| Description | Records regarding the establishment, training courses, and activities of the Dartington Hall Forestry Training Centre (DHFTC). Material includes: a copy of the journal Timber Grower with an article by Robert Michael Harley, 'Forestry Education for the Timber Grower'; handwritten notes; papers including 'Forestry Education and Training in the UK, 'How the Scheme Works', 'Craft Training and Forestry Education' at DHFTC, 'Dartington Hall Forestry Training Centre' and 'Is This For You'; notes on a meeting held at the Department of Education and Science to discuss the future provision of further education in Forestry; minutes of a meeting of the DHFTC Committee; DHFTC reports; notes on a 'Visit to Newton Rigg Forestry School'; a copy of DHFTC 'Syllabus of Subjects Included in the Classroom Studies of the Course'; a copy of an agreement between DHFTC and a students guardian; an application form for the two year course; rule cards for McConnell Saw Bench Firewood Cutting and Lodgings; a prospectus; an article 'Forestry and School Children'; and correspondence.
Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; G C Wolryche-
Whitmore, N James, and P Leathart, the Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland; Peter Sutcliffe; S Bruse, and R Harley, Dartington Woodlands Limited; B Howell, Fountain Forestry Limited; K Rolston, American Pulpwood Association; P Barton, Thompson School of Applied Science; K Ansell, R Swan, and E Harris, Agricultural, Horticultural and Forestry Industry Training Board; J J MacGregor, Commonwealth Forestry Institute; The Duke of Buccleuch; C Begley, Forestry Commission; M Ash; and J Matthews, University of Aberdeen. |