Level: Series
RefNo: LKE/LAND
Extent: 9 boxes
Title: LKE Land
Date: 1915-1977

Description: Records of Leonard Elmhirst about the land. Includes information on agricultural research work; agricultural economics research; rural regeneration; the development of industry in rural areas; experiments, employment, training courses, and research work at Dartington Hall; and proposals developing the concept of a land trust. Includes records of Leonard's active support for agricultural institutions, societies, and individual researchers. Also, records of association with the Agricultural Research Council; Agricultural Economics Research Institute; Agricultural Economics Society; the Ministry of Town and Country Planning; the International Peoples' College; Rothamsted Experimental Station; Seale-Hayne Agricultural College; Association for Regional Planning and Development; Council for the Preservation of Rural England; Co-operative Union Limited; Institute of Rural Life; the Horace Plunkett Foundation; and the Rural Reconstruction Association.

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