| Description | Correspondence primarily regarding the transfer proposals for Exeter University to take over responsibility from Bristol University for the administration of Provincial Agricultural Economics Service, South West service centre at Newton Abbot under S Morris. Correspondence between Leonard Elmhirst and: S Morris, provincial agricultural economist; Dr J Cook, principle; J Currie, economist; Sir K Murray, University Grants Committee; J Sykes, professor; J Kirk and J Ashton, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Subjects include: visits to Dartington; courses in agricultural economics; and finance including an application for an Agricultural Economics Grant from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. This folder also contains handwritten notes and Memoranda including 'The Provincial Agricultural Economics Service in England and Wales'. |