| Description | Consists of long and expressive letters from Dorothy Elmhirst to Margaret Isherwood, including a fragment of a letter from Dorothy describing her speaking tour through America in 1941, mentioning Leonard Elmhirst, Gerald Heard, Felix Greene; a letter to Margaret Isherwood from Sir Julian Huxley mentioning a biography of Aldous Huxley; other letters concern family life and include descriptions of life at Dartington Hall during the postwar period of 1947. There is also an original typescript of a report by Margaret Isherwood, 'Report on a Study of the Relating of Psychology and Religion as observed in London during the past winter' (c1955), which mentions Open Way groups, Toni Sussman, Dr. Maurice Nicoll, the Guild of Pastoral Psychology, Adhymata Yoga, and Anna Freud's meetings. The report also mentions Isherwood's visits to other progressive schools, describes lectures Isherwood gave at various societies, and includes a brief comparison of England and America in the field of Religious Psychology. |