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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Dartington College of Arts
This series consists of records about the Dartington College of Arts that were primarily collected by the College governors representing The Dartington Hall Trust.
Dartington Hall School
Dartington Hall School opened in September 1926. In its heyday it was one of the foremost progressive boarding schools.
DWE School
This small series is comprised of Dorothy Elmhirst's records relating to the founding and administration of Dartington Hall School.
Trust: Agricultural Economics
This series consists of Dartington Hall Trust records, accumulated by John (Jock) Currie in his capacity as Dartington agricultural economist and farm advisor (1927-1956).
Leonard Elmhirst: Agricultural Economics
This series consists of papers relating to agricultural economics and to the founding and history of Dartington House, Oxford.
LKE General
Consists of an extensive general correspondence and subject file created by Leonard Elmhirst.
DWE General
Dorothy Elmhirst's general correspondence reveals her many interests and connections in Britain and America.
Adult Education
Adult education at Dartington started as a result of the communal confluence of educationists brought to the estate by Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst.
LKE Education
Records accumulated by Leonard Elmhirst relating to the promotion of higher education among adults in rural areas, principally Devon and Cornwall.
Research Grants Board
Records of funded grant projects including forestry research, research in agricultural economics, laboratory and funding of research for a film to be produced in India.
Trust Sociology
Trust Sociology records consist of reports and correspondence relating to the Dartington Hall Studies in Rural Sociology series of publications, and other sociological studies connected with Dartington.
Lectures
Correspondence relating to wartime lectures on American society and history given by Dorothy Elmhirst.
Political and Economic Planning
The personal archive of Leonard Elmhirst documenting work with the independent research organisation Political and Economic Planning.
Withymead Centre
The Withymead Centre for Remedial Education through Psychotherapy and the Arts, was founded by Gilbert and Irene Champernowne in 1942.
Laboratory
The Dartington Hall Science Laboratory began in 1927 for the purposes of providing scientific education for pupils at the School and critically evaluating the scientific viability of Trust enterprises.
LKE/DWE Personal Correspondence of Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst
Personal correspondence between Dorothy Straight and Leonard Elmhirst, together with a collection of biographical and memorial sources.
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;