This file includes documents circulated within the Rural Reconstruction Association Research Committee between 1947 and 1952, together with comments and correspondence by individual members, principally Robert Saunders, Derek R. Stuckey, Jorian Jenks and H. Grenville Hill, as well as others, such as Mrs. E. Elmitt Edwards of the Electrical Association for Women. The letters primarily relate to the preparation of the Rural Reconstruction Association’s “Progress Report 1” in February 1951, while correspondence between Saunders and Jenks makes clear their different philosophies of life and attitudes to Mosley and the Union Movement.

Notable items include:

Letter regarding Saunders offer to serve on the Research Committee (5 November 1947) (D7/1) and response from Stuckey (16 November 1947) (D7/2), with circular giving details of membership of Research Committee (4 November 1947) (D7/3), and circular with Saunders named as a corresponding member (13 November 1947) (D7/4)

Document “The First Research Project - Analysis” (6 January 1948) (D7/5)

List of Research Committee members (1 February 1948) (D7/9)

Document with names of members, inc. Saunders, responsible for sections of First Research Project (28 February 1948) (D7/10) Research Committee Report 1 (17 February 1948) (D7/17)

Research Committee Report 4, by H. Grenville Hill [1948] (D7/26)

Research Committee Report 5, [1948] (D7/27)

Research Committee Report 6, by Jenks [1948] (D7/30)

Letter regarding Saunders reaction to death of Major de Laessoe (8 September 1948) (D7/31)

Research Committee Report 7, by H. Grenville Hill [1948] (D7/33)

Letter written by Jenks, concerning his still supporting Mosley, and comments on democracy in the United Kingdom (10 December 1948) (D7/37)

Stuckey covering letter (16 December 1948) (D7/38) and “Preliminary Notes on Machinery, Fuel and Power”, R.R.A. Research Committee Report 8, by Saunders [1948] (D7/39A-B) (2 copies)

Two copies of an addendum to Report 8 by Saunders [n.d.] (D7/45A-B)

Research Committee Report 9, by H. Grenville Hill [1948] (D7/57)

“Acreage Required to Support Proposed Cattle Population”, R.R.A. Research Committee Report 10, by Saunders [n.d.] (D7/61) Saunders account of health and farming problems, and comments on Jenks’ book “From the Land Up” (5 March 1950) (D7/77) Research Committee Report 15, by Jenks [?1950] (D7/81)

Two copies of a printed “Progress Report 1”, February 1951 (D7/82A-B)

Saunders memo on incentives in farming [n.d.] (D7/84)

Saunders memo on financial incentives [n.d.] (D7/99)