| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding Bernard Leach. Subjects include: the typescript for Sven Berlin's Book on Alfred Wallis mentioning the paintings by Alfred Wallis held by Dorothy and completion of the tiles for Wallis' grave together with ink drawing of light house as decorative motif. Helga Berlin accommodation and employment position and a request to send her children to Dartington Hall School; a request by Rita C Davidson for the Bramham Potters to use the kiln at the Shinners Bridge Pottery; Bernard Leach's future at Dartington or St Ives including a list of advantages and disadvantages; a request for advice from Bernard Leach by Gilbert and Irene Champernowne regarding pottery as therapeutic work for their psychological patients at the Withymead Centre; orders for Bernard Leach's book; the future of the Shinner's Bridge Pottery and the possibility of Sam Haile taking over the Cabin; a talk by Bernard Leach on Pottery to the Royal Society of Arts; recommendations regarding Michael Cardew; the activities of Norah Braden, K Pleydell Bouverie, Marianne de Trey, Paul Masson, David Leach and Atsaga Hamada; proposals for a Pottery and Weaving School for 1952 at Dartington and arrangements for the International Conference of Craftsmen in Pottery and Textiles; arrangements for the visit of M Yanagi, Shoji Hamada and Kanjuo Kawai; exhibitions including 'Potter's Portfolio', an exchange Anglo-Japanese Pottery and Bernard Leach's exhibitions in London and Japan; a request by Muriel Rose, British Council for permission to illustrate 4 pieces of Stoneware Pottery belonging to Dorothy Elmhirst which had been displayed in the Craft Exhibition; details of Bernard Leach's tour of Japan; postcards of pots and drawings made for Bernard Leach's exhibition in Japan; a typescript for Bernard Leach's 'Japan Diary'; and the purchase and export of pottery by Bernard Leach.
Correspondents include: Bernard Leach; Dorothy Elmhirst; W B Curry, Headmaster Dartington Hall School; Rita C Davidson; Kay Starr; Leonard Elmhirst; and Muriel Rose, British Council. This folder also includes sketches of pottery and a printed pamphlet 'My Religious Faith' by Bernard Leach. |