| Beskrivelse | Minutes and papers of the Research Grants Board. Also a copy of Dartington Trustees' minutes 9 Sep 1931 setting up the Board. Letter to William K Slater (Laboratory Department) and to J R (Jock) Currie (Agricultural Research in Economics) outlining aim of the Board. The early Minutes record applications for projects from W E Hiley (1: future ownership and administration of woodlands; 2: system of costing and accountancy for the woodland; 3: inventory of woodlands; 4: short course in the management of Dartington estate woodlands); Dr William K Slater (Estate Laboratory work); J R (Jock) Currie (Agricultural Research Department in Economics, to include details of the Oxford Institute scheme, and work on South Devon Herd Book Societies on the Bull Scheme). The folder also contains notes and correspondence regarding ongoing grant matters, and includes: 'A Working Agreement between Dartington Hall School Authorities, Mr W B Curry (Dartington Hall School) and Mr Bernard Leach', 8 Mar 1932. Finally letters to recipients of grants explaining that a Committee of the Dartington Hall Trustees would now administer grant funding. |