Canada, Individual, R.A. Tweedie : Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook regarding various New Brunswick projects, March-April 1955. 1955 Feb. 28 - Apr. 30.

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Canada, Individual, R.A. Tweedie : Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook regarding various New Brunswick projects, March-April 1955. 1955 Feb. 28 - Apr. 30.

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Letters, telegrams, soundscribers, financial statements, newspaper clippings, photograph. Topics include: Northumberland Drama Festival; Lady Beaverbrook Rink; Somerville House (Beaverbrook's Fredericton residence) -- conditions are specified to UNB president Colin Mackay regarding his residence there in Lord Beaverbrook's absence; plans for the Beaverbrook Art Gallery; property at Wilson's Point (The Enclosure); landscaping and maintenance at the Old Manse Library and Newcastle Town Hall & Theatre; a new floor for the Sinclair Rink, Newcastle; rare books and items held for Beaverbrook at the UNB library; photograph of St. Paul's Anglican Church at Grand Harbor, Grand Manan {24364} with a request for a church hall; the Beaverbrook pension plan; a painting of Bonar Law to be hung at the Kent County Court House; scholarships advertising and travel expenses for interviews.

Correspondence : 178 (195 leaves)Photograph : 1 : b&w.

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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