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Ref nrDWE/A
TitelDWE Arts
BeskrivelseMuch of the series consists of Dorothy Elmhirst's correspondence with artists and performers involved with Dartington Hall, between about 1927 and 1968. Many of the letters tend to be personal and reflect Dorothy Elmhirst's role as a patron of the arts. Additional material such as obituaries, has been subsequently added, so that the files have become a good biographical resource for their subjects.

Major subjects and correspondents in the Painters and Art Galleries subseries cover artists, critics and art galleries, including: Ben Nicholson; Barbara Hepworth; H S (Jim) Ede of Kettle's Yard (Cambridge); Frances Hodgkins; John Piper; Graham Sutherland; Kenneth Clark; Angna Enters. There is material about purchases of paintings by Christopher Wood, David Jones, and of other art works.

Material in the Handicrafts subseries includes correspondence with printer Guido Morris; artist and educationalist Robin Tanner; and textile printer and designer Susan Bosence.

Dartington Arts Department records cover minutes and papers 1942-1950; there are Arts Enquiry and other arts-related reports in this subseries. Also 'The Arts at Dartington' by Dorothy Elmhirst and printed by Guido Morris. There is also correspondence with Norbert Brainin and a Guarnerius violin purchased by Dorothy Elmhirst for him.

Material in the Music subseries includes a quantity of correspondence from Benjamin Britten to Peter Cox and Dorothy Elmhirst, including discussion of Elmgrant funding towards productions of Dido and Aeneas, 1951, and Ruth and Boaz (by Lennox Berkeley), 1956; and Aldeburgh Festival Appeal auction, to which the Elmhirsts donated a painting by Duncan Grant. Other music correspondents and topics covered include Hans Oppenheim; Music Theatre Studio; Dartington Hall Music Group; Nannie Jamieson; Ronald K Anderson; Muriel Taylor; Robert Masters; Peter Pears. Material also covers details of student concerts; music recital programmes; Dorothy Elmhirst's music notebook c1920; reports by Imogen Holst. There is also a bundle of correspondence re London Boy Singers (previously Finchley Boys' Choir) between Imogen Holst, Leonard Elmhirst, Rosamund Strode, London Boy Singers. Also in this subseries is the original manuscript of the 'Five Flower Pieces' by Benjamin Britten, opus 46; and 'Truth of All Truths', manuscript by Gustav Holst.

Dance material correspondents and topics covered include: Uday Shankar; Rudolf Laban, Lisa Ullmann and the Laban Art of Movement Centre; Martha Graham; the Ballet Rambert; Marie Rambert; Louise Soelberg; Margaret Barr and the early School of Dance-Mime; Jenny Gertz; Kurt Jooss and the Ballets Jooss; F A Cohen; Sigurd Leeder; the Jooss-Leeder School of Dance; Beryl de Zoete; performances at Dartington. Later records relating to the Ballets Jooss include a transcript of a 1973 interview with Kurt Jooss describing how the Ballet came to Dartington Hall before World War II.

Drama was a particular interest of Dorothy Elmhirst, and the Arts Drama subseries includes collections of letters from and about Vera Bowen; Rupert Doone; Ashley Dukes; Reginald Pole; F G Thomas and the rural theatre; puppeteer Richard Odlin; actor, producer and poet, Maurice Browne and Ellen van Volkenburg; Nellie Cornish. There are documents relating to the Globe and Queens Theatre and other theatres.

There is a substantial quantity of material relating to Michael Chekhov, including correspondence, class and lecture notes, and other writings. There are Chekhov Theatre Studio prospectuses; student lists; some administrative material; lessons given at Ridgefield, Connecticut; and notebooks kept by Dorothy Elmhirst together with audio recordings of interviews and lectures given by Michael Chekhov in 1955. There is detailed correspondence between Michael Chekhov and Dorothy Elmhirst; other correspondents include Beatrice Straight and Deirdre Hurst du Prey.

Also included in these drama papers is Dorothy Elmhirst's notebooks for the classes that she regularly gave about Shakespeare, and her collection of theatre programmes from performances at Dartington and at professional and amateur theatres around Britain, dating from the late 1920s to 1968.

The files in this series include press cuttings, printed material and some photographs.
Dato20th century
EmneHandicrafts
Textile arts
Theatre
Dance
Patronage of the arts
Artists
Drama
Painters
Paintings
Art galleries
Printing
Arts administration
Music
Musicians
Musical performances
Movement education
Dance-mime
Ballet
Refugees
Dance education
Theatrical performances
Puppets
Actors
Drama education
Cultural education
Rural cultural activities
Indian dance
Relateret materialeTrust Arts records also contain important correspondence between Dorothy Elmhirst and other artists and performers. An unpublished book-length manuscript, 'The Arts at Dartington', by Auberry Pryor, 1963, can be found in DWE/L/E.
FormatManuscript
Person Kode384
NA467
NA472
378
198
NA489
NA503
NA518
NA515
416
NA460
NA461
NA459
NA520
NA422
NA522
183
262
NA425
NA539
NA540
NA418
NA519
NA553
413
334
349
DS/UK/674
NA420
DS/UK/669
NA458
DS/UK/654
DS/UK/727
NA424
DS/UK/703
NA563
412
415
NA554
NA431
NA426
NA528
NA525
NA535
157
362
DS/UK/657
DS/UK/732
DS/UK/733
DS/UK/735
DS/UK/736
DS/UK/737
DS/UK/738
DS/UK/739
DS/UK/643
DS/UK/764
330
340
NA445
DS/UK/668
NA529
Persons
KodePersonnavnDatoer
GB/DHT/384Elmhirst; Dorothy Whitney Straight (1887-1968)1887-1968
NA467Nicholson; Ben (1884-1982)1884-1982
NA472Hepworth; Dame; Barbara (10 Jan 1903-20 May 1975)10 Jan 1903-20 May 1975
378Wood; Christopher (1901-1930)1901-1930
198Ede; (Jim) Harold Stanley (1895-1990)1895-1990
NA489Jones; David (1895-1974)1895-1974
NA503Bosence; Susan (18 Apr 1913-16 Feb 1996)18 Apr 1913-16 Feb 1996
NA518Morris; Guido
NA515Glatz; Helen Hunter (1908-1996)1908-1996
416Oppenheim; Hans (-1965); Musician and Conductor-1965
NA460Jamieson; Nannie (1904-)1904-
NA461Taylor; Muriel
NA459Masters; Robert
NA520Anderson; Ronald Kinloch (1911-1984)1911-1984
NA422Britten; Benjamin
NA522Pears; Peter
183Cox; Peter (- 13 Apr 2015)- 13 Apr 2015
262Laban; Rudolf Jean Baptiste Attila von (1879-1958)1879-1958
NA425Ullmann; Lisa
NA539Enters; Angna (1907-1989)1907-1989
NA540Graham; Martha (1894-1991)1894-1991
NA418Chekhov; Michael (1891-1955)1891-1955
NA519Robert Masters Quartet
NA553Ballets Jooss; c.1924-1965c.1924-1965
413Cohen; Fritz (Frederick) (1904-1967)1904-1967
334Soelberg; Louise (1903-1994)1903-1994
349Tanner; Robin (1904-1988)1904-1988
DS/UK/674Dartington Hall Trust; Music Theatre Studio; 1938-19391938-1939
NA420Holst; Imogen Clare (1907-1984); Musician1907-1984
DS/UK/669Holst; Gustav (1874-1934)1874-1934
NA458Strode; Rosamund
DS/UK/654Laban Art of Movement Centre; 1954-1954-
DS/UK/727Rambert; Dame; Marie (1888–1982)1888–1982
NA424Barr; Margaret (1904-1991)1904-1991
DS/UK/703School of Dance-Mime; 1932-19351932-1935
NA563Gertz; Jenny
412Jooss; Kurt (1901-May 1979)1901-May 1979
415Leeder; Sigurd (1902-20 Jun 1981)1902-20 Jun 1981
NA554Jooss-Leeder School of Dance; 1934-19401934-1940
NA431Zoete; Beryl de (1879-1962)1879-1962
NA426Odlin; Richard (Dickie) (-1958)-1958
NA528Thomas; F G
NA525Bowen; Vera (-1967)-1967
NA535Cornish; Nellie C (1876-1956)1876-1956
157Browne; Maurice (1881-1955); Actor1881-1955
362Volkenburg; Ellen van (1883-1979)1883-1979
DS/UK/657Chekhov Theatre Studio; 1936-19421936-1942
DS/UK/732Hodgkins; Frances (1869-1947)1869-1947
DS/UK/733Piper; John (1903-1992)1903-1992
DS/UK/735Sutherland; Graham (24 Aug 1903-17 Feb 1980)24 Aug 1903-17 Feb 1980
DS/UK/736Clark; Sir; Kenneth (1903-1983); Kt1903-1983
DS/UK/737Dukes; Ashley (1885-1959)1885-1959
DS/UK/738Doone; Rupert (1903-1966)1903-1966
DS/UK/739Pole; Reginald William (1887-1971)1887-1971
DS/UK/643Arts Enquiry; 19411941
DS/UK/764Dartington Hall Music Group
330Shankar; Uday (1900-1977)1900-1977
340Straight; Beatrice Whitney (1914- 2001)1914- 2001
NA445Prey; Deirdre Hurst du (1906-2007)1906-2007
DS/UK/668Brainin; Norbert (1923-2005); musician1923-10 Apr 2005
NA529Globe and Queen's Theatres Ltd; c1929-1962c1929-1962
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