| Description | General correspondence and other records primarily regarding the business and activities of Dartington Woodlands Limited and Forestry policy.
Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; H Champion, J J MacGregor, M Laurie, and D Guild, the Imperial Forestry Institute; Sir Henry Beresford-Peirse, A Gosling, A Grayson, R Chard, the Earl of Waldegrave, C Connell, M Penistan, M Harker, and E Keen, Forestry Commission; F Broughton, Development Commission; D Bowser; Professor Nils Westermarck; Bodleian Library; the Earl of Bradford; S Johnson, International Conference of Agricultural Economists; A Tansley, Ministry of Labour; Sir Julian Huxley; R Proby; J Larson; W Vane, MP; California Redwood Association; D Harpell; Professor Fritz; M Tyrrell; P Garthwaite, director of Forestry for England; the Duke of Northumberland; A McNicol, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources; N James; H Josephson, and C Holscher, Department of Agriculture USA; H Mosher, Pennsylvania State University; K Rolleston, American Pulpwood Association; F Fulford; A Taylor; Lord Inglewood; the Duke of Buccleuch; J Goring; M Penistan; Sir A Cairncross, St Peter's College; Robert Michael Harley, Dartington Woodlands Limited; J Johns; Lord Lambert; the Duke of Northumberland; and T Edwardson, Society of Foresters of Great Britain.
Subjects include: proposals to establish a a research unit for the marketing of home grown timber; a new layout and machinery for the sawmill at Moretonhampstead, and a soft wood mill; Wilfred E Hiley's short term assignment to Geneva in connection with preparatory work for the Committee on Work on Plantations; a Conference at Dartington to discuss the future utilisation of home-grown softwoods in South-West England; afforestation in National Parks; growing redwoods; education, training courses, and a school for woodsmen; employment and appointments; a Forestry Paper given by Leonard Elmhirst to the British Association; the history of the New Forest; a survey of private forestry; hardwood forestry; damage to Northwood by gales; and the possible sale of woods. Additional material in this folder includes: memoranda 'Definitions', 'Reasons for the Under Stocked Plantations at Dartington', and 'Note for the Sandford Committee on National Parks'; a copy of the Dartington Hall News; a printed pamphlet 'Forestry Policy'; a copy of a paper by Leonard; a copy of an article form the 'New Statesman'; a map of North Wood; and press cuttings. |