| Description | This material documents fundraising efforts by the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre.
The file includes administrative records such as lists of names and corresponding amounts donated and a receipt book for donations covering the years 1910-1916. Crrespondence with or about private donors supporting the National Theatre project and the building of the theatre, and a small amount of correspondence about the possibility of obtaining assistance from trusts or a foundations. Folders are held of correspondence on the subject of the endowment of seats in the National Theatre and lists of prominent names associated with the theatre approved by a subcommitte for the seat endowment scheme (1938-1939); letter from (1949-1973) and |