File 1 - Argus Press publications & staff communications

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WHA/1

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Argus Press publications & staff communications

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  • c1936-c1943 (Creation)

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1 file

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Material produced by the Argus Press, printers of the Observer, and collected by William Harman during his time as an Argus Press employee. Includes:

  • Two index cards featuring guests at unspecified event c1936-37
  • a leaflet containing a menu, agenda and guest list for the Argus Press Composing Ship Annual Dinner held on 14 April 1938
  • Five editions of the Argus Letter, a newsletter for Argus staff serving in the military. Editions are dated May 1942, July 1942, February 1943, March 1943 and an undated incomplete copy. Several newsletters include references to developments at the Observer. The undated edition features an article by the Observer's Ivor Brown. The March 1943 edition features a letter by Harman.
  • a leaflet containing a menu, agenda and guest list for the Argus Press Composing Chapel Dinner held on 6 April 1950
  • a promotional brochure for the Argus Press Ltd featuring images of various departments, nd.

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      Oral history of William Harman: OHP/029

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