Correspondence between R. Newton Davies, journalist, and W.P. Crozier and A. P Wadsworth, relating to the employment of Davies as a sub-editor at the Manchester Guardian, with reference to previous experience, salary, and proposed duration of employment. Also included are internal memoranda discussing the subject.
There is correspondence relating to Davies retirement owing to ill health, with discussion of Davies health, and a letter from C.W. Fort, Davies' physician.