| Description | Records regarding the formation, and development of a Research Board at Dartington. Material includes: a proposal for a Dartington Research Board by J R Currie; notes on the proposed research board by William K Slater and Wilfred E Hiley; minutes of the Research Grants Board, Feb 1932; handwritten drafts and copies of the Research Grants Board application forms; applications for Research Grants from Wilfred E Hiley; and reports to the Research Grants Board from the Laboratory and Agricultural Economics Department. This folder also contains correspondence regarding the Research Grants Board including letters from: William K Slater; J R Currie; L K Elmhirst, Chairman of the Research Grants Board; C E Ladd, Director of Extension, Cornell University; A O Elmhirst; and Eric S Porter. Includes copies of minutes from the Finance Committee regarding the Research Grants Board. |