| Description | Records regarding the meetings and activities of the Royal English Forestry Society (RFSEW) primarily accumulated by Leonard Elmhirst and Wilfred E Hiley through his role as vice-president.
Material includes: A printed pamphlet of the RFSEW Rules; a Petition of the REFS against a petition by 'The Men of the Trees' for the grant of a Charter of Incorporation; a list of the names of members of the South-Western Division; a printed article 'Timber Scribes'; a printed pamphlet 'The Men of The Trees'; notices, papers, reports, notes, and memoranda from meetings including 'Tree Preservation Orders';minutes from 1 meeting of the RFSEW Examinations Committee, 4 meetings of the RFSEW Executive Committee, 3 meetings of the RFSEW Council, 1 meeting of the South-Western Division, and 2 meeting of the Publications Committee; and correspondence.
Correspondents include: W Vane, MP; J Adderley and F Taylor, secretaries for the Private Forestry Committee; members of the RFSEW including C Pendlebury, Lord Merthyr, R Gardner, J Genese, A Willkinson, and R Arkwright; Leonard Elmhirst; Wilfred E Hiley; S Longhurst, and C Buckley, timber merchants; Tom Brown; Robert H Hide, editor of the Quarterly Journal of Forestry; N James, University of Oxford; W Finnie; and the Duke of Bedford.
Subjects include: pitwood prices; a proposed National Diploma in Forestry; 'The Men of the Trees' petition for a Royal Charter of Incorporation; visits to inspect planting operations in Norfolk; a Divisional Excursion to the Knightshayes Estate; the Journal of Forestry; proposals for the staging of a forestry exhibit at the Devon County Agricultural Show at Tavistock; tree preservation; and specimen headings for the Society. |