Correspondence with Samuel Langford (1863-1927), music critic, relating to Langford's employment as a music critic for the Manchester Guardian, with details of Langford's previous experience, and internal memoranda discussing the Langford's application. There is correspondence discussing the work to be performed by Langford, terms of employment and salary.
Also included is correspondence relating to the termination of Langford's salaried employment, owing to the restrictions of the First World War, accompanied by internal memoranda providing summaries of salary and payment for contributions on a piece by piece rate. There is further discussion of salary, and a request by Langford to again be provided with a salary, with reference to difficulties experienced during the war, and outlining work carried out for the paper. There is also discussion of a suggestion by Langford that coverage of music in London could be carried out by critics from Manchester, which is rejected. There is internal correspondence relating to the potential publication of a book of Langford's writings by Oxford University Press.
GDN/A/L8/18 is an obituary for Langford in The Sunday Times, 1927.
Correspondence between Leslie Langford, singing teacher and widow of Samuel Langford, and W.P. Crozier relating to discussion of a request by Leslie Langford for financial assistance to enable her daughter [Brenda Milner, neuropsychologist] to attend Newnham College, Cambridge, to which a contribution is agreed. Also included are related internal memoranda. There is also a letter of congratulation on the success achieved by Brenda in her final examinations.