| Description | Records regarding the meetings and activities of the Royal Forestry Society of England and Wales and Northern Ireland (RFS) primarily accumulated by Leonard Elmhirst.
Material includes: a programme for the RFS Forestry tour in Yugoslavia, 1972; notices, papers, reports, notes, and memoranda from meetings including 'Forestry Policy'; a typescript for a document by Leonard Elmhirst 'Outlook for Britain'; minutes from 1 meeting of the RFS Council; and correspondence.
Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; RFS presidents including, C Floyd, L Rowland, H Pollock, N James, and R Hamersley; RFS vice-presidents including, R Proby, C Venables, P Garthwaite, and J Workman; RFS secretaries including R Gardner, R White, J Genese, and P Leathart; N Charlton, treasurer; J Edwards; Plymouth City Waterworks; R Anderson, Head Forester; Lord Bolton; H Hillier, Nurseryman; G Smart; the editor of the Journal of Forestry; Michael Young; S Krasovec, Faculty of Economics, Yugoslavia; N Charlton; and C Venables.
Subjects includes: appointments and Leonard Elmhirst's retirement from the Committee; coloured film processing; the activities of a Committee on Timber Marketing; divisional woodland visits including to Dartington Hall; a tour of Yugoslavia; and forestry policy. |