Canada, Individual, R.A. Tweedie : Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook regarding various New Brunswick projects, March-April, 1954. 1952 Dec. 31 - 1954 Apr. 29; (predominant 1954 Mar. - Apr.)

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Canada, Individual, R.A. Tweedie : Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook regarding various New Brunswick projects, March-April, 1954. 1952 Dec. 31 - 1954 Apr. 29; (predominant 1954 Mar. - Apr.)

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Letters, soundscribers, telegrams, receipts, regarding: the Old Manse Library accounts, a "museum room" within the library devoted to Beaverbrook memorabilia; the transfer of library management into the hands of the Newcastle Town Council and the possibility of resulting staff changes; Beaverbrook's intentions for his proposed rink at Fredericton and the call for architects' drawings; the selection process for the teachers' overseas scholarships and Tweedie's descriptions of those who were chosen; collecting photographic negatives of prominent New Brunswickers before 1900.

Correspondence : 118 (126 leaves)

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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Old Manse Library (Newcastle, N.B.)

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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. ...

Roy, P. E. (Perley E.)

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Newcastle Town Hall & Theatre.

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Manny, Louise

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Louise Manny, 1890-1970, provided Beaverbrook's ongoing contact with his native Newcastle. Their correspondence spans from 1946 to his death in 1964. Beaverbrook supported her in her historical research on the Miramichi, her folk song collecting, and her work in the development of the historic burial ground at Wilson's (Beaubair's) Point into a park named The Enclosure. In the early 1950s he appointed her in charge of the Old Manse Library, his boyhood home, where she continued until her death. ...