| Description | Legal and other correspondence about the management of Dorothy Elmhirst's American estate, investments, and other property. Includes records relating to international grants and gifts to schools, dance companies (Martha Graham) and also records about performers and artists invited to Dartington. Records contain information about the effect of the Depression and increasing demands for gifts, loans, and the cancellation of mortgages. Cables in 1932 concern the reconstruction of the Willard Straight agricultural school in Jolo, Philippines. Other correspondence concerns funding for Santiniketan, India, and jewellery owned by Dorothy Elmhirst. |