| Beskrivelse | Records regarding the establishment of a new research post to study the economics of private woodland ownership. Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; the Ministry of Land and National Resources; S T Morris, Provincial Agricultural Economist; M Penistan; Ministry of Agricultural, Fisheries and Food; R Harvey, Dartington Woodland Limited; B E Lincoln, Development Commission; G D Holmes, Forestry Commission; the Leverhulme Trust Fund; R Lorrain-Smith, and J J MacGregor, Commonwealth Forestry Institute; K Murray; T Martin; J Matthews, University of Aberdeen; Lord J Norton, Timber Growers' Organisation; Lord Lonsdale; B Howell, Fountain Forestry Limited; J Llewellyn, University of Exeter; and R Swan, Agricultural, Horticultural and Forestry Industry Training Board; Professor J D Matthews, Department of Forestry, University of Aberdeen.
Additional material includes: press cuttings; a draft of a letter to the Development Commissioners; memoranda including 'The Need for a Forest Economist in the South West', 'Possible Research Using Dartington Woodland Limited Data', and 'Forestry Research at Dartington Hall'; a list of the duties for a Forest Research Officer; notes and papers from a meeting to discuss the possibility of funding and appointing a forest economist; a printed copy of an article by J J McGregor 'Forest Marketing in Britain and the Economist Intelligence Unit Report'; 'A Forest Economist for South West England, Some observation by S T Morris; 'A Forest Economist for the South West Region' meeting; and 3 'Draft for Suggestions and Emendation' to a letter to B Lincoln from Leonard Elmhirst. |