| Description | Records regarding the meetings and activities of the Royal Forestry Society of England and Wales (RFSEW) primarily accumulated by Leonard Elmhirst and Wilfred E Hiley through his role as vice-president.
Material includes: a press cutting; notices, papers, reports, notes, and memoranda from meetings including 'Future Policy for Privately Owned Woodland'; minutes from 2 meetings of the Private Forestry Committee, and 1 meeting of the United Kingdom Forestry Committee; and correspondence. Correspondents include: R Proby, president of the Central Landowners' Association; J Adderley and F Taylor, secretaries for the Private Forestry Committee; Lord Merthyr, president of the REFS; the Duke of Buccleuch; Lord Bolton; T Williams, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; W Vane, MP; Max Nicholson; J Edwards, Manchester Corporation Waterworks, Forestry Section; and H Morrison, MP.
Subjects include: the United Kingdom Forestry Committee; pit prop prices; the future of policy for Privately Owned Woodlands; and problems within British Forestry. |