| Description | 'Report on the Reorganisation of the Centre, Bombay, 6 Mar 1944'; letter of reference for Shankar Centre trustee George Birse written to Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse, Intelligence Coordination Staff (1952); budgets and accounting records for the Shankar Centre. A letter from Uday Shankar to Beatrice Straight (28 Oct 1943) describes the closing of the Shankar Centre in Almora, his film production contracts in Calcutta, family, and need for money. Notes record a meeting between Shankar and Leonard Elmhirst, 30 Jul 1944; letters written in 1944 and 1945 mention Shankar's work on his film 'Kalpana'. Correspondents include Uday, Amala, George Birse, Leonard Elmhirst, Milton Rose, and Pearl Buck.Correspondence with George Birse, Boshi Sen, Uday Shankar, Dhiren Sen, Lady Ranu Mookerjee, and Milton Rose among others regarding continuing attempts to found a new Shankar India Culture Centre in Calcutta. Letter of resignation from K.L. Kichlu as Administrator of the Centre.Correspondence from LKE to Sir John Colville Colonel Rt.Hon of Bombay asking for government support for Udays' suggested new Centre.
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