Beskrivelse | Correspondence primarily regarding: tree preservation; the establishing of a Tree Committee with Leonard as chairman; and honorary degrees. Correspondence between Leonard Elmhirst and professors including: R Niklaus; D Mitchell; W Minchinton; H Garland; and R D'Aeth. T Brown; K Rowe, chairman of the Works Committee; Sir K Spencer; Dr J LLewyn Vice-Chancellor; R Ross, secretary; Vice-Chancellor, St Catherine's College; A Crouch, superintendent of grounds; R Behenna, registrar; Duchess of Devonshire, Chancellor; D Amory; Dr J Youings; G Whitmarsh, chairman, Devon County Council; and L Loyd, librarian. Subjects include: appointments including a landscape consultant and D Amory as Chancellor of Exeter University; visits to Dartington Hall and woodlands; honorary degree nominations including William Glock and Leonard Elmhirst; grounds and gardens maintenance; Sir W Halford; degree courses at Dartington; the donation of Gilbert Champernowne's portrait by Winifred Gaussen to Exeter University; the mill at Totnes; W B Curry memorial lecture; and the University of Exeter Development Plan and Appeal Fund; press cutting relating to Leonard Elmhirst's Honorary Degree of Doctor of Civil Law. |