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- 1950-1992 (Creation)
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1 file
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Includes correspondence from and concerning Harris.
Other correspondents include: David Astor; Fred Tomlinson; Tristan Jones; Donald Trelford; John Cole; Douglass Cater; Stanley Glazer; Roger Harrison; Bernard Donoughue; Swraj Paul; Geoffrey Lean; Russell Twisk; Anthony Howard; Lord Wiedenfeld; Anne Attlee.
Subjects covered include: Harris' terms and conditions at The Observer; his time as Washington correspondent including comments on Nora Beloff, Sebastian Haffner, and Alastair Buchan; The Observer's coverage of the Suez Crisis; Harris' role as Chief Interviewer, interviewing eminent persons; Lord Attlee; The Observer Mace debating competition and other Observer sponsored events; his appointment to The Observer board and board matters; Sir Robert Mayer; Observer books; Mary Soames; interviewing Ronald Reagan; the 1980 Astor-Goodman dinner; the Whitbread Essay Competition; Michael Sacher; Sir David Hunt; the Colour Magazine; Dean Rusk interviews; George McGhee's 'Envoy to the Middle World'; interviewing the Prince of Wales; the Metric Sense Campaign.
Also includes: paper on readers' views of The Observer, mid 1950s; memorandum of interview with Attlee by Harris; revisions by Harris of Observer hand-outs; Observer Foreign News Service pieces by Susan Donnell and Harris; transcript of interview with Governor [Jerry] Brown by Harris; copies of reviews of Harris' book on Attlee; copies of some of Harris' interviews with Prince Charles; documents on the Paddington-Heathrow rail link.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
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Some material closed to researchers in line with Data Protection Act
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Copyright: 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)
- Harris; David Kenneth (1919-2005); journalist, author and broadcaster (Subject)
- Beloff; Nora (1919-1997); political reporter (Subject)
- Tomlinson; Frederick; journalist (Subject)
- Haffner; Sebastian (1907-1999); journalist (Subject)
- Buchan; Hon; Alastair Francis (1918-1976); writer on strategic and international affairs (Subject)
- Jones; Tristan (1913-1990); managing director of The Observer (Subject)
- Attlee; Clement Richard (1883-1967); 1st Earl Attlee; politician (Subject)
- Cole; John Morrison (c1928-2013); journalist (Subject)
- Donnell; Susan; Observer Foreign News Service writer (Subject)
- Cater; Douglass (1923-1995); writer and educator (Subject)
- Soames; Lady; Mary (1922-); writer and daughter of Winston Churchill (Subject)
- Glazer; Stanley; design consultant (Subject)
- Reagan; Ronald (1911-2004); President of the United States (Subject)
- Harrison; Desmond Roger Wingate (1933-); managing director and chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Sacher; Michael Moses (1917-1986); businessman (Subject)
- Donoughue; Bernard (1934-); Baron Donoughue; journalist and economist (Subject)
- Paul; Swraj (1931-); Baron Paul; businessman (Subject)
- Hunt; Sir; David Wathen Stather (1913-1998); knight and diplomat (Subject)
- Lean; Geoffrey; journalist (Subject)
- Howard; Anthony Michell (1934-2010); journalist and broadcaster (Subject)
- Twisk; Russell Godfrey (1941-2013); radio critic, journalist (Subject)
- Rusk; Dean (1909-1994); US Secretary of State (Subject)
- Attlee; Anne Barbara; Countess Attlee; daughter-in-law of Clement Atlee (Subject)
- McGhee; George Crews (1912-2005); businessman and diplomat (Subject)
- Charles Philip Arthur George (1948-); His Majesty King Charles III (Subject)
- Weidenfeld; Arthur George (1919-); Baron Weidenfeld; journalist and publisher (Subject)
- Mayer; Sir; Robert (1879-1985); philanthropist and businessman (Subject)