| Description | Records created by Leonard Elmhirst and Wilfred E Hiley relating to the activities of the Royal English Forestry Society (later know as the Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland), Forestry Policy and Legislation including Post-War Forestry Policy and private woodlands, the Woodlands Dedication Scheme, and the pit props situation. Records cover the Dartington Hall Woodlands and Forestry Department and also re the establishment, activities, and merger of Dartington Woodlands Limited, and Dartington Hall Forestry Training Centre.
The records were accumulated by Leonard Elmhirst through his role as life long member and President of the REFS 1946-1948, and by Wilfred E Hiley through his role as editor of the Quarterly Journal of Forestry 1923-1946, president of the REFS 1950-1952, and active involvement professional associations. These associations included, amongst others, the Royal Scottish Forestry Society; the Central Landowners Association; South Devon Woodlands Owners Association; the Society of Foresters of Great Britain; the Home Grown Timber Marketing Association; the National Home Grown Timber Council and Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee; the United Kingdom Forestry Committee; and the Forestry Commission.
The records consist of correspondence primarily accumulated by Leonard Elmhirst through his various roles as member, chairman, president and vice-president of committees and associations.
Additional material in this series includes: minutes; memoranda; reports; printed pamphlets; publications; press cuttings; catalogues; programmes; maps; deeds and agreements; notes; papers; and photographs. |