| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding the activities of Richard Odlin. Subjects include: an extension to Richard Oldin's permit; details of Richard's world tour; the purchase of Teschner work including 2 heads, a mask and carved figure; the Open Air Theatre, and why the steps need to be changed; the loan of marionettes; Walter Wilkinson and his puppet show including an invitation to attend a 'Teacher and the Arts' course and to perform his puppet show at Dartington; and a presentation on Indonesian Arts by Allan Thomas to students at Dartington College of Arts using extracts from Richard Oldin's letters.
Correspondents include: Richard Odlin; Leonard Elmhirst; Dorothy Elmhirst; Waldo Lanchester; Peter Cox; Walter Wilkinson, Cleveland Museum of Art; Katherine G Wicks; Allan Thomas, Dartington College of Arts; and Maurice Ash.
Additional material includes: minutes from a meeting regarding the completion of the first steps by the students in their puppet production; a paper by Richard Oldin regarding 'The Value of Puppets in Schools'; a report by Richard Oldin 'The Outline of a Scheme of Work in relation to the Dance School'; a programme for the Lanchester Marionette Theatre; a printed pamphlet for the Lanchester Marionette Theatre 'A Short History of the Marionette'; a printed pamphlet 'The Peep Show: Walter Wilkinson's Guignol Theatre'; a list of dates and locations regarding Richard Odlin's letters; a business card of Reno Odlin (Richard Odlin's brother); and a list of items purchased by Richard Odlin on his world tour which are mentioned in his letters. |