Preface and Introduction of the book – Garvin of the Observer by D Ayerst. Including book contents i.e. books one to five.
P-JLG/A/001
Date: c1985
Extract details Garvin’s move to Gregories in 1921 and the frequent visitors who travelled to meet him from both political and society spheres
P-JLG/A/002
Date: c1985
Information about the purchase of Gregories and description of the property
P-JLG/A/003
Date: c1985
Photocopy of 2 short biographies about James Louis Garvin. Brief synopsis of his life.
P-JLG/A/004
Date: 1947-1985
Book regarding J L Garvin 1868-1947. He lived at Gregories, Beaconsfield between 1921 – 1947
P-JLG/B/001
Date: c1985
Brief life history from the time he moved to Gregories working on various newspapers from home until his death in January 1947.
P-JLG/N/001
Date: c1985
Photocopy of a short newspaper review by W.W.Hadley about the book J.L. Garvin A Memoir by Katherine Garvin his daughter. A personal account.
P-JLG/NC/001
Date: 1947-1985
Detailed life history including information about his work initially at the Daily Telegraph and later for William Waldorf Astor and his son at the Observer for (34years) He was fired in February 1942.
P-JLG/NC/002
Date: c1985
Article concerning J L Garvin including photographs. A review of Garvin of the Observer by David Ayerst.
P-JLG/NC/003
Date: 1985
Copy of photograph of James Louis Garvin and his wife Viola at the wedding of Reginald Davis and Doris Cross 1934, original photo with Mrs Doris Davis
P-JLG/R/001
Date: 1934
