| Description | Correspondence concerning the business of the Development Commission between Leonard Elmhirst and: E H E Havelock; the Countess of Albermarle; K Murray; R Clements, National Council of Social Services; B Engholm, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; and F Brundrett, Agricultural Co-operative Association. Subjects include: the peat project; grass seeds proposition; economic reconstruction of farms and the possible purchase of the Crewe Estate in the Peak District; Visits to Wales; grants to the Agricultural Co-operative Association; and meetings of the Rural Forum and the Sub-Committee. This folder also contains correspondence concerning: Andrew da Vajda; Duncan Mitchell's study of depopulation in some villages in South Devon; the Festival of Britain; and the work of Dartington Hall including the Devon Fellowship of Music, and tours of Education Centres. |