My Items (1)
Item ' LKE/G ' has been added to your items

Record

Ref NoLKE/G
TitleLKE General Correspondence and Ephemera
DescriptionConsists of an extensive general correspondence and subject file created by Leonard Elmhirst. Subseries include: general correspondence; local and national politics, with a Labour Party emphasis; correspondence with reporters and editors of newspapers and journals writing about the Dartington Hall experiment; correspondence and records of membership in many British societies and associations; notes and articles compiled by Leonard Elmhirst on a variety of subjects; World War I army notebooks and field manuals belonging to Leonard Elmhirst and two of his brothers, Christopher and William, who were killed in 1915 and 1916; records of peace and pacifism in the 1930s; broadcasting records documenting BBC radio and television appearances featuring Leonard Elmhirst dating between 1932 and 1973; and a nearly complete series of transcripts of oral history interviews with Leonard Elmhirst, recorded by historian Victor Bonham-Carter between 1957 and 1962.

There are also records of honorary degrees conferred. Additional subjects cover art; books and book collecting; Ireland in 1919; Leonard's childhood and education at S Anselms, Repton and Trinity College, Cambridge; progressive and alternative education; and the Federal Union.

Alphabetic correspondence covers many subjects, the most common being requests for a job, a loan, or for a tour of the Dartington Hall estate. But there is material of substance revealing Leonard Elmhirst's extensive contacts, socially, in government and in academia. Significant correspondence exists with actors, authors, poets, economists and historians, archbishops and electricians, philosophers and politicians. There are also two files of chronological correspondence mainly between Peter Sutcliffe and Leonard covering Trustee policy and management issues.

The role of Dartington Hall as a progressive retreat is confirmed through records of events held at Dartington, such as the Cripps Conference, a weekend meeting held in 1944 and attended by Sir Stafford Cripps, Sir David Owen and others to consider means for the promotion of progressive politics in postwar Britain.

Correspondence with Kay Starr, private secretary to Leonard Elmhirst, contains unique observations on the Dartington Hall experiment, World War II and American neutrality, and family news.

The list of correspondents includes Claude Colleer Abbott; Clifford Allen; Susan Bosence; Marcel Breuer; H N Brailsford; Serge Chermayeff; Herbert Corner; Frances and John Cornford; Stafford Cripps; Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson; Prof J J Findlay; Rolf Gardiner; Victor Gollancz; Gerald Heard; Aldous and Julian Huxley; Andree Karpeles; John Maynard Keynes; Stephen King-Hall; Alister Hardy; George Lansbury; Basil H Liddell Hart; Lewis Lorwin; J J Mallon of Toynbee Hall; Herbert Morrison; A S Neil; Henry W Nevinson; Harold Nicolson; Max Nicholson; Sean and Eileen O'Casey; Charles K Ogden; S K Ratcliffe; Seebohm Rowntree; Bertrand Russell; Dora Russell; George W Russell; Vita Sackville-West; George Bernard Shaw; T E Lawrence (Shaw); Stephen Spender; Siegfried Sassoon; C P Scott; Tomaso Gallarati Scotti; Richard Tawney; William Temple; Rifat Tirana; Arthur Waley; H G Wells; Ellen Wilkinson; Michael Young; and Beryl de Zoete.

Materials include letters and reports, diaries, notebooks, transcripts, poetry, and speeches.
Date1899-1984
SubjectDartington Hall experiment
Childhood
World War I
Education
Progressivism
Politics
Peace
Alternative education
Related MaterialSee also: LKE/PEP/3 for extensive correspondence with Max Nicholson
FormatManuscript
Person_Code138
DS/UK/569
DS/UK/1064
DS/UK/1070
DS/UK/646
DS/UK/577
DS/UK/1066
DS/UK/1104
DS/UK/1248
239
NA423
DS/UK/1131
DS/UK/1128
DS/UK/601
DS/UK/1136
DS/UK/1127
DS/UK/602
DS/UK/1225
DS/UK/1138
DS/UK/631
DS/UK/1149
DS/UK/1150
DS/UK/745
DS/UK/1152
DS/UK/1153
DS/UK/1155
DS/UK/1163
DS/UK/1164
DS/UK/585
DS/UK/1165
DS/UK/1166
DS/UK/1171
DS/UK/1154
DS/UK/1176
DS/UK/615
DS/UK/1186
DS/UK/1195
DS/UK/1197
NA427
NA431
DS/UK/622
DS/UK/1206
382
DS/UK/1221
DS/UK/1045
DS/UK/1132
NA421
216
DS/UK/1212
DS/UK/1028
DS/UK/1173
DS/UK/1117
DS/UK/1268
NA503
DS/UK/1172
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
138Allen; Lord; Clifford (1889-1939); Baron Allen of Hurtwood1889-1939
DS/UK/569Brailsford; H N (1873-1958)1873-1958
DS/UK/1064Corner; Herbert
DS/UK/1070Cornford; John (1915-1936)1915-1936
DS/UK/646Cornford; Frances (1886-1960)1886-1960
DS/UK/577Cripps; Sir; Stafford (1889-1952); Kt1889-1952
DS/UK/1066Dickinson; Goldsworthy Lowes (1862-1932); Goldie1862-1932
DS/UK/1104Findlay; J J; Professor; Educationist
DS/UK/1248Gollancz; Victor (1893-1967)1893-1967
239Heard; Gerald (1889-1971)1889-1971
NA423Huxley; Sir; Julian (1887-1975)1887-1975
DS/UK/1131Huxley; Aldous (1894-1963)1894-1963
DS/UK/1128Karpeles; Andree (1885-1956); artist1885-1956
DS/UK/601Keynes; Lord; John Maynard (1883-1946)1883-1946
DS/UK/1136Hall; Sir; Stephen King- (1893-1966)1893-1966
DS/UK/1127Hardy; Sir; Alister (1896-1985); scholar1896-1985
DS/UK/602Liddell Hart; Sir; Basil Henry (1895-1970); Kt; Military Historian1895-1970
DS/UK/1225Lorwin; Lewis L (1883-1970)1883-1970
DS/UK/1138Mallon; James J (1874-1961)1874-1961
DS/UK/631Neill; Alexander Sutherland (1883-1973); Educationist1883-1973
DS/UK/1149Nevinson; Henry W (1856-1941)1856-1941
DS/UK/1150Nicolson; Sir; Harold (1886-1968)1886-1968
DS/UK/745Nicholson; Edward Max (1904-2003); Ecologist1904-2003
DS/UK/1152O'Casey; Sean (1880-1964)1880-1964
DS/UK/1153O'Casey; Eileen (1900-1995)1900-1995
DS/UK/1155Ogden; Charles Kay (1889-1957)1889-1957
DS/UK/1163Ratcliffe; S K
DS/UK/1164Rowntree; Benjamin Seebohm (1871-1954)1871-1954
DS/UK/585Russell; Bertrand (1872-1970)1872-1970
DS/UK/1165Russell; Dora (1894-1986)1894-1986
DS/UK/1166West; Vita Sackville- (1892-1962)1892-1962
DS/UK/1171Sassoon; Siegfried (1886-1967)1886-1967
DS/UK/1154Shaw; G Bernard (1856-1950)1856-1950
DS/UK/1176Lawrence; T E (Thomas Edward) (1888-1935)1888-1935
DS/UK/615Spender; Sir; Stephen Harold (1909-1995); knight1909-1995
DS/UK/1186Tawney; Richard (1880-1962); Professor1880-1962
DS/UK/1195Temple; William (1881-1944); Archbishop of Canterbury1881-1944
DS/UK/1197Tirana; Rifat (1907-1952)1907-1952
NA427Waley; Arthur David (1889-1966); Orientalist1889-1966
NA431Zoete; Beryl de (1879-1962)1879-1962
DS/UK/622Wells; H G (1866-1946)1866-1946
DS/UK/1206Wilkinson; Ellen Cicely (1891-1947); politician1891-1947
382Young; Michael (1915-2002); Lord Young of Dartington1915-2002
DS/UK/1221Federal Union; 1938-1938-
DS/UK/1045Breuer; Marcel (1902-1981)1902-1981
DS/UK/1132Russell; George William (1867-1935); poet1867-1935
NA421Starr; Kathleen (Kay) (1890-1976)1890-1976
216Gardiner; Rolf
DS/UK/1212Lansbury; George (1859-1940); Politician1859-1940
DS/UK/1028Morrison; Lord; Herbert (1888-1965); Lord Morrison of Lambeth; Statesman1888-1965
DS/UK/1173Scotti; Tomaso Gallarati (20th century); Duke of Milan20th century
DS/UK/1117Chermayeff; Serge (1900-1996)1900-1996
DS/UK/1268Abbott; Claude Colleer (1889-1971)1889-1971
NA503Bosence; Susan (18 Apr 1913-16 Feb 1996)18 Apr 1913-16 Feb 1996
DS/UK/1172Scott; Charles Prestwich (1846-1932)1846-1932
Add to My Items
    Powered by CalmView© 2008-2024