| BWS |
Beatrice Straight Papers 1924-2001 |
| C |
Commerce 20th Century |
| CBC |
Cattle Breeding Centre 1927-2001 |
| CEMA |
Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts 1939-1944 |
| DS |
Doreen Senior Folk Music Archive 1928-1967 |
| DWE |
Papers of Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst 1914-1968 |
| LKE |
Papers of Leonard Knight Elmhirst 1890-1973 |
| MB |
Maurice Browne c1902-1964 |
| MC |
Michael Chekhov Theatre Studio Deirdre Hurst du Prey Archive 1922-2002 |
| MMB |
Milk Marketing Board 1942-1956 |
| PM |
Paula Morel Papers 1925-1990 |
| T |
The Dartington Hall Trust Records 1932- |
| TADM |
DHT Administration 1925- |
| TPH |
Trust Historical Photographic Collection |
The Dartington Hall Trust Archive and Collection manages art and artefacts, archives and bibliographic collections belonging to The Dartington Hall Trust.
The Dartington Hall Trust Archive supports research and scholarship focusing on the history of The Dartington Hall Trust and the concepts, influences, and personalities that brought it into being.
A growing portion of the Trust Archive catalogue is now online. The Trust Archive is a resource for studying the integral vision of the founding trustees of Dartington Hall, Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst. From a variety of influences they envisaged an educational experiment and then created it on an ancient and beautiful estate in rural Devon.
This is an exciting time for The Dartington Hall Trust and its historic Archive that in main tells the history of Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst and The Dartington Hall Trust. Staff are in the process of preparing the archive for transfer to the Devon Records Office in the spring of 2010. Currently limited space allows for only one researcher at a time but in its new home, in a ‘state of the art’ specially designed building, there will be space aplenty for those academics, students and other interested individuals from around the world.
All enquiries relating to research in the new year should be made to:
Devon Records Office, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter, Devon EX2 7NL
+44 (0)1392 384253
+44 (0)1392 384256
devrec@devon.gov.uk
http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office
BWS - Beatrice Straight Papers
A collection of family letters of the actress Beatrice Straight to her mother, Dorothy Elmhirst, with telegrams, press cuttings, playbills, and photographs.
Commercial papers of Dartington Hall Ltd and its subsidiaries including Dartington Woodlands Ltd; Dartington Farms Ltd; Dartington Orchards Ltd; the poultry, grounds and gardens, and vegetables departments; Sawmill and Textiles Departments; and Shinners Bridge retail shop and craft studio, Staverton Builders Ltd (and subsidiaries) and Churston Development Company Ltd.
Records of the Dartington Hall Cattle Breeding Centre (DHCBC). The centre was established and financed by Leonard Elmhirst and George Hayter-Hames and licensed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. It provided an artificial insemination service for cattle in certain areas of Devon and Cornwall.
CEMA - Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Art
This small collection of early records of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was donated to The Dartington Hall Trust Archive by Nan Plummer in 2001. The records were accumulated by Sybil Eaton between about 1939 and 1944.
DS - Doreen Senior Folk Music Archive
Doreen Senior served from 1949 as County Music Organiser in Devon. As such she was involved with music work at Dartington Hall and was also associated with the Devon Centre for Further Education at Dartington. This folk music archive is composed of folk music and lyric transcriptions, 5 sound recordings of folk music, correspondence, and notes for books.
DWE - Papers of Dorothy Elmhirst
The papers of Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst (1887-1968) were accumulated over the course of a long and busy life. Subjects and correspondents represented in the collection reflect the very broad range of social and professional contacts maintained by Dorothy Elmhirst.
LKE - Papers of Leonard Elmhirst
Leonard's papers record his involvement as a founding trustee at Dartington Hall, and also his work as an agricultural economist interested in rural regeneration in India and Britain. He held posts with a variety of research institutes, and chaired many enquiries into aspects of rural life and industry in Britain.
Correspondence, manuscripts, poetry and dramatic plays by Maurice Browne, the English actor and producerfounder of the 'Little Theatre' movement in America. , Browne returned to England in 1927 where he was to become a friend and business partner of Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst.
MC - Michael Chekhov Theatre Studio Deirdre Hurst du Prey Archive
Records include shorthand notes made by du Prey, of Chekhov's acting lessons dating from 1935 to 1942. These were later typed and comprise about 500 drama lessons. There are also rehearsal notes of Chekhov's discussions with the Chekhov Theatre Players, the Studio's performance group in America.
This Series contains records relating to the activities of the Milk Marketing Board (MMB. It includes National Milk Records (NMR), a scheme of milk recording in a campaign for increased milk production; butter-fat testing, including a meeting between representatives of the NMR and representatives of the Scottish Milk Records Association; and the establishment of a MMB Grass Drying Centre at Dartington.
Collection of the personal papers of Paula Morel. The papers were accumulated through her various roles as model, dancer, actress, librarian, wardrobe mistress for Dartington College of Arts and prime mover in amateur dramatics on the estate.
T - The Dartington Hall Trust Records
The archives of Dartington Hall reflect the great diversity of the concerns and interests of The Dartington Hall Trust through the years, from its beginnings in 1925 under the personal control of its founders, Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst, and subsequently as a charitable activity.
Records of the Administration of The Dartington Hall Trust. Currently divided into 4 subseries: (G) General; (LF) Law and Finance; (MP) Management and Policy; and (OFF) Officers records.
TPH - Trust Historical Photographic Collection
This series encompasses all of the photographic material held in the archive relating to the Trust as a whole, or has not been identified as being specifically related to any one department. It is an eclectic range of material spanning the entire history of the Trust.
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The Dartington Hall Trust is a registered charity no. 279756. Company no. 1485560. Registered Office: The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EL United Kingdom. Telephone 01803 847000; Fax 01803 847007;