2023); journalist, broadcaster, and editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Astor; Hon; Francis David Langhorne (1912-2001); editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Jones; Tristan (1913-1990); managing director of The Observer (Subject)
- Tomlinson; Frederick; journalist (Subject)
- Pringle; John Martin Douglas (1912-1999); journalist (Subject)
- Obank; Kenneth Pounds (1915-1991); managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Davie; Michael (1924-2005); journalist and writer (Subject)
- Gibbings; Sir; Peter Walter (1929-2021); chairman of the Guardian and Manchester Evening News plc (Subject)
- Harrison; Desmond Roger Wingate (1933-); managing director and chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Watts; Jess G; Observer employee (Subject)
- Makins; George Clifford Philip (-1990); journalist (Subject)
- Harvey; Bagenal; sports agent (Subject)
- Smart; William H; advertising director (Subject)
- Nicholson; Brian Thomas Graves (1930-); journalist and managing director of the Observer (Subject)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (1922-); broadcaster (Subject)
- Tucker; Denys W; Observer contributor (Subject)
- Brasher; Christopher William (1928-2003); sportsman and journalist (Subject)