Collection of press books, letters and memorabilia relating ot the work of film and television publicist David Dawson, 1963-1980.

David Dawson's career began in journalism; he wrote for the Daily Mail and Daily Express before becoming public relations officer for Tyne Tees Television. After four years there, he joined Rank Film Distributors in Wardour Street (then the world's largest entertainment corporation) and was responsible for post-production publicity on Rank's feature films made at Pinewood Studios as well as the UK releases from Universal and 20th Century Fox. He personally handled visits to England of Alfred Hitchcock, (Frenzy) Charlton Heston (Anthony and Cleopatra), Ernest Borgnine (The Poseidon Adventure) and Peter Fonda , as well as the UK tour of Kurt Vonnegut promoting Slaughterhouse Five.