Correspondence with Kate Evelyn Isitt (1876-1948), journalist and writer, relating to an application by Isitt for employment at the Manchester Guardian, with details of previous experience and the provision of specimens of work. Also included are internal memoranda discussing Isitt, the standard of her work, and potential employment in the London office of the paper. There is correspondence relating to a period of absence from work for Isitt owing to a small operation, with internal correspondence relating to discussion of a letter from Isitt's doctor, and the need to wait on the outcome of the period of absence [to assess Isitt's recovery].
There is a letter from [uknown?] Lincoln, relating to discussion of criticisms of Isitt's article on [the poll on national prohibition in] New Zealand, published in the Manchester Guardian.