| Beskrivelse | Correspondence and other records regarding the meetings and activities of the Royal English Forestry Society (REFS) primarily accumulated by Leonard Elmhirst through his role as president.
Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; F Makins; W Vane, MP; W Taylor, and Sir Roy Robinson, Forestry Commission; G Roper; S Longhurst, the Federated Home Grown Timber Association; A Le Sueur; T Williams, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; M Nuttall; R Proby, and F Taylor, the Central Landowners' Association; the Earl of Selborne; Wilfred E Hiley; J Fitzwilliam, British Field Sports Society; J Adderley, the Private Forestry Commission; the Board of Trade; and members of the REFS including G C Wolryche- Whitemore, W St A Warde-Aldam, W Nutter, Lord Bolton, R Gardner, L Wood, A Wilkinson, J Genese, C Pendlebury, and Lord Merthyr.
Subjects include: the future of the Home Grown Timbers Marketing Association; finance and wage increase in relation to timber price; training courses; a proposed meeting in Bodmin to promote interest in the subject of woodland in Cornwall; the Dedication Scheme; the future of the Private Forestry Commission and the possibility of REFS taking on its work; the reorganistation of REFS division; REFS offices and furniture; the Empire Forestry Conference; appointments; the future of journals of English and Scottish Forestry Societies; a country code of ramblers; and proposals for the fixing of timber prices including advice on the methods used in France. Additional material includes: a programme for a course on Forestry; tables showing 'Offers of Dedication'; notes on a meeting with the Forestry Commission; draft memorandum; a draft programme for a visit to Eggesford; and a publication by the Empire Forestry Association 'The Forest, Forestry and Man'. |