| Description | Leonard Elmhirst's general correspondence and other records primarily regarding the future, development and application to demolish the building front of 31 St Giles'. Correspondents include: H M Colvin, St Johns' College; J Cook, curator of the Oxford City and County Museum; Ashmolean Museum; E Chesterton; T V Scrivenor, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau; C E White, Estate Steward, Dartington Hall; Peter Sutcliffe; G S Warburg; K E Hunt, Institute of Agrarian Affairs; R Malcom, Oxford Preservation Trust; J J MacGregor, Commonwealth Forestry Institute; J M Bowers, solicitor; Maurice Ash; Sir William Holford; and C Buchanan.
Subjects include: the history of 31 St Giles'; finance; a building preservation order for 31 St Giles'; a name for the building; lectures; by Leonard; and The Dartington Hall Trustees appeal against the rejection by the City Council of the application to demolish the building. Material includes: D A B Bardsley working papers for the 'Oxford Development Project'; notes on a meeting at the Oxford University Chest with J K Bates, secretary and J R Mills, land agent; and a memorandum, '31St Giles, Oxford, Building Preservation Order'. |