Correspondence with G. Bassett Digby

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 GDN/A/D34
  • Dates of Creation
    • 13 Apr 1909-7 Nov 1926
  • Physical Description
    • 5 pieces

Scope and Content

Correspondence with George Bassett Digby, traveller and journalist, relating to an offer by Bassett Digby of an article and photographs on the marriage market festival at Ecausinnes in Belgium for publication in the Manchester Guardian. Also included is correspondence relating to Scott's interest in an article ['A Quest for Dragons'] written by Bassett Digby on the giant lizards found on a remote island in the East Indies, with a request for the provision of more information and photographs. There is also discussion of the variety of material required for the back page of the Manchester Guardian.

GDN/A/D34/2 is an internal employment history index card for Bassett Digby, 1922.

GDN/A/D34/4 is an article by Bassett Digby entitled 'A Quest For Dragons' in the Manchester Guardian, 1926.