Correspondence with Helen Zimmern (1846-1934), translator and author, relating to payment for an article by Zimmern on Genoa published in the Manchester Guardian, with discussion of the potential provision of additional travel articles. Also included is an offer of an article by Zimmern on the [International Institute of Agriculture, which is accepted].
There is private correspondence discussing the censorship of the press in Italy. Also included are suggestions made by Zimmern for potential Italian correspondents for the paper, including Aldo Sorani, writer, and provision of an article by Sorani on the [7th] Franciscan centenary year, which is declined, but with an offer that Sorani write articles for the back pages of the Manchester Guardian. There is a letter from Zimmern, Sorani and William A. Sim, with congratulations and good wishes on Scott's 80th birthday.
There is discussion of letters to the editor by Luigi Villari, historian and diplomat, published in the Manchester Guardian relating to the position of Guglielmo Ferrero, historian and writer, which Zimmern states contains inaccurate and falsified information, with reference to difficulties encountered by Ferrero with the authorities in Italy. Also included is a request from Zimmern for copies of letters published in the Manchester Guardian by Rabindranath Tagore, poet and educationist, which refute claims made in Mother India by Katherine Mayo on their views on child marriage, which is granted. There is a letter from Zimmern regarding attempts made by women who have been refused passports to leave Italy over the Alps, an excerpt of which is published in the paper.
GDN/A/Z3/3 is an article by Zimmern entitled 'The Green International' in the Manchester Guardian, 1911.
GDN/A/Z3/17 is an article by Zimmern entitled 'Refugees From Italy; The Crossing of the Alps' in the Manchester Guardian, 1930.