| Beskrivning | Trust management correspondence mainly between Peter Sutcliffe and Leonard Elmhirst. Subjects include: grants; investment management, performance and policy (1960s) (Trustee overspend and Dartington Investment Policy 1971); proposed amendments to the Trust Deed; Dartington Youth Club (Meadowbrook Club); note 'Aims and Objectives of Dartington' by Maurice Ash (4 Dec 1968); Harlech Televisio; 5 page letter from Michael Young posing the question 'how to duplicate the Dartington experiment and its result'; Leonard Elmhirst's note about the importance of research and investigation (1969), later quoted by Leonard in the 1970s BBC film 'A Job is Not Enough'; Dartington Woods and a proposal to sell and re-purchase (1971); 3 page explanation written by Leonard Elmhirst of Dorothy Elmhirst's United States estate tax liability upon the winding up of her estate and its possible effect upon the Dartington and Elmgrant Trusts(9 Oct 1971); memorandum re alteration of Trustees' Financial Year (Dec 1971); letter from Leonard to Peter Sutcliffe formally expressing his desire to resign as Chairman of the Trustees (14 February 1972); College student housing; letter from Maurice Ash proposing a change in Trustee meetings from weekends to weeks and conversion of part of the private house to Trustee accommodation (1973). |