This Conference will be held July 2-6, 1984 at Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Among the topics to be discussed are the following: solid stateiJC NMR spectra of celluloses, ultrastructure ofcellulose fibers - some new aspects, plant cell wall polysaccharides, 13 structural C NMR studies of lignin and lignin-like materials from flash utohydrolyzed wood, isolation of lignins from wood, electron transfer reactions in lignin and pulping chemistry, and structural inhomogeneity of lignin in wood cell walls.