Correspondence with E.R. Seccombe

  • Reference
    • GB 133 GDN/A/S26
  • Dates of Creation
    • 8 Jan 1924-25 May 1925
  • Physical Description
    • 3 pieces

Scope and Content

Correspondence with E.R. Seccombe, civil servant in Romania, relating to a lack of a vacancy for a foreign correspondent at the Manchester Guardian [following an enquiry by Seccombe regarding employment by the paper], and an enquiry by Scott as to whether Seccombe might write occasional articles for the paper. Also included is an offer by Seccombe of material on the Hutzuls in the Ukraine, and of a diary of an [unnamed] Ukrainian art historian, giving an account of his experiences [during the First World War] for publication in the paper, which are declined.