| Description | Records primarily regarding the establishment and activities of the Institute of Rural Life at Home and Overseas. Correspondence between Leonard Elmhirst and: O Sergeant, Church Missionary Society; Reverend H Hooper; and R Lambert, Institute of Rural Life at Home and Overseas.
Additional material in this folder includes: a printed pamphlet 'The Science of Relationships, Report of a Conference on Rural Life at Home and Overseas' (1949); papers from the conferences including, 'An address given by Kenneth Grubb, President of the Church Missionary Society'; a 'Report of a Meeting of Commission Leaders'; a time table for the Conference; reports on discussions on Health and Housing Commission, Co-operatives Commission, Literacy and Education Commission, Secondary Industries and Rural Life; a paper on 'Food and the Individual'; a 'Draft Resolution'; 'Constitution'; and printed pamphlets of the quarterly review 'Rural Life' (1961-1963). |