Correspondence with R.A. Tweedie : May 1959. 1959 May - 1959 May 29.

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Correspondence with R.A. Tweedie : May 1959. 1959 May - 1959 May 29.

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Letters, soundscribers and telegrams related to the opening of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery including preparations under the guidance of John Steegman, Director of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; hanging of the pictures, supervised by Sir Alec Martin of the Tate Gallery and invitations and acceptances to the official gallery opening. There is some correspondence relating to the reproduction of paintings by Hans and Peter Markgraf and the handling of the gallery funds.

Correspondence : 85 (85 leaves) + 1 pamphlet (32 p., 1 plate)

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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Steegman, John, 1899-1966

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Martin, Alec, Sir, 1884-1971

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Hans and Peter Markgraf (Firm)

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Tweedie, Robert A. (Robert Allison), 1908-

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R.A. Tweedie acted variously as Agent for Lord Beaverbrook, Secretary of the Beaverbrook Foundations, Secretary to the Board of Governors of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and Director of the New Brunswick Travel Bureau. All letters are interfiled chronologically, regardless of the capacity in which Tweedie was corresponding. In late 1959, early 1960 Tweedie also became secretary of the Sir James Dunn Foundation. Letters written in this capacity are interfiled with other correspondence. ...

Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964

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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

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