Contains papers relating to the United Nations European Study Group on Rural Social Development. Contains references to: participation in seminar on rural community development, Madrid, April 1968; case study on 'Industrialisation and urbanisation in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands'; publication of background material; group reports.

Papers comprise: correspondence; reports. Correspondents include: John Higgs, director of study group; Nancy Rice Jones for the British Council for the International Exchange of Social Workers and Administrators; Gerald H. King for National Council of Social Services; Kay M. Midwinter; C. Somerville for The British Council.