| Description | Correspondence, press cuttings, and booklets of and about John Maynard Keynes including 25 typed letters signed by Keynes. Letters in 1933 discuss publication costs of The New Republic and The Nation. Letters in 1934 discuss Staverton Builders and the St James Priory Estate, Exeter. Letters in 1935 discuss Walter Gropius and the Arts Theatre at Cambridge, and the Ballets Jooss. Letters also mention Michael Straight. A letter in 1937 discusses President Roosevelt's economic policies and the need for concessions to prevent panic in the business world. 1938 letters mention the Ballets Jooss, Keyne's health; agricultural interests; PEP; The New Republic and The New Statesman. 1939 letters discuss Anglo-American diplomacy at the onset of World War II, mentioning Waley and the Ballets Jooss. A letter from Keynes attaches his "Notes for the President" marked strictly private which he proposes to forward if approved to Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, proposing a system of intergovermental credit to circumvent American Neutrality Acts (2 Nov 1939). Correspondence in 1940 discusses national agricultural policy, an article by Keynes forwarded to Bruce Bliven at The New Republic, and congratulates the Elmhirsts on the new interventionist editorial policy at the magazine. There is an essay, 'British Agricultural Policy in the Immediate Situation' (31 Jul 1940). A further letter from Keynes in 1946 discusses a British settlement with the United States and criticises The New Republic. Correspondence with Herbert W Grindal in 1950 includes an essay by Michael Young, 'Comment on Empire Trust Letter February 1st 1950 "Lord Keynes and the Financial Community."' |