| Description | Leonard Elmhirst's general correspondence and other records primarily about the appointment of K E Hunt as the Director of the Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), the future of the Institute of Agrarian Affairs (IAA), and the future of Dartington House. Correspondents include: B F Stanton, Cornell University; the Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University; J Raeburn; K E Hunt, IAA; Peter Sutcliffe; C E White, Estate Steward, Dartington Hall; Legal and General; Steenhouse Insurance; A D Maxton, solicitor; A O (Pom) Elmhirst; Maurice Ash, P Ady, St Anne's College; Michael Young; C B Zealley; Mary Bride Nicholson; Luis G De Oteyza; G H Peters, IAE; and D Johnstone. Subjects include: developments at 31-33a Giles', Oxford; a mortgage for Dartington House, and the opening of Dartington House; the Elmgrant gift to the Dartington Hall Trust to purchase Dartington House; the sorting of J R Currie's records, and the sending of four boxes of books to K E Hunt at the IAE; the death of Leonard Elmhirst, and K E Hunt, 1978; and the sale of Dartington House to Tiltyard Properties.
This folder also contains papers including a 'Draft outline of a speech by Professor Westmarck', 'The Oxford Development', 'The Efficiency of Market Mechanisms in Transmitting Information', and 'Dartington House' a report on space. |