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- 1966-1984 (Creation)
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1 file
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Includes correspondence from and concerning Sampson.
Other correspondents include: David Astor; Jeremy Hunt; KP Obank; Bill Millinship; Pat Ferguson; Donald Trelford; Pat Kavanagh; John Cole; Conor Cruise O'Brien; Trevor Grove; Anthony Howard; Kenneth [Harris].
Subjects covered include: Observer rights in and serialisation of Sampson's work; the six-day war; Sampson's coverage of US affairs including Watergate; oil production; The Observer Foreign News Service (Servob); trade unions; arms to South Africa.
Also includes: copy of the Sunday Times magazine (30 October 1979) including article by Sampson; two editions of the Sampson Letter (1984).
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
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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)
- Sampson; Anthony Terrell Seward (1926-2004); writer and journalist (Subject)
- Hunt; Jeremy; journalist and managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Obank; Kenneth Pounds (1915-1991); managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Millinship; William Henry George (1929-2010); journalist and managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Ferguson; Patrick; journalist (Subject)
- Kavanagh; Patricia; literary agent (Subject)
- Cole; John Morrison (c1928-2013); journalist (Subject)
- O'Brien; Conor Cruise (1917-2008); historian, politician, diplomat, journalist (Subject)
- Grove; Trevor Charles (1945-); journalist (Subject)
- Howard; Anthony Michell (1934-2010); journalist and broadcaster (Subject)
- Harris; David Kenneth (1919-2005); journalist, author and broadcaster (Subject)