Record

Ref NoDWE/G/S1/A
TitleNational Institute of Social Sciences, USA, and Exeter University honorary degree
DescriptionCorrespondence and press cuttings relating to an honorary degree ceremony conducted at the University of Exeter in April 1963. The folder contains two autobiographical essays by Dorothy Elmhirst one of which is entitled 'A Few Notes About My Family, Myself, and the Arts at Dartington'. Includes brochures and programmes for the ceremony.

National Institute of Social Sciences correspondence relates to a citation prepared and read at a dinner in honour of Dorothy Elmhirst at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, 21 Nov 1963.

There is also brief correspondence concerning a 1979 nomination of Dorothy Elmhirst to the Women's Hall of Fame in New York State.
Date1961-1979
FormatManuscript
Person_CodeGB/DHT/384
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
GB/DHT/384Elmhirst; Dorothy Whitney Straight (1887-1968)1887-1968
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