Canada, Individual, R.A. Tweedie : Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook regarding various New Brunswick projects, May 1954. 1954 Jan. 27 - May 31; (predominant 1954 May)

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Canada, Individual, R.A. Tweedie : Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook regarding various New Brunswick projects, May 1954. 1954 Jan. 27 - May 31; (predominant 1954 May)

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Correspondence, telegrams, soundscribers, expense accounts, bank statement, newspaper clippings. Topics include: microfilm copies of Chatham & Miramichi Shipping registers from the Public Archives of Canada for the Old Manse Library; handing over The Old Manse Library to the Town of Newcastle and the names of those appointed as library committee members; a rink being considered for St. Thomas University by a Father McFadden; thank-you letter from John Catharin, a Beaverbrook scholar; plans for the Fredericton skating rink; the need for a place to store negatives of old N.B. photographs; Beaverbrook's 75th birthday; Tweedie's request of Premier Hugh John Flemming to expedite the removal of unsightly hydro poles from Newcastle Theatre and Town Hall by the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission; Lord Beaverbrook's disappointment that the Beaverbrook Overseas Scholarships for teachers seem to require advertising.

Correspondence : 101 (117 leaves)

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7183537

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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