Sub-sub-fonds 8 - Publications and publicity

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OBS/6/1/1/2/8

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Publications and publicity

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  • 1950-1993 (Creation)

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Publications from a varierty of sources relating to the activities of the Observer.

Includes article by Donald Trelford on Lord Beaverbrook in The Listener. Pamphlets entitled 'The Open Secret'. Booklets issues by the National Board for Prices and Incomes relating to the press. 'Libel in Practice' by The Newspapers' Mutual Insurance Society. 'Newspaper Personnel and Data' issued by World's Press News Publishing. 'A short history of the Guild of British Newspaper Editors'. '100 years of Fleet Street' by the Press Club. The Observer Masada Exhibition. The Royal Western and Observer Singlehanded transatlantic race, 1976, catalogue.

Observer publications including special 10,000th edition magazine, Ronald Reagan interview with Kenneth Harris, 'The Great Debate: Britain's Bomb', International Observer 'Ireland: The Chances for Peace', 'The Queen: an Observer profile', 175th birthday issue, reproduction of informal speeches made in 1976, reproduction of the first edition of the paper, Observer Foreign News Service booklet, and marketing posters relating a number of editorial staff including Anthony Holden, Adam Raphael, Katharine Whitehorn, and Conor Cruise O'Brien.

Also includes news releases from Lonrho.

Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford

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