| Description | 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; G Claridge, timber merchant; R Proby, and F Taylor, the Central Landowners Association; Wilfred E Hiley; F A S Gwatkin, solicitor; F Forge, the English Timber Merchants' Association; T Williams, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; H Elwes; Sir Roy Robinson, and D Healey, Forestry Commission; and members of the REFS including R Gardner, J Genese, L Wood, A Wilkinson, and G C Wolryche-Whitmore.
Subjects include: meetings; the Forestry Dedication Scheme; the Private Forestry Committee including minutes from 1 meeting; proposals for new offices; the future of Forestry including a document, 'Future Requirements of the Forestry Industry', and a printed pamphlet of the statutory rules and orders for 'Raw Materials (Growing Trees and Home-Grown Round Timber in the Log)'; and training courses including a printed pamphlet regarding 'Syllabus and Regulations of the Examinations for the Woodman's Certificate, Forester's Certificate and Forester's Diploma'. |