| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily about the activities of the Council for Preservation of Rural England (CPRE) including a National Conference in Torquay, and Exmoor National Park. Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; H Griffin, CPRE; Max Nicholson, PEP; N Ford, Devon Branch for the CPRE; H Furlong, Estate Agent; William K Slater; J Laurd; B Salt; J Dower, architect; H Symonds, Friends of the Lake District; Sir H Slesser; M Falk, Friends of Quantock; G Haythornthwaite, Sheffield and Peak District Branch for the CPRE.
Additional material in this folder includes: a typescript article 'Dartington Hall'; a memorandum from the CPRE 'Rural Housing'; an invitation to Leonard for the CPRE Conference in Torquay; a printed pamphlet of 'List of Members and Rules' for the Devon Branch of the CPRE (1936-1937); a printed leaflet for an appeal for the 'Preservation of Wembury Bay'; a printed leaflet of 'The Aims and Objects of the Council'; a list of members and delegates attending the CPRE Annual Conference in Torquay; Statement of Accounts for the Devon Branch (1936); and the third, fourth, and seventh, 'Annual Report' Devon Branch Executive Committee. |