Scope and Contents A file containing proposals for three articles, on the following topics: the British restaurant chain, Golden Egg; the Italian artist, Vincenzo Apicella; and pornography. There are also synopses/summaries for two cartoon strips: one relating to Robert Falcon Scott, proposed for the backpage of the publication, Eagle; and the other titled, The Fleet Family in Isle of Secrets. With the exception of one of the cartoon strips, the intended...

Scope and Contents A file containing material relating to an article published in the July 1974 issue of Nova, written by Roger Law, which looks at the American company, Jamaica Gas & Electric (JGE) Appliances, and its owners, Charlie and Jerry Rosenberg. The title of the article is, Jerry and Charlie Can Get You Most Things Wholesale, however, this piece is also referred to as 'What's Da Story, Jerry?' The contents of the file are: an audio cassette...

Scope and Contents A file containing a variety of material that relates to Roger Law's journalistic work with the magazine, Nova. These items include: an audio cassette that holds an interview recording with Mollie and John Lynch in Menorca, which is connected to an article, from an unidentified issue, about self-made businessmen; and early draft typescript versions of two articles. Also present is a copy of Andrew Duncan's article on the the President of the National Union of...

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A file containing photographic transparencies, along with a box of 36 35mm slides, which hold images of German architect, Arno Breker, taken during an interview conducted by Roger Law; along with images of Breker's work. There are also transparencies with images taken by other sources, at earlier dates. All these items are connected to Law's article on Breker, which was published in the 7 November 1971 issue of The Sunday Times Magazine (RL/Pre-/1034).

Scope and Contents A file containing photographic material relating to Swiss artist, Adolf Wolfli, which were used as part of an article by Roger Law and Celestine Dars on Wolfli and the Art Brut movement, titled, The Mind's Eye. There is also a letter addressed to Dars from the secretary of Compagnie de L'Art Brut, Genevieve Riberolles, which is accompanied by a photograph of Wolfli.The article was published in the 22 October 1972 issue of The Sunday...

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A file containing photographic transparencies that hold images of artwork produced by American artist, Maxfield Parrish. Some of these images were featured in an article on Parrish, written by Robert Melville, which was published in the 26 May 1974 issue of The Sunday Times Magazine. Roger Law undertook the research for this article (RL/Pre-/1045).

Scope and Contents An envelope containing a letter addressed to Roger Law and Sheila Robinette from Dorothy Tyler, dated 15 April 1972, which is accompanied by a black and white photograph of American artist, Edward Hopper, which was taken by Tyler in 1957, at the Huntington Hartford Foundation. This photograph was collected for an article on Hopper, written by Robert Melville, which featured in the 29 April 1973 issue of The Sunday Times Magazine. Law did the research for this...

Scope and Contents A file containing research material for an article on the Carnation Revolution, which saw the overthrow of the Estado Novo regime in Portugal on 25 April 1974, via a military coup; along with exposure on the tortures and murders committed on the opponents of the regime by its secret police. Items present include: photographic material; notes; copies of testimonies, in Portuguese, given by individuals tortured by the Estado Novo regime, along with English translations; and issue No. 1896 of...

Scope and Contents A file of black and white photographs, originally taken in 1919 at a social event in Deauville, France, which focus on the attire of the women in the images. These photographs were reference material for an article in The Sunday Times Magazine, published 6 April 1975, on the work of French fashion photographers: Jules, Louis and Henri Séeberger. Also present is a drawing of a woman in period attire, like those in the photographs. Roger Law did the research for this...

Scope and Contents A file containing research material for an article on American visual artist, Clarence Schmidt. Items include photocopies of newspaper cuttings, and a couple of pages of notes. There is also an audio cassette that contains a recording of an interview conducted by Roger law with Schmidt.Law conducted the interview and research for the article, which was written by Robert Melville, and it was published in the 23 February 1975 issue of The Sunday Times...

Scope and Contents A file containing a variety of material that relate to Roger Law's professional activities, while working for The Sunday Times and The Sunday Times Magazine, both as a freelancer in the early 1960s and as part of the editorial team from the late 1960s onwards. These items include: two reader tickets for the British Museum Library, dated 1963 and 1973, along with a reader ticket for Cambridge University Library, dated 1972; a piece of card...