Record

Ref NoDWE/US/7/A
TitleElmhirst Committee
DescriptionCorrespondence between Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst and Anna Bogue including forwarded copies of letters relating to grant funding decisions by the Elmhirst Committee on Commitments. Organisations and individuals seeking funds include the American Friends Service League; the National Council for Prevention of War; Ross A McFarland; William Adams Brown of the Union Theological Seminary for a project by the Universal Christian Council to persuade Adolf Hitler to give the German Church its freedom, and support its work in Austria and Switzerland; National Consumers' League minimum wage law support project; William H Kilpatrick and the 'The Social Frontier' journal; International People's College, Denmark; Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; National Urban League; National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War; Alexander Meiklejohn (San Francisco Workers' Education Demonstration Center (centre)); Kips Bay Boys Club; 'Report for the Elmhirst Committee, and the Institute of International Education by Annemarie (Anna) Henle' (5 Apr 1935) which records her criticisms of public and private art collections across America; American Council for Foreign Social Workers; New York Adult Education Council; Interprofessional Association for Social Insurance; Humphrey-Weidman Studio; Theatre Alliance; Public Education League; Joint Distribution Committee and the American Palestine Campaign; School of Living; Council for Social-Economic Education; National Council for Prevention of War; Housing Study Guild; National Committee on Folk Arts of the United States.
DateJan 1935-Jun 1935
SubjectArt collections
FormatManuscript
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