Record

Ref NoDWE/US/7/C
TitleElmhirst Committee
DescriptionAppeals for grant funding include reports from the Theatre Union mentioning the production of Brecht's play 'Mother' and the success of Maltz's play 'Black Pit', balanced with an analysis of their estimated net deficits; the American Country Life Association; the American Peace Society. Agendas and records for the Committee on Commitments meeting held 26 Nov 1935 include reports about the progressive colleges by Prof George S Counts of Columbia University Teachers College; and requests for assistance from Bard, Bennington, and Sarah Lawrence College; Neighborhood (Neighbourhood) Playhouse Studios; Radcliffe Graduate School; League of Women Shoppers; 'The Survey Graphic'; Ross A McFarland; Paul Love (dance notation methods); Associated Country Women of the World; Associated Experimental Schools. Funding requests received in December include the National League of Women Voters; League of American Writers; Black Mountain College; National Policy Committee; Spring Farm School; American Christian Committee for German Refugees and the Emergency Committee in Aid of Political Refugees from Nazism Joint Appeal; and the Consumers Union.
DateNov 1935-Jan 1936
FormatManuscript
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