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Ref NoDWE/G/1/C
TitleH N Brailsford (and Clare Leighton)
DescriptionIncludes extensive correspondence with journalist Henry Noel Brailsford; and with artist and wood engraver Clare Leighton. Letters mention short courses on politics and history taught by Brailsford at Dartington, Autumn 1928; Brailsford's tour of India and Palestine in 1930; his relationship with Leighton; his meetings with Gandhi; Clare Leighton's Canadian lumber camp engravings; Mark Tobey and his mural at Dartington; Brailsford's interest in the Neue Beginnen German Socialists and opposition to Hitler; the 'New Leader' magazine; Brailsford's support for the International Brigade in Spain, and the course of the Spanish Civil War; Roosevelt's re-election in 1940; the evacuation of children to Dartington (1941); Brailsford's work for The New Republic magazine in 1944.
Date1928-1955
SubjectEvacuees
Writers
Spanish Civil War
Liberalism
Women artists
FormatManuscript
Person_CodeDS/UK/569
DS/UK/575
DS/UK/647
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/569Brailsford; H N (1873-1958)1873-1958
DS/UK/575Leighton; Clare (1898-1989)1898-1989
DS/UK/647New Republic; 1914-; magazine1914-
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