Letters, soundscribers, memos, telegrams, sketches, maps and photographs respecting the negotiations for and the purchase of the Salvation Army property [14,000 dollarse located on Charlotte Street at Queen's Square, Saint John, New Brunswick for a proposed picture gallery. General discussion of various lots and their value located in central Saint John as potential sites for the gallery including the Davis Sayre, Travers and Irving properties. Also included are photographs of the Salvations Army lot and a map of Saint John 1954e. Brief mention is made of the Town Hall, Newcastle and of industrialist K.C. Irving.