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Papers of Booker plc

Catalogue reference: BP/1/2/1/1

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This record is a file about the Papers of Booker plc dating from 15 May 1969-18 June 1970.

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Reference
BP/1/2/1/1
Title
Papers of Booker plc
Date
15 May 1969-18 June 1970
Description

Includes:

Papers relating to Booker Prize judges, including selection/invitations: 15-18 Sep 1969 (fols. 1-2, 5, 11, 34-35); fees: 19 Dec 1969-12 Mar 1970, (fols. 33, 69, 74, 78); general correspondence: 24 Apr-8 May 1970, (fols. 109- 118)
Memo from JNM to CWT, JNWH, RDN - 'Booker Prize Allocation of Expenses', 29 May 1969 (fols. 3-4)
Papers relating to Booker Prize Publicity Committee, 12 Sep-12 Nov 1969 (fols. 6, 14-18)
Booker Prize Competition Rules, nd (fols. 7-10)
Correspondence relating to C K Patey/ British Steel Corp, and article mentioning Booker Prize in 'British Steel', 2 Oct-1 Dec 1969 (fols. 12, 21-23)
Papers relating to general/miscellaneous administrative matters, 21 Oct 1969-18 Jun 1970 (fols. 13, 19-20, 24, 38-39, 44-47, 58, 98-99, 101-103, 120-123, 126)
Minutes of meeting of the Publicity Committee and covering letter to John Murphy/Booker McConnell, 4-15 Dec 1969 (fols. 25-29)
Papers relating to Booker Prize publicity, including articles/interviews: 15 Dec 1969-3 Mar 1970 (fols.30-32, 36, 37, 40-41, 42-43, 49-51, 53, 55-57, 60-66, 70-73); promotional materials: 2 Feb -11 May 1970 (fols. 59, 90-91,124-125; statistics: 1970 (fol. 119)
Papers relating to the Booker Prize trophy, including design/production : 13 Jan -24 Feb 1970 (fols. 48, 52, 54, 67-68)
Correspondence and papers relating to invitations to award ceremony, 18 Mar-21 Apr (fols. 75-77, 79-89, 92-97, 100, 104-108)

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically

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Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections
Former department reference
BP/BK 2
Physical description
1 file
Access conditions

Permission from the donor required to view some confidential material (material relating to professional tax advice). All users external to the University are required to register before using the collections. Collections must be viewed in the Special Collections Reading Room and users must abide by the Reading Room regulations.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/65a89ca4-9e33-4043-a4e8-e53898c4e700/

Series information

BP/1

Booker Prize papers

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Papers of Booker plc