| Description | Correspondence primarily regarding Petrie Bowen Wells, president of the Guild of Students, Exeter, taking a course in Political History and Government during the summer at Cornell, while working and studying at Cornell's Student Union. Correspondence between Leonard Elmhirst and: Petrie Bowen Wells; E Whiting, Willard Straight Hall; Sir W Holford, architect; E M Johnson, Chancellor, Telluride House; Sir K Murray; University Grants Committee; Dr J Cook, Vice-Chancellor; P Farrell, chairman of the Devonshire House; L Bostock, University Refectory; Professor J Summerskill, Cornell University; B Weller; C Woodhouse and K Benton, foreign office; and D Scott, B P. Subjects include: finance; appointments; accommodation; developments in Student Unions and University Houses; the Devonshire House and student amenities including a 'Memorandum to the University Grants Committee from the Guild of Students; and The Harkness Fellowships of the Commonwealth Fund-New York, including referee information sheet. |