Correspondence with Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856-1941), social activist and journalist, relating to the provision of a letter of accreditation for Nevinson to act as correspondent for the Manchester Guardian at the [second] peace conference at The Hague. There is a letter of recommendation for Nevinson from J[ohn] B[lack] Atkins, journalist.
There is discussion of a proposed visit to India by Nevinson, and potential subjects for articles to be sent from the visit, with reference to the termination of the arrangement, praise of the articles provided, and reference to which articles will be used, and to the sharing of Nevinson's articles with the Glasgow Herald and Daily Chronicle. There is also an offer by Nevinson of articles from a visit made to Albania to assist in rebuilding villages, which are accepted, with discussion of arrangements for their receipt. There is a letter of thanks from Nevinson for the potential offer of the post of London correspondent at the Manchester Guardian, and apologies that the letter containing the offer was not received for 5 months, owing to the lack of post in the region of Central Africa which he was visiting.
There is an offer of articles by Nevinson from a visit to Northern Ireland to coincide with Ulster day, which are accepted, with discussion of arrangements and the provision of letters of introduction for Nevinson from Scott. There is a letter of accreditation from Scott for Nevinson as a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian in Ireland, and in Bulgaria, with the Bulgarian army, with discussion of arrangements for the trip.
There are suggestions by Nevinson that he make a visit to the Balkans in order to send articles on the current situation to the Manchester Guardian, which is declined, and also for a visit to America to write an article on the Panama canal, which is taken under consideration. There is a letter of introduction from Scott for Nevinson to [Robert] Dell, journalist, and discussion of Nevinson's work as a war correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, and an injury sustained at the Dardenelles.
There is correspondence relating to arrangements for Nevinson to act as a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian at the Washington [naval] conference, 1921. There is also a request from Scott that Nevinson travel to the Ruhr to report on the current situation, with discussion of the present dangers, payment and expenses, which is accepted on a short term basis. There is an offer by Nevinson for the Manchester Guardian to share in the coverage of the presidential conventions he is providing for the Baltimore Sun, which is accepted, with discussion of the articles and telegrams to be provided.
There is a request by Nevinson for a letter of accreditation from the Manchester Guardian for a visit to Syria and Palestine, and discussion of arrangements for the proposed series of articles from the visit. There is an offer by Nevinson to act as a correspondent for the paper at the [Geneva] naval conference, 1927, which is accepted. There is also an offer of an article on The Case of Saccoand Vanzetti by Felix Frankfurter, which is accepted, and an offer to accompany [Ramsay MacDonald], prime minister on a proposed visit to [Herbert] Hoover, president, which is accepted, if the visit takes place. There is correspondence relating to the provision to Scott of a copy of England's Voice of Freedom: an anthology of liberty, edited by Nevinson, and praise of the book by Scott.
There is correspondence between Nevinson and E.T. Scott, relating to a request that Nevinson write a review of [The Life and Death of Roger Casement] by Dennis Gwynn. Also included is correspondence relating to a misunderstanding relating to a letter to the editor published in the Manchester Guardian on Arnold Bennett, writer, under Nevinson's name, which had been sent in by George Spence, a publicity agent, on behalf of the National Book Council. There is also an internal memorandum relating to payment for Nevinson for an article on the case of [Violet] Douglas-Pennant, air force officer.
There is an offer by Nevinson to act as a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian at the celebration of Goethe's centenary in Weimar, which is declined, owing to a lack of available funds. Also included is an expression of thanks for the tributes written by Nevinson about C.P. Scott. There is a letter from Nevinson to [Elizabeth?] Rivers, artist, apologising that a drawing of hers cannot be used as the frontispiece for his book [Films of Time?], and suggesting that she should instead send it to the Manchester Guardian for use with his obituary.
GDN/A/N12/2 is an internal employment history index card for Nevinson, 1902.
GDN/A/N12/1 is an article by Nevinson entitled 'The Plea of Pan' in the Manchester Guardian, 1901.
GDN/A/N12/44 is a letter to the editor [wrongly attributed to Nevinson] entitled 'Arnold Bennett, his Work on the National Book Council' in the Manchester Guardian, 1931.