Correspondence with Robert Kemp (1908-1967), playwright and journalist, relating to a request by Kemp to be considered for employment at the Manchester Guardian, with details of previous experience, the provision of samples of work, and arrangements for a trial for Kemp on the reporting staff, with discussion of salary, and accompanied by related internal memoranda. There is also correspondence relating to requests for increases in salary, which are granted, and reference to an application by Kemp for a vacancy in the London office of the Manchester Guardian, which is not successful.
There is correspondence relating to Kemp's resignation of his post in order to take up the position of public relations officer for Scotland at the BBC. There is a request for a reference for Kemp from William St. John Pym, director of staff administration at the BBC.
GDN/A/K11/27 and 29 are articles on Kemp's appointment at the BBC in Scotland in World's Press News and Newspaper World, 1937.