| Description | Records regarding the meetings and activities of the Royal Forestry Society of England and Wales (RFSEW) primarily accumulated by Leonard Elmhirst and Wilfred E Hiley through his role as vice-president.
Material includes: a printed pamphlet, 'Outline of a Report on Post-War Forestry Policy Submitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the Royal Scottish Forestry Society and the Royal English Forestry Society' (Nov 1943); a re-draft of the 'Future Policy for Privately Owned Woodlands'; a press cutting; notices, papers, reports, notes, and memoranda from meetings; minutes from 3 meetings of the Private Forestry Committee, 1 meeting of representatives of the Scottish Joint Forestry Committee and the Private Forestry Committee; and the inaugural meeting of the Co-ordinating Forestry Committee of the United Kingdom; and correspondence.
Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; Wilfred E Hiley; J Adderley, and F Taylor, secretaries for the Private Forestry Committee; R Proby, president of the Central Landowners' Association; and J Smith, the Scottish Land and Property Federation. Subjects include: timber prices, pitwood prices, and meetings with the Board of Trade; tree preservation; the Dedication Scheme; and the establishment of a Co-ordinating Forestry Committee of the United Kingdom. |