Correspondence with R.A. Tweedie : May 1958. 1958 Mar. 8 - May 30; (predominant 1958 May)

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Correspondence with R.A. Tweedie : May 1958. 1958 Mar. 8 - May 30; (predominant 1958 May)

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Topics include: The Beaverbrook Art Gallery (construction progress, a blueprint of the library, paintings, exhibitions, insurance, an unsigned cheque for Neil Stewart to the amount of 6,000); Beaverbrook's purchase of the Chatham Post Office property; the future of the Beaverbrook overseas scholarships; The Square at Newcastle (repair of light standards, Beaverbrook's wish to erect a statue of Churchill and a monument to Peter Mitchell); Tweedie remuneration of 3,000 in exchange for his duties for Lord Beaverbrook; Beaverbrook's wish to buy a property opposite Bartibog Island as his home during the remainder of his life and thereafter for some public purpose; the organizaing of papers at Somerville House; a copy of a letter sent by Tweedie to the teachers who toured Great Britain in 1951; regimental colours being prepared in England.

Correspondence : 77 (89 leaves)Technical drawings : 1 : blueprint.

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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