Correspondence with R.A. Tweedie : Feb. 1957. 1956 Jan. 7 - 1957 Feb. 28; (predominant 1957 Feb.)

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Correspondence with R.A. Tweedie : Feb. 1957. 1956 Jan. 7 - 1957 Feb. 28; (predominant 1957 Feb.)

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Topics include: an invitation from Tweedie (on behalf of the N.B. Travel Bureau) to Donald Campbell to come to N.B. to establish a new record for speed boat racing; progress of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery construction; report of activities and furnace problems at the Old Manse Library; changes to be made to the draft copy of the Art Gallery Act; the upcoming choir festival; Beaverbrook's acknowledgement of Tweedie's contribution to the UNB Residence Fund.

Correspondence : 51 (56 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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Neil M. Stewart, Architect.

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Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

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Campbell, Donald M.

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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. ...

Wardell, Michael

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Michael Wardell joined the Beaverbrook newspapers in London in 1926 after a career in the military. With the outbreak of the Second World War he rejoined the army and finally retired with the rank of Brigadier in 1946. He returned to Fleet Street and eventually became vice-chairman to the Beaverbrook organization. In 1950 he came to Fredericton and bought the Daily Gleaner. He then established the University Press of New Brunswick Ltd. with its subsidiary, Brunswick Press. He also launched the A...

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. ...