| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding the publication of News of the Day (NOD) and the formation and activities of Dartington Press Ltd (DPL). Subjects include: the reorganisation of NOD; advertising policy of Dartington estate; the employment and termination of the services of the London Press Exchange; proposals for the production of a quarterly magazine for the Sales Department; the establishment, meetings and dissolution of the original Estate Committee (later re-formed); the formation and registration of DPL; the formation and meetings of the Editorial Committee; appointments including G (Gaff) Mackie as editor (1937); resignations including C Eric McNally from the Editorial Committee (1942); methods of printing and publishing; the move to Central Offices; and the general principles and policies of NOD including subscriptions and articles.
Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; Roger Morel, Cider Department; Charles Inman and G (Gaff) Mackie, NOD; William K Slater and Dennis H Martin, Dartington Hall Ltd; Raymond O'Malley, Dartington Hall School; Vernon Harriss and F A S Gwatkin, solicitors; and Christopher Martin, Arts Departments.
Additional material includes: a copy of 'Hoots of the Day' (1930); minutes from 25 meetings of the Estate Committee (1936-1938); a provisional Estate Committee suggested budget; an 'Analysis of Levy paid to NOD' (1937-1938); income and expenditure accounts and balance sheets; DPL 'Memorandum and Articles of Association' (Jun 1938); a press cutting; 'Bill of Costs'; 2 share certificates; minutes from 24 meetings of the Editorial Committee (1938-1943); a poem by G (Gaff) Mackie 'Tales without Treason'; Chairman's report (1939-1943); a postal list (1940); minutes of the Editorial Committee of NOD (1939-1943); secretary's report (1944); and notes on a meeting regarding articles for NOD to be published as a pamphlet (1946). |