Radiogram, 1936 Dec. 26, Totnes [Eng.] to [Ellen] Ven[!] Volkenburg, New York.

Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, 1887-1968

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Dorothy Payne Whitney, daughter of William C. Whitney, a financier and Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland, married Willard Dickerman Straight in 19ll. Straight died in 1918, and she married Leonard Knight Elmhirst in 1925. Dorothy and Elmhirst purchased Dartington Hall, Devon, England, reconstructed the 14th century manor and founded a school on the property. Dartington Hall became a center for the arts and a leading coeducational progressive school. The New School for Social...

Straight family.

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Van Volkenburg, Ellen.

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Director, actress, and puppeteer in Engliand and the United States, and co-founder of the Chicago Little Theatre with her husband, Maurice Browne. From the description of Letters, to her parents, 1913-1937. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34366255 ...