Correspondence with John Bassett Senior : 1950. 1950 June 22 - Dec. 24.

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Correspondence with John Bassett Senior : 1950. 1950 June 22 - Dec. 24.

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Letters and telegrams concerning Beaverbrook's speech at Bishop's University on the occasion of Bassett's installation as chancellor [Oct. 26, 1950]; Bassett's gifts to the University of New Brunswick library; the Korean Campaign; Bassett's trip to Fredericton, Chatham and Newcastle with his wife Menie [Marion Wright] in July 1950 and Beaverbrook's nephew, the son of Allan Aitken. There is also brief mention made of James Dunn and Rudyard Kipling.

Correspondence : 29 (35 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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Bassett, John, 1886-1958.

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John Bassett Senior (1886-1958), President and Managing Director of Gazette Printing Company, was a longtime friend and confidant of Lord Beaverbrook. Publisher of the Montreal Gazette, Chancellor of Bishop's University, and distinguished World War 1 veteran, his correspondence covers political affairs in the world and in Canada, the business and problems of the newspaper industry in Canada and the reminiscences of a lasting friendship. From the description of Correspondence with Joh...

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Bassett, Menie (Marion Wright)

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Bishop's University Convocation (1950)

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