| Description | Correspondence between Michael Young and Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst. Consists of 25 long and descriptive letters written by Young while living in London and while travelling in the United States. Most of the letters are undated. Young's letters describe student and worker demonstrations in London in 1933; social activities and social conditions; early law studies; debt collection; Communists; political beliefs; life at Toynbee Hall in London's East End; Dartington Hall School; and Young's parents. Letters sent from America recount visits to homestead camps, Pennsylvania steel mills, West Virginian coal mines, unionising activities, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. |