| Description | Box 1of 4 boxes of Damodar Valley Corporation records. Records were gathered by Leonard Elmhirst through his role as a consultant to this pioneering Indian public works project. Subjects include finance; adminstration; rural reconstruction; soil conservation; afforestation; horticulture; travel in India (including Leonard Elmhirst's tour notes); irrigation and water conservation; technical assistance from America; overall planning for agricultural, industrial, economic and social development, structure and future government. Engineering and Construction records document the appointment of a Chief Engineer and Hydro-electric Engineer; rehabilitation and development; land settlement; town and village planning and housing; education and training programme; architecture. Includes newsletters by Albert Mayer 1946-1955 describing in detail the progress of the project. Includes correspondence from: Professor Arthur Ashby; Gordon Clapp; Sudhin Datta; Arthur Goldschmidt; A S G Hoar; M V Laurie; R J Mattson; S N Mozundar; H M Mathews; D L Mazumdar; Arthur E Morgan; Sudhen Mozumdar; K S V Raman; Debidas Ray; P S Rau; N N Sen; Punyamay Sen; Sudhir Sen; and Andrew De Vajda. |