| Description | This series contains records regarding the activities, achievements and the advisory role of Wilfred E Hiley in all areas, theoretical and practical, of woodland management and forestry. The records were primarily accumulated by Wilfred E Hiley through his role as advisor in forestry at Dartington (1931-1958) and chairman of Dartington Woodlands Limited, President of the Royal Forestry Society of England and Wales (1950-1952), and through his active involvement in professional associations including the United Kingdom Forestry Committee. Later records in the series were accumulated primarily by Leonard Elmhirst and concern the completion of Hiley's book, A Forestry Venture, the revision and editing of Hiley's book, Woodland Management, and the disposition of Hiley's collection of foreign books on forestry to the Oxford Forestry Institute (1986).
The records consist of correspondence primarily accumulated by W E Hiley. Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; Professor H G Champion (tour of USA); C O Hanson; H T H Foley (The Dedication of Woodlands Scheme); R S Hosmer; J Adderley, United Kingdom Forestry Committee; R Gardner, Royal Forestry Society of England and Wales; and J J MacGregor, Commonwealth Forestry Institute.
Subjects include: appointments; Wilfred E Hiley's and Professor H G Champion's tour to the American west, sponsored by the Dartington Hall Trustees and the William C Whitney Foundation; Forestry Policy and Legislation including Post-War Forestry Policy; the Dedication of Woodland Scheme and alterations to the Dedication of Woodlands Deed of Covenant; a Forestry Conference held at Dartington Hall in 1957; Hiley's visit to Kenya to conduct a economic survey of the Forest Estates in Kenya (1949-1950) and his recommendations regarding a Forest Commission; and Dartington Hall Joint Council.
Additional materials include: memoranda; minutes; reports; an extensive collection of papers, lectures, articles, and reprinted articles by Wilfred E Hiley and a number of reprinted articles by Rudolph Lehtpere, Leonard Elmhirst, Robert Michael Harley; press cuttings; programmes; printed pamphlets; deeds; and grant applications. |