| Description | Correspondence primarily regarding the Joint Committee and Rural Extension Scheme between Leonard Elmhirst and: F G Thomas, Tutor-organiser; Ronald Biggs, director of Music; J Murray, UCSW principal; S Watkins, professor; E J Patterson, head Extra-Mural Studies; A Woodbridge, registrar. Various secretaries including: J G Trevena, Joint Committee; S P Heath, Education Department; T S Attlee, Board of Education; W R Watkins, County Education Office; and R N Armfelt, Devon Education Committee.
Subjects include: finance; the Rural Extension Music and Drama Scheme including: Chittlehampton Pageant-Drama; appointments; The Newton Abbot Peoples' Service Centre; and meetings of the WEA; The Newton Abbot Peoples Service Centre Management Committee; Sub-committee of the Rural Extension Scheme; Devon Advisory Sub-Committee; College Finance Committee; and Rural Education Committee. Material in this folder includes: programmes; Annual Appeal from Brixham Council of Social Service; estimated timetable for music; a typescript copy of Ronald Briggs' broadcast 'In Search of Music'; memoranda and reports including 'Exeter University Rural Extension Scheme', 'Confidential Report on the Work of the Director of Music', 'Devonshire - Musical Activities and Contacts Made' and 'The Church and Colleges'. |