| Description | Includes a long letter from Dorothy Elmhirst (6 Jan 1937) to Anna Bogue thanking her for Christmas gifts, discussing the establishment of new trusts, and summing up the work of the Committee on Commitments. The same letter provides news of family; the Spanish Civil War; Chekhov Theatre School news; German war plans and fears of starvation in the event of war. Whitney Foundation records include legal discussions about tax status; gifts to individuals including Edward M Earle. Other letters relate to administration of American properties, and butler Grove's retirement. A letter, Milton Rose to Leonard Elmhirst (13 Mar 1937) discusses the 1936 reorganisation and revision of trusts. Other letters concern the establishing of the Artists Clearing House; visit of Leonard Elmhirst to New York, Mar 1937; appointments of directors for the William C Whitney Foundation and other Foundation business; directorships and shares held in the Whitney Realty Company; notes taken by Leonard Elmhirst on his trip to America in 1937; agendas bylaws and minutes for the first meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Whitney Foundation, 13 Apr 1937. |